A Rescheduling Approach for Freight Railway considering Equity and Efficiency by an Integrated Genetic Algorithm by Zhuotong Bai, Hui Wang, Lin Yang, Jiajie Li, Huapu Lu

“…An integrated two-dimension genetic algorithm (ITGA) approach is developed to reobtain an optimized timetable of sufficient quality while meeting the time requirements for real-time rescheduling. …”
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Career Perspectives for Pediatric Orthopaedic Trainees and Early Practitioners: A Panel Discussion by Jeffrey B. Peck, MD, William Cutchen, MD, Lee Haruno, MPH, Dustin Greenhill, MD, Karen Bovid, MD, Brandon Ramo, MD

“…Key Concepts: (1) When selecting a fellowship, it is valuable to understand one's learning style and to consider family needs. (2) After discovering what positions may be available, match each potential position's professional and personal opportunities with your needs. (3) Your initial practice will evolve to your ideal professional endpoint over years of effort and development. (4) The optimal work-life relationship is possible with good communication with your partner/family and with a good team of supporting healthcare staff around you. (5) Regular attendance at the POSNA annual meeting and involvement in committee work can be a resource and provide tremendous professional satisfaction.…”
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Asymmetric Phase MPCC Interleaving Method for Boost PFC Converter With Enhanced Input Current Harmonic Characteristic by Hee-Jeong Seon, Hyun-Gyu Koh, Yeong-Jun Choi

“…The verification results showed that the proposed method achieved improved PF under all load conditions, and improved THD at high load conditions, meeting the IEC-61000-3-2 CLASS A standard.…”
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An Enhanced Version of Second-Order Synchrosqueezing Transform Combined with Time-Frequency Image Texture Features to Detect Faults in Bearings by Xiaohan Cheng, Aiming Wang, Zongwu Li, Long Yuan, Yajing Xiao

“…However, the early fault diagnosis of roller bearings based on statistical texture features of high-resolution images obtained by the vertical synchrosqueezing transform was shown to have high accuracy and strong robustness to noise, thus meeting the demand for intelligent fault diagnosis.…”
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A Comparative Study of Physical Activity Levels Between Rural and Urban Settings in Zimbabwe by Norman Manyeruke, Kerry Vermaak, Nicholas Mudonhi, Wilfred Njabulo Nunu

“…Results: Rural respondents were 62% more likely to meet the World Health Organisation (WHO) required physical activity level than urban respondents. …”
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Designing a multi-period multi-stage supply chain network under uncertainty by Maryam Hemmati, Masoud Rabbani, Mohammad Reza Mehregan

“…Purpose: One of the biggest challenges of the 21st century is meeting the needs of the growing world population. …”
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Optimal power dispatch method for wind farms considering service quality and available power by Xueting Cheng, Juan Wei, Hanzhi Peng, Jinhao Wang, Fan Hu, Liming Bo

“…The goal is to ensure operational safety while meeting the power demand instructions from the dispatch centre. …”
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Great Northern War and Church reform of Peter the Great by N. V. Sokolova

“…In this regard, there is an obvious need to reject historical parallels between the events of the early 18th century and the "monastic secularization" of 1764.Comparing the Alexei Kurbatov’s proposals to Peter I in a letter dated October 25, 1700, with the content of the personal decrees of January 24 and 31, 1701 on the restoration of the Monastic Order allows us to hypothesize that the defeat at Narva and preparation for the meeting with the Elector Augustus II that would result in the signing of the Biržai pact, significantly adjusted the plans of the Church reform. …”
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Awardee Summary of 2023 Taiwan Oncology Society Clinical Research Award Recipient: Persistent Endeavors on Research of Digestive Cancers for Three Decades by Kun-Huei Yeh

“…Third, on behalf of the Taiwan Oncology Society, we participated in and published the Pan-Asian adapted European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Clinical Practice Guidelines for locally advanced and metastatic CRC, gastric, and esophageal cancers, and the consensus meeting on tumor-agnostic indications of microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) and NTRK. …”
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Venous thromboembolism in bullous pemphigoid: current evidence and update on systematic review by Atheer G. Almutairi, Abeer G. Almutairi, Rahaf R. Almutairi, Asem Shadid, Alhanouf A. Bin Dakhil, Lamia Alakrash

“…After database searches, 115 studies meeting the inclusion criteria were identified. A manual inquiry yielded an additional 11 articles. …”
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Experimental Study on Damage Breakage Properties of Shaft Lining Concrete under Hydromechanical Coupling by Weipei Xue, Zhishu Yao, Wei Jing, Bin Tang, Gan Kong, Dezhu Xie

“…To study the damage breakage properties under the above specific working conditions, shaft lining concrete specimens meeting the requirements of engineering application were prepared. …”
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Study on the correlation between carotid plaque calcification types and acute ischemic stroke by Tianyu Chu, Zhongping Guo, Yonggang Zhang, Ying Liu, Yan Gu

“…This could provide new insights into the clinical evaluation and treatment of ischemic stroke.MethodsThis study obtained information on patients undergoing head and neck CTA examinations at the First People's Hospital of Lianyungang between September 2022 and August 2023 to investigate the clinical differences in baseline data between the acute ischemic stroke and control groups. Patients meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria were classified into 1 to 6 groups according to their plaque calcification characteristics. …”
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Experimental Study on the Damage and Deterioration Behaviour of Deep Soft Rock under Water-Rock Interaction by Zenghui Zhao, Hao Liu, Xianzhou Lyu, Lei Wang, Zhongxi Tian, Jiecheng Sun

“…However, Poisson’s ratio varies little, which indicates that the swelling of cemented mudstone is not obvious when meeting water. In addition, the failure pattern of mudstone changes from overall splitting failure to block fragmentation failure. …”
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OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE PRACTICES: EVIDENCE FROM LISTED NIGERIAN INDUSTRIAL GOODS FIRMS by Olayinka Olaitan ABIDOYE, Blessing Onyi AKINDE, Eucharia Ogechukwu OKAFOR, Ayodele Adebowale ADISA

“…The firm should also leverage FRO by engaging foreign stakeholders in setting up and meeting rigorous environmental reporting benchmarks. …”
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Assessment of endometrial carcinoma on biopsy as a predictor of final surgical pathology: Are we doing it right? A completed audit cycle and recommendations by Aneeta Jassar, Nour Hemali, Anjali Bhatnagar

“…Settings and Design: The audit was approved by the Clinical Effectiveness Team of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK) as meeting all the criteria and standards set out by the College. …”
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Methodologische Probleme in der phonetischen Forschung des Polnischen als Fremdsprache by Alicja Derych

“…The aim of the article was to signal issues that may be met by the researchers attempting to design their studies: selecting a study group meeting specific criteria, determining their language proficiency level, proposing adequate source materials, and planning the recording phase. …”
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Analyzing crop production: Unraveling the impact of pests and pesticides through a fractional model by Navnit Jha, Akash Yadav, Ritesh Pandey, A.K. Misra

“… The continuous growth of the human population raises concerns about food, fiber, and agricultural insecurity. Meeting the escalating demand for agricultural products due to this population surge makes protecting crops from pests becomes imperative. …”
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The Effects of Palm Oil Fuel Ash on Mechanical and Durability Properties of Sustainable Foamed Concrete by Dahlia Patah, Amry Dasar, Nurazuwa Md. Noor

“…Foamed concrete, like bricks, can be produced by adding a foaming agent to achieve the desired weight and density, while meeting requirements for strength and durability. …”
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Precision Calibration of Robot Magnetorheological Finishing System Based on Laser Tracker by Yujing Wei, Runmu Cheng, Longxiang Li, Qiang Cheng, Yue Pan, Chaoyue Zhu, Jinbo Zhang, Jun Zheng, Bo Ai

“…Experimental results show that this method achieves a maximum repeatability error of just 0.0505 mm, significantly improving the stability and reliability of the calibration results and meeting the high-precision processing requirements of MRF technology.…”
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High-Order Engineering Fastest Controller and Its Application in Thermal Power Units by Shangyao Shi, Jun Li, Yijia Huo, Ruiqi Li, Pengyun Chen

“…Power system engineers have consequently devised the engineering fastest controller (EFC), which has adeptly succeeded PID control in nascent applications, thereby meeting the stringent control exigencies for deep peak regulation and agile frequency modulation. …”
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