Treatability Studies on the Optimization of Ozone and Carbon Dosages for the Effective Removal of Contaminants from Secondary Treated Effluent by P. Ganesh Kumar, S. Kanmani, P. Senthil Kumar

“…This study investigates the novel and advanced integrated pilot-scale treatment system of removal of contaminants in the secondary effluent from municipal wastewater. …”
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An Evaluation Of The Enjoyment Levels Of Participants Of LifeLab, A Health Literacy Intervention For Socially Disadvantaged Adolescents. by Lorna Burke, Dr. Hannah Goss, Craig Smith, Dr. Johann Issartel, Dr. Sarahjane Belton

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the enjoyment levels of students participating in the pilot of LifeLab, with a view to informing future development of the intervention. …”
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Analysis of Heat Release Processes inside Storage Facilities Containing Irradiated Nuclear Graphite by Alexander O. Pavliuk, Evgeniy V. Bespala, Sergey G. Kotlyarevskiy, Ivan Yu. Novoselov, Veleriy N. Kotov

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Analysis of the Correlation between Cross-Border E-Commerce and Economic Growth Based on Hierarchical Multilevel Gray Evaluation Model by Nie Chen

“…Cross-border e-commerce is growing rapidly and has broad development prospects. As a pioneering pilot zone for comprehensive cross-border e-commerce, it has played a leading role in the development of the country’s cross-border e-commerce industry. …”
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Attitudes towards Refugees from Ukraine in Poland with Special Consideration of Young Ukrainians in the Eyes of Polish Students, as Exemplified by the Olkusz Region by Mateusz Kamionka

“…Considering the above, the article will present the results of a pilot study from the town of Olkusz which can be called a ‘typical’ medium-sized Polish town. …”
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Performance Comparison of Doppler Scale Estimation Methods for Underwater Acoustic OFDM by Lei Wan, Zhaohui Wang, Shengli Zhou, T. C. Yang, Zhijie Shi

“…For each received ZP-OFDM block, the existence of null subcarriers allows for blind Doppler scale estimation. In addition, a pilot-aided method and a decision-aided method are applicable based on cross-correlation with templates constructed from symbols on pilot subcarriers only and from symbols on all subcarriers after data decoding, respectively. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Combustion and Knock in a Dual Fuel Gas/Diesel Compression Ignition Engine by A. Gharehghani, S. M. Mirsalim, S. A. Jazayeri

“…Conventional compression ignition engines can easily be converted to a dual fuel mode of operation using natural gas as main fuel and diesel oil injection as pilot to initiate the combustion. At the same time, it is possible to increase the output power by increasing the diesel oil percentage. …”
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Revisiting the effectiveness of a performance decision tree-style rubric compared to a grid-style rubric by Yuichiro Yokouchi

“…This article is part of a study aimed at demonstrating the usefulness of the PDT by creating and evaluating a pilot version. It was used to partially examine the validity and reliability of the PDT. …”
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Enhanced Wettability Modification and CO2 Solubility Effect by Carbonated Low Salinity Water Injection in Carbonate Reservoirs by Ji Ho Lee, Kun Sang Lee

“…The CLSWI also improved injectivity by up to 31% in a pilot system. This study demonstrates that CLSWI is a promising water-based hybrid EOR (enhanced oil recovery).…”
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Control over the structure of cast metal during impulse treatment by A. A. Andrushevich

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First Grade High School English Text Book Evaluation: Prospect I by Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, Shadi Donyaee, Shilan Sohrabi, Mojtaba Farahani, Dayan Khasemi, Elahe Saeedpanah

“…To this end, a researcher-made questionnaire was developed and pilot tested.  Bartlett's test of Sphericity, Keiser-Meyer-Olkin sampling adequacy measure, exploratory factor analysis and factor loadings, and Cronbach's Alpha measure of internal consistency were all run on the pilot study data, and the results verified acceptable levels of validity and reliability for the questionnaire. …”
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Towards a unified regional surveillance system: the Gulf CDC’s first initiatives by Sami Al Mudarra, Lamis Alghamdi, Ahmed AlHatlan, Andrew Amato Gauci, Aleksandra Polkowska Kramek, Alaa Alqurashi, Nouf Alzuhayri, Sadeem AlShiban, Bushra Alghamdi, Pasi Penttinen

“…This led to the strategic selection of a small number of priority communicable and non-communicable diseases for the pilot phase of the system. The final agreed list of diseases and conditions for the pilot are the CDs: acute respiratory infection (ARI), endemic dengue, brucellosis, measles and pulmonary tuberculosis together with the NCDs: cancer (registry) and road traffic injuries. …”
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Developing an Emergency Medical Services Resilience Assessment Tool in Climate Change: A Study Protocol by Kamran Mohammadi-Janbazloufar, Golrokh Atighechian, Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh, Fatemeh Rezaei, Jon Mark Hirshon

“…(c) Based on the findings from the scoping review and qualitative inquiry, assessment items related to EMS resilience in climate change will be extracted and synthesized to develop a pilot version of the EMSRA tool. (d) The pilot EMSRA tool will undergo a rigorous process of quantitative and qualitative validation, including an evaluation of its psychometric properties, to assess the resilience of EMS systems in the face of climate-related challenges. …”
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The feasibility of an innovative online mind-body wellness program for medical students by Christina Ray, Shankar Jha, Makayla Watt, Ashley Hyde, Kendra McGowan, Sarah Tymchuk, Puneeta Tandon

“…Method: This was a pilot feasibility, mixed-methods study with a pre-post design. …”
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Assessing the impact of global warming on the sport, tourism, and recreation industries in western Norway by Karolina Korsan-Kumińska

“…Pilot research was conducted in the summer and autumn of 2015 using a diagnostic survey on the internet. …”
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Development and validation of the Chinese patient-centered integrated care scale by Yue Yin, Wenqing Gao, Xiujuan Cui, Wenxi Tang

“…China has implemented various practical exploration and pilot programs in developing an integrated healthcare service system. …”
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Evaluation of Waste Anesthetic Gas in the Postanesthesia Care Unit within the Patient Breathing Zone by Kenneth N. Hiller, Alfonso V. Altamirano, Chunyan Cai, Stephanie F. Tran, George W. Williams

“…In this pilot study, 20 adult day surgery patients were enrolled with anesthesia maintained with sevoflurane. …”
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Magnesium Bioresorbable Scaffold (BRS) Magmaris vs Biodegradable Polymer DES Ultimaster in NSTE-ACS Population—12-Month Clinical Outcome by Piotr Rola, Adrian Włodarczak, Szymon Włodarczak, Mateusz Barycki, Marek Szudrowicz, Magdalena Łanocha, Łukasz Furtan, Katarzyna Woźnica, Jan Jakub Kulczycki, Joanna Jaroszewska-Pozorska, Michalina Kędzierska, Adrian Doroszko, Maciej Lesiak

“…The population of this pilot comprised 362 patients assigned to one of two arms (193-Magmaris vs 169-Ultimaster). …”
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Continuous underground observation of the geomagnetic field in Xuzhou City, North China, and its time-varying characteristics by Mei Han, Mei Han, Lianghui Guo, Lianghui Guo, Lianghui Guo, Yun Wang, Yun Wang, Xiang Wang, Xiang Wang

“…In order to evaluate the underground electromagnetic environment at the Longdong coal mine area (LCMA) in Xuzhou City and establish an underground geomagnetic observatory, we conducted a pilot experiment of continuous geomagnetic observations synchronously underground and on the ground during May 2023. …”
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Fibreglass Reinforced Composites by Weronika Machowicz-Musiał

“…The experiment relied on comparative tests of load capacity of the dowel joints in wood and fibreglass. The results of this pilot study did not allow to state the advantage of tested fibreglass joints over wood however it opened up the field for further research.…”
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