The use of YouTube for self- education in the UAE: Equal opportunities, different interests, and outcomes by Viola Gjylbegaj, Ahmed Farouk Radwan

“…In light of that, the study aims at discovering the reasons and motivations that lead users to adopt YouTube as a tool for self-education. …”
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Analysis of Scientific and Methodological Approaches to and Concepts of Innovation Communities by Omelianenko Olena M.

“…An example of an innovation community is given, and the responsibilities of each participant are considered (trend scouts, technology scouts, competition scouts, content researchers, industry experts, clients, leading users, idea generators, analysts). A brief description of each participant and their tasks is given.…”
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Factors Influencing Use of Information and Communication Technologies among Farmers in Rural Punjab, Pakistan by Luqman Muhammad, Yaseen Muhammad, Saleem Ashraf, Umer Muhammad, Karim Mujahid

“…Young respondents were leading users of ICTs in the study area. Size of landholding and income level of the respondents had a significant association with the frequency of use of ICTs in agriculture. …”
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INSPIRE PROJECT: INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART BUILDINGS AND PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE by F. Raco, M. Balzani, F. Planu, A. Cittadino

“…Specifically, the project highlights the growing importance of BIM-based modelling as a tool to lead users, both experts and non-experts, through the multiple information paths resulting from the relation between data and metadata.…”
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Pyramiding: Efficient search for rare subjects by von Hippel, Eric A., Franke, Nikolaus, Prugl, Reinhard

“…It is notoriously difficult, for example, to identify “the best new CEO for our company,” or the “best three lead users to participate in our product development project.” …”
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Chronic use of benzodiazepines among older adults by Jussara Mendonça Alvarenga, Karla Cristina Giacomin, Antônio Ignácio de Loyola Filho, Elizabeth Uchoa, Josélia Oliveira Araújo Firmo

“…Obtaining and consuming the medication turned into a crucial issue because benzodiazepine assumes the status of an essential food, which leads users to not think but sleep. It causes a feeling of relief from their problems such as awareness of human finitude and fragility, existential difficulties, and family problems. …”
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Protecting infrastructure performance from disinformation attacks by Saeed Jamalzadeh, Kash Barker, Andrés D. González, Sridhar Radhakrishnan

“…Naturally, these emerging disinformation networks could lead users to engage with critical infrastructure systems in harmful ways, leading to broader adverse impacts. …”
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Relationship Between Fear of Missing Out and Academic Performance Among Omani University Students: A Descriptive Correlation Study by Mohammed Qutishat, Loai Abu Sharour

“…However, the unfavorable side of such devices can lead users to develop a fear of missing out (FOMO) on what is happening around them, which may provoke adverse health, social, and academic conditions. …”
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Geometrical Parameters of Rectangular AFM Cantilevers Producing Highest Sensitivity in Excitation of Second Mode in Air Environment by Mehrnoosh Damircheli

“…The results indicate that the sensitivity of the second mode to sample stiffness also increases optimal geometrical parameters that yield the minimum frequency ratio; and, as a result, a higher contrast is achieved and it leads users to utilize the cantilevers with optimum geometry for achieving best contrast in imaging and properties estimation of unknown samples.…”
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Creating “wizards” on the library’s website by Berika Williams, Debra Berlanstein

“…Methods: Brainstorming meetings were held to create a flow chart that identified the specific questions to be answered that would lead users to a logical answer. Once the correct flow was created, we approached each of these challenges by creating a custom module decision tree, using code through Drupal’s application programming interface (API) for forms. …”
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Innovative Methodology for Generating Representative Driving Profiles for Heavy-Duty Trucks from Measured Vehicle Data by Gordon Witham, Daniel Swierc, Anna Rozum, Lutz Eckstein

“…An incorporation of real driving data instead of solely relying on standardized cycles has the potential of tailoring components to the target lead users and applications. While some operating conditions can be recorded by vehicle manufacturers, these are usually not accessible by third parties. …”
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Impacts of User Personality Traits on Their Contributions in Idea Implementation: A Moderated Mediation Model by Xuejiao Mi, Huiying Zhang, Fei Qu

“…This study expands the analysis of the impact mechanism of user idea implementation contributions, which has important theoretical guidance and practical implications for accurately identifying leading users in open innovation communities and enhancing user innovation contributions.…”
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Estimating Latent Traffic Demand From QoS Degradation Using a Time Series Causal Inference Approach by Keisuke Ishibashi, Takumi Uchida

“…Quality of Service (QoS) degradation often results in Quality of Experience (QoE) degradation, leading users to abandon applications or causing applications to reduce content size to avoid congestion and further QoE degradation. …”
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Context-Aware Radio Access Technology Selection in 5G Ultra Dense Networks by Adib Habbal, Swetha Indudhar Goudar, Suhaidi Hassan

“…The densification of RATs forms an overlapping zone of signal coverage, leading user equipment (UE) to frequent signal handovers among the available RATs. …”
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Anthropomorphic visualization : depicting participants in online spaces using the human form by Perry, Ethan Lewis, 1973-

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Towards explainable artificial intelligence in the banking sector by Jew, Clarissa Bella

“…This addresses a significant concern prevalent in current practical implementations of XAI, where the lack of such measures lead users to question the reliability of the output, thereby undermining the effectiveness of such tools. …”
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#TreatmentResistantDepression: a qualitative content analysis of Tweets about difficult-to-treat depression by Talbot, A, Ford, T, Ryan, S, Mahtani, KR, Albury, C

“…However, users in the community also highlighted the absence of effective GP care, leading users to position themselves as condition experts. …”

Context-aware Radio Access Technology Selection Approach in 5G Ultra Dense Networks by Habbal, Adib M. Monzer, Goudar, Swetha Indudhar, Hassan, Suhaidi

“…Ultra dense network (UDN) is the extreme densification of heterogeneous radio access technologies (RATs) that are deployed closely in a coordinated or uncoordinated manner.The densification of RATs forms an overlapping zone of signal coverage, leading user equipment (UE) to frequent signal handovers among the available RATs. …”
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The MAPS: Toward a Novel Mobility Assistance System for Visually Impaired People by Katerine Romeo, Edwige Pissaloux, Simon L. Gay, Ngoc-Tan Truong, Lilia Djoussouf

“…The preliminary evaluations of the MAPS focused on the interaction with the environment and on feedback from the users (blindfolded participants) to confirm its effectiveness in a simulated environment (a labyrinth). Those lead-users easily interpreted the system’s provided data that they considered relevant for effective independent navigation.…”
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Evaluating the Potential for a Novel Irrigation System Controller to Be Adopted by Medium-Scale Contract Farmers in East Africa by Van de Zande, Georgia D, Sheline, Carolyn, Winter, Amos G

“…The results provide initial positive feedback from these lead users, suggesting that this controller could be a viable product in EA. …”
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