Cognitive and affective processes in second language oral communication: a mixed methods research by Arlene Portugal-Toro, Francisco José García-Peñalvo, Luis Antonio Balderas Ruiz, Angélica Vences Esparza

“…To evaluate the students’ oral communication skills, a semi-structure interview guide was administered and coded according to a Cambridge assessment scale.ResultsThe results indicate that certain cognitive-affective variables are associated with oral communication skills in English: (a) in affective processes, risk-taking and motivation are variables that are highly correlated with oral communication; (b) within cognitive processes, the learning variable shows a strong positive correlation with oral communication; (c) some affective and cognitive variables are positively interrelated, suggesting the importance of studying these factors in conjunction; (d) the qualitative findings both complement and reinforce the quantitative results.DiscussionThis article offers a distinct contribution to English language teaching by integrating multiple variables that influence students’ ability to communicate effectively in English, offering insights that may inform more holistic approaches to developing student’s communicative skills. …”
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Percutaneous clamp reduction technique using plate as a position template during minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis for the treatment of tibial shaft fractures by Yutao Cui, Guangkai Ren, Yanbing Wang, Baoming Yuan, Chuangang Peng, Dankai Wu

“…Conclusions By using the plate, which can perfectly match the anatomical structure, as a positional template to assist the percutaneous clamp reduction, a more accurate and reliable reduction was achieved with minimal surgical disturbance. …”
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Extraction of exact symbolic stationary probability formulas for Markov chains in finite space with application to production lines. part II: unveiling accurate formulas for very s... by Konstantinos S. Boulas, Georgios D. Dounias, Chrissoleon T. Papadopoulos

“…Comprehending the formula structure enables the formulation of a straightforward model for throughput estimation for fully balanced short serial production lines using genetic programming for lines up to thirteen stages.DiscussionThe enormous size of the exact formulas highlights the need for more computational support for production lines larger than four stages without buffers. …”
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Synthetic4Health: generating annotated synthetic clinical letters by Libo Ren, Samuel Belkadi, Lifeng Han, Lifeng Han, Warren Del-Pinto, Goran Nenadic

“…The experiments show: (1) encoder-only models perform better than encoder–decoder models; (2) models trained on general corpora perform comparably to clinical-domain models if clinical entities are preserved; (3) preserving clinical entities and document structure aligns with the task objectives; (4) Masking strategies have a noticeable impact on the quality of synthetic clinical letters: masking stopwords has a positive impact, while masking nouns or verbs has a negative effect; (5) The BERTScore should be the primary quantitative evaluation metric, with other metrics serving as supplementary references; (6) Contextual information has only a limited effect on the models' understanding, suggesting that synthetic letters can effectively substitute real ones in downstream NER tasks; (7) Although the model occasionally generates hallucinated content, it appears to have little effect on overall clinical performance. …”
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A Comprehensive and Systematic Literature Review on Flying Cars in Contemporary Research by Carlos Pérez Carrera, Ömer Ekim Genel, Rosario La Regina, Carmine Maria Pappalardo, Domenico Guida

“…The findings are presented through a conceptual structure map, which delineates the boundaries of the research field. …”
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Light-weight Umbilical Cable Design by NIU Xuechao, LU Jianjia, CHEN Ziwei, XIE Shuhong, GU Chunfei, SUN Jie, Chen Zhenzhen, MAO Bing

“…In the middle layer, steel wires are partially replaced at intervals, while the outermost layer maintains a full steel wire structure to enhance overall wear resistance and facilitate heat dissipation through the gaps in the loadbearing layer when seawater seeps in. …”
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International organizations in promoting academic integrity in a globalized world: Ukrainian view by Artem Artyukhov, Dmytro Chumachenko

“…A comparative approach examines academic integrity across different jurisdictions and cultural contexts, a multi-level analytical framework understands the organizational structure of academic integrity governance, and illustrative case studies demonstrate practical applications. …”
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18F-FDG PET/CT in breast cancer: Evidence-based recommendations in initial staging by Ana Paula Caresia Aroztegui, Ana María García Vicente, Soledad Alvarez Ruiz, Roberto Carlos Delgado Bolton, Javier Orcajo Rincon, Jose Ramon Garcia Garzon, Maria de Arcocha Torres, Maria Jose Garcia-Velloso

“…We critically reviewed the selected articles and elaborated evidence tables structuring the summarized information into methodology, results, and limitations. …”
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Khaya senegalensis: phytochemical characterization using LC/HRESI-MS/MS and in vitro antiviral efficacy of extracts and two major metabolites by Amal S. Yassin, Salwa A. Abu El Wafa, Nagwan G. El Menofy, Amal H. Ahmed, Mohamed Marzouk

“…Given that plants are a major source of structurally diverse bioactive chemicals for drug development, it is possible to generate natural products derived from plants with antiviral properties. …”
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Critical review of healthcare financing and a survey of system quality perception among healthcare users in Nigeria (2010-2023). by Blessing Osagumwendia Josiah, Emmanuel Chukwunwike Enebeli, Brontie Albertha Duncan, Prisca Olabisi Adejumo, Chinelo Cleopatra Josiah, Lordsfavour Anukam, Muhammad Baqir Shittu, France Ncube, Kelechi Eric Alimele, Mercy Emmanuel, Oyinye Prosper Martins-Ifeanyi, Fawole Israel Opeyemi, Oluwadamilare Akingbade, Abosede Peace Adebayo, Busiroh Mobolape Ibraheem, Ubiebo Ataisi Ekenekot, Mudiaga Sidney Edafiejire, Solomon Oluwaseun Olukoya, Ufuomaoghene Jemima Mukoro, Siyouneh Baghdasarian, Joy Chioma Obialor, Gloria Oluwakorede Alao, Blessing Onyinye Obialor, Ndidi Louis Otoboyor, Oghosa Gabriel Josiah, Joshua Okonkwo, Precious Ebinehita Imoyera, Ajao Adewale Gbolabo, Blessing Chiamaka Nganwuchu, Olukayode Joseph Oladimeji, Timothy Wale Olaosebikan, Marios Kantaris

“…Healthcare system quality was rated mainly poor or very poor; structure (74.09%), services (61.66%), and cost (60.89%). …”
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Nanomedicine-Driven Approaches for Kartogenin Delivery: Advancing Chondrogenic Differentiation and Cartilage Regeneration in Tissue Engineering by Bhuyan S, Swain S, Misra RDK, Rautray TR

“…This review focuses on the development of biomaterials functionalized with kartogenin, including their structure, design, physicochemical properties, biological roles, molecular mechanisms of action, and applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. …”
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FVPNet: A Fuzzy Visual Positioning Perception Network for Small Object Segmentation in Remote Sensing Images by Yu Yan, Jindong Xu, Qianpeng Chong, Guangyi Wei, Zhixiang Wang

“…Meanwhile, the STP subnet adopts a “coarse-to-fine” paradigm, utilizing a pyramidal structure alongside an auxiliary semantic decoder to enhance the network’s capacity for accurate small target localization. …”
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Analysis of the diagnostic informativity of non-contrast computed tomography markers of intracerebral hemorrhage expansion in assessment of the individual risk of early neurologica... by A. A. Kuznietsov

“…The integration of NCCT markers of ICH expansion with quantitative neuroimaging indicators (MS, IVHV) in the structure of the multi-prediction logistic regression model allows to assess the individual risk of END with an accuracy of >85.0 %.…”
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Development and Validation of the CHDSI Questionnaire: A New Tool for Measuring Disease-Specific Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Congenital Heart Defects by Paul C. Helm, Ulrike M. M. Bauer, Peter Ewert, Julia Remmele

“…CFA confirmed a robust six-factor structure with excellent model fit (CFI and TLI ≥ 0.991, RMSEA ≤ 0.05). …”
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Kondo-like Behavior in Lightly Gd-Doped Manganite CaMnO₃ by Tomislav Ivek, Matija Čulo, Nikolina Novosel, Maria Čebela, Bojana Laban, Uroš Čakar, Milena Rosić

“…One of the key questions that remains open even after more than thirty years of intensive research is the exact conductivity mechanism in insulating as well as in metallic phases and its relation to the corresponding magnetic structure. In order to shed more light on this problem, here, we report magnetotransport measurements on sintered nanocrystalline samples of the very poorly explored manganites <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>Ca</mi><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>−</mo><mi>x</mi></mrow></msub><msub><mi>Gd</mi><mi>x</mi></msub><msub><mi>MnO</mi><mn>3</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> with <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>x</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>0.05</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>x</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>0.10</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, in the temperature range 2–300 K, and in magnetic fields up to 16 T. …”
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Adaptive Optimization and Dynamic Representation Method for Asynchronous Data Based on Regional Correlation Degree by Sichao Tang, Yuchen Zhao, Hengyi Lv, Ming Sun, Yang Feng, Zeshu Zhang

“…ASDMS adaptively segments the event stream into fragments of varying lengths based on the spatiotemporal structure and polarity attributes of the events. Moreover, we introduce a new Adaptive Spatiotemporal Subject Surface Compensation algorithm (ASSSC). …”
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Geomorphometric analysis of Zimbabwe’ digital elevation model and issues of exogenic metallogeny by P. A. Ignatov, E. V. Polyakova, A. L. Mineev, S. A. Malyutin

“…The conducted analysis of the DEM of Zimbabwe established that its terrain contains the following regional elements of the geological structure: outcrops of the Archean basement, the Great Dyke, Proterozoic formations of the folded framework of the basement, rocks of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic cover. …”
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THE ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND ADHERENT TO TREATMENT IN PATIENTS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: KHABAROVSK REGISTER DATA by I. M. Davidovich, L. N. Malay, N. P. Kutishenko

“…According to prospective part of the AMI Register of 292 patients discharged from the regional vascular center (RVC), the vital status in 2.5 years managed to be established at 274 (93.8 %) from which died 45 (16.42 %, or 15.40 % from all discharged patients). In structure of a mortality the proportion of dead from cardiovascular disease (СVD) patients made 86.6 %. …”
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ORIGINALITY OF LINA KOSTENKO’S LANDSCAPE LYRICS (POETRY OF SECTION «WANTING MIRACLE AND A BIT OF WINE» COLLECTION OF «TREE HUNDRED POETRIES») by Tetyana V. Filat

“…In the article the specificity and ethical-philosophical basis of the landscape lyric of Lina Kostenko are discussed, the poetics of the embodiment of the ideologic and imaginative structure of this genre variety, the traditional and innovative features of the lyrical poems of the section “Wanting Miracle and a Bit of Wine” from the collection “Three hundred poetries” are highlighted. …”
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A Fungistatic Strategy Using a Shear-Thinning pH-Responsive CMCS-OHA-Lp/Lr Hydrogel for Vulvovaginal Candidiasis by Yuanmin Zhao, Xiu Yang, Jiale Han, Chaoqi Huang, Mengliu Shao, Yan Yang, Qingliang Yang, Gensheng Yang

“…Comprehensive characterization of the CMCS-OHA-Lp/Lr hydrogel revealed its chemical structure, rheological properties, rapid self-healing properties, gel degradation, and the release of lactobacilli in vitro. …”
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