An MPPT method using phasor particle swarm optimization for PV‐based generation system under varying irradiance conditions by Injila Sajid, Adil Sarwar, Mohd Tariq, Shafiq Ahmad, Farhad Ilahi Bakhsh, Adamali Shah Noor Mohamed, Md. Rasidul Islam

“…The P‐PSO based MPPT method will find application in grid connected and stand‐alone solar PV system with better efficiency of power transfer.…”
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Recording of Falls in Elderly Fallers in Northern Greece and Evaluation of Aging Health-Related Factors and Environmental Safety Associated with Falls: A Cross-Sectional Study by Dimitrios Lytras, Evaggelos Sykaras, Paris Iakovidis, Konstantinos Kasimis, Ioannis Myrogiannis, Anastasios Kottaras

“…Furthermore, reduced performance in the FICSIT-4 test and the 30-Second Chair Stand Test, as well as high scores in the CONFbal–GREEK questionnaire and the Short FES-I, shows a linear relationship with an increased number of falls. …”
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Evidence Communication Rules for Policy (ECR-P) critical appraisal tool by Evangelos Danopoulos, John A. D. Aston, Aarushi Shah, Claudia R. Schneider

“…The tool, which could be applied across all scientific fields, has been developed to fit primarily with the systematic reviewing process but could also serve as a stand-alone tool. Besides review assessors, it can also be used by policymakers, researchers, peer reviewers, editors and any other stakeholders interested in evidence-based policymaking and high-quality evidence communication. …”
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Evaluating handgrip strength and functional tests as indicators of gait speed in older females by Valentina Muollo, Samuel D’Emanuele, Laura Ghiotto, Doriana Rudi, Federico Schena, Cantor Tarperi

“…This cross-sectional study aims to investigate the associations between HGS and common functional tests and to determine the optimal cut-off values for these tests in assessing GS.Methods142 community-dwelling older females aged 60–80 years old (mean age: 75 ± 6 years) were evaluated with HGS, the 30-second arm curl (30 s-AC), 30-second chair stand (30 s-CS), the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), and the 8-foot Up & Go (8-UG) test. …”
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Science-based communication and education needed to improve forest carbon science, policy, and management outcomes by Chad C Papa, Kylie Clay, Lauren T Cooper, Scott C Stark

“…Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing humanity and forests are increasingly seen as a key pathway to mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis. Because forests stand to play a significant role in reaching net-zero emission targets, politicians and policymakers must act decisively to engineer a rapid paradigm shift that maintains forests’ resilience and adaptive capacity. …”
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Efficacy of acupuncture for primary osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Tianyi Ma, Tiantian Zhang, Le Zhang, Haoming Zhao, Ke Liu, Jianjun Kuang, Liang Ou

“…Randomized controlled trials investigating treatment of POP for which acupuncture was administered as a stand-alone treatment or combined with conventional medicine compared to conventional medicine or placebo, were included. …”
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REHABILITATION EFFECT OF CORRECTION OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY FOR PROSTATE CANCER by A. T. Asratov, I. V. Vinogradov, B. R. Gvasaliya, A. A. Kachmazov, A. G. Kochetov, Yu. V. Samsonov, N. V. Sitnikov, A. O. Tolkachev, A. A. Kostin

“…In the long-term postoperative period (2–3 years) patients (n = 30) with an ED stand, who wanted to restore sexual function, were installed a 3-component prosthesis of the penis. …”
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Physical fitness of young Greco-Roman athletes under the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic by Ruslan Rusanov, Leonid Vostroknutov, Shi Ke, Katarzyna Prusik, Julia Golenkova

“…Its effectiveness depends on many factors, among which safe conditions for life support stand out. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are significant restrictions on the training of young athletes. …”
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A New X-Ray and Radio Burst Activity from the Magnetar SGR 1935+2154 by Noor S. Rehan, Alaa I. Ibrahim

“…The three new X-ray bursts associated with radio bursts stand out in being ∼2–10-fold longer than the mean duration, with X-ray-to-radio duration, flux, and fluence ratios of ∼10 ^2–3 , 10 ^3–4 , and 10 ^5–7 , respectively, comparable to the X _FRB1 /FRB1 ratio for duration but larger for flux and fluence due to fainter radio bursts in 2022. …”
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Next generation bioelectronic medicine: making the case for non-invasive closed-loop autonomic neuromodulation by Imanuel Lerman, Yifeng Bu, Rahul Singh, Harold A. Silverman, Anuj Bhardwaj, Alex J. Mann, Alik Widge, Joseph Palin, Christopher Puleo, Hubert Lim

“…Leveraging continuous feedback and real-time adjustments may overcome many of these barriers, and these next generation systems have the potential to stand at the forefront of precision medicine, offering new avenues for individualized and adaptive treatment.…”
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Folklore et écriture vernaculaire dans The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Laurence Cossu-Beaumont

“…Dans une évocation performative (on notera le jeu des « to stand », « to march » p. 257), elle fait plus que « raconter » son histoire et parvient à « créer » l’Histoire en guidant et modifiant le destin de toute une communauté.On suggérera encore que cette « folk autobiography », autobiographie d’un peuple ou d’une culture, ne se laisse pas réduire à la seule communauté noire. …”
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Characterization of the Effects of a Six-Month Dancing as Approach for Successful Aging by Maria Grazia Vaccaro, Giulia Izzo, Alessandro Ilacqua, Silvia Migliaccio, Carlo Baldari, Laura Guidetti, Andrea Lenzi, Aldo Quattrone, Antonio Aversa, Gian Pietro Emerenziani

“…Moreover, significant main effects of time on physical fitness tests, such as chair stand test (CST) (p<0.01), gait speed (p<0.05), and timed up and go (p<0.05), were found. …”
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State of knowledge of the population of the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) from the Upper Gulf of California: a bibliometric analysis by Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez, Manuel J. Zetina-Rejón, Francisco Javier Vergara-Solana, Francisco Javier Vergara-Solana, Pablo Del Monte-Luna, Marian Rodríguez-Fuentes, Gabriela J. Arreguín-Rodríguez, Diana Medina-Contreras, Laura Sánchez-Velasco

“…In terms of conservation, the monotonic decrease in the size of the population stands out, the management aimed at stopping this decrease and the interaction with commercial and illegal fishing. …”
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Feasibility, User Acceptance, and Outcomes of Using a Cancer Prehabilitation App for Exercise: Pilot Cohort Study by Fuquan Zhang, Deepali Bang, Christine Alejandro Visperas, Mon Hnin Tun, San San Tay

“…Demographics, Fried Frailty Phenotype, prehabilitation duration, app use, and functional outcome measures (6-minute walk test [6MWT], 30-second sit-to-stand test [STS], timed up and go test [TUG], and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS]) were collected. …”
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Intensification of convective heat exchange of walls of heat pipe of 3D-printed micro-sized turbojet engine by A. V. Pobelyansky, D. K. Dmitriev, A. A. Levikhin

“…The article presents a description of an experimental stand for the study of the thermal state of the heat pipe of micro turbojet engines, the method of processing experimental data and the results of experiments on the heat transfer of the heat pipe shell with and without them. …”
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Exploring machine learning algorithms for predicting fertility preferences among reproductive age women in Nigeria by Zinabu Bekele Tadese, Teshome Demis Nimani, Kusse Urmale Mare, Fetlework Gubena, Ismail Garba Wali, Jamilu Sani

“…BackgroundFertility preferences refer to the number of children an individual would like to have, regardless of any obstacles that may stand in the way of fulfilling their aspirations. …”
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Il Tactical Games Model e gli Small Sided Soccer Games: Una nuova prospettiva per lo sviluppo delle componenti muscolo scheletriche nei giovani calciatori by Federico Gaspare Mollame, Antonino Barbagallo, Marika Santaera, Maria Pia Muzzicato, Rosaria Schembri

“…I risultati indicano variazioni statisticamente significative in Handgrip (HG), Supine-to-Stand and go (STS&GO) e Game Involvment per le competenze tecnico-tattiche. …”
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Fully CMOS Boost Converter Operating at 2.65 GHz for Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting by Pedro Mendonca Dos Santos, Ricardo Alexandre Marques Lameirinhas, Catarina P. Correia V. Bernardo, Joao Paulo Neto Torres, Antonio Serralheiro, Rafael Vieira, Nuno Lourenco

“…The fully integrated solution can be used in the power management units of stand-alone or remote integrated systems, for several applications such as biomedical or IoT, usually characterised for ultra-low voltage photovoltaic applications.…”
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Wearable Sensors Measure Ankle Joint Changes of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease before and after Acute Levodopa Challenge by Zhuang Wu, Xu Jiang, Min Zhong, Bo Shen, Jun Zhu, Yang Pan, Jingde Dong, Pingyi Xu, Wenbin Zhang, Li Zhang

“…Methods. 29 PD patients and 30 healthy control subjects (HC) completed the Instrumented Stand and Walk (ISAW) test and gait parameters were collected by the JiBuEn gait analysis system. …”
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Meta-analysis of nifedipine and enalapril combination therapy for hypertensive patients with coronary heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Kun Wang, Wenchao Ma, Leina Sun, Fangcheng Su

“…Background: Numerous clinical studies have demonstrated that the therapeutic efficacy of combining nifedipine and enalapril in treating hypertension with coronary heart disease surpasses that of nifedipine as a stand-alone treatment. However, the current evidence is not yet sufficient due to limitations in the sample size, and further validation is needed. …”
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