Impact of extraction methods on the properties of Carica papaya pseudostem fibers from Cameroon used as reinforcement in biocomposites by Jean Aimé Mono, Sandrine Emvoutou Ndongo, Odette Thérèse Adegono Assiene, Armel Mewoli, Rachelle Appolince Nguefack Assona, Richard Hervé Bitete, Giresse Ulrich Defo Tatchum, Claude Takoumbe

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Advancements and Challenges in Video-Based Deception Detection: A Systematic Literature Review of Datasets, Modalities, and Methods by Yeni Dwi Rahayu, Chastine Fatichah, Anny Yuniarti, Yusti Probowati Rahayu

“…Our analysis revealed several key findings: 1) only 52.4% of identified datasets are publicly accessible, highlighting a critical gap in research reproducibility; 2) multimodal approaches consistently outperform unimodal methods, with accuracy improvements of 10-15%; 3) deep learning architectures, particularly LSTM variants and attention mechanisms, demonstrate superior performance in capturing temporal aspects of deception; 4) the Real-Life Trial Dataset emerged as the most frequently used dataset (65% of studies), indicating a preference for high-stakes ecologically valid data; and 5) significant ethical challenges remain unaddressed, particularly regarding privacy, bias, and cross-cultural validity. …”
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Six decades of global coral bleaching monitoring: a review of methods and call for enhanced standardization and coordination by Andrea Rivera-Sosa, Aarón Israel Muñiz-Castillo, Ben Charo, Gregory P. Asner, Chris M. Roelfsema, Simon D. Donner, Brianna D. Bambic, Ana Gabriela Bonelli, Ana Gabriela Bonelli, Morgan Pomeroy, Morgan Pomeroy, Derek Manzello, Paulina Martin, Helen E. Fox

“…Practitioner surveys underscored the dominance of in situ transect and visual methods, highlighting the growing adoption of photo quadrats—an emerging yet underrepresented technique in existing datasets. …”
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Ecological Momentary Assessment of Parental Well-Being and Time Use: Mixed Methods Compliance and Feasibility Study by Laura Altweck, Samuel Tomczyk

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to examine compliance rates and the feasibility of EMA for measuring daily well-being and time use among parents. MethodsAn exploratory mixed-methods study was conducted with 74 German parents (57/74, 77% women, (age: mean 37.6, SD 5.9 years). …”
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Examining How Adults With Diabetes Use Technologies to Support Diabetes Self-Management: Mixed Methods Study by Timothy Bober, Sophia Garvin, Jodi Krall, Margaret Zupa, Carissa Low, Ann-Marie Rosland

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to understand how adults with diabetes with differing clinical profiles and digital health literacy levels integrate data from multiple behavior tracking technologies for diabetes self-management. MethodsAdults with type 1 or 2 diabetes who used ≥1 diabetes medications responded to a web-based survey about health app and activity tracker use in 6 categories: blood glucose level, diet, exercise and activity, weight, sleep, and stress. …”
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Overview of object detection methods based on LiDAR point cloud under adverse weather conditions by Yutian WU, Qing LI, Wenwei SUN, Heng WANG, Weiran WANG

“…Each of these methods is reviewed in detail, with their strengths and limitations analyzed. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of detailed anomaly ultrasound screening in the first trimester: a mixed-methods study by Jehan N Karim, Helen Campbell, Pranav Pandya, Edward C F Wilson, Zarko Alfirevic, Trish Chudleigh, Elizabeth Duff, Jane Fisher, Hilary Goodman, Lisa Hinton, Christos Ioannou, Edmund Juszczak, Louise Linsell, Heather L Longworth, Kypros H Nicolaides, Anne Rhodes, Gordon Smith, Basky Thilaganathan, Jim Thornton, Gillian Yaz, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Aris T Papageorghiou

“…Data sources MEDLINE (OvidSP), EMBASE (OvidSP), Science Citation Index and Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science (Web of Science Core Collection); National Congenital Anomaly Disease Registry; European Congenital Anomalies Registry; Surveys of National Health Service Trusts; screening sonographers, midwives and doctors; and parents; National Schedule of National Health Service Costs (2019–20). Review methods Systematic review and meta-analysis for diagnostic accuracy. …”
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Improving older people’s experiences and safety at transitions of care: the PACT mixed-methods study including RCT by Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Jane O’Hara, Laura Sheard, Catherine Hewitt, Natasha Hardicre, Charles Vincent, Eirini Oikonomou, Gerry Richardson, Rosie Shannon, Kalpita Baird, Stephen Brealey, Robbie Foy, Laura Mandefield, Sarah Hampton, Ed Breckin, Lubena Mirza, Alfredo Palacios, Sally Moore, Jayne Marran, Jacqui Elliot, Jane Schofield, Alison Cracknell, Beth Woods, Sarah Cockayne, Thomas Mills, Yvonne Birks, Olivia Joseph, Rebecca Lawton

“…Data sources National Health Service Secondary Use Services data and Hospital Episodes data for work package 2 and routinely recorded National Health Service acute trust hospital data on re-admissions for work packages 5 and 6. Review methods Systematic narrative review for preparatory work on patient involvement; narrative meta review of transitions interventions; scoping review of transitions measures. …”
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An Interactive Program for Shape Optimization of Sections Under Saint-Venant Torsion Using Boundary Element Method by P. Berkowski, J.M. Sieczkowski, M. Doblaré, L. Garcia

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Pixel Imaging Method, Transport Phenomenon in Sizes From Nano, Micro, and Milli Scale Pore Membrane by Vishal Nandigana

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A COMBINED METHOD OF 1D AND 2D RESISTIVITY FOR GROUNDWATER LAYER ESTIMATION AT A FARMING AREA IN REJOMULYO VILLAGE by Risky Martin Antosia, Muhammad Ramdan

“…Therefore, the groundwater layer zone was estimated as an initial study at the dry farmland in Rejomulyo village, Jati Agung district, South Lampung, using a combined method between the 1D resistivity method of the Schlumberger array and the 2D form of the Wenner configuration. …”
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COMPLEX VARIABLE FUNCTION SOLUTIONS OF STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS FOR MULTIPLE HOLE-EDGE CRACKS by ZHU QingYu, JIANG JueYi

“…A modified approximate superposition method based on the Muskhelishvili complex function theory and truncated conformal mapping approach is proposed in this paper to solve the stress intensity factors of multiple hole-edge cracks under remote uniform tension. …”
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Novel feature-based method for multi-modal biomedical image registration compared to intensity-based technique by Mohammad Javad Shojaei, Lichen Yang, Kazem Shojaei, Jeerapat Doungchawee, Richard W. Vachet

“…We present a novel feature-based approach for multimodal image registration, alongside traditional intensity-based methods. Our method, inspired by SPP-net architecture, employs multi-level feature extraction for robust image alignment. …”
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Risk Assessment Method and Application of Urban River Ecological Governance Project Based on Cloud Model Improvement by JunKe Xu, Xia Zhang

“…According to the evaluation results, the overall risk level of the project was medium, which is consistent with the risk level of the Jinghe River ecological management project at the current stage. (2) The limitation of the subjective qualitative concept caused by the traditional fuzzy comprehensive evaluation was fully considered in the improved method, and the application of the cloud-model based improved method in risk evaluation of the urban river ecological management project significantly improved the reliability and visualization of the evaluation results. …”
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Study on the Compressive Strength Predicting of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Based on an Interpretable Deep Learning Method by Huiming Wang, Jie Lin, Shengpin Guo

“…Additionally, the SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) interpretability method is employed to analyze and interpret the prediction outcomes. …”
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An approach of power loss measurement for converter station and its key equipment by ZHENG Xin, YANG Jianhua, WEI Wei, MA Binqi, LI Shisong, ZHAO Wei

“…At present, the commonly used power loss calculation method for converter station is mainly based on an analysis and calculation method which needs a large number of system operation and equipment performance parameters, so it is cumbersome and complicated to implement. …”
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THE ROLE AND PLACE OF LOGISTIC REGRESSION AND ROC ANALYSIS IN SOLVING MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TASK by S. G. Grigoryev, Yu. V. Lobzin, N. V. Skripchenko

“…For its history the medicine  has accumulated a great variety  of diagnostic methods for different diseases and  pathologic conditions. …”
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Evaluation of seasonal variation of groundwater quality by using the correlation matrices method in Koppal Taluk, Karnataka, India by Ramesh Basanagouda, Avinash Pandurang, Maradi Nayaka

“…The method used was ArcGIS 10.8, which visualizes spatial distribution for data quality control, identification of erroneous data, and classification of different data types. …”
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Enhancing Hybrid Classification for Plant Diseases With Deep Feature Selection Based on Analytical Entropy and Statistical Method by Phanthawat Phiphatkamtorn, Sutasinee Jitanan

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From rectangle to parallelogram: an area-weighted method to make time-space diagrams incorporate traffic waves by Ning Wang, Xingye Wang, Hai Yan, Zhengbing He

“…However, it is not realistic to immediately change the fundamental method of TS diagram construction that has been well embedded in various systems. …”
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