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Parental neighbourhood perceptions and active commuting to school in children according to their sex using a self-organised map approach: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Built environment attributes can facilitate or represent barriers to active commuting to and from school (ACS). Even though parental perceptions of the built environment and their influence on ACS in children have been extensively studied ...
Javier Molina-García   +4 more
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Personality traits in musicians with different types of music performance anxiety

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
IntroductionThis study investigated the relationship between personality traits and MPA in the course of a specific performance.MethodsFor this purpose, symptoms of MPA, functional coping with MPA and performance-related self-efficacy of a sample of 393 ...
Claudia Spahn   +5 more
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A Multidirectional Textile Interface for Remote Control Using Dynamic Area‐Based Capacitance Modulation

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Here, we present a textile, wearable capacitive interface enabling multidirectional remote control by dynamically modulating electrode overlap and spacing via a freely gliding upper electrode. A forearm‐mounted prototype drives robotic and media tasks with 12–15 ms latency, maintains < 0.8% drift after 500 cycles, and remains stably functional at 90 ...
Cagatay Gumus   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategies of Using Multimedia Technology to Optimize Music Classroom Teaching in Primary and Secondary Schools

open access: yesAdvances in Multimedia, 2022
Information technology has entered every aspect of life. The music classroom is no exception for training music talents. The development of information technology has become an inevitable trend of social development.
Yu Deng
doaj   +1 more source

Co‐Design of Stretchable Fabric Sensors and Tiny Machine Learning for Human Interface Device‐Based Edge‐Intelligent Wearable Gloves

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A flexible smart glove integrated with textile sensors enables real‐time hand gesture recognition for human–machine interaction. Using edge AI inference and Bluetooth communication, the system translates finger movements into human interface device commands to control endpoint devices efficiently.
Chi Cuong Vu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and validation of the German Performance-related Questionnaire for Musicians (PQM) for measuring situational music performance anxiety

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
IntroductionWhen performing in public, musicians experience varying levels of music performance anxiety (MPA). The degree of MPA is influenced by various internal and external factors and differs between performances. Previous studies have mainly focused
Claudia Spahn, Manfred Nusseck
doaj   +1 more source

The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

Synchronization between singer and pianist in Lied duos—an analysis of respiratory patterns during the performance of classical art songs

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
IntroductionIn Lied duos, the vocal and piano parts form an inseparable unit and are seamlessly interwoven, which requires a high level of communication skills from both the singer and the pianist during musical performances.
Anna Immerz, Franka Zebe-Sheng
doaj   +1 more source

The world we live in: A perspective on blended learning and music education in higher education

open access: yesThe Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2020
This article investigates the incorporation of Picciano’s Blending with purpose multimodal model into an undergraduate music education module. This multimodal model advocates that teachers and instructional designers should use multiple approaches to ...
Sonja Cruywagen, Hetta Potgieter
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

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