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Origami‐Inspired Structural Design for Aquatic‐Terrestrial Amphibious Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a lightweight amphibious origami robot actuated by a single shape memory alloy wire. A rigid foldable origami structure with displacement amplification enables efficient terrestrial crawling and aquatic swimming. The addition of fan‐shaped units allows controllable turning in both environments.
Weiqi Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of pretreatment education on anxiety in patients undergoing radiation therapy for the first time: A randomized clinical trial

open access: yesCogent Psychology, 2018
Background: Pretreatment anxiety is one of the most common problems in patients undergoing radiotherapy, especially for the first time. There are limited and contradictory studies on the effect of multimedia as compared with common education methods ...
Atefeh Behboudifar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of Mother's Information and Believes towards Colostomy of their Children at Pediatric Hospitals in Baghdad City

open access: yesKufa Journal for Nursing Sciences, 2015
Objectives: To asses of mother's information and belief regarding to child with colostomy. And to identify the relationships between mothers information- believes and their socio demographic characteristics of age, education, occupation and socio ...
Mohsen Q. Mohsen, Khetam M. Hattab
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of the School Library Media Specialist as Perceived by Selected Elementary School Principals in the Houston Independent School District

open access: yes, 1979
Librarians have always been looked upon by patrons and administrators simply as a keeper of books. According to West (1972, p. i) the twentieth century library educator has had a calling for improving this simple existence, which has meant a moving ...
White, Sue Anita
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MicroRoboScope: A Portable and Integrated Mechatronic Platform for Magnetic and Acoustic Microrobotic Experimentation

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents the MicroRoboScope, a highly integrated, compact, and portable microrobotic experimentation platform combining electromagnetic and acoustic actuation with real‐time visual feedback into a single, end‐to‐end device. The system enables closed‐loop control and tracking algorithm experimentation within an accessible and unified hardware ...
Max Sokolich   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A study for school media center program improvement

open access: yes, 1985
The school library-media specialist holds an interesting position. They are not usually classroom teachers, but they are involved in the educational process.
Jordan, Glen W.
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Natural Variation of NAR5 Determines Nitrogenase Activity and the Yield in Soybean

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identified NAR5, a gene encoding a subtilisin‐like protease, that regulates nitrogenase activity in soybean nodules. Overexpressing NAR5 delayed nodule senescence, enhancing nitrogenase activity, yield, and low‐nitrogen tolerance. The elite haplotype NAR5HapI‐1 linked to superior nitrogenase activity and greater seed weight has been ...
Chao Ma   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Study of Health Literacy of Patients Referring to Specialist Physicians\' Offices in Kermanshah City

open access: yesپیاورد سلامت, 2019
Background and Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the health literacy of patients referring to specialist physicianschr('39') offices in the city of Kermanshah. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive analytical cross-sectional study.
Mahmoud Moradi, Sara Bahrami Nia
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Indian Higher Education Teachers and Open Educational Resources

open access: yes, 2016
Presented by Dr. Sanjaya Mishra, Education Specialist - eLearning, Commonwealth of Learning, at the research dissemination workshop on open educational resources (organised by the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia), New Delhi, 20 December ...
Mishra, Sanjaya
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E-Learning Technologies and Its Application in Higher Education:A Descriptive Comparison of Germany,United Kingdom and United States. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
There is a general agreement that we have entered the information economy, that higher education is a critical element in this knowledge society. This has placed a new demand on its teaching and research functions, with growing emphasis on lifelong ...
Gyambrah, Martin K.
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