Addressing inhaler technique challenges in cognitively impaired chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: the impact of customized training programs by Vaishnavi V Gaonkar, Vinay V Shanbhag, Shreya S Kajave, Mahek R Mattikop, Mandati Santhosh Reddy

“… Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cognitive impairment (CI) often face difficulties accurately administering inhalers, which are essential for managing their respiratory condition. …”
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Key Technology Research on the Rapid-Molding In-Closed Retaining-Wall in Filling Mining by Chaowen Hu, Qian Li, Yilong Wang, Ke Chang, Yongyuan Li, Yaqian Wang, Hui Liu

“…The results showed that there was no large area roof pressure on the working face, the coal body was under stable force, the stress concentration coefficient was small, the coal pillar had no plastic failure, and the roadway deformation was small. …”
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Verification of the ΔKeff hypothesis along the fatigue crack path in thin and thick Al specimens by Julián Andrés Ortiz González, Jaime Tupiassú Pinho de Castro, Giancarlo Luis Gomez Gonzáles, Marco Antonio Meggiolaro, José Luiz de França Freire

“…Moreover, the crack opening load is redundantly measured during the FCG tests, using far field strains from the back face gage and near field strains from a series of gages bonded along the crack path, as well as an independent digital image correlation system to measure displacement/strain fields on the face of the specimens. …”
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Investigation on the influencing mechanism and quantitative evaluation of stirred heat effect in high-speed mechanical seals by Xuezhong Ma, Xiaoxin Xiao

“…The above phenomena lead to an increase in the overall and sealing face temperature rises, and a deterioration of the sealing performance. …”
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Analysis of Lecturers’ Opportunities and Challenges Regarding Formative Online Assessments at a University of Technology by Paseka Patric Mollo

“…During COVID-19, formative online assessments became widely employed at universities. Face-to-face academic activities were suspended, increasing the use of information and communications technology (ICT) and online assessments. …”
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Three-Dimensional Deformation Prediction Based on the Improved Segmented Knothe–Dynamic Probabilistic Integral–Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Model by Shuang Wang, Genyuan Liu, Zhihong Song, Keming Yang, Ming Li, Yansi Chen, Minhua Wang

“…In this study, the whole process of mining a working face in Huaibei Mining District, Anhui Province, is taken as the object of study. …”
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Study on the temperature prediction model of residual coal in goaf based on ACO-KELM by ZHAI Xiaowei, WANG Chen, HAO Le, LI Xintian, HOU Qinyuan, MA Teng

“…Simultaneously, the air leakage intensity and horizontal distances from the working face were incorporated to construct the KELM model. …”
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Investigation of personality characteristics of hearing impaired athletes participating in 2nd European youth hearing impaired athletics championships by Erdal Demır, Kursad Sertbas, Mustafa Vural, Ugur Senturk

“…The scale was applied with face to face technical to athletes by two experts who know the language of the hearing impaired. …”
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Study on Pressure Relief Technology of High-Pressure Water Jet of Residual Coal Pillar in Overlying Goaf in Close Seam Mining by Shang Yang, Xuehui Li, Jun Wang, Shuhao Yang, Zhen Shen, Guangzheng Xu

“…The single knife cutting coal output and 38216 working face hydraulic support monitoring data show that high-pressure hydraulic slotting can weaken the strength of the coal body to a certain extent, destroy the integrity of the residual coal pillar, cut off the load transmission path of the overlying strata, and reduce the working resistance of the hydraulic support under the residual coal pillar to a certain extent, which is beneficial to the safe mining of the working face.…”
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Development and Validation of the Patient Experience Assessment Scale (PXAS) in Tertiary Care Hospital - Oman by Naima Khamis Al-Bulushi MD, FFR RCSI, Zainab Ali Al-Mukhaini MD, DCH, DTM&H, MSc, PhD, Jehan Al Fannah BSc, MSc, MBA, Afaf Ali Al Zadjali BSN, MBA, Huda Al Zidi BSc, Zubaida Mahmood Al-Balushi NNP BSN, MBA, Aida Khalfan Al-Hadidi IBCLC, Samir Al-Adawi BSc, MSc, PhD

“…Language experts reviewed for clarity and equivalence. The content and face validity were evaluated using the content validity index (CVI) and the face validity index. …”
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Experimental Study on Lateral Permeability Evolution of Sandstone under Seepage-Damage Coupling by Dongdong Pang, Feisheng Feng, Guanghui Jiang, Dongjing Xu, Xiaohan Wang

“…To analyze the internal pore evolution law of aquifer rock in a coal mining front under the coupling effect of stress and seepage and the influence on the water inrush performance of the working face, research on the working face was conducted to improve the RTR-1000 high-temperature and high-pressure rock triaxial mechanical testing system, using hollow cylindrical and complete sandstone samples and by considering the stress change law in the actual mining process as the reference loading path. …”
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Glutathione gel-encapsulated niosomal delivery system versus glutathione gel only in treatment of melasma: a comparative study by Eman S. Abdel-Azim, Usama F. Aly, Heba O. Dakhly, Mahmoud H.A. Montaser

“…Group 1 was treated with glutathione gel 2% only, while group 2 was treated with glutathione gel 2% encapsulated in niosome. The split face method was used where right side of face for treatment and left side for placebo. …”
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Rockburst mechanism and prevention technology for wide coal pillar return airway by Zhensuo Wang, Yongli Liu, ZhiXiang Song, Li Cong, Yongtao Zhu

“…Abstract In the Shaanxi‐Inner Mongolia region, where most mines employ wide coal pillar retention and dual entry layout techniques, mining pressure manifestations frequently occur during working face retreatment, posing significant challenges to safe and efficient coal production. …”
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STEM in chemistry by Mokhzani Ibrahim, Nurul Atikah Mohd Badli

“…The integration of STEM principles into teaching approaches, such as the blended problem-based learning (BPBL) approach, which combines face-to-face and online learning, has shown promise in bridging this gap. …”
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Social employee well-being challenges of academics in the hybrid work environment by Rudo Rachel Marozva, Anna-Marie Pelser

“…The aim of the study was to explore and understand social well-being challenges that academics face as a result of the hybrid work environment. …”
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Research of Rock Burst Risk Induced by Mining and Field Case in Anticlinal Control Area by Shitan Gu, Zhimin Xiao, Bangyou Jiang, Ruifeng Huang, Peng Shan

“…Stress concentration caused by tectonic stress and mining disturbance in coal mines induces a unique type of rock burst. No. 3201 working face controlled by an anticline structure in the Shandong mining area is used as the research background. …”
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Characteristics of Pressure Relief Gas Extraction in the Protected Layer by Surface Drilling in Huainan by Xiaozhang Tong, Hu Wen, Xiaojiao Cheng, Shixing Fan, Chunhui Ye, Mingyang Liu, Hu Wang

“…The periodic variation in the surface drilling and extraction quantity is affected primarily by the mining movement of the working face of the protective layer. Specifically, it is affected by factors such as the mining progress of the working face of the protective layer, mining height, degree of compacted goaf, degree of pressure relief of the protected layer, original gas content, and other measures taken to extract the protected layer.…”
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Exploring mental health patterns of African international university students in Germany: A review by Jude Tsafack Zefack, Brenda Mbouamba Yankam, Fuanyi Awatboh, Mbonjo Bitsie Dora, Esua Alphonsius Fotindong

“…Results: African students face higher levels of anxiety compared to students from other regions, mainly due to cultural distance and experiences of racism. …”
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A coopetition-driven strategy of parallel/perpendicular aromatic stacking enabling metastable supramolecular polymerization by Zhao Gao, Xuxu Xie, Juan Zhang, Wei Yuan, Hongxia Yan, Wei Tian

“…By subtly increasing the stacking strength of aromatic cores from phenyl to anthryl, the parallel face-to-face stacked aggregates are competitively formed as metastable products, which spontaneously transform into thermodynamically favorable species through the cooperativity of perpendicular edge-to-face stacking and parallel offset stacking. …”
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Delving into the world of webCHAT – an e-mental health support service for distressed youths in Singapore by Yi Ping Lee, Ying Ying Lee, Hamidah Binte Otheman, Charmaine Tang, Mythily Subramaniam, Swapna K Verma

“…Background Young people face high rates of mental health issues, yet many do not seek professional help. …”
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