THE FIRST RUSSIAN STRATEGIC STUDY OF PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (REMARCA TRIAL): RESULTS OF 12-MONTH TREATMENT IN 130 PATIENTS by D. E. Karateev, E. L. Luchikhina, N. V. Demidova, G. S. Gridneva, M. A. Kanonirova, Yu. V. Muravyev, G. V. Lukina, Yu. A. Olyunin, K. A. Kasumova, E. N. Aleksandrova, A. A. Novikov, A. A. Avdeeva, T. V. Popkova, D. S. Novikova, A. V. Smirnov, A. V. Volkov, E. L. Nasonov

“…To introduce treat-to-target recommendations is an important task of modern rheumatology; however, there is still a diversity of serious problems relating to a scientific rationale and a clinical one for this strategy and to the possibilities of its implementation in real clinical practice, in the rheumatology service of the Russian Federation in particular, by taking into account the specific features of funding for high-tech medical care. Objective: to determine the efficiency and safety of combined therapy with subcutaneous methotrexate (MT) and biological agents (BA) when using the treat-to-target strategy in patients with active early and extended-stage rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have risk factors for a poor prognosis. …”
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Exploration and morphological characteristics evaluation of a tetraploid seedling from periclinal graft chimera Hongrou Huyou (Citrus unshiu + C. aurantium) by JIANG Nan, WANG Gang, ZHANG Xiaoqin, CHEN Xiang, ZHANG Min, ZHANG Chi

“…Polyembryony hampers the efficiency of sexual hybridization in citrus, and seedlings from citrus chimera can additionally exhibit characteristics closer to the features of the donor of cell layer contributed to the gamete origination. …”
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Better public housing management in Ghana by Samson Aziabah

“…A pragmatic approach was adopted for this research, within which case studies, lesson drawing, and transferability strategies were applied. The methods of data collection and analyses were largely qualitative, with minimal application of quantitative techniques. …”
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Hybrid Position-Based and DTN Forwarding for Vehicular Sensor Networks by Fan Li, Lei Zhao, Xiumei Fan, Yu Wang

“…The proposed routing method makes use of vehicle driving direction to determine whether holding or forwarding the packet. …”
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Utility of Cell Blocks from Lymph Node Aspirates to Improve the Diagnostic Accuracy of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology: A Cross-sectional Observational Study from Eastern India by Upajna Pal, Abhinandan Bayen, Debajyoti Nanda, Manisha Sarkar, Dipanwita Nag

“…Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was conducted with 50 patients who presented with visible or palpable lymph node enlargement over a period of one year (January 2021 to December 2021) at the Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. …”
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Evapotranspiration Partitioning in Selected Subtropical Fruit Tree Orchards Based on Sentinel 2 Data Using a Light Gradient-Boosting Machine (LightGBM) Learning Model in Malelane,... by Prince Dangare, Zama E. Mashimbye, Paul J. R. Cronje, Joseph N. Masanganise, Shaeden Gokool, Zanele Ntshidi, Vivek Naiken, Tendai Sawunyama, Sebinasi Dzikiti

“…The 10-fold cross-validation and independent validation on <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>E</mi><mi>T</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> models produced high accuracy with coefficient of determination (<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>≥</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> 0.88, Kling–Gupta efficiency (<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>K</mi><mi>G</mi><mi>E</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>≥</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> 0.91, root mean square error (<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>R</mi><mi>M</mi><mi>S</mi><mi>E</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>≤</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> 0.04 mm/h, and mean absolute error (<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>M</mi><mi>A</mi><mi>E</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>≤</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> 0.03 mm/h for all the crops. …”
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Probabilistic Forecasting of Energy Consumption using Bayesian Dynamic Linear Models by Hartika Aulia, Syaharuddin Syaharuddin, Vera Mandailina, Hamenyimana Emanuel Gervas, Hameed Ashraf

“…The study highlights the effectiveness of BDLM in accurately predicting energy consumption through a probabilistic approach that efficiently manages uncertainty. However, the research also emphasizes that BDLM presents limitations and challenges that warrant attention, including the complexity involved in parameter determination and model validation processes, as well as the importance of addressing potential biases and considering factors such as deployment impacts. …”
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The Influence Of School Management On Teacher Performance by Zaki Azis Nugroho, Maryam Sulaeman

“…School Management is an activity carried out effectively and efficiently to improve school performance in achieving educational goals, both national goals and institutional goals, the results of which can be seen from several factors as indicators of the performance achieved by the school. …”
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Development of An Android-Based Guidance And Counseling Service Evaluation Instrument For Senior High School by Raodatul Jannah, Nur Fadhilah Umar, Abdul Saman

“…The method used is research and development (R&D) with the ADDIE development model. …”
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Maintaining Agricultural Production Profitability—A Simulation Approach to Wheat Market Dynamics by Agnieszka Bezat-Jarzębowska, Włodzimierz Rembisz, Sebastian Jarzębowski

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Research on Visual Servo Grasping of Household Objects for Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulator by Huangsheng Xie, Guodong Li, Yuexin Wang, Zhihe Fu, Fengyu Zhou

“…Secondly, after summarizing the vision-based autonomous mobile manipulation system as a generalized manipulator, the generalized manipulator’s kinematic model is established, the analytical inverse kinematic solutions of the generalized manipulator are acquired, and a novel active vision based camera calibration method is proposed to determine the hand-eye relationship. …”
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Cooperative UAV Scheduling for Power Grid Deicing Using Fuzzy Learning and Evolutionary Optimization by Yu-Jun Zheng, Zhi-Yuan Zhang, Jia-Yu Yan, Wei-Guo Sheng

“…The algorithm is fully parallelizable and therefore can solve the problem very efficiently based on GPU parallel acceleration. Computational results on real-world problem instances validate the performance of the proposed method compared to the state of the arts.…”
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Study of physicochemical properties of hydrophobic calcite based on sugar factory defecates by Masharipova Sharofat, Jumaniyazov Maxsud, Turkmenbaeva Mayra, Kabulova Lola

“…Particular attention is paid to the modification of the hydrophobic properties of calcite, carried out by standardized methods (GOST 30136-9). It was found that the obtained material is characterized by improved dispersibility in polymer matrices, which determines its potential as a filler for paints and varnishes, building mixtures and polymer composites. …”
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Direct coupling analysis and the attention mechanism by Francesco Caredda, Andrea Pagnani

“…More precisely, we explore a Direct Coupling Analysis (DCA) method that mimics the attention mechanism of several popular Transformer architectures, such as AlphaFold itself. …”
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Analisis Kebutuhan Informasi Tenaga Pendidik Pada Anak Penyandang Disleksia Di Sekolah Luar Biasa Amal Mulia Yayasan Dharma Bhakti Kesejahteraan Sosial Kota Bengkulu by Milla Ananda, Fransiska Timoria Samosir, Lailatus Sa'diyah

“…The qualitative method is descriptive and has 3 information as data sources, observation interview techniques and documentation. …”
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Experimental Study on Variation Rules of Damping with Influential Factors of Tuned Liquid Column Damper by Yang Yu, Lixin Xu, Liang Zhang

“…Based on the experimental method of uniform design, a series of experimental studies were conducted to determine the quantitative relationships between the head loss coefficient and other factors. …”
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COVID-19 pandemic and unemployment rate prediction for developing countries of Asia: A hybrid approach. by Lumin Shi, Yousaf Ali Khan, Man-Wen Tian

“…As unemployment plays an important role in the planning of a country's monetary progress for policymakers and researcher. Determining the unemployment rate efficiently required an advance modeling approach. …”
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Garlic-Derived Exosome-Like Nanovesicles: A Promising Natural Nanotherapy for Periodontitis via PHGDH/PI3K/AKT-Mediated Metabolic and Inflammatory Regulation by Yu C, Liu Y, Yu X, Liu J, Cao P, Liu G, Cai Y, Zhang Y, Luan Q

“…Garlic-derived exosome-like nanovesicles (GaELNs), as a natural therapeutic agent, have demonstrated significant therapeutic effects in conditions such as colitis, liver dysfunction, osteoarthritis, and adipose tissue inflammation, yet their potential in treating periodontitis has not been explored.Methods: In this study, GaELNs were extracted using a simplified and rapid method and characterized for their morphology and concentration. …”
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The effect of gamification on brand co-creation in app-based businesses: investigating the mediating role of consumer engagement and the moderating role of hedonic and innovativene... by Rayhane Rezagholizade, Zahra Sadeqi-Arani, Esmail Mazroui

“…The extensive nature of the target population, combined with restricted access to the entire community, necessitated the use of this accessible sampling method. To collect data, standard and researcher-made questionnaires were used. …”
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Effects of Fagopyrum dibotrys rhizoma meal supplementation on productive performance, egg quality, egg nutritional value, and serum biochemical parameters of Shanma laying ducks by Pingwen Xiong, Pingwen Xiong, Pingwen Xiong, Gaoxiang Ai, Gaoxiang Ai, Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen, Wenjing Song, Wenjing Song, Weide Su, Weide Su, Dongyou Yu, Qiongli Song, Qiongli Song, Chuanhui Xu, Chuanhui Xu, Zhiheng Zou, Zhiheng Zou, Qipeng Wei, Qipeng Wei, Xiaolian Chen, Xiaolian Chen, Lizhen Hu, Lizhen Hu

“…This experiment was conducted to assess the impacts of FDRM supplementation in Shanma laying ducks diet by determining productive performance, egg quality, egg nutritional value, and serum biochemical parameters.MethodsWith similar laying performance (80.88 ± 5.17%) and body weight (1.24 ± 0.02 kg), 512 healthy 32-week-old Shanma laying ducks were randomly assigned to four groups consisting of eight replicates (16 ducks per replicate). …”
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