Effects of a 4-Week Multi-Exercise Isometric Resistance Training Programme on Resting and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Normotensive Adults. [PDF]
Eur J Sport SciWright BH +3 more
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The Development and Validation of the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to the increasing need for effective Chinese vocabulary assessments, this study developed the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test (CVLT), a test designed for intermediate‐level Chinese as a second or foreign language (CSL/FL) learners, based on the vocabulary lists (levels 4–6) from the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for ...
Shiwei Qi, Ailan Fu
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Item response theory and the measurement of deprivation: Evidence from PSELL-3 [PDF]
Item Response Theory (IRT) has recently been proposed as a framework to measure deprivation. It allows deriving a latent measure of deprivation from a set of dichotomous observed items of deprivation and analyzing determinants of deprivation.
Fusco, Alessio, Raileanu Szeles, Monica
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Relationship Between Rectal Temperature and Infrared Temperatures of a Goat's External Body Surfaces. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Ali MN +8 more
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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.This review explores how to make staple foods and horticultural crops more nutritious, including how artificial intelligence‐based screening of gene banks helps deploy nutritionally rich germplasm into breeding. Genome editing can help develop crops richer in minerals, vitamins, and health‐promoting compounds, supporting healthier diets and more ...
Rhowell Jr. N. Tiozon +2 more
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Use of infrared thermography in assessing the thermal comfort of cattle-systematic review. [PDF]
Front Vet SciSousa Pinto V +13 more
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Economic Insecurity, Greenlash and the Demand for Climate Policies in Europe
Kyklos, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study how perceived economic insecurity predicts people's support for climate policies across European regions. By developing a new political economy model and using a dataset with 17 European countries, we show that larger perceived economic insecurity is robustly associated with lower support for climate policies involving higher taxes on
Michele Gubello, Claire Keane
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Friendship fosters well-being, exclusion may hurt girls' mathematics: a two-wave cross-lagged panel model of peer relations, affect, and achievement. [PDF]
Eur J Psychol EducLintner T.
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Self‐rated and clinically assessed psychopathy: Same or different thermometers?
Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose To examine whether scores on a self‐report instrument can serve as a valid proxy for clinically assessed psychopathy. Method Using data from the Pathways to Desistance study, we applied a hybrid NEAT (non‐equivalent groups with anchor test)–SG (single group) equating design to link the Psychopathy Checklist–Youth Version (PCL–YV) with ...
Lloyd Balbuena +6 more
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