PROBLEMS AND WAY OF INCREASE OF UKRAINIAN COMPANIES’ COMPETITIVENESS UNDER GLOBALIZATION by G. Fyliuk

“…The paper proves that such reasons determine a necessity of improvement of current mechanisms and methods of solving this problem or searching new ones. …”
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Signal Preemption Control of Emergency Vehicles Based on Timed Colored Petri Nets by Haibo Mu, Linzhong Liu, Xiaojing Li

“…The calculation method of the travelling speed of EV on road sections is presented, and the methods of determining the actual green time of current phase and the other phase are given. …”
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The Fisher Information Matrix as a Relevant Tool for Sensor Selection in Engine Health Monitoring by S. Borguet, O. Léonard

“…Engine health monitoring has been an area of intensive research for many years. Numerous methods have been developed with the goal of determining a faithful picture of the engine condition. …”
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Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT by Cherry-Ann Waldron, Philip Pallmann, Simon Schoenbuchner, Debbie Harris, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Céu Mateus, Jolanta Bernatoniene, Katrina Cathie, Saul N Faust, Josie Henley, Lucy Hinds, Kerry Hood, Chao Huang, Sarah Jones, Sarah Kotecha, Sarah Milosevic, Helen Nabwera, Sanjay Patel, Stéphane Paulus, Colin VE Powell, Jenny Preston, Huasheng Xiang, Emma Thomas-Jones, Enitan D Carrol

“…A cost-effectiveness analysis assessed possible efficiency gains. An NHS perspective was used, and relevant direct medical costs were collected. …”
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Stepwise self-knowledge distillation for skin lesion image classification by Jian Zheng, Kewei Xie, Dingwen Zhang, Zhiming Lv, Xiangchun Yu

“…However, current self-knowledge distillation methods encounter difficulties in determining appropriate learning objectives for the next stage, which limits the improvement potential of the student model. …”
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Predicting pile bearing capacity using gene expression programming with SHapley Additive exPlanation interpretation by Adil Khan, Majid Khan, Waseem Akhtar Khan, Muhammad Ali Afridi, Khawaja Atif Naseem, Ayesha Noreen

“…Machine learning (ML) methods offer a promising alternative to traditional modeling techniques for assessing pile-bearing capacity, providing a more robust and efficient approach to estimating pile-bearing capacity. …”
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Multiscale evolution of human-water relationship and its influencing factors in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River by RAN Zhao, LIU Yansui, GAO Jianhua

“…[Conclusion] In view of the tense relationship between humans and water in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, it is urgent to develop a water-saving and efficient modern agricultural system, implement the development strategy of “determining production by water”, and effectively coordinate the conflicts between humans and water through landscape planning.…”
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DualPlaqueNet with dual-branch structure and attention mechanism for carotid plaque semantic segmentation and size prediction by Lili Deng, Xingyu Duan, Yongxiang Sun, Yunling Wang, Dongmei Song, Xiaokai Duan

“…However, ultrasound images suffer from high noise, low contrast, and blurred edges, making it difficult for traditional image processing methods to accurately extract plaque information.ObjectiveTo establish a deep learning-based DualPlaqueNet model for semantic segmentation and size prediction of plaques in carotid ultrasound images, thereby providing comprehensive and accurate auxiliary information for clinical risk assessment and personalized diagnosis and treatment.MethodsDualPlaqueNet uses a dual-branch architecture combined with attention mechanisms and joint loss functions to optimize segmentation and regression. …”
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Measurement of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the soil samples of Taleghan region and investigation of the presence of biological agents capable of removing PCBs by Alireza Zakeri, Nastaran Akbarian, Kamand Hedayat

“…Microbial degradation of PCBs has been considered as one of the cost effective and efficient methods to the remove these contaminants from the environment.The aim of the present study was to measure the concentration of poly- chlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in the soil around power transformers in Taleghan region of Karaj. …”
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Enteric-coated microencapsulation improves the therapeutic effect of cinnamon oil on artificially infected chicken with Escherichia coli by Huanling Xing, Fang Zhou, Jianhao Lin, Junfeng Ban, Junyi Huang, Xinghai Li, Hanjun He, Yanqun Li, Mei Bai, Xiangxiu Liang, Hong Wu

“…Dissolution of enteric CEO microcapsules was determined by the paddle method. We observed that the low-dose CEO microcapsule (APEC+MCL) with at least 75 % lower CEO content increased the bioavailability of CEO. …”
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Successful Traceability of Wildlife Samples Contributes to Wildlife Conservation: A Case Study of Tracing the Snub-Nosed Monkey (<i>Rhinopithecus</i> spp.) by Xibo Wang, Ying Shen, Yang Teng, Ruifeng Wu, Shuhao Liu, Jilai Zhao, Can Hu, Ming Li, Huijuan Pan, Jiwei Qi

“…Traditional morphological categorization methods are often inadequate as relying on the mitochondrial COXI barcode is insufficient for determining geographic populations. …”
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Les ressources de l’environnement : au cœur de la construction des savoirs professionnels en situation de travail et de la protection de la santé by Céline Chatigny

“…The development of « operational resources » (useful and usable) is then the essence of strategies for developing efficient work methods (effective and safe). This is demonstrated by a comparative study in two employment sectors, where the working conditions are learning conditions, and where the margin of maneuver for implementing learning activities is different. …”
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Optimum Solutions of Fractional Order Zakharov–Kuznetsov Equations by Rashid Nawaz, Laiq Zada, Abraiz Khattak, Muhammad Jibran, Adam Khan

“…The obtained results showed that the method is powerful and efficient for determination of solution of higher-dimensional fractional order partial differential equations.…”
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Data De-Noise for Multivariate T2 and S-Charts Using Multivariate Wavelets by Dler Hussein Kadir, Rebaz Othman Yahya, Azhin Muhammed Khudhur, Taha Hussein Ali

“…Based on the study's conclusions, the proposed charts are more efficient than the classical method in de-noising the data. …”
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Overcoming challenges in metagenomic AMR surveillance with nanopore sequencing: a case study on fluoroquinolone resistance by Bram Bloemen, Bram Bloemen, Mathieu Gand, Moniek Ringenier, Bert Bogaerts, Kevin Vanneste, Kathleen Marchal, Kathleen Marchal, Nancy H. C. Roosens, Jeroen Dewulf, Filip Boyen, Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker

“…Phenotypic testing and whole-genome sequencing of isolates are efficient, but culture-free approaches like metagenomic sequencing potentially allow for broader investigation of resistance gene occurrence, evolution and spread. …”
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CFD Design Performance Analysis for a High-Speed Propeller by Marian Ristea, Adrian Popa, Octavian-Narcis Volintiru

“…The analysis proves to be an efficient procedure in determining the characteristics of a high-speed propeller before deciding its production/manufacture. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF THE TAX BURDEN IMPACT ON THE ENTITY'S FINANCIAL RESULTS: MICRO AND MACROECONOMIC ASPECTS by ZAHARCO, Silvia

“…Therefore, to ensure efficient activity, it is necessary to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the impact of fiscal burden on the entity's financial results. …”
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Providing a Robust Dynamic Pricing Model and Comparing It with Static Pricing in Multi-level Supply Chains Using a Game Theory Approach by Sara Mehrjoo, Hanan Amoozad Mahdirji, Jalil Heidary Dahoei, Seyyed Hossein Razavi Haji Agha, Mahnaz Hosseinzadeh

“…Objective Designing a multi-level supply chain network with efficient product flow management is an important issue in supply chain management. …”
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Investigating the relationship between the monetary policy shock through the exchange rate channel on the management quality index in the banking system: by examining the productiv... by Farhad Sharifi Bagha, Jafar Haqiqat, Zahra Karimi Takanloo

“…The equation can be written using model variables as follows:</p> <p style="text-align: left;">After determining the number of optimal factors, the equation was estimated. …”
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Exploring the Realization of Creative Dimensions within the Metaverse: The Case of Tabriz Metropolis by Saied Jaffari namvar, Hossein Nazmfar, Ibrahim Taghav

“…The weights of indicators and sub-indices were determined and ranked utilizing the Aras Gray analytical model. …”
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