The spiritual needs and care of children and young people with life-threatening or life-shortening conditions, and parents (SPARK): a mixed-method investigation by Bryony Beresford, Natalie Richardson, Suzanne Mukherjee, Rebecca Nye, Jan Aldridge, Karl Atkin, Mark Clayton, Faith Gibson, Julia Hackett, Richard Hain, Mohammed Arshad, Paul Nash, Bob Phillips

“…Design and research participants A mixed-method, multicomponent design was used with the quantitative and qualitative data collected. There were four work packages. …”
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Numerical Investigation on the Dynamic Characteristics of an Adjustable Power Turbine Used in Environmental Control System by Qihang Lu, Qi Zhang, Dalin Zhang

“…Through the numerical simulation of the change of the bleed state under different flight conditions and the change of the flow field under different nozzle opening, the simulation results are verified by the experimental results, and the specific change rules of the power turbine output torque, power, and bleed flow are obtained. …”
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Measurement of Nucleic Acid Concentrations Using the DyNA Quant™ and the GeneQuant™ by J.M. Teare, R. Islam, R. Flanagan, S. Gallagher, M.G. Davies, C. Grabau

“…With the exponential growth in the number of molecular biological techniques, there is a recognizable need for sensitive, accurate and precise quantitation of nucleic acids. We present here two complementary instruments designed for the quantitation of nucleic acids, the GeneQuant™ II and the DyNA Quant™ 200 Fluorometer. …”
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Joule expansion of a quantum gas by Christopher J. Ho, Simon M. Fischer, Gevorg Martirosyan, Sebastian J. Morris, Jiří Etrych, Christoph Eigen, Zoran Hadzibabic

“…In contrast to the classical-gas experiments, where no temperature change was measured, here we observe and quantitatively explain both cooling and heating effects, which arise, respectively, due to quantum statistics and interparticle interactions.…”
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COMPARATIVE ESTIMATION OF AUDIT EVIDENCES EFFICIENCY WHEN GROUNDING THE DECISION OF AUDITOR PROCEDURES MODIFICATION by V. A. Yakimova

“…The proposed model allows to quantitatively estimate and ground the decision on audit procedures modification when it is necessary to get additional or alternative evidence and change the character volume and temporal frameworks of audit procedures.…”
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ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION by H. G. Hayrapetyan, K. G. Adamyan

“…This paper presents the views on two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography (EchoCG) in the assessment of right ventricular (RV) structure and function. In order to quantitatively assess the RV global function, the following parameters can be used: RV outflow tract shortening fraction, RV fractional area change, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, and Tei index. …”
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Evaluation of the surface quality of spun materials using topothesy by Tomasz Blachowicz, Michal Koruszowic

“…These methods enable quantitatively describing and thus comparing solid-state surfaces and detecting fabric errors. …”
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Rolling Bearing Dynamics Response and Parameter Sensitivity Analysis based on the Response Surface Method by Shi Jialian, Ma Xiaogang, Li Chang, Xie Kuiqiu

“…The numerical solution is obtained by MATLAB after nondimensionalization,the change rule of dynamic response of rolling bearing is obtained. …”
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Imbibition Retention in the Process of Fluid Replacement in Tight Sandstone Reservoir by Xiong Liu, Yang Zhang, Desheng Zhou, Le Yan, Hai Huang, Xinru Li

“…Based on this method, the process of imbibition and displacement can be effectively distinguished, and imbibition retention rate can be quantitatively characterized. The effectiveness of this method is proved by taking the core of Chang 7 tight sandstone reservoir in the Ordos Basin as the research object. …”
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Hydrochemical Formation Mechanisms and Quality Assessment of Groundwater with Improved TOPSIS Method in Pengyang County Northwest China by Li Peiyue, Qian Hui, Wu Jianhua

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Perceived stress and betel quid dependence associated with reasons for betel quid chewing among male chewers: a mixed methods study by Su-Erh Chiu, Mei-Hui Hsu, Chung-Jan Kang, Shu-Ching Chen

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Unlocking the potential of project portfolio: value-oriented interactive risk management by Libiao Bai, Liwen Zhang, Luyao Zhang, Kexin Shao, Xixi Luo

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Design and implementation of OSPF vulnerability analysis and detection system by Zun-ying QIN, Guo-dong LI, Wei LI, Xu-chang HUANG

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Heterogenization of marine catch assemblages over the past two decades in China by Zhiqi Zhang, Zhiyuan Ma, Tianjiao Feng

“…Here, we use data collected from the China Fishery Statistical Yearbook from 2003 to 2019 to systemically and quantitatively assess the trajectory change of marine catch assemblages and the drivers. …”
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Crowdsourcing and language learning habits and practices in Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of North Macedonia and Poland in the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods by Çiler Hatipoğlu, Nihada Delibegović Džanić, Elżbieta Gajek, Lina Miloshevska

“…The popularity of online crowdsourcing platforms was slowly increasing among language learners before the pandemic, but COVID-19 changed the educational systems worldwide. This study aims to uncover whether or not, and if ‘YES’, how the attitudes and habits of language learners concerning the use of crowdsourcing materials in Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of North Macedonia and Poland changed during the pandemic. …”
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MAIN NATURAL RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE by Ion, SCURTU

“…Responsible management of natural resources will allow the development of sustainable agriculture with the possibility of agricultural products to satisfy both quantitatively and qualitatively food requirements of the population. …”
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An Indirect Evaluation method for Running Stability of Hypoid Gears by 黄昌华, 王季军, 王人成, 廖绍华, 李润方

“…The main features of this method are: （1） the running stability of meshing gears can be quantitively evaluated in a rolling checker without changing any structure of the rolling checker and （2） the causes of flaw in the quality of gears can be diagnosed with frequency domain analysis. …”
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L’économie de la nature : Fontenelle et le principe de moindre action by Christophe Martin

“…In his Principe de la moindre quantité d’action pour la mécanique (1744), Maupertuis defines the principle of least action as follows: “when some change occurs in Nature, the amount of action used for this change is always the smallest possible”. …”
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A novel approach to retrieving the surface soil freeze/thaw state in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau using the seasonality of CYGNSS time series by Qi Liu, Shuangcheng Zhang, Zhongmin Ma, Xin Zhou, Tao Wang

“…The SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) model was integrated into the STL-LSTM framework to quantitatively evaluate the contributions of input features to F/T retrieval, revealing that time features contributes the most to retrieval results, followed by surface reflectivity. …”
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Using LED Light Combined With Chromophore Gel in Treating Acne Vulgaris – Preliminary Study by Deda AE, Hartman-Petrycka M, Wilczyński S

“…These effects can be identified quantitatively. Further studies are necessary to confirm the long-term effectiveness and safety of this method.Keywords: phototherapy, sebum, erythema, hydration…”
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