Evaluating the impact of acupuncture on perennial allergic rhinitis: A randomized placebo acupuncture control trial protocol by Chunxue Meng, Qianxi Na, Jing Zhang, Zijie Cai, Fei Wang, Qian Zhang, Shengfu Zhang, Hailong Zhao, Xuhong Tang, Ziye Chen, Qian Zhang, Bin Guo

“…Acupuncture might serve as a therapeutic modality for allergic rhinitis, however, the empirical support for its clinical effectiveness is currently restricted.The objective of this research is to examine the therapeutic outcomes and tolerability of acupuncture treatment in the context of standard care for allergic rhinitis. Methods and analysis: A sum of 264 individuals with AR will be assigned at random to either the acupuncture (A) cohort or the placebo acupuncture (PA) cohort in an equal split of 1:1. …”
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Effects of mosquito-proofing storm drains on adult and larval mosquito abundance: Protocol of the IDAlErt storm drAin randomiSed controlled trial (IDEAS) by Marina Treskova, Tomás Montalvo, Joacim Rocklöv, Charles Hatfield, Frederic Bartumeus, Shouro Dasgupta, João Encarnação, Rachel Lowe, Jan C. Semenza, Pascale Stiles, Jordi Noya, Andrea Valsecchi, Till Bärnighausen, John R.B. Palmer, Aditi Bunker

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VCNet: Optimized Deep Learning framework with deep feature extraction and genetic algorithm for multiclass rice crop disease detection by Sanam Salman Kazi, Bhakti Palkar, Dhirendra Mishra

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Assessing and avoiding C isotopic contamination artefacts in mesocosm-scale 13CO2/12CO2 labelling systems: from biomass components to purified carbohydrates and dark respiration by Jianjun Zhu, Regina T. Hirl, Juan C. Baca Cabrera, Rudi Schäufele, Hans Schnyder

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Seismic assessment of a dual concentrically braced steel structure under near-fault ground motions by Mohsen Tehranizadeh, Mohsen Khademi, Amir Shirkhani

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The Navier-Stokes problem. Solution of a millennium problem related to the Navier-Stokes equations by Alexander Ramm

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An isothermal workflow for low‐cost and PCR‐free field‐based community metabarcoding by Amadeus Plewnia, Henrik Krehenwinkel, Christopher Heine

“…Abstract DNA metabarcoding has revolutionized our ability to monitor ecosystems. However, the method is still rarely used in developing countries where resources are limited and fieldwork is challenging. …”
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Program Evaluation and Improvement by a Homeless Community Using a Human Centered Design Approach by Conner Olson, Stuart W. Grande, William Toran, William Walsh

“…This study describes a method for program and product evaluation that people with lived experience of homelessness can use to determine the value of new offerings and then design improvements based on their evaluation. …”
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Multi-Ethnic, Multisource Grounded Theory: Illustration From a Study Investigating Why Inequities in Survival Occur By Ethnicity by Simone Watkins, Rachel Brown, Sue Crengle, Teuila Percival, Kim Ward

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High-Accuracy Determination of Potassium and Selenium in Human Serum by Two-Step Isotope Dilution ICPMS by Jian Yang, Lixia Chi, Shengmin Li

“…A high-accuracy measurement technique for determining potassium and selenium in human serum was developed by using two-step Isotope Dilution Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS) in this research. A more accessible method of the quadrupole ICPMS was employed in this research to achieve an equally high accuracy which had been achieved by a much more expensive method, namely, high-resolution sector field ICPMS (SF-ICPMS), with a comparatively easy and simple operation. …”
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The Cost of Youth Voices: Comparing the Feasibility of Youth GO Against Focus Groups by Sara T. Stacy, K. Malulani Castro, Ignacio D. Acevedo-Polakovich

“…Results indicate that when compared to focus groups, Youth GO represents an equally effective—albeit more cost and time efficient—participatory qualitative method for researchers and practitioners that desire to collaborate with youth. …”
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Selecting Optimal Dimensions of Internal Tube in Tube-in-Tube Structural Systems Based on Structural Parameters by Mohammad Babaei, Yaghoub Mohammadi, Amin Ghannadiasl

“…The results revealed that the inner tube dimensions play an important role in improving the design parameters and the best dimension of the inner tube in a square plan is equal to half of the dimension of the outer tube.…”
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Sum and Tensor of Quantitative Effects by Giorgio Bacci, Radu Mardare, Prakash Panangaden, Gordon Plotkin

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Playing Stochastically in Weighted Timed Games to Emulate Memory by Benjamin Monmege, Julie Parreaux, Pierre-Alain Reynier

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Evaluation of Damage Index of Eccentrically-Braced Frames according to Link Beam’s Length with Soil-Structure Interaction Effects by H. Rahami, S. Fadaee, S. M. Mirhosseini Hezaveh

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Same or Different? Comparing the Coverage Rate of Five Different Approaches for Testing the Difference of Two Groups Means by Bittmann, Felix

“…In this research paper, five widely available methods are compared to investigate the coverage of the generated 95\% confidence intervals. …”
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Regular Model Checking Upside-Down: An Invariant-Based Approach by Javier Esparza, Michael Raskin, Christoph Welzel-Mohr

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Quality Assessment of Ojeok-San, a Traditional Herbal Formula, Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Combined with Chemometric Analysis by Jung-Hoon Kim, Chang-Seob Seo, Seong-Sil Kim, Hyeun-Kyoo Shin

“…The chemometric analysis used, principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical clustering analysis (HCA), also showed that the OJS water extract produced using a laboratory method clearly differed from the commercial OJS granules; therefore, an equalized production process is required for quality control of OJS preparations. …”
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Removal Efficiency and Mechanism of Sulfamethoxazole in Aqueous Solution by Bioflocculant MFX by Jie Xing, Ji-Xian Yang, Ang Li, Fang Ma, Ke-Xin Liu, Dan Wu, Wei Wei

“…Bioflocculant, as a novel method, is proposed to improve the removal efficiency of PPCPs, which has an advantage over other methods. …”
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Rapid Screening of Drug-Protein Binding Using High-Performance Affinity Chromatography with Columns Containing Immobilized Human Serum Albumin by Ying-Fei Li, Xiao-Qiong Zhang, Wei-Yu Hu, Zheng Li, Ping-Xia Liu, Zhen-Qing Zhang

“…Good correlation (a coefficient correlation of 0.96) was attained between the reciprocal values (X) of experimentally obtained retention time of reference compounds eluted through HSA column and the reported PPB values (Y) with a correlation equation of Y =92.03−97.01X. The method was successfully applied to six test compounds, and the result was confirmed by the conventional ultrafiltration technique, and both yielded equal results. …”
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