Dry Matter Production, Nutrient Cycled and Removed, and Soil Fertility Changes in Yam-Based Cropping Systems with Herbaceous Legumes in the Guinea-Sudan Zone of Benin by Raphiou Maliki, Brice Sinsin, Anne Floquet, Denis Cornet, Eric Malezieux, Philippe Vernier

“…For each of them, a randomized complete block design with four treatments and four replicates was carried out using a partial nested model with five factors: Year, Replicate, Farmer, Site, and Treatment. …”
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Effectiveness of a Nurse-Managed Protocol to Prevent Hypoglycemia in Hospitalized Patients with Diabetes by Giuseppe Marelli, Fausto Avanzini, Giuseppe Iacuitti, Enrico Planca, Ilaria Frigerio, Giovanna Busi, Liliana Carlino, Laura Cortesi, Maria Carla Roncaglioni, Emma Riva

“…To assess the effectiveness of a nurse-managed protocol to prevent hypoglycemia during subcutaneous insulin treatment. Design. Prospective pre-post-intervention study. …”
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Model Updating Method Based on Kriging Model for Structural Dynamics by Hong Yin, Jingjing Ma, Kangli Dong, Zhenrui Peng, Pan Cui, Chenghao Yang

“…Initial sample points are chosen via design of experiment (DOE), and Kriging model is built using the corresponding acceleration frequency response functions. …”
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Single-molecule manipulation of copper nanoclusters for modulating nonlinear optics by Xuekun Gong, Zhuang-Hua Liu, Qinghua Xu, Lin Wang, Qingxiang Guo, Jian Zhang, Qiao-Hong Li, Wei-Hui Fang, Hui Shen

“…The detailed elucidation of structure–property relationships at the molecular level in metal nanoclusters is highly valuable for advancing structure design and optimizing performance. However, effectively manipulating metal nanoclusters’ physical and chemical properties at the single-molecule level remains a significant challenge. …”
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Crowding distance and IGD-driven grey wolf reinforcement learning approach for multi-objective agile earth observation satellite scheduling by He Wang, Weiquan Huang, Sindri Magnússon, Tony Lindgren, Chen Chen, Junyu Wu, Yanjie Song

“…It integrates Q-learning into an improved multi-objective grey wolf optimization framework, designing state-action combinations that balance exploration and exploitation. …”
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Coal and Gas Outburst Affected by Law of Small Fault Instability during Working Face Advance by Jianyun Lin, Yujun Zuo, Kai Zhang, Wenjibin Sun, Biao Jin, Taotao Li, Qing-gang Chen

“…To analyze the effect of small faults in the working face on coal and gas outbursts, the coal and gas outburst accident in the 21431 working face was studied with the 3DEC numerical simulation method, and the main research contents were the change laws of both stresses at the small fault and the overburden strata movement rate in the small fault zone of which the drop height and the strike were designed into different groups. The results show that the risk of small fault slip increases with the advancing working face. …”
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Current Status and Future Prospects of the SNO+ Experiment by S. Andringa, E. Arushanova, S. Asahi, M. Askins, D. J. Auty, A. R. Back, Z. Barnard, N. Barros, E. W. Beier, A. Bialek, S. D. Biller, E. Blucher, R. Bonventre, D. Braid, E. Caden, E. Callaghan, J. Caravaca, J. Carvalho, L. Cavalli, D. Chauhan, M. Chen, O. Chkvorets, K. Clark, B. Cleveland, I. T. Coulter, D. Cressy, X. Dai, C. Darrach, B. Davis-Purcell, R. Deen, M. M. Depatie, F. Descamps, F. Di Lodovico, N. Duhaime, F. Duncan, J. Dunger, E. Falk, N. Fatemighomi, R. Ford, P. Gorel, C. Grant, S. Grullon, E. Guillian, A. L. Hallin, D. Hallman, S. Hans, J. Hartnell, P. Harvey, M. Hedayatipour, W. J. Heintzelman, R. L. Helmer, B. Hreljac, J. Hu, T. Iida, C. M. Jackson, N. A. Jelley, C. Jillings, C. Jones, P. G. Jones, K. Kamdin, T. Kaptanoglu, J. Kaspar, P. Keener, P. Khaghani, L. Kippenbrock, J. R. Klein, R. Knapik, J. N. Kofron, L. L. Kormos, S. Korte, C. Kraus, C. B. Krauss, K. Labe, I. Lam, C. Lan, B. J. Land, S. Langrock, A. LaTorre, I. Lawson, G. M. Lefeuvre, E. J. Leming, J. Lidgard, X. Liu, Y. Liu, V. Lozza, S. Maguire, A. Maio, K. Majumdar, S. Manecki, J. Maneira, E. Marzec, A. Mastbaum, N. McCauley, A. B. McDonald, J. E. McMillan, P. Mekarski, C. Miller, Y. Mohan, E. Mony, M. J. Mottram, V. Novikov, H. M. O’Keeffe, E. O’Sullivan, G. D. Orebi Gann, M. J. Parnell, S. J. M. Peeters, T. Pershing, Z. Petriw, G. Prior, J. C. Prouty, S. Quirk, A. Reichold, A. Robertson, J. Rose, R. Rosero, P. M. Rost, J. Rumleskie, M. A. Schumaker, M. H. Schwendener, D. Scislowski, J. Secrest, M. Seddighin, L. Segui, S. Seibert, T. Shantz, T. M. Shokair, L. Sibley, J. R. Sinclair, K. Singh, P. Skensved, A. Sörensen, T. Sonley, R. Stainforth, M. Strait, M. I. Stringer, R. Svoboda, J. Tatar, L. Tian, N. Tolich, J. Tseng, H. W. C. Tseung, R. Van Berg, E. Vázquez-Jáuregui, C. Virtue, B. von Krosigk, J. M. G. Walker, M. Walker, O. Wasalski, J. Waterfield, R. F. White, J. R. Wilson, T. J. Winchester, A. Wright, M. Yeh, T. Zhao, K. Zuber

“…It reuses the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory detector, consisting of a 12 m diameter acrylic vessel which will be filled with about 780 tonnes of ultra-pure liquid scintillator. Designed as a multipurpose neutrino experiment, the primary goal of SNO+ is a search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ) of 130Te. …”
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Discovering patient groups in sequential electronic healthcare data using unsupervised representation learning by Jingteng Li, Kimberley R. Zakka, John Booth, Louise Rigny, Samiran Ray, Mario Cortina-Borja, Payam Barnaghi, Neil Sebire

“…Abstract Introduction Unsupervised feature learning methods inspired by natural language processing (NLP) models are capable of constructing patient-specific features from longitudinal Electronic Health Records (EHR). Design We applied document embedding algorithms to real-world paediatric intensive care (PICU) EHR data to extract patient-specific features from 1853 patients’ PICU journeys using 647 unique lab tests and medication events. …”
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Teaching Pharmacy Undergraduate Students Inhaler Device Technique and Exploring Factors Affecting Maintenance of Technique by Mariam Toumas-Shehata, Mark Henricks, Ludmila Ovchinikova, Lorraine Smith, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich

“…This study took the form of a prospective, unpaired samples repeated measures design. Participants had their inhaler technique assessed at baseline. …”
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A Case Study of Cyclic Top Coal Weakening Process Based on Highly Tough Coal Seam with Partings by Zhaopeng Wu, Junhui Wang, Zhijun Wan, Jingyi Cheng, Luchang Xiong, Lizhu Zhao, Xiaogang Liu

“…In the context of highly tough top coal with partings at working face 110501 for fully mechanized top coal caving mining in Yushutian Coal Mine, effects of parting band and high toughness on top coal breaking were studied in terms of mechanism and extent, a multifunctional compound drilling field integrating blast weakening, water injection weakening, and gas extraction was purposefully designed, and a cyclic top coal weakening process for highly tough coal seams with partings was proposed. …”
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Determination of the Engineering Properties of Submarine Soil Layers in the Bohai Sea Using the Piezocone Penetration Test by Bohong Wu, Guihe Wang, Jiong Li, Yu Wang, Baolin Liu

“…The final determination of the ultimate pile capacity depends on the soil’s mechanical properties and the pile type and design. The effects of wave surge and wind loading should also be taken into account in offshore engineering.…”
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Dance Is an Accessible Physical Activity for People with Parkinson’s Disease by Sara Emmanouilidis, Madeleine E. Hackney, Susan C Slade, Hazel Heng, Dana Jazayeri, Meg E. Morris

“…To evaluate the outcomes of face-to-face, digital, and virtual modes of dancing for people living with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Design. Systematic review informed by Cochrane and PRIMSA guidelines. …”
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Cost-Sensitive Self-Paced Learning With Adaptive Regularization for Classification of Image Time Series by Hao Li, Jianzhao Li, Yue Zhao, Maoguo Gong, Yujing Zhang, Tongfei Liu

“…Besides, an adaptive mixture weight regularizer is designed to automatically assign sample weight based on the loss value of the dataset, which enables more reliable sample weights to be selected for training. …”
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WCMU-net: An Effective Method for Reducing the Impact of Speckle Noise in SAR Image Change Detection by Yu Duan, Kaimin Sun, Wangbin Li, Jinjiang Wei, Song Gao, Yingjiao Tan, Wanghui Zhou, Jun Liu, Junyi Liu

“…For C-band SAR images, different satellite imaging and ground object reflections can produce varying levels of noise, necessitating a network design adaptable to different noise levels. In this study, we introduce a focal loss function to enhance the robustness of the network, allowing for high-precision change detection of SAR images with different noise levels through parameter adjustment. …”
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers Attending Private Pediatric and Child Clinics, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Laykewold Elyas, Amha Mekasha, Amha Admasie, Etagegnehu Assefa

“…An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was used. A total of 380 samples were obtained. …”
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Evaluation of urea-nitrate supplement made with Maillard reaction for delaying ruminal ammonia formation by Kurniawan Dedy Nanda, Apriani Vita, Yanza Yulianri Rizki, Nahrowi, Jayanegara Anuraga

“…The present study's randomized complete block design consisted of five treatments and four replications. …”
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Comparison of handheld rebound tonometry with Goldmann applanation tonometry in children with glaucoma: a cohort study by Catey Bunce, Peng Tee Khaw, John Brookes, Maria Papadopoulos, Amanda Lewis, Poornima Rai, Renata Puertas, Annegret Hella Dahlmann-Noor, Shenille Tabasa-Lim, Ahmed El-Karmouty, Mustafa Kadhim, Nicholas Kloster Wride, Dawn Grosvenor

“…Objective To test agreement of two methods to measure intraocular pressure (IOP): rebound tonometry (RBT) and gold standard Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) in children with glaucoma.Design Observational prospective cohort study.Setting Tertiary paediatric glaucoma clinic at a single centre.Participants 102 individuals attending a paediatric glaucoma clinic, mean (SD) age 11.85 (3.17), of whom 53 were male.Primary and secondary outcome measures Intraocular pressure, central corneal thickness, child preference for measurement method.Results Limits of agreement for intraobserver and interobserver were, respectively, (−2.71, 2.98) mm Hg and (−5.75, 5.97) mm Hg. …”
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Tongue Color Analysis and Diseases Detection Based on a Computer Vision System by Abdulghafor Khudhaer Abdullah, Saleem Lateef Mohammed, Ali Al-Naji, Mohammed Sameer Alsabah

“…The proposed system was designed in a Matlab GUI environment. After testing the system on a data set of more than 100 images, the preliminary results showed that the proposed system gives a disease diagnosis with an accuracy rate of no less than 86.667%. …”
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An Estimation Model on Electricity Consumption of New Metro Stations by Zhao Yu, Yun Bai, Qian Fu, Yao Chen, Baohua Mao

“…The model considers some major factors influencing the electricity consumption of metro station in terms of both the interior design scheme of a station (e.g., layout of the station and allocation of facilities) and external factors (e.g., passenger volume, air temperature and relative humidity). …”
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Morbidity of 200 Consecutive Cases of Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomies: A Single-Center Experience by Pedro W. Baron, Ramzi Ben-Youssef, Okechukwu N. Ojogho, Arputharaj Kore, D. Duane Baldwin

“…As the technique has evolved laparoscopic donor nephrectomy technique is becoming the gold standard for living donation. Study Design. We retrospectively reviewed the data of the first 200 hand-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomies performed between January 2003 and February 2009. …”
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