The Effect of Using Simulation Activities on Developing Algerian EFL Students’ Speaking and Listening Proficiency by Karima CHERGUI

“…Crystallising Comprehension, retaining long-term outcomes, and raising the rate of interest have put extra up-to-date demands on EFL teachers. …”
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Intersection passing strategies for human-driven and autonomous vehicles in mixed traffic using DEA. by Jiajun Shen, Zhipeng Zhou, Guanyu Fu, Yu Wang

“…Considering average speed, number of cars, penetration of automated vehicles, queuing pattern, left-turn rate, and number of buses as factors influencing intersection rights-of-way. …”
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A Tunnel Surface Diseases Detection Algorithm Based on YOLOv4 by LI Jia, QIU Xinhua, JI Yuwen

“…In the established surface image data set of high speed railway tunnel, the mAP reaches 65.1%, and the defect detection rate is 90.1%, which verifies the high efficiency of the algorithm.…”
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THE MONETARY POLICY IN COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN THE GLOBALIZATION CONTEXT: REGIMES AND TOOLS by M. YU. Golovnin

“…The evolution of monetary policy regimes in the CEE countries corresponds to the “bipolar pattern”. It is shown that countries with the extreme form of the exchange rate fixation demonstrate the best results in quiescent periods and are more affected by crises whereas countries with the inflation targeting regime are characterized by smoothed dynamics of macroeconomic indices. …”
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Epidemiological characterization of chronic myeloid leukaemia patients at an oncologic centre: A retrospective observational study by Ana Maria Meireles, Rita Calisto, Maria José Bento, Pedro Martinho Gouveia, Susana Bizarro, Manuel Teixeira, Cláudia Moreira, Ana Espírito Santo, Mário Mariz

“…At three months, the early molecular response rate was 77 %. At 12 months of treatment, of the 67 patients with response evaluation, 93 % achieved complete cytogenetic response and 49 % major molecular response. …”
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TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AT THE PRESENT STAGE by A. V. Mordyk, E. A. Tsygankova, L. V. Puzyryova, A. A. Turitsa

“…The literature review presents data on peculiarities of tuberculosis epidemiology, incidence rate and clinical pattern in children in the Russian Federation. …”
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Towards a theory of urban fragmentation: A cross-cultural analysis of fear, privatization, and the state by Setha Low

“…At the macro-level of analysis, the impact of globalization and flexible accumulation with increased local heterogeneity, increases in inequality and changes in perceived crime rate emerge as the major underlying factors in the fear of crime and others found in all three regions. …”
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Increasing population growth by asymmetric segregation of a limiting resource during cell division by Nurit Avraham, Ilya Soifer, Miri Carmi, Naama Barkai

“…Abstract We report that when budding yeast are transferred to low‐metal environment, they adopt a proliferation pattern in which division is restricted to the subpopulation of mother cells which were born in rich conditions, before the shift. …”
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Analysis of Economic Vitality and Development Equilibrium of China’s Three Major Urban Agglomerations Based on Nighttime Light Data by Saimiao Liu, Wenliang Liu, Yi Zhou, Shixin Wang, Zhenqing Wang, Zhuochen Wang, Yanchao Wang, Xinran Wang, Luoyao Hao, Futao Wang

“…The results show the following: (1) From 2000 to 2020, the average growth rate of EDI in China’s three major urban agglomerations reached 36.32%, while the average decrease rate of NLDI reached 38.75%; both economic vitality and the development equilibrium have been continuously enhanced. …”
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Evaluating the potential of phenotypic age to enhance cardiovascular risk prediction over chronological age in the UK Biobank by Kristine J. S. Kwan, Shi-Shuai Xie, Hai-Lei Li, Xue-Guang Lin, Yi-Jie Lu, Bo Chen, Kai-Xin Ge, Shu-Ya Tang, Hui Zhang, Shuai Jiang, Jing-Dong Tang

“…Incident CVD occurred at a higher rate in the positive PhenoAgeAccel group (44.8% vs. 33.1%) at a comparatively shorter period (11.2 years vs. 12.4 years). …”
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Evaluation of the Diagnosis and Antibiotic Therapy of Sepsis in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Observational Study by Eszter Varga, Sándor Somodi, Máté Molnár, Dóra Ujvárosy, Krisztina Gaál, Attila Vaskó, Zoltán Szabó, Ildikó Bácskay, István Lekli, Adina Fésüs

“…Guideline-adherent antibiotics may lead to significantly higher survival rate in sepsis.…”
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Regularities of crustal faulting and tectonophysical indicators of fault metastability by Yu. L. Rebetsky

“…The differences in the types of shearing in the sources of weak and strong earthquakes are related to the relationships between three dynamic parameters of the medium: velocity of seismic wave propagation, rate of rupture propagation, and displacement rate of the sides of the fracture. …”
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Development of wireless electronic nose and using of remote monitoring by HU Ying, WANG Jun

“…With sensors and synchronous transport signal increasing, we should pay attention to data accuracy and packet loss rate. This system used the CC2530 chip for 8-way wireless data transmission. …”
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Smartwatch-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment for High-Temporal-Density, Longitudinal Measurement of Alcohol Use (AlcoWatch): Feasibility Evaluation by Chris Stone, Sally Adams, Robyn E Wootton, Andy Skinner

“…ResultsThe compliance rate for all participants who started the study for the smartwatch μEMA method decreased from around 70% in week 1 to 45% in week 12, compared with the online TLFB method which was flatter at around 50% over the 12 weeks. …”
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Relationship of psychoalgological status and results of neurosurgical treatment of patients with discogenic radiculopathy by V. I. Leonov, I. O. Kritskaya, D. V. Svistov, E. V. Litvinenko, T. V. Sergeeva, V. V. Flud, M. N. Kravtsov, S. D. Mirzametov, N. P. Alexeyeva, A. Yu. Shcherbuk, Yu. A. Shcherbuk

“…According to the long-term results of neurosurgical treatment, patients were divided into three groups: 1 – with a good result; 2 – patients with a number of preserved complaints, who rated the result of the operation as satisfactory; 3 – unsatisfactory outcome. …”
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What Kind of Information and Communication Technologies Do Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Prefer? An Ecuadorian Cross-Sectional Study by Iván Chérrez-Ojeda, Emanuel Vanegas, Erick Calero, Karin Plaza, Jose A. Cano, Juan Carlos Calderon, Jorge Valdano, Jorge Oswaldo Gutierrez, Jose Guevara

“…The Internet was used by 45.2% of patients to obtain information about diabetes. SMS and email were rated as the most useful ICTs for receiving information (64.5% and 28.1%, resp.) and asking physicians about diabetes (63.8% and 26.1%, resp.). …”
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Perceptual (dis)similarities between colors and emotions: An empirical investigation with the image-based visual corpus analysis approach by Jinmeng Dou, Wenting Xue

“…The results reveal that (i) significant differences exist among the six colors in their effectiveness at capturing affective (dis)similarities among various emotional concepts, as well as in their association strength with the affective domain, and (ii) the valence and arousal ratings of emotion words are significantly correlated to the strength of their associations with five of the six color terms, with the exception of blue. …”
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Short Pharmacogenomic Investigation of COMT rs4680 in Analgesic Needs of Pediatric Patients with Congenital Abnormalities: A Cross-Sectional Study by Kohar Hari Santoso, Anna Surgean Veterini, Retti Kartika Bakti, Khildan Miftahul Firdaus, Bambang Pujo Semedi, Lucky Andriyanto

“…Pain scores were measured using the Wong-Baker Faces Scale and Numeric Rating Scale. Results: Three genotype–phenotype combinations of the COMT rs4680 gene were identified: GG (high activity), AG (intermediate activity), and AA (low activity). …”
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Exploring tomato farmers’ knowledge and adaptation practices to climate change: Insights from Chinsali district, Zambia by Francis Kabwe Mwamba, Lawrencia Taimolo, Shadreck Chinyanta, Joseph Mphande, Enock Siankwilimba, Pharoah Collins Sianangama, Oliver Jolezya Hasimuna

“…While 64.9% of respondents were highly aware of climate change, mainly informed by radio, only 5.5% rated their knowledge as very good. Farmers reported noticeable shifts in temperature and rainfall patterns and relied on measures such as drought-resistant seeds and irrigation systems. …”
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Predictive Modeling of Yoga's Impact on Venous Clinical Severity Scoring Using Gaussian Process Classification and Advanced Optimization Algorithms by Yazdan Ashgevari, Faranak Kazemi

“…The study focuses on individuals diagnosed with VCSS, using machine learning to analyze complex patterns in their clinical severity ratings before and during yoga practice. …”
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