A comparative study on trajectory tracking control methods for automated vehicles by Dequan Zeng, Shicong Pan, Yinquan Yu, Yiming Hu, Jinwen Yang, Peizhi Zhang, Lu Xiong, Giuseppe Carbone, Letian Gao

“…Therefore, to design a trajectory-tracking controller that is stable, reliable, accurate, fast, and robust, this paper proposes three lateral control schemes and two longitudinal control schemes for comparative analysis. In lateral control, a lateral control strategy of linear quadratic regulator (LQR) based on feedforward and feedback is designed. …”
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Clinical and Radiographic Parameters for Early Periodontitis Diagnosis: A Comparative Study by Desy Fidyawati, Sri Lelyati C. Masulili, Hanna Bachtiar Iskandar, Heru Suhartanto, Bramma Kiswanjaya, Xue Li

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Five Years Later: Predicting Student Use of Journals in a New Water Resources Graduate Program. by Andrea A. Wirth, Margaret Mellinger

“… Using citation analysis, the authors examined the journals cited in theses and dissertations over the first five years of the Water Resources Graduate Program at Oregon State University. …”
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A gene signature related to programmed cell death to predict immunotherapy response and prognosis in colon adenocarcinoma by Lei Zheng, Jia Lu, Dalu Kong, Yang Zhan

“…A RiskScore model was established with independent prognostic PCD-related genes filtered by Cox regression analysis. The mafCompare function was used to compare the differences in mutation rates of somatic genes. …”
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Healthy Lifestyle Program (HeLP) for low back pain: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Steven J Kamper, Emma K Robson, Simon Davidson, Priscilla Viana da Silva, Amanda Williams, Rebecca K Hodder, Hopin Lee, Alix Hall, Connor Gleadhill, Christopher M Williams

“…There are few high-quality randomised controlled trials that investigate the effects of targeting lifestyle risk factors in people with chronic low back pain.Methods and analysis The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a Healthy Lifestyle Program (HeLP) for low back pain targeting weight, physical activity, diet and smoking to reduce disability in patients with chronic low back pain compared with usual care. …”
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Comparison of vaginal versus intramuscular progesterone in programmed cycles for frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer in patients with endometriosis by Ziqi Jin, Guoxia Yang, Tianrui Wen, Benyu Miao, Chen Wang, Qingyan Zhang, Fang Gu, Yanwen Xu

“…Results A total of 825 programmed frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer cycles were included in the analysis, with 362 cases using vaginal progesterone and 463 cases using intramuscular progesterone. …”
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Mitigating Genotype–Environment Interaction Effects in a Genetic Improvement Program for <i>Liptopenaeus vannamei</i> by Tran Thi Mai Huong, Nguyen Huu Hung, Vu Dinh Ty, Dinh Cong Tru, Nguyen Hong Nguyen

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COMPARISON OF FODDER USED IN CHICKEN PROJECTS IN NINEVAH WITH OPTIMUM FODDER COST EXTRACTED BY LINEAR PROGRAMMING METHOD by Abdul Salam Mohammed Hussein

“…The study compared the fodder provided by the Ministry of Agriculture with the fodder extracted by using linear program method. …”
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Assessment of genetic diversity, inbreeding, and collection completeness of Jersey bulls in the US National Animal Germplasm Program by K. Srikanth, M.A. Jaafar, M. Neupane, H. Ben Zaabza, S.D. McKay, C.W. Wolfe, J.S. Metzger, H.J. Huson, C.P. Van Tassell, H.D. Blackburn

“…Therefore, in this study, we compared the genetic diversity and inbreeding between Jersey bulls in the NAGP and the National Cooperator Database (NCD). …”
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The Effectiveness of the Multimedia Phonological Awareness Program on The Reading Skill of students with borderline intellectual functioning in The First Grade by Samira Saeidi, Saeid Hassanzade, Sogand Ghasemzadeh

“…The results obtained from the visual analysis of the data and the effect size index indicated that the performance of both subjects in the subscales of the reading skill increased significantly in the intervention stage compared to the baseline stage. …”
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Identifying and Assessing Health and Safety Program Implementation Barriers in the Construction Industry: A Case of Saudi Arabia by Ali Al-Otaibi, Ahmed Farouk Kineber

“…Numerous studies have addressed this topic but there aren’t many studies in Saudi Arabia that are comparable. The purpose of this research is to determine which obstacles are standing in the way of the construction industry’s adoption of health and Safety Program. …”
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ENHANCING NEONATAL HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA MANAGEMENT: A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM AT RSUD AJI BATARA DEWA SAKTI by Mahendra Tri Arif Sampurna, Hidayat Niko Azhari, Zida Husnina, Muhammad Rizky Widodo, Syah Reza Budi Azhari

“…Statistical analysis highlighted the effectiveness of the training program in demonstrating a successful transfer of knowledge on the usage of BiliNorm application, AirBiliSun and AirBiliNest. …”
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Data Collection and Monitoring in an Educational RCT of a Postsecondary Access Program: Assessing Internal and External Validity by Brent Joseph Evans, Eric Perry Bettinger, Anthony Lising Antonio

“…We discuss how we used mixed methods data collection to reveal important changing contextual factors in an evaluation of a postsecondary access program in the U.S. state of Texas. Specifically, we employed quantitative analysis of the RCT to compare the college enrollment rates of high schools that were randomly assigned a college adviser with schools that were not assigned a college adviser. …”
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Automatic classification of Chinese programming MOOC reviews using fine-tuned BERTs and GPT-augmented data by Xieling Chen, Haoran Xie, Di Zou, Lingling Xu, Fu Lee Wang

“…Third, we compared the effectiveness of the GPTaug-BERT model with the BERT-Chinese model in distinguishing between topics, showing that the GPTaug-BERT model achieved better performance with an accuracy of above 67% across all categories even for “online programming tools,” “feedback and problem-solving,” and “course structure” that were largely misclassified by the BERT-Chinese model. …”
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PHYSICAL EXERCISE PROGRAM FOR HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS ATTENDED BY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES AND HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURE by Izabela dos Santos Ferro, Monique Yndawe Castanho Araújo, Ana Paula Rodrigues Rocha, Dayane Cristina Queiroz, Valéria Juday, Jamile Sanches Codogno

“…ABSTRACT Little is known about the possible impact of the implementation of regular physical exercise programs on body adiposity and health expenditures of patients attended in Basic Health Units, so the objective of the study was to implement and verify the effect of a physical exercise program with a duration of 12 months, on obesity and the public health expenditure of these patients. …”
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How Online Extensive Reading and Listening Program Enhances Students’ Reading and Listening Comprehension: An Experimental Study by Inayati Fitriyah Asrimawati, Eka Puteri Elyani, Elsa Rosalina

“…Data collection involved administering reading and listening comprehension tests, and MANCOVA test was employed for data analysis. Results indicated a significant positive impact of the OERL program on enhancing students' reading and listening comprehension. …”
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Implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery program in the treatment of uterine fibroids with focused ultrasound ablation surgery by Guowei Sang, Xin Zhang, Huamin Fan, Xing Ao, Yushan Chen, Qiuling Shi

“…We aimed to demonstrate the implementation of an ERAS pathway in the treatment of uterine fibroids with focused ultrasound ablation surgery (FUAS).Materials and Methods A retrospective data analysis was performed on clinical outcomes encompassing the following three phases: before ERAS (pre-ERAS), during adjustment of ERAS (interim-ERAS), and after the introduction of an ERAS program (post-ERAS). …”
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Embryonic Thermal Programming and Dietary Baicalein Supplementation Post-Hatch: Effects on Broiler Adipose Tissue Deposition by Usman Sulaiman, Reagan Vaughan, Paul Siegel, Dongmin Liu, Elizabeth Gilbert, Mark Cline

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Automated program using convolutional neural networks for objective and reproducible selection of corneal confocal microscopy images by Qincheng Qiao, Wen Xue, Jinzhe Li, Wenwen Zheng, Yongkai Yuan, Chen Li, Fuqiang Liu, Xinguo Hou

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Implementation and evaluation of a mentoring and counseling program for medical students at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences by Vahid Ehsanian, Fateme Derijani, Mohammad Khorraminia, Shiva Eiliaei

“…Abstract Background Mentoring programs have emerged as effective strategies to support medical students in managing academic challenges, reducing stress, and facilitating career guidance. …”
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