Assessing Nurses’ Workplace Social Capital: A Study Protocol for Culturally Appropriate Instrument Development by Jia-Min Xu, Azadeh Stark, Yi-Zhu He, Bi-He Ying, Min-Hua Chen, Zheng-Mei Lian, Yang-Sheng Huang, Rui-Ming Chen, Yuan-Yuan Chen, Xu-Li Shang, Chun-Ying Li, Dong-Liang Yang, Xiao-Chen Lyu, Tuula Oksanen, Anne Kouvonen

“…Here we report on the design and protocol of a culturally focused instrument development study in China. The overarching objective of our dual phase study is to develop and validate a questionnaire measuring nurses’ workplace social capital tailored toward Chinese cultural values and norms. …”
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HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND MODERN INTERPRETATION OF THE FACTORS OF THE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE by Khrystyna R. Khimenes, Yuriy A. Briskin, Maryan P. Pityn, Neonila V. Neroda, Olha R. Zadorozhna

“…It is natural that various factors influence this process throughout the history of its formation and development. Study Aim: to identify the key factors that influenced and influence the formation and development of professional sport in Europe and North America. …”
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Estratégias de enfrentamento na reabilitação do traumatismo raquimedular Coping strategies in rehabilitation of spinal cord injury by Maria Eloá Moreira da Silva Martins Pereira, Tereza Cristina Cavalcanti Ferreira de Araujo

“…<br>International research centers are developing studies on spinal cord injury, aiming to improve rehabilitation-geared interventions and quality of life for patients. …”
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Unsuccessful external validation of the MAC-score for predicting increased MIB-1 index in patients with spinal meningiomas by Victor Gabriel El-Hajj, Alexander Fletcher-Sandersjöö, Jenny Pettersson-Segerlind, Erik Edström, Adrian Elmi-Terander, Adrian Elmi-Terander

“…Baseline and outcome data were comparable to the original development study. An increased MIB-1 index (≥5%) was observed in 56 (52%) patients. …”
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MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KIMIA ORGANIK TERINTEGRASI DENGAN KEMAMPUAN GENERIK SAINS by Sudarmin

“…This research and development study involves 79 stu­dents of Chemistry Education Department of Sema­rang State University. …”
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A study on customized low degree of freedom hydraulics flexible material handling: Alternatives and limitations by Ilham Priadythama, Pringgo Widyo Laksono

“…Basically, this is a conceptual product development study. This research used the first 5 activity stages of Concept Development Phase from Generic Development Process. …”
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Development of a Thai gaming disorder scale for children and adolescents by Wimonrat Wanpen, Pinyo Itsarapong, Sankamon Gornnum, Jintana Yunibhand

“…Design/methodology/approach – This is a research and development study. In total, 217 participants were children and adolescents between 8–18 years, then classified into four groups according to Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS). …”
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Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the body talk scale for women and men by Jinbo He, Yining Lu, Wesley R. Barnhart, Chanyuan Tang, Hengyue Zhang, Yiqing Zhao, Linda Lin

“…The results indicated that, consistent with the development study of the BTS, the C-BTS had three subscales (i.e., Negative Fat Talk, Negative Muscle Talk, and Positive Body Talk) and good reliability and validity. …”
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INTEGRASI SWOT KUANTITATIF DAN KUALITATIF UNTUK MENYUSUN PERENCANAAN STRATEGIS BIDANG PENDIDIKAN by Adam Prasetyo Wibowo, Suharno Suharno, Yuyun Estriyanto

“…Javanese Education Studies Program and English Education Study Program are located in quadrant II (strength-treath). (2) Strategic planning that can be applied to the Javanese Education Study Program in the effort of developing study program using SWOT matrix that is (a) capacity building of human resources (b) making the student achievement program (mawapres) become the flagship program for the students (c) conduct a disciplined and responsible implementation of the curriculum (d) reproduce international journal publications for lecturers of Javanese Education Studies Program (e) increase the regular infrastructure maintenance (f) analyzing the budget needs to make the draft budget (g) Apply work based learning in student learning (h) Develop clear SOP organizational management study program (i) Improve communication between universities and the employment (j) improve the performance of multimedia and information teams in the study program (k) improve cooperation relationships with institutions partner (l) cooperate with the government in the regions to distribute the graduates of the study program (m) improve the quality and quantity of research programs and community service…”
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Development of Digital Comic Media for Learning Qira'ah for Fifth Grade Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah by Umi Hijriyah, Muhammad Aridan, Ahmad Nur Mizan, Aldio Dealintang, Lita Yuniarti

“…This was a research and development study using the ADDIE model which consisted of five stages, namely analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. …”
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Increasing the efficiency of the thermal power units at zoning of heat load curve by D. S. Sinelnikov, P. A. Shchinnikov

“…The method of determining the equivalent design temperature, which takes into account the regime peculiarities of heat and power units in the form of a method of regulation of heat supply, is developed. Study has shown that three design points should be available when zoning the temperature schedule. …”
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EVALUATING HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF SOILS: A MANAGEMENT STRATEGY TOWARDS FIGHTING THE 21ST CENTURY FLOOD DISASTER by M. S. Adiaha, E. E. Oku

“…Looking at land and water as a scare and unrenewable natural resources, then it follows that effective management of land and water resources is one way a society can maximize it economic growth and development. Studying the flux of fluid especially water into the soil profile is a great approach in investigating a soil towards the tendency for flooding. …”
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An Ensemble Deep-Learning-Based Model for Hour-Ahead Load Forecasting with a Feature Selection Approach: A Comparative Study with State-of-the-Art Methods by Fatma Yaprakdal

“…In addition, feature selection was studied on both datasets and a backward-eliminated exhaustive approach based on the performance of the artificial neural network (ANN) on the validation set was proposed for the development study of the forecasting models. A new DL-based ensemble approach was proposed after examining the results obtained on two separate datasets by applying the feature selection approach to the working forecasting methods, and the numerical results illustrate that it can significantly improve the forecasting performance compared with these up-to-date methods.…”
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A Model for Building Research Capacity and Infrastructure in Oncology: A Nursing Research Fellowship by Ann M Mazzella Ebstein, Margaret Barton-Burke, Kristen L Fessele

“…Of the 18 fellows, 15 (83%) conducted institutional review board-approved studies and three (17%) fellows developed studies involving one concept analysis and two systematic reviews. …”
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Impactos de atropelamentos de animais silvestres no trecho da rodovia SP-215 confrontante ao Parque Estadual de Porto Ferreira – Porto Ferreira, SP (Nota Científica). Impacts roadk... by Sonia Aparecida de SOUZA, André Luís Teixeira de LUCCA, Ernesto Pedro DICKFELDT, Paulo Roberto de OLIVEIRA

“…After finding out which species are affected, it is necessary to develop studies and proposals for implementing effective mitigation measures for the presence of SP–215 highway in the area in order to preserve the local fauna.…”
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Development and validity of the expectations of physiotherapists questionnaire on practice management software by Eduardo Arza-Moncunill, Francesc Medina-Mirapeix, Rodrigo Martín-San Agustín

“…Methods Instrument development study with validity and reliability testing. …”
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Dynamic Planning of Construction Site for Linear Projects by Kleopatra Petroutsatou, Nikolaos Apostolidis, Athanasia Zarkada, Aneta Ntokou

“…Although there is a large amount of scientific interest in the literature in dynamic planning of construction site layouts, with different methodologies developed, studies on construction site relocation do not exist. …”
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A Framework for Neonatal Prematurity Information System Development Based on a Systematic Review on Current Registries: An Original Research by Shahrbanoo Pahlevanynejad, Navid Danaee, Reza Safdari

“…Background: Registries are regarded as a just valuable fount of data on determining neonates suffering prematurity or low birth weight (LBW), ameliorating provided care, and developing studies.Objective: This study aimed to probe the studies, including premature infants’ registries, adapt the needed minimum data set, and provide an offered framework for premature infants’ registries.Material and Methods: For this descriptive study, electronic databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, and Embase/Medline were searched. …”
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A cohort study of <it>in utero </it>polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposures in relation to secondary sex ratio by Keller Jean A, Baker Rebecca J, Willman Eric J, Jusko Todd A, Hertz-Picciotto Irva, Teplin Stuart W, Charles M Judith

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>In the 1960's, serum specimens were collected from pregnant women participating in the Child Health and Development Study in the San Francisco Bay Area. The women were interviewed and their serum samples stored at -20°C. …”
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Recalibrating expectations about effect size: A multi-method survey of effect sizes in the ABCD study. by Max M Owens, Alexandra Potter, Courtland S Hyatt, Matthew Albaugh, Wesley K Thompson, Terry Jernigan, Dekang Yuan, Sage Hahn, Nicholas Allgaier, Hugh Garavan

“…This was done by conducting Pearson's correlations among 161 variables representing constructs from all questionnaires and tasks from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study® baseline data. To achieve aim two, factors qualifying this distribution were tested by comparing the distributions of effect size among various modifications of the aim one analyses. …”
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