Quantifying monochromatic and polychromatic optical blur anisotropy in the periphery of myopes and emmetropes using a radial asymmetry metric by Chloe Degre Kendrick, Dibyendu Pusti, Geunyoung Yoon

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Temporal segmentation method for 30-meter long-term mapping of abandoned and reclaimed croplands in Inner Mongolia, China by Deji Wuyun, Liang Sun, Zhongxin Chen, Luís Guilherme Teixeira Crusiol, Jinwei Dong, Nitu Wu, Junwei Bao, Ruiqing Chen, Zheng Sun, Hasituya, Hongwei Zhao

“…While designed for northern China, this method is also applicable to other single-season agricultural regions for varied agricultural land use monitoring.…”
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Fish Slaughter, Killing, and Euthanasia: A Review of Major Published U.S. Guidance Documents and General Considerations of Methods by Roy P. Yanong, Kathleen H. Hartman, Craig A. Watson, Jeffrey E. Hill, B. Denise Petty, Ruth Francis-Floyd

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Inhibition of GSK3β is synthetic lethal with FHIT loss in lung cancer by blocking homologous recombination repair by Shishi Tao, Yue Pu, Eun Ju Yang, Guowen Ren, Changxiang Shi, Li-Jie Chen, Liang Chen, Joong Sup Shim

“…Small molecule inhibitors of HRR, but not NHEJ or PARP, induced synthetic lethality in FHIT-deficient lung cancer cells. The findings of this study suggest that the GSK3β and HRR pathways are potential drug targets in lung cancer patients with FHIT loss.…”
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Convenient estimation of oxytetracycline and polymyxin B by a novel high-performance liquid chromatography method: development and validation by Tanu Chaudhary, Balak Das Kurmi, Dilpreet Singh

“…Methods: The HPLC assay method was validated on X-Bridge C18 [250 mm × 4.6 mm intradermal (i.d.), 5 μm], mobile phase consisting of aotearoa co-incidence network (ACN):water containing 0.5% (v/v) orthophosphoric acid (pH 3.5) in the ratio of 80:20 respectively. …”
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Determining Appropriate Strategy for Managing the Energy Production System in the Presence of Renewable Energy Sources and Improved Intelligence Method by Amir Sohel, Md Faisal Bin Ashab

“…By specifying the optimal capacity of wind and water units and reducing the contribution of thermal units as well as environmental pollution, the total cost of developing the production system is decreased. The presented method is carried out for IEEE 24 busbar network and the combined particle swarm optimization and gravitation search algorithm optimization process, which includes two method for optimization process.…”
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Evaluating the implementation of a digital coordination centre in an Australian hospital setting: a mixed method study protocol by Timothy N Fazio, Daniel Capurro, Colin Malone, Sam Freeman, Wynona Black, Wendy W Chapman, Jana Gazarek, Meredith J Layton, Kayley Lyons, Laura Pumo, Samantha Plumb, Brad Astbury

“…Data sources will include interviews, project documentation and observations, with qualitative and quantitative analyses targeting metrics like emergency department boarding and length of stay.Ethics and dissemination This study has been approved by the RMH Human Research Ethics Committee (QA2023089). …”
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A vacuum lyophilization and bacterial tablet-based method for culture medium evaluation and potential use in probiotic products by Wen Cui, Liang Zhao, Yuwen Shi, Wei Feng, Xiao Chen, Hui Liu

“…However, this method requires highly complicated biosafety management, detailed standard strains record-keeping and substantial working time.Methods and resultsBacterial tablet is considered to be a novel strategy for bacteria culture medium evaluation. …”
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A feature extraction method for hydrofoil attached cavitation based on deep learning image semantic segmentation algorithm by Yingyuan Liu, Yizhi Wang, Kang An

“…This method is employed to investigate the mechanism of the transition process from sheet cavitation to cloud cavitation on hydrofoils. …”
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Influence of teaching a structured and humanized method of care on the perception of medical student attitudes in the doctor-patient relationship. by Higor Chagas Cardoso, Edna Regina Silva Pereira, Viviane Soares, Marcelo Fouad Rabahi

“…This study proposed to evaluate the perception of attitudes of medical students regarding the doctor-patient relationship, after implementation of teaching a humanized and structured care method.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Single-blind, randomized controlled experimental study that evaluated medical students in relation to patient care, based on a pre-post design, using the Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS). …”
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The Costs of Hurricane Emergency Management Services: A Risk-Based Method for Calculating Property Owners' Fair Share by Sea Grant

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Life cycle assessment of laboratory-scale chitosan production: comparison of high-pressure processing-assisted and conventional methods by Bashir Bashiri, Ana Cristina De Aguiar Saldanha Pinheiro, Silvia Tappi, Pietro Rocculi, Aleksei Kaleda, Raivo Vilu

“…Conventional chemical extraction methods of chitosan are harsh, require strong acids and bases, and produce toxic waste products. …”
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Enhancing navigation performance in unknown environments using spiking neural networks and reinforcement learning with asymptotic gradient method by Xiaode Liu, Yufei Guo, Yuanpei Chen, Jie Zhou, Yuhan Zhang, Weihang Peng, Xuhui Huang, Zhe Ma

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Analysis of the spatial pattern and causes of ecological environmental quality in Myanmar based on the RSEI model and the Geodetector-GCCM method by Shuangfu Shi, Shuangfu Shi, Shuangyun Peng, Shuangyun Peng, Zhiqiang Lin, Zhiqiang Lin, Bangmei Huang, Dongling Ma, Dongling Ma, Ziyi Zhu, Ziyi Zhu, Yilin Zhu, Yilin Zhu, Rui Zhang, Ting Li

“…Furthermore, by innovatively integrating the Geodetector and Geographical Convergent Cross Mapping (GCCM) methods, this study systematically analyzed the impacts and causal relationships of various factors on the spatiotemporal differentiation of EEQ. …”
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Shuffle-PG: Lightweight feature extraction model for retrieving images of plant diseases and pests with deep metric learning by Dong Jin, Helin Yin, Yeong Hyeon Gu

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Women's experiences and outcomes of abortion care in sub-Saharan countries: A mixed methods systematic review protocol. by Negash Wakgari, Gizachew A Tessema, Stuart J Watson, Delayehu Bekele, Zoe Bradfield

“…Therefore, this systematic review aims to synthesise the available evidence on women's abortion care experiences and outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa published from 2010 onwards.<h4>Methods</h4>Eight databases including Medline, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Psych-Info, Web of Science, and Global Health will be searched using subject headings and specific keywords related to women's abortion care experiences, abortion care outcomes, and its measurement. …”
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A comparison of development methods used to define portion sizes in food-based dietary guidelines around the world by Fanny Salesse, Fanny Salesse, Alison L. Eldridge, Tsz Ning Mak, Eileen R. Gibney, Eileen R. Gibney

“…Methodological details in FBDG development were extracted and categorized. …”
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A note on approximate accelerated forward-backward methods with absolute and relative errors, and possibly strongly convex objectives by Barré, Mathieu, Taylor, Adrien, Bach, Francis

“…In this short note, we provide a simple version of an accelerated forward-backward method (a.k.a. Nesterov’s accelerated proximal gradient method) possibly relying on approximate proximal operators and allowing to exploit strong convexity of the objective function. …”
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Evaluation of Paperless Electronic Data Entry and its Comparison with Manual Entry Method for Oral Health Assessment of Adults by Manu Batra, Deeksha Gijwani, Hansika Popli

“…Introduction: World Health Organization oral health assessment forms (2013) are the standard method to record the information regarding oral health among children and adults. …”
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The Method of “Cold” Snaring Mucosa Resection with Preliminary Hydro-Preparation for the Removal of Colorectal Epithelial Neoplasms through an Endoscope by Yu. S. Sigaeva, E. V. Tokarenko, A. Y. Bulatov, A. S. Borisov, E. D. Fedorov

“…Aim: to analyze the safety and effectiveness of the method of cold snaring resection with preliminary hydropreparation when removing superficially colorectal epithelial neoplasms with a diameter of 5 to 25 mm.Material and methods. …”
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