A case study on the site supervisory attributes in construction labour management, performance assessment and productivity measurement practices by Kesavan Manoharan, Pujitha Dissanayake, Chintha Pathirana, Dharsana Deegahawature, Renuka Silva

“…Findings – The mean performance scores of supervisors indicate proficient-level grades in the competency characteristics related to applying efficient labour management procedures and developing-level grades in designing productivity measurement tools, performing assessments on efficiency and productivity and proposing enhancement practices on efficiency and productivity for site operations. …”
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The effect of nano-chitosan and as mouthwash and denture cleanser: In vitro study by Sabreen Waleed Ibrahim, Farah Nabeel Mohammed Tahir AlKhayyat, Maha Jamal Abbas

“…Aim of study: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of natural materials as mouthwash and denture cleansers. Material and method: In examining the antimicrobial efficacy of mouthwashes, the minimum inhibitory concentration values were determined for five groups: distilled water (negative control), 0.2% chlorhexidine, chitosan solution, Saussurea costus solution, and chitosan-Saussurea solution. …”
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Effects of Coatings Containing Organic Ashes on the Corrosion Performance of Reinforcements by I. Sanrı Karapınar

“…The samples were cured both in tap water and 3.5% NaCl solution for 180 days, and the mass losses of the steel bars were determined. Also, the inhibition efficiency of the coating was determined by using the galvanic cell method and accelerated corrosion tests. …”
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Optimized removal of trivalent arsenic from aquatic environments using Prosopis juliflora seed biomass by M. Samimi, J. Nouri

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: With urban populations struggling with wastewater and water sources contaminated by metalloids, the demand for sustainable and effective methods for removing heavy metals is growing ever more urgent. …”
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Minimising immunohistochemical false negative ER classification using a complementary 23 gene expression signature of ER status. by Qiyuan Li, Aron C Eklund, Nicolai Juul, Benjamin Haibe-Kains, Christopher T Workman, Andrea L Richardson, Zoltan Szallasi, Charles Swanton

“…In routine oncological practice ER status is determined by semi-quantitative methods such as immunohistochemistry (IHC) or other immunoassays in which the ER expression level is compared to an empirical threshold. …”
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Augmented virtuality technology in education: taxonomy of augmented virtuality types by Alexandr V. Grinshkun, Anastasia S. Zakova

“…The choice of one of the four main ways of reality adding should be determined by the goals, content and methods of teaching. …”
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The Great Disruption: How Machine Intelligence Will Transform the Role of Lawyers in the Delivery of Legal Services by J. O. Mcginnis, R. G. Pearce

“…Objective: to analyze the influence of machine intelligence on legal practice and services.Methods: dialectical approach to cognition of social phenomena, allowing to analyze them in the historical development and functioning in the context of a set of objective and subjective factors, which determined the choice of the following research methods: formal-logical, comparative-legal, state and legal modeling.Results: The market for electronic legal services is at a relatively early, yet significant, stage in terms of the disruptive effect of machine intelligence in undermining lawyers' monopoly. …”
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Nonequilibrium steady-state dynamics of Markov processes on graphs by Stefano Crotti, Thomas Barthel, Alfredo Braunstein

“…The $d^2r^2$ parameters are determined by solving a fixed point equation, for which we provide an efficient belief-propagation procedure. …”
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Optimization of Parameters of a Vertical Ground Heat Exchanger in a Geothermal Heating System by Walery Jezierski, Piotr Rynkowski

“…Only factor <i>T</i>_w (<i>X</i>₄), with such a change, caused a decrease in the thermal efficiency of the tested heat exchanger by 44.22%. The parameters of the tested element of the geothermal heating system were also optimized according to the energy criterion using a numerical method in the Matlab environment. …”
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Spectral Reflectance Recovery from Tristimulus Values under Multi-Illuminants by Guangyuan Wu, Linyong Qian, Guichun Hu, Xiaozhou Li

“…An efficient procedure for recovering spectral reflectance using an object’s tristimulus values under multi-illuminants is proposed by adapting with the characteristics of the testing sample to obtain the transformation matrix of pseudoinverse. …”
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Efeitos da agitação mecânica e matéria orgânica na análise granulométrica do solo Effects of mechanical agitation and soil organic matter on soil particle size analysis by Mario Miyazawa, Graziela M. de C. Barbosa

“…Error on clay content caused by soil OM can be corrected by using the value of OM determined by Walkley-Black method and does not require prior oxidation of soil sample with 30% H2O2.…”
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Optimizing Cervical Cancer Diagnosis with Feature Selection and Deep Learning by Łukasz Jeleń, Izabela Stankiewicz-Antosz, Maria Chosia, Michał Jeleń

“…The main purpose of cervical cancer diagnosis is a correct and rapid detection of the disease and the determination of its histological type. This study investigates the effectiveness of combining handcrafted feature-based methods with convolutional neural networks for the determination of cancer histological type, emphasizing the role of feature selection in enhancing classification accuracy. …”
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Analyzing the Success of Adopting Metaverse in Construction Industry: Structural Equation Modelling by Ahsan Waqar, Idris Othman, Muhammad Shafiq Aiman, Muhammad Basit Khan, Md. Mahmodul Islam, Hamad Almujibah, Malik Abdul Karim

“…The key to unleashing the full potential of the metaverse within the architecture, engineering, and construction industries lies in addressing these identified success determinants, thereby ushering in enhanced project outcomes and enhanced efficiency within the constructed environment. …”
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Improvement of urban passenger ground transport structure based on coordinated development of subsystems by D. A. Dryuchin

“…A brief description of methods for determining and mutual coordination of structural parameters of subsystems forming the material basis of the transport complex is given.Results. …”
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Performance analysis of transmit antenna selection and maximum-ratio combining in overlay networks powered by harvested energy by Khuong Ho-Van

“…The performance of the proposed method is determined by multiple specifications and optimized by allocating the times for energy harvesting and information processing.…”
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From garbage to biosorbent: overview raw and hexane purified almond shells for nickel (II) ions removal by Hasan Koçyiğit, Gülden Gök, Hakan Çelebi

“…In the context of the study, batch experiments were conducted to investigate the influence of various parameters, including temperature, RAS and HPAS dosages, pH, and contact time, on the removal efficiency of Ni(II). FTIR and SEM–EDX analyses were performed to determine the functional groups and surface morphology of RAS and HPAS. …”
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Tribo-Electrochemical Characterization of Brush-Scrubbed Post-CMP Cleaning: Results for Tartrate-Supported Removal of Residual Oxides from Copper Films by Collin M. Reff, Kassapa U. Gamagedara, David R. Santefort, Dipankar Roy

“…While the complex mechanisms of brush-operated PCMPC are supported by this combination, the conventional electroanalytical methods of assessing PCMPC efficiency are typically operated in the absence of surface brushing. …”
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Design of New Generation Low-Cost Dip Coating Device and Performance Tests in ZnO Thin Film Production by Eda Günel, Fatih Bulut

“…In this study, a dip coating device was designed using low-cost materials and performance tests were performed. The dip coating method is an efficient coating technique used to dip samples into chemical solutions and produce thin films. …”
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Depressive disorders in women of climacteric age (review of foreign literature for 2012–2016) by N. A. Bokhan, E. V. Lukiyanova, G. G. Simutkin

“…In a number of papers the efficiency of antidepressant therapy, alternative methods and supplementary therapy in women with depressive disorders, climacteric disturbances and co-occurring physical diseases is shown. …”
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Quantitative characteristics of microstructure of shale reservoirs with different lithofacies in Dongying Sag， Jiyang Depression by NI Liangtian, DU Yushan, JIANG Long, YANG Feng, SUN Hongxia, FENG Mingshi, LIU Zupeng, LÜ Shichao, WANG Yunhe, LI Weizhong, LI Zhongxin

“…To clarify the pore-fracture development characteristics of shale reservoirs with different lithofacies and their impacts on reservoir properties， this study focused on the shale intervals of Es4U （The Upper Submember of the 4th Member of the Eocene Shahejie Formation） and Es3L （The Lower Submember of the 3rd Member of the Eocene Shahejie Formation）in the Dongying Sag of the Jiyang Depression. Test methods including core observation， thin-section identification， whole-rock X-ray diffraction， argon ion polishing， and field-emission scanning electron microscopy （FE-SEM） were used， and the mineralogical and petrological characteristics of shale oil reservoirs were determined. …”
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