Integration of Blockchain Technology and Prioritization of Deployment Barriers in the Blood Supply Chain by Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene, Amir Karbassi Yazdi, Amir Mehdiabadi

“…<i>Conclusions:</i> Additionally, implementing blockchain for SCM of blood supply requires paying more attention to business owners’ unwillingness barriers and resolving them. …”
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Highly Efficient Cutting of Quartz Glass with Low Roughness and Minor Chipping Using Bessel Laser Beams by Lei Xiong, Yuhang An, Ling Zhang, Cheng Tang, Tianci Zhang, Aibin Zuo, Wenyan Gao

“…The conventional method of cutting quartz glass with a knife often leads to undesirable effects, such as chipping, debris generation, and an inconsistent cut quality. Additionally, implementing the current methods of laser ablation cutting and crack control cutting presents challenges in ensuring both the quality of the cut and the efficiency of the process. …”
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Study of Living Hadith; the Phenomenon of Different Religious Inheritance through Wasiat Wajibah by Muhammad Zainuddin Sunarto, Umi Sumbulah

“…This necessary will is intended to preserve the integrity of the family and accommodate the multicultural, multiethnic, and multireligious nature of Indonesian society. In addition, implementing a sense of fairness is an advantage of this decision. …”
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Research on the Reconstruction of the Temperature Field in Two-Dimensional Steady-State Thermal Conductivity Based on Physics-Informed Neural Networks by Yufan Pan, Ke Zhang, Ji Zhang, Ning Mei

“…By optimizing the distribution of sample points without increasing their quantity, the average relative error is further reduced by approximately 1%, thereby enhancing inversion accuracy. Additionally, implementing an adaptive weight adjustment strategy, based on learning rate annealing, further refines the method, reducing the maximum absolute error by 0.4 °C and the average relative error by 2% when compared to traditional PINNs. …”
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Experimental and numerical study of forming aluminum stepped tubes by electromagnetic forming method by Javad Esmaeili, Aliakbar Asgharpour, Mohammad Bakhshi-Jooybari, Hamid Gorji, Mohammad Javad Mirnia

“…A coil was optimized in COMSOL by analyzing parameters such as the number of turns of the coil, wire spacing, and coil-to-workpiece distance to enhance quality. Additionally, implementing air venting channels in the die design eliminated dents and incomplete filling, enhancing production outcomes. …”
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Closed-loop coupling of both physiological spindle model and spinal pathways for sensorimotor control of human center-out reaching by Pablo Filipe Santana Chacon, Isabell Wochner, Isabell Wochner, Maria Hammer, Jochen Martin Eppler, Susanne Kunkel, Susanne Kunkel, Syn Schmitt, Syn Schmitt, Syn Schmitt

“…Furthermore, an additionally-implemented simpler spinal network (that does not include the pathways with spindle proprioception) presented an inferior performance in the task by not being able to reach all the evaluated targets.…”
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Unlocking success: The mediating power of organizational commitment and job satisfaction between work-life balance and employee performance by Ni Made Dwi Puspitawati, Ni Putu Cempaka Dharmadewi Atmaja, Ni Putu Lisa Ernawatiningsih, Putu Pradiva Putra Salain, I Putu Wahyu Dwinata JS

“…For instance, ensuring a balanced workload among team members can prevent fatigue and provide employees with sufficient time for rest and leisure activities. Additionally, implementing family support programs can enhance organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and performance.…”
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Multi-Class Urinary Sediment Particles Detection Based on YOLOv7 With Attention Modules by Tatsuki Komori, Hiroki Nishikawa, Keita Sasaki, Ittetsu Taniguchi, Takao Onoye

“…YOLOv7 is one of state-of-the-art models, and we additionally implement attention modules in the backbone of YOLOv7 so that they empower its network to enhance the feature extraction with mitigating the background noises. …”
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Design and construction of an Arduino-based load-shedding management system for improving electricity consumption in a medium-sized creative office building by Olumuyiwa Amusan, Benjamin Olorunfemi, Ayomide Fagboyo

“…Comparing the cost of building the device with the long-term cost of overloading a standalone electricity generator, considering accelerated wear and tear, increased maintenance expenses, reduced operational lifespan, potential premature equipment failure, and overall decreased reliability, underscores the high-cost efficiency of adopting this device in office buildings. Additionally, implementing the system in an office building with an energy consumption of 23 kWh resulted in a discernible annual energy saving of 2.52 kWh by shedding off unnecessary loads at estimated timings. …”
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Respirable Particles and Gas Contaminants Emissions from a Desktop Laser Cutter and Engraver by Kevin O’Neill, Xinyi Niu, Jun Wang, Runcheng Fang

“…Materials with higher carbon content, such as wood and cardboard, generated higher levels of VOCs and CO, compared to plastic (high VOC but no CO emissions) and glass (no VOC nor CO emission). Additionally, implementing ventilation control during laser cutting or engraving processes is highly recommended, as it effectively reduces the emissions of respirable particles and completely removes gaseous contaminants.…”
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Analysis of crop virtual water flow at dual scales in yellow river basin based on the SWAT model by Jing Liu, Tiantian Zi, Lan Wang, Xinchun Cao

“…Strategic planning of crop trade routes should integrate both scales, emphasizing the development of core network regions while fostering growth in peripheral areas to ensure network stability. Additionally, implementing water-saving technologies and adjusting crop planting structures are vital for sustainable water resource management in YRB.…”
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Mimicking the Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cell Niche In Vitro to Enhance Fenestration in a Genetic Model of Systemic Inflammation by Dibakar Borah, Oliwia Blacharczyk, Karolina Szafranska, Izabela Czyzynska-Cichon, Sara Metwally, Konrad Szymanowski, Wolfgang Hübner, Jerzy Kotlinowski, Ewelina Dobosz, Peter McCourt, Thomas Huser, Malgorzata Lekka, Bartlomiej Zapotoczny

“…We performed a detailed characterization of polyacrylamide (PAA) hydrogels using atomic force microscopy (AFM), rheometry, scanning electron microscopy, and fluorescence microscopy to assess their potential as biomimetic substrates for LSECs. We additionally implemented AFM; quantitative fluorescence microscopy, including high-resolution structured illumination microscopy (HR-SIM); and an endocytosis assay to characterize the morphology and function of LSECs. …”
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Treponema pallidum infection rate in patients attending the general hospital of Benguela, Angola by Lesya Yefimenko, Carolina Gasparinho, Ângela Lopes, Rita Castro, Filomena Pereira

“…Conclusions: The high rate of syphilis/HIV co-infection emphasizes the urgent requirement for adequate sexually transmitted infections (STIs) screening, prevention and treatment programs. In addition, implementation of quality control measures within RPR testing protocols at GHB are needed, including training for laboratory personnel, adequate equipment and introduction of other rapid testing. …”
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A protocol of a pilot randomised trial (Action-RESPOND) to support rural and regional communities with implementing community-based systems thinking obesity prevention initiatives. by Sze Lin Yoong, Andrew D Brown, Gloria K W Leung, Monique Hillenaar, Jennifer L David, Josh Hayward, Claudia Strugnell, Colin Bell, Vicki Brown, Michelle Jackson, Steven Allender

“…Action-RESPOND builds on this intervention by assessing the impact of offering additional implementation strategies to five communities relative to usual care. …”
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Service-Oriented LSTM Multi-Criteria RAT Selection Scheme for Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication by Mohammed Altahrawi, Nor Fadzilah Abdullah, Rosdiadee Nordin

“…The results demonstrate that the SOLMC scheme can significantly achieve up to 47.5&#x0025; network throughput maximization and 20.42&#x0025; packet delivery ratio improvement, using lower queue length compared to nearest-RAT-based selection. In addition, implementing LSTM in SOLMC improves the total average throughput by up to 3.1&#x0025; and 6&#x0025; packet delivery ratio.…”
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Occupational Health Risk Management Measures for Personnel Handling Non-Human Primate Laboratory Animals: An Overview by LI Qian, CHEN Jiaqi, LI Lihong, ZHANG Feiyan, MAO Huaming, LÜ Longbao

“…A multidimensional prevention and control framework is proposed, which includes the following components. (1) Risk Assessment and Emergency Response: Regularly identify hazards through an Occupational Health and Safety Committee (OHSC) and develop post-exposure emergency protocols. (2) Optimization of Management Systems: Improve facility design, optimize the allocation of personal protective equipment, and enhance health surveillance and vaccination programs. (3) Technical Training and Standardized Operations: Provide specialized training in NHP laboratory animal ethology and biosafety practices. Additionally, implement intelligent monitoring technologies to reduce the occurrence of aggressive incidents. …”
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Multi-label text classification via secondary use of large clinical real-world data sets by Sai Pavan Kumar Veeranki, Akhila Abdulnazar, Diether Kramer, Markus Kreuzthaler, David Benjamin Lumenta

“…A prototypical front-end application for coding support was additionally implemented. The problem of predicting procedure codes from a given operative report can be successfully modelled as a multi-label classification task, with a promising performance. …”
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Challenges and coping strategies of nursing interns in training for nationwide medical technical skills competition: a qualitative descriptive study by Zhongchen Luo, Qing Wang, Jie Li, Hongli Chen, Hong Li, Keyan Xue, Jiao Tang

“…It is crucial to create a well-organized training schedule, address negative emotions, provide timely psychological support and establish a high-caliber competition training team to enhancing training effectiveness. Additionally, implementing comprehensive reforms in nursing education teaching methodologies is vital for improving the professional competence of student interns, particularly in strengthening their clinical decision-making skills for analyzing and resolving nursing issues in specific clinical settings. …”
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The status of insecticide resistance of Anopheles coluzzii on the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, after 20 years of malaria vector control by Maria Correa, Janete Lopes, Carla A. Sousa, Gustavo Rocha, Robin Oriango, Andreia Cardetas, Joao Viegas, Anthony J. Cornel, Gregory C. Lanzaro, João Pinto

“…Alternative control methods not dependent on the use of insecticides should be additionally implemented to achieve malaria elimination in STP.…”
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Long short-term memory networks for enhancing real-time flood forecasts: a case study for an underperforming hydrologic model by S. Gegenleithner, S. Gegenleithner, M. Pirker, C. Dorfmann, R. Kern, J. Schneider

“…Many operational flood forecasting systems additionally implement models aimed at enhancing the predictions of the PBHM, either by updating the PBHM's state variables in real time or by enhancing its forecasts in a post-processing step. …”
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