Revenue Management Practices and Service Delivery in Local Government: A Case Study of Rubanda District Local Government Uganda. by Buregyeya, Steven

“…Ultimately, a comprehensive framework that integrates these aspects of revenue management is essential for maximizing service delivery quality in Rubanda District, ensuring that public resources are utilized effectively and efficiently for community benefit.…”
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Microwave-Assisted Extraction Coupled with Mass Spectrometry for Determining Five Volatile Compounds from Soy Sauces by Kai Xu, Xun Gao, Miaomiao Chi, Kexin Chen, Yue Zhang, Weihao Kong, Ziying Li, Shengnan Huang, Kunming Qin

“…The method was validated by examining the linearity, accuracy, specificity, precision, the limit of detection, and quantitation. Meanwhile, three key factors have an impact on the efficiency and accuracy of the method including extracting solvent, temperature, and time which were optimized. …”
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Investigation of the Effects of the Jet Impingement Angle on Torque Generation at the Suction Surface of a Pelton Turbine Bucket by Y. X. Liu, Q. Zheng, L. H. Guo, X. Z. Wei, B Xu, H. M. Wang, D. Q. Qin, L. Han

“…These results provide fundamental insights into the transient flow phenomena that affect the turbine efficiency and offer practical design guidelines for performance optimization in high-head hydropower applications. …”
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Intercellular communication between hepatic stellate cells and myofibroblasts mediated by osteopontin and FGF18 promotes liver fibrosis by Takao Seki, Sachiko Komazawa-Sakon, Takashi Nishina, Tetuo Mikami, Hideo Yagita, Katsuhide Okunishi, Minoru Tanaka, Yuichi Tsuchiya, Hiroyasu Nakano

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Optimizing Phosphorus Fertilization Management Is Conducive to Improving Alfalfa Yield and Quality: A Meta-Analysis by Lixin Zhang, Yuanbo Jiang, Minhua Yin, Yi Ling, Haiyan Li, Yuanxiang Gan, Changfa Yue, Yanlin Ma, Yanxia Kang, Guangping Qi, Yayu Wang

“…This study provides references for enhancing alfalfa productivity and efficient utilization of phosphorus nutrition.…”
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Absorbance study on the adsorptive removal of Fe(III) ions using activated carbon from coconut shells by Otong Nurhilal, Adam Bagaskara, Aufa Haritsah Sihite, Sahrul Hidayat, Setianto Setianto

“…Notably, the highest removal efficiency reached 83.81 % with an activated carbon weight of 0.5 g.…”
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EVI‐SAM: Robust, Real‐Time, Tightly‐Coupled Event–Visual–Inertial State Estimation and 3D Dense Mapping by Weipeng Guan, Peiyu Chen, Huibin Zhao, Yu Wang, Peng Lu

“…EVI‐SAM effectively balances accuracy and robustness while maintaining computational efficiency, showcasing superior pose tracking and dense mapping performance in challenging scenarios.…”
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Internal deformation and damage evolution patterns of red sandstone using regularized digital volume correlation by HAO Yutong, MAO Lingtao, LIU Haizhou, YUAN Zexun, CAO Longkun, LI Dongxiao

“…The new algorithm not only improves the computational efficiency, but also demonstrates a strong capability in identifying sub-voxel scale newborn cracks, providing a novel method for quantifying internal deformation and damage in rocks.…”
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A construction method of a multidimensional and multilingual association network for earth surface system science data by Qinjun Qiu, Mengqi Hao, Liufeng Tao, Jiandong Liu, Weijie Li, Yang Wang, Zhong Xie

“…Existing methodologies are primarily designed for single data sources, limited dimensions, and specific linguistic domains, limiting their applicability and effectiveness. Enhancing the efficiency and adaptability of association algorithms is crucial for further advancements in this field. …”
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Carbon Storage Simulation and Land Use Optimization for High-Water-Table Resource-Based Cities Based on the Coupled GMOP-PLUS-InVEST Model by Zhen Wang, Anya Zhong, Erhu Wei, Chunming Hu

“…The outcomes of this paper quantitatively reflect the relationship between land use, coal mining, and carbon storage in high-water-level resource-based cities; providing guidance for the local economy, urban development, and ecological environment protection.…”
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Rainfall- Runoff Modelling using HEC-HMS and ANN for Shiavde, Upper Krishna Basin, India by Aparna Deulkar, Rakeshkumar Jain, Shreenivas Londhe, Pradnya Dixit

“…Performance of the models quantitively is evaluated via different statistical indicators like correlation coefficient (r), root mean square error (RMSE) and coefficient of efficiency (CE). …”
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L-arginine modified mesoporous bioactive glass with ROS scavenging and NO release for periodontitis treatment by Haiyan Yao, Emine Sumeyra Turali Emre, Yuan Fan, Jiaolong Wang, Feng Liu, Junchao Wei

“…The in vivo results demonstrated that MBG@L-Arg can efficiently inhibit inflammation-induced tissue destruction and promote osteogenesis regeneration. …”
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Harnessing Moderate-Sized Language Models for Reliable Patient Data Deidentification in Emergency Department Records: Algorithm Development, Validation, and Implementation Study by Océane Dorémus, Dylan Russon, Benjamin Contrand, Ariel Guerra-Adames, Marta Avalos-Fernandez, Cédric Gil-Jardiné, Emmanuel Lagarde

“…Fine-tuning used the quantized low-rank adaptation technique. Evaluation focused on PII-level (recall, precision, and F1 ResultsThe generative model Mistral 7B performed the highest with an overall F1 ConclusionsOur research underscores the significant capabilities of generative natural language processing models, with Mistral 7B standing out for its superior ability to deidentify clinical texts efficiently. …”
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Application of Iterative Updating Geological Modeling Method in Geological Guidance of Shale Oil Horizontal Wells by LI Zhihong, LEI Qihong, WU Yingzhang, HE Youan, CHENG Hao, WANG Bo, ZHOU Jingping, ZHAO Yi

“…The gamma curve is optimized to establish a horizontal well geological guidance model, and the iterative geological modeling method is used to update the three-dimensional geological structure model and geological guidance model using the real-time logging and drilling data of the horizontal well, further improving the oil layer prediction accuracy and accurately predicting the distribution of drillhead front geological sweet spots in the horizontal well, guiding the efficient drilling of the horizontal well. Using this method, the geological guidance of HHX platform HHX-1 well is guided, and the measured oil layer encounter rate is 93.4% after drilling, which is significantly higher than the oil layer encounter rate of the adjacent well on the same platform. …”
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Study on the mechanism of gas-water two-phase flow in carbonate reservoirs at pore scale by Ruihan Zhang, Guang Lu, Xian Peng, Longxin Li, Yuhan Hu, Yulong Zhao, Liehui Zhang

“…Carbonate gas reservoirs generally contain water, leading to uneven water invasion, explosive water flooding and other prominent phenomena, which is an important factor restricting the efficient development of gas reservoirs. The study of gas-water two-phase flow behavior in carbonate gas reservoirs is of great significance for understanding the formation mechanism of residual water and trapped gas and improving the recovery of gas reservoirs. …”
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Spatial Heterogeneity of Soil Nutrient in Principal Paddy and Cereal Production Landscapes of Fengtai County within the Huai River Basin, Eastern China by Zhiyang Jiang, Zheng Yin, Xinbin Li, Daokun Chen, Meiqin Huang, Yuzhi Zhou, Tingsen Wu, Mingze Zhao, Wenshuo Wang, Yupeng Zhang

“…How to accurately and quantitatively evaluate the soil quality of regional cultivated land and realize its efficient use has become an urgent problem. …”
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Investigation of the Optimal Fast Charging Strategy without Lithium Plating for Lithium-Ion Batteries by Shichang Ma, Bingxiang Sun, Chi Zhang, Junwei Zhang, Xiaojia Su, Weige Zhang, Haijun Ruan

“…Thirdly, the differences in the charging effects of differing charging strategies were quantitatively analyzed in 4 dimensions, charging time, charging capacity, charging energy, and charging efficiency, and the applicable scenarios of different charging strategies are discussed. …”
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Optimization of mix proportions and mechanical properties of coal gangue-based multi-solid-waste geopolymer mortars by Dan Wang, Kang Zou, Siao Zhu, Lanhui Guo

“…The geopolymer synthesized with this optimized mix exhibited a compressive strength of 23.3 MPa and a flexural strength of 3.7 MPa, respectively, compared to the unoptimized mix (50 % coal gangue, sodium silicate modulus 0.7, 11 % alkali activator, 8 % desulfurized gypsum) These findings provide a theoretical basis for improving the utilization efficiency of coal gangue-based solid waste.…”
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Research on Coordinated Control of Dynamic Reactive Power Sources of DC Blocking and Commutation Failure Transient Overvoltage in New Energy Transmission by Shuqin Sun, Zhenghai Yuan, Dezhi Chen, Zaihua Li, Xiaojun Tang, Yunting Song, Guanghao Zhou

“…The findings provide robust theoretical foundations and practical guidance for the refined parameter tuning and high-efficiency coordinated control of dynamic reactive power sources in renewable energy transmission systems.…”
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Third Ventricle Width Measurements Based on YOLO and Localized Intensity Features by Xiao Zhou, Ao Wan, Xingang Mou, Hongling Gao, Zheng Xue

“…However, the transmitted unified TVW measurement has problems such as low efficiency and unstable measurement. For this reason, this paper proposes an automatic TVW measurement for TCS images. …”
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