The effects of waxy barley on defecation, sleep, mental health, and quality of life: a randomized double-blind parallel-group comparison study by Mari Honda, Satomi Minato-Inokawa, Kimie Matsuura, Ayaka Ito, Yuko Nitta, Daisuke Kimura, Yutaka Yoshikawa

“…Although high β-G WB may have more beneficial for sleep and mental health, additional studies are required.…”
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A Brief Review on the Application of Droop Control Methods for Voltage Source Converters in Direct Current Microgrid by Ghazanfar Shahgholian, Mohammadreza Moradian, Mohammad Amin Honarvar

“…Several studies have been conducted in the field of microgrid application and exploitation, but their expansion still faces various challenges. DC microgrids are more reliable than ac microgrids. The purpose of this article is to review the documentation and provide a short review on the application of the droop method to control parallel converters in direct current microgrids. …”
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Optimizing Lattice Basis Reduction Algorithm on ARM V8 Processors by Ronghui Cao, Julong Wang, Liming Zheng, Jincheng Zhou, Haodong Wang, Tiaojie Xiao, Chunye Gong

“…This study provides a more efficient solution for large-scale lattice basis reduction and demonstrates the potential of the LLL algorithm in ARM V8 high-performance computing environments.…”
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Spatial Compliance Measurement of a Clamping Table with Integrated Force Sensors by Christian Friedrich, Steffen Ihlenfeldt

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Design and Stiffness Analysis of the Partial-face TBM Propulsion Mechanism by Cui Guangzhen, Lu Hua, Xiao Yanqiu, Cen Yaping, Sun Chunya, Wang Pengpeng

“…Aiming at the weak stiffness of the series support mechanism of the partial-face boring machine, poor adaptability of the non-circular TBM section, and difficulties in dealing with the blind area of excavation, a partial-face TBM propulsion mechanism based on the 6-SPS parallel mechanism is designed, and a stiffness prediction model establishment method considering the local flexibility of the platform is proposed. …”
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CQS-Attention: Scaling Up the Standard Attention Computation for Infinitely Long Sequences by Yiming Bian, Arun K. Somani

“…We developed a sequence parallelism scheme called CQS-Attention that can break the limit of sequence length. …”
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Design of a Demodulation Algorithm for UWOC based on Improved Manchester Coding by ZHANG You, HU Fangren, ZHAO Xiaoyan, ZHOU Jun, WANG Qilong

“…The frame synchronization is then achieved by parallel multi-path threshold-free decision-making on the PPM frame header, providing a time calibration basis for Manchester encoding and demodulation. …”
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Design and Analysis of a Portable Robot for Venous Blood Sampling by Haoran Xue, Hasiaoqier Han, Gang Man, Zeran Feng, Peng Yu, Zhenbang Xu

“…The introduction of offset hinge variables makes the kinematic solution more complex than that for conventional parallel mechanisms. …”
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Adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing symptom trajectories in relation to early-life parental depressive symptoms by Zsófia Csajbók, Pavla Brennan Kearns

“…Latent Class Growth Mixture Modeling identified parallel trajectories of children’s symptoms. Five parental depressive symptom trajectories were adopted from previous research. …”
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Improvement of fuel economy and efficiency in a modified parallel hybrid electric vehicle architecture with wind turbine device: Effect of the external energy source by Maxim Idriss Meli Tametang, Pavell Leandry Lekeufack Tameze, Guy Bertrand Tchaya, David Yemele

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Patient Outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Impact of Supplemental Co-professional Care on Outcomes: A Parallel-group, Randomized Interventional Study by Rudra Paul, Shatavisa Mukherjee, Santanu Kumar Tripathi, Chiranjib Bagchi, Sumitra Basu Thakur, Sibes Kumar Das

“…Methods: A prospective, parallel-group randomized interventional study was carried out on adult COPD patients of either gender, receiving treatment as prescribed in the same OPD, for at least 3 months. …”
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Home-Based Nonimmersive Virtual Reality Training After Discharge From Inpatient or Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: Parallel Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Lisa Sheehy, Anne Taillon-Hobson, Heidi Sveistrup, Martin Bilodeau, Christine Yang, Vivian Welch, Hillel Finestone

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Use of oxygen-ozone therapy to improve the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment on infected arthroplasty: protocol for a superiority, open-label, multicentre, randomised, parallel... by Walter Ricciardi, Fidelia Cascini, Chiara Cadeddu, Marianno Franzini, Arnaldo Andreoli, Alfonso Manzotti, Gianluigi Quaranta, Andrea Gentili

“…Introduction Surgical site infections still remain a major public health challenge and have become an increasing universal risk, especially for the implantation of orthopaedic devices.Unfortunately, the discovery and increasingly widespread use (especially the misuse) of antibiotics have led to the rapid appearance of antibiotic-resistant strains today; more and more infections are caused by microorganisms that fail to respond to conventional treatments.Oxygen-ozone therapy has been extensively used and studied for decades across various potential medical applications and has provided consistent effects with minimal side effects.This study aims to determine the superiority of oxygen-ozone therapy in combination with oral antibiotic therapy in patients with wound infections after an orthopaedic device implantation when compared with antibiotic therapy alone.Methods and analysis This is an open-label, multicentre, randomised, parallel-group study that aims to assess the efficacy and safety of oxygen-ozone therapy in combination with oral antibiotic therapy to treat infections in patients (male or female aged ≥18 years) having undergone surgery for the implant of an orthopaedic device. …”
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Protocol of a parallel group Randomized Control Trial (RCT) for Mobile-assisted Medication Adherence Support (Ma-MAS) intervention among Tuberculosis patients. by Zekariyas Sahile, Lua Perimal-Lewis, Paul Arbon, Anthony John Maeder

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This study is a single-blind parallel-group design individual randomized control trial. …”
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Feasibility of investigating methylphenidate for the treatment of sarcoidosis-associated fatigue (the FaST-MP study): a double-blind, parallel-arm randomised feasibility trial by Allan B Clark, Andrew M Wilson, Richard Fordham, Andy Jones, Christopher Atkins, Andrea Stockl

“…Patients with a Fatigue Assessment Scale score of more than 21 were randomised to receive up to either 10 mg two times per day methylphenidate or identical placebo capsules two times per day, in a dose escalation fashion, for up to 24 weeks. …”
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Exploring the feasibility of using discrete choice experiment (DCE) to elicit preferences among children and adolescents: protocol for a convergent parallel mixed methods study by Brittany Humphries, Feng Xie, Arto Ohinmaa, Eleanor Pullenayegum, Susan M Jack

“…In a multinational pilot study that compared EQ-5D-Y-5L health state preferences among children, adolescents and adults, more inconsistencies in DCE responses were observed among children and adolescents than adults. …”
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Examining the effect of a sexual self-efficacy based educational intervention on postmenopausal sexual satisfaction and sexual distress: a parallel quasi-experimental study by Ata Torkamani, Mansoureh Jamshidimanesh, Sally Pezaro, Elahe Amirkhalili

“…We evaluated the effect of a sexual self-efficacy-based educational intervention on postmenopausal sexual satisfaction and distress. Methods A parallel quasi-experimental study was conducted with participants (n = 70) consisting of postmenopausal women and their spouses from six health centers in Qom, Iran. …”
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Time-effect relationship between spare-time exercise and sleep quality in middle school student by parallel latent growth and cross-lagged panel model by Ziming Wei, Mo Sha, Zixia Bu, Yujie Liu, Yue Gao, Fuqiang Dong, Shan Jiang, Da Huang

“…Therefore, this study analyzed it using cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) and parallel latent growth modeling (PLGM).MethodsA total of 894 students from six secondary schools in Beijing, China, participated in the study. …”
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Risk, rate or rhythm control for new onset supraventricular arrhythmia during septic shock: protocol for the CAFS multicentre, parallel-group, open-label trial by Vincent Labbe, Fabio Taccone, Damien Contou, Emmanuel Vivier, Alexandra Rousseau, Laurence Bérard, Dominique Durand, Martin Dres, Pierre Asfar, Muriel Fartoukh, Grégoire Muller, Nicholas Heming, Pierre-Marie Bertrand, Sebastian Voicu, Bertrand Souweine, Guillaume Chevrel, Armand Mekontso Dessap, Denis Doyen, Florence Boissier, Xavier Monnet, Serge Carreira, Sebastien Preau, Nicolas Bonnet, Filippo Annoni, Oumar Sy, Cyrielle Desnos, François Bagate, Vincent Pey, Jérémie Joffre, Nicolas Serck, Adil Wiart, Camille Le Breton, Frank Chemouni, Michael Piagnerelli, Lionel Haentjens, Gladys Monthieux

“…Patients with a history of SVA, NOSVA lasting more than 48 hours, recent cardiac surgery or a contraindication to amiodarone will not be included. …”
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Performance Analysis of a Five-axis Linkage Hybrid Machine Tool by Caiyou Qin, Juan Huang, Xiaoru Li

“…Hybrid machine tool is a combination of series， parallel mechanism and robotics，which contains the advantages of them and used more and more widely in the manufacturing equipment for parts with complex structure. …”
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