Prescribers' perspectives: The impact of the controlled substance scheduling system on providing optimal patient care by Michael R. Barnes, Yijia Luo, Jonathon M. Parker, Brian M. Shepler

“…Objective: To follow up on a 2009 survey by Parker, et al. to determine prescribers' knowledge and attitudes regarding the controlled substance scheduling system and assess the impact of the controlled substance scheduling system on providing optimal patient care. Methods: The cross-sectional survey was designed to assess prescribers' attitudes and mailed to 400 randomly selected physicians and 400 randomly selected nurse practitioners. …”
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Optimal dose of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation for experimental ulcerative colitis by Xiaoyun Chen, Yan Xia, Min Min, Lingzhi Qin, Yangsheng Liu

“…Methods: The BMSC of SD rat were isolated, cultured and labelled with DAPI. …”
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Study of Optimal Perimetric Testing in Children (OPTIC): Feasibility, Reliability and Repeatability of Perimetry in Children. by Dipesh E Patel, Phillippa M Cumberland, Bronwen C Walters, Isabelle Russell-Eggitt, Jugnoo S Rahi, OPTIC study group

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Presiones Deportivas y Disposición Óptima Combativa (Sports Pressures and Optimal Combative Disposition) by Mercedes Angélica García Pazmiño, Francisco García Ucha, Nataly Alejandra Arévalo García, Sylvia Teresa García Pazmmiño

“…Regardless of age, specialty, or performance, sportsmen are frequently exposed to PP in different ways. The objective of this research was to relate PP with optimal combative disposition (DOC), and sports performance (RD) in athletes who practice swimming, triathlon, cycling, and running. …”
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Clinical study on the optimal rotational stimulation for the unilateral centrifugation subjective visual vertical test by Xueqing Zhang, Xueqing Zhang, Xueqing Zhang, Xueqing Zhang, Xueqing Zhang, Qiaomei Deng, Qiaomei Deng, Qiaomei Deng, Qiaomei Deng, Qiaomei Deng, Xiaobang Huang, Xiaobang Huang, Xiaobang Huang, Xiaobang Huang, Xiaobang Huang, Chao Wen, Chao Wen, Chao Wen, Chao Wen, Chao Wen, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Taisheng Chen, Taisheng Chen, Taisheng Chen, Taisheng Chen, Taisheng Chen

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the optimal stimulation intensity and reference range of the unilateral centrifugation subjective visual vertical (UC-SVV) test and to fill the technical gap in otolithic function evaluation in patients with peripheral vestibular diseases.MethodForty healthy subjects (median age 28 years) underwent a UC-SVV test at rotation speeds of 60, 120, 180, and 240 deg.…”
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Methods for Rapid Characterization of Tunable Microbubble Formulations by Savannah L. Harpster, Alexandra M. Piñeiro, Joyce Y. Wong

“…In this paper, a comprehensive method was developed to compare microbubble formulations with different lipid shell compositions using optical and acoustic methods of measurement to collect the size distribution, concentration, and mean scattering intensity. …”
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Optimal Number of Needle Punctures in EUS-FNA/B with ROSE for Solid Pancreatic Lesions by Naomi Uchiyama, Hiroshi Kawakami, Yoshinori Ozono, Hiroshi Hatada, Soichiro Ogawa, Satoshi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Noguchi, Yuichiro Sato

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> These findings suggest that two-needle punctures are optimal for cytology, and three-needle punctures are optimal for the histological diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions using EUS-FNA/B.…”
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Optimal protamine dosing after cardiopulmonary bypass: The PRODOSE adaptive randomised controlled trial. by Lachlan F Miles, Christiana Burt, Joseph Arrowsmith, Mikel A McKie, Sofia S Villar, Pooveshnie Govender, Ruth Shaylor, Zihui Tan, Ravi De Silva, Florian Falter

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Comparison of Geographical Traceability of Wild and Cultivated Macrohyporia cocos with Different Data Fusion Approaches by Li Wang, Qinqin Wang, Yuanzhong Wang, Yunmei Wang

“…This study proved that both geographical traceability and optimal identification methods of cultivated and wild samples were different, and data fusion was a potential technique in the geographical identification.…”
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Optimal spirometry thresholds for the prediction of chronic airflow obstruction: a multinational longitudinal study by Abby H.S. Lam, Sheikhah A. Alhajri, James Potts, Imed Harrabi, Mahesh Padukudru Anand, Christer Janson, Rune Nielsen, Dhiraj Agarwal, Andrei Malinovschi, Sanjay Juvekar, Meriam Denguezli, Thorarinn Gislason, Rain Jõgi, Vanessa Garcia-Larsen, Rana Ahmed, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Parvaiz A. Koul, Althea Aquat-Stewart, Peter Burney, Ben Knox-Brown, Andre F.S. Amaral

“…Methods The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study is a multinational cohort study. …”
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Initialization Methods for FPGA-Based EMT Simulations by Xin Ma, Xiao-Ping Zhang

“…To accelerate initialization, software-to-hardware algorithm and structure are developed to automate initialization data sources for different topologies. Case study shows Method 2&#x2013;4 can both initialize successfully on FPGA platform, while Method 4 achieves the best timing and routing performance. …”
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Workload Forecasting Methods in Cloud Environments: An Overview by Samah Aziz, Manar Kashmoola

“…We examine the benefits and drawbacks of different methods, focusing on their effectiveness, scalability, and interpretability.…”
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Optimizing and Testing an Individualized and Adaptive Physical Activity Digital Health Intervention: Protocol for a Control Optimization Trial Embedded Within a Randomized Controll... by Meelim Kim, Shadia Mansour-Assi, Mohamed El Mistiri, Junghwan Park, Sarasij Banerjee, Owais Khan, Steven De La Torre, Michael Higgins, Job Godino, Kevin Patrick, Camille Nebeker, Sonia Jain, Predrag Klasnja, Daniel E Rivera, Eric Hekler

“…MethodsThe YourMove study is a 12-month randomized controlled trial that involves 386 inactive adults aged 25 to 80 years. …”
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Multi-segments conformal plan optimization for head and neck cancer by Doaa Ali Salih Khudair, Haydar Hamza Obaid Alabedi, Nabaa Mohammad Ali Ahmed Alazawy

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Optimized Partition Scheme for Prefabricated Underpass with Large Cross Section by Zhiyi Jin, Taiyue Qi, Xiao Liang, Bo Lei

“…The construction efficiencies were also compared with special emphasis on difference of the build period. Finally, an optimal partition scheme was determined and successfully applied in the real project. …”
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Learning to rank quantum circuits for hardware-optimized performance enhancement by Gavin S. Hartnett, Aaron Barbosa, Pranav S. Mundada, Michael Hush, Michael J. Biercuk, Yuval Baum

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Research and Application of Optimization Technology of Medium Speed Pulverizing System by Gang CHEN, Jinfeng LIU, Dazheng LI, Hua CHENG

“…Through the detailed analysis and research of medium speed pulverizer and pulverized coal pipelines, the crux was found and the optimization measures of pulverizer and dynamic leveling method of pulverized coal pipelines were put forward. …”
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Preoperative optimization strategy management model applied in gallbladder surgery by Jie Wang, HaoFen Xie, Hong Zhu, Yue Hu, Shanshan Mi, Wang Ying, QinHong Xu, Liang Yang

“…Method The data from patients who underwent the pre-hospitalization optimization strategy were analyzed and compared with that of patients receiving standard hospitalization to determine whether there were statistically significant differences in duration of stay and associated costs. …”
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Optimization of Time in the Esterification Process of Jelantah Oil With Anova Analysis by Eka Megawati, Adittya Octavian Perdana Putra, Norhan Effendi, Yuniarti Yuniarti

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An Optimization Model with “Perfect Rationality” for Expert Weight Determination in MAGDM by Yuetong Liu, Chaolang Hu, Shiquan Zhang, Qixiao Hu

“…Given the evaluation data of all the experts in multi-attribute group decision making, this paper establishes an optimization model for learning and determining expert weights based on minimizing the sum of the differences between the individual evaluation and the overall consistent evaluation results. …”
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