Randomized clinical trial of ICECaP (Individualized Coordination and Empowerment for Care Partners of Persons with Dementia): Primary mental health and burden outcomes. by Virginia T Gallagher, Anna Arp, Ryan Thompson, M Agustina Rossetti, James Patrie, Shannon E Reilly, Carol Manning

“…At least once monthly contact is made from a dementia care coordinator to the dementia care partner by telephone, video conferencing, email, or in-person support at clinical visits for the person with dementia. In this pilot randomized unblinded control trial of ICECaP, n = 61 (n = 90 randomized) care partners completed 12-months of the ICECaP intervention and n = 69 (n = 92 randomized) care partners received routine clinical support (controls) in an outpatient memory care clinic at an academic medical center, from which the participants were recruited. …”
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A New Activated Carbon for CO Capture from Coal-Fired Boiler Flue Gas by J. Don Carruthers, Melissa A. Petruska, Gopala Krishnan, Marc Hornbostel, Jianer Bao

“…ATMI's BrightBlack™ MS carbons have been extensively characterized using a variety of techniques and modified for the task of selectively adsorbing CO 2 from a synthetic flue gas in a laboratory and a pilot plant falling-bed adsorber system. The integrated falling-bed adsorber system was then moved to a field test location to capture CO 2 from flue gas from a coal-fired stoker boiler. …”
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Tianjin’s Italian-Style town: the conundrum between conservation practices and heritage value by Jingting Wang, Maurizio Marinelli

“…In 1986, when the Historic Buildings Protection Area was defined, the former Italian concession was identified as a pilot urban conservation project. In 2002, the public company Haihe Construction and Development Investment Ltd. was put in charge of the design and implementation plan for the site, which progressively assumed the semblance of an ‘Italian-Style Town’. …”
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Relationship between Supportive Services of Parents with Children Disabilities by Noor Al-Huda Satar S. K. Al-Kafajy, Nuhad Mohammad Al-Dorie

“…To assess the instrument’s dependability, a pilot study was carried out employing statistical and descriptive data analysis techniques, and the data were examined by SPSS version 20. …”
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Building resilience: A holistic approach for revitalizing existing infrastructure assets by Ahmed Gouda Mohamed, Farah Alashkar, Akinsanmi Sheriff Akindeinde, Ahmed Osama Daoud

“…The developed approach incorporates asset hierarchy and classification, condition assessment via pilot survey, Markov chain model for degradation anticipation, stakeholder perception analysis through questionnaires for comparative analysis, and constructing an optimization model for fund allocation. …”
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Energy and Productivity Yield Assessment of a Traditional Furnace for Noncentrifugal Brown Sugar (Panela) Production by Luis F. Gutiérrez-Mosquera, Sebastián Arias-Giraldo, Adela M. Ceballos-Peñaloza

“…Experimental productions were developed in a pilot plant facility, analyzing furnace gas emissions of furnace and bagasse properties. …”
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Enhanced Air Traffic Control Safety Using low Earth orbit Satellites: Non-TCAS Aircraft by Raziq Omayma, Nhaila Hasna, El Khaili Mohamed, Khiat Azeddine

“…In addition, existing TCAS systems often generate frequent and unnecessary alarms, especially in densely populated terminal areas, leading to erroneous pilot actions. The proposed solution aims to detect non-TCAS-equipped aircraft by other aircraft, whether they are equipped with TCAS or not. …”
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Influence of Different Excavation Sequence of Double-Side Heading Method on Supporting Structure by Chengkun Ling, Yanmei Ruan, Pengbo Wu, Jin Li, Jin Zhao, Bingxiang Yuan

“…The excavation of the pilot tunnel is complex, so the construction efficiency is low. …”
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Exploring the Caregiver Role after Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson’s Disease: A Qualitative Analysis by Suzette Shahmoon, Patricia Limousin, Marjan Jahanshahi

“…This pilot study aimed to explore how caregiver spouses make sense of themselves one and five years after their partner’s deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for Parkinson’s disease. 16 spouse (8 husbands and 8 wives) caregivers were recruited for the interview. …”
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INFORMATION SUPPORT OF RESEARCH ON TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORY MECHANISMS: AN ONTOLOGICAL APPROACH by N. L. Podkolodnyy, E. V. Ignatieva, O. A. Podkolodnaya, N. A. Kolchanov

“…This paper presents approaches to building knowledge domain ontology, formalized description of the mechanisms of transcriptional regulation and the development of methods for integration of heterogeneous information on the features of the regulation of gene expression on this base. The pilot version of the knowledge base on the transcriptional regulation of eukaryotic genes includes: (1) description of basic terms related to transcription regulation and relationships between them; (2) hierarchical classification of transcription regulators; (3) classification of phases and steps of transcription; (4) a database of transcriptional regulators of three mammalian species (human, mouse, and rat); and (5) dictionaries for molecular processes involved in transcriptional regulation. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Digital Transformation on Urban Innovation Resilience by Ruoxi Yu, Yaqian Chen, Yuhuan Jin, Sheng Zhang

“…It treats the Broadband China Pilot (BCP) policy as a quasi-natural experiment of digital transformation and employs a time-varying Difference-in-Differences (DID) method to investigate the impact of digital transformation on urban innovation resilience. …”
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Identifying barriers to achieving recreational goals in the planning of urban decay laws by newsha akbari, Alireza Andalib, shirin toghyani, mahmood mohamadi

“…The purpose of the present study was to identify legal challenges to the implementation of regeneretional goals in areas of  urban decay, including those that were selected as pilot sites for the implementation of regeneretional goals after the recent laws on regeneretion. …”
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ADAPTATION OF DELONE AND MCLEAN MODEL FOR ERP SYSTEM QUALITY EVALUATION by Vesna Pavković, Dražena Gašpar, Mario Jadrić

“…The research was conducted on 335 medium and large companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for which it has been confirmed in the pilot research to have an ERP system that they have used for more than two years. …”
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Influence of technological factors of melting on the structure and properties of modified heat‑resistant chrome bronzes by F. G. Lovshenko, I. A. Lozikov

“…The role of protective atmospheres and deoxidizers in the formation of the chemical composition of alloys is studied and their optimal combination is proposed, consisting in a combination of Cryolite and argon to protect the copper melt during alloying with its preliminary deoxidation with a modifier based on the composition “Cu – 10 % B”, developed and produced at a pilot production facility at the Belarusian‑Russian University. …”
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Ontology-based expansion of virtual gene panels to improve diagnostic efficiency for rare genetic diseases by Jaemoon Shin, Toyofumi Fujiwara, Hirotomo Saitsu, Atsuko Yamaguchi

“…VGPs generated by the PanelApp software were utilized in a UK 100,000 Genome Project pilot study to filter candidate genes, thus enhancing diagnostic efficiency for rare diseases. …”
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The Effect of Solar Panels and Vegetation Strategy on the Sustainability of Open Spaces by Kareem Hajer Kamel, Mohammed Younis Mahmoud

“…The hypothesis of the research is that the use of renewable energy sources such as solar panels, in addition to vegetation can provide thermal comfort in addition to energy savings. The pilot study was conducted in residential complex in Iraq, Baghdad. …”
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INFLUENCE OF THE TIME OF DISINHIBITION TO TRANSIENTS AND WEAR OF THE FRICTION LININGS IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS MOTOR by V. V. Solencov, V. V. Brel

“…In this case the acceptable number of brake applications for friction linings (compared with mechanical braking) will increase by 1.6–2.8 times. The pilot study confirmed the validity of the obtained mathematical models and discovered patterns.…”
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Psychological health of the future teacher in the process of professional development within the framework of the ecopsychological approach by Irina S. Filonenko

“…The study was conducted by methods of diagnostics of the stages of subjectivity development, the ability to perform educational actions and "Individual model of psychological health". This pilot study shows the relationship between the components of the model of psychological health of future teachers, the process of subjectivity development and fostering the ability to perform educational actions during their studies at the university. …”
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Feasibility and efficiency of microalgae cultivation for nutrient recycling and energy recovery from food waste filtrate. by Yanghang Chen, Wing-Wai Wan, Kai-Hui Cui, Bonnie Pui-Ying Lau, Fred Wang-Fat Lee, Steven Jing-Liang Xu

“…However, further efforts should be made to utilize microalgae in food waster filtrate treatment, transitioning from laboratory condition to a pilot scale.…”
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Evaluation of a Semiempirical, Zero-Dimensional, Multizone Model to Predict Nitric Oxide Emissions in DI Diesel Engines’ Combustion Chamber by Nicholas S. Savva, Dimitrios T. Hountalas

“…In the present study, a semiempirical, zero-dimensional multizone model, developed by the authors, is implemented on two automotive diesel engines, a heavy-duty truck engine and a light-duty passenger car engine with pilot fuel injection, for various operating conditions including variation of power/speed, EGR rate, fuel injection timing, fuel injection pressure, and boost pressure, to verify its capability for Nitric Oxide (NO) emission prediction. …”
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