Individual and community-level correlates of optimal doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy in Tanzania: a multilevel... by Elihuruma Eliufoo Stephano, Tian Yusheng, Thomas Wiswa John, Stephen Mathew Kibusi, Li Yamin, Mtoro J. Mtoro

“…Abstract Background Malaria during pregnancy remains a significant public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, where approximately 32 million pregnant women are at risk. Despite the progress made in the coverage of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria during pregnancy using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP), notable gaps persist in understanding the individual and community-level factors that correlate with optimal dosing adherence. …”
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Facial Recognition at the Fitness Center Under the General Data Protection Regulation Article 9(1) and 9(2)(a) by Daria Bulgakova, Valentyna Bulgakova

“…The research focuses on analyzing the Danish Data Protection Agency’s investigation of FysioDanmark concerning the facial biometric recognition of customers’ and employees’ faces at the entrance to a fitness center for membership control checks and business optimization. The authors have made the following findings. …”
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Leveraging IGOOSE-XGBoost for the Early Detection of Subclinical Mastitis in Dairy Cows by Rui Guo, Yongqiang Dai

“…A model based on the XGBoost algorithm, optimized with an Improved GOOSE Optimization Algorithm (IGOOSE), is presented in this work as an innovative approach for predicting subclinical mastitis in order to overcome these problems. …”
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Automatic Vessel Steering in a Storm by Zinchenko Serhii, Tovstokoryi Oleh, Mateichuk Vadym, Nosov Pavlo, Popovych Ihor, Gritsuk Igor

“…The issues of automatic vessel control in a storm are considered in the paper. Vessel control in a storm is the most difficult stage in the vessel’s wiring, as it requires quick decisions to be made in difficult conditions. …”
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Melhorias em gráficos de controle por atributos para processos de alta qualidade Improved binomial charts for high-quality processes by Willem Albers

“…Finding the optimal r for detecting a given increase of p first requires alignment of the charts in terms of in-control behavior. …”
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Adapting the Motion Algorithm of a Smart Building Facade Shade to the Behavioral Pattern of Oxalis Plant for Daylight Control (Case Study: Shiraz City) by Zahra Yarmahmoodi, Tahereh Nasr, Hamed Mozterzadeh

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Effect of Tin Oxide/Black Paint Coating on Absorber Plate Temperature for Improved Solar Still Production: A Controlled Indoor and Outdoor Investigation by Sayfar Rasachak, Rana Sami Ullah Khan, Laveet Kumar, Taiba Zahid, Usman Ghafoor, Jeyraj Selvaraj, Rehena Nasrin, Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad

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A backwater technology for enhancing pollutants discharge from aquaculture tanks in a Litopenaeus vannamei recirculating aquaculture system: Performance and control models by Jianping Xu, Yishuai Du, Jiawei Zhang, Fudi Chen, Li Zhou, Tianlong Qiu, Jianming Sun

“…The aim is to use TMDF feedback to control TIEB, in order to achieve automated management of the IEB device throughout the entire aquaculture process. …”
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Integrated operation scenarios: Chapter 6 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation by Yong-Su Na, Eugenio Schuster, Robert V Budny, Andrea M Garofalo, Sang-hee Hahn, Hyun-Tae Kim, Florian Koechl, Alexei R Polevoi, Jayson Barr, Matteo Baruzzo, Devon Battaglia, Volodymyr Bobkov, Jinil Chung, Laurent Colas, Peter C de Vries, Siye Ding, Maksim Dubrov, Basilio Esposito, Federico Felici, Takaaki Fujita, Jeronimo Garcia, Xianzu Gong, Gustavo Granucci, Yuri Gribov, Kazuaki Hanada, Nobuhiko Hayashi, Walid Helou, Jörg Hobirk, Juan Huang, Shunsuke Ide, Philippe Jacquet, Jisung Kang, Andrey Kavin, Rustam Khayrutdinov, Boseong Kim, Hyun-Seok Kim, Sun Hee Kim, Youngho Lee, Ernesto Lerche, Yijun Lin, Victor Lukash, Joelle Mailloux, Anatoly Mineev, Andres Pajares Martinez, Jin Myung Park, Mireille Schneider, Joseph A Snipes, Brian Scott Victor, Min-Gu Yoo, Bin Zhang, ITPA Integrated Operation Scenario topical group

“…A review of the currently developed scenarios and modeling is provided in terms of (i) optimizing plasma initiation in ITER, (ii) preparing for the low activation phase to fully commission all tokamak systems and establish and validate physics and scenario conditions in preparation for deuterim-tritium (DT) operation, (iii) developing and preparing baseline and hybrid scenarios to demonstrate the feasibility of achieving these regimes within device constraints, (iv) exploring steady-state scenarios to meet ITER’s steady-state goals, (v) evaluating and preparing actuators for ITER, (vi) developing integrated control solutions using shared actuators. …”
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Adapting the Germ Defence Web-Based Intervention to Improve Infection Prevention and Control in Care Homes: Interview Study Among Care Home Staff by Alex Hall, Johanna Aguilera-Muñoz, Lisa McGarrigle, Charlotte Eost-Telling, James Denison-Day, Christie Cabral, Merlin Willcox, Chris Todd

“… BackgroundInfection prevention and control (IPC) is vital in care homes as it can reduce morbidity and mortality by 30%. …”
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A Big Data Optimization Approach for Estimating the Time-Dependent Effectiveness Profiles Against Hospitalization for Double- and Single-Dose Schemes: Study Case, COVID-19 in Elder... by Óscar A. González-Sánchez, Luis Javier González-Ortiz, María Judith Sánchez-Peña, Humberto Gutiérrez-Pulido

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Analysis on flow past tandem square cylinders of variable size in constrained boundary by Yang YU, Guangzhao YANG, Guoxiang HOU

“…Thus, tandem cylinders of variable size can obtain a better reduction in drag force, making them a feasible way to achieve flow control and drag reduction. ConclusionsThe results of this study can provide basic guidance for the optimization of drag and flow control for flow past square cylinders in a constrained boundary.…”
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PENGARUH AKTIVITAS MENANYA BERBASIS MASALAH DENGAN METODE SAINTIFIK TERHADAP PROSES KOGNITIF SISWA by I Wayan Widiana, I Made Suarjana, Ni Luh Putu Nila Cahyani

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Effects of a social participation-focused virtual reality intervention for community-dwelling stroke survivors with physical disabilities: a randomised controlled trial protocol by Janita Pak Chun Chau, Suzanne Hoi Shan Lo, Vivian Wing Yan Lee, Kai Chow Choi, Alexander Yuk Lun Lau, David R Thompson, Eddie Chi Fai Kwok

“…The intervention group will receive a newly developed 6-week novel custom-made SP-VR application comprising two sessions weekly. …”
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Whole stomach versus narrow gastric tube reconstruction after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer (ATHLETE trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Junya Kitadani, Keiji Hayata, Taro Goda, Shinta Tominaga, Naoki Fukuda, Tomoki Nakai, Shotaro Nagano, Toshiyasu Ojima, Toshio Shimokawa, Manabu Kawai

“…In the narrow gastric tube group, a 3.5-cm-wide gastric tube is made along the greater curvature of the stomach using linear staplers. …”
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Working machines state operational monitoring according to the parameters of the internal combustion engine by I. P. Dobrolyubov, G. L. Utenkov

“…It was found that the use of digital systems for automatic control of the unit using the indicated indicators made it possible to provide quite simply the setting of the optimal zone of energy modes.…”
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A machine learning approach to assess the climate change impacts on single and dual-axis tracking photovoltaic systems by Udit Mamodiya, Indra Kishor, Priyam Ganguly, Isha Mukherjee, Nithesh Naik

“…COMLAT’s reinforcement learning controller optimized tracking angles with sub-second latency while minimizing mechanical movement. …”
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VR-Aided Ankle Rehabilitation Decision-Making Based on Convolutional Gated Recurrent Neural Network by Hu Zhang, Yujia Liao, Chang Zhu, Wei Meng, Quan Liu, Sheng Q. Xie

“…Importantly, it demonstrated a strong correlation (correlation coefficient r > 0.9) with the assessments made by clinical rehabilitation experts, showing its effectiveness in real-world applications.…”
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A Novel Beam-Domain Direction-of-Arrival Tracking Algorithm for an Underwater Target by Xianghao Hou, Weisi Hua, Yuxuan Chen, Yixin Yang

“…Next, the proportional–integral–differential (PID)-optimized Olen–Campton beamforming method (PIDBF) is designed and proposed in the beamforming process to achieve faster and more stable sidelobe control performance to enhance the SNR of the target. …”
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TRIAGE-GS: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a genomics-first approach to rare disease diagnosis for patients awaiting assessment by a clinical geneticist by Christian R Marshall, Sonya Elango, Salma Shickh, Raymond H Kim, Kym M Boycott, Wendy J Ungar, Jasmin Bhawra, Viji Venkataramanan, Robin Z Hayeems, Gregory Costain, Caitlin Chisholm, Taila Hartley, Roberto Mendoza-Londono, Martin Somerville, Oana Caluseriu, Stacy Hewson, Kaitlin J Stanley, Meredith K Gillespie, Natalie del Signore, Gordon McSheffrey, Sarah L Sawyer, Alexandre White-Brown, Stephanie Telesca

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