Highly sensitive split ring resonator-based sensor for quality monitoring of edible oils by Muhammad Amir Khalil, Wong Hin Yong, Tehseen Batool, Ahasanul Hoque, Lo Yew Chiong, Hui Hwang Goh, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Mohamed S. Soliman, Mohammad Tariqul Islam

“…The designed structure has dimensions of 10 × 10 mm2 and is optimized for detecting adulteration in edible oils. …”
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Effects of Low-Load Blood Flow Restriction Training on Rotator Cuff Strength and Hypertrophy: Case Series by Daniel W Safford, Kshamata M Shah, Frederic Breidenbach, Philip W McClure

“…The potential for a confounding systemic response in the study design makes determining whether low-load BFRT is more beneficial than low-load non-BFRT difficult. …”
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Bioelectronic osteosynthesis plate to monitor the fracture bone healing using electric capacitive variations by Diogo G. Pires, Nuno M. Silva, A. Completo, Marco P. Soares dos Santos

“…Conclusions This work provides a significant contribution to the design of bioelectronic implant technologies for highly personalized sensing of biointerfaces. …”
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Assessment of the Possibility of Transition Power Boilers to Alternative Solid Fuels by Modeling Combustion Processes by V. B. Prokhorov, V. S. Kirichkov, S. L. Chernov, M. V. Fomenko

“…Alternative fuel means such coal, for the use of which the boilers have not been designed during their design or reconstruction, as well as coal that has not previously undergone industrial or experimental combustion at this TPP. …”
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How Fast Is Recovery of Impaired Glucose Tolerance after 21-Day Bed Rest (NUC Study) in Healthy Adults? by Martina Heer, Natalie Baecker, Stephan Wnendt, Annelie Fischer, Gianni Biolo, Petra Frings-Meuthen

“…They stayed twice in the metabolic ward (crossover design), 21 days in bed and 7 days before and after BR each. …”
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Biomass production and silage quality of ensiled BRS Capiaçu elephant grass at different regrowth ages and residue heights by Daiana Lopes Lelis, Domingos Sávio Campos Paciullo, Mirton Jose Frota Morenz, Carlos Augusto de Miranda Gomide, João Paulo Santos Roseira, Fernando Cesar Ferraz Lopes, Jackson Silva e Oliveira, Odilon Gomes Pereira, Vanessa Paula da Silva, Fernanda Helena Martins Chizzotti

“…Four regrowth ages (75, 90, 105, and 120 days) and two residue heights (10 and 50 cm) were evaluated. The experimental design used a randomized complete block design with a 4 × 2 factorial scheme and 3 replicates. …”
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Direct Medical Expenditures Associated with Eye Complications among Adults with Diabetes in the United States by Abdulkarim M. Meraya, Monira Alwhaibi, Moteb A. Khobrani, Hafiz A. Makeen, Saad S. Alqahtani, David Banji

“…The second objective is to estimate the out-of-pocket spending burden among adults with ECs. Study Design. A cross-sectional study design using data from multiple panels (2009-2015) of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey was employed. …”
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Electro-optic cavities for in-situ measurement of cavity fields by Michael S. Spencer, Joanna M. Urban, Maximilian Frenzel, Niclas S. Mueller, Olga Minakova, Martin Wolf, Alexander Paarmann, Sebastian F. Maehrlein

“…To enable simultaneous intra-cavity sampling alongside excited-state material control, we design a tunable multi-layer cavity, enabling deterministic design of hybrid cavities for polaritonic systems. …”
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Investigating the Working Efficiency of Typical Work in High-Altitude Alpine Metal Mining Areas Based on a SeqGAN-GABP Mixed Algorithm by Ning Hua, He Huang, Xinhong Zhang

“…In this study, ergonomic theory was applied to establish the evaluation index system of typical work efficiency in high-altitude alpine metal mining areas by studying the cooperative relationship between operators, working machines, working environment, and design variables. First, we investigated the collaborative relationship between workers, operating machinery, operating environment, and design variables in order to establish the evaluation index system of typical work efficiency in high-altitude alpine metal mining areas. …”
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Technical, economic and lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions analyses of solid sorbent direct air capture technologies by Sylvanus Lilonfe, Sarah Rodgers, Amir F.N. Abdul-Manan, Ioanna Dimitriou, Jon McKechnie

“…This study presents a comprehensive assessment of five solid sorbents under different technology scenarios to determine the design, operations, cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of DAC technologies. …”
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Inerting Strategy for a Demonstration-Scale Hot Cell Facility Based on Experiences from Pilot-Scale Argon Cell Facility Operation and CFD Analysis by Seungnam Yu, Jaehoon Lim, Ilje Cho, Jonghui Han

“…Based on the successful operation of a pilot-scale facility, a conceptual design for this scale-up facility was actualized. …”
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Motion feature extraction using magnocellular-inspired spiking neural networks for drone detection by Jiayi Zheng, Jiayi Zheng, Yaping Wan, Xin Yang, Hua Zhong, Minghua Du, Gang Wang, Gang Wang

“…To design and train the MG-SNN, we propose a new backpropagation method called Dynamic Threshold Multi-frame Spike Time Sequence (DT-MSTS), and establish a dataset for the training and validation of MG-SNN, effectively extracting and updating visual motion features. …”
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Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: a systematic review by Una MacLeod, Elizabeth D Mitchell, Benjamin Pickwell-Smith

“…No language restrictions were applied.Study selection Studies of any design assessing factors associated with diagnosis of colorectal or lung cancer via EP, or describing an intervention to impact on EP, were included. …”
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A four-compartment controller model of muscle fatigue for static and dynamic tasks by James Yang, Ritwik Rakshit, Shuvrodeb Barman, Yujiang Xiang

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The Effect of Excavation Disturbance on the Stability of Bedding Cataclastic Rock Mass High Slope Containing Multimuddy Interlayers by Fei Liu, Jiaming Zhang, Pengzheng Guo, Wenlian Liu, Zhiqiang Wang, Jipu Chen

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Experimental analysis and performance evaluation of a solar PV-driven diffusion absorption refrigeration system by Mohamed Rady, Mohanad Aljahdli, Abdullah Abuhabaya, Eydhah Almatrafi, Faisal Al Batati, Alaa Attar

“…This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the design, integration, and performance evaluation of a photovoltaic (PV) solar-driven aqua-ammonia diffusion absorption refrigeration (DAR) system. …”
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Simplified Target Strength Analysis Procedure of an Underwater Vehicle Considering Target Strength Absorbing Materials by Jangwoo Kim, Jaeman Kim, Joo-Yeob Lee, Dae-Seung Cho, Sung-Ju Park, Kyungjun Song, Yun-ho Shin, Kookhyun Kim

“…Target strength (TS) is an important design factor for improving the survivability of an underwater vehicle, and various efforts are ongoing to enhance it. …”
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Effective and Engaging Active Learning in the Medical School Classroom: Lessons from Case-Based Collaborative Learning by Henrike C. Besche, Randall W. King, Keri M. Shafer, Sarah E. Fleet, Julia F. Charles, Tamara B. Kaplan, Katie A. Greenzang, Melanie P. Hoenig, Richard M. Schwartzstein, Barbara A. Cockrill, Krisztina Fischer

“…Given the ongoing educational evolution, guidance on designing and facilitating collaborative learning sessions, such as CBCL may benefit faculty in their instructional design efforts. …”
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Multi-Flexible Body Dynamics Modeling and Experimental Study of the Patient Rehabilitation Transfer Device by Wu Ren, Kailu Zhang, Xueling Zhang, Ziya Zhao, Fei Lin, Kai Xie, Jia Li, Yi Yu

“…The existing research on the device is mainly focused on the configuration design and transfer mode, and the research on its dynamic characteristics during the transfer process has not been thoroughly discussed. …”
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How do doctors manage physical activity advocacy for patients and their own self-care? A qualitative interview study of general practitioners in Ireland by Andrew O'Regan, Vikram Niranjan, Amanda Clifford, Joe MacDonagh, Ibak Baky, Alison Bourke, Conor Byrne

“…Objectives This study explored general practitioners’ (GPs) understanding of physical activity advocacy to patients and their own self-care, how GPs perceive their own physical activity behaviours, how their personal experience of physical activity affects how they promote it in practice and how they define the limitations of their role in this.Design A qualitative design, involving online semi-structured interviews, was employed. …”
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