Developing AI Smart Sprayer for Punch-Hole Herbicide Application in Plasticulture Production System by Renato Herrig Furlanetto, Ana Claudia Buzanini, Arnold Walter Schumann, Nathan Shawn Boyd

“…To address this issue, we developed and evaluated a precision spraying system designed to target herbicide application to the transplant punch-holes. …”
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Circulating visfatin concentrations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review and meta-analysis by Nahid Aboutaleb, Alireza Moradi, Hamzeh Mirshekari Jahangiri, Mohammad Reza Aslani, Mohammad Reza Aslani

“…ObjectiveThe current study was designed with the aim of conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the circulating levels of visfatin in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared to healthy individuals.MethodsUntil March 2024, we searched the Web of Science, PubMed/Medline, and Scopus databases. …”
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Level of Awareness, Screening Practices, and Self-Detection Among Breast Cancer Patients by Ahmed Nawzad Hassan, Mustafa Saber Al-Attar

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study that used a designed questionnaire applied to investigate demographic data and four other aspects: level of awareness, screening practices, type of screening methods used, and who detected the case for the first time. …”
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Using the behaviour change technique taxonomy v1 (BCTTv1) to identify the active ingredients of pharmacist interventions to improve non-hospitalised patient health outcomes by Marijn de Bruin, Marie Johnston, Claire Scott, Margaret C Watson, Neil Scott, Mícheál de Barra, Catriona Matheson, Christine Bond

“…Future interventions should be designed and reported using relevant taxonomies and checklists for example, BCT taxonomy and TIDieR (the template for intervention description and replication).…”
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Management and Outcome of Patients with Acetabular Fractures: Associated Injuries and Prognostic Factors by Do-Hyun Yeo, Jong-Keon Oh, Jae-Woo Cho, Beom-Soo Kim

“…Simultaneously, we aim to report on the treatment results after our hospital was designated as the focused training center for trauma. …”
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CLINTERVENTIONAL protocol: a randomized controlled trial to evaluate clinical consultations and audiovisual tools for interventional radiology by Pedro Blas García Jurado, Juan José Espejo Herrero, María Sagrario Lombardo Galera, María Eugenia Pérez Montilla, Sara Barranco Acosta, José García-Revillo, Pilar Font Ugalde, Marina Álvarez Benito

“…Data collection will involve specific questionnaires and scales. This trial is designed to investigate the importance of proactive clinical roles in patient care within IR. …”
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PermGuard: A Scalable Framework for Android Malware Detection Using Permission-to-Exploitation Mapping by Arvind Prasad, Shalini Chandra, Mueen Uddin, Taher Al-Shehari, Nasser A. Alsadhan, Syed Sajid Ullah

“…The framework’s resilience is tested against adversarial attacks, demonstrating its ability to withstand attempts to bypass or deceive detection mechanisms and enhance overall security. Designed for scalability, PermGuard can handle large and continuously growing datasets, making it suitable for real-world applications. …”
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Kidney REPLACEment therapies in patients with acute kidney injury and RHABDOmyolysis (ReplaceRhabdo): a pilot trial by Lorenz Weidhase, Antonia Borrmann, Anja Willenberg, Meinhard Mende, Christina Scharf-Janßen, Sirak Petros, Jonathan de Fallois

“…This pilot trial was designed to compare different KRT modes that enable myoglobin elimination. …”
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Morphophysiological alterations caused by insertional mutagenesis of contactin 5 (Cntn5) gene in transgenic mice by A. V. Smirnov, N. A. Feofanova, G. V. Kontsevaya, M. V. Anisimova, I. I. Kovrigin, I. A. Serova, M. P. Moshkin, L. A. Gerlinskaya, N. R. Battulin

“…In this paper, we report our analysis of morphophysiological parameters of the transgenic mouse line GM9, in which a transgene designed for milk-specific expression of the human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene was integrated into the intron of the Contactin 5 gene (Cntn5). …”
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Lessons learnt from horse-related human fatalities: Accident analysis using HFACS-Equestrianism by Meredith Chapman, Kate Fenner, Matthew J.W. Thomas

“…This was done through a detailed frequency analysis of the underlying causes identified from the coronial investigation using Human Factors Analysis and Classification System-Equestrianism (HFACS-Eq), an accident analysis model specifically designed for equestrianism. As to be expected, the analysis found that most fatalities involved falls 56 % (n = 28) resulting in blunt force trauma 96 % (n = 48), with the horse as causal factor 90 % (n = 45).Beyond these obvious findings, the HFACS-Eq analysis revealed additional findings that in turn can guide future health, safety, and welfare advances in equestrianism. …”
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Study on the Triggered Discharge Characteristics of Sphere Gaps for Protecting Transformer Neutral Point by Hongyan Nie, Pengfei Wang, Qingguo Chen, Zhen An, Zhixun Li

“…To better select suitable spark sphere gap switches for different types of surge arresters, this paper has studied the working characteristics of spark sphere gap switches. Designing and manufacturing a 125 mm diameter spark sphere gap switch, which was used to test, in order to get the triggered and natural discharge characteristics of this type gap switch. …”
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Examining Intersectionality and Barriers to the Uptake of Video Consultations Among Older Adults From Disadvantaged Backgrounds With Limited English Proficiency: Qualitative Narrat... by Laiba Husain, Trisha Greenhalgh

“…Recommendations include co-designing inclusive digital services, strengthening relational continuity, and developing targeted support to preserve agency and trust for marginalized groups in an increasingly digital health care landscape.…”
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High-Stability and Fast Calibration-Free Temperature Measurement Based on Light-Induced Thermoelastic Spectroscopy by Xiaonan Liu, Shunda Qiao, Ying He, Yufei Ma

“…Four methods, first harmonic (1f) difference signal to normalize the second harmonic (2f) fundamental signal (method I, 2ffund/1fdiff), 1f overtone signal to normalize the 2f fundamental signal (method II, 2ffund/1fover), 1f heterodyne difference signal to normalize the 2f heterodyne fundamental signal (method III, 2f-Hfund/1f-Hdiff), and 1f heterodyne overtone signal to normalize the 2f heterodyne fundamental signal (method IV, 2f-Hfund/1f-Hover), for simultaneously detecting 1f and 2f within the frequency response range of the QTF are proposed to achieve calibration-free measurement. A self-designed T-shaped QTF with low fundamental and overtone frequencies was used to increase the energy accumulation time, thereby enhancing the sensor signal level. …”
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DIGITAL AND NON-DIGITAL GAMES IN YOUNG LEARNER EFL CLASSROOMS AT WARTIME IN UKRAINE by Ilona Huszti, Enikő Nagy-Kolozsvári, Márta Fábián

“…An online questionnaire was designed to collect data from our participants aged 10-13. …”
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Systematic Risk Analysis and Mitigation Strategies for Near-Miss Events in Interventional Operating Room Nursing by Ma LY, Shan RF, Lu Y, Cong LY, Gu HY

“…Ling-Yu Ma,1 Rong-Fang Shan,1 Yong Lu,1 Lu-Yi Cong,1 Hai-Yan Gu2 1Department of Operating Room, Affiliated Hospital 2 of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Nursing, Affiliated Hospital 2 of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Hai-Yan Gu, Department of Nursing, Affiliated Hospital 2 of Nantong University, No. 666 Shengli Road, Chongchuan District, Nantong, 226001, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13862938568, Email guhaiyan_ghy01@126.comPurpose: The aim of this study is to examine the characteristics of intraoperative nursing near-miss events in interventional operating rooms, systematically identify and analyze associated risks, and propose effective mitigation strategies.Patients and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted using a specially designed survey focused on nursing near-miss events in Interventional operating rooms. …”
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Impact of Oxycodone HCl Extended-release Formulary Restrictions on Extended-release Opioid Market Share, Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs in Commercial and Medicare Plans by Rolin L. Wade, Chi-Chang Chen, Ajita P. De, Jaren C. Howard

“…**Background:** Previous research demonstrated that utilization management (UM) such as prior authorization (PA) or non-formulary (NF) restrictions may reduce pharmacy costs when designed and applied appropriately to certain drug classes. …”
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Ensuring representative sample volume predictions in microplastic monitoring by Richard K. Cross, Sarah L. Roberts, Monika D. Jürgens, Andrew C. Johnson, Craig W. Davis, Todd Gouin

“…In this way, we demonstrate application of the tool to evaluate historic data, but also to assist in new study designs to ensure that environmental microplastic exposure data is relevant and reliable. …”
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Characterization of infectious salmon anaemia virus survival and infectivity in seawater by Simon Chioma Weli, Marit Måsøy Amundsen, Ole Bendik Dale, Sonal Jayesh Patel

“…The time period for ISAV survival and persistence in seawater under various environmental conditions is debated. We designed in vitro experiments to study infectivity of two Norwegian ISAV isolates, in natural non-sterile seawater (NSW). …”
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Characterizations of cytokines and viral genomes in serum of patients with Dabie bandavirus infection by Zefeng Dong, Man Yuan, Yueping Xing, Hongkai Zhang, Qiang Shen

“…The genomes of Dabie bandavirus were amplified using a designated primer pool. The DNA sequencing libraries were prepared using a ligation method. …”
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MEFET-Based CAM/TCAM for Memory-Augmented Neural Networks by Sai Sanjeet, Jonathan Bird, Bibhu Datta Sahoo

“…The write energy and delay are also improved by <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$8\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$12\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula>, respectively, compared with CAMs designed with other nonvolatile devices. A variability analysis is performed to study the effect of process variations on the CAM. …”
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