Competencies Required to Deliver a Primary Healthcare Approach in the Occupational Therapy: A South African Perspective by Deshini Naidoo, Jacqueline Marina Van Wyk

“…The approach was to ensure equitable, efficient, and quality health services for consumers in private and public healthcare sectors. …”
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Forecasting Wind Farm Production in the Short, Medium, and Long Terms Using Various Machine Learning Algorithms by Gökhan Ekinci, Harun Kemal Ozturk

“…Five machine learning algorithms were employed—Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Random Forest (RF), Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), K-Nearest Neighbors Regression (KNN), and Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP ANN)—utilizing both MinMax and Standard Scaling methods. Prediction performance was evaluated using Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Coefficient of Determination (R²), and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) metrics. …”
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Design and Modellingof a Pneumatic Vice Machine by Talemwa, Prosper

“…The general objectives of this project were to design and simulate an efficient and easy-to-operate pneumatic Vice and specific objectives were to determine the design parameters of the pneumatic vice, design using 3D modeling software (DS SOLIDWORKS), sizing, and select the components of the pneumatic vice, the design the layout of the pneumatic vice, simulation using ANSYS software and fabricating the system using suitable selected materials and techniques basing on design specifications. …”
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Grain Amaranth Is Associated with Improved Hepatic and Renal Calcium Metabolism in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus of Male Wistar Rats by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Namubiru, Sarah, Safiriyu, Abass Alao, Ninsiima, Herbert Izo, Nakimbugwe, Dorothy, Namayanja, Monica, Valladares, Miriela Betancourt

“…Materials and Methods. This was an experimental study in which 30 male Wistar rats were kept for 5 weeks (6 groups, N =5). …”
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The rational canonical form of a matrix by J. S. Devitt, R. A. Mollin

“…The purpose of this paper is to provide an efficient algorithmic means of determining the rational canonical form of a matrix using computational symbolic algebraic manipulation packages, and is in fact the practical implementation of a classical mathematical method.…”
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Study of the dynamics of hygienic, periodontal and dental status in different population groups by S. B. Ulitovskiy, A. A. Vasyanina, O. V. Kalinina, E. S. Alekseeva, A. A. Leontiev, L. I. Pankratieva, A. V. Shevcov, A Yu. Gulieva, A. V. Antipova

“…Given these factors, dentists should choose the most suitable for use in the appropriate age-sex and professional groups, taking into account the existing harmful factors of the external and internal environment, and occupational hazards.The objective was to determine the hygienic and dental status in different population groups by studying the parameters of the main dental diseases and to draw a parallel between them and the level of hygienic knowledge in these groups, for the correction of hygiene and preventive measures as the main way to prevent these diseases.Methods and materials. …”
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Optimization of medium components for the production of exopolysaccharide by Lycoperdon pyriforme Schaeff.: Pers. using response surface methodology by MA Xiaokui, JIANG Hua, LI Junzhi, CHEN Yong, HE Xiaojing

“…At last, the validation tests were performed under the optimal conditions at shake flask scale.Firstly, Plackett-Burman experimental design (PB) was applied to implore the relative effect of several medium components on EPS yield and vitamin B1 (V_B1) was determined to affect EPS yield significantly. And combining the results of one-factor-one-time method (data not shown), three factors, namely, maltose, glutamic acid and V_B1 were further optimized for enhanced EPS yield using Box-Behnken design (BBD). …”
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Preliminary evaluation methodology for payback infrastructure projects in private-public partnership by D. A. Shergin, G. A. Annenkov

“…The authors of the article present the results of scientific and practical research on the development of methods of primary assessment of the efficiency of payback infrastructure projects public-private partnerships achieved through the monitoring and analysis of the state company’s investment activities and project portfolio management. …”
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SELECTING THE SCHEME OF TECHNOLOGICAL CONNECTION OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE HEAT NETWORK UNDER CONDITIONS OF TRANSITION TO PULSE CIRCULATION OF THE HEATER IN THE EQUIPMENT OF HEAT SUPPL... by A. N. Makeev

“…The aim is to justify the expediency of a transition en masse to independent connection of heat consumption systems  under the conditions of pulse circulation of the coolant through the  equipment of a heat supply unit in order to increase the overall  energy efficiency of district heat supply systems.Methods. …”
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Study of genetic parameters and relationships between agronomic and physiological traits in Kabuli type chickpea genotypes under drought stress by Hadi Afzali, Mehdi Mohayeji, Hassan Farhbakhsh

“…Nowadays, different breeding methods used for improving chickpea drought tolerance such as Marker assisted selection, omics and mutation breeding. …”
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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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Design and Implementation of Hybrid GA-PSO-Based Harmonic Mitigation Technique for Modified Packed U-Cell Inverters by Hasan Iqbal, Arif Sarwat

“…By utilizing the multi-objective optimization method, the approach minimizes THD while keeping voltage and efficiency constraints. …”
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Investigation of the loading of hydraulic excavator working equipment by Shestakov V.S., Teliman I.V., Bezkorovayny P.G.

“…The relevance of the work is determined by the need to increase the efficiency of hydraulic excavators, on which the cost of mining significantly depends. …”
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A Seismic Demand Model for Bridges Based on IM and EDP Parameter Matching and Bidirectional Optimization by Shuai Wang, Shuai Song, Gang Wu

“…The efficiency of seismic demand models is guaranteed by controlling the root mean square error (RMSE) and the coefficient of determination (R2). …”
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Insights into 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate recovery from wastewater by electrodialysis with heterogeneous ion-exchange membranes by Dorota Babilas-Krzyżowska, Jitka Chromikova, Andrzej Milewski, Sandra Pluczyk-Małek, Piotr Dydo

“…To assess the effectiveness of the proposed method, factors such as IL percentage recovery, degree of concentration, electric current efficiency, and energy consumption were determined. …”
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Development of technologies and tools for drilling additional wells from artificial bottom-hole with whipstock of continuous action in hard and very hard rocks by V. V. Neskoromnykh, D. V. Lysacov

“…To increase the efficiency of drilling a curved borehole in hard and very hard rocks by reducing the speed of drilling out an artificial bottom.Materials and methods. …”
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Studies on the Hydrometallurgical Transfer of Lead, Copper, and Iron from Direct-to-Blister Copper Flash Smelting Slag to Solution Using L-Ascorbic Acid by Krzysztof Gargul, Arkadiusz Pawlik, Michał Stępień

“…Optimal process conditions were determined to achieve maximum lead leaching efficiency while maintaining relatively low leaching of copper and iron. …”
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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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Load Invariant CC and CV Modes for Static/Dynamic Wireless Charging System With Half-Bridge Multi-Leg Converter Topology by Aganti Mahesh, Bharatiraja Chokkalingam, Rajesh Verma, Lucian Mihet-Popa

“…The article presents a new method with fewer iterations to determine the optimal compensation parameters, ensuring that both the CC and CV outputs with ZPA comply with the SAE J2954 frequencies standards. …”
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A forestry investigation: Exploring factors behind improved tree species classification using bark images by Gokul Kottilapurath Surendran, Deekshitha, Martin Lukac, Martin Lukac, Jozef Vybostok, Martin Mokros

“…Additionally, the aim is to determine the most effective algorithmic approaches for efficient tree species classification from bark images and to make these methods more accessible to interdisciplinary researchers. …”
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