Cross cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the Persian version of COVID-19 Preventive Measures questionnaire at the radiation therapy center in Yazd, Iran by Farzan Madadizadeh, Sepideh Abdollahi-Dehkordi, Nima Hamzian, korosh saber

“…First, cultural adaptation was performed and then face validity was determined by calculating the Impact Score. Content validity was assessed by calculating the content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI) and reliability was determined using the Test-Retest method and Kuder–Richardson (KR20) alpha coefficient and calculating intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). …”
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Research on SPAD Inversion of Rice Leaves at a Field Scale Based on Machine Vision and Leaf Segmentation Techniques by Bailin Yue, Yong Jin, Shangrong Wu, Jieyang Tan, Youxing Chen, Hu Zhong, Guipeng Chen, Yingbin Deng

“…The results demonstrated that the U-Net could achieve accurate segmentation of leaves with a maximum mean intersection over union (MIoU) of 88.23. The coefficients of determination R² between the anticipated and observed SPAD values of the four models were 0.819, 0.829, 0.896, and 0.721, and the root mean square errors (RMSEs) were 2.223, 2.131, 1.564, and 2.906. …”
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Extraction of Frozen Berry Raw Materials with a Vibration Tray Device by Liubov V. Plotnikova, Igor B. Plotnikov, Pavel P. Ivanov, Andrey G. Semenov, Irina O. Plotnikova, Konstantin B. Plotnikov

“…As a result, a variety of intensification methods have been developed to increase the economic efficiency of extraction, e.g. low-frequency mechanical vibrations. …”
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Screening the Global Health Priority Box against Plasmodium berghei liver stage parasites using an inexpensive luciferase detection protocol by Gia-Bao Nguyen, Caitlin A. Cooper, Olivia McWhorter, Ritu Sharma, Anne Elliot, Anthony Ruberto, Rafael Freitas, Ashutosh K. Pathak, Dennis E. Kyle, Steven P. Maher

“…While blood stage screening assays are routine and efficient, liver stage screening assays are more complex and costly. …”
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Modeling of Scattering Cross Section for Mineral Aerosol with a Gaussian Beam by Wenbin Zheng, Hong Tang

“…Meanwhile, the Monte Carlo statistical estimate method is used to determine the distributed positions of these random nonspherical particles. …”
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RESEARCH ON FUZZY CONTROL SIMULATION OF CVT RATIO BASED ON ENGINE SPEED REGULATION CHARACTERISTICS by GUO Wei, JIA GaoXiang, ZHANG Wu, CHEN Ya

“…According to the load characteristics and speed regulation characteristics of the engine,the steady-state torque model is established and the optimum power and economy curves of engine are determined. Then the engine target speed is obtained by using the economic weighting coefficient method. …”
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Spatial Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Human Settlement Environment in the Kuye River Basin by Zhonghua ZHANG, Hao WU

“…Exploring the complex relationship between human settlement environment and hydrological environment in the Kuye River Basin from the perspective of human – water relationship is helpful to guide the harmonious symbiotic development of human settlement environment and hydrological environment in the Basin, and then promote the high-quality development of human settlement environment in the Basin.MethodsThe evaluation system for the quality of human settlement environments in sub-basins has been established, with the weight of each index factor determined using the entropy method. …”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of sliding redundancy of radioelectronic facilities by T. E. Gelfman, A. P. Pirkhavka

“…Practical recommendations on the selection of the redundancy mode are presented according to different reliability indices and constructed mathematical models of the sliding redundancy efficiency coefficients. The correlation between the reliability indices of elements and the switching device whose reliability can be discounted, is determined. …”
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Evaluation of Green Building by Analytic Hierarchy Process and Statistical Inference (Case Study: Sabzevar City) by Masumeh Karami, Ghasem Zolfaghari, Mehri Delsouz

“…Also, using Wilcoxon and Friedman statistical inference, the importance of green building evaluation system criteria in Sabzevar city has been investigated. The method of work is as follows: first, the criteria of sustainable architecture were determined and the green building evaluation system was developed, and then the weight coefficient of each criterion was determined using Expert choice 11 software. …”
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Cost–Benefit Framework for Selecting a Highway Project Using the SWARA Approach by Omar Shabbir Ahmed, Khalid S. Al-Gahtani, Ayman Altuwaim

“…The methodology comprises five steps: (1) a literature review to identify benefit and cost criteria; (2) expert surveys to select significant criteria; (3) the application of the stepwise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) method to determine criteria weights; (4) structured expert interviews to establish criteria quality weights; and (5) validation through application to three case studies, comparing the results with those obtained using the ANP method. …”
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Design and Implementation of Hybrid GA-PSO-Based Harmonic Mitigation Technique for Modified Packed U-Cell Inverters by Hasan Iqbal, Arif Sarwat

“…By utilizing the multi-objective optimization method, the approach minimizes THD while keeping voltage and efficiency constraints. …”
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Constitutive modeling and workability characterization of pre-deformed AZ31 magnesium alloy during hot shear-compression deformation by Junsong Jin, Fangtao Chai, Jinchuan Long, Chang Gao, Shaolei Wang, Pan Zeng, Xuefeng Tang, Pan Gong, Mao Zhang, Lei Deng, Xinyun Wang

“…The results show that the proposed method can accurately determine the Mises coefficients, describing the mechanical response of SCS at high temperatures. …”
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Optimum Solutions of Fractional Order Zakharov–Kuznetsov Equations by Rashid Nawaz, Laiq Zada, Abraiz Khattak, Muhammad Jibran, Adam Khan

“…The obtained results showed that the method is powerful and efficient for determination of solution of higher-dimensional fractional order partial differential equations.…”
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Research status of amine aerosol formation and emission in amine carbon capture process by YANG Zhengda*, XIAN Zhennan, SHAO Lingyu, ZHENG Chenghang

“…This paper introduces the significance of heterogeneous nuclei in heterogeneous nucleation of amine aerosols. The test methods of amine aerosol concentration and size are summarized. …”
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A comprehensive performance audit model in the public health sector using the grounded theory approach by Hojjat Esmati Beyrami, Aliasghar Motaghi, Younes Badavar Nahandi, Ahmad Mohamadi

“…This paper aims to develop a performance auditing model in the health sector. Methods: This qualitative study is based on grounded theory. …”
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Use of High Performance Liquid Chromatography in the Analysis of a New Substance VMA-10-18 by E. S. Mischenko, J. S. Lazaryan, A. Jh. Lazaryan

“…The linearity and correctness of the method were determined at 7 levels of concentration of impurities of the substance. …”
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Development of a strain-specific PCR as a diagnostic tool for surveillance, detection, and monitoring of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium during outbreak by Artur J. Sabat, Lilli Gard, Monika A. Fliss, Viktoria Akkerboom, Robin F. J. Benus, Mariette Lokate, Andreas Voss, Erik Bathoorn

“…They enhance VREfm outbreak management by providing an efficient method for rapid screening. Application of strain-specific PCR based on WGS data is currently the most effective screening method during large, ongoing outbreaks.…”
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Sustainable Financing Model considering Project Risk by Hossein Lolagari, Amir Daneshvar, Mahdi Madanchi Zaj, Fereydon Rahnamay Roodposhti

“…Therefore, a two-objective model was designed by determining the weighting coefficients to reduce costs and financing risks. …”
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Gene mapping using linkage analysis by O Sanal, T Foroud, R A Gatti

“…Since the first published reports of linkage over thirty years ago, the use of the "lod score" method to determine the chromosomal location of a disease gene has become widespread. …”
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Indoor Location Based VOD Service Using Smart Phone Sensors by Jaegeol Yim, Young-Ho Park

“…We use a dead-reckoning indoor positioning method that determines user's location using smart phone sensors. …”
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