A retrospective study of 5S behaviours of Physical Activity (PA) among suburban Mumbai population with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) by Kosha Parikh, Shikha Thosani, Ameya Joshi, Apoorva Hajirnis, Chandani Seth

“…Behaviour like drowsiness was positively correlated with changing shift duty. Additionally, in the present study, it was also observed that more than half of the study population (55.8%) did not track their daily steps. …”
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Dependency of the pulse dynamic electrochemical machining characteristics of Allvac 718 plus in NaNO3 solution on the machining paraments by Moqi Shen, Shuanglu Duan, Zhengrui Zhou, Zhichun Zhang, Jia Liu, Di Zhu

“…Subsequently, PDECM experiments were conducted on ATI718 Plus under different duty cycles, vibration frequencies, and applied voltages. …”
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Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm-Based Neural Network Smart Control Strategy for a Low-Input Current Ripple and High-Voltage Gain Power Converter in Fuel-Cells Energy Systems by Mustafa Ozden, Davut Ertekin, Pierluigi Siano

“…A feedback control strategy has been formulated, where the artificial neural network consistently produces duty increment values based on the reference voltage. …”
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Mondialisation et nouvelle mobilité des élites africaines by Michel Lesourd

“…This kind of journey is particularly frequent in the societies that have a tradition of international emigration like Senegalese and Cap Verdean societies.The contribution of African elites to the nomadic planet is thus complex, because it combines the local place with the world movements, the pleasant to the useful, and the duty in the leisure. Is it a new model of circulation in a world and an original contribution to the globalisation? …”
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Comparison of Predicted Exercise Capacity Equations and the Effect of Actual versus Ideal Body Weight among Subjects Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing by H. Reza Ahmadian, Joseph J. Sclafani, Ethan E. Emmons, Michael J. Morris, Kenneth M. Leclerc, Ahmad M. Slim

“…This is a retrospective chart review of patients who were predominantly in active military duty with complaints of dyspnea or exercise tolerance and who underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) from 2007 to 2009. …”
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Organizational and Legal Principles of Soviet Militia Dispatch Center’s Functioning during 1969–1991 by D. V. Halkin, O. M. Halkina

“…However, the combination of the duties of a duty officer with performing the duties in another position led to the overburdening of a militiaman, which had a negative impact on law enforcement activity. …”
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Priority areas of police bodies’ activity in ensuring the citizens’ rights in the conditions of martial law legal regime in Ukraine by O. I. Bezpalova

“…Those rights of citizens whose duty to prevent violation, protection and restoration rests with police bodies have been systematized. …”
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Investigation of different electrolyte effects on micro-hole machining of scrapped wheel alloy by D. Sriram, B.D.Y. Sunil, S. Jeyakrishnan, C. Rakesh, S. Vijayakumar, Ashish Kumar, N. Rao Cheepurupalli, Lakshita Sehgal

“…Potassium Chloride (KCl), Sodium Nitrate (NaNO₃) and Sodium Chloride (NaCl) used to evaluate the impact of electrolyte type on machining performance. Voltage (VO), Duty Cycle (DU), and Electrolyte Concentration (EL) were optimized to enhance Material Removal Rate (MRR) and minimize Overcut (OC) using the Taguchi-Grey Relation Analysis method. …”
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Research on battery balancing based on fuzzy model predictive control by Guangjun LIU, Yutao WANG, Liyang MA, Tiezhou WU, Aina TIAN

“…Then, based on FAMPC balancing control method, the duty cycle of the switching transistor was directly used as the system input. …”
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Cold Plasma as a Novel Pretreatment to Improve the Drying Kinetics and Quality of Green Peas by Jun-Wen Bai, Dan-Dan Li, Reziwanguli Abulaiti, Manqian Wang, Xiaozhi Wu, Zhenwei Feng, Yutong Zhu, Jianrong Cai

“…Optimal CP parameters (90 s, 750 Hz frequency, 70% duty cycle) were found to improve the rehydration ratio, preserve color, and increase total phenolic content (TPC) by 24.06%, while enhancing antioxidant activity by 29.64%. …”
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Design and Optimization of Friction Winch for 25 MW Airborne Wind Energy Systems by Lizhao NIU, Kuo YIN, Chonghui LEI

“…This not only reduces manufacturing costs and improves economic efficiency but also addresses challenges such as bearing selection, vibration and thermal expansion in high-speed, heavy-duty winches.…”
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Utilization of periwinkle and palm kernel shells in load-bearing ecofriendly interlocking concrete paver by Oluwarotimi Olofinnade, Paul Awoyera, Kelvin Edemirukewa, Kunle Ogundipe

“…., This current study investigated the suitability of combining discarded periwinkle shell (PWKS) and palm kernel shell (PMKS) at low-replacement volumes to partially substitute granite in ecofriendly load-bearing cement-based interlocking paver units for use on medium-duty traffic roads. 108 paver samples were produced, targeting a 28-day strength of 30 MPa, using a mix proportion of 1:1:2 (cement: sand: granite) and water-cement ratio of 0.50. …”
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The Commercial Determinants of Nonalcoholic Beer: Redemption, Revenue, or Men’s Harm Reduction? by John L. Oliffe, Nina Gao, Mary T. Kelly, Trevor Goodyear, Murray Drummond, Christine Levesque, Katherine White

“…For example, in Canada, NAB is exempt from alcoholic beer excise duty but considered beer for the goods and services and harmonized sales taxes. …”
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Primary prevention of sexually transmitted infections in Switzerland: practices of family physicians and their determinants—a national cross-sectional survey by Hanna Vautrin, Nicolas Senn, Christine Cohidon

“…Predictive factor of these practices through their links with the doctors’ relevant characteristics and their opinions about STI prevention.Results Approximately 80% consider prevention in the area of affective and sexual life to be part of their duty and discuss it easily with patients. Most of them spontaneously give advice regarding STIs during a routine consultation. …”
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IMPULSE CONTROL HYBRID ELECTRICAL SYSTEM by A. A. Lobaty, Yu. N. Petrenko, A. S. Abufanas, I. Elzein

“…In this case the regulation of the DC component of the output voltage is via the duty cycle. The optimization of the control system is based on the formation of the control signal at the output.It is proposed to solve the problem of optimal control of a hybrid system based on the formation of the control signal at the output of the controller, which minimizes a given functional integral quality, which is regarded as a linear quadratic Letov-Kalman functional. …”
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Advances in Transparency and Right to Access Information in The Czech Republic by Jana Janderová

“…Based on an analysis of the interpretation by the Czech Supreme Administrative Court and the Czech Constitutional Court of the most questionable issues – such as the determination of which public institutions are considered obliged entities, the exemptions from the duty to provide information, remedies, and payments for complicated data searches – the paper shows the developments over the past 23 years. …”
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Optimization of Regenerative Braking Control Strategy in Single-Pedal Mode Based on Electro-Mechanical Braking by Xiaobin Ning, Zhenghao Wang, Yong Lin, Yuming Yin, Jiazheng Wang, Yihao Hong

“…Results indicate that under the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Cycle (WLTC) and China Light-Duty Vehicle Test Cycle (CLTC) conditions, the braking energy recovery efficiency of the proposed strategy reaches 21.54% and 25.39%, respectively. …”
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A Study on Coronavirus Disease-2019 Stigma Associated with Coronavirus Disease-2019 Warriors and an Insight into Community Perception by Madhavi GAJULA, Suwarna MADHUKUMAR

“…Results: Of the participants, 46.1% were in the age group of 30-40 years, 47% were males, and 81% were doctors by profession and were engaged in a minimum of 6-12 h of duty for 2 weeks. Of the study population, 85.5% had anticipated stigma, whereas 72.2% had experienced stigma, 43.4% had internalized stigma, and 76.3% had disclosure concerns. …”
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Zooming into Berlin: tracking street-scale CO2 emissions based on high-resolution traffic modeling using machine learning by Max Anjos, Fred Meier

“…Using data-driven algorithms, traffic counts, spatio-temporal features, and meteorological data, our model predicted hourly traffic flow, average speed, and CO2 emissions for passenger cars (PC) and heavy-duty trucks (HDT) at the street scale in Berlin. …”
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Regulatory and legal basement of decentralization in local self-government according to the legislation of Ukraine and Poland by Shatilo V.

“…Among the distinguishing features, first of all, it is necessary to mention different approaches to the meaningful filling of normative and legal acts that implemented the reform of local self-government, including conceptual ones: 1) if in Ukraine local self-government is the right of a territorial community, then in Poland it is its duty ; 2) non-segregation of agricultural territorial communities, similar to Polish legislation. …”
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