Spatial-Temporal Distribution Prediction of Charging Load of Electric Truck Cluster Considering Battery Loss Under Path Planning by CUI Jinghao, ZHANG Yi, ZHANG Zhichao, YU Yang

“…Finally， the Monte Carlo method is used to sample electric trucks randomly and obtain the spatial distribution of electric trucks， judge the charging strategy according to the time window and remaining state of charge of the point of arrival at the customer， and add up the electric truck charging loads in the region to determine the spatial and temporal distributions of the charging loads. …”
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Community Participation and the sustainability of Development projects: A case Study of Essential Nutrition and Health package Project in Kabuga, Gasabo District, Rwanda. by Bernard, Bayasese

“…The study collected data from a sample of 367 who were selected randomly out of a population of 7982. …”
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Career Development Programmes and Employee Performance in Kanungu District Local Government by Alex, Ainebyoona

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Non-targeted metabolomic analysis of follicular fluid in infertile individuals with poor ovarian response by Liang Guo, Jiaming Song, Xiyang Xia, Jianya Jiang, Yingying Yang, Wei Chen, Li Chen, Pingping Xue, Pingping Xue

“…By analyzing metabolic factors that influence oocyte quality, we aspire to provide insights for the early detection and intervention of patients with POR.MethodsIn this research, 60 follicular fluid samples were collected for a non-targeted metabolomic study, including 30 samples from POR patients and 30 from women with normal ovarian reserve. …”
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Prevalence of chronic diarrhea and its association with obesity in a Chinese community-based population by Ke Han, Xiangyao Wang, Yan Wang, Xiaotong Niu, Jingyuan Xiang, Nan Ru, Chunxu Jia, Hongyi Sun, Zhengting He, Yujie Feng, Enqiang Linghu, Jing Ni

“…This cross-sectional study was based on a multistage, randomized cluster sampling involving 3503 residents aged 20–69 years from representative urban and rural communities in Beijing. …”
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What motivates participants: a qualitative analysis of gamification and financial incentives to increase physical activity by Eric Ryu, David Farraday, Alexander C. Fanaroff, Samantha Coratti, Neel P. Chokshi, Jingsan Zhu, Julia E. Szymczak, Louise B. Russell, Laurie Norton, Dylan Small, Kevin G. Volpp, Tamar Klaiman

“…Methods Using extreme case sampling, interviewees were selected from participants who were randomized to an intervention arm and were identified as either high or low performers based on their change from baseline to the end of the trial in mean daily step count. …”
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Leveraging large language models for automated detection of velopharyngeal dysfunction in patients with cleft palate by Myranda Uselton Shirk, Catherine Dang, Jaewoo Cho, Hanlin Chen, Lily Hofstetter, Jack Bijur, Claiborne Lucas, Andrew James, Ricardo-Torres Guzman, Andrea Hiller, Noah Alter, Amy Stone, Maria Powell, Matthew E. Pontell, Matthew E. Pontell

“…A dataset of 184 audio recordings, including 96 hypernasal (cases) and 88 non-hypernasal samples (controls), was used for training and evaluation. …”
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Rice seed integrity evaluation: Developing a rapid onsite system to check seed fraud using a portable NIR spectroscopic device coupled with smartphone technology by Ernest Teye, Charles Lloyd Yeboah Amuah, Vida Gyimah Boadu, Kwadwo Anokye Dompreh, Maxwell Darko Asante, Francis Padi Lamptey, Stephen Narh, Daniel Dzorkpe Gamenyah, George Oduro Nkansah, Selorm Akaba

“…Among the classification algorithms used, Random Forest (RF) achieved 100 % accuracy for rice seed identification and 97.38 % for paddy identification in the test sets. …”
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In vitro anticoagulant activity of crude fibrinolytic protease HSFT-2 as an alternative anticoagulant agent by Muhammad Ardi Afriansyah, Toeti Rahajoe, Raksi Pranindira

“…The research design was completely randomized, with a sample size of 21 participants calculated using the Federer formula. …”
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Surface properties and susceptibility to staining of a resin composite after brushing with different whitening toothpastes by Aline da Silva Barros, Carolina Meneghin Barbosa, Renata Siqueira Scatolin, Waldemir Francisco Vieira Junior, Laura Nobre Ferraz

“…Objectives This study investigated the effects of different whitening toothpaste (WT) on the surface properties and staining susceptibility of a resin composite. Methods Cylindrical samples were prepared with a micro-hybrid resin composite and were randomized into groups according to the toothpaste (n = 12): distilled water (DW), regular toothpaste (RT), WT with silica + pyrophosphate (WT-S/P), WT with pentaphosphate and pyrophosphate (WT-P/P), WT with hydrogen peroxide and pyrophosphate (WT-HP/P) and WT with charcoal and pyrophosphate (WT-Ch/P). …”
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Drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from patients and hospital effluent: a correlation? by Naledi S. Masalane, Linda A. Bester, Arshad Ismail, Sabiha Y. Essack, Joshua Mbanga

“…The resistome, mobilome, and phylogenetic lineages of sequenced isolates were assessed using bioinformatics analysis. A total of 10 randomly selected presumptive and 10 clinical K. pneumoniae constituted the sample and were subjected to AST. …”
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Effects of grain processing methods on the expression of genes involved in volatile fatty acid transport and pH regulation, and keratinization in rumen epithelium of beef cattle. by Pedro Del Bianco Benedeti, Breno de Castro Silva, Marcos Vinícius Carneiro Pacheco, Nicola Vergara Lopes Serão, Ivan Carvalho Filho, Mariana Mescouto Lopes, Marcos Inácio Marcondes, Hilário Cuquetto Mantovani, Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho, Edenio Detmann, Marcio de Souza Duarte

“…After the experimental period, bulls were slaughtered and rumen epithelium samples were rapidly excised for further histological analysis. …”
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Men of Color Health Awareness intervention: changes in adrenocortical activity assessed using fingernail cortisol by Jerrold S. Meyer, Jeffery Markham, Lamont Scott, Luis A. Valdez, Dean E. Robinson, David R. Buchanan

“…The present paper presents an exploratory study of whether the intervention affected chronic output of the stress hormone cortisol using the novel approach of measuring cortisol accumulation in fingernail samples. Each fingernail sample was hypothesized to contain cortisol deposited over approximately a 3-month period before collection.MethodsSamples were obtained at three time points: prior to beginning of the intervention (T1; which provided an index of cortisol section during a 3-month wait-list control period); at the end of the 10-week intervention (T2); and at 12-week follow-up (T3). …”
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Impact of Mahalanobis-Taguchi System on Health Performance Among Academicians by Nur Aisyah Mardhiah Halim, Mohd Yazid Abu, Nor Suhadah Razali, Nurul Haziyani Aris, Emilia Sari, Nur Najmiyah Jaafar, Ahmad Shahrizan Abdul Ghani, Faizir Ramlie, Wan Zuki Azman Wan Muhamad, Nolia Harudin

“…For normal cases, the distance ranged between 0.0176 and 44.5121, with a total of 48 samples overlapping the threshold. In 2023, the distance ranged between 0.012843 and 36.986225 for abnormal cases. …”
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Using the fused graphical lasso to explore the motivational self-system after a multimedia self-regulated learning training: a brief research report by Sarah M. Wolff, Jonathan C. Hilpert, Matthew L. Bernacki, Matthew L. Bernacki, Jeffrey A. Greene, Christy Strong

“…IntroductionThe purpose of this study is to explore the effects of a randomized control trial designed to test the effect of a brief intervention used to improve self-regulated learning (SRL) in gateway biology courses using joint estimation of graphical models.MethodsStudents (N = 265; n = 136) from three sections of a hybrid-format introductory biology course were randomly assigned to participate in the multimedia science of learning to learn or a multimedia control condition. …”
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Effects of Six-week Hopping Exercise on Time to Stabilization and Perceived Stability in Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability During Single-leg Jump-landing by Mohammad Karimizadeh Ardakani, Hooman Minoonejad, Erik Wikstrom, Reza Rajabi, Ali Sharifnezhad

“…Introduction: To examine the effects of a 6-week hopping exercise program on time to stabilization and perceived stability among athletes with chronic ankle instability. This is a randomized controlled trial.Materials and Methods: A total of 28 basketball players with chronic ankle instability (Mean±SD age; 22.67±2.88 y, Mean±SD weight: 80.47±8.48 kg, Mean±SD height: 186.82±3.09 cm) participated in this study and were randomly divided into two equal groups of 14 people each: 1. …”
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Mechanical and Dynamic Properties of Banana Fiber‐Reinforced Polyester Composites: A Multi‐Analytical Characterization Study by G. Sathish Kumar, R. Sridhar, A. Parthiban, S. Sivabalan, T. Sathish, Jayant Giri, J. Isaac Joshua Ramesh Lalvani, Ahmad O. Hourani, Nidhal Becheikh, Boutheyna Belhaj Bettaieb

“…A comprehensive examination assesses Tensile Strength, Flexural Strength, Impact Strength, Hardness, free vibration attributes, damping coefficients, and SEM imagery from the fractured tensile sample surface. The composite samples are fabricated using a hand layup procedure with randomly arranged 10 mm‐long fibers. …”
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Malaria prevalence, transmission potential and efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy in the Kenyan Central highlands: a zone previously characterized as malaria-free by Francis T. Kimani, Kelvin K. Thiongó, Maureen A. Otinga, Lewis K. Mbabu, Mary N. Ombati, Stanley K. Kitur, Sarah A. Ochieng’, Lucy N. Wachira, Damaris K. Matoke-Muhia, Luna Kamau

“…Abstract Background The current study sought to re-evaluate malaria prevalence, susceptibility to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), transmission patterns and the presence of malaria vectors in the Kikuyu area of the Kenyan Central highlands, a non-traditional/low risk malaria transmission zone where there have been anecdotal reports of emerging malaria infections. Methods Sampling of adult mosquitoes was done indoors, while larvae were sampled outdoors in June 2019. …”
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Proportion of COVID-19 survivors in 2020-2022 in the Russian population (according to the ESSE-RF3 study) by G. A. Muromtseva, S. A. Shalnova, V. A. Kutsenko, E. M. Filichkina, Yu. A. Balanova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. E. Imaeva, A. V. Kapustina, N. S. Karamnova, M. B. Kotova, S. A. Maksimov, O. B. Shvabskaya, O. E. Ivlev, A. A. Zelenina, L. I. Gomanova, E. B. Yarovaya, A. V. Kontsevaya, T. V. Repkina, T. O. Gonoshilova, A. V. Kudryavtsev, N. I. Belova, L. L. Shagrov, M. A. Samotrueva, A. L. Yasenyavskaya, Z. N. Chernysheva, S. V. Glukhovskaya, I. A. Levina, E. A. Shirshova, E. B. Dorzhieva, E. Z. Urbanova, N. Yu. Borovkova, V. K. Kurashin, A. S. Tokareva, Yu. I. Ragino, G. I. Simonova, A. D. Khudyakova, V. N. Nikulin, O. R. Aslyamov, G. V. Khokhlova, A. V. Solovyova, A. A. Rodionov, O. V. Kryachkova, Yu. Yu. Shamurova, i. V. Tantsyreva, I. N. Baryshnikova, M. G. Ataev, M. O. Radzhabov, M. M. Isakhanova, M. A. Umetov, L. V. Elgarova, I. A. Khakuasheva, E. I. Yamashkina, M. V. Esina, T. A. Kunyaeva, A. M. Nikitina, N. V. Savvina, Yu. E. Spiridonova, E. A. Naumova, A. A. Keskinov, V. S. Yudin, S. M. Yudin, D. A. Kashtanova, M. S. Gusakova, O. M. Drapkina

“…The work was performed on random samples of the population aged 35-74 years from 15 regions participating in the Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases and their Risk Factors in Regions of Russian Federation-3 (ESSE-RF3) study. …”
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Probabilistic Approach for Assessing the Occupational Risk of Olfactometric Examiners: Methodology Description and Application to Real Exposure Scenario by Elisa Polvara, Andrea Spinazzè, Marzio Invernizzi, Andrea Cattaneo, Domenico Maria Cavallo, Selena Sironi

“…Based on this data collection (exposure parameters and chemical data, divided according to sample categories), a randomized exposure scenario was constructed to estimate the probability and cumulative distribution function of risk parameters. …”
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