Interventional effect of diluted essential balm mouthwash on hemodialysis patients with thirst by Lu Wen-wen, Zhang Di, Liu Xue-chun, Zhang Li

“…After the completion of the first stage， a 2-week washout period was passed， and the intervention methods of the two groups were switched to enter the second stage， with the same steps and methods as the first stage. …”
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FEATURES OF COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION OF WAR VETERANS by Olga V. Puchyna, Lenina V. Zadorozhna-Knyagnitska, Olha A. Cherepiekhina, Maryna M. Netreba, Alexander M. Gershanov

“…A set of psychodiagnostic methods was used to assess the condition of 60 war veterans: the International Traumatic Events Questionnaire (ITQ); Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ); Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). …”
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REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN UKRAINE by Natalia Chekh, Ivan Vinnyk

“…Objectives: to review the regulatory environment, to study the status of the permitting system, the control system (inspections), technical regulation, the tax system and legislative acts. General scientific methods used are: methods of empirical research (observation, comparison, visual-graphic methods), method of system analysis, induction, deduction, specification. …”
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Digitalization of education for children with special educational needs in Ukraine by Chekan Oksana

“…The research encompasses the analysis of contemporary theoretical approaches and practical experience in implementing digital tools in the educational process, as well as the specific adaptation of these tools to meet the needs of children with SEN. Research methods include theoretical analysis of literature sources, empirical methods of observation and interviews, and comparative analysis of the results of implementing digital technologies in Ukraine and abroad. …”
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CCT: A Cyclic Co-Teaching Approach to Train Deep Neural Networks With Noisy Labels by Jorge K. S. Kamassury, Henrique Pickler, Filipe R. Cordeiro, Danilo Silva

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Assessing the readiness of russian industrial enterprises for digital integration in the new economic conditions by N. M. Abdikeev, O. V. Kozhevina

“…In addition, the authors proposed evaluation indicators with the possibility of visualizing the results obtained for making further management decisions. …”
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Current knowledge on the prevalence and detection techniques of Clonorchis sinensis in China by Jianming Zhang, Jian Cao, Liang Cao, Chao Zhang, Liyuan Gong, Xiaohong Kang

“…The selected studies investigated the prevalence of C. sinensis among various host species in China, and developed the corresponding diagnostic approaches.ResultsVarious diagnostic approaches have been established for detecting C. sinensis. These methods encompass direct identification, molecular techniques, serological assays, and imaging modalities, each of which targets distinct aspects such as morphological characteristics, DNA sequences, specific antibodies, and the visual representation of C. sinensis. …”
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Production and Internal Logistics Flow Improvements through the Application of Total Flow Management by Diana Filipe, Carina Pimentel

“…Therefore, the Total Flow Management (TFM) model was implemented, and several methods and tools were used, such as Value Stream Mapping (VSM), work measurement and 5S’s. …”
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Efficient Multi-Stage Self-Supervised Learning for Pathology Image Analysis via Masking by Ming Feng, Weiquan Huang, Liang Hu

“…The results demonstrate that our RHP-based visual representation achieved state-of-the-art performance on each dataset with high efficiency, proving to be more robust compared to other SSL methods and ImageNet transfer learning. …”
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Laryngeal disease classification using voice data: Octave-band vs. mel-frequency filters by Jaemin Song, Hyunbum Kim, Yong Oh Lee

“…Introduction: Laryngeal cancer diagnosis relies on specialist examinations, but non-invasive methods using voice data are emerging with artificial intelligence (AI) advancements. …”
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The impact of environmental quality components on enhancing social health: a case study on residential complexes of Ardabil city by Maleka Negari, Javad Javan Majidi, Elham Alavizadeh

“…This research employed a mixed-methods approach. In the qualitative phase, data were collected through interviews and focus group discussions, while in the quantitative phase, survey methods using both standardized and researcher-made questionnaires were utilized. …”
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The Initial Stage of the Formation of teaching experimental Physics at the Imperial Moscow University (1755–1791) by A. A. Yakuta

“…During this period, the Department of Physics was organized, which was replaced by a full-time professor (from among foreigners), as well as the consolidation of the lecture form of teaching and the corresponding verbal and visual teaching methods. The lectures were accompanied by the use of a demonstration experiment. …”
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome: What Are the Reasons for Dissatisfaction with the Treatment of Patients and Doctors? (Based on the Experience of Medical Institutions of the Northwestern... by A. Yu. Baranovsky, T. V. Reshetova, I. S. Sakeyan

“…Аim: analyze the results of an anonymous survey of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to assess the degree of their satisfaction with the results of the therapy and, on this basis, determine the most optimal approaches to treatment. Material and methods. The work was carried out in 8 subjects of the North-Western Federal District of Russia. …”
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Comparison of diclofenac-emulgel local application with oral ibuprofen administration for the treatment of active interphalangeal hand joints osteoarthritis (Heberden and/or Bushar... by J Zacher, K J Burger, L Farber, M Grave, H Abberger, K Bertsch

“…Administration of both treatment methods provided also comparable improvement of all additional outcome measures. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF THE TEACHER'S MEDIA-CULTURE AS THE COMPONENT OF QUALIFICATION PORTRAIT by T. A. Boronenko, A. V. Kaysina, V. S. Fedotova

“…Basic research methods involve: a theoretical analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, generalization of practical experience in media education; diagnostic methods (questionnaire, survey, statistical data collection and processing), pedagogical experiment. …”
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GAN for Semantic Image Synthesis With Laplacian Pyramid and Multi-Scale Channel Attention by Xinhua Dong, Chuang Li, Zhigang Xu, Hongmu Han, Lifeng Jiang

“…Extensive experiments conducted on challenging datasets demonstrate that LMCGAN significantly outperforms existing methods in terms of both visual quality and quantitative evaluation metrics. …”
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A Multimodal Bone Stick Matching Approach Based on Large-Scale Pre-Trained Models and Dynamic Cross-Modal Feature Fusion by Tao Fan, Huiqin Wang, Ke Wang, Rui Liu, Zhan Wang

“…This paper proposes a novel multimodal bone stick matching approach that integrates image, inscription, and archeological information to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of matching fragmented bone stick artifacts. Unlike traditional methods that rely solely on image data, our method leverages large-scale pre-trained models, namely Vision-RWKV for visual feature extraction, RWKV for inscription analysis, and BERT for archeological metadata encoding. …”
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Mapping the global scientific knowledge of peste des petits ruminants virus from 1990 to 2023: Identifying research hotspots, gaps, and future directions. by Ibrahim M. Alzuheir

“…Validation methods were employed to verify the search strategy's accuracy. …”
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Endurance evaluation of apple rootstocks for fe deficiencyinduced chlorosis through iron hunger and bicarbonate stress by Shahnam Ashtari, Mohammadreza Dadpour, Shahin Oustan, Fariborz Zaree Nahandi

“…The pH and Ec of the pots' drainage were influenced by the type of root stocks. Conclusion: In both methods investigated in the study of Gami Almasi, in comparison with other bases of the chlorophyll index, the visual rating of iron-deficiency, the concentration of chlorophyll in leaf from the sixth the end of the bud and the concentration of total and active iron in leaves showed better performance.…”
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THEORY AND HISTORY OF ART TUITION AT SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES by A. M. Kopirovsky

“…It is necessary to provide both new forms and methods of teaching, and judgment of the ways of conducting educational process existing earlier.The aim of the research is to identify specific features of academic subject formation patterns, in particular, the forms and stages of transitioning from random aesthetic knowledge acquisition («perception of beauty») towards more comprehensive curricula saturated with visual and factual information; and the nature of subject-specific tuition.Methodology and research methods involve the retrospective analysis of the archival materials, documents and other sources concerning the declared subject; generalization and projection of experience of the past to modern realities.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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