Population size influences amphibian detection probability: implications for biodiversity monitoring programs. by Lorenzo G Tanadini, Benedikt R Schmidt

“…Monitoring programs must take imperfect detection of species into account in order to be reliable. Theory suggests that detection probability may be determined by population size but this relationship has not yet been assessed empirically. …”
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The App Behavior Change Scale: Creation of a Scale to Assess the Potential of Apps to Promote Behavior Change by McKay, Fiona H, Slykerman, Sarah, Dunn, Matthew

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to develop a reliable, theory-based scale that can be used to assess the behavior change potential of smartphone apps. …”
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Remanufacturing decision-making method of jib structure based on characteristic life and strength redundancy by Qing DONG, Zhen Kuo KANG, Ge Ning XU

“…For the tensile stress region, test points with fatigue residual life are screened out. Then, with reliability theories consist of probability distribution fitting and goodness of fit test and adaptable double fruit fly algorithm being as the basis, the theoretical model of characteristic life reliability analysis of damaged jib section is built, and the fatigue life reliability of each detection point is obtained. …”
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High-Efficiency Continuous-Wave Ti:Sapphire Laser with High-Intensity Pumping Using a Commercially Available Crystal by Sakae Kawato, Toshiki Kawashima

“…Furthermore, we ensured the reliability of our theoretical analysis by reproducing the experimental results. From this reliable theory, double-pass pumping and increasing the pump power to 25 W resulted in the highest optical-to-optical conversion and slope efficiencies for the incident pump power of 55.9% and 59.6%, respectively, at a high intrinsic residual loss of 4.0%. …”
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A Critical Examination of the Hawking’s Arguments against Theism, On the Basis of His ‘No-Boundary’ Proposal by Hamed Manouchehri Kousha

“…In this paper, firstly, we review four classes of fundamental objections against the scientific reliability of the model and Hawking’s interpretation of it: (a) It is based on quantum gravity, for which there is no reliable theory yet. (b) There are several empirical and theoretical challenges against this proposal. …”
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COVID-19: patient safety and quality improvement skills to deploy during the surge by Staines, A, Amalberti, R, Berwick, DM, Braithwaite, J, Lachman, P, Vincent, CV

“…An understanding of systems theory and the complexity of healthcare systems, human factors and reliability theories, and change methodologies is key to the success of any transformation programme. …”

Information security policy compliance behavior models, theories, and influencing factors: a systematic literature review by Kuppusamy, Puspadevi, Samy, Ganthan Narayana, Maarop, Nurazean, Shanmugam, Bharanidharan, Perumal, Sundresan

“…Twenty (20) primary theories were extracted from the identified studies and found the theory of planned behavior and the protection motivation theory are the most trusted and reliable theories in information security policy compliance behavior models. …”

Quantitative prediction of the position and orientation for an octahedral nanoparticle at liquid/liquid interfaces by Shi, Wenxiong, Lee, Yih Hong, Ling, Xing Yi, Li, Shuzhou

“…Shape-controlled polyhedral particles and their assembled structures have important applications in plasmonics and biosensing, but the interfacial configurations that will critically determine their resultant assembled structures are not well-understood. Hence, a reliable theory is desirable to predict the position and orientation of a polyhedron at the vicinity of a liquid/liquid interface. …”
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Cumulative Paired φ-Entropy by Ingo Klein, Benedikt Mangold, Monika Doll

“…In the fuzzy set theory, for example, cumulative paired φ-entropies were defined for membership functions, whereas in uncertainty and reliability theories some variations of C P E φ were recently considered as measures of information. …”
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Development and Psychometric Testing of the Supportive Care Needs Scale for Patients with Tuberculosis (SCN-TB) by Ren J, Han D, Zhang J, Wang Y, Huang Q, Tian T, Li X

“…The Cronbach’s α, split-half, and test-retest reliability coefficients of the scale were 0.884, 0.883, and 0.854, respectively.Conclusion: The SCN-TB is a valid and reliable theory based tool for assessing the needs of patients with tuberculosis and can be applied in both clinical practice and research.Keywords: needs assessment, tuberculosis, patient-centered care, quality of healthcare, supportive care…”
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