Developing self-assessment instruments to measure students’ performance characters in making dresses using a high order thinking skills approach by Emy Budiastuti, Sugiyem Sugiyem, Farah Najwa Ahmad Puad

“…Moreover, it can also improve students' initiative, critical, and creative thinking. However, assessment for practicum courses is fully conducted by lecturers without any involvement from students. …”
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Lend Your Hand: A Model of Sustainable Youth Engagement in Environmental Volunteering by Norshariani Abd-Rahman, Lilia Halim, Sharifah Intan Sharina Syed-Abdullah

“…Climate change issues require collaboration in large-scale problem-solving initiatives like environmental volunteering. Environmental volunteerism can reduce environmental management costs, improve environmental quality and personal development of environmental volunteers. …”
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Fiscal Decentralisation and Services Delivery in Mbarara Central Market. by Ainembabazi, Blair

“…Using simple random and census sampling techniques, a total of 215 respondents were selected to participate in the study. Questionnaires, key informant interviews, and documentary methods of data collection were used in this study. …”
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Contribution of Agricultural Cooperatives to Smallholder Potato Farmers’ Livelihood: A Case Study of Mubuga Cooperative in Nyarusizasub-County Kisoro District. by Niringiyimana, Steven

“…A sample size of 99 respondents was selected from Nyarusiza Sub-county, Kisoro district. …”
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Participatory Budgeting and Financial Sustainability in the Local Governments in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government by Tugumisirize, Winfred

“…A population of 3600 was targeted from which a samplesize of 360 respondents was selected using purposivesampling and conveniencesampling. …”
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First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Imaging the Central Supermassive Black Hole by The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, Kazunori Akiyama, Antxon Alberdi, Walter Alef, Keiichi Asada, Rebecca Azulay, Anne-Kathrin Baczko, David Ball, Mislav Baloković, John Barrett, Dan Bintley, Lindy Blackburn, Wilfred Boland, Katherine L. Bouman, Geoffrey C. Bower, Michael Bremer, Christiaan D. Brinkerink, Roger Brissenden, Silke Britzen, Avery E. Broderick, Dominique Broguiere, Thomas Bronzwaer, Do-Young Byun, John E. Carlstrom, Andrew Chael, Chi-kwan Chan, Shami Chatterjee, Koushik Chatterjee, Ming-Tang Chen, Yongjun Chen, Ilje Cho, Pierre Christian, John E. Conway, James M. Cordes, Geoffrey B. Crew, Yuzhu Cui, Jordy Davelaar, Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Roger Deane, Jessica Dempsey, Gregory Desvignes, Jason Dexter, Sheperd S. Doeleman, Ralph P. Eatough, Heino Falcke, Vincent L. Fish, Ed Fomalont, Raquel Fraga-Encinas, William T. Freeman, Per Friberg, Christian M. Fromm, José L. Gómez, Peter Galison, Charles F. Gammie, Roberto García, Olivier Gentaz, Boris Georgiev, Ciriaco Goddi, Roman Gold, Minfeng Gu, Mark Gurwell, Kazuhiro Hada, Michael H. Hecht, Ronald Hesper, Luis C. Ho, Paul Ho, Mareki Honma, Chih-Wei L. Huang, Lei Huang, David H. Hughes, Shiro Ikeda, Makoto Inoue, Sara Issaoun, David J. James, Buell T. Jannuzi, Michael Janssen, Britton Jeter, Wu Jiang, Michael D. Johnson, Svetlana Jorstad, Taehyun Jung, Mansour Karami, Ramesh Karuppusamy, Tomohisa Kawashima, Garrett K. Keating, Mark Kettenis, Jae-Young Kim, Junhan Kim, Jongsoo Kim, Motoki Kino, Jun Yi Koay, Patrick M. Koch, Shoko Koyama, Michael Kramer, Carsten Kramer, Thomas P. Krichbaum, Cheng-Yu Kuo, Tod R. Lauer, Sang-Sung Lee, Yan-Rong Li, Zhiyuan Li, Michael Lindqvist, Kuo Liu, Elisabetta Liuzzo, Wen-Ping Lo, Andrei P. Lobanov, Laurent Loinard, Colin Lonsdale, Ru-Sen Lu, Nicholas R. MacDonald, Jirong Mao, Sera Markoff, Daniel P. Marrone, Alan P. Marscher, Iván Martí-Vidal, Satoki Matsushita, Lynn D. Matthews, Lia Medeiros, Karl M. Menten, Yosuke Mizuno, Izumi Mizuno, James M. Moran, Kotaro Moriyama, Monika Moscibrodzka, Cornelia Müller, Hiroshi Nagai, Neil M. Nagar, Masanori Nakamura, Ramesh Narayan, Gopal Narayanan, Iniyan Natarajan, Roberto Neri, Chunchong Ni, Aristeidis Noutsos, Hiroki Okino, Héctor Olivares, Tomoaki Oyama, Feryal Özel, Daniel C. M. Palumbo, Nimesh Patel, Ue-Li Pen, Dominic W. Pesce, Vincent Piétu, Richard Plambeck, Aleksandar PopStefanija, Oliver Porth, Ben Prather, Jorge A. Preciado-López, Dimitrios Psaltis, Hung-Yi Pu, Venkatessh Ramakrishnan, Ramprasad Rao, Mark G. Rawlings, Alexander W. Raymond, Luciano Rezzolla, Bart Ripperda, Freek Roelofs, Alan Rogers, Eduardo Ros, Mel Rose, Arash Roshanineshat, Helge Rottmann, Alan L. Roy, Chet Ruszczyk, Benjamin R. Ryan, Kazi L. J. Rygl, Salvador Sánchez, David Sánchez-Arguelles, Mahito Sasada, Tuomas Savolainen, F. Peter Schloerb, Karl-Friedrich Schuster, Lijing Shao, Zhiqiang Shen, Des Small, Bong Won Sohn, Jason SooHoo, Fumie Tazaki, Paul Tiede, Remo P. J. Tilanus, Michael Titus, Kenji Toma, Pablo Torne, Tyler Trent, Sascha Trippe, Shuichiro Tsuda, Ilse van Bemmel, Huib Jan van Langevelde, Daniel R. van Rossum, Jan Wagner, John Wardle, Jonathan Weintroub, Norbert Wex, Robert Wharton, Maciek Wielgus, George N. Wong, Qingwen Wu, André Young, Ken Young, Ziri Younsi, Feng Yuan, Ye-Fei Yuan, J. Anton Zensus, Guangyao Zhao, Shan-Shan Zhao, Ziyan Zhu, Joseph R. Farah, Zheng Meyer-Zhao, Daniel Michalik, Andrew Nadolski, Hiroaki Nishioka, Nicolas Pradel, Rurik A. Primiani, Kamal Souccar, Laura Vertatschitsch, Paul Yamaguchi

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Jeszcze o stroju polskim w malarstwie portretowym w XVII-XX wieku. Pomiędzy obrazami a źródłami by Jan K. Ostrowski

“…Summary: The paper presents selected problems concerning the representation of the Polish national costume in portraits of the 17th-20th centuries. …”
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Tratamento cirúrgico da hipertrofia clitoriana Surgical treatment of clitorian hypertrophy by Aymar Edison Sperli, José Octávio Gonçalves De Freitas, Alieksei Clairefont De Andrade Mello

“…Two female patients with Prader type II clitoris aspect were selected; one of them presents the problem at adult age and, in the other, the etiology was possible congenital. …”
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Sociocultural factors influencing women’s adherence to colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer screening: a systematic review by Ghaneshinee Sathiyaseelan, Syahnaz Mohd Hashim, Azmawati Mohammed Nawi

“…Among the many influencing factors, sociocultural beliefs play a significant role in shaping women's health behaviours, often resulting in poor participation in screening initiatives. This systematic review aims to provide a thorough analysis of the impact of sociocultural factors on women's adherence to breast, colorectal, and cervical cancer screening. …”
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Harmonic Calculation Based on Fission Matrix and Its Application in Power Monitoring of Gas-cooled Micro Reactor by SHEN Pengfei1, 2, ZHANG Peng1, , ZHOU Mengfei1, ZHANG Chenglong1, YUAN Yuan1, LIU Guoming1, HUO Xiaodong1, WANG Kan2

“…This study adopted the harmonic expansion method to reconstruct core power for the gas-cooled micro reactor. Initially, the Monte Carlo method was utilized to calculate high-order harmonics due to the complex geometry and energy spectrum. …”
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Breeding report of a new early-ripening and pink-peel strawberry cultivar Zhefenmei No. 2 by YANG Xiaofang, ZHOU Xiaoxiao, SUN Chendong, JIANG Guihua, ZHANG Yuchao

“…From November 2015 to April 2016, 6 superior plants were initially selected based upon the plant growth vigor, disease resistance, mature period, fruit size and fruit quality, and then they were propagated for further test. …”
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Late time window endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke: rethinking the role of simplified imaging by Zongjie Shi, Sujie Zheng, Xinzhao Jiang, Xu Wang, Yu Geng

“…Abstract Objective To assess safety and efficacy of endovascular treatment (EVT) in acute ischemic stroke (AIS)patients selected by ASPECTS within 6–24 h after onset. Methods Patients were divided into early and late time window groups. …”
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Addressing inequities in research for early to mid-career women scientists in low- and middle-income countries: “Supporting Women in Science” programme by Jai K. Das, Masooma Raza, Zahra Ali Padhani, Narjis Fatima Hussain, Jose Villar, Stephen Kennedy, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

“…Additionally, SWIS prioritizes mentorship by selecting experienced professionals with strong research backgrounds and mentorship skills to guide participants. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women attending antenatal care in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Endale Haile, Amanuel Tebabal Nega, Fentahun Yenealem, Simachew Kassa Limenih, Fentahun Alemnew Chekole, Wendu Feysa Balcha, Tadele Emageneh Goshu

“…Crude odds ratios (COR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were initially calculated to evaluate these associations. …”
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Intelligent predictive risk assessment and management of sarcopenia in chronic disease patients using machine learning and a web-based tool by Ke Rong, Gu li jiang Yi ke ran, Changgui Zhou, Xinglin Yi

“…Methods Using data from a nationwide survey initiated in 2011, we selected patient data records from wave 1 (2011–2012) and follow-up data from wave 3 (2015–2016) as the study cohort. …”
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Treatment with PCSK9 inhibitors influences microRNAs expression and changes of arterial wall properties: a randomized controlled trial by Andreja Rehberger Likozar, Tina Levstek, Tina Karun, Katarina Trebušak Podkrajšek, Janja Zupan, Miran Šebeštjen

“…Blood for biochemical and epigenetic analysis was taken and ultrasound measurements of flow-mediated dilation of brachial artery (FMD), carotid intima–media thickness (c-IMT) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) were performed initially and after 6 months of treatment. The expression of the selected 5 miRNAs (miR-191-5p, miR-224-5p, miR-337-3p, miR-483-5p, and miR-552-3p) was quantified using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. …”
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Who pays more? Exploring cost disparities in medication abortion access across socio-demographic groups in Ghana by Caesar Agula, Yuliya A. Kulikova, Omkar Patange, Adriana Biney, Michael Kuhn, Pearl Kyei, Patrick Asuming, Ayaya A. Bawah

“…Methods We used data from a study that recruited women who accessed MA using mifepristone and misoprostol combination from selected private pharmacies and clinics in Ghana. The study employed a non-inferiority and prospective design, and women were recruited as they exited the selected facilities after obtaining the MA pills. …”
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AI-enhanced automation of building energy optimization using a hybrid stacked model and genetic algorithms: Experiments with seven machine learning techniques and a deep neural net... by Mohammad H. Mehraban, Samad ME Sepasgozar, Alireza Ghomimoghadam, Behrouz Zafari

“…In addition, Governments are increasingly committed to prioritizing energy efficiency initiatives and implementing energy measures to address climate change and its impacts. …”
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The assessment of routine health information system performance towards improvement of quality of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services in Ondo and... by Victoria Oladoyin, Sunday Adedini, Kayode Ijadunola, Hassan Ogunwemimo, Olubunmi Folorunso, Elizabeth Chukwu, Ugo Okoli, Anthony Adoghe, Samuel Oyeniyi, Oniyire Adetiloye, Adesegun Fatusi

“…<h4>Background</h4>Nigeria's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health indicators have remained unsatisfactory in the face of poor-quality healthcare services. Nigeria initiated the reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent, elderly + nutrition (RMNCAEH+N) quality of care (QoC) agenda to address the challenge. …”
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An approach for classifying sociotechnical attacks by Oleksandr Korchenko, Anna Korchenko, Serhii Zybin, Kyrylo Davydenko

“…Based on the proposed model and the analyzed literature, a generalized set of features, criteria, and sub-criteria has been formed, such as: time aspect, industry affiliation, interaction with security policy, remoteness, initialization, tools, manipulation, violation of characteristics, relational signs, severity level, type of attacked source, type of access, type of appeal, type of sociotechnical technique, and scale, which allows us to select and develop appropriate means of countering sociotechnical attacks from a systemic perspective. …”
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