Linking the Historical Sample of the Netherlands with the USA Censuses, 1850–1940 by Diogo Paiva, Francisco Anguita, Kees Mandemakers

“…For this purpose, a linking process was designed, comprising of three stages: harmonization, matching and validation. …”
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DIFFERENCES IN THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE I, II, AND III TRIMESTER by Gading Nurhafiza Rachma, Irwanto Irwanto, Dwi Izzati

“…Method: This is a quantitative research with an observational analytic method and a cross-sectional design. The study population consists of pregnant women in the first, second, and third trimesters in the working area of Gading Surabaya Health Center. …”
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Retrospective evaluation of a novel ultrasound-based imaging analysis software for predicting radiofrequency ablation areas. by Masaya Sato, Ryosuke Tateishi, Yogev Zohar, Jiro Sato, Takeyuki Watadani, Makoto Moriyama, Taijiro Wake, Ryo Nakagomi, Mizuki Nishibatake Kinoshita, Takuma Nakatsuka, Tatsuya Minami, Koji Uchino, Kenichiro Enooku, Hayato Nakagawa, Yoshinari Asaoka, Ryo Yamada, Nitzan Even, Inbal Amitai, Yossi Abu, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Kazuhiko Koike

“…<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to introduce and evaluate a novel software-based system, BioTrace, designed for real-time monitoring of thermal ablation tissue damage during image-guided radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).…”
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Key challenges in providing assisted dying in Belgium: a qualitative analysis of health professionals’ experiences by Madeleine Archer, Lindy Willmott, Kenneth Chambaere, Luc Deliens, Ben P. White

“…Objectives: This study investigates the key challenges that health professionals experience when providing euthanasia in Belgium. Design: A qualitative interview study with reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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Mixture of Experts Framework Based on Soft Actor-Critic Algorithm for Highway Decision-Making of Connected and Automated Vehicles by Fuxing Yao, Chao Sun, Bing Lu, Bo Wang, Haiyang Yu

“…In order to minimize collision and off-road rates, the Intelligent Driver Model (IDM) and Minimizing Overall Braking Induced by Lane changes (MOBIL) strategy are designed by heuristic experts. Finally, tested in typical simulation scenarios, MOE shows a 13.75% improvement in driving efficiency compared with the traditional DRL method with continuous action space. …”
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Destination-Aware Time-Constrained Task Allocation in Mobile Crowdsensing for Orienteering Application by Xia Hua, Lei Han

“…In order to solve the TAOD problem, we firstly design a path reconnection algorithm based on double-ended priority queue (PR-DEPQ) for the single-user scenario. …”
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PilotCareTrans Net: an EEG data-driven transformer for pilot health monitoring by Kun Zhao, Xueying Guo

“…These approaches typically fail to integrate multi-scale features effectively, resulting in suboptimal health intervention decisions, especially in dynamic, high-pressure environments like pilot training.MethodsTo overcome these challenges, this study introduces PilotCareTrans Net, a novel Transformer-based model designed for health intervention decision-making in aviation students. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Perceived Stress Scale for Children (PSS-C) by D.S. Kornienko, N.A. Rudnova, K.S. Tarasova

“…White. The scale was designed to evaluate the degree of perceived stress in children and is similar to perceived stress scales used in adult populations. …”
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Reducing M2 macrophage in lung fibrosis by controlling anti-M1 agent by Fatemeh Bahram Yazdroudi, Alaeddin Malek

“…Abstract Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung disease characterized by excessive scarring and fibrosis due to the abnormal accumulation of extracellular matrix components, primarily collagen. This study aims to design and solve an optimal control problem to regulate M2 macrophage activity in IPF, thereby preventing fibrosis formation by controlling the anti-M1 agent. …”
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Cationic Cyclodextrin-Based Carriers for Drug and Nucleic Acid Delivery by Adila Nazli, Milo Malanga, Tamás Sohajda, Szabolcs Béni

“…First, we identified different cationic moieties that are commonly employed in the design of cyclodextrins with enhanced complexation ability. …”
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Acceptability of improved cook stoves-a scoping review of the literature. by Bipin Adhikari, Sophie Suh Young Kang, Aaryan Dahal, Salum Mshamu, Jacqueline Deen, Christopher Pell, Lorenz von Seidlein, Jakob Knudsen, Thomas Chevalier Bøjstrup

“…Policies offering subsidies in support of supply-chain garnered institutional trust among community members and resulted in the sustained use of ICS. In addition to design attributes of ICS that could meet both scientific and social demands, policies supporting promotion of clean energy, subsidies and supplies can substantially enhance the adoption of ICS.…”
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Optimization Study of Photovoltaic Cell Arrangement Strategies in Greenhouses by Yuzhe Qin, Qing Cheng

“…Greenhouse models were established using the DesignBuilder software tool, focusing on the summer and winter growth stages of cherry tomatoes and strawberries. …”
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UJI ZPT HANTU DAN PUPUK NPK TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN BIBIT KELAPA SAWIT (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) DI MAIN NURSERY by Enny Mutryarny, Seprita Lidar

“…The experiment was conducted experimentally with factorial Randomized Design (RAL), consisting of 2 factors ie H factor is ZPT Hantu and N factor is NPK fertilizer (16:16:16) which each consist of 3 levels. …”
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Transformation of History Learning in the Digital Era: Application of Riau Local History as an Interactive Educational Media by Septiani Chairul Nisa, Ajat Sudrajat, Ardian Fahri

“…Research and Development (R&D) using the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) Model is the research methodology employed. …”
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Systematic Framework to Predict Early-Stage Liver Carcinoma Using Hybrid of Feature Selection Techniques and Regression Techniques by Marium Mehmood, Nasser Alshammari, Saad Awadh Alanazi, Fahad Ahmad

“…Treatment of liver diseases at an early stage is, therefore, an important issue as is designing a model to diagnose early disease. Firstly, an appropriate feature should be identified which plays a more significant part in the detection of liver cancer at an early stage. …”
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Selecting the Best Routing Traffic for Packets in LAN via Machine Learning to Achieve the Best Strategy by Bo Zhang, Rongji Liao

“…This study aims to suggest an efficient algorithm that could help in selecting the shortest path to improve the existing methods using weights derived from packet ID and to change neural network iteration simultaneously. In this study, the design of the efficient neural network of appropriate output is discussed in detail including the principles of the network. …”
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Chemical, Thermal, and Morphological Properties of Sustainable Lignocellulosic Biomaterial by Bachir Bouhamida, Abderrazek Merzoug, Zouaoui Sereir, Ali Kilic, Zeki Candan

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The impact of earthworms on collembolan (Collembola) communities in grass mono- and polycultures by Izabella Olejniczak, Grzegorz Makulec

“…In 2004-2005, a lysimetric experiment was designed to determine whether and how plant diversity and earthworms could influence diversity and densities of collembolan communities. …”
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Why Rights are Wrong in ASEAN and Beyond: A Critique of the Foundations of Universal Human Rights by D. Brian Scarnecchia

“…Part Two then examines whether the original axiomatic listing of human rights or an iteration of human rights founded upon the human genome or a Kantian underpinning can legitimise human rights and, if not, whether reference to the human soul made in the image of God with its natural law may substantiate the human rights project, perhaps, articulated as congruent with the purpose and design courts now recognise in the natural laws found in every ecosystem of nature. …”
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A Novel Intrinsic Foot Muscle Strength Dynamometer Demonstrates Moderate-To-Excellent Reliability and Validity by Jennifer Xu, Dante D Goss, Susan A Saliba

“…The researchers also examined correlations of foot morphology and activity level to IFM strength. # Study design Descriptive Laboratory Study # Methods Two assessors measured IFM strength of 34 healthy volunteers (4 male, 30 female; age=21.14±2.57, height=164.66 ±7.62 cm, mass=64.45±11.93 kg) on two occasions 6.62±0.78 days apart with the novel dynamometer to assess intra- and inter-rater reliability. …”
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