METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF LIPID EXTRACTION FROM BIOLOGICAL MATRICES by Natal’ya L. Vostrikova, Oksana A. Kuznetsova, Andrey V. Kulikovskii

“…The paper presents the studies on the degree of raw fat extraction from meat systems by various methods. Relative differences in extraction methods are shown depending on the polarity of solvents used. …”
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Improving the quality of payment fraud detection by using a combined approach of transaction analysis by Світлана Гавриленко, Олексій Абдуллін

“…To improve the accuracy of fraud detection, the labeled data was clustered into subclasses using the -means method. The number of clusters equal to twelve was determined by the elbow method. …”
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Cost of whole genome sequencing for non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica. by Laura Ford, Kathryn Glass, Deborah A Williamson, Vitali Sintchenko, Jennifer M B Robson, Emily Lancsar, Russell Stafford, Martyn D Kirk

“…We then examined the costs and cost-savings of current typing methods compared with WGS in outbreak scenarios.<h4>Results</h4>A median of 275 (90% CrI -55-775) or 1.9% (90% CrI -0.4%-5.4%) of notified serotyped Salmonella cases would need to be prevented for WGS to be cost-equal to current typing methods and 1,550 (90% CrI 820-2,725) or 9.6% of all notified Salmonella cases would need to be prevented to be cost-equal to PCR. …”
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Realising the potential of participatory research in youth mental health: Time to go back to basics by Lucy Biddle, Zoë Haime

“…Abstract The importance of embedding participatory methods within youth mental health research is well accepted and often a funding prerequisite. …”
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Women's empowerment and contraceptive use: the role of independent versus couples' decision-making, from a lower middle income country perspective. by Waqas Hameed, Syed Khurram Azmat, Moazzam Ali, Muhammad Ishaque Sheikh, Ghazunfer Abbas, Marleen Temmerman, Bilal Iqbal Avan

“…Effort needs to be made to educate women and their husbands equally, with particular focus on highly effective contraceptive methods.…”
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Approaches to setting weights in composite indicators of sports development: the case of the Football Development Index by I. V. Solntsev, N. A. Osokin

“…Results: The authors were able to calculate five different variations of the FDI using the different weighting methods. The calculations concluded that the derived weight values significantly varied depending on the adopted weighting approaches even though the three indicator groups comprising the overall FDI were given equal importance. …”
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Correlation to FVIII:C in two thrombin generation tests: TGA-CAT and INNOVANCE ETP by Marcus Ljungkvist

“…The variability of the TGA-CAT results performed at the two centers was reduced after normalization, before normalization 29% of values showed less than ±10% difference while after normalization the number increased to 41%. Conclusions Both methods correlate in an equal manner to FVIII:C in PWH but show a poor correlation to each other. …”
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Smartwatch-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment for High-Temporal-Density, Longitudinal Measurement of Alcohol Use (AlcoWatch): Feasibility Evaluation by Chris Stone, Sally Adams, Robyn E Wootton, Andy Skinner

“…All participants scored “experiences of using” the 2 methods equally highly, with “willingness to use again” slightly higher for smartwatch μEMA. …”
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Better Assessment of Progress of SDG 8 by Satyendra Chakrabartty

“…Background: Methods of SDG index depicting progress and extent of sustainability achieved by normalizing the indicators and weighted sum suffer from limitations and lead to different rankings. …”
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A Comparative Study of Monitoring Financial Behavior Of MPs In Iran, United States of America, England and, France by Seyed Mahdi Mousavi, Mohsan Hasanvand, Ahmad Rafiei, Maryam Afshari

“…Therefore, lawmakers should pay special attention to this and fulfill this important responsibility by analyzing and introducing these methods. The paper presented here aims to answer the question of what the methods of oversight over the behavior of members of parliament are in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Iran. …”
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Application of Technological Solutions for Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals by Chernysh Y., Plyatsuk L., Roubik H., Yakhnenko O., Skvortsova P.

“…The soil restoration methods were analyzed, their advantages and disadvantages were identified, making it possible to establish that biological methods are the safest and most environmentally friendly. …”
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Association Rule-Based Feature Mining for Automated Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearing by Yuan Li, Jinjiang Wang, Lixiang Duan, Tangbo Bai, Xuduo Wang, Yulong Zhang, Guoliang Qin

“…Instead of evenly dividing methods used in traditional association rule mining, a new association rule mining approach based on the equal probability discretization method is presented in this study. …”
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Research of methodological principles and financial mechanisms of macro-strategic management of the dynamics of technological innovation systems by B. D. Matrizaev

“…The aim of the article is to study a new model for the implementation of innovations in socio-technical systems based on a system dynamics approach. The author applies methods of a systematic approach to the analysis of economic processes and phenomena, methods of statistical and econometric analysis, methods of grouping and classification, economic and mathematical modeling, methods of comparative historical and cross-country analysis, forecasting methods and expert judgments. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Energy Efficiency in Conventional, Modular, and 3D-Printing Construction Using Building Information Modeling and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making by Abdullah Al Masri, Assed N. Haddad, Mohammad K. Najjar

“…The Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method, applied as an MCDM tool, is used to assess and rank the performance of sequences based on equally weighted criteria. …”
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Effect of educational strategies to develop nursing students’ skills in pediatric procedures by Ayat Hussein Hameed, Adraa Hussein Shawq

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: A quasi experimental, pretest and posttest design used, with participant of 150 nursing students, divided into three groups equally. …”
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Efficacy of Cooling Blankets and Cold Fluid Infusions in Classic Heatstroke Treatment: A Controlled Study in Rats by Chen L, Liu C, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Feng X

“…Early rapid cooling improves organ function and prognosis in classic heatstroke rats. Proper cooling methods are crucial for effective heatstroke management, reducing organ damage, and improving survival rates.Plain language summary:Both cooling blankets and cold intravenous fluids help lower body temperature in heatstroke, but we are still learning how they differently affect the body.In animal studies, cold fluids given through veins worked better than just using cooling blankets - they protected both heart and kidneys from damage and reduced inflammation, even though both methods cooled the body equally fast.Using cold fluids together with cooling blankets cooled rats faster and more effectively, leading to less organ damage and fewer dangerous inflammation reactions.More research is needed to determine the best combination of cooling methods to help classic heatstroke patients recover better.Keywords: heatstroke, cooling blanket, cold fluid infusion, cold water immersion, cooling rate, inflammation cytokine…”
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Unsupervised Discretization of Continuous Variables in a Chicken Egg Quality Traits Dataset by Zeynel Cebeci, Figen Yıldız

“…In this study we empirically compared the performances of equal width intervals (EWI), equal frequency intervals (EFI) and K-means clustering (KMC) methods to discretize 14 continuous variables in a chicken egg quality traits dataset. …”
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Flap Versus Flapless Implant Placement in Immediate Functional Loading: A Comparative Study by Piyush Javiya, T Anjan, Shilpa Duseja, Jeevan Matada Basavarajaiah, Jignesh Tate, Rahul Puthenkandathil, Fawaz Abdul Hamid Baig

“…Conclusion: In immediate functional loading, flap and flapless implant insertion are equally effective and safe. Both methods yield dependable implant survival, peri-implant health, patient comfort, and surgical safety. …”
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Error Data Analytics on RSS Range-Based Localization by Shuhui Yang, Zimu Yuan, Wei Li

“…In this proposed work, we adopt a generalized measurement model to find optimal estimators whose estimated error is equal to the Cramér-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB). Through mathematical techniques, the key factors that affect the accuracy of RSS-based localization methods are revealed, and the analytics expression that discloses the proportional relationship between the localization accuracy and these factors is derived. …”
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Techniczny, epistemologiczny i kulturowy wymiar metod kształcenia. Casus metody Montessori by Jarosław Jendza, Ewa Zalewska, Piotr Zamojski

“…We perceive them as equally important in the process of (re)creating and using any educational method. …”
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