Kaizen Selection for Continuous Improvement through VSM-Fuzzy-TOPSIS in Small-Scale Enterprises: An Indian Case Study by Sunil Kumar, Ashwani Kumar Dhingra, Bhim Singh

“…To overcome the gap between current state map and future state map and to synchronize cycle time of each station with talk time, Kaizen event (KE) was proposed. …”
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Trend Analysis of Historical Drought During 1929-2016 in Diyarbakır Station with Innovative Şen Method by Veysel Gümüş, Latif Doğan Dinsever, Oğuz Şimşek

“…While the percentage of dry periods is 40% for the 1-month time scale (SPI-1), and about 50% for the other time scales. …”
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Factors Affecting Proximal Colon Cleansing Based on Bowel Movement Kinetics: A Prospective Observational Study by Dae Bum Kim, Kang-Moon Lee, Sung-Goo Kang, Sung Hoon Jung

“…The aim of this study was to determine whether the “first defecation time” after polyethylene glycol (PEG) administration affects the cleansing quality in the proximal colon. …”
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Application of GA-BP Neural Network Optimized by Grey Verhulst Model around Settlement Prediction of Foundation Pit by C. Y. Liu, Y. Wang, X. M. Hu, Y. L. Han, X. P. Zhang, L. Z. Du

“…In the previous study, excavation times are often the only factor to predict the settlement, which is mainly because the correspondence between real-time excavation depth and the excavation time is hard to determine. …”
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Impact of alemtuzumab-mediated lymphocyte depletion on SIV reservoir establishment and persistence. by Benjamin Varco-Merth, Morgan Chaunzwa, Derick M Duell, Alejandra Marenco, William Goodwin, Rachel Dannay, Michael Nekorchuk, Danica Shao, Kathleen Busman-Sahay, Christine M Fennessey, Lorna Silipino, Michael Hull, William J Bosche, Randy Fast, Kelli Oswald, Rebecca Shoemaker, Rachele Bochart, Rhonda MacAllister, Caralyn S Labriola, Jeremy V Smedley, Michael K Axthelm, Miles P Davenport, Paul T Edlefsen, Jacob D Estes, Brandon F Keele, Jeffrey D Lifson, Sharon R Lewin, Louis J Picker, Afam A Okoye

“…Time to rebound and reactivation rate was associated with plasma viral loads (pVLs) at time of ART initiation, suggesting lymphocyte depletion had no durable impact on the RCVR. …”
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The Dynamics of Sea Tide-Induced Fluctuations of Groundwater Level and Freshwater-Saltwater Interface in Coastal Aquifers: Laboratory Experiments and Numerical Modeling by Elad Levanon, Haim Gvirtzman, Yoseph Yechieli, Imri Oz, Elad Ben-Zur, Eyal Shalev

“…The calibrated model was used for mapping the time lags throughout the aquifer. It was found that the time lag of saturation fluctuations within the unsaturated zone increased upward from the groundwater level as the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity decreased. …”
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Effects of Various Extents of High-Frequency Hearing Loss on Speech Recognition and Gap Detection at Low Frequencies in Patients with Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Bei Li, Yang Guo, Guang Yang, Yanmei Feng, Shankai Yin

“…We found that the time-compressed speech recognition scores were significantly affected by and correlated with the extents of HF SNHL. …”
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Exclusive Breastfeeding and Its Determinants in Yaoundé, Cameroon: A Retrospective Survival Analysis by Gloria Akah Ndum Okwen, Esron Daniel Karimuribo, Helena Aminiel Ngowi, Edith Nig Fombang

“…The average time for nursing mothers to practice EBF was 3.61 ± 0.010 months. …”
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Fatigue State Evaluation of Urban Railway Transit Drivers Using Psychological, Biological, and Physical Response Signals by Hao Wu, Yubo Jiao, Chaozhe Jiang, Tong Wang, Jiangbo Yu

“…We analyzed the impact of different time window lengths on fatigue detection. The results indicate that as the length of the time window increases, the data captures more comprehensive information, leading to improved fatigue detection accuracy. …”
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Blockchain-Based Piecewise Regressive Kupyna Cryptography for Secure Cloud Services by Selvakumar Shanmugam, Rajesh Natarajan, Gururaj H. L., Francesco Flammini, Badria Sulaiman Alfurhood, Anitha Premkumar

“…Cloud computing (CC) is a network-based concept where users access data at a specific time and place. The CC comprises servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence. …”
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Resnet-1DCNN-REA bearing fault diagnosis method based on multi-source and multi-modal information fusion by Xu Chen, Wenbing Chang, Yongxiang Li, Zhao He, Xiang Ma, Shenghan Zhou

“…At the same time, the time-frequency statistical features of the fused 1D signal were extracted from the integrated perspective of time and frequency domains and inputted into the improved 1D convolutional neural network model based on the residual block and attention mechanism (1DCNN-REA) model to realize fault diagnosis. …”
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Analysis of Daily Visual Habits in a Presbyopic Population by Filomena Ribeiro, Tiago B. Ferreira, Diana Silva, Ana Cláudia Matos, Sylvia Gaspar, David P. Piñero

“…The percentage of time with digital screens ranged from 2% to 48%. …”
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Semantic segmentation of substation tools using an improved ICNet network by Guozhong Liu, Qiongping Tang, Changnian Lin, An Xu, Chonglong Lin, Hao Meng, Mengyu Ruan, Wei Jin

“…To improve the accuracy and real-time performance of semantic segmentation of substation operation and maintenance tools, we have proposed an improved, light-weight, real-time, semantic segmentation network based on an efficient image cascade network architecture (ICNet). …”
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Longitudinal Associations Between Sleep Disturbance Trajectories and Internet Gaming Disorder Mediated by Self-Control: A Six-Wave Longitudinal Investigation by Liu H, Qiao X, Shi X

“…Sleep disturbance was measured from Time 1 to Time 4, self-control was measured at Time 5, and Internet gaming disorder was measured at Time 6. …”
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Fast In-House Next-Generation Sequencing in the Diagnosis of Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Hospital Budget Impact Analysis by Ubong Silas, Maximilian Blüher, Antonia Bosworth Smith, Rhodri Saunders

“…Unfortunately, the testing turnaround time can delay the initiation of targeted therapy. …”
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Particle Shape-Based Evaluation of the Leaching of Sphalerite Ore in Dilute Acid Solutions by Mert Terzi, İlgin Kurşun Ünver, Tuğba Deniz Tombal

“…Optimum results were obtained under the conditions of 75 µm particle size, 15% solids ratio, 120 min leaching time, 0.5 M acid dosage, and 50°C pulp temperature for H2SO4; 106 µm particle size, 25% solids ratio, 60 min leaching time, 0.5 M acid dosage, and 70°C pulp temperature for HCl; 75 µm particle size, 20% solids ratio, 60 min leaching time, 1 M acid dosage, and 50°C pulp temperature for HNO3. …”
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Proseal laryngeal mask airway and endotracheal intubation in lower abdominal gynecological surgeries for perioperative gastric volume assessment and assessing postoperative recover... by Ranjay Mahaseth, Bhavna Gupta, Gaurav Jain, Anupama Bahadur, Deepak Singla, Debendra K. Tripathy

“…The absence of significant differences in time to start clear liquids, time to start a light diet, and time to achieve bowel movements between the ETT and PLMA groups suggested that both airway management techniques are equally safe in facilitating postoperative recovery concerning gastrointestinal functions. …”
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Clinical Effect and Aesthetic Evaluation of Minimally Invasive Implant Therapy by Kefei Li, Fang Liu, Pan Liu, Cuifang Wei, Xue Li

“…The postoperative antibiotic use time, pain disappearance time, swelling degree, and pain degree of the two groups were compared. …”
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Assessment of Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women: A Cross-sectional Study by T Elamathi, K Ananthi, Rimi Singh

“…It has been readily available as an isobaric solution for a long time. Recently, a hyperbaric solution has become available in the Indian market. …”
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Efficacy of Intrathecal 0.75% Hyperbaric Ropivacaine versus 0.5% Hyperbaric Bupivacaine for Elective Inguinal and Perineal Surgery: A Randomised Double-blinded Clinical Study by Bhavini Shah, Dipanjali Mahanta

“…Aim: To compare the efficacy of hyperbaric ropivacaine versus bupivacaine for elective inguinal and perineal surgery under spinal anaesthesia in terms of time of sensory and motor block, time taken to reach peak T8 level sensory block, total duration of both sensory and motor block, time of first micturition, and any associated side-effects. …”
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