Fundamental Fresh State Properties of Self-Consolidating Concrete: A Meta-Analysis of Mix Designs by Emilio Garcia-Taengua

“…The study reported in this paper is the first meta-analysis aimed at obtaining statistical models for the fresh state behavior of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) mixes which effectively reproduce the complex relationships between mix design and fresh state performance. …”
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Superconducting Self-Shielded and Zero-Boil-Off Magnetoencephalogram Systems: A Dry Phantom Evaluation by Keita Tanaka, Akihiko Tsukahara, Hiroki Miyanaga, Shoji Tsunematsu, Takanori Kato, Yuji Matsubara, Hiromu Sakai

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More Accurate Constraints for Self-Supervised Learning in Remote Sensing Images-Based Object Detection by Shangdong Zheng, Zebin Wu, Yang Xu, Qian Liu, Zhihui Wei

“…Self-supervised learning (SSL) automatically generates internal labels by exploring the potential auxiliary task of the network itself, and trains the same model through these annotations to learn the latent representation of the data, which greatly improves the accuracy of object detection in remote sensing images (RSIs). …”
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Things That Make You Go Hmmm: Unmaking of the Racialized Self in a Graduate School Classroom by Manjeet Birk

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Racial re-inscriptions? Examining the potentials and limitations of self-identification variables in German survey research by Tae Jun Kim

“…Among these methods, especially self-identification has gained prominence as a way to capture racialized experiences more accurately and to empower marginalized visibilities. …”
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Teachers’ attitudes and self-efficacy toward inclusive education in mainland China: a meta-analysis by Yanlin Long, Umesh Sharma, Pearl Subban

“…Moreover, female teachers had marginally higher self-efficacy toward inclusion than their male counterparts. …”
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Self-care tendencies and their pain-relieving effects in patients with endodontic pain: a descriptive survey by Hande Bengü, Mügem Gürel Ekici, Ozlem Ilk, Güven Kayaoğlu

“…Maximum pain level, age, and pattern of dental clinic attendance were the variables that predicted orientations to various subcategories of self-care behaviors, with the first two variables remaining statistically or marginally significant in all tested conditions (P < .05 or < .10). …”
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Data Biases in Geohazard AI: Investigating Landslide Class Distribution Effects on Active Learning and Self-Optimizing by Jing Miao, Zhihao Wang, Tianshu Ma, Zhichao Wang, Guoming Gao

“…In balanced scenarios (1:1), both strategies yield comparable numerical metrics; however, margin sampling produces spatially coherent detections with fewer fragmented errors. …”
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Noise-induced self-supervised hybrid UNet transformer for ischemic stroke segmentation with limited data annotations by Wei Kwek Soh, Jagath C. Rajapakse

“…Compared to the supervised version, the noisy self-supervised HUT (HUT-NSS) outperforms its counterpart by a margin of 2.4% in terms of dice score. …”
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Experimental Study on a Self-Centering Earthquake-Resistant Masonry Pier with a Structural Concrete Column by Lijun Niu, Wenfang Zhang

“…The predicted lateral strength of the rocking pier with an SCC has a margin of error of 5.3%.…”
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Influence Of Technology Professional- Development on Teachers Self-Efficacy in The Use of ICT For Teaching Basic Science and Technology by Joy Peter, Ahmed Idris ISSA, Kate Uzoamaka Bonse

“…Research questions 1, 2 and 3 were answered using mean score and percentages while the formulated hypothesis was tested using the t-test at 5% margin of error and at 95% confidence level. The result: the technology professional development that teachers have access to in Abuja metropolis are conferences, seminars and workshops.level of teacher’s technology professional development in Abuja metropolis is high. the level of teacher’s self-efficacy in the use of ICT for teaching in Abuja metropolis is average and teachers’ gender does not influence the technology professional development. …”
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Coping with Hostile Discrimination: The Roles of Self-Advocacy, Positive Psychology, and Unconscious Bias Training in Higher Education by Tabish Nawab

“… The research on Coping with Hostile Discrimination through Self-Advocacy, Positive Psychology in Higher Education, and Unconscious-Bias Training mainly emphasizes on encountering issues related to hostile Discrimination leads to the development of negative feelings in the minds of female students, such as self-doubt due to which their aspirations related to careers also get negatively impacted. …”
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A qualitative assessment of the acceptability of human papillomavirus self‐sampling and informational materials among diverse populations by Amanda F. Petrik, Jennifer S. Rivelli, Alison J. Firemark, Cheryl A. Johnson, Blake W. Locher, Sara Gille, Matthew J. Najarian, Alexandra M. Varga, Jennifer L. Schneider, Beverly Green, Rachel L. Winer

“…Self‐sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is a newly emerging alternative to clinician‐performed testing to screen for cervical cancer, and has high potential to reduce screening barriers in under‐screened and marginalized groups. …”
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Emotional burden and self-care strategies among individuals in the sex trade during COVID-19 in Israel by Nour Shimei, Yeela Lahav-Raz, Ayelet Prior, Guy Shilo, Einat Peled

“…Building on these insights, this article examines how self-care practices functioned as relational and strategic responses to crisis. …”
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Electrophysiological characteristics in adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury: an event-related potential study and source analysis by Sung-Hoon Yoon, Ji Sun Kim, Hyeon-Ah Lee, Woo-Seung Lee, Young Wook Song, Se-Hoon Shim

“…IntroductionNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a serious concern in adolescents and is associated with impairments in impulsivity and social functioning. …”
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Testing the mediating role of self-esteem on the relationship between parenting styles and subjective well-being of adolescents by Congde Xu, Yang Wang, Yiwei Bi

“…Abstract This study examines the complex interplay between parenting styles, self-esteem, and subjective well-being among impoverished adolescents in China, a demographic often marginalized in psycho-social research. …”
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Self-perception of risk for HIV acquisition among people in prisons in Iran: A nationwide survey in 2017 by Zahra Abdolahinia, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Soheil Mehmandoost, AliAkbar Haghdoost, Abedin Iranpour, Mohammad Karamouzian, Hamid Sharifi

“…Abstract Background Self-perception of risk for HIV acquisition is crucial for promoting preventive behaviors among people in prisons. …”
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Physiological Profile Assessment and Self-Measurement of Healthy Students through Remote Protocol during COVID-19 Lockdown by Tommaso Di Libero, Lavinia Falese, Annalisa D’Ermo, Beatrice Tosti, Stefano Corrado, Alice Iannaccone, Pierluigi Diotaiuti, Angelo Rodio

“…This variation is considered an acceptable margin of error, suggesting that the tests conducted remotely were relatively accurate when compared to those performed in a controlled laboratory environment. …”
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Mechanical Performance Enhancement of Self-Decoupling Magnetorheological Damper Enabled by Double-Graded High-Performance Magnetorheological Fluid by Fei Guo, Hanbo Cui, Xiaojun Huang, Chengbin Du, Zongyun Mo, Xiaoguo Lin

“…The engineered MRF demonstrates a shear yield strength of 99.6 kPa at 0.757 T, surpassing conventional single-component MRFs by a significant margin. Integrated with a self-decoupling damper that isolates magnetic flux from mechanical motion, this synergistic design achieves exceptional force modulation: damping forces scale from 281.5 kN (5 mm stroke) to 300 kN (60 mm stroke), with current-regulated adjustability factors reaching 3.34. …”
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Self-Shielding Treatment to Perform Cell Calculation for Seed Furl In Th/U Pwr Using Dragon Code by Ahmed Amin El Said Abd El Hameed, Mohamed Nagy, Hanaa Abou-Gabal

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