Dyschromonychia: clinical significance in a South African population by P.F. Levay, M.E. Botes, E. Malela

“…Background: The purpose of this study was to determine disease associations with dyschromonychia (DCO) in an out- and inpatient population attending Kalafong Hospital. …”
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Level of satisfaction and associated factors among patients attending outpatient departments of south Wollo health facilities, Ethiopia. by Wolde Melese Ayele, Abdurahman Ewunetu, Muluken Genetu Chanie

“…<h4>Background</h4>Patient satisfaction is a key metric for determining how efficient healthcare is delivered. When patients visit health care facilities, they express a clear desire for high-quality services. …”
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The Design of Integrated Tapioca Agro-Industries Development Model by Azmi Alvian Gabriel, Susinggih Wijana, Sri Kumalaningsih

“…The second study was done to determine the partnership patterns between company and farmers using pairwise comparison and rating scale methods. …”
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B-doped nano-hydroxyapatite facilitates proliferation and differentiation of osteoblasts by Qiao Kang, Wenhao Wang, Shengtao Wu, Ganggang Hu

“…Conclusion B-nHAp modulates the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway to significantly enhance the proliferative and differential abilities of osteoblasts, potentially as an efficient material for bone repair.…”
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Associations Between Effort Capacity and Cognitive Processes in Basketball Players by Maria-Andreea COTEAȚĂ, Florin TROFIN

“…Methods: We associated 3 types of visual memory (simple, dynamic and numerical) with 3 agility tests (Lane, Illinois, hexagon with randomized visual stimuli), 1 reaction speed test, 1 aerobic (Vameval shuttle) and 1 anaerobic (8x10+10 m) test and the test for determining the explosive force of the lower limbs. …”
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Enhancing Hospital Services: Achieving High Quality Under Resource Constraints by Mohammad Ali Beheshtinia, Masood Fathi, Morteza Ghobakhloo, Muhammad Faraz Mubarak

“…Methods: The proposed MD-HOQ approach was applied to a private hospital in Tehran, Iran. …”
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Fuel Price Fluctuation and SME Financial Performance: A Case Study of the Agricultural Sector in Kagadi Town Council. by Bitaka, Raymond

“…Additionally, the study identifies several preventative measures adopted by SMEs, such as investing in fuel-efficient technologies, employing hedging strategies, diversifying energy sources, optimizing transportation routes, and renegotiating contracts with suppliers and customers. …”
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Pengaruh Total Quality Management pada Sistem Pengukuran Kinerja Terhadap Pengembangan Produk dan Efisiensi Biaya: Studi Kasus pada PT Bintang Alam Semesta by Meyliana -, Agus Yoan Renata

“…Performance measurement system include product development and cost efficiency. Samples taken by using purposive sampling method. …”
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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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Authentication of rapeseed variety based on hyperspectral imaging and chemometrics by Junjun Gong, Xinjing Dou, Du Wang, Mengxue Fang, Li Yu, Fei Ma, Xuefang Wang, Baocheng Xu, Peiwu Li, Liangxiao Zhang

“…The traditional detection methods are often destructive, time-consuming and laborious. …”
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Microwave-high temperature steaming assisted enzymatic extraction of soluble dietary fiber from Dajiao (Musa paradisiaca L. spp. sapientum (L.), AAB) by Lixia Wang, Yuting Ding, Muhammad Rizwan, Zheli Ding, Yingdui He

“…The results indicate that the microwave high temperature steaming assisted enzymatic extraction method enhances the SDF content, promotes efficient utilization of banana peel waste, and provides a meaningful reference for extracting and using dietary fiber from banana pulp.…”
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TWO-STAGE INTELLIGENT FAULT DIAGNOSIS OF MOTORS BASED ON VISUAL IMAGE FEATURES

“…Aiming at the new challenges in efficiency and reliability in the field of fault diagnosis in recent years,a coarsefine fault diagnosis method for induction motors based on the symmetrized dot pattern(SDP)was proposed.In this method,firstly,the vibration signals of each faulty motor were converted into snowflake images by SDP method,and then a two-stage fault diagnosis framework of coarse-fine classification was designed for image feature extraction and classification.In the coarse classification stage,the color histogram features and the support vector machine(SVM)were used to diagnose the samples,and a threshold was selected to determine the samples for the coarse classification.In the fine classification stage,Gist features that can extract image details and SVM were used to diagnose the remaining samples.Experimental results show that the proposed method combines the advantages of color histogram features and Gist features,can achieve the most reliable diagnosis with relatively high efficiency,and has certain anti-noise ability.…”
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Transition and continuation scheme of open-pit mining area under complex engineering geological conditions by Guangwei LIU, Junxiong TU, Weiqiang GUO, Yuxuan HAN, Chunlin LI, Yu BAI, Mingyu YU, Ruijun JIA

“…When large-scale near-level coal field adopts open-pit mining, in order to realise safe and efficient production and recover the investment cost as soon as possible, it usually adopts the way of mining in sub-districts, so before the old mining area is about to reach the boundary, it is inevitable to consider the problem of the transition succession between the old and new mining areas. …”
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Tackling the unyielding: testing two novel approaches against NDM-producing Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected in India by Yamuna Devi Bakthavatchalam, Bijayini Behera, Anand Shah, Purva Mathur, Raja Ray, Bashir Ahmed Fomda, Kamini Walia, Balaji Veeraraghavan

“…Minimum inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics against multicentric NDM-producing Escherichia coli (n = 117), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 103), and P. aeruginosa (n = 72) were determined by the reference broth microdilution method. …”
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Nitrous oxide prediction through machine learning and field-based experimentation: A novel strategy for data-driven insights by Muhammad Hassan, Khabat Khosravi, Travis J. Esau, Gurjit S. Randhawa, Aitazaz A. Farooque, Seyyed Ebrahim Hashemi Garmdareh, Yulin Hu, Nauman Yaqoob, Asad T. Jappa

“…Feature selection and optimization of input scenarios were achieved using a combination of particle swarm optimization (PSO) and manual methods. Model performance was evaluated using multiple metrics: scatter plots, kite diagrams, density distribution histograms of relative percentage error, coefficient of determination (R2), Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient (NSE), Percent of BIAS (PBIAS), coefficient of uncertainty at the 95 % confidence level (U95 %), Kling–Gupta efficiency (KGE), Willmott index of agreement (WI), and Legates and McCabe coefficient of efficiency (LME). …”
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Recombinant adeno-associated virus 2-mediated miRNA-199 suppression vector alleviates dextran sulfate sodium-induced ulcerative colitis in mice by Wang Shanshan, Zhao Yu

“…Methods: Different transfection methods and transfection times were found to be the most effective for mouse colonic tissue. …”
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Specifics of predicting the profitability of individual bank products based on machine learning by Inna Strelchenko, Dmytro Stognii, Anatolii Strelchenko

“…It explores the use of machine learning to build adaptive predictive models that can identify hidden patterns in financial data and provide more accurate estimates of the future profitability of banking products. The efficiency of key algorithms, including linear and logistic regression, decision trees, ensemble methods and neural networks, is analyzed. …”
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Automatic Aortic Valve Extraction Using Deep Learning with Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac CT Images by Soichiro Inomata, Takaaki Yoshimura, Minghui Tang, Shota Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Sugimori

“…Two approaches, namely, segmentation and object detection, were compared to determine their accuracy. Materials and Methods: A dataset of 32 contrast-enhanced cardiac CT scans was analyzed. …”
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Enhancing Pneumonia Diagnosis Through AI Interpretability: Comparative Analysis of Pixel-Level Interpretability and Grad-CAM on X-ray Imaging With VGG19 by Mohammad Ennab, Hamid Mcheick

“…The study evaluates these interpretability methods across multiple dimensions: computational efficiency, diagnostic performance, explanation continuity, calibration accuracy, robustness to training parameters, and feedback from medical experts. …”
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Analyzing the quality evaluation of college English teaching based on probabilistic linguistic multiple-attribute group decision-making by Ruoxi Hu, Qingmao Wang

“…A scientific evaluation system encourages teachers to refine their teaching methods, enhances teaching efficiency, and provides data support for curriculum optimization, thereby continuously improving the quality of college English teaching to meet students' academic and career development needs. …”
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