Evaluation of a Myoelectrical Arm for Transradial Amputation in Functional Activities by Michael Tobias, Oluwasola Okhuoya, Jamelia Ancel, Michelle Intintoli, Lara A. Thompson, Ji Chen

“…While indications of potential improvements in balance, muscle efficiency, and functionality were present, the data were inconclusive as to the effectiveness of the training procedure. …”
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Restructuring Non-teaching Hospitals into Teaching Hospitals in Iran: Component Change in General Hospitals by Niusha Shahidi Sadeghi, Mohammadreza Maleki, Soudabeh Vatankhah, Bahram Mohaghegh, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadehsorati

“…This study had some implications including highlighting the need to formulate protocols for restructuring non-teaching hospitals into teaching hospitals or constructing new teaching hospitals, classifying teaching hospitals and clarifying their differences, focusing on the teaching mission in hospitals, and reviewing and updating the integration of medical education in providing health services.…”
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Biofunctional Characterization of Collagen from Orange-Spotted Grouper, <i>Epinephelus coioides</i>: Maintenance of Cartilage in Aged Zebrafish by Shao-Yang Hu, Chen-Han Tsou, Chung-Chih Tseng, Tai-Wei Han, Chun-Hung Liu

“…Furthermore, utilizing fish by-products for collagen extraction enhances resource efficiency and aligns with circular economy principles.…”
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Transitional Revenue Scheme for High-cost Generator Unit in Guangdong Electricity Market Based on Government Authorized Contracts by Jisong Zhu, Baike Chen, Tianyao Ji, Zhaoxia Jing

“…Therefore, we suggest government agencies adopt ERM to sign contracts with gas-fired units, to attain a balance between fairness and efficiency.…”
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Unmanned aerial systems for precision forest inventory purposes: A review and case study by Tristan R.H. Goodbody, Nicholas C. Coops, Peter L. Marshall, Piotr Tompalski, Patrick Crawford

“…Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are capable of improving the efficiency of acquisition and providing fine spatial scale data for sustainable resource management. …”
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Urban Public Space Safety Perception and the Influence of the Built Environment from a Female Perspective: Combining Street View Data and Deep Learning by Shudi Chen, Sainan Lin, Yao Yao, Xingang Zhou

“…Despite advancements in machine learning (ML) techniques, efficiently and accurately quantifying safety perceptions remains a challenge. …”
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Amino Acid Biostimulants Enhance Drought and Heat Stress Tolerance of Creeping Bentgrass (<i>Agrostis Stolonifera</i> L.) by Xunzhong Zhang, Mike Goatley, Maude Focke, Graham Sherman, Berit Smith, Taylor Motsinger, Catherine Roué, Jay Goos

“…The amino acid biostimulants Superbia and Amino Pro V improved the turf quality, photochemical efficiency (PE), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), chlorophyll content, antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase activity, root growth, and viability and suppressed leaf H₂O₂ levels when compared to a control. …”
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Comparative Analysis of barriers to Battery electric vehicle adoption between BEV and ICE Users: A case study of Thailand by Thanapong Champahom, Dissakoon Chonsalasin, Sajjakaj Jomnonkwao, Chayapol Phupatt, Vatanavongs Ratanavaraha

“…The results reveal that ’Vehicle attributes’, including concerns about efficiency, range, and reliability, is the most significant barrier for both BEV and ICE users. …”
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Resin infiltrant protects deproteinized dentin against erosive and abrasive wear by Ana Theresa Queiroz de Albuquerque, Bruna Oliveira Bezerra, Isabelly de Carvalho Leal, Maria Denise Rodrigues de Moraes, Mary Anne S. Melo, Vanara Florêncio Passos

“…Data were submitted to one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey tests (p < 0.05).ResultsControl and RI groups presented mineral wear and did not significantly differ from each other (p = 0.063). DRI maintained a protective layer preserving the dentin (p < 0.001). …”
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Redesigning the Coagulation Process for Treating Water Produced from Petroleum Drilling in Water Treatment Injection Plants by Maktum Muharja, Rizki Fitria Darmayanti, Kenji Sonomoto

“…A new design for the flocculator was proposed, incorporating these findings to improve the overall treatment efficiency. The redesigned flocculator prototype features a 6-meter-long horizontal tube, 1.5 meters in diameter, with 15 partitions spaced 40 cm apart, and a water level difference between the inlet and outlet of around 0.67 cm. …”
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Automation in vitrification and thawing of mouse oocytes and embryos by Yan Zhu, Quan-Jun Zhang, Huai L. Feng, Jin Luo, Shu Miao, Man-Xi Jiang

“…Particularly, there were no significant differences in oocyte survival rates, fertilization rates, and subsequent embryo development and its quality between two procedures. …”
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Trauma Simulation Training Increases Confidence Levels in Prehospital Personnel Performing Life-Saving Interventions in Trauma Patients by Christine M. Van Dillen, Matthew R. Tice, Archita D. Patel, David A. Meurer, Joseph A. Tyndall, Marie Carmelle Elie, Jonathan J. Shuster

“…Comparison of actual scene times with simulated scene times yielded a 1.39-fold difference (95% CI, 1.25–1.55) for Scenario 1 and 1.59 times longer for Scenario 2 (95% CI, 1.43–1.77). …”
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SDNet: Sandwich Decoder Network for Waterbody Segmentation in Remote Sensing Imagery by Hao Ni, Jianfeng Li, Chenxu Wang, Zhiquan Zhou, Xinsheng Wang

“…Waterbody extraction is essential for monitoring surface changes and supporting disaster response. However, differences in morphology, dimensions, and spectral reflectance make it problematic to segregate waterbodies accurately in remote sensing (RS) photographs. …”
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Assessment of radiographic errors and repetition rates in undergraduate endodontic education: a retrospective clinical study by Marwa Ameen, Abdul Rahman Saleh, Dunia Alhadi, Manal Almaslamani

“…There was no significant difference in overall repeat rates between maxillary and mandibular teeth (p > 0.05). …”
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Using BLE Signals to Estimate Objective and Subjective Crowdedness Levels on Fixed-Route Buses by Takumi Ikenaga, Yuki Matsuda, Ippei Goto, Kentaro Ueda, Hirohiko Suwa, Keiichi Yasumoto

“…The number of passenger BD addresses, along with their differences and rates of change, are used as features to estimate the number of passengers and the subjective crowdedness level using machine learning models. …”
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Clinical and Radiographic evaluation of mixture of Zinc Oxide powder and Nanohydroxyapatite as an obturating material in primary molars by Pratyusha Kottapalli, Ghanashyam Prasad Madu, Naga Radhakrishna Ambati, Deepthi Bolla, Venkata Sandeep Rayala, Raviteja Narra

“…Whereas radiographically, success reported was 66% for Group I and 100% for Group II at the end of 9 months follow-up. The difference in the radiographic success rate between the two groups was statistically significant (P <0.05). …”
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Guinea Pig Manure and Mineral Fertilizers Enhance the Yield and Nutritional Quality of Hard Yellow Maize on the Peruvian Coast by Emilee Calero-Rios, Miryam Borbor-Ponce, Sphyros Lastra, Richard Solórzano

“…However, no significant differences were found between the 50%, 75%, and 100% mineral fertilizer doses. …”
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Experimental Study on the Performance of a Phase Change Slurry-Based Heat Pipe Solar Photovoltaic/Thermal Cogeneration System by Hongbing Chen, Yutong Gong, Ping Wei, Pingjun Nie, Yaxuan Xiong, Congcong Wang

“…The daily heat gains and overall average efficiency of system B are 4.2 MJ/m2 (per unit area of PV/T panel) and 59.3%, respectively, 27.3% and 9.3% higher than those of system A. …”
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The Assessment of Parameters Affecting the Quality of Cord Blood by the Appliance of the Annexin V Staining Method and Correlation with CFU Assays by Teja Falk Radke, David Barbosa, Richard Charles Duggleby, Riccardo Saccardi, Sergio Querol, Gesine Kögler

“…The results revealed that only in a narrow range reproducible clonogenic efficiency (ClonE) could be assessed, giving at least a semiquantitative estimation. …”
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Improvement of Stability and Transdermal Delivery of Bioactive Compounds in Green Robusta Coffee Beans Extract Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carriers by Nichcha Nitthikan, Pimporn Leelapornpisid, Surapol Natakankitkul, Wantida Chaiyana, Monika Mueller, Helmut Viernstein, Kanokwan Kiattisin

“…The particle size of CP-loaded NLCs was 158.1 ± 0.2 nm with a narrow polydispersity index and showed no noticeable difference after the stability test. Entrapment efficacy of CP-loaded NLCs was found to be over 60%. …”
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