Standard Setting in Academic Writing Assessment through Objective Standard Setting Method by Ismail Karakaya, Mehmet Sata, Fatima Nur Fişne

“…Such a high-stakes role of the performance standards requires the enhancement of objectivity in standard setting procedure. Accordingly, this study aims to shed light upon the usefulness of Objective Standard Setting (OSS) method in specifying the levels of proficiency in L2 academic writing. …”
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Establishing an end-to-end workflow for SNSPD fabrication and characterization by Shuyu Dong, Darren Ming Zhi Koh, Filippo Martinelli, Pierre J. E. Brosseau, Milos Petrović, Lijiong Shen, Giorgio Adamo, Anton N. Vetlugin, Mariia Sidorova, Christian Kurtsiefer, Cesare Soci

“…An essential aspect of this research involved identifying the key parameters of our workflow and developing reliable procedures for their optimization. As an outcome, the ab initio development of SNSPD technology yielded devices with characteristics comparable to commercial devices at a wavelength of 1550 nm, making them well-suited for telecommunication and integrated quantum systems. …”
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Effectiveness Evaluation of Penetration-Detection Scheme for Surgical Drill Using Thrust Force and Positional Information by Shunya Takano, Tomoyuki Shimono, Takuya Matsunaga, Mitsuru Yagi, Kouhei Ohnishi, Masaya Nakamura, Yuichiro Mima, Kento Yamanouchi, Go Ikeda

“…The results demonstrated the efficacy of the proposed method, highlighting its potential utility in improving the accuracy and safety of orthopedic procedures.…”
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Numerical nonlinear analysis of RC beans with un-strengthened and CFRP-strengthened opening drilled under service loads within shear zones by Magdy Khalaf, Louay Aboul-Nour, Mahmoud Khater, Marwa Ibrahim

“… Current research paper deals with reinforced concrete (R.C.) beams numerical modeling and suggested strengthening procedure if it is required to create an opening within their shear zones. …”
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Destress Blasting of Rock Mass: Multiscale Modelling and Simulation by Paweł Baranowski, Krzysztof Damaziak, Łukasz Mazurkiewicz, Piotr Mertuszka, Witold Pytel, Jerzy Małachowski, Bogumiła Pałac-Walko, Tristan Jones

“…In the local case, the arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (ALE) procedure with the Jones–Wilkins–Lee (JWL) equation defining an explosive material was used. …”
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MENINGKATKAN KINERJA PEGAWAI DI LINGKUNGAN RSUD KABUPATEN SERANG by Mastur Mastur, Tika Mariska, Opik Piqhi, Yusuf Riesata, Ranthy Pancasati

“…Discipline of employees who are able to carry out their duties with agreed procedures is able to elevate employee performance. …”
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Gossypol Toxicity from Cottonseed Products by Ivana Cristina N. Gadelha, Nayanna Brunna S. Fonseca, Silvia Catarina S. Oloris, Marília M. Melo, Benito Soto-Blanco

“…Another important toxic effect of gossypol is its interference with immune function, reducing an animal’s resistance to infections and impairing the efficiency of vaccines. Preventive procedures to limit gossypol toxicity involve treatment of the cottonseed product to reduce the concentration of free gossypol with the most common treatment being exposure to heat. …”
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The Nexus between Cluster Farming and Household Dietary Diversity among Smallholder Wheat Farmers in Ethiopia by Addisu Bezabeh Ali, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera

“…Three-stage sampling procedures were employed to gather data from 384 household heads on a cross-sectional survey that was carried out in June 2022. …”
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TL and OSL study of Li2B4O7:Cu,Ag synthesized by combustion and solid-state reactions by Lucas Mateus Ferreira de Amorim, Viviane Khoury Asfora, Raquel Aline Pessoa, Vinicius Saito Monteiro de Barros, Pedro Luiz Guzzo, Helen Jamil Khoury

“…The aim of this work was to investigate the Thermoluminescence (TL) and the Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) responses of Li2B4O7: Cu, Ag synthesized using two method: a) solid-state and b) liquid combustion methods. In both procedures 0.4% mol of CuN2O6.3H2O and 0.1%mol of AgNO3 were used as dopants. …”
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Phosphate-rich and potassium-rich water produced by atmospheric pressure plasma jet for plasma agriculture by Chen-Hsu Weng, Hao-Wei Chuang, Hong-Yu Chu

“…Plasma-activated water provides the reactive oxide and nitrogen species in water, and the rest of the nutrients are supplied by the chemical fertilizer or organic fertilizer in previous studies. We report the procedures to produce the phosphate-rich water and potassium-rich water by atmospheric pressure plasma jet to fill in the blanks of major nutrients in plasma agriculture. …”
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MODERN VIEW ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF BOWEL PREPARATION FOR ELECTIVE COLORECTAL SURGERY by A. Yu. Olkina, A. S. Petrov, L. L. Panaiotti, A. М. Karachun, T. S. Lankov

“…Mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) used to be a standard procedure for a long time. Nowadays, routine use of MBP seems to be debatable. …”
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New Perspective on the Conventional Solutions of the Nonlinear Time-Fractional Partial Differential Equations by Hijaz Ahmad, Ali Akgül, Tufail A. Khan, Predrag S. Stanimirović, Yu-Ming Chu

“…In addition, numerical results for different cases of the fractional-order α are presented graphically, which show the effectiveness of the proposed procedure and revealed that the proposed scheme is very effective, suitable for fractional PDEs, and may be viewed as a generalization of the existing methods for solving integer and noninteger order differential equations.…”
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Direct-Sequence-CDMA in Highly Sensitive Indirect Time-of-Flight Distance Sensor by Fabio Schartmuller, Michael Hauser, Alexander Kuttner, Horst Zimmermann, Michael Hofbauer

“…A novel interleaving procedure of the codes is postulated and verified to recover the precision originally experienced upon trivial modulation.…”
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Sensitivity of hemodynamics in a patient specific cerebral aneurysm to vascular geometry and blood rheology by Alberto M. Gambaruto, João Janela, Alexandra Moura, Adélia Sequeira

“…Newtonian and generalized Newtonian mathematical models for blood flow are compared in two different reconstructions of an anatomicallyrealistic geometry of a saccular aneurysm, obtained from rotational CTA and differing to within image resolution.The sensitivity of the flow field is sought with respect to geometry reconstruction procedure and mathematical model choice in numerical simulations.…”
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Data Quality, Semantics, and Classification Features: Assessment and Optimization of Supervised ML-AI Classification Approaches for Historical Heritage by Valeria Cera, Giuseppe Antuono, Massimiliano Campi, Pierpaolo D’Agostino

“…The main innovation of the study lies in the development of an advanced feature selection technique, based on multibeam statistical analysis and evaluation of the <i>p</i>-value of each feature with respect to the target classes. The procedure makes it possible to identify the optimal radius for each feature, maximizing separability between classes and reducing semantic ambiguities. …”
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Helminths in alternative therapeutics of inflammatory bowel disease by Himani Pandey, Daryl W. T. Tang, Sunny H. Wong, Devi Lal

“…This review article summarizes the potential of helminth therapy as an alternative therapeutic or an adjuvant to the existing therapeutic procedures for IBD treatment.…”
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Comparative analysis of acoustic calculation methods for throttling devices by D. V. Abramkina, A. O. Ivanova, D. F. Karpov, M. V. Pavlov, Kh. M. Vafaeva

“…The identification of increased noise levels from ventilation systems during the operation of buildings necessitates complex and costly procedures to detect and eliminate noise sources, conduct dismantling work, install additional silencers, or replace ventilation equipment. …”
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An Efficient Illumination Estimation Algorithm for Low-Light Image Enhancement by Tirui Wu, Martin Glavin, Edward Jones

“…Recently, a Retinex-based method called LIME has been proposed which can produce good quality output robustly without any learning procedures. The key step of this algorithm is illumination map refinement, which is achieved by solving an optimization problem. …”
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Can Judges Ignore Justifying and Forgiveness Reasons for Justice and Human Rights? by Oksidelfa Yanto Yanto, Imam Fitri Rahmadi, Nani Widya Sari

“…This article argues that to protect the public interest from wrong decisions is necessary to reform the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) to provide objectivity, honesty, and justice that rely on legal principles and rules. …”
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Industrial wastewater treatment using extracellular polymer substances/bioflocculants: a review by Bishwambhar Mishra, Parashuram Kallem, Rajasri Yadavalli, Sanjeeb Kumar Mandal, C. Nagendranatha Reddy, B. Sumithra, N. S. V Lakshmayya, Fawzi Banat

“…Traditional treatment procedures, although successful, frequently include synthetic chemicals that are non-biodegradable and present hazards to both ecosystems and human health. …”
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