Physician Perceptions on Colonoscopy Quality: Results of a National Survey of Gastroenterologists by Ziad F. Gellad, Corrine I. Voils, Li Lin, Dawn Provenzale

“…The majority of respondents agreed with the use of completion rate (90%) and adenoma detection rate (83%) as quality indicators but there was less enthusiasm for withdrawal time (61%). 24% of respondents reported usually or always removing diminutive polyps solely to increase their adenoma detection rate, and 20% reported prolonging their procedure time to meet withdrawal time standards. …”
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Measurement of the radiation level dose to patient from fluoroscopy device during cardiac catheterization by Luma Naji, Susan Zwyea, Alyaa Raheem

“…Twenty-seven patients were included and  absorbed doses were measured and distributed according to Fluoroscopy (Fluo) time, mAs and Dose Area Product (DPA). It was found that the absorbed dose received by the patients has a  linear relationship with the Fluoroscopy time, mAs and DAP. …”
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Early and long-term performance evaluation of low NaOH concentrated waste HBP-GGBS based alkali activated composites by Mine Kurtay-Yıldız

“…This study determined the importance of curing time in optimizing the mechanical and durability properties of waste HBP-GGBS based AACs. …”
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Effect of Planting Density and Harvest Interval on the Leaf Yield and Quality of Moringa (Moringa oleifera) under Diverse Agroecological Conditions of Northern South Africa by M. P. Mabapa, K. K. Ayisi, I. K. Mariga

“…Moringa is capable of meeting all nutrient requirements of livestock depending on harvest time and location.…”
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Interval evaluation of temporal (in)stability for neural machine translation by Anna Egorova, Mikhail Kruzhkov, Vitaly Nuriev, Igor Zatsman

“…One year-long experiment shows that not only does NMT quality improve, but it also may decrease with time.…”
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Emotional Interaction and Behavioral Decision-Making Mechanism in Network Science Education Based on Deep Learning by Pengjiao Li, Qian Meng

“…The study time of students’ online courses is mainly concentrated. …”
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Empirical mode decomposition/Hilbert transform analysis of postural responses to small amplitude anterior-posterior sinusoidal translations of varying frequencies by Rakesh Pilkar, Erik M. Bollt, Charles Robinson

“…Hilbert transforms are applied to produce each IMF’s time-frequency spectrum. The most dominant mode in total energy indicates a sway ramble with a frequency content below 0.1 Hz. …”
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Risk Factors for Periacetabular Osteolysis and Wear in Asymptomatic Patients with Uncemented Total Hip Arthroplasties by Buster Sandgren, Joakim Crafoord, Henrik Olivecrona, Göran Garellick, Lars Weidenhielm

“…A thin liner at time of operation is correlated to increased wear. …”
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Valuing Banyumas Cultural Heritage Tourism: A Comparative Analysis in Support of SDG’s 11 for Sustainable Cities and Communities by Suharno Suharno, Aziz Ahmad Abdul, Lestari Unik, Eltayeb Elfaki Khalid

“…While the monetary approach mainly reflects the cost of accessing cultural heritage tourism – ceteris paribus preference– the time spent approach shows that those who invest more time in the visit are fanatics, avid enthusiasts, fascinated visitors, engagement visitors, and educated adults. …”
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Extending OpenStack Monasca for Predictive Elasticity Control by Giacomo Lanciano, Filippo Galli, Tommaso Cucinotta, Davide Bacciu, Andrea Passarella

“…Managing such rules at scale is cumbersome, especially when resources require non-negligible time to be instantiated. This paper introduces an architecture for predictive cloud operations, which enables orchestrators to apply time-series forecasting techniques to estimate the evolution of relevant metrics and take decisions based on the predicted state of the system. …”
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Fast Optimal Replica Placement with Exhaustive Search Using Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor by Hidetoshi Takeshita, Sho Shimizu, Hiroyuki Ishikawa, Akifumi Watanabe, Yutaka Arakawa, Naoaki Yamanaka, Kosuke Shiba

“…This paper proposes a new replica placement algorithm that expands the exhaustive search limit with reasonable calculation time. It combines a new type of parallel data-flow processor with an architecture tuned for fast calculation. …”
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Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs): From the laboratory point of view by Margetić Sandra, Goreta Sandra Šupraha, Ćelap Ivana, Razum Marija

“…Although DOACs have an impact on screening haemostasis assays (prothrombin time, PT; activated partial thromboplastin time, aPTT; and thrombin time, TT), these tests are not appropriate for quantifying drug levels. …”
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Generating context-specific sports training plans by combining generative adversarial networks. by Juquan Tan, Jingwen Chen

“…The research focuses on improving context-specific efficiency and real-time adaptability while addressing the limitations of traditional methods. …”
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Seismic Fragility Estimates of LRB Base Isolated Frames Using Performance-Based Design by Iman Mansouri, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri, Jong Wan Hu, Mohammadreza Khoshkalam, Sanaz Soori, Shahrokh Shahbazi

“…Likewise obtained results show that, with increasing design time period of isolator, the amount of failure probability is decreased rather than the isolator with smaller design time period, for both LS and IO states. …”
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3D Imaging of Dead Sea Area Using Weighted Multipath Summation: A Case Study by Shemer Keydar, Benjamin Medvedev, Abdallah Al-Zoubi, Michael Ezersky, Emad Akkawi

“…The multipath summation is performed by stacking the target waves along all possible time surfaces having a common apex at the given point. …”
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Social Networks and Memory over 15 Years of Followup in a Cohort of Older Australians: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing by Lynne C. Giles, Kaarin J. Anstey, Ruth B. Walker, Mary A. Luszcz

“…There was evidence of a linear, but not quadratic, effect of time on memory, and an interaction between friends’ social networks and time was apparent. …”
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Numerical Investigation on Flapping Aerodynamic Performance of Dragonfly Wings in Crosswind by Chao Wang, Rui Zhang, Chaoying Zhou, Zhenzhong Sun

“…The results show that the sideslip angle ϑ has a little effect on the total time-average lift force but significant influence on the total time-average thrust force, lateral force, and three-direction torques. …”
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Short‐term load forecasting at electric vehicle charging sites using a multivariate multi‐step long short‐term memory: A case study from Finland by Tim Unterluggauer, Kalle Rauma, Pertti Järventausta, Christian Rehtanz

“…., one hour) or 96 (i.e., 24 h) time steps is carried out, enabling a comparison of both horizons. …”
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A New Variant of B-Spline for the Solution of Modified Fractional Anomalous Subdiffusion Equation by M. S. Hashmi, Zainab Shehzad, Asifa Ashraf, Zhiyue Zhang, Yu-Pei Lv, Abdul Ghaffar, Mustafa Inc, Ayman A. Aly

“…The objective of this paper is to present an efficient numerical technique for solving time fractional modified anomalous subdiffusion equation. …”
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The Prognostic Importance of Prostate-Specific Antigen in Monitoring Patients Undergoing Maximum Androgen Blockage for Metastatic Prostate Cancer by Ahmet Kiper, Orhan Yiğitbasi, Abdurrahim Imamoglu, Can Tuygun, Celaleddin Turan

“…The decrease in PSA level is more important than gleason scores in determining the time to progression. Early normalisation of PSA delays the time to progression and when combined with gleason scores, PSA is an important prognostic factor in predicting the success of the therapy.…”
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