Introducing reservoir sustainability indexing to investigate reservoir operations and piloting it at the basin of Lake Urmia with sparse data by Sina Sadeghfam, Navid Fahmfam, Rahman Khatibi, Brian Mark Crookston, Meysam Vadiati, Marjan Moazamnia

“…Level 3 addresses the defensibility of the results. The capability is piloted on 9 major reservoirs with available data out of 44 in the basin of Lake Urmia for a proof-of-concept. …”
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Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Divorced Women for Depression, Anxiety and Loneliness symptoms: A pilot study by Nilgün ÖNGÝDER

“…Among divorced women a CBT intervention program was used. This study was a pilot study about divorced women in Turkey. In this study, sociodemographic data questionnaire, Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and UCLA loneliness were administered. …”
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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Modifying Nitrous Oxide Delivery at Stanford: Observational, Pilot Intervention Study by Eric P Kraybill, David Chen, Saadat Khan, Praveen Kalra

“…MethodsIn phase 1, total SHC (Palo Alto, California) N2O purchase data for calendar year 2022 were collected and compared (volume and cost) to total Palo Alto clinical delivery data using Epic electronic health records. In phase 2, a pilot study was conducted in the 8 operating rooms of SHC campus A (Redwood City). …”
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WozARd: A Wizard of Oz Method for Wearable Augmented Reality Interaction—A Pilot Study by Günter Alce, Mattias Wallergård, Klas Hermodsson

“…WozARd is a WOZ method developed for wearable AR interaction. The presented pilot study was an initial investigation of the capability of the WozARd method to simulate an AR city tour. …”
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Mindfulness-based retreat for mothers of paediatric heart transplant recipients: protocol for a pilot intervention study by Sara Ahola Kohut, Joanna Mitchell, Samantha J Anthony, Taylor Robertson, Heather Telfer, Mirna Seifert-Hansen

“…Mindfulness-based programmes are proposed as one intervention that may enhance quality of life, improve distress tolerance and coping and reduce social isolation in caregiving populations. This pilot study aims to investigate: (1) the implementation success of a mindfulness-based retreat (MBR), and (2) the effectiveness of a MBR at improving quality of life, distress tolerance, coping and perceived social support for mothers of paediatric heart transplant recipients.Methods and analysis A convergent parallel, mixed-method design is proposed for this pilot, exploratory study. …”
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A New Model of Russian Postgraduate Education: Pilot Study of the First Graduation of PhD Students by N. V. Rybakov

“…The paper presents the pilot study’s results of the first graduation of PhD students’ majoring in Social Studies and Humanities at Lobachevsky State University, prepared in the framework of the new model of Russian postgraduate education. …”
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Pilot study of a comprehensive multidisciplinary inpatient-based approach to smoking cessation in patients with vascular disease by Tanner Kim, MD, Anand Brahmandam, MBBS, Dana Alameddine, MD, Rachel Forman, MD, Amin Hardik, MD, Lisa Fucito, PhD, Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD, Raul Guzman, MD, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, MS, MPH

“…Objective: Smoking cessation remains a significant challenge in the care of patients with vascular disease. This pilot study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a multidisciplinary inpatient smoking cessation intervention that leverages surgery as a teachable moment and the postoperative inpatient recovery period to initiate smoking cessation counseling and pharmacotherapy. …”
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Feasibility, User Acceptance, and Outcomes of Using a Cancer Prehabilitation App for Exercise: Pilot Cohort Study by Fuquan Zhang, Deepali Bang, Christine Alejandro Visperas, Mon Hnin Tun, San San Tay

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Kidney REPLACEment therapies in patients with acute kidney injury and RHABDOmyolysis (ReplaceRhabdo): a pilot trial by Lorenz Weidhase, Antonia Borrmann, Anja Willenberg, Meinhard Mende, Christina Scharf-Janßen, Sirak Petros, Jonathan de Fallois

“…If kidney replacement therapy (KRT) is necessary for AKI, a procedure with effective myoglobin elimination should be preferred. This pilot trial was designed to compare different KRT modes that enable myoglobin elimination. …”
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Use of art as therapeutic intervention for enhancement of hand function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A pilot study by Sayali Khedekar, Apurv P Shimpi, Ashok Shyam, Parag Sancheti

“…Methods: A single-blinded, randomized controlled pilot study was conducted on 17 participants suffering from RA. …”
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Empowering medical students with AI writing co-pilots: design and validation of AI self-assessment toolkit by Laleh Khojasteh, Reza Kafipour, Farhad Pakdel, Jayakaran Mukundan

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RGB Pixel Brightness Characteristics of Linked Color Imaging in Early Gastric Cancer: A Pilot Study by Xue Sun, Li Zhao

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The effect of rehabilitation on remission following detoxification treatment in alcohol and substance use disorders: A pilot study by Mustafa Danisman, Gamze Zengin Ispir, Kubra Sezer Katar, Zehra Ucar Hasanli, Ziya Bilgin

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Impact of Yoga Practice on Lipid Profile and Insulin Resistance in Overweight and Obese Individuals – A Pilot Study by Abhijeet Shelke, Ramesh Kawade, Subhradeep Bhattacharya, Vishal Sarkar, Neevhashiny Selvaraj

“…Objective: This pilot study was designed to analyze the effect of yoga on cardiometabolic functions in overweight and obese individuals. …”
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Sex-specific differences in fit between two different types of body armour: A pilot study by Buttner Claire, Tiller Sharne-Louise, Vollenweider Nash, Canetti Elisa, Schram Ben, Dawes Jay, Lockie Robert, Orr Robin

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Low pilot overhead parametric channel estimation scheme for RIS-assisted mmWave MIMO systems by LI Shuangzhi, YANG Ruiqi, GUO Xin, HUANG Sai

“…Firstly, a channel training mechanism with low pilot overhead was designed using a few passive reflection units and constructing a phase shift matrix. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors for Sick Building Syndrome among Italian correctional officers: A pilot study by Francesco Chirico, Giuseppe Ferrari, Giuseppe Taino, Enrico Oddone, Ines Giorgi, Marcello Imbriani

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Pilot Trial of the Reboot Online Program: An Internet-Delivered, Multidisciplinary Pain Management Program for Chronic Pain by Regina Schultz, Jessica Smith, Jill M. Newby, Tania Gardner, Christine T. Shiner, Gavin Andrews, Steven G. Faux

“…A prospective, feasibility pilot study was conducted to trial a novel, multidisciplinary online pain management program: the “Reboot Online” program. …”
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Telepresence Robots at the Urology and Emergency Department: A Pilot Study Assessing Patients’ and Healthcare Workers’ Satisfaction by Jens Laigaard, Trine Ungermann Fredskild, Grzegorz Lukasz Fojecki

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Numerical study and pilot evaluation of experimental data measured on specimen loaded by bending and wedge splitting forces by S. Seitl, R. Diego Liedo

“…The calibration and compliance curves are compared and used for evaluation of the data from pilot experimental measurement.…”
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