Development of a photoacoustic acquisition system and their proof-of-concept for hemoglobin detection by Bruna Pinheiro, Vânia Pinto, Hugo Dinis, Michael Belsley, Susana Catarino, Graça Minas, Paulo Sousa

“…Based on the measured frequency response of commercial piezoelectric transducers, an electronics design comprising a differential charge amplifier and a band-pass filter was developed. …”
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Effectiveness of women-led community interventions in improving tuberculosis preventive treatment in children: results from a comparative, before–after study in Ethiopia by Jacob Creswell, Degu Jerene, Ahmed Bedru, Dawit Assefa, Kalkidan Tesfaye, Samuel Bayu, Samuel Seid, Fikirte Aberra, Amera Khan

“…Objectives Our objective was to evaluate the impact of a service delivery model led by membership-based associations called Iddirs formed by women on tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) initiation and completion rates among children.Design Comparative, before-and-after study design.Setting Three intervention and two control districts in Ethiopia.Participants Children who had a history of close contact with adults with infectious forms of tuberculosis (TB). …”
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Pengaruh Gangguan Tidur Terhadap Kadar Hormon Testosteron dan Jumlah Spermatozoa pada Tikus Jantan Wistar by Leni Tri Wahyuni, Adnil Edwin Nurdin, Eliza Anas

“…Jenis penelitian adalah eksperimen laboratorium dengan desain post test only control group<br />design. Populasi tikus jantan Wistar berumur 2-3 bulan, dan berat badan 300 – 350 gr. …”
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Development and validation of a novel risk-predicted model for early sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort study by Bo Li, Kun Zhang, Cong-Cong Zhao, Zi-Han Nan, Yan-Ling Yin, Li-Xia Liu, Zhen-Jie Hu

“…Objectives This study aimed to develop a prediction model for the detection of early sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI), which is defined as AKI diagnosed within 48 hours of a sepsis diagnosis.Design A retrospective study design was employed. …”
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Comparative cross-sectional study on the prevalence, determinants and willingness to use long-acting reversible contraception among female students attending public and private uni... by Tope Michael Ipinnimo, Taofeek Adedayo Sanni, Kabir Adekunle Durowade, Olusegun Elijah Elegbede, Kayode Rasaq Adewoye, Oluseyi Adedeji Aderinwale, John Olujide Ojo, Ayo Kamal Alabi, Richard Dele Agbana, Joy Bosan

“…The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, determinants and willingness to use LARC among undergraduate female students attending public and private universities in Ekiti State, Southwest NigeriaDesign This survey employed a cross-sectional comparative study design.Setting Public and private universities in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria.Participants 418 female students in their undergraduate years at public and private universities (208 students in public universities and 210 students in private universities).Primary and secondary outcomes A semistructured questionnaire was used to gather data, and analysis was done using IBM SPSS V.25. …”
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Synergistic effect of porous structure and gradient structure in carbon foam to boost terahertz absorption by Xiao Sun, Lipeng Wu, Congli Zhou, Dun Lu, Shangzhi Chen, Mingduo Yang, Chaoyang Kuang, Wenjie Fu, Xuesong Li, Zhaoyun Duan, Qiye Wen

“…Creating porous structures and gradient structures are two commonly used design strategies for terahertz (THz) absorption enhancement. …”
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PENGEMBANGAN PENUNTUN PRAKTIKUM FISIKA DASAR II MENGGUNAKAN TEKNOLOGI AUGMENTED REALITY PADA MATERI RANGKAIAN LISTRIK DAN OPTIK GEOMETRIS by Aris Dermawan Siahaan, Rosane Medriati, Eko Risdianto

“…Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian pengembangan (Research and Development) dengan tahapan Define, Design, dan Develop. Hasil uji validitas aspek isi didapatkan hasil persentase sebesar 80% dengan kategori sangat baik, aspek penyajian sebesar 79,17% dengan kategori sangat baik,  aspek kepraktisan sebesar 90,48% dengan kategori sangat baik, aspek bahasa 98%,  dan aspek keterkaitan materi dengan media sebesar 86,11% dalam kategori sangat baik. …”
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Thermodynamic qualification of knitted spacer fabrics for use as insulation box insert in the context of refrigerated transport containers in the logistics sector by Julia Klausmann, Thomas Mutschler, Prisca Holderied, Dominik Güther, Thomas Freitag, Matthias Hummel, Martin Zeitler, Oliver van Neerven, Marcus Oliver Weber, Christof Breckenfelder

“…Known refrigeration concepts are designed to cool the entire cargo hold. In addition, the goods cannot be removed from the vehicle while maintaining the cold chain. …”
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Genetic analysis and association detection of agronomic traits in maize genotypes by Seyyed Mohammad Sadegh Hosseini, Mohammadreza Shiri, Khodadad Mostafavi, Abdollah Mohammadi, Seyyed Mehdi Miri

“…This study utilized a diallel mating design involving nine advanced early maize lines to dissect the genetic architecture underlying key agronomic traits and their impact on yield. …”
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Research of changes in electromagnetic parameters in controlled asynchronous special electric drives by V. Yu. Karandey, O. B. Popova, B. K. Popov, V. L. Afanasiev

“…The results of the study are applicable to create a computer-aided design system for the research asynchronous electric drives and solve modeling and design problems. …”
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3D printing driving innovations in extreme low-temperature energy storage by Shutong Qin, Jiao Dai, Haoran Tian, Hanyuan Zhang, Jingru Huang, Tianqi Guan, Weilin Xu, Jun Wan

“…Particular emphasis is placed on its unique applications in structural design, interfacial engineering, and multi-material coupling. …”
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Development of stand for visualization and experimental study of working process in vortex jet device by A. Yu. Uss, A. S. Pugachuk, A. V. Chernyshev, F. G. Tukhbatullin

“…The stand is recommended to be used as a tool in the design methodology of vortex jet devices based on multi-criteria optimization of geometric parameters of the flow cavity based on the zero-order method (simplex method)…”
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Pengaruh Pemijatan Perineum pada Primigravida terhadap Kejadian Ruptur Perineum saat Persalinan di Bidan Praktek Mandiri di Kota Bengkulu Tahun 2014 by Wewet Savitri, Ermawati ., Elda Yusefni

“…Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian quasi eksperimen dengan metode post test only control group design. Penelitian dilakukan di Bidan Praktek Mandiri (BPM) kota Bengkulu dengan subjek 28 orang primigravida usia kehamilan 36 minggu yang terdiri dari 14 orang kelompok intervensi dan 14 orang kelompok kontrol. …”
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Sparse Convolution FPGA Accelerator Based on Multi-Bank Hash Selection by Jia Xu, Han Pu, Dong Wang

“…To address this issue, we propose a shared feature map cache design for asynchronous convolution in the accelerators presented in this paper. …”
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Why India is struggling to feed their young children? A qualitative analysis for tribal communities by Sanjay Sharma, Monica Lakhanpaul, Logan Manikam, Priti Parikh, Lorna Benton, Shereen Allaham, Rajesh Khanna, Susrita Roy, Marie Lall, Virendra Kumar Vijay, Neha Santwani, Hanimi Reddy, Hemant Chaturvedi, Satya Prakash Pattanaik, Tol Singh, Pramod Pandya, Priyanka Dang

“…The ultimate goal of the Participatory Approach for Nutrition in Children: Strengthening Health Education Engineering and Environment Linkages project is to identify challenges and opportunities for improvement to subsequently develop socioculturally appropriate, tailored, innovative interventions for the successful implementation of appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices locally.Design Qualitative research method, involving five phases: (1) identification of local feeding practices; (2) identification of the local needs and opportunities for children aged 6–24 months; and (3–5) analysis of the gathered qualitative data, intervention design, review and distribution.Setting Nine villages in two community development blocks, that is, Ghatol and Kushalgarh, located in the Banswara district in Rajasthan, India.Participants 68 participants completed semistructured interviews or focus group discussions including: mothers, grandmothers, auxiliary nurse midwife, Anganwadi worker, ASHA Sahyogini, school teachers and local elected representative.Phenomenon of interest IYCF practices and the factors associated with it.Analysis Thematic analysis.Results Our results could be broadly categorised into two domains: (1) the current practices of IYCF and (2) the key drivers and challenges of IYCF. …”
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Are school-based violence prevention interventions inclusive and effective for children with disabilities? A systematic review of global evidenceResearch in context by Emily Eldred, Karen Devries, Anja Zinke-Allmang, Rizwana Mallick, Waliyah Mughis, Lena Morgon Banks, Amiya Bhatia

“…We applied criteria to assess disability inclusion and conducted a narrative synthesis of study characteristics, adaptations to intervention and/or data collection design, and effect estimates. We assessed risk of bias using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. …”
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Artificial intelligence driven cyberattack detection system using integration of deep belief network with convolution neural network on industrial IoT by Mahmoud Ragab, Mohammed Basheri, Nasser N. Albogami, Alanoud Subahi, Omar A. Abdulkader, Hashem Alaidaros, Hassan Mousa, Abdullah AL-Malaise AL-Ghamdi

“…Therefore, this study designs a Next–Generation Cybersecurity Attack Detection using an ensemble deep learning model (NGCAD-EDLM) technique in the IIoT environment. …”
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An Attenuated Cytomegalovirus Vaccine with a Deletion of a Viral Chemokine Gene Is Protective against Congenital CMV Transmission in a Guinea Pig Model by Michael P. Leviton, Juan C. Lacayo, K. Yeon Choi, Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado, Andrew Wey, Mark R. Schleiss

“…Development of a vaccine against congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a public health priority, but CMVs encode immune evasion genes that complicate live virus vaccine design. To resolve this problem, this study employed guanosyl phosphoribosyl transferase (gpt) mutagenesis to generate a recombinant guinea pig CMV (GPCMV) with a knockout of a viral chemokine gene, GPCMV MIP (gp1). …”
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The Use of AI in Mental Health Services to Support Decision-Making: Scoping Review by Hassan Auf, Petra Svedberg, Jens Nygren, Monika Nair, Lina E Lundgren

“…The dynamics of the type of end-user interaction and system design were diverse in complexity for the integration and use of the AI systems to support decision-making in care processes. …”
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The Voltage-Ear &#x2013; An Anomaly in Photovoltaic Systems With Undersized Inverters by Ernst Wittmann, Claudia Buerhop-Lutz, Vincent Christlein, Jens Hauch, Christoph J. Brabec, Ian Marius Peters

“…We assume, that the voltage ear is a symptom of system design issues that can result in malfunctioning of inverters and hope that it will be useful as an indicator for identifying design and operation issues.…”
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