An Improved Droop-Based Adaptive Virtual Impedance for Accurate Power Sharing Among Multiple DGs in Islanded Microgrid by Ahmed M. Abouassy, Hamoud Alafnan, Diaa-Eldin A. Mansour, Abdullah Albaker, Tamer F. Megahed

“…The third scenario is conducted to demonstrate the proposed controller’s ability to be extended for multiple connected DGs in the MG system.…”
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Interactive Computer-Adaptive Chronic Kidney Disease (I-C-CKD) Education for Hospitalized African American Patients: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Akilah King, Tayo Omoniyi, Lindsay Zasadzinski, Cynthia Gaspard, Denesha Gorman, Milda Saunders

“… BackgroundEnd-stage kidney disease (ESKD) or kidney failure is a condition where the kidneys lose the ability to function. African American individuals are 4 times as likely to develop ESKD compared to White American individuals. …”
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A cross-tissue transcriptome-wide association study reveals GRK4 as a novel susceptibility gene for COPD by Guanglei Chen, Yaxian Jin, Cancan Chu, Yuhao Zheng, Changfu Yang, Yunzhi Chen, Xing Zhu

“…This lack of clarity constrains our ability to achieve a deeper understanding of the genetic basis of COPD. …”
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Synthesis of thiosemicarbazone Schiff base derivatives as anti-leishmanial agents and molecular dynamics simulations insights by Soheila Molaei, Jafar Abbasi Shiran, Neda Shakour, Majid Baradaran, Zahra Malihi, Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Yasamin Abedini Zal, Saghi Sepehri

“…Then, the effectiveness of the compounds against the two forms of Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica called amastigote and promastigote, was tested. All synthesized compounds displayed weak to good anti-amastigote and anti-promastigote activities. …”
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Neural Networks Method in modeling of the financial company’s performance by I. P. Kurochkina, I. I. Kalinin, L. A. Mamatova, E. B. Shuvalova

“…The proposed instrument of factor analysis has been tested in the activities of real companies. The factors can ensure growth in terms of financial results; visualization of business processes is enhanced, as well as the probability of making rational management decisions.…”
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Circulating miRNAs as liquid biopsy biomarkers for diagnosis in patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sydney Schwab, Taichiro Nonaka, Taichiro Nonaka

“…Heterogeneity was assessed using Cochrane’s Q test and I2 statistics, and risk of bias was evaluated using the QUADAS-2 tool.ResultsA total of 37 studies with 2,775 patients were included in this meta-analysis. …”
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Effects of capecitabine chemotherapy on the expression of CASC18, CASC19, and CASC20 lncRNAs in patients with colorectal cancer and the HCT-116 colorectal cancer cell line by Nafea M. Chayd, Mohammad Khalaj-Kondori, Reza Safaralizadeh, Mohammad Ali Hosseinpour Feizi

“…Furthermore, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to evaluate the prognostic and diagnostic value of CASC18, CASC19, and CASC20 in CRC. The MTT test was used to assess capecitabine’s cytotoxicity on the HCT-116 CRC cell line. …”
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Effectiveness of two different recovery process on blood lactate removal pattern of soccer players by Rupali Katoch, SM Farooque, Krishnendu Dhar, Prasanta Kumar Das

“…Data were analyzed using a paired t-test, with the level of significance set at 0.05. …”
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Benchmarking farm-level cotton water productivity using on-farm irrigation measurements and remotely sensed yields by Zitian Gao, Danlu Guo, Dongryeol Ryu, Andrew W. Western

“…Our findings demonstrate the ability of RS and ML models to provide yields for benchmarking analysis but highlight the potential risk of reduced accuracy of yield prediction in future years.…”
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Evaluation of efficacy and safety of combined use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and extended release tolperisone in patients with ankle injuries by R. I. Sadykov, I. F. Akhtyamov, K. T. Shoshorina, S. A. Lapshina

“…The efficacy of therapy was assessed by pain dynamics according to VAS and functional abilities according to the Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) questionnaire, which included the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) subscale and the Sports subscale. …”
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LSTM-Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robust Trajectory Tracking Control of Skid-Steer Mobile Robots Under Terra-Mechanical Constraints by Jose Manuel Alcayaga, Oswaldo Anibal Menéndez, Miguel Attilio Torres-Torriti, Juan Pablo Vásconez, Tito Arévalo-Ramirez, Alvaro Javier Prado Romo

“…., Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO), Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG), Twin Delayed DDPG (TD3), and Soft Actor–Critic (SAC), are selected to evaluate their ability to generate stable and adaptive control policies under varying environmental conditions. …”
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Effects of device-assisted practice of activities of daily living in a close-to-normal pattern on upper extremity motor recovery in individuals with moderate to severe stroke: stud... by Justin M. Drogos, Carolina Carmona, Riegele Arceo, Jun Yao

“…Using orthoses, robotic devices, and functional electrical stimulation (FES) represent rehabilitation techniques that have demonstrated the ability to improve arm and hand function in the chronic stroke population, but individuals with more severe impairments are typically not eligible for these studies. …”
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Identifying dominant quinones in digested sludge at trace levels using online supercritical fluid extraction–liquid chromatography by Farida Hanum, Mona F. A. Dawood, Yoichi Atsuta, Hiroyuki Daimon

“…A trace-amount sample of 0.005 g, the smallest quantity tested, was successfully profiled; this represents the limit of quantification for quinone profiling using this method. …”
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Classification of maize seed hyperspectral images based on variable-depth convolutional kernels by Yating Hu, Hongchen Zhang, Hongchen Zhang, Changming Li, Qianfu Su, Wei Wang

“…A four-layer CNN framework was constructed, and a total of 12 models were developed by varying the convolutional kernel depth to evaluate the impact on classification performance.ResultsExperimental results show that the proposed VD-CNN achieves optimal performance when the convolutional kernel depth is set to 15, attaining a training accuracy of 98.65% and a test accuracy of 96.97%. To assess the generalization ability of the model, additional experiments were conducted on a publicly available rice seed hyperspectral dataset. …”
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Quantifying leaf symptoms of sorghum charcoal rot in images of field‐grown plants using deep neural networks by Emmanuel M. Gonzalez, Ariyan Zarei, Sebastian Calleja, Clay Christenson, Bruno Rozzi, Jeffrey Demieville, Jiahuai Hu, Andrea L. Eveland, Brian Dilkes, Kobus Barnard, Eric Lyons, Duke Pauli

“…Of the segmentation models tested, FCN proved to be the most effective, exhibiting a validation accuracy of 97.76%, a recall rate of 0.68, and an F1 score of 0.66. …”
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Differentiation and identification of winter bread wheat verieties according to a complex of baking quality indicators by О. А. Демидов, В. М. Гудзенко, І. В. Правдзіва

“…The variation was very low for test weight, water absorption ability of flour, crumb porosity. …”
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Development and validation of the predictive scoring system for 90-day mortality in critical ill patients with exertional heatstroke by Jiali Cun, Li Zhong, Jingjing Ji, Yan Liu, Zhifeng Liu, Ming Wu

“…Internal validation using 1000 bootstrapping samples demonstrated that the scoring system had a relatively high discriminative ability, with a C-index of 0.90 (95% CI: 0.90–0.93). …”
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Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase to Platelet Ratio: A New Inflammatory Marker Associated with Outcomes after Cardiac Arrest by Yipin Zhao, Zebin Lin, Yingying Ji, Huawei Wang, Li Xiao, Qingwei Chen, Zhiqin Wu

“…Two prediction models were established, and the likelihood ratio test (LRT) and the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) were utilized for model comparison. …”
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Strategi komunikasi krisis Humas Kementerian Perdagangan pada kasus kenaikan harga minyak goreng tahun 2022 by Garneda Puspa Pinandhita, Eko Prasetyo Nugroho Saputro

“…The analysis method uses the Miles and Huberman models with the validity test technique in the form of source triangulation. …”
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Reorganization of work schedules for better distribution of work demands in home health care – a feasibility study by Maja Vilhelmsen, Tonje Pedersen Ludvigsen, Kristina Thomassen, Charlotte Diana Nørregaard Rasmussen

“…The 6SQuID framework was used to develop, test and evaluate the feasibility of the organizational intervention, inspired by the ‘Goldilocks Work Principle’. …”
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