On-site trihalomethanes extraction from water using 3D printing solid phase extraction device and analysis by GC-ECD by Diego Barzallo, Héctor Berdugo, Edwin Palacio

“…Additionally, three greenness evaluation methodologies (AGREE, AGREEprep, and GAPI) and a practicality tool (BAGI) were employed to assess the environmental friendliness and applicability of the proposed method, demonstrating its superior performance compared to previously reported GC methods in the literature.…”
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Feasibility of energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence for quantitative prediction of elemental profile in untreated bovine colostrum by D. Martini, M. De Marchi, A. Goi, M. Pozza, G. Niero

“…Current gold-standard methods to determine elemental composition of BC are inductively coupled plasma optical-emission spectrometry or inductively coupled plasma MS. …”
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Forecasting the Incidence of Mumps Based on the Baidu Index and Environmental Data in Yunnan, China: Deep Learning Model Study by Xin Xiong, Linghui Xiang, Litao Chang, Irene XY Wu, Shuzhen Deng

“…Among the 4 models, model IBE exhibited the best performance, achieving the coefficient of determination of 0.72, with mean absolute error, mean absolute percentage error, and root-mean-square error values of 0.33, 15.9%, and 0.43, respectively, in the test set. …”
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Automatic Quantification Software for Geographic Atrophy Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Validation Study by José M. Ruiz-Moreno, Jorge Ruiz-Medrano, Francisco Lugo, Belen Sirvent, Ignacio Flores-Moreno

“…Geographic atrophy (GA) is usually measured manually using fundus autofluorescence (FAF) images, lacking a reliable, automatic method to do so. Aims. To determine the accuracy and repeatability of new software to automatically quantify GA areas associated to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). …”
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Predicting the Perception of Aging Based on Personality Traits in Older Adults Referring to Health Centers in Mashhad, Iran by Mahdi Davoudi Baghban, Mostafa Rad, Mojtaba Mohammadi, Ehsan Mosa Farkhani, Mohammad Reza Ghasemi

“…The results of the regression analysis showed that conscientiousness (P=0.02), extroversion (P=0.008) and neuroticism (P<0.001) could significantly predict the perception of aging. According to the coefficient of determination, the research model was able to explain 22% of the variance in aging perception. …”
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Arthroscopic synovectomy in rheumatoid synovitis of knee joint by G M Kavalersky, A V Garkavi, I V Menshikova, S A Sergienko

“…Value of this coefficient multiplication by the sum of the above mentioned measures was used to determine indications to AS. …”
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Changes in the transcriptional activity of cell cycle regulator CDK1 and cell proliferation ki67 genes in invasive and non-invasive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by A. V. Evseyev, A. M. Kamyshnyi

“…Materials and methods. The study was conducted on 20 samples of pancreatic tumor tissue taken at pathomorphological examination of the operational material. …”
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Towards precision in bifacial photovoltaic system simulation: a model selection approach with validation by Eva-Maria Grommes, Maximilian Koch, Jean-Régis Hadji-Minaglou, Holger Voos, Ulf Blieske

“…This study employs a number of validation metrics, including relative error, coefficient of determination and Normalized Root Mean Square Error, to assess the accuracy of the simulations. …”
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Modeling and Key Parameter Interaction Analysis for Ship Central Cooling Systems by Xin Wu, Ping Zhang, Pan Su, Jiechang Wu

“…To achieve efficient prediction and optimization of the energy consumption of ship central cooling systems, this paper first constructed and validated a high-precision multi-physical domain simulation model of the ship central cooling system based on fluid heat transfer principles and the physical network method. …”
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Tunnel water inflow prediction using explainable machine learning and augmented partially missing dataset by Shengdong Ju, Guangzhao Ou, Tao Peng, Yanning Wang, Quanlin Song, Peng Guan

“…The results indicate that: (1) The constructed BO-XGBoost model exhibited exceptionally high predictive accuracy on the test set, with a root mean square error (RMSE) of 7.5603, mean absolute error (MAE) of 3.2940, mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of 4.51%, and coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.9755; (2) Compared to the predictive performance of support vector mechine (SVR), decision tree (DT), and random forest (RF) models, the BO-XGBoost model demonstrates the highest R2 values and the smallest prediction error; (3) The input feature importance yielded by SHAP is groundwater level (h) &gt; water-producing characteristics (W) &gt; tunnel burial depth (H) &gt; rock mass quality index (RQD). …”
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An adaptive hybrid schema for data-centric storage in wireless sensor networks by Pooya Hejazi

“…Storage, query cost, and energy efficiency are among the most important data dissemination issues in wireless sensor networks. …”
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CONCEPT OF CONSTRUCTION OF CONTROL AND TEST STATION by Yurii Pribyliev B. Pribyliev

“…The article proposes the concept of the construction of automated control and test station, which is based on the combination of the method of constructing the functional organization of the control and test station and the method of synthesizing the structure of the control and test station on the basis of software-hardware blocks, which allows simplifying and increasing the efficiency of the development of the control program, reducing the construction time and the volume of hardware control and test station, unification and further modification. …”
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SISTEM PENDUKUNG KEPUTUSAN TENDER PROYEK MENGGUNAKAN METODE BENEFIT COST RATIO by Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana

“…The output of this process is the winner of the tender project based on calculations Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR). Therefore, the method Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) can be used as a decision support system to determine the winner of the project tender.…”
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Nanoengineered polyaniline/carbon black VXC 72 hybridized with woven abaca for superior electromagnetic interference shielding by Martin Guillermo C. Fernandez, Muhammad Luthfi Hakim, Zufar Alfarros, Gil Nonato C. Santos, Muhammad Akhsin Muflikhun

“…Electrical resistivity was determined using the four-point probe method, and EMI shielding effectiveness (SE) was evaluated in the ultrahigh frequency (UHF) range of 500 MHz to 4500 MHz using a Vector Network Analyzer (VNA). …”
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Rapid Lactic Acid Content Detection in Secondary Fermentation of Maize Silage Using Colorimetric Sensor Array Combined with Hyperspectral Imaging by Xiaoyu Xue, Haiqing Tian, Kai Zhao, Yang Yu, Ziqing Xiao, Chunxiang Zhuo, Jianying Sun

“…The results showed that the prediction accuracy of the model can be significantly improved by choosing appropriate pretreatment methods for different color-sensitive dyes. The CARS-CPO-SVR model had better prediction, with a prediction set determination coefficient (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msubsup><mi>R</mi><mi>P</mi><mn>2</mn></msubsup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), root mean square error of prediction (<i>RMSEP</i>), and a ratio of performance to deviation (<i>RPD</i>) of 0.9617, 2.0057, and 5.1997, respectively. …”
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Effect of virtual case-based learning (CBL) using the flipped class and peer instruction on the motivation to learn basic sciences by Maryam Alizadeh, Alireza Saramad, Haniyeh Rafiepoor, Ali Taghvaei, Roya Rayati, Sajjad Sibevei, Zeynab Sarparast Seyyedlar, Sana Peighambardoust, Amirhasan Zomorrodi, Azadeh Angouraj Taghavi

“…Abstract Background According to Self-Determination Theory, active learning methods, as alterations to the learning environment, can influence students’ academic motivation to learn. …”
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Evaluation of fresh juice of strawberries at different degrees of ripeness using electronic nose and electronic tongue by GAO Li-ping, WANG Jun, CUI Shao-qing

“…However, the combination of e-nose and e-tongue with PLS could more efficiently predict soluble solids content, Vc content, total acid content and pH value (Fig. 11), among which the correction and prediction coefficient of determination of total acid content increased to 0.965 and 0.908, respectively.In conclusion, the combination of e-nose and e-tongue reveals better abilities to discriminate and predict fresh juice, which is confirmed to be a general detection for the comprehensive smell and taste information.…”
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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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A study on remote-controlled microscopy for enhanced surgical visualisation: The precision vision digiscope by Vaidehi Satushe, Vibha Vyas, Preshit Gujar, Vishwajeet Kadam, Sayali Sarode

“…Objective: To assess the Precision Vision Digiscope’s ability to improve surgical visualization, accuracy, and workflow efficiency. Methods: A mixed-methods study incorporating both quantitative metrics intraoperative diagnosis accuracy, procedure time, error rates and qualitative insights surgeon feedback, usability surveys, obtained during simulated and real surgical cases in several neurosurgery departments. …”
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Lifetime history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy is associated with shorter sleep duration and more sleep disturbance in midlife: results from the Project Viva women’s healt... by Kimia Heydari, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Suzanne M. Bertisch, Elizabeth B. Klerman, Jorge E. Chavarro, Emily Oken, Karen M. Switkowski

“…The relationship of HDP with sleep health in midlife, when sleep problems are common, remains unclear. Methods We studied women enrolled in Project Viva during early pregnancy (1999–2002) with sleep outcomes assessed in midlife (2017–2024). …”
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