Maybe you heard the line “managing programmers is like herding cats”, and if you consider there is some truth behind this, then you should, perhaps, think how it is to teach people to perform this job. As we know from the research literature, there i...
This study examines the effectiveness of a fine-tuned generative AI system—trained with a domain question bank—for question generation and automated grading in programming education, and evaluates its instructional usability. Methodologic...
Background: Front-of-package nutrition labelling (FOPNL) is an important public health tool for promoting healthier food choices. Therefore, the European Commission has committed to proposing harmonised mandatory FOPNL in Europe. A relevant option fo...
Background: There is a paucity of data regarding the post-operative influence of total hip arthroplasty (THA) on the axial and coronal alignments of the ipsilateral knee. A CT study was designed to assess the post-THA changes in axial and coronal kne...
Introduction: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are increasingly valued in oncology for capturing treatment tolerability and quality of life, and they are emerging as important data sources for precision-medicine and AI-driven clinical workflows. Whil...
This study comprehensively analyzes the alignment of the Technique and Technology curriculum for grades 5–8 in Serbia’s primary education system with key competencies for lifelong learning, following the 2018 Council of the European Union...
23 February 2023
Front-of-package nutrition labelling (FOPNL) is known as an effective tool that can encourage healthier food choices and food reformulation. A very interesting type of FOPNL is grading schemes. Our objective was to compare two market-implemented grad...
The integration of large language models (LLMs) and fuzzy metrics offers new possibilities for improving automated grading in programming education. While LLMs enable efficient generation and semantic evaluation of programming assignments, traditiona...
To what extent do high school students’ course grades align with their scores on standardized college admission tests? People sometimes make the argument that grades are “inflated”, but many school districts only use outcome-based d...
As an emerging vegetable cultivation technology, plug seedling cultivation significantly improves seedling production efficiency and reduces costs through standardization. Grading and transplanting, as the final step before the sale of plug seedlings...
Background/Objectives: Thoracolumbar burst fractures often require surgical stabilization. Although posterolateral fusion (PLF) has been traditionally used, percutaneous posterior fixation (PPF) without fusion has emerged as a less invasive alternati...
17 February 2023
Background: Orthodontic clear aligners constitute an alternative and increasingly used orthodontic treatment modality, offering enhanced esthetics with potential consequences regarding patients’ oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Obj...
BE following RT after breast-conserving surgery is a common concern, impacting patients’ quality of life. This study introduces a clinically meaningful classification system for BE and retrospectively evaluates its incidence among patients trea...
Prostate cancer remains a significant cause of male cancer mortality in the United States, with an estimated 288,300 new cases in 2023. Accurate grading of prostate cancer is crucial for ascertaining disease severity and shaping treatment strategies....
Use of thermoplastic material in orthodontics, either as aligner or as retainer appliances, is common practice and is likely to increase in the years to come. However, no systematic assessment on safety considerations of these adjuncts has been imple...
The exit exam is a comprehensive assessment tool that provides direct evidence of student learning and the level of achievement of program learning outcomes (PLOs). Initial offerings of exit exams showed poor student performance and little correlatio...
The optimisation of road construction planning and design prioritises safety, comfort, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability by aligning with sustainable development goals (SDGs) and integrating life cycle assessment (LCA)-based criteria. Asphalt mi...
Background/Objectives: This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and predictability of lower incisor intrusion with clear aligners in permanent dentition, addressing one of the most challenging aspects of vertical tooth movement cont...
The digital transformation of banks has led to a paradigm shift, promoting the open sharing of data and services with third-party providers through APIs, SDKs, and other technological means. While data sharing brings personalized, convenient, and enr...
Readability formulas are mathematical functions that assess the ‘difficulty’ level of a given text. They play a crucial role in aligning educational texts with student reading abilities; however, existing models are often not tailored to...
This paper presents a heading alignment procedure for drone navigation employing a single hover GNSS antenna combined with low-grade MEMs-IMU sensors. The design was motivated by the need for a drone-mounted differential interferometric SAR (DinSAR)...
14 October 2021
(1) Background: It is unknown whether parents’ perception of school meals, a determinant of student meal participation, align with the nutritional quality of meals served in schools. This study compares the healthfulness of foods offered in schools w...
The purpose of the current study is to compare the extent to which general and specific abilities predict academic performances that are also varied in breadth (i.e., general performance and specific performance). The general and specific constructs...
Electrospun fiber scaffolds are gaining in importance in the area of tissue engineering. They can be used, for example, to fabricate graded implants to mimic the tendon bone junction. For the grading of the tensile strength of the fiber scaffolds, th...
This study explored the complications and prognosis of modified tibial plateau leveling osteotomy with tibial tuberosity transposition (mTPLO-TTT) for simultaneously correcting high-grade medial patellar luxation (MPL) and cranial cruciate ligament d...
This study examines the integration of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within the Grade 11 Life Sciences curriculum in the Vhembe East District. Despite a growing emphasis on ESD, teachers encounter significant barriers that impede effect...
Objectives: Advanced MR imaging of brain tumors is still mainly based on qualitative imaging. PET imaging offers additive metabolic information, and MR fingerprinting (MRF) offers a novel approach to quantitative data acquisition. The purpose of this...
This systematic review aimed to evaluate the efficacy of clear aligner therapy (CAT) in leveling the curve of Spee (CoS) in adult patients with permanent dentition. The clinical relevance of CoS correction lies in its impact on overbite reduction, oc...
This study examined the literacy outcomes of 368 deaf elementary students in the United States, focusing on reading and writing performance and their connections with demographic and language variables. Standardized assessment data were analyzed from...
Small-group learning is a mainstay of medical education, and group functioning can have a major influence on these learning experiences. Our objective was to explore verbal exchange patterns within small-group learning sessions and examine how differ...
Premature damage to heavy-duty pavement has been found to be significantly caused by the vehicle–highway alignment interaction, especially in mountainous regions. This phenomenon was further verified by field pavement damage investigations and...
Background: Contrast-Enhanced Spectral Mammography (CESM) combines anatomical and functional imaging, showing promise in breast cancer diagnosis. Despite well-established lesion detection accuracy, few studies have investigated the link between CESM...
Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed cancer treatment, yet severe immune-related adverse events (irAEs) often necessitate immunotherapy discontinuation and cause life-threatening complications. Circulating plasma proteins,...
Consumer-grade cameras are being increasingly used for remote sensing applications in recent years. However, the performance of this type of cameras has not been systematically tested and well documented in the literature. The objective of this resea...
Road geometric design is a key factor impacting driving safety and efficiency. In highway profile design, speed reduction is used to determine critical length of grade. Previous research generally concentrated on the relationship between speed reduct...
Background/Objectives: Some personalized alignment (PA) concepts have been described with symmetrical gaps in extension and flexion. However, laxity in native knees was significantly greater laterally than medially with respect to both extension and...
The present study examines students’ conceptions of comets and meteors using qualitative research methods. A total of 35 semi-structured interviews were conducted with students in grades 7 and 9 in Germany, aiming to gain a richer understanding...
The progress of technology has played a crucial role in enhancing various fields such as education. Universities in Saudi Arabia offer free education to students and follow specific admission policies. These policies usually focus on features and sco...
This study examines how interaction data from Learning Management Systems (LMSs) can be leveraged to predict student performance and enhance academic outcomes through personalized study plans tailored to individual learning styles. The research follo...
Work is historically evolving due to technological advancements, posing challenges for individuals and institutions. The actual Fourth Industrial Revolution, marked by AI, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, has rapidly increased these advancements, w...
Acne severity grading is an important dermatological task that supports clinical diagnosis, treatment planning, and disease monitoring. Although self-supervised learning (SSL) has gained interest as a means to reduce reliance on large annotated datas...
Improving alignment between timber sawmilling and prefabrication, defined as the coordination of information, materials, and decision-making across the supply chain, is critical for sustainable construction. This study examined integration through se...
In this paper, we propose a robust and high-fidelity 3D face reconstruction method that uses multiple depth cameras. This method automatically reconstructs high-quality 3D face models from aligned RGB-D image pairs using multi-view consumer-grade dep...
This study investigates the pedagogical potential of artificial intelligence (AI)-supported multimodal writing instruction to foster both English language proficiency and sustainability awareness among middle school learners. Adopting a qualitative c...
We investigated the structure of science motivation among a nationally representative sample of grade 8 students in the United States from the TIMSS dataset. Drawing on an integrative conceptual model of motivation, the following constructs from situ...
This study presents a smartphone-based dual-index framework for evaluating bicycle pavement conditions, aimed at supporting sustainable urban mobility and cyclist safety. Conventional assessment methods, such as the International Roughness Index (IRI...
Mineral resource classification plays a critical role in communicating confidence levels, yet supporting methodologies such as drill-hole spacing analysis and geostatistical simulations are not consistently applied in routine updates of deterministic...
The increasing complexity of modern electrical substations—driven by renewable integration, advanced automation, and asset aging—necessitates a transition from reactive maintenance toward intelligent, data-driven strategies. Predictive ma...
Background: Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) represents a precancerous condition whose effective management is crucial for preventing invasive cervical cancer, a disease that remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women wor...
Martensitic high-strength steels are prone to exhibit premature fatigue failure due to fatigue crack nucleation at non-metallic inclusions and other microstructural defects. This study investigates the fatigue crack nucleation behavior of the martens...
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