Declining Postoperative 90-Day Opioid Prescriptions From 2010 to 2021 Following Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome by Wesley Day, B.S., Scott Halperin, B.S., Serkan Surucu, M.D., Andrew E. Jimenez, M.D., Beatrice Katsnelson, B.S., Justin Zhu, B.S., Jonathan N. Grauer, M.D.

“…This is increasingly useful information, as surgeons/clinicians continue to try to minimize the role of narcotics in postoperative recovery.…”
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Effect of a Primary Care Walking Intervention with and without Nurse Support on Physical Activity Levels in 45- to 75-Year-Olds: The Pedometer And Consultation Evaluation (PACE-UP)... by Tess Harris, Sally M Kerry, Elizabeth S Limb, Christina R Victor, Steve Iliffe, Michael Ussher, Peter H Whincup, Ulf Ekelund, Julia Fox-Rushby, Cheryl Furness, Nana Anokye, Judith Ibison, Steve DeWilde, Lee David, Emma Howard, Rebecca Dale, Jaime Smith, Derek G Cook

“…Average baseline daily step-count was 7,479 (standard deviation [s.d.] 2,671), and average time in MVPA bouts was 94 (s.d. 102) min/wk. …”
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Pediatric computed tomography scan and subsequent risk of malignancy: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Korea using National Cancer Institute dosimetry system for compu... by Sangsoo Han, Jaewan Soh, Sangun Nah, Kyungdo Han, Jin-Hyung Jung, Jiwon Park, YoonJoong Hwang, Choonsik Lee, Jae-Young Hong

“…The study had a 2-year lag period to minimize selection bias and reverse causation effects. …”
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Speech and Music Acoustics, Rhythms of the Brain and their Impact on the Ability to Accept Information by I. V. Pavlov, V. M. Tsaplev

“…In response to the assumptions made by Western experts, we proposed a frequency interpretation of the processes occurring in the brain, which, perhaps, will explain in more detail such phenomena as inspiration, discovery, etc., which occur with minimal activity of consciousness. Despite the limited methods of hardware study of factors that influence the activity of the brain and largely determine its higher functions (for example, creativity), the results of the brain's work in relation to music (both in terms of its creation and in terms of our reaction to it) are quite analyzable , which was shown in this study. …”
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Design of the optimal groundwater quality monitoring network using a genetic algorithm based optimization approach by Somaye Janatrostami, Ali Salahi

“…In this method, a possible network of monitoring wells located in the aquifer considered for each “chromosome”. …”
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An animal model study of simplified optical navigation system-assisted percutaneous lumbar transforaminal puncture by B. N. Wenxiu Chai, Yuqing Chen, Li Sheng, Yong Huang

“…In the 5 unsuccessful initial attempts, fluoroscopy showed minimal deviation from the lumbar foramen, with all subsequent navigation-guided punctures being successful. …”
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Permeability evolution of the thick Cretaceous aquifer and the high-level bed separation water accumulation model during coal mining by Wei QIAO, Xiangsheng MENG, Juan YANG, Liangang LI, Qijing LIANG, Mengnan LIU, Zhihe TAO, Changmin HAN, Weiteng KONG

“…The numerical results showed minimal deviation from the theoretical model, indicating that the bed separation water accumulation model established using COMSOL is reasonable and reliable. ③ When the permeability of individual blocks evolves sequentially, the bed separation water accumulation rate increases only slightly. …”
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The blood metabolome of incident kidney cancer: A case-control study nested within the MetKid consortium. by Florence Guida, Vanessa Y Tan, Laura J Corbin, Karl Smith-Byrne, Karine Alcala, Claudia Langenberg, Isobel D Stewart, Adam S Butterworth, Praveen Surendran, David Achaintre, Jerzy Adamski, Pilar Amiano, Manuela M Bergmann, Caroline J Bull, Christina C Dahm, Audrey Gicquiau, Graham G Giles, Marc J Gunter, Toomas Haller, Arnulf Langhammer, Tricia L Larose, Börje Ljungberg, Andres Metspalu, Roger L Milne, David C Muller, Therese H Nøst, Elin Pettersen Sørgjerd, Cornelia Prehn, Elio Riboli, Sabina Rinaldi, Joseph A Rothwell, Augustin Scalbert, Julie A Schmidt, Gianluca Severi, Sabina Sieri, Roel Vermeulen, Emma E Vincent, Melanie Waldenberger, Nicholas J Timpson, Mattias Johansson

“…The PC with the strongest association was PC ae C34:3 with an odds ratio (OR) for 1 standard deviation (SD) increment of 0.75 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.68 to 0.83, p = 2.6 × 10-8). …”
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Enhanced Fault Localization in Multi-Terminal HVDC Systems Using Improved Gaussian Process Regression by Abha Pragati, Manohar Mishra, Pritam Bhowmik, Josep M. Guerrero, Debadatta Amaresh Gadanayak

“…This study proposes an improved Gaussian process regression (IGPR)-based fault location method for a multi-terminal high voltage DC (HVDC) system. …”
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Controlled Laser-Induced Oxidation Marking for Submillimeter Unique Identification Tags Based on X-Ray Fluorescence by Xiashuang Li, Weiping He, Lei Lei, Gaifang Guo, Tengyun Zhang, Ting Yue, Ling Huang

“…Even so, the reproducibility and stability of the method are valid by properly limiting deviation of the laser parameters. …”
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Development and Validation of a Methodology for Predicting Fuel Consumption and Emissions Generated by Light Vehicles Based on Clustering of Instantaneous and Cumulative Vehicle Po... by Paúl Alejandro Montúfar Paz, Julio Cesar Cuisano

“…The precision of the new method was notable, with a standard deviation of only 0.25 L per 100 km, allowing for reliable estimates under various operational conditions. …”
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Deep learning-based synthetic CT for dosimetric monitoring of combined conventional radiotherapy and lattice boost in large lung tumors by Hongwei Zeng, Xiangyu E, Minghe Lv, Su Zeng, Yue Feng, Wenhao Shen, Wenhui Guan, Yang Zhang, Ruping Zhao, Jingping Yu

“…Validation of dose delivery using TLD phantom measurements showed that more than half of the dose points in the sCT based LRT plan had deviations below 2%, with a maximum deviation of 5.89%. …”
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Improving pain, function and quality of life in end-stage knee osteoarthritis: a patient-preference cohort study on whole-body vibration and exercise as bridging therapies for tota... by Kendrew Yu-Hei Choi, Wai-Wang Chau, Linda Man-Kuen Li, Sammie Yuk-Lam Ng, Boie Po-Yee Lo, Michael Tim-Yun Ong, Patrick Shu-Hang Yung

“…Statistical analysis included ANOVA with post-hoc Bonferroni correction for baseline comparisons and paired t-tests for longitudinal comparisons. Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) and Minimal Detectable Change (MDC) were calculated to assess the clinical significance of the results. …”
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EWT-ASG: Empirical Wavelet Transform With Adaptive Savitzky–Golay Filtering for TDLAS by Jianjun He, Cao Song, Qiwu Luo, Chunhua Yang, Weihua Gui

“…The detection system precision is also improved to a large extent, with a minimal Allan deviation of 0.856@(117s).…”
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Investigations into Picture Defogging Techniques Based on Dark Channel Prior and Retinex Theory by Lihong Yang, Zhi Zeng, Hang Ge, Yao Li, Shurui Ge, Kai Hu

“…The method provides a robust image defogging solution for computer vision systems under complex meteorological conditions.…”
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Quantitative assessment of the scale conversion from instantaneous to daily GPP under various sky conditions based on MODIS local overpassing time by Junghee Lee, Jungho Im

“…The upscaled daily GPP exhibited minimal deviation from the half-hourly GPPs collected between 11 am and 1 pm, with increased discrepancies for GPPs later in the afternoon. …”
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Investigation of active reactive power based on synchronous reference frame for the frequency control of islanded microgrid: under different line impedance ratio by Nicholaus Moyo, Baraka Kichonge, Thomas Kivevele

“…The primary goals of the proposed method are to regulate system frequency, minimize the total harmonic distortion (THD) and enhance the power factor (PF). …”
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Model Predictive Hybrid PID Control and Energy-Saving Performance Analysis of Supercritical Unit by Qingfeng Yang, Gang Chen, Mengmeng Guo, Tingting Chen, Lei Luo, Li Sun

“…The disturbance scenario simulation regarding the proposed controller achieves faster settling times and minimizes control deviation compared to the traditional controller.…”
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Distributionally Robust Operation for Flexible Distribution Networks Considering Multi-correlation of Renewable Power Generation by Zhiwei LIU, Yue MA, Zhicheng SHA, Yunshu SHAO, Yuanfang NIU, Xiaoming DONG, Chengfu WANG

“…In response to this, a distributionally robust optimization strategy for flexible distribution networks, considering the multiple correlations of renewable energy, is proposed. Firstly, aiming to minimize active power loss and voltage deviation in the distribution network, an optimal power flow model for flexible distribution networks is derived and constructed, incorporating various coordinated control measures for sources, grids and loads. …”
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Smart Energy Strategy for AC Microgrids to Enhance Economic Performance in Grid-Connected and Standalone Operations: A Gray Wolf Optimizer Approach by Sebastian Lobos-Cornejo, Luis Fernando Grisales-Noreña, Fabio Andrade, Oscar Danilo Montoya, Daniel Sanin-Villa

“…To assess performance, 100 independent runs per method were conducted, comparing GWO against particle swarm optimization (PSO) and genetic algorithms (GAs). …”
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