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Canonical quantization has created many valid quantizations that require infinite-line coordinate variables. However, the half-harmonic oscillator, which is limited to the positive coordinate half, cannot receive a valid canonical quantization becaus...

As an indispensable component of today’s world economy and an increasing success factor in production and other processes, as well as products, software needs to handle a growing number of specific requirements and influencing factors that are...

The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the validity and accuracy of wearable technologies used for monitoring physiological metrics in team-sport athletes. A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed and Scopus databases, with a...

Crowdsourced network measurements (CNMs) are becoming increasingly popular as they assess the performance of a mobile network from the end user’s perspective on a large scale. Here, network measurements are performed directly on the end-users’ device...

The study aims to determine the validity and reproducibility of step duration and step length parameters measured during walking in healthy participants using an accelerometer embedded in smart eyeglasses. Twenty young volunteers participated in two...

Dimensional and transdiagnostic models have become central to contemporary efforts to move psychiatric nosology beyond DSM/ICD categories. This shift reflects persistent limitations of categorical syndromes as final biological targets, including with...

The concepts and measurements in psychology of religion often adhere to its Judeo-Christian roots, which causes problems when measuring non-Christian religiosity. In this paper, two successive studies are presented. The first study applied Huber&rsqu...

Background/Objectives: Parenting interventions are an effective way to support child development, and brief screening tools can support equitable implementation of parenting interventions by reducing program costs, increasing accessibility, and engag...

Lifestyle medicine (LM) should be incorporated as part of routine clinical work and medical education programs. Objective: To develop and test the validity and reliability of a questionnaire that measures the level of knowledge, attitude, and practic...

Heart rate measurement has become one of the most widely used methods of monitoring the intensity of physical activity. The purpose of this study was to assess whether in-ear photoplethysmographic (PPG) pulse rate (PR) measurement devices represent a...

(1) Background: Although social cognitive theory (SCT) has been widely tested and applied in numerous interventions aimed at optimizing physical activity behavior, the complete theory has rarely been tested in its entirety. Only selected elements hav...

Injuries caused by the overstraining of muscles could be prevented by means of a system which detects muscle fatigue. Most of the equipment used to detect this is usually expensive. The question then arises whether it is possible to use a low-cost su...

Background and Objectives: The Neck Disability Index (NDI) is one of the most widely used instruments for assessing self-reported neck-related functional limitations. However, a validated Albanian version has not previously existed, limiting its appl...

The factor structure of the German edition of the KABC-II for ages 5 and 6 was examined in a clinical sample. Participants were 450 children ages 5 and 6 who had been assessed due to various behavioral, emotional, or developmental disorders in five C...

Asymmetry is a cardinal symptom of gait post-stroke that is targeted during rehabilitation. Technological developments have allowed accelerometers to be a feasible tool to provide digital gait variables. Many acceleration-derived variables are propos...

Proper specimen collection is the most important step to ensure accurate testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other infectious diseases. Assessment of healthcare workers’ upper respiratory tract specimen collection skills is needed...

This paper reports on the development and validation of the COVID Psychosocial Impacts Scale (CPIS), a self-report measure that comprehensively examines both positive and negative psychosocial impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first par...

E-learning is increasingly used to support student learning in higher education, facilitating administration of online formative assessments. Although providing diagnostic, actionable feedback is generally more effective, in current practice, feedbac...

In recent years, the EnodePro^® device has been one of the most frequently used velocity sensors to track the bar velocity in resistance training, with the aim of providing load–velocity profiles. However, recent articles highlight a lack of...

In the transmission expansion planning (TEP) problem, it is challenging to consider a fault current level constraint due to the time-consuming update process of the bus impedance matrix, which is required to calculate the fault currents during the se...

For seventeen centuries, basilica-plan churches have remained among Christianity’s most enduring architectural forms. Scholars have long argued that features such as bell towers, axial orientation toward the altar, upward light, noble materials...

A comprehensive understanding of airflow temperature distribution within high-temperature tunnels is crucial for developing effective cooling strategies that ensure a safe environment and acceptable construction costs. In this paper, we introduce a n...

Medicinal properties of plants are usually identified based on knowledge of traditional medicine or using low-throughput screens for specific pharmacological activities. The former is very biased since it requires prior knowledge of plants’ pro...

This study assessed the effect of carbohydrate intake on self-selected soccer-specific running performance. Sixteen male soccer players (age 23 ± 4 years; body mass 76.9 ± 7.2 kg; predicted VO_2max = 54.2 ± 2.9 mL∙kg⁻¹∙min⁻¹; soccer experience 13 ± 4...

Measurement and assessment in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education is one central topic within STEM education scholarship. While there has been an increase in validation-related scholarship within STEM education, there a...

Distribution-shift alarms do not establish classifier harm. We evaluated the detectability, frozen-head relevance, and performance deterioration of two public DenseNet-121 chest-radiography classifiers under 30 controlled image conditions. Signals co...

Purpose: Cadaveric dissection is a cornerstone of neurosurgical education, providing trainees with a realistic 3D understanding of anatomy and a safe environment to practice surgical approaches. A preservation technique was developed that merges the...

Methane emission estimates from offshore facilities are increasingly used for regulatory reporting and climate assessment, yet it remains unclear under what atmospheric conditions such estimates are physically meaningful. This study defines three nec...

Model validation is essential for evaluating how reliably a machine learning model performs on unseen data, especially in imbalanced classification where performance estimates can be affected by an underrepresentation of the minority class. Cross-val...

The usual full- and half-harmonic oscillators are turned into field theories, and that behavior is examined using canonical and affine quantization. The result leads to a valid affine quantization of the half harmonic oscillator field theory, which p...

Virtual validation of radar sensor models is becoming increasingly important for the safety validation of Light Detection and Rangings (lidars). Therefore, methods for quantitative comparison of radar measurements in the context of model validation n...

Background: School bullying, be it in its traditional form or as cyberbullying, is a worldwide phenomenon, with significant impacts on schoolchildren’s wellbeing, and its accurate evaluation is thus key in prevention and intervention. The aim o...

Clustering validation is applied to evaluate the quality of classifications. This step is crucial for unsupervised machine learning. A plethora of methods exist for this purpose; however, a common drawback is that statistical inference is not possibl...

Using a face validity approach, this paper provides a validation of the Database Forensic Investigation Metamodel (DBFIM). The DBFIM was developed to solve interoperability, heterogeneity, complexity, and ambiguity in the database forensic investigat...

In this paper, two theorems are explained which are used in order to find the improper integral I = ({int_a^infty})f(x)dx numerically. It has been proved in [4], one can use the Trapezoidal and Simpson rules to find the definite integral I_m = ({int_a...

Predicting corporate bankruptcy is a key task in financial risk management, and selecting a machine learning model with superior generalization performance is crucial for prediction accuracy. This study evaluates the effectiveness of k-fold cross-val...

Stemming from union intolerance as a psychological construct, defined as sustained hatred by nonunion employees when unions are perceived to encourage intolerable vices in employees and, notably, in union employees, we sought to broaden the empirical...

Validation is a crucial aspect of quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) modeling. The present paper shows that traditionally used validation parameters (leave-one-out Q² for internal validation and predictive R² for external validation)...

Performance validity tests (PVTs) and symptom validity tests (SVTs) are central to evaluating neuropsychological test results in clinical adult ADHD assessments. Although their relationships have been widely examined, the constructs these measures as...

The humility at work scale was developed to provide a numeric representation of the humility at work construct, defined as one’s estimate of low to modest self-importance in the act of doing the work itself and in relation to one’s role i...

The usual particle in a box is turned into a field theory, and its behavior is examined using canonical and affine quantizations. The result leads to a valid affine quantization of the particle in a box field theory, which points toward further valid...

Easy-to-Read content results from applying text simplification principles to make information accessible for persons with reading and learning difficulties. While both the creation process and simplification principles have gained the interest of sch...

For the deterioration model of a material, it is crucial to design a validation experiment to determine the ability of the deterioration model to simulate the actual deterioration process. In this paper, a design method of a validation experiment for...

Validation is an essential and important step before the application of remote sensing products. This paper introduces a prototype of the validation network for remote sensing products in China (VRPC). The VRPC aims to improve remote sensing products...

Debates over teacher evaluation and teacher effectiveness have largely focused on methodological refinement, particularly the technical adequacy of value-added models (VAMs). Far less attention has been paid to the validity of the evidentiary foundat...

Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) is the fourth satellite in the marine dynamic satellite series established by China. It was successfully launched on 19 May 2021, marking the era of the 3-satellite network in the marine dynamic environment satellite series of Chin...

Despite the pervasive role of digital platforms in contemporary higher education, existing measurement tools fail to capture students’ psychological dependence on online approval within academic contexts, focusing instead on technical competenc...

The aim of the present work was to study the feasibility of pasture cropping under the Mediterranean conditions prevailing in central Spain and its potential as a weed management tool. Three cropping systems were assessed: conventionally grown winter...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease globally. Current drugs only alleviate symptoms without halting disease progression, making rodent models essential for researching new therapies and understanding the...

Smart technology has been introduced in the tourism industry for several decades. Nature-based tourism destinations contribute to environmental education and sustainable tourism. Tourism experiences have been extensively assessed in past research; ho...