Family support and prayer are invaluable coping strategies for our recovery: Experiences of persons living with cardiovascular diseases. by Ivy Selorm Tsedze, Frank Edwin, Bennett Owusu, Victor Kwasi Dumahasi, Nkosi Nkosi Botha, Nancy Innocentia Ebu Enyan

“…<h4>Findings</h4>We found that PLwCVDs and accessing care at the Cardiothoracic Centre at Ho Teaching Hospital have adequate pre-diagnosis awareness about CVD-risk factors and their knowledge of same was optimal. Moreover, past unhealthy lifestyles (such as poor dieting, abuse of alcohol, smoking, and inadequate physical activity) may have contributed to participants developing the CVDs. …”
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Reducing heat load density with asymmetric and inclined double-crystal monochromators: principles and requirements revisited by XianRong Huang, Lahsen Assoufid, Albert T. Macrander

“…The only uncertain challenge is the thermally induced strains, yet it is estimated that these strains are naturally lowered by the large footprint and may be further mitigated by optimized cryogenic cooling to the 1–2 µrad level. …”
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Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Heat Pump Systems: An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Building Operations by Mahdiyeh Zafaranchi, William T. Riddell, Nicholas B. Chan, Elizabeth Saliba, Luke Leung

“…Advanced simulation tools, including Rhino, Grasshopper, TRACE 700, and One Click LCA, were used to identify the optimal HVAC system for sustainable building operations. …”
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Health literacy in medication communication during hospital discharge: a qualitative study at an internal medicines ward in Norway by Liv Mathiesen, Morten Mowé, Yvonne Andersson, Stine Eidhammer Rognan, Kajsa Rebecka Bengtsson, Helene Berg Lie, Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong

“…To consider central dimensions of HL is important to achieve optimal medication communication, as the communication only can be exercised within the frames of the patient’s HL. …”
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The genus Entomophthora: bringing the insect destroyers into the twenty-first century by Carolyn Elya, Henrik H. De Fine Licht

“…The most well-known among these is the “zombie fly” fungus E. muscae, which, like other Entomophthora species, elicits a series of dramatic behaviors in infected hosts to promote optimal spore dispersal. Despite having been first described more than 160 years ago, there are still many open questions about Entomophthora biology, including the molecular underpinnings of host behavior manipulation and host specificity. …”
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Forehead, temporal augmentation and lateral browlift with Ellanse M by Larry Wu, Bo Wang

“…Patient satisfaction was measured at 3 months post-treatment at optimal collagenesis and 2 years after treatment. …”
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Taking into account students' psychotypes and using their neuropsychological maps when implementing digital educational technologies within the Metaverse by Galiya Ldokova, Svetlana Frumina, Suad Abdalkareem Alwaely

“…The results of the study can be used to optimize and increase the efficiency of the educational process through the implementation of Metaverse technologies. …”
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DETERMINATIONS OF THE SOWING TIME OF GRASS PEA IN TEF- GRASS PEA RELAY INTERCROPPING SYSTEMS by Agegnehu Shibabaw, Bitwoded Derebe, Yechale Mengie, Oumer Beshir, Wudu Getahun, Alemayehu Assefa

“…Therefore, a field experiment was initiated to optimize appropriate sowing date of grass pea for tef- grass pea relay inter cropping systems during 2022 and 2023 main rainy seasons. …”
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Investigation of Factors That Influence Human Presence and Robot Anthropomorphism in Telepresence Robot by Nungduk Yun, Seiji Yamada

“…These innovative insights offer a new approach to optimizing the design of telepresence robots depending on the desired user experience. …”
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Inequality in maternal delays related to maternal death at home and en route to a health facility in Ethiopia: insights from national mortality surveillance data by Neamin Tesfay, Rozina Tariku, Girmay Hailu, Haymanot Firde, Fistum Hadgu Woldeyohannes

“…Objective This study aims to quantify and identify the contributors to inequity in the maternal mortality risk index for deaths occurring at home and en route to health facilities.Design and setting Analysis of the Maternal Death Surveillance and Response data, encompassing maternal deaths reviewed in Ethiopia from 2013 to 2020.Analysis The Maternal Mortality Risk Index was computed using 14 variables grouped according to the three contributors to delay model: contributors to delay in seeking care, contributors to delay in reaching care and contributors to delay in receiving optimal care. Principal component analysis was employed to calculate the index descriptive statistics, and the Erreygers Normalised Concentration Index (ECI) measured inequalities in the maternal mortality risk index across different places of death. …”
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Increased sensitivity in electron–nuclear double resonance spectroscopy with chirped radiofrequency pulses by J. Stropp, N. Wili, N. C. Nielsen, D. Klose

“…The tunable bandwidth of the chirp RF pulses allows the operator to optimize for sensitivity and choose a tradeoff with resolution, opening up options previously inaccessible in ENDOR spectroscopy. …”
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Real Time Fractional Robust Adaptive Scheme for Frequency Regulation in Double Area Hybrid Power System With Renewables by Ahmed Ragab, Dalia Allam, Ahmed F. Zobaa, Hazem Ali Attia

“…The fractional orders have been optimized using a nature-inspired algorithm named Artificial Rabbits. …”
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Numerical investigating the impact of fluid properties and oscillation frequency on micro mixer efficiency by Sajad Ghanbari, Mohammad Sefid, Mohammad Ali Sabbaghi

“…By creating a difference in viscosity and density between the two mixing fluids, the mixer exhibits unique and distinct performance, such that for each viscosity and density ratio, it is observed different optimal Strouhal numbers independently. This research provides a fundamental understanding of the effects of differing density and viscosity, as well as the impact of excitation frequency on the mixing efficiency of the two fluids.…”
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A Strategic Management Approach to Reduce Pepper Weevil Damage to Jalapeño Pepper Plants with Conventional and Biorational Insecticides by Naga Mani Kanchupati, Dakshina R. Seal, Bruce Schaffer, Oscar E. Liburd

“…To enhance control measures and mitigate the risk of insecticide resistance in the pepper weevil, this study focused on determining the optimal timing and application intervals of thiamethoxam and isocycloseram and assessed the effectiveness of rotating these pesticides with biorational insecticides. …”
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Effect of soil type and vermicompost applications on tomato growth by Marc A. Zucco, S. Alan Walters, She-Kong Chong, Brian P. Klubek, Joseph G. Masabni

“…Conclusions This research indicated that VC is a suitable alternative fertilizer for tomato, with approximately 0.5â0.6 g/g VC added to soil resulting in optimal tomato plant growth. Moreover, this rate provided tomato growth results similar to the standard inorganic fertility program. …”
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Metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma with internal jugular vein tumor thrombus - A case report and review of the literature by Zaina Adnan, Edmond Sabo, Sameer Kassem

“…Early and accurate preoperative diagnosis using Doppler ultrasonography and/or contrast-enhanced CT is critical for optimal surgical planning and improved prognosis. …”
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Intellectualized forensic technique for Android pattern locks by Jiahao QIU, Weidong QIU, Yangde WANG, Yan ZHA, Yuming XIE, Yan LI

“…In the field of digital forensics, how to unlock mobile devices such as phones has always been an urgent problem to overcome.As a special kind of password, pattern lock is widely used in mobile phone screen unlock and software access authorization.Existing pattern lock cracking techniques have several non-negligible disadvantages, such as poor concealment, low practicability, non-intelligence and single application scenario.Two basic threat models were abstracted from shoulder surfing, surveillance camera, and real-time forensics, and a multi-scenario side channel attack on pattern locks was proposed.Based on the data of surveillance camera or manual video, intelligent vision recognition algorithms were adopted to identify, select and track the target device and biological key points in the video dynamically.Then, discrete tracking points were integrated by spatial mapping and pruning algorithm.The denoising algorithm was used to eliminate redundancy and optimize the trajectory.Through procedures above, the original trajectory was simplified into regular polylines defined by several key turning points.Finally, the simplified pattern was compared and matched with the rules of legal pattern locks to inference and retort its actual pattern.Possible candidates will be sorted in the output according to their confidences.Results show that in the surveillance camera scenario, where the device screen is always visible, the cracking success rate of our technique is 89% for 10 attempts and 99.3% for 20 attempts.In the face-to-face scenario, where the subject consciously blocks the screen and his drawing finger, the success rate was 82% after 10 attempts and 89.3% after 20 attempts.In the surveillance camera scenario, the increase of shooting horizontal distance can significantly decrease the cracking success rate.But this effect diminishes with the increase of the number of attempts.Results show that the cracking success rate of the complex password is always higher than that of the simple password during 20 attempts, which means a complex pattern lock cannot play a better protection role if the proposed technique is applied.Shooting angle deflection within 5° has little effect on the success rate of cracking.…”
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Damage control resuscitation: how it’s done and where we can improve. A view of the Brazilian reality according to trauma professionals by MARCELO AUGUSTO FONTENELLE RIBEIRO JUNIOR, LETICIA STEFANI PACHECO, JUAN CARLOS DUCHESNE, JOSE GUSTAVO PARREIRA, SHAHIN MOHSENI

“…This study evaluates the implementation of DCR protocols in Brazilian trauma centers, hypothesizing sub-optimal resuscitation due to high costs of necessary materials and equipment. …”
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Multi-Scale Channel Distillation Network for Image Compressive Sensing by Tianyu Zhang, Kuntao Ye, Yue Zhang, Rui Lu

“…Combining outputs from both branches, we achieve an optimal reconstructed image. Extensive experimental results on four benchmark datasets demonstrate that MSCDN surpasses state-of-the-art CS methods not only in reconstruction accuracy but also in perceptual visual quality.…”
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Defense Budget Gaps and Legal Implications of Alternative Financing in Indonesia: A Legal Reform Perspective by Aris Marsudiyanto, Athor Subroto, Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro, A. Hanief Saha Ghafur

“…To address this, the paper explores alternative financing mechanisms, such as optimizing military assets, enhancing the defense industry, leveraging Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), and integrating these strategies. …”
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