Photon shielding properties of TiO2 and WO2 incorporated into ordinary concrete: Evaluation for radiotherapy applications by Cecília Borges Moreto, Eduardo De Paiva

“…Results demonstrate that concrete enhanced with TiO2 and WO2 shows a significant improvement in photon shielding efficiency compared to conventional concrete, particularly at higher photon energy. …”
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PID-Based Freeway Work Zone Merge Control with Traffic State Prediction under Mixed Traffic Flow of Connected Automated Vehicles and Manual Vehicles by Sunho Kim, Yongju Kim, Youngho Kim, Chungwon Lee

“…The PID controller calculates error values as the difference between current and target states, adjusting responses through proportional, integral, and derivative terms. …”
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Diversity of extracellular vesicles derived from calli, cell culture and apoplastic fluid of tobacco by Michaela Kocholatá, Jan Malý, Sylvie Kříženecká, Olga Janoušková

“…Differences in loading efficiency among vesicles derived from apoplastic fluid, calli, and suspension cultures were observed. …”
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Research on Abnormal State Detection of CZ Silicon Single Crystal Based on Multimodal Fusion by Lei Jiang, Haotan Wei, Ding Liu

“…Concurrently, meniscus images and inter-frame difference images are obtained from the growth system’s meniscus video feed. …”
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Can simple intensification of therapy with modern two-phase insulin help in type 2 diabetes when target glycemia failed to be achieved withbasal insulin? Results of subanalysis in... by Ch S Yang, S Guler, Marina Vladimirovna Shestakova

“…The subanalysis included patients previously treated with along-acting insulin analog (AB, n=34) or intermediate and long-acting human basal insulin (HB, n=3414) and transferred thereafter to DiAsp 30 therapy.End-points of efficiency were the difference between blood HbА1c and glucose (fasting and postprandial) levels measured at the onset of the study and upon itscompletion, the number of hypoglycemic episodes and adverse events, physician and patients content with the results of the treatment. …”
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Simplified technique of patient positioning and renal access in true supine percutaneous nephrolithotomy by Vimal Kumar Dixit, Apurva Gupta, Vivek Kumar Vijjan, Kamal Sharma, Amitav Kumar, Saurabh Pruthi, Yashendra Sethi

“…Results: The novel technique group demonstrated significantly shorter operative times (53 ± 10 min vs. 70 ± 15 min, P < 0.01), demonstrating enhanced procedural efficiency. Demographic and stone characteristics, as well as most intraoperative and postoperative outcomes, showed no significant differences between the two groups. …”
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Operational Optimization in Chilean SMEs through Information and Communication Technologies by Florencia Flen Rossi, Jorge Rojas-Vallejos, Mario Domínguez Amorós

“…An ANOVA was applied to assess differences in ICT adoption across economic sectors, and a factorial analysis was conducted to identify the most influential technological dimensions. …”
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Global Trends in Measuring the Innovative Potential of an Enterprise by K. A. Sarsen, K. A. Кirdasinova, A. A. Orozonova

“…To achieve the research goal, the following tasks are set: to study the structure of the components of innovation potential in the context of achieving business efficiency; evaluate the tools used in practice to study the innovative potential of the enterprise; compare the tools for assessing the innovative potential of enterprises in terms of profitability and efficiency of the enterprise. …”
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Dynamic response of atomic processes in detached helium plasma induced by high-density transient pulse in Magnum-PSI by Yuki Hayashi, Hirohiko Tanaka, Shin Kajita, Noriyasu Ohno, Dogyun Hwangbo, Jordy Vernimmen, John Scholten, Hennie van der Meiden, Ivo Classen, Thomas Morgan

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Comparing border digitisation and transparency in the EU and Australia by Louis Everuss, Alycia Millar

“… Governments are increasingly investing in advanced digital technologies to improve the efficiency and security of their sovereign borders. …”
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Evaluating Productivity and Costs of Concrete Casting for Structural Elements by Fendi Hary Yanto

“…The analysis shows significant differences in material usage for casting on the 10th and 11th floors, directly impacting future construction projects' efficiency and cost-effectiveness. …”
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EFFECT OF ADDED FAT SOURCES IN GROWING RATIONS IN SOME PRODUCTIVE TRIATS OF WHITE QUIAL by Thaeer Abul-Baki

“…While there were no significant differences in relative growth rate for all treatments except in fifth week، where the third treatment was better than second and fourth treatment but feed and protein consumption did not differ between all treatments. …”
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Effect of detailed managing on deep venous catheterization in hemodialysis patients by WEI Jia-ning, ZHOU Li-qiang

“…Objective To evaluate the effect of detailed managing on deep venous catheterization in hemodialysis patients.Methods 203 hemodialysis patients with deep venous catheterization from May 2013 to March2016 were randomly divided into two groups.The research group(109 cases)was given additional detailed managing with the basic normal nursing.The control group(94 cases)was only given the basic normal nursing.The rate of deep venous catheter shedding,hemorrhage,embolization,catheter associated infection,and the compliance in two groups were observed and analyzed statistically.Results There was significant difference between research group and control group in rate of deep venous catheter shedding(3%vs.17%),hemorrhage(14%vs.29%),and catheter associated infection(6%vs.17%)(P<0.05),but there was significant difference in the incidence of embolization(6% vs.6%)(P>0.05).Conclusions The application of the detailed managing could reduce the incidence of deep venous catheter shedding,hemorrhage,catheter associated infection,and the compliance,and could provide an effective temporary vascular access for blood purification treatment,and could improve the efficiency and quality of nursing.…”
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Unveiling the affecting mechanism of digital transformation on total factor productivity of Chinese firms. by Zhiyuan Fu, Ghulam Rasool Madni

“…We applied various econometric techniques like stepwise regression analysis, instrumental variable approach, differences in difference approach, and mediating analysis to determine the relationship between digital transformation and TFP and robustness of estimated findings. …”
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Unlocking Carbon Reduction Potential of Digital Trade: Evidence from China’s Comprehensive Cross-border E-Commerce Pilot Zones by Da Gao, Linfang Tan, Yue Chen

“…Using city-level data in China from 2005 to 2020, we take the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone (CBEC) as a policy shock to construct a spatial difference-in-difference (SDID) model, which is adapted to quantitatively examine the carbon reduction effects and impact mechanisms of CBEC policy. …”
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China’s Green Bond Market: Structural Characteristics, Formation Factors, and Development Suggestions—Based on the Comparison of the Chinese and the US Green Bond Markets Structure... by Haolan Li, Tiancheng He, Xihong Liao, Weizhen Tong

“…The researchers believe that China’s bank-oriented financial structure and America’s market-oriented financial structure are the main reasons for the difference between the two countries. The researchers then discuss the strengths and weaknesses of China’s green bond market and conclude that the advantages of China’s green bond market structure lie in low risk and close relationships between banks and enterprises, while the disadvantages lie in low financial efficiency and give relevant suggestions. …”
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Transition to Bioeconomy: Perceptions and Behaviors in Central and Eastern Europe by Daniela Paşnicu, Mihaela Ghenţa, Aniela Matei

“…The comparative vision has the role to in identifying differences and similarities between national systems and is captured by applying a cluster analysis. …”
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Planting date affects biochemical characteristics, assimilate remobilization, and yield of safflower under water stress by Fatemeh Bahadori, Ehsan Bijanzadeh, Ruhollah Naderi, M. Lukas Seehausen, Philip Weyl

“…During the 2-year period, pigment content, enzyme activity, canopy temperature, assimilate remobilization, water use efficiency (WUE) and yield were measured. Planting date and irrigation regime had a significant effect on all parameters, with the most significant differences observed when irrigation was cut-off during flowering and seed filling, resulting in yield reductions of up to 31% in Goldasht. …”
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TWO-PARAMETER IRT MODEL APPLICATION TO ASSESS PROBABILISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PROHIBITED ITEMS DETECTION BY AVIATION SECURITY SCREENERS by A. K. Volkov, D. V. Aidarkin, A. K. Volkov

“…The modern approaches to the aviation security screeners’ efficiency have been analyzedand, certain drawbacks have been considered. …”
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Influence of a Sedentary Behavior Intervention on Mood, Sleep, and Quality of Life Outcomes During Pregnancy: The SPRING Study by Andrea C. Kozai, Katrina L. Wilhite, Christopher E. Kline, Kelliann K. Davis, Alisse Hauspurg, Janet M. Catov, Bethany Barone Gibbs

“…Further, intervention participants demonstrated significant worsening of sleep efficiency factor scores compared with control (p = 0.038). …”
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