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Use of Mobile Applications in Developing Reading Comprehension in Second Language Acquisition—A Review Study

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2020
Reading is a fundamental skill for academic success because university students need to comprehend an extensive amount of information in a short time to achieve their academic goals.
Blanka Klimova, Katarina Zamborova
doaj   +1 more source

Systematic Categorisation of 3,091 Smartphone Applications From a Large-Scale Smartphone Sensing Dataset

open access: yesJournal of Open Psychology Data, 2022
Practically all user activities on a smartphone depend on self-contained software applications, so-called apps. Due to the large number and diversity of available apps, the analysis of app usage behaviour in social science research requires elaborate pre-
Ramona Schoedel   +3 more
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Exploring the atmosphere using smartphones

open access: yes, 2015
The characteristics of the inner layer of the atmosphere, the troposphere, are determinant for the earth's life. In this experience we explore the first hundreds of meters using a smartphone mounted on a quadcopter. Both the altitude and the pressure are
Cabeza, Cecilia   +4 more
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Experimentation with MANETs of Smartphones

open access: yes, 2017
Mobile AdHoc NETworks (MANETs) have been identified as a key emerging technology for scenarios in which IEEE 802.11 or cellular communications are either infeasible, inefficient, or cost-ineffective.
Aguiar, Ana   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Our smartphones enable—and encourage—constant connection to information, entertainment, and each other. They put the world at our fingertips, and rarely leave our sides. Although these devices have immense potential to improve welfare, their persistent
Bos, Maarten W.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

RATING DECISION ANALYSIS BASED ON IOS APP STORE DATA

open access: yesKvalita Inovácia Prosperita, 2014
Purpose: The aim of the paper is to describe the specific aspects of the e-commerce model business-to-consumer as a constantly developing field of an economic life in the Central European countries according to their customers.
Dejan Erić   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conexão constante, privacidade e ambivalências nas dinâmicas interacionais mediadas por smartphones

open access: yesRevista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2019
This article proposes to reflect upon the strategies used by Brazilian youth to regulate their interactions mediated by smartphones. Based on an exploratory qualitative study, the thematic analysis examines the assessments made by participants of their ...
José Carlos Ribeiro   +3 more
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New Technologies in the Field of Tourist Guiding: Threat or Tool?

open access: yesJournal of Tourismology, 2020
This article examines the impact of new technologies on the field of tourist guiding. It has been found throughout the preliminary research that a large gap in this field exists in academic literature.
Michelle De La Harpe, Karina Sevenhuysen
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Mycobacterial cell division arrest and smooth‐to‐rough envelope transition using CRISPRi‐mediated genetic repression systems

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing and phenotypic exploration in nontuberculous mycobacteria. In this Research Protocol, we describe approaches to control, monitor, and quantitatively assess CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing in M. smegmatis and M. abscessus model organisms.
Vanessa Point   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smartphones vs PCs: Does the Device Affect the Web Survey Experience and the Measurement Error for Sensitive Topics? - A Replication of the Mavletova & Couper’s 2013 Experiment

open access: yesSurvey Research Methods, 2016
More and more respondents use mobile devices to complete web surveys. These devices have different characteristics, if compared to PCs (e.g. smaller screen sizes and higher portability).
Daniele Toninelli, Melanie Revilla
doaj   +1 more source

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