Ingeniería y Ciencia, 2020 This study developed a theoretical model for the determination of the Coke Anisotropy Quotient (CAQ) of semi-coke from the properties of its precursor coal.
Eliana Romero-Salcedo +5 more
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A content-aware quantisation mechanism for transform domain distributed video coding [PDF]
, 2018 The discrete cosine transform (DCT) is widely applied in modern codecs to remove spatial redundancies, with the resulting DCT coefficients being quantised to achieve compression as well as bit-rate control. In distributed video coding (DVC) architectures
Dooley, Laurence S. +2 more
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Transform domain distributed video coding using larger transform blocks [PDF]
, 2017 Distributed Video Coding (DVC) displays promising performance at low spatial resolutions but begins to struggle as the resolution increases. One of the limiting aspects is its 4x4 block size of Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) which is often impractical ...
Dooley, Laurence +2 more
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Transcultural adaptation of the children's anxiety questionnaire in Brazil
Nursing Open, 2021 Aim To describe the transcultural adaptation process of the Children's Anxiety Questionnaire (CAQ) for the Brazilian culture. Design This is a methodological study of cross‐cultural adaptation.
Josiane Ramos Garcia Rodrigues +5 more
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Modeling desorption kinetics of a persistent organic pollutant from field aged sediment using a bi-disperse particle size distribution [PDF]
, 2010 Purpose With the predicted climate change, it is expected that the chances of river flooding increase. During flood events, sediments will resuspend and when sediments are polluted, contaminants can be transferred to the surrounding water.
Bruning, H. +3 more
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The factor structure of the cardiac anxiety questionnaire, and validation in a post-MI population
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022 Background CVD-patients with higher levels of cardiac anxiety suffer psychologically, as well as being at increased risk for cardiac morbidity and mortality. Therefore it is important to be able to assess CA in a clinical setting.
Philip Leissner +3 more
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Contribution of cattellian personality instruments [PDF]
, 2008 Raymond B. Cattell, PhD, DSc (London) was ranked among the top ten most highly cited psychologists of the twentieth century (along with Freud, Piaget, Eysenck, and Skinner), as indexed in the peer-reviewed psychological journal literature (Haggbloom et ...
Barton, Keith, Boyle, Gregory J.
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2020 Background Psychological flexibility is considered a fundamental aspect of health. It includes six interrelated facets: 1) cognitive defusion, 2) acceptance, 3) contact with the present moment, 4) self-as-context, 5) values, and 6) committed action.
Yannik Terhorst +3 more
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FINANCIAMENTO DA ESCOLA PÚBLICA DE EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA: A PROPOSTA DO SIMULADOR DE CUSTO-ALUNO QUALIDADE [PDF]
Educação & Sociedade, 2019 RESUMO: Este artigo apresenta o Simulador de Custo-Aluno Qualidade (SimCAQ) como instrumento de planejamento orçamentário, articulando tal discussão ao custo do financiamento da educação em condições de qualidade no Brasil.
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Trajectories of university adjustment in the United Kingdom: Emotion management and emotional self-efficacy protect against initial poor adjustment [PDF]
, 2013 Little is known about individual differences in the pattern of university adjustment. This study explored longitudinal associations between emotional self-efficacy, emotion management, university adjustment, and academic achievement in a sample of first ...
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