The Role of Collector-Drainage Water in Sustainable Irrigation for Agriculture in the Developing World: An Experimental Study by Jakhongirmirzo Mirzaqobulov, Kedar Mehta, Sana Ilyas, Abdulkhakim Salokhiddinov

“…Five irrigation treatments (Fresh Water, Fresh Water 70% vs. CDW 30%, Complex Method (Mixing with Specific Rules), CDW 70% vs. Fresh Water 30% (Mixing) and only CDW) were evaluated using an Alternate Furrow Irrigation system, incorporating various mixtures of fresh water and CDW to determine their effects on soil salinity, crop health and yield. …”
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Connected Transit Bus Dynamic Priority Weight Modeling and Conflicting Request Resolution Control at the Signalized Intersection by Shuxian He, Haihang Han, Huan Zhang, Shanzhi Sun, Tony Z. Qiu

“…Multiaccess edge computing (MEC) and connected vehicle (CV) technologies have shown great potential and strength for traffic perception and real-time computing, which can be applied to enhance the efficiency of connected transit bus operations under their lower penetration conditions. …”
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EXPERIENCE WITH COMBINATION THERAPY WITH AMELOTEX®AND COMPLIGAM B®IN PATIENTS WITH MANIFESTATIONS OF SYNOVITIS IN THE PRESENCE OF KNEE OSTEOARTHROSI by O N Bakhareva, A V Solovyeva, Lesya Vasilyevna Chichanovskaya, V M Bryantseva

“…Subjects and methods. The efficiency of combination therapy with Amelotex®and Compligam B®was studied in 40 patients. …”
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Optimization of a novel dental self-healing resin composite by bacteria-induced biomineralization by Yanyan Han, Yanyan Han, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Jianing Weng, Shiqi Tian, Xian Dong, Zhiheng Cai, Zhiheng Cai, Yi Zhang, Tiantian Wu, Tiantian Wu, Dan Lin, Yaqin Zhu, Yaqin Zhu

“…This method took a microscopic view of the healing process in artificial saliva, and the self-healing efficiency was determined by quantifying the scratch area.ResultsIn the final results, Bacillus sphaericus (ATCC 4525) cultured with Mn2+ exhibited the most impressive self-healing effect, while Bacillus pasteurii (B80469) had the weakest self-healing effect in the study. …”
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Neuron specific enolase as a possible indicator of neuron damage in children with acute meningitis by L. V. Pypa, R. V. Svistilnik, G. S. Moskovko, Yu. M. Lysytsia, , M. M. Murhina

“…The degree of impaired consciousness was determined by the Glasgow Coma Scale. The results were processed with the Student’s t-test, correlation and regression analysis methods with constructing confidence intervals. …”
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Construction of genetic transformation system mediated by Agrobacterium rhizogenes in Vaccinium corymbosum by WU Tingting, LIU Liangqin, JIANG Yanqin, GE Chunfeng, TIAN Liangliang, LIU Mengxi, ZENG Qilong, YU Hong

“…[Methods] The stem segments from current-year green shoots of field-grown Lanmei 1 blueberry plants were used as explants. …”
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Overall survival in colon cancer patients with different levels of circulating tumor cells and feasibility of enhancing its prognostic value by O. I. Kit, E. Y. Zlatnik, I. A. Novikova, E. P. Ulianova, A. A. Demidova, E. N. Kolesnikov, Yu. A. Gevorkyan, N. V. Soldatkina, A. V. Snezhko

“…Our aim was to assess the overall survival (OS) of patients with stage II–IV CC with different levels of CTCs as well as to enhance their prognostic value by additionally determining the level of CD44+ CSCs. Material and methods. …”
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Comparison of Risk Assessment Strategies for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Stable Chest Pain: A Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Study by Jia Zhao, Shuo Wang, Pengyu Zhao, Yong Huo, Chunjie Li, Jia Zhou

“…They were divided into high- and low-risk groups according to the 2016 National Institute of Health and Care Excellence guideline-determined strategy (NICE strategy) which focused on symptom evaluation and 2019 European Society of Cardiology guideline-determined strategy (ESC strategy) which was based on pretest probability (PTP) sequentially determined by the ESC-PTP estimator and risk factor-weighted clinical likelihood (RF-CL) model, respectively. …”
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Application of Multi-Objective Optimization for Path Planning and Scheduling: The Edible Oil Transportation System Framework by Chin S. Chen, Chia J. Lin, Yu J. Lin, Feng C. Lin

“…The method employs the A* and Dijkstra pathfinding algorithm to determine the shortest pipeline route for each task, and estimates pipeline resource usage to derive a node cost weight function. …”
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Evaluating the level of digitalization of the innovation process with artificial intelligence approach in the digital transformation of knowledge-based companies by ali Bagheri, reza radfar, sepehr ghazinoory

“…The results of 188 indicators were distributed in the form of a 5-point Likert questionnaire and by Delphi method in two times among 18 experts in this field. …”
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UV Spectrophotometric Estimation of Levoceterizine Dihydrochloride in Bulk and Dosage Form by P. Mamatha, P. V. Anantha Lakshmi, P. L. Prasunamba

“…A new simple, rapid, accurate, sensitive and precise spectrophotometric method in ultra violet region has been developed for the determination of levoceterizine dihydrochloride (LCTZ) in bulk drug and tablet dosage form. …”
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3D-Web-GIS RFID Location Sensing System for Construction Objects by Chien-Ho Ko

“…An RFID 3D location sensing algorithm combining Simulated Annealing (SA) and a gradient descent method is proposed to determine target object location. …”
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Robust Fuzzy Decision Support Framework for Comprehensive Evaluating of Food Supply Chain Performance by Qiankun Jiang, Haiyan Wang, Lixin Tang

“…By merging subjective and objective data, this integrated method maximizes FSC performance, provides useful insights for enhancing overall efficiency and sustainability, and offers a viable answer to contemporary difficulties. …”
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Interpretable machine learning excavates a low-alloyed magnesium alloy with strength-ductility synergy based on data augmentation and reconstruction by Qinghang Wang, Xu Qin, Shouxin Xia, Li Wang, Weiqi Wang, Weiying Huang, Yan Song, Weineng Tang, Daolun Chen

“…The data reconstruction method reorganizes and transforms the original data to extract more representative features, significantly improving the model's generalization ability and prediction accuracy, with a coefficient of determination (R2) of 95.9 % for the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) model and a R2 of 95.3 % for the elongation-to-failure (EL) model. …”
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A New Approach on Vibrating Horns Design by Maria Violeta Guiman, Ioan Călin Roșca

“…An optimization method of the vibrating horns is presented considering the smallest action principle and the attached cutting tool mass. …”
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Steps to Adapt the Medication Administration Error Survey in Highly Specialised Units—Polish Perspectives by Katarzyna Kwiecień-Jaguś, Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska, Monika Kopeć

“…In part C, regarding the percentages of the type of error occurring in a given medical facility, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.97. When the factor loadings of the items were evaluated, they were determined to be in the range of 0.602–0.783. …”
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Development and validation of the Fall Risk Assessment Scale for patients in rehabilitation hospitals: A methodological study by Shoeleh Rahimi, Hamid Reza Khankeh, Abbas Ebadi, Batol Mohammadian, Narges Arsalani, Masoud Fallahi‐Khoshknab, Nazila Akbarfahimi, Elham Loni

“…Its weighted kappa coefficient was >0.85, its sensitivity was 73%, and its specificity was 82%. …”
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The influence of carotid plaque on carotid artery stiffness indicators in hypertensive patients with and without accompanying type 2 diabetes by V. V. Syvolap, A. O. Bohun

“…To compare the elastic properties of the common carotid arteries (CCA) in patients with stage II hypertension (HTN) depending on the presence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and atherosclerotic plaque (ASP) <50 % of carotid arteries (CA). Materials and methods. The study included 80 patients with stage II HTN, 43 of them without type 2 DM, 37 with type 2 DM, average age – 57.7, 55.3 % men. …”
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Increasing clinicians’ suspicion of ATTR amyloidosis using a retrospective algorithm by Jessica Ammon, John Alexander, Woodson Petit-Frere, Deya Alkhatib, Aranyak Rawal, Grace Newman, Oguz Akbiligic, Brian Borkowski, John Jefferies, Isaac B. Rhea

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to increase the index of suspicion for transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) among cardiologists leading to increased screening for amyloidosis. Methods A retrospective algorithm was created to identify patients at risk for ATTR. …”
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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Palliative Care Knowledge Questionnaire for PEACE (PEACE-Q) in Brazilian Portuguese by João Paulo Aureliano Silva, Aleida Nazareth Soares, Adriana Silvina Pagano, Cristiana Guimarães Paes Savoi, Alexandre Ernesto Silva, Alexandre Sampaio Moura

“…Pre-test (n=20) and test-retest (n=63) were conducted on medical residents from Santa Casa Hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. We determined the content validity index, Kuder-Richardson-20 (KR-20) value, and intraclass correlation coefficient. …”
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