Psychological Adjustment to Acquired Facial Disfigurement: personality characteristics, self-concept and satisfaction with Social Support - a longitudinal study by J. Mendes, R. Rego, T. Moss, D. Alcaidinho

“…There were meaningful statistical differences in both evaluation moments for the variables Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Optimism, Positive and Negative Affect, Self-Concept, and Social Support Satisfaction. …”
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Artificial Intelligence‐Enhanced Metamaterial Bragg Multilayers for Radiative Cooling by David Osuna Ruiz, Maite Aznarez‐Sanado, Pilar Herrera‐Plaza, Miguel Beruete

“…The structures are then optimized in terms of the calculated net cooling power and characterized via the reflected and absorbed incident light as a function of their structural parameters. …”
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Monoclonal Antibodies for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: State of the Art and Perspectives by Giulia Motta, Michele Cea, Eva Moran, Federico Carbone, Valeria Augusti, Franco Patrone, Alessio Nencioni

“…Despite this success, several questions about how to optimize the use of monoclonal antibodies in NHL remain open. …”
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Stochastic Control of Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter by Mattia Raffero, Michele Martini, Biagio Passione, Giuliana Mattiazzo, Ermanno Giorcelli, Giovanni Bracco

“…A stochastic suboptimal controller, derived from optimal control theory, is defined and applied to ISWEC. …”
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Surgical Treatment for Chronic Pancreatitis: Past, Present, and Future by Stephanie Plagemann, Maria Welte, Jakob R. Izbicki, Kai Bachmann

“…Current research focuses on the prevention of complications, optimizing the patient’s general condition preoperatively and finding the appropriate timing for surgical treatment.…”
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Hodgkin's Lymphoma in South Africa: An Emerging Problem by Moosa Patel, Vinitha Philip, Fatima Fazel

“…However, the advent of HAART has brought renewed hope, allowing standard therapeutic options to be used more optimally, with better treatment outcomes. Despite the renewed optimism, the overall survival of HIV-HL patients remains less favourable than that in HIV-seronegative patients. …”
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Preparation and in vitro characterization of non-effervescent floating drug delivery system of poorly soluble drug, carvedilol phosphate by Srikanth Meka Venkata, Wee Liang Vanitha A/P Hong, Dharmalingham Senthil Rajan, Sheshala Ravi, Gorajana Adinarayana

“…Non-effervescent floating tablets were prepared with a combination of optimized solid dispersions and release retarding polymers/swellable polymers such as xanthan gum and polyethylene oxide. …”
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Rooting, Growth, and Root Morphology of the Cuttings of <i>Ficus carica</i> L. (cv. “Dottato”): Cutting Types and Length and Growth Medium Effects by Rocco Mafrica, Marcello Bruno, Vincenzo Fiozzo, Roberta Caridi, Agostino Sorgonà

“…These insights provide practical strategies to optimize propagation techniques and improve plant quality for sustainable fig cultivation.…”
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Epibenthic Assessment of a Renewable Tidal Energy Site by Emma V. Sheehan, Sarah C. Gall, Sophie L. Cousens, Martin J. Attrill

“…This baseline survey can be used to select control habitats to compare and monitor the benthic communities after installation of the device and contribute towards the optimal siting of any future installation.…”
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Less Is More: Evaluating the Benefits of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery by Ali A. Mohamed, Rakan Alshaibi, Steven Faragalla, Garrett Flynn, Asad Khan, Emma Sargent, Youssef Mohamed, Camberly Moriconi, Cooper Williams, Zev Karve, Daniel Colome, Phillip Mitchell Johansen, Brandon Lucke-Wold

“…Our research underscores the importance of adopting MISS techniques to optimize patient care in neurosurgical spine treatment.…”
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Research on the Prepositive Distance of Crosswalk Warning Markings for Unsignalized Road Section by Guohua Liang, Fangfang Wang, Quan Shi, Rui Li, Zhijing Ji, Chenchen Dong

“…This paper proposed an optimal prepositive distance of crosswalk warning markings for unsignalized road section under three different design speeds based on the mathematical modelling and driving simulation. …”
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Metallocene Polyolefins Reinforced by Low-Entanglement UHMWPE through Interfacial Entanglements by Xin Tang, Jinheng Xing, Xiang Yan, Chunlin Ye, Letian Zhang, Yu Zhang, Baoqiang Shu, Jingshan Mu, Wei Li, Jingdai Wang, Yongrong Yang

“…For instance, EPDM possesses a higher optimal dosage of UHMWPE particles reflected in good interfacial interdiffusion with UHMWPE particles, leading to significant optimized mechanical performance.…”
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Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Total Flavonoids from Corn Silk and Their Antioxidant Activity by Ling-Li Zheng, Guan Wen, Min-Yong Yuan, Feng Gao

“…Response surface methodology was adopted to optimize the extraction conditions and antioxidant activities of the extracted total flavonoids were detected through ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay. …”
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Gas-Solid Reaction Properties of Fluorine Compounds and Solid Adsorbents for Off-Gas Treatment from Semiconductor Facility by Shinji Yasui, Tadashi Shojo, Goichi Inoue, Kunihiko Koike, Akihiro Takeuchi, Yoshio Iwasa

“…This paper describes the fluorine compound adsorption properties of both the solid adsorbents—calcium carbonate and the sodium compound—for the optimal design of the fixation furnace. An analysis of the gas-solid reaction rate was performed from the experimental results of the breakthrough curve by using a fixed-bed reaction model, and the reaction rate constants and adsorption capacity were obtained for achieving an optimal process design.…”
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Revealing how internal sensors in a smart battery impact the local graphite lithiation mechanism by Annabel Olgo, Sylvie Genies, Romain Franchi, Cédric Septet, Quentin Jacquet, Quentin Berrod, Rasmus Palm, Pascale Chenevier, Elise Villemin, Claire Villevieille, Nils Blanc, Samuel Tardif, Olivier Raccurt, Sandrine Lyonnard

“…These results show the importance of controlling local deformations induced by internal sensors and tailoring the dimensions of these sensors to obtain reliable battery performance indicators and optimize smart batteries.…”
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Personal Strengths and Health Related Quality of Life in Dementia Caregivers from Latin America by Stephen K. Trapp, Paul B. Perrin, Richa Aggarwal, Silvina Victoria Peralta, Miriam E. Stolfi, Eliana Morelli, Leticia Aracely Peña Obeso, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla

“…The present study examined whether personal strengths, including resilience, optimism, and sense of coherence, were associated with mental and physical health related quality of life (HRQOL) in 130 dementia caregivers in Mexico and Argentina. …”
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Diagnostics of heat exchange equipment on basis of operating parameters of diesel fuel hydrotreating unit by A. М. Demin, A. P. Naumenko

“…Diagnosis of heat exchangers in real time allows you to optimize operating costs, including choosing the optimal time for cleaning tube bundles in terms of comparability of costs for additional fuel consumed and cleaning.…”
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Development of an Enriched Polyphenol (Natural Antioxidant) Extract from Orange Juice (Citrus sinensis) by Adsorption on Macroporous Resins by Luca Campone, Rita Celano, Serena Rizzo, Anna Lisa Piccinelli, Luca Rastrelli, Mariateresa Russo

“…Lastly, antioxidant capacity of the orange juice extract of selected macroporous resin, obtained under optimized conditions, was determined by in vitro antioxidant assays.…”
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Forecasting consumption of electric energy by using wavelet transform by V. I. Skorokhodov, O. A. Lysenko, A. V. Simakov, S. A. Gorovoy

“…The purpose of this work is to make a forecast of electric energy consumption using the wavelet transform, and to select the optimal wavelet function for forecasting. Data for forecasting is a schedule of the load of the shop, which plays the role of a household room, warehouse, as well as a working office for personnel who service electrical installations at a production enterprise. …”
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A comparative analysis of photovoltaic system using three algorithms: P&O, Hill Climbing and Fuzzy Logic by Benkirane Yassine, Benhala Bachir, Raihani Abdelhadi

“…Additionally, the work involves using algorithms to manage energy within this solar system to optimize power generation. We focus on the following algorithms: Perturb and Observe (A simple and highly responsive algorithm with a quick response that adjusts the voltage), Hill Climbing (It is a simple algorithm to implement and is effective for solving combinatorial problems by adjusting the duty cycle), and fuzzy logic (Using linguistic rules, it is possible to intelligently adjust the parameters, improving the connection between the photovoltaic generator and the load to ensure optimal operation). …”
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