Experiences with implementation of continuous positive airway pressure for neonates and infants in low-resource settings: A scoping review. by Sara Dada, Henry Ashworth, Alina Sobitschka, Vanitha Raguveer, Rupam Sharma, Rebecca L Hamilton, Thomas Burke

“…Facilitators included training, mentorship and empowerment of healthcare providers. Device design, supply chain infrastructure, and training models were imperative to the adoption and sustainability of CPAP.…”
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Investigation of Stochastic Seismic Response and Index Correlation of an Arch Dam Using Endurance Time Analysis Method by Qiang Xu, Shutong Xu, Jianyun Chen, Jing Li

“…The 289 m high Baihetan arch dam in Southwest China (as a case study) is subjected to a set of 10 three-component endurance time acceleration histories (ETAHs) synthesised on the basis of the design site acceleration response spectrum to increasing peak ground acceleration (PGA). …”
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Self-adaptive bare-bones differential evolution based on bi-mutation strategy by Hui-yu LIU, Ji-hong HAN, Lin YUAN, Bo YU

“…Bare-bones differentia1 evo1ution（BBDE）can e1egant1y so1ve the se1ection prob1em of contro1 parameters and mutation strategy in differentia1 evo1ution（DE）.MGBDE is a c1assica1 BBDE based on bi-mutation strategy.However，it random1y assigns a mutation strategy to each individua1，not considering their differences during evo1ution process，meanwhi1e it may suffer from premature convergence.To overcome these drawbacks，a modified a1gorithm based on MGBDE was proposed.A mutation strategy choice factor that guided the individua1 to choose a preferab1e mutation strategy at each mutation operation was introduced，avoiding the evo1ution b1indness brought by the random se1ection of mutation strategy.To retain the a1most parameter-free characteristic of bare-bones a1gorithm，the tuning of choice factor to be adapted was invo1ved in the individua1 evo1ution，inspired by the concept of se1f-adaptive DE.The a1gorithm a1so inc1uded a we11-designed stagnation perturbation mechanism to reduce the risk of trapping into the 1oca1 optima1.Experimenta1 resu1ts on 18 benchmark functions show that the proposed a1gorithm genera11y achieves better performance than state-of-the-art BBDE variants and severa1 we11-known DE a1gorithms in terms of convergence and robustness.…”
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Sacral Space of Ethnic Buryatia: The Cult of Healing Springs by Marina M. Sodnompilova

“…Furthermore, Buddhism has yielded significant transformations both in ritual arrangements, patterns of healing practices, and design of such treatment places.…”
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Prognostic impact of primary versus secondary resistance to sorafenib in patients with HCC by Jin Lei, Hongyuan Dai, Ya Zhang, Guangling Ou, Zhi Peng Liang, Yinying Lu, Haiyang Li

“…Objectives: This study aims to explore the factors predicting resistance in patients with HCC receiving sorafenib, the impact of resistance on survival, and the optimal second-line treatment regimen. Design: This was a retrospective cohort study. Methods: We recruited all patients with advanced HCC who received first-line sorafenib from January 2019 to January 2023 in two medical centers in China. …”
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Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on the prognosis of mucor mycosis in diabetic patients in Egypt: a comparative multicenter study by Mahmoud ElSamkary, Radwa Elsherif, Tarek M. Saad, Samah M. Fawzy

“…Aim The current study was designed to figure out the influence of Corona virus infection (COVID-19) on the course and outcome of mucor mycosis in controlled diabetic Egyptian patients. …”
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Selection ability and market timing skills of mutual fund and unit trust managers in a developing economy: evidence from Ghana by Richard Danquah, Baorong Yu

“…Purpose – The study assess the selection ability and market timing skills of mutual fund and unit trust managers in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses an improved survivorship bias-free dataset of yearly after-fee returns of all mutual funds and unit trusts operating in Ghana from January 2011 to December 2019, cumulating in nine years of quantitative fund data. …”
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Parametric Evaluation of Simultaneous Effects of Damaged Zone Parameters and Rock Strength Properties on GRC by Ali Ghorbani, Hadi Hasanzadehshooiili, Amin Eslami

“…The convergence-confinement method via the ground reaction curve (GRC) is used as the common practice of tunnel design which demands accurate determination of the stress state and material strength behavior in different zones around the tunnel section. …”
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Refactoring Android Source Code Smells From Android Applications by Muhammad Fawad, Ghulam Rasool, Muhammad Bilal Riaz

“…These accelerated development timelines often push developers to make rushed changes, often resulting in suboptimal design practices, commonly known as code smells. These issues can degrade application quality, drive up maintenance costs, lead to unexpected behaviors, and complicate evolution and re-engineering efforts. …”
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A Short Review of Strategies for Augmenting Organism Recruitment on Coastal Defense Structures by Almog Ben-Natan, Nadav Shashar

“…However, this can be changed by eco-friendly methodologies and designs that are being tested and implemented to improve CDSs’ ecological value. …”
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SGD-TripleQNet: An Integrated Deep Reinforcement Learning Model for Vehicle Lane-Change Decision by Yang Liu, Tianxing Yang, Liwei Tian, Jianbiao Pei

“…It also provides a theoretical foundation and practical guidance for the design and optimization of future autonomous driving systems.…”
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Intelligent LED Lighting System by I. I. Maronchuk, I. V. Shirokov, A. A. Velchenko, V. I. Mironchuk

“…In accordance to the speed and direction of the object movement the number of local lighting systems is determined whose LED lamps should be switched on at a higher power and the appearance of the object at the next design point is predicted. The increase in the power of LED lamps is carried out smoothly when the object is approaching the corresponding local lighting system. …”
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SCRIVERE IN ITALIANO L2 IN PROSPETTIVA PRAGMATICA E FUNZIONALE: UN LABORATORIO PER APPRENDENTI DI LIVELLO AVANZATO. IL CASO DEL TIPO TESTUALE DESCRITTIVO by Fabiana Cupido

“…The case of descriptive text This paper presents the features of a writing laboratory in Italian as L2, designed in a pragmatic and functional perspective and addressed to advanced language learners. …”
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Services, models of care, and interventions to improve access to cancer treatment for adults who are socially disadvantaged: A scoping review protocol. by Tara C Horrill, Amber Bourgeois, Max Kleijberg, Janice Linton, Kate Leahy, Kelli I Stajduhar

“…Increasingly, there is a need to design cancer treatment services and models of care that are flexible, tailored to meet the needs of patients, and innovative in reaching out to socially disadvantaged groups. …”
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Fast and High-Precision Human Fall Detection Using Improved YOLOv8 Model by Ahlam R. Khekan, Hadi S. Aghdasi, Pedram Salehpour

“…The You Only Look Once (YOLO) models have been widely used previously for designing and implementing human fall detection systems. …”
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Tools for assessing risk of reporting biases in studies and syntheses of studies: a systematic review by Julian P T Higgins, Joanne E McKenzie, Matthew J Page

“…Various criteria are used across tools to designate a synthesis as being at ‘high’ risk of bias due to selective publication (eg, evidence of funnel plot asymmetry, use of non-comprehensive searches). …”
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CD63 Promotes Hemocyte-Mediated Phagocytosis in the Clam, Paphia undulata by Mingjia Yu, Shanjun Yang, Hongxia Sun, Qiang Xia

“…Here, the homolog of CD63 was characterized from one marine mollusk, Paphia undulata, which is designated as Pu-CD63. The complete cDNA of Pu-CD63 is 1,738 bp in length with an open reading frame (ORF) of 849 bp, encoding a 282 amino acid protein with four putative hydrophobic transmembrane helixes. …”
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Antifungal Susceptibility of Dermatophyte Isolates from Patients with Chronic and Recurrent Dermatophytosis by Nikhitha Amin, Manjunath M. Shenoy, Vidya Pai

“…In vitro susceptibility tests shall be regularly done to design the epidemiological cutoff values.…”
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Growth, Yield, and Water Productivity of Potato Genotypes Under Supplemental and Non-Supplemental Irrigation in Semi-Arid Areas of Northern Ethiopia by Niguse Abebe Misgina, Hussien Mohammed Beshir, Derbew Belew Yohannes, Gebre Hadgu Gebreyohanes

“…The study involved five potato genotypes and two irrigation levels used as treatments arranged in a split plot using a randomized complete block design with three replications. Results revealed a significant difference in days to flowering and maturity, marketable and total tuber yield, and water productivity due to the main and interaction effect of genotype and irrigation. …”
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Possibility of using the botanical insecticide azadirachtin and synthetic and semi-synthetic insecticides to control Helicoverpa armigera in sweet pepper by Tamaš Nenad D., Sretenović Marko Ž., Miletić Novica M.

“…The experiments were performed in a randomized complete block design with four replications according to the standard EPPO method at the site of Veliko Gradište (Serbia). …”
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