“Looking for a Better Future”: Examining African Portuguese-Speaking Students’ Motivation to Study in Portuguese Higher Education by Catarina Doutor, Natália Alves

“…Through an examination of the motivation of students from Portuguese-speaking African countries pursuing higher education in Portugal, this study provides fresh perspective on the existing literature concerning international student mobility. Opting to study in Portugal is seen as a chance for African students to access quality higher education and to obtain an academic degree with significant recognition in the country of origin, with anticipated positive impacts on the personal, social, and professional aspects of their lives. …”
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The impact of platform leadership on employee deviant innovation in digital transformation enterprises by An-Jin Shie, En-Min Xu, Hongchun Li, Guanghai Yang, Yung-Fu Huang

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Technology and Modeling of Nonclassical Transistor Devices by George V. Angelov, Dimitar N. Nikolov, Marin H. Hristov

“…Technology boosters such as high-k/metal-gate technologies, ultra-thin-body SOI, Ge-on-insulator (GOI), AIII–BV semiconductors, and band-engineered transistor (SiGe or Strained Si-channel) with high-carrier-mobility channels are examined. Nonclassical device structures such as novel multiple-gate transistor structures including multiple-gate field-effect transistors, FD-SOI MOSFETs, CNTFETs, and SETs are examined as possible successors of conventional CMOS devices and FinFETs. …”
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A model for the development of virtual communities for people with long-term, severe physical disabilities by C.M. Tilley, C.S. Bruce, G. Hallam, A.P. Hills

“…In- depth interviews were conducted with twelve persons with paraplegia, quadriplegia or other severe, long-term physical or mobility disabilities and six health care professionals, service providers, information personnel and policy advisers who were involved in their well-being. …”
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Unified Design Methodology for a Polycentric Transfemoral Knee Prosthesis Using Kinematic Synthesis by Mertcan Koçak, Erkin Gezgin

“…Incorporating insights from polycentric prostheses and orthotic applications, the proposed mechanism achieves a seamless transition between two different configurations by keeping its overall mobility. Additionally, its possible compatibility with motorized actuation offers a foundation for active prosthesis systems, paving the way for adapting the advantages of polycentric prosthesis to active devices. …”
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Evaluation of Spatial and Temporal Performance of Deep Learning Models for Travel Demand Forecasting: Application to Bike-Sharing Demand Forecasting by Jaehyung Lee, Jinhee Kim

“…Although it is critical for demand forecasting to be evenly distributed in the spatial and temporal views to support real-time mobility service operations, in related studies, the predictive performance of models has been evaluated only in terms of aggregated errors. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Paracetamol, Chlorzoxazone and Diclofenac Sodium in Tablet Dosage Form by High Performance Liquid Chromatography by Madhukar A. Badgujar, Satish G. Pingale, Kiran V. Mangaonkar

“…The chromatographic separation was performed on an inertsil C18 column (250 mm × 4.6 mm i.d 5 µm particle size). Mobile phase consisted of a mixture of phosphate buffer (0.02 M KH2PO4, pH adjusted to 3.7 using orthophosphoric acid), acetonitrile and methanol in the ratio of (25: 25: 50) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. …”
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Recognizing Boundaries in Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Local Connectivity Information by Baoqi Huang, Wei Wu, Guanglai Gao, Tao Zhang

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A User Authentication Scheme Using Physiological and Behavioral Biometrics for Multitouch Devices by Chorng-Shiuh Koong, Tzu-I Yang, Chien-Chao Tseng

“…With the rapid growth of mobile network, tablets and smart phones have become sorts of keys to access personal secured services in our daily life. …”
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Exploring In-Network Computing with Information-Centric Networking: Review and Research Opportunities by Marica Amadeo, Giuseppe Ruggeri

“…Cloud computing centralizes resources in distant data centers, leading to high latency and increased network congestion, while edge computing, though closer to data sources, lacks the agility to dynamically adapt to fluctuating workloads, user mobility, and real-time requirements. In-network computing (INC) offers a transformative solution by integrating computational capabilities directly into the network fabric, enabling dynamic and distributed task execution. …”
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Simulation Design of a Live Working Manipulator for Patrol Inspection in Power Grid by Tao Xie, Zhengyu Li, Yongyun Zhang, Bin Yuan, Xiao Liu

“…In order to realize the autonomous obstacle avoidance and autonomous navigation of the live working manipulator for inspection and maintenance of the power grid equipment, a mobile manipulator intelligent control method combining SumTree-weighted sampling and deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) is proposed. …”
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Design and Evaluation of a Hybrid Technique for Detecting Sunflower Leaf Disease Using Deep Learning Approach by Arun Malik, Gayatri Vaidya, Vishal Jagota, Sathyapriya Eswaran, Akash Sirohi, Isha Batra, Manik Rakhra, Evans Asenso

“…As a result, this manuscript investigates the diseases of sunflower leaves, specifically Alternaria leaf blight, Phoma blight, downy mildew, and Verticillium wilt, and proposes a hybrid model for the recognition and classification of sunflower diseases using deep learning techniques. VGG-16 and MobileNet are two transfer learning models that are used for classification purposes, and the stacking ensemble learning approach is used to merge them or create a hybrid model from the two models. …”
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Co-Occurrence of Arthritis and Stroke amongst Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Canada by Roman Matveev, Chris I. Ardern

“…Arthritis is a chronic inflammatory condition commonly associated with mobility restriction and reduced activity. To date, the extent to which arthritis is an independent risk factor for stroke is unclear, and important, in light of an aging population. …”
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Influence of Air Annealing and Gamma Ray Irradiation on the Optical Properties of Cl16FePc Thin Films by Raji Koshy, C. S. Menon

“…Hexadecacholoro phthalocyanines have attracted interest as possible n-type organic semiconductor with high electron mobility and good stability characteristics. In the present work we investigate the optical band gap of the Cl16FePc thin films from the optical absorption spectrum as a function of air annealing temperatures and their suitability for the fabrication of molecular electronic devices. …”
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Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Hemodialysis Centers of Traditional Chinese Medical Institutions by Motan QIU, Shaohua WANG, Yanhui LI, Jie LUAN, Erping YAN, Peng LIU, Shujuan LIU, Yu KANG, Xiaojuan LI, Pingping SUN, Tang TANG, Zhan WANG

“…At the beginning of 2020, many areas in China have been affected by Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is strong infectivity. Because of the mobility of the personnel in the blood purification centers, the dialysis patients with low resistance and the particularity of the treatment environment where the patients congregate, it has become a medical place with a high risk of exposure to COVID-19. …”
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Anthropometric, Morphometric and Posture Evaluation of The Tallest Living Person In The World: A Case Report by Erhan Kara

“…Height, weight, body mass index, upper extremity lengths, lower extremity lengths, skinfold thickness, upper and lower extremity diameters, upper and lower extremity perimeters, chest depth and hand grip strength were measured for anthropometric measurement. 8 different body segments were calculated and analyzed using The Posture Screen Mobile® application for posture evaluation. Disorders in these segments were identified based on forward tilt of head (Anterior/Lateral -AL), position of head (A-L), tilt and position of shoulder (A-L), position of ribcage (left-right), position of pelvis (left-right), pelvic tilt (left-right) and load on head (lb. and kg) (Figure 1.). …”
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Commentary on “Social protection and the International Monetary Fund: promise versus performance” by Alexander Kentikelenis and Thomas Stubbs by James Pfeiffer

“…Main body Similar to the Jubilee movement at the turn of the century, global civil society, humanitarian aid, and health organizations are mobilizing in a variety of global networks to call for debt cancellation and restructuring as well as an end to austerity. …”
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Analysis and main digital bank development directions in Russia by T. Yu. Mazurina, K. L. Neopulo, E. I. Shamanina

“…Digital technologies are rapidly penetrating the banking sector, making it more flexible, mobile and able to meet the changing needs and preferences of customers under the influence of the digital transformation of the economy. …”
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A Survey on IoT Task Offloading Decisions in Multi-access Edge Computing: A Decision Content Perspective by Wang Dayong, Kamalrulnizam Bin Abu Bakar, Babangida Isyaku

“…In addition, some TDs may have a higher mobility. Therefore, IoT networks need to dynamically decide to offload some or all of the computational tasks to appropriate nodes in the MEC network. …”
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Challenges in enabling aging-in-place initiatives in aging and shrinking Japanese cities: a case of the Gifu suburbs by Tomoko Kubo, Nobuhiko Komaki, Kensaku Tanaka

“…Diversification of accessible support in families and modification of interrelationships among family, housing, and welfare can contribute to adjustments in later life. Systems to support mobility after ceasing driving should be examined in more detail, because older adults were not satisfied with bus service quality, resulting in individuals postponing the decision to cease driving. …”
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