EXPERIENCES OF CONDUCTING ONLINE EXAM PROCTORING IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS: A SRI LANKAN CASE STUDY by Dilky N. Felsinger, Thilina Halloluwa, C. L. Ishani Fonseka

“…Online assessments are more prone to academic dishonesty than traditional exams. Ad hoc online proctoring techniques have been used by institutions to prevent academic misconduct during online tests. …”
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A Bayesian Compressive Sensing Vehicular Location Method Based on Three-Dimensional Radio Frequency by Yunpeng Wang, Xuting Duan, Daxin Tian, Jianshan Zhou, Yingrong Lu, Guangquan Lu

“…In vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) safety applications, vehicular position is fundamental information to achieve collision avoidance and fleet management. …”
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Safeguarding Nigeria: strategies for combating insurgency and terrorism by O. O. Awotayo, N. O. Yusuf, S. O. Adedayo

“…The findings indicate that Nigeria’s security strategy is largely reactive, failing to address the fundamental root causes of violence, which are socio-economic disparities, political marginalisation, and historical grievances. The limitations of ad hoc security policies are evident; they tend to favour short-term solutions over long-term stability. …”
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On the Stability and Equilibrium Points of Multistaged SI(n)R Epidemic Models by Raul Nistal, Manuel de la Sen, Santiago Alonso-Quesada, Asier Ibeas, Aitor J. Garrido

“…This paper relies on the concept of next generation matrix defined ad hoc for a new proposed extended SEIR model referred to as SI(n)R-model to study its stability. …”
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Systematic Review of Fake News, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Examining Authors, Content, and Social Impact Through Machine Learning by Darius Plikynas, Ieva Rizgeliene, Grazina Korvel

“…They have become a powerful and quite effective tool for influencing people’s social identities, attitudes, opinions and even behavior. Ad hoc malicious social media accounts and organized networks of trolls and bots target countries, societies, social groups, political campaigns and individuals. …”
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Optimized for routine: highly sensitive fluorescent Telomeric Repeat Amplification Protocol (f-TRAP) by Silke Fähnrich, Anne Wedemann, Laura Steenpass, Wilhelm Gerhard Dirks

“…The present f-TRAP protocol, optimized for routine use, enables fast ad hoc application for single measurements up to a high throughput of mass samples using a triplicate approach of different lysate concentrations. …”
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Consensus on the Definition of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease: A Neurologists-Based Delphi Study (CEPA Study) by Maria-Rosario Luquin, Jaime Kulisevsky, Pablo Martinez-Martin, Pablo Mir, Eduardo S. Tolosa

“…To obtain consensus on the definition of APD, we performed a prospective, multicenter, Spanish nationwide, 3-round Delphi study (CEPA study). An ad hoc questionnaire was designed with 33 questions concerning the relevance of several clinical features for APD diagnosis. …”
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1922 — the best year of the Comintern. Soviet Russia, German communists and the Genoa conference by A. Yu. Vatlin

“…As a result, the KPD’s actions were very often ad hoc and inconsistent, reflecting general issues typical to the international labor movement of that period. …”
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Afecto durante la pandemia en atletas universitarios: una revisión adicional de las propiedades psicométricas del programa de afecto positivo y negativo by Felipe Vallejo-Reyes, Frano Giakoni-Ramírez, David Parra-Camacho, Rodrigo Alejandro Yañez Sepulveda, Jorge Olivares-Arancibia, Daniel Duclos-Bastías

“…Describir el afecto positivo y negativo de una muestra de deportistas universitarios chilenos, revisando las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Afecto en el período pandémico y variables sociodemográficas ad hoc. Objetivo: Revisar las características psicométricas de la versión chilena de la PANAS durante el cierre de COVID-19. …”
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Origin-Destination-Based Travel Time Reliability under Different Rainfall Intensities: An Investigation Using Open-Source Data by Qi Zhang, Hong Chen, Hongchao Liu, Wei Li, Yibin Zhang

“…While previous works are mostly focused on route-based TTR and use either ad hoc data or simulation in the analyses, this study uses open-source Uber Movement and Weather Underground data to systematically analyze the impact of rainfall intensity on O-D-based travel time reliability. …”
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Study of different thermal management systems for traction batteries to obtain vehicle lightweighting by Giulia Sandrini, Daniel Chindamo, Marco Gadola, Andrea Candela, Paolo Magri

“…Three tools were used for the study: VI-CarRealTime and another consolidate vehicle model to obtain the power demand on a standard driving cycle; and an ad-hoc battery system model, configurable according to the cooling system. …”
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Competencia investigadora en educación secundaria postobligatoria (bachillerato) by María José Rubio-Hurtado, Isaac Calduch, Zoia Bozu

“…Se llevó a cabo una investigación que incluyó la aplicación de un cuestionario diseñado ad hoc y entrevistas en profundidad. La muestra de la investigación abarcó a 1496 estudiantes de bachillerato y a 15 docentes tutores/as. …”
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Afrontamiento de la violencia escolar en primaria. Una propuesta desde el trabajo socialA by Carmen Verde Diego, Nieves Freire Barea

“…Se llevó a cabo una investigación cuantitativa con un diseño transversal, descriptivo y analítico en una muestra de 121 alumnos/as, de quinto y sexto de primaria, con la aplicación de un cuestionario estructurado ad hoc y el Cuestionario violencia escolar en educación primaria (CUVE3-EP) en las provincias de Ourense y Pontevedra. …”
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Voto inmigrante en la provincia de Buenos Aires: la política subnacional de empadronamiento bajo la lupa by Ana Paula Penchaszadeh, Julieta Nicolao

“…Se concluye que la consigna política del empadronamiento automático, plasmada en la letra de la ley y resultante de una lucha de ampliación de derechos políticos genuina, ha requerido de diseños institucionales sumamente complejos sobre los cuales se han producido importantes avances en los últimos años, pero que, en la actualidad, siguen descansando en gran medida en la sumatoria de voluntades y sinergias políticas ad hoc.…”
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An evaluation of practices and policies used in genetics clinics across the United States to manage referrals for Ehlers-Danlos and hypermobility syndromes by Lauren Boucher, Berkley Nestler, Daniel Groepper, John Quillin, David Deyle, Colin M.E. Halverson

“…The purpose of our study was to characterize these ad hoc policies systematically and at a nationwide level. …”
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Pain and the perception of space in fibromyalgia by Michele Scandola, Maddalena Beccherle, Enrico Polati, Giorgia Pietroni, Elena Rossato, Vittorio Schweiger, Valentina Moro

“…The results of the studies investigating the impact of pain on distance estimation remain inconclusive. 28 women suffering from chronic pain and fibromyalgia (FM), and 24 healthy women (HC) were assessed for musculoskeletal, neuropathic, and visceral pain by means of the Widespread Pain Index, the Symptom Severity Scale and an ad-hoc devised questionnaire for pain (the Verona Pain Questionnaire). …”
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Evaluating Families’ Opinions of Routine Influenza Vaccination in Children Under 5 Years of Age in Spain by Sílvia Burgaya-Subirana, Anna Ruiz-Comellas, Queralt Miró Catalina, Mònica Balaguer

“…Methods: The method used was a descriptive cross-sectional study based on an ad-hoc survey. Between October 2023 and January 2024, an online survey was conducted among families with children between 6 months and 14 years of age attending paediatric consultations at a health centre. …”
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Towards the Universal Health Coverage in Ghana: An exploratory, cross-sectional study on the National Health Insurance Scheme by Richard Boateng, Alfred E Yawson

“…Method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2017 on 300 adult participants, who were recruited by a convenience random sampling from subscribers of the formal and informal sectors, living in Accra, Ghana. A questionnaire ad hoc was administered to study subscribers’ perceived quality of healthcare services delivered by NHIS and their perception about UHC and two discrete indicators of healthcare system performance such as Universal Healthcare Access (UHA) and Financial Risk Protection (FRP). …”
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Greenwashing, Pinkwashing, Whitewashing … der kritische Metasprachdiskurs um X-washing by Janja Polajnar

“…Diese reichen von etablierten, lexikographisch erfassten Begriffen (Green-, Sports- oder Pinkwashing), die selbst weitere Komposita bilden, bis zu seltenen Ad-hoc-Bildungen (Youth-, Zero-, Diversitywashing), die im kritischen Metasprachdiskurs neue Perspektiven eröffnen. …”
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Análisis sobre el uso de las herramientas de inteligencia artificial interactiva en el entorno universitario by Adrián Castro-López, Antonio Cervero, Lucía Álvarez-Blanco

“…Para ello, se ha diseñado un cuestionario ad hoc al que ha respondido una muestra de 306 estudiantes universitarios, realizándose análisis descriptivos, de fiabilidad y validez discriminante de las escalas y de regresión aparentemente no relacionada. …”
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