A Robust Normally Closed Pneumatic Valve for Integrated Microfluidic Flow Control by Minggan Li, Siqin Dong

“…Experimental validations were conducted to demonstrate the reliability and effectiveness of the proposed design.…”
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Analysis of Transmission Characteristics on an MSK-Based Rotating Magnet-Based Mechanical Antenna by Xie He, Qiang Zhou, Jianya Zhang

“…The proposed comprehensive design principles of RMBMA provide guidance for system design and practical implementation.…”
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Pneumatic Formwork Systems in Structural Engineering by Benjamin Kromoser, Patrick Huber

“…In order to fully utilize the potential of this material, the form of load-carrying structures has to be designed according to the stress distribution in the structure. …”
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Static and Dynamic Analysis and Topological Optimization of Gearbox Housing in Electric Vehicle by Xianchang Peng, Wenqi Cai, Zhibin Lin, Bingzhao Gao

“…Taking a new type of two speed transmission without power interruption in electric vehicles as research object， in order to improve its stability and economy， the housing is designed and optimized. Firstly， the housing structure is designed and its finite element model is established. …”
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The Effect of Risk Management on Financial Performance in Uganda. A Case of Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District. by Kabweine, Bernard Mwesigwa, Eton, Marus, Sunday, Arthur, Ogwel, Bernard Patrick

“…A descriptive research design was adopted and a sample size of 169, which constituted council employees and beneficiaries was used. …”
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Providing a model of purchase intention and customer experience on customer behavior in virtual networks by Kazem Tolooee, Hossein budaghi Khajeh Noubar, Hossein Gharehbiglo, Mojtaba Ramazani

“…The collection tool in this research includes a questionnaire of purchase intention pattern based on customers' experience in designed virtual networks. Data analysis was done through SPSS and SMART PLS software. …”
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AHP Approach To Developing a New Natural Toothpaste Product by Dikky Indrawan, Stevia Septiani, Galih Saputra Arista, Asep Rakhmat, Yessie W Sari, Nur A Nuzulia, Wulan T Wahyuni, Irmanida Batubara, Y. Aris Purwanto

“…Findings/Result: The results of the study stated that the new natural toothpaste, based on nanoHAP and Curcuma aeruginosa, was designed based on quality natural ingredients and consumer preference for naturalness, influencing formula design and marketing efforts. …”
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Effectiveness of using implementation frameworks to facilitate the implementation of a stroke management guideline in the traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in China: protocol... by Zhuo Chen, Yefeng Cai, Wenjun He, Yiyuan Cai, Lingrui Liu, Qing Zhao, Sensen lv, Dong (Roman) Xu, Chun Hao, Lanping Zhang, Pengfei Guo, Yuning Shi

“…The factorial design provides greater efficiency compared with traditional designs by enabling the simultaneous testing of multiple interventions and their combinations with the same sample size, which increases statistical power. …”
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Care burden and quality of life among family caregivers of children with cerebral palsy in China: the mediating roles of social support and coping styles by Fang Liu, Rui Zhang, Cui Cui, Hengyu Zhou

“…Aims To explore the relationships among care burden, social support, coping styles, and QOL of caregivers for cerebral palsy children by mediation effect models. Design A cross-sectional study design. Methods The purposive sampling method was used in this study to select 189 caregivers of cerebral palsy children from the rehabilitation department of a children’s hospital in western China from May 2022 to August 2023. …”
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SwinClustering: a new paradigm for landscape character assessment through visual segmentation by Tingting Huang, Tingting Huang, Bo Huang, Bo Huang, Sha Li, Haiyue Zhao, Xin Yang, Jianning Zhu

“…The research value of Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) lies in gaining a deeper understanding of the inherent attributes and interrelationships of various landscapes, thereby providing scientific basis for landscape planning, design, conservation, and sustainable utilization. …”
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Measuring product quality by using the hybrid MCDM based on DANP in a hesitant fuzzy approach by Seyed Mahdi Rouhani Poor, Ahmad Jafarnejad Chaghoshi, Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji, Mohammad Ehsanifar

“…Purpose: Product quality includes three variables: design, conformance and use. Measuring the quality of products with respect to all three quality variables is one of the important challenges of the country. …”
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Optimization of determination and application of complexly distributed loads on a double curvature cable-stayed covering by V. A. Dagaev, G. M. Purvin, F. S. Shkoliar

“…New tools appear in the design activity allowing to describe numerically the parameters of building structures, with the help of whicиh it is easy to change their shape and configuration. …”
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Communication in Neglected Tropical Diseases' elimination: A scoping review and call for action. by Claudia Nieto-Sanchez, David M Hatley, Mario J Grijalva, Koen Peeters Grietens, Benjamin R Bates

“…Three ways in which the field of health communication could further enhance NTD efforts are presented: informing interventions with theory-based frameworks, exploring the political complexity of community participation in specific contexts, and identifying conceptualizations of culture implied in interventions' design.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This article is a call to action to consider the resources offered by the health communication field when researching, designing, or implementing NTD interventions.…”
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Investigating the effectiveness of theory-based interventions for improving treatment adherence of patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A systematic review of Randomised Control... by Despoina Menti, Caroline Limbert, Georgios Lyrakos

“…Introduction: Theory can enhance the effectiveness of interventions designed to change health-related behaviours, however, there is a significant lack of such interventions to improve treatment adherence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients. …”

QUALITY EVALUATION OF THE TPP POWER GENERATING UNITS WEAR RECONDITIONING by E. M. Farhadzadeh, A. Z. Muradaliyev, Yu. Z. Farzaliyev

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Therapeutic effects of NAC and CoQ10 on aluminium phosphide poisoning as an adjuvant therapy: A Pilot study by Maii Farag Henaidy, Maha Ghanem, Shehata Farag Shehata, Amal M. Shouair, Reda R. Mabrouk

“…Subjects and methods: The study design was a retrospective-prospective study. It was conducted in the poisoning unit of Kafer Eldwar General Hospital. …”
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Tribological characteristics of Al–Mg–Si–Cu alloy against die steel under elevated temperatures in simulated hot extrusion environment by Zhiwen Liu, Ming Zhang, Ping Yan, Xiao Liu, Luoxing Li

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Investigating the effect of driven length and diameter of monopile on seismic performance of offshore wind turbines through Physical Modeling by A.R. Bateni, M. Moradi

“…Therefore, the seismic design considerations for monopiles, based on the existing guidelines for dry structures, are inadequate. …”
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Efficacy and safety of anti-thrombotic therapy after surgical mitral valve repair: a scoping review by Jian Ye, Jenny Chen, Hazal Ece Babadagli, Ricky Turgeon, Erica HZ Wang

“…Substantial methodological and clinical heterogeneity, high risk of bias and insufficient mitigation of confounders, such as concomitant atrial fibrillation, were prevalent across studies.Conclusion Based on this scoping review, existing literature on anti-thrombotic therapy after MVr is inconclusive due to design limitations. We proposed a study design for a pragmatic RCT that addresses prior study limitations and that could provide definitive evidence to guide anti-thrombotic management in MVr patients.…”
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CHATGPT IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT: EXPLORING EFL INSTRUCTORS’ EXPERIENCE by Inna Zaiarna, Olena Zhyhadlo, Olha Dunaievska

“…However, educators who have employed ChatGPT recognize its potential as an assistant in lesson planning, content creation, task design, and assessment, especially for vocabulary, grammar, and writing. …”
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