DFT-guided synthesis of N, B dual-doped porous carbon from saccharina japonica for enhanced oxygen reduction catalysis by Junjie Zhang, Chao Wu, Jilong Wang, Maosong Xia, Shixin Li, Long Liu, Wuguo Wei, Xing Peng

“…This study investigates the performance of N and B dual-doped carbon in ORR.MethodsSix models using density functional theory (DFT) are developed to compare the performance of different doping strategies. …”
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3-Dimensional Evaluation of Enamel Thickness to Guide Orthodontic Interproximal Reduction: A CBCT-Based Study Across Gender and Ethnicity by Ezgi Cansu Fırıncıoğulları, Aslıhan Ertan Erdinç, Sercan Akyalçın

“…Ethnicity-specific residual variances were also modeled. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05. …”
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Probabilistic Lane Segmentation Using a Low–Dimensional Linear Parametrization by Acuña Carlos, Arechavaleta Gustavo, Castelán Mario

“…Furthermore, the proposed approach is compared with a fully connected pretrained CNN model for lane detection, demonstrating that the proposed method has a lower computational cost in addition to a smoother transition between lane estimates.…”
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Effects of different reduction patterns on stress distribution in patients with intertrochanteric fractures with intramedullary nail fixation: a finite element analysis by Jiajing Zhu, Zhipeng Du, Changpeng Cao, Yang Gao, Xinxiao Chen, Haiyang Xing, Gang Wang

“…We conducted this finite element analysis study to quantitatively evaluate the usefulness of positive cortical support for intertrochanteric fracture reduction.MethodsTwenty-five models of intramedullary nail fixation for AO type 31-A1.2 intertrochanteric fractures subjected to different reduction patterns were established. …”
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multi-objective mathematical model for optimizing the collection and recycling of urban waste under conditions of uncertainty(The subject of study : Karaj city) by Mohsen Bijanpoor, Reza Ehtesham Rasi, Davood Gharakhany

“…Considering the collection and recycling supply chain network presented in this research and also based on the literature review, issues such as routing the movement of waste collection and transportation trucks in the mentioned network, production and storage planning for recycling centers,&nbsp; using heuristic and meta-heuristic solution methods to solve the model which are combined with other exact mathematical solution methods such as Lagrange release, considering environmental objective functions such as pollution reduction in the waste transportation and recycling process and considering the uncertainty in the capacity of facilities can be considered as the subject of future research.…”
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Life Cycle Assessment on Osmotically Dehydrated Cut Potatoes: Effects of Shelf-Life Extension on Cultivation, Waste, and Environmental Impact Reduction by Sotiris Kottaridis, Christina Drosou, Christos Boukouvalas, Magdalini Krokida, Maria Katsouli, Efimia Dermesonlouoglou, Katerina Valta

“…Systems and life cycle inventories (LCI) were modelled in OpenLCA v2.4 software with the ecoinvent v3.11 database, applying the Environmental Footprint (EF) method, v3.1. …”
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Sustainable Governance on the Belt and Road Initiative Toward a Carbon-Zero, Regional, Eco-Friendly Logistics Hub: A Difference-In-Differences Perspective by Tian Xia, Siyu Li, Yunning Ma, Yongrok Choi, Hyoungsuk Lee

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Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch Planning Considering Voltage Deviation Minimization in Power Systems by Orlando Álvarez, Diego Carrión, Manuel Jaramillo

“…The proposed methodology was tested on the IEEE 30-bus test system, where the objective function was modeled and simulated independently to test the results achieved through an AC OPF and reducing energy loss in the system. …”
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Algorithm performance study pulse suppression of auto-oscillation phenomena in the electromechanical system of the electric traction drive in braking mode electric traction drive s... by A. V. Klimov

“…The operability and efficiency of the algorithm is proved by methods of simulation mathematical modeling, which allows its further use in the development of traffic control systems. …”
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Computer-economical optimization method for solving inverse problems of determining electrophysical properties of objects in eddy current structroscopy by V. Ya. Halchenko, R. V. Trembovetska, V. V. Tychkov

“…Another indicator of the effectiveness of the method is a high precision of the created surrogate models. …”
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Significant reduction in manual annotation costs in ultrasound medical image database construction through step by step artificial intelligence pre-annotation. by Fu Zheng, Liu XingMing, Xu JuYing, Tao MengYing, Yang BaoJian, Shan Yan, Ye KeWei, Lu ZhiKai, Huang Cheng, Qi KeLan, Chen XiHao, Du WenFei, He Ping, Wang RunYu, Ying Ying, Bu XiaoHui

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Multicriteria risk assessment of water inrush in underground mines with large-scale curtain grouting: a mine disaster risk reduction strategy by Shichong Yuan, Guilei Han, Dajin Liu, Aiwei Zhang

“…Firstly, nine factors were selected from three aspects: geological conditions, hydrogeological conditions and curtain grouting parameters, to construct a multi factor assessment model. The combined weight of every factor was determined using the minimum deviation comprehensive weighting method, which can reduce the polarization effect of various assessment methods in multicriteria decision. …”
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Elevating equity: advancing diversity and inclusivity through trialing bias reduction tools in the general internal medicine program resident application process by Dominic Mudiayi, Farha Shariff, Lindsay Bridgland, Pamela Mathura, Jennifer Ringrose

“…Methods The Model of Improvement framework guided the trail of an instructional video, the adapted implicit association test (IAT), and a paper awareness tool (PAT) to increase interviewers’ awareness of implicit biases during the University of Alberta’s GIM applicant selection. …”
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Harmine-mediated Reduction of Bone Cancer Pain in Rats Correlates With Suppressed DYRK1A/NF-κB Signaling Axis by Shuyao Zhang, Shang Zheng, Jia Jin, Yuhua Li, Liping Chen, Junjie Lin, Ming Yao, Longsheng Xu

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Burden of low birth weight and short gestation from 1990–2021 and projection to 2050: assessment against 2030 malnutrition reduction targets by Bengui Jiang, Bengui Jiang, Kelly Lin, Kelly Lin, Kelly Lin, Nicholas Buys, Yanfei Qi, Jing Sun

“…A mixed-effects model with sodiodemographic index (SDI) and time as the main covariates was further used to forecast LBWSG mortality and DALYs from 2022 to 2050. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of In Situ Testing Methods for Clay Strength Evaluation Using the Coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian Method by Hebo Wang, Yifa Wang, Biao Li, Wengang Qi, Ning Wang

“…With both the strain rate and softening effects considered, the interpreted strength value <i>S</i>_ut from the CPT increases by 13.5% compared to cases excluding these effects, while other methods exhibit marginal decreases of 4–5%. The isolated analysis of strain softening reveals that, under identical softening parameters, the CPT demonstrates the least sensitivity to strain softening among the four methods examined, with the factor reduction ratio <i>N_s</i>/<i>N</i>₀ ranging from 0.76 to 1.00, while the other three methods range from 0.65 to 0.88. …”
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Empirical insights into governance and planning for zero waste, risk reduction, and sustainability: a case study of the FIFA world cup 2022 in Qatar by Mona Jabor Al-Thani

“…It is the first scientific model that incorporates these variables to investigate how they coalesce and interconnect within the context of the Qatar World Cup 2022 Quantitative research design and survey method were employed to gather data from a diverse sample of individuals directly involved in or affected by the World Cup 2022 in Qatar. …”
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3D printed fracture reduction guides planned and printed at the point of care show high accuracy – a porcine feasibility study by Andreas Hecker, Sophie C. Eberlein, Frank M. Klenke

“…Methods Ten porcine legs underwent computed tomography (CT) and 3D models of femur and tibia were built. …”
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Effectiveness of HIV risk reduction interventions among men who have sex with men in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Hongyan Lu, Yu Liu, Kapil Dahiya, Han-Zhu Qian, Wensheng Fan, Li Zhang, Juntao Ma, Yuhua Ruan, Yiming Shao, Sten H Vermund, Lu Yin

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of HIV risk reduction intervention studies among Chinese MSM. …”
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Drug use and harm reduction practices of applicants to a public health vending machine service in Clark County, NV, 2021–2023 by Rachel Q. Bryant, Kathleen Reich, Jessica A. Johnson, Brandon Delise, Ying Zhang, Cassius Lockett, Sean T. Allen

“…Methods All registration forms for PHVM services in Clark County, NV, between 1/1/2021-6/30/2022 with a completed harm reduction survey were included for analysis. …”
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