Analysis of Irrigation, Crop Growth and Physiological Information in Substrate Cultivation Using an Intelligent Weighing System by Jiu Xu, Lili Zhangzhong, Peng Lu, Yihan Wang, Qian Zhao, Youli Li, Lichun Wang

“…Compared to traditional estimation methods, the MAE and RMSE decreased by 12.5% and 15.0%, respectively. …”
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Inhibition of Aspartate β-Hydroxylase Enhances Anti-Tumor Immunity by Johari SD, Krausova K, Zucha B, Madureira Trufen CE, Polakova I, Olsen M, Smahel M

“…Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of ASPH inhibition on the induction of anti-tumor immunity and to analyze the immune cells involved.Methods: In the mouse TC-1/A9 model characterized by reversible downregulation of major histocompatibility class I (MHC-I) molecules, ASPH inhibition was combined with stimulation of innate and/or adaptive immunity, and the anti-tumor response was analyzed by evaluation of tumor growth, in vivo depletion of immune cell subpopulations, and ELISPOT assay. …”
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Diagnostics-linked Antimicrobial Surveillance: A Route to Patient-Centred Microbiology Diagnostics? by Dr Alex Howard, Dr Charlotte Brookfield, Dr Conor Rosato, Dr Anoop Velluva, Dr Alessandro Gerada, Professor William Hope

“…In this study we trialled a microbiology diagnostics-linked antimicrobial surveillance (DLAS) algorithmic approach on real-world urine antimicrobial susceptibility testing and antimicrobial prescribing data. Methods: Open-source microbiology and prescribing data for patients with positive urine culture results on systemic antimicrobial treatment (from the Boston, MA retrospective, open-source, pseudonymised, hospital-wide Medical Information Mart for Intensive care [MIMIC]-IV dataset) were analysed. …”
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Dynamic Mechanical and Charlesby-Pinner Analyses of Radiation Cross-Linked Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate Copolymer (EVA) by Anna Svarcova, Petr Svoboda

“…The impact of electron irradiation at levels of 60, 120, and 180 kGy was studied. Four testing methods were employed as follows: wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD); differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), using a high-temperature frequency sweep at 150 °C; and gel content analysis. …”
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High INtensity Interval Training In pATiEnts with intermittent claudication (INITIATE): protocol for a multicentre, proof-of-concept, prospective interventional study by Gordon McGregor, Chao Huang, Maureen Twiddy, Judith Long, Amy Harwood, Lee Ingle, Saïd Ibeggazene, Sean Pymer, Adam R Nicholls, Sean Carroll, Marjorie Rooms, I C Chetter

“…High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is more time-efficient and therefore has the potential to overcome this barrier. …”
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Estimating Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Carbon Storage in <i>Roinia pseudoacacia</i> Plantations in the Caijiachuan Watershed Using Sample Plots and Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle-Borne Las... by Yawei Hu, Ruoxiu Sun, Miaomiao He, Jiongchang Zhao, Yang Li, Shengze Huang, Jianjun Zhang

“…Compared to traditional methods based on diameter at breast height (DBH), carbon storage assessments demonstrated superior accuracy and scientific validity. …”
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Preoperative visualization of peripheral arteries with duplex ultrasonography in patients with diabetes mellitus and critical limb ischemia by Olga Nikolaevna Bondarenko, N L Ayubova, Gagik Radikovich Galstyan, Ivan Ivanovich Dedov

“…CONCLUSION: Duplex ultrasound is efficient and precise enough to determine optimal management tactics in most patients with DMand CLI without resort to invasive methods.…”
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LAND AND RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PROTECTED AREAS OF UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY by Mykhailo STUPEN, Tetiana KALYNA, Ruslana TARATULA, Olena KONSTANTINOVA

“…The methodical instrument for constructing cluster analysis was the method of complete linkage at the Euclidian distance to combine the most similar administrative districts of Lviv region according to standardized indicators of economic efficiency of agricultural lands use. …”
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Search for an effective morphometric parameter corresponding to the highly vacuolated stage of microspores in common barley by Ya. A. Blinova, D. D. Babina, A. S. Khanova, M. Yu. Korol, E. V. Bondarenko

“…One of the promising biotechnological approaches is the production of haploid plants from anther culture or isolated microspores. The efficiency of these androclinium-based methods depends on the developmental phase of microspores in the anthers. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE VOLUME AND STRUCTURE OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN UKRAINE by Oksana Zghurska, Nataliya Struk, Yuriy Safonov, Anna Kulik, Olesia Romanenko

“…The methodological basis of the research was made up of general and special methods, namely: system analysis with the aim of a comprehensive characterization of the strategic potential of the healthcare industry; statistical analysis (the standard deviation method) with the aim of analyzing the structure of healthcare facilities of Ukraine; the dynamics of the volume of sold products (goods, services) of business entities that provide services in health care and social protection; synthesis and comparison in diagnosing the state of the regional structure of private medicine in Ukraine and the dynamics of capital investment volumes of enterprises providing healthcare services. …”
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Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Based on Pre-classification Strategy for Quantitative Analysis of Rock Samples by Weiheng KONG, Lingwei ZENG, Yu RAO, Sha CHEN, Xu WANG, Yanting YANG, Yixiang DUAN, Qingwen FAN

“…The kNN algorithm was selected using cross-validation to determine the optimal k value, and the key punishment parameter C and RBF width parameter γ of the SVM algorithm were determined using a grid search method. …”
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Analisis Kinerja Sistem Informasi Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia Berdasarkan Persepsi Masyarakat Menggunakan Metode Heuristics Evaluation by Alfriyanto Nahas, Hustinawati

“…So it is necessary to analyze the performance of the DPR RI website, especially from the perspective of the community, to determine the level of usability of the website, the Heuristic Evaluation method is used. …”
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Investigation of using Fenton oxidation process for ampicillin and ciprofloxacin removal from hospital wastewater by F Teymoori, V Pesarakloo, H Ghafourian, M Kashefiol asl

“…Materials and methods: This study was performed discontinuously in laboratory scale on the wastewater of one a military hospital. …”
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Source-Aware Redundant Packet Forwarding Scheme for Emergency Information Delivery in Chain-Typed Multihop Wireless Sensor Networks by Gongbo Zhou, Zhencai Zhu, Peng Zhang, Wei Li

“…Secondly, more of comprehensive factors including application QoS and energy efficiency are considered for determining the number of redundant packets. …”
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Path Planning Algorithm for Manipulators in Complex Scenes Based on Improved RRT* by Xiqing Zhang, Pengyu Wang, Yongrui Guo, Qianqian Han, Kuoran Zhang

“…Aiming at the problems of a six-degree-of-freedom robotic arm in a three-dimensional multi-obstacle space, such as low sampling efficiency and path search failure, an improved fast extended random tree (RRT*) algorithm for robotic arm path planning method (abbreviated as HP-APF-RRT*) is proposed. …”
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Could We Achieve the On‐Line Measurements of the Optical Fractal Dimensions of Black Carbon? by Gang Zhao, Min Hu, Weili Lin, Ye Kuang, Jie Sun, Linghan Zeng, Chunsheng Zhao

“…We propose a novel method to measure BC's Df by establishing the relationship between BC's mobility diameter (Dm), Df, and mass concentration (m0). …”
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TBM shield mud cake prediction model based on machine learning by Qi Zhang, Peng Xu, Jing Zhang, Zhao Yang, Yu Li, Xintong Kong, Xiao Yuan

“…IntroductionDuring tunnel boring machine (TBM) shield tunneling in clayey strata, the excavated soil consolidates on the cutter head or cutting tools, forming mud cakes that significantly impact the efficiency of shield tunneling.MethodsTo predict mud cakes during shield tunneling, four distinct supervised machine learning models, including logistic regression, support vector machine, random forest, and BP neural network were employed. …”
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Quantification of Plasmodium falciparum: validation of quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays for detection of parasites in controlled human malaria infection studies by Elizabeth Kibwana, Domtila Kimani, Nick J. Edwards, Kelvias Keter, Agnes Mutiso, Lydia Nyamako, Rose Gatheru, Adrian V. S. Hill, Philip Bejon, Philip Bejon, Katie J. Ewer, Melissa C. Kapulu, Melissa C. Kapulu

“…Other qPCR methods should be considered where high volumes of blood are required.…”
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CORRECTION OF HYPODINAMY AS A FACTOR OF THE RISK OF OBESITY DEVELOPMENT IN FIRE-RESCUERS by E. V. BURDYUKOVA, A. N. ARKHANGELSKAYA, S. N. ALEKSEENKO, I. A. YAKIREVICH, E. A. DMITRIEVA, O. P. KARAZHELYASKOV, M. V. IVKINA, K. G. GUREVICH

“…We used a comparison of the means of the Student method. To compare the values expressed in percent, the method of inverse trigonometric Fisher transformations was used.Results. …”
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Coliform bacteria as components in biofilm of manure effluents by L. V. Pilip, N. V. Syrchina, T. Ya. Ashikhmina, E. P. Kolevatykh

“…The composition of the microbiota was determined by the method of inoculation on nutrient media.Results. …”
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