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Mapping Plant Diversity Based on Combined SENTINEL-1/2 Data—Opportunities for Subtropical Mountainous Forests

Remote Sensing, 2022
Plant diversity is an important parameter in maintaining forest ecosystem services, functions and stability. Timely and accurate monitoring and evaluation of large-area wall-to-wall maps on plant diversity and its spatial heterogeneity are crucial for ...
Qichi Yang, Lihui Wang, Jinliang Huang, Lijie Lu, Yang Li, Yun Du, Feng Ling   +6 more
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Patterns and predictors of adherence to colorectal cancer screening recommendations in Alberta’s Tomorrow Project participants stratified by risk

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is an important modifiable behaviour for cancer control. Regular screening, following recommendations for the type, timing and frequency based on personal CRC risk, contributes to earlier detection and ...
Nathan M. Solbak, Jian-Yi Xu, Jennifer E. Vena, Ala Al Rajabi, Sanaz Vaseghi, Heather K. Whelan, S Elizabeth McGregor   +6 more
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A Comparison of Bias Mitigation Techniques for Educational Classification Tasks Using Supervised Machine Learning

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Machine learning (ML) has become integral in educational decision-making through technologies such as learning analytics and educational data mining.
Tarid Wongvorachan, Okan Bulut, Joyce Xinle Liu, Elisabetta Mazzullo   +3 more
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Enhancing high-school dropout identification: a collaborative approach integrating human and machine insights

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Despite its proven success in various fields such as engineering, business, and healthcare, human–machine collaboration in education remains relatively unexplored.
Okan Bulut, Tarid Wongvorachan, Surina He, Soo Lee   +3 more
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Examining the Relationship between Broadband Access, Parent Technology Beliefs, and Student Academic Outcomes

Education Sciences
This study explores the relationship between community broadband access, parent technology use and beliefs, and student academic outcomes in a Southeastern U.S. school district during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zhexun Xin, Damian Bebell, Gareth Cleveland   +2 more
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Protective effect of apolipoprotein E epsilon 3 on sporadic Alzheimer’s disease in the Chinese population: a meta-analysis

Scientific Reports, 2022
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is fast becoming one of the most expensive, deadly and burdensome diseases in this century. It has the fastest-growing disease burden in China.
Qian Chen, Ting Wang, Deying Kang, Lei Chen   +3 more
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Online engagement and performance on formative assessments mediate the relationship between attendance and course performance

International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2022
In traditional school-based learning, attendance was regarded as a proxy for engagement and key indicator for performance. However, few studies have explored the effect of in-class attendance in technology-enhanced courses that are increasingly provided ...
Chang Lu, Maria Cutumisu
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RETRACTED: Combined Effects of Artificial Surface and Urban Blue-Green Space on Land Surface Temperature in 28 Major Cities in China

Remote Sensing, 2022
The two most common land cover types in urban areas, artificial surface (AS) and urban blue-green space (UBGS), interact with land surface temperature (LST) and exhibit competitive effects, namely, heating and cooling effects. Understanding the variation
Liang Chen, Xuelei Wang, Xiaobin Cai, Chao Yang, Xiaorong Lu   +4 more
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Seasonal Variations of Daytime Land Surface Temperature and Their Underlying Drivers over Wuhan, China

Remote Sensing, 2021
Rapid urbanization greatly alters land surface vegetation cover and heat distribution, leading to the development of the urban heat island (UHI) effect and seriously affecting the healthy development of cities and the comfort of living.
Liang Chen, Xuelei Wang, Xiaobin Cai, Chao Yang, Xiaorong Lu   +4 more
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Post-exercise Effects and Long-Term Training Adaptations of Hormone Sensitive Lipase Lipolysis Induced by High-Intensity Interval Training in Adipose Tissue of Mice

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Although studies have proven that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) shows a comparable effect to moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) on reducing body fat, especially visceral fat, the mechanism is still unclear.
Yang Liu, Yang Liu, Gaofang Dong, Gaofang Dong, Xiaobo Zhao, Xiaobo Zhao, Zerong Huang, Zerong Huang, Peng Li, Peng Li, Haifeng Zhang, Haifeng Zhang   +11 more
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