Synthetic Indicator’s Evaluation of the tuberculosis program. Health Areas I and II. Cienfuegos 2013 by Narciso Águila Rodríguez, Tamara Montenegro Calderón, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, María Lina Valdés Gómez, Lizette Rodríguez Fernández, Eneida Bravo Polanco

“…The processing of the data to calculate the indicators was done with the program CALIND designed in Access, used with purpose in the Institute Pedro Kouri. …”
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The Value of Ozone in CT-Guided Drainage of Multiloculated Pyogenic Liver Abscesses: A Randomized Controlled Study by Bing Li, Chuan Liu, Lang Wang, Yang Li, Yong Du, Chuan Zhang, Xiao-xue Xu, Han Feng Yang

“…Objective. This study was designed to compare the effects of catheter drainage alone and combined with ozone in the management of multiloculated pyogenic liver abscess (PLA). …”
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Dual closed-loop vector PI control and deadbeat current control of permanent magnet synchronous motor by Syed Abid Ali Shah Bukhari, Vikram Kumar, Muhammad Ahsan Niazi, Qazi Sajid

“… Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) offer advantages such as high torque, power density, and energy efficiency, making them essential in power electronics, aerospace, and daily life. Designing PMSM control systems is complex yet crucial for optimizing performance. …”
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Reconstruction of Riser Profiles by an Underwater Robot Using Inertial Navigation by Luciano Luporini Menegaldo, Stefano Panzieri, Cassiano Neves

“…The robot scrolls outside the catenary riser, used for underwater petroleum exploration, and is designed to perform several nondestructive tests. It can also be used to reconstruct the riser profile. …”
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Synthetic graphs for link prediction benchmarking by Alexey Vlaskin, Eduardo G Altmann

“…Here we investigate the interplay between algorithm efficiency and network structures through the introduction of suitably-designed synthetic graphs. We propose a family of random graphs that incorporates both micro-scale motifs and meso-scale communities, two ubiquitous structures in complex networks. …”
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Experimental Evaluation of Multiple Frost Heaving Parameters for Preflawed Granite in Beizhan Iron Mining, Xinjiang, China by Yu Wang, Dayu Long, Zulifeiya Rejuti, Huajian Wang

“…In this work, the response surface method (RSM) was employed to evaluate and optimize the multiple frost heaving parameters to seek the maximum frost heaving force (FHF), in combination with experimental modeling based on a specially designed frost heaving force measurement system. Three kinds of rocks were prepared with parallel flaws in it having different flaw width, length, and cementation type, and these factors were used to fit an optimal response of the maximum FHF. …”
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Detailed biogeographical mapping as a useful novel tool for the conservation of endemic taxa: a case of study for Iberian orchids [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Angel Penas, Alejandro González-Pérez, Raquel Alonso-Redondo, Norma Yolanda Ochoa-Ramos, Aitor Álvarez-Santacoloma, Sara del Río, Giovanni-Breogán Ferreiro-Lera

“…Background Many Iberian orchids occur in plant communities designated as habitats of interest in the European Union, particularly in Mediterranean grasslands and forests. …”
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Dual-functional silver nanoparticle-enhanced ZnO nanorods for improved reactive oxygen species generation and cancer treatment by Yichao Tao, Wenbin Zhuang, Wensi Fan, Longxiang Zhou, Lihong Fan, Huanlong Qin, Yefei Zhu

“…This study introduces zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods (NRs) in situ loaded with silver nanoparticles (ZnO@Ag NRs), designed to optimize ROS production under ultrasound irradiation and offer significant advantages in tumor specificity and biosafety. …”
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High-throughput phenotyping techniques for forage: Status, bottleneck, and challenges by Tao Cheng, Dongyan Zhang, Gan Zhang, Tianyi Wang, Weibo Ren, Feng Yuan, Yaling Liu, Zhaoming Wang, Chunjiang Zhao

“…These include establishing uniform data collection standards, designing effective algorithms to handle complex genetic and environmental interactions, deepening the cross-exploration of phenomics-genomics, solving the problem of pathological inversion of forage phenotypic growth monitoring models, and developing low-cost forage phenotypic equipment. …”
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Methane detection approach based on THz wave absorber by Alireza Barati Haghverdi, Ilghar Rezaei, Amir Ali Mohammad Khani, Toktam Aghaee

“…A THz wave absorber sensitive to refractive index is designed. The proposed absorber mainly uses nested graphene rings and continuous graphene sheets. …”
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Synthetic transmembrane DNA receptors enable engineered sensing and actuation by Ze-Rui Zhou, Man-Sha Wu, Zhenglin Yang, Yuting Wu, Weijie Guo, Da-Wei Li, Ruo-Can Qian, Yi Lu

“…The construction and assembly of synthetic receptor analogs that can mimic such biological processes is a central goal of synthetic biochemistry and bionanotechnology to endow receptors with user-defined signal transduction effects. However, designing artificial transmembrane receptors with the desired input, output, and performance parameters are challenging. …”
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Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature by M. Amodio, S. Catino, P. R. Dambruoso, G. de Gennaro, A. Di Gilio, P. Giungato, E. Laiola, A. Marzocca, A. Mazzone, A. Sardaro, M. Tutino

“…More and more sophisticated and newly designed deposition samplers have being used for characterization of deposited mercury, demonstrating the importance of rain scavenging and the relatively higher magnitude of Hg deposition from Chinese anthropogenic sources. …”
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MOF-derived intelligent arenobufagin nanocomposites with glucose metabolism inhibition for enhanced bioenergetic therapy and integrated photothermal-chemodynamic-chemotherapy by Lihua Chen, Jiaying Yang, Lingyu Jia, Xiaolu Wei, Huijun Wang, Zhuo Liu, Shan Jiang, Pengyue Li, Yanyan Zhou, Hongjie Wang, Nan Si, Baolin Bian, Qinghe Zhao, Haiyu Zhao

“…To overcome the poor bioavailability and toxicity of arenobufagin (ArBu), a MOF-derived intelligent nanosystem, ZIAMH, was designed to facilitate energy deprivation by simultaneous interventions of glycolysis, OXPHOS and TCA cycle. …”
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Bio-Inspired Jumping Spider Optimization for Controller Tuning/Parameter Estimation of an Uncertain Aerodynamic MIMO System by Ravi Samikannu, Oduetse Matsebe, David Ezekiel

“…The convergence of the gains values to the local or global solutions occur with ease. In designing controllers for the Twin-Rotor MIMO System (TRMS), Jumping Spider Optimization Algorithm (JSOA), a novel neoteric population-based bio-inspired metaheuristic approach is used to obtain optimum values for the Proportional, Integral and Derivative (PID) controllers. …”
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The Development of Smart Wheel Media For Reading Recognition to 1st Grade Students of MI Mamba'ul Huda by Fatimatuzzahro Fatimatuzzahro, Zumrotus Sa'diyah, Firda Zakiyatur Rofi'ah

“…This study uses the R&D (Research and Development) method, using the model developed by Borg and Gall. by designing media development. Data collection was carried out by means of observation, interviews, and documentation studies followed by a questionnaire. …”
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Multi-branch convolutional neural network with cross-attention mechanism for emotion recognition by Fei Yan, Zekai Guo, Abdullah M. Iliyasu, Kaoru Hirota

“…In the feature extraction stage, various convolutional neural networks were designed to extract critical information from multiple dimensional features. …”
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Thermochemical Recycling of Solid Biomass Materials for Achieving Sustainable Goal: A Complete Characterization Study on Liquid Yield Products by Ashok Kumar Koshariya, J. Madhusudhanan, Harishchander Anandaram, J. Isaac JoshuaRamesh Lalvani, L. Natrayan, Praveen Bhai Patel, P. Jayaraman, Ezhakudiyan Ravindran, Palanisamy Rajkumar

“…The experimental run was designed to analyze the impact of bed temperature on product yield by varying the process temperature from 350°C to 750°C. …”
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Experimental Study of Bilinear Initiating System Based on Hard Rock Pile Blasting by Yusong Miao, Xiaojie Li, HongHao Yan, Xiaohong Wang, Junpeng Sun

“…Then, in order to analyze the crack propagation in different initiation forms, a rock fracture test slot was designed, and the results show that bilinear initiating system can change the energy distribution of explosives. …”
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Variable-Parameter Impedance Control of Manipulator Based on RBFNN and Gradient Descent by Linshen Li, Fan Wang, Huilin Tang, Yanbing Liang

“…Firstly, a sliding mode controller is designed for position control to mitigate uncertainties, including friction and unknown perturbations within the manipulator system. …”
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Role of solute elements in Mg-Mg2Ni hydrogen storage alloys: A first-principles calculation study by Min-Seok Yoon, Jae Hur, Seo-Hui Park, Ui-Jong Lee, Guanglong Xu, Hyung-Ki Park, Byeong-Chan Suh, Young Min Kim, Won-Seok Ko

“…For the Mg2Ni-based intermetallic compound, we examined the site preference of each alloying element, considering the designated stoichiometry of the base alloy. Based on the revealed site preferences, the effects of various possible alloying elements on the properties of Mg2Ni-based hydrides were also examined. …”
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