Assessing effective mask use by the public in two countries: an observational study by Peter C Austin, Bory Kea, Bin Chen, Arshia P Javidan, Huong Nguyen, Alex Chang, Allen Li, Clare L Atzema, Ivona Mostarac, Dana Button, Lauren Wintraub, Raumil V Patel, Daniel Dongjoo Lee, Nathaniel P Latham, Eric A Latham, Patrick C M Brown, Rita D Somogyi, Sara Buerk, Tristen Zimmerman, Trevor Funari, Cameron Colbert

“…Subjects aged 81+ years (vs 31–65 years) and those on public transit and at the airport (vs stores) had higher odds of mask errors. …”
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Dynamic Voltage Balancing Across Series-Connected 10 kV SiC JBS Diodes in Medium Voltage 3L-NPC Power Converter Having Snubberless Series-Connected 10 kV SiC MOSFETs by Sanket Parashar, Nithin Kolli, Raj Kumar Kokkonda, Ajit Kanale, Subhashish Bhattacharya, Bantval Jayant Baliga

“…The 3L-NPC converter with the final <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$RC$</tex-math></inline-formula> snubber design achieved 99.2&#x0025; efficiency and a 35 V turn-<sc>off</sc> voltage mismatch. The maximum error between the theoretical model and experimental data is 4.8&#x0025;.…”
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Fuzzy-Aided P–PI Control for Start-Up Current Overshoot Mitigation in Solid-State Lithium Battery Chargers by Chih-Tsung Chang, Kai-Jun Pai

“…During the initial start-up phase, as the charger transitions from constant-voltage to constant-current output mode, the use of proportional–integral control in the voltage and current loop error amplifiers may cause current overshoot during the step-rising phase, primarily due to the integral action. …”
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Research on Autonomous Guidance and Track Following Technology of Autonomous-rail Rapid Tram by PENG Jing, FENG Jianghua, XIAO Lei, REN Xiaojun, WANG Shanwei, LIU Xiaocong

“…Autonomous-rail rapid tram is a new type of urban rail transit. As a key technology, autonomous guidance and track following algorithm solves the problems of large proportion of road, poor flexibility, delayed steering and large errors during steering of multi-group articulated vehicle. …”
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Inverse design of compact nonvolatile reconfigurable silicon photonic devices with phase-change materials by Wei Maoliang, Lin Xiaobin, Xu Kai, Wu Yingchun, Wang Chi, Wang Zijia, Lei Kunhao, Bao Kangjian, Li Junying, Li Lan, Li Erping, Lin Hongtao

“…Here, we experimentally demonstrated a Sb2Se3/Si hybrid integrated optical switch for the first time, wherein routing can be switched by the phase transition of the whole Sb2Se3. Our work provides an effective solution for the design of photonic devices that is insensitive to fabrication errors, thereby paving the way for high integration density in future photonic chips.…”
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A three-parameter runoff probability model for long-slope croplands in the black soil region of Northeast China by Yiting Huang, Yuhao Gao, Junxi Chen, Ziheng Feng, Yi Zhang, Yangbo He, Zhengchao Tian, Lirong Lin, Jiazhou Chen

“…Compared with HYDRUS-2D, the model improves runoff distance estimation by 25 % and reduces runoff errors by 37–62 %, supporting adaptive land management.…”
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Predicting the potential distribution areas of Leptotrombidium rubellum under current and future climate change by Qunzheng Mu, Qunzheng Mu, Fengfeng Li, Wenyu Li, Wenyu Li, Xiaoxia Wang, Mingyuan Tang, Kehan Chen, Yihao Jiang, Jingqi Liu, Shirong Zhang, Qiyong Liu, Chuan Wang

“…Model parameters were optimized via feature class and regularization multiplier adjustments.ResultsThe MaxEnt model demonstrated high predictive accuracy (AUC = 0.997) with minimal training omission error. July precipitation (prec7) and elevation (elev) were identified as the primary environmental determinants. …”
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Predicting CO₂ and H₂ Solubility in Pure Water and Various Aqueous Systems: Implication for CO₂–EOR, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Natural Hydr... by Promise O. Longe, David Kwaku Danso, Gideon Gyamfi, Jyun Syung Tsau, Mubarak M. Alhajeri, Mojdeh Rasoulzadeh, Xiaoli Li, Reza Ghahfarokhi Barati

“…The proposed models are validated against experimental data, with average absolute errors for CO₂ solubility in pure water and brine ranging between 8.19 and 8.80% and for H₂ solubility in pure water and brine between 4.03 and 9.91%, respectively. …”
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交错轴斜齿轮啮合的过渡过程畸变 by 付景顺, 李文龙, 段振云

“…The meshing theory of helical gear is applied to analyze the influence of gear base pitch viaration to gear transmission process, and the mathematical model of error and aberrance in the transitional process of crossed helical gear transmission was preseinted.…”
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ETAPAS DO ENVELHECIMENTO REPRODUTIVO: EFEITOS NOS NÍVEIS DE ADIPOSIDADE, ATIVIDADE FÍSICA E VISITA À NATUREZA by Helena Moreira, Mário Santos, Graça Pinto, José Martinho, Ronaldo Gabriel, Andreia Teixeira

“…Our results showed that women in G1 had lower percentage (p 0.01) FM values (28.24%) than those exhibited by women in G2 (34.25%) and G3 (36.55%), with 24% of the relative fat mass variation explained by the reproductive aging stages. For a type I error &lt;0.05, there was a greater than 99% probability that percentage FM values varied with reproductive aging stages. …”
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Critical raw material-free multi-principal alloy design for a net-zero future by Swati Singh, Mingwen Bai, Allan Matthews, Saurav Goel, Shrikrishna N. Joshi

“…The Cuckoo Search Optimization (CSO) method produced reduced-CRM MPEAs that closely matched Thermo-Calc predictions, with an error margin below ± 20%. To assess the efficacy of these reduced-CRM MPEAs, we compared the hardness of newly synthesized MPEA with CRM-containing counterparts reported in the literature, particularly those with high-risk critical raw materials like Niobium (Nb) and Tantalum (Ta). …”
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A Unique Way to Axe the Fax Through Using Business Automation Workflow to Expedite eReferral Adoption, Bridging eReferral, and Fax: Proof-of-Concept Study by Zhigang Tian, Kayla Wierts, Lirije Hyseni, Beth Gerritsen, Kim Lynch, Russell Buchanan, Mohamed Alarakhia

“…Initially, fax service retries were disabled to observe delivery error rates. This resulted in a 37.7% (1023/2712) fax failure. …”
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Spatial Prediction of Soil Total Phosphorus in a Karst Area: Comparing GWR and Residual-Centered Kriging by Laimou Lu, Penghui Li, Liang Zhong, Mingbao Luo, Liyuan Xing, Chunlai Zhang

“…The GWRK model exhibited superior accuracy (80.6%), with predicted concentration of TP closely aligning with observed TP values, effectively capturing fine spatial variations, and showing the lowest mean standardized error, average standard error, and mean absolute error. …”
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Influence of Excitation Disturbances on Oscillation of a Belt System with Collisions by Marek Lampart, Jaroslav Zapoměl

“…In this innovative approach, disturbances are expressed by discretization and round-off errors arising throughout the solution of the controlling equations. …”
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A Stray Current Sensor Based on an All-Side Cylindrical Spiral Fiber by Shao-Yi Xu, Fang-Fang Xing, Wei Li, Yu-Qiao Wang, Xiang-Hui Wang, Rui-Lin Wang

“…The temperature experiments are conducted to test the performance of the stray current sensor with reference to that without cylindrical spiral fiber, and the test results indicate that the measurement error of the proposed stray current sensor is not larger than 0.4&#x0025;, which can be suited for the stray current measurement in an urban rail transit system.…”
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Influence of Wheel-Rail Contact Point Changes on Force-Measuring Wheelset Measurement and the Compensation Method by CHEN Chunjun, DENG Qian

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Enhancing and Improving Resident Doctor Handover Practices at Black Country NHS Foundation Trust by Farzana Rahman, Aradhana Gupta, Oluwakemi Olaoye, Nargis Uddin Amir, Pallavi Chandra

“…Poor communication during shift transitions is a major contributor to medical errors and adverse events. …”
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Implementation of medication reconciliation at admission and discharge in Ministry of Defense Health Services hospitals: a multicentre study by Ahmed Kassem, Noura Alnowaiser, Yasser K Alotaibi, Dalia S Alghamdi, Mohammed Alhrasen, Alaa Alwagdani, Ayla Mohammad Tourkmani, Yasser Al Barakah

“…There is potential for many medication errors to occur due to the complex medication use process. …”
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Diffusion mechanisms of power-law grouts in water-rich sand layers during permeation grouting by Bao XIE, Hua CHENG, Xuesong WANG, Mingjing LI, Xiangyang LIU, Xueyu HAN

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Biomarker and clinical data–based predictor tool (MAUXI) for ultrafiltration failure and cardiovascular outcome in peritoneal dialysis patients: a retrospective and longitudinal st... by Eva María Arriero-País, María Auxiliadora Bajo-Rubio, Roberto Arrojo-García, Pilar Sandoval, Guadalupe Tirma González-Mateo, Patricia Albar-Vizcaíno, Gloria del Peso-Gilsanz, Marta Ossorio-González, Pedro Majano, Manuel López-Cabrera, Gloria del Peso-Gilsanz

“…PD outcomes were analysed in four categories (endurance, exit from PD, cause of PD end, technical failure) by using MMT biomarkers in effluents and clinical databases.Results MMT biomarkers and clinical data can predict PD with a mean absolute error of 16.99 months by using an Extra Tree (ET) regressor. …”
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