N-Losses and Energy Use in a Scenario for Conversion to Organic Farming by Tommy Dalgaard, Chris Kjeldsen, Nicholas J. Hutchings, Jorgen F. Hansen

“…The scenario tool has been developed within the multidisciplinary research project Land Use and Landscape Development Illustrated with Scenarios (ARLAS). A pilot scenario was carried out, where predicted changes in N-losses and E-uses following conversion to organic farming in areas with special interests in clean groundwater were compared. …”
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Efficient Degradation of Industrial Biowaste via In-Vessel Composting—Technical and Microbial Assessments by Jamie Jean Minn Tan, Zi Xiang Keng, Siew Hui Chong, Guan-Ting Pan, Ajit Singh, Christinavimala Supramaniam, Ianatul Khoiroh

“…In this study, a pilot-scale in-vessel composter was used to treat a mixture of industrial biowaste, with soybean curd residue and saw dust as the major substrates. …”
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Ötenazi Konusunda Algı: Bir Ölçek Geliştirme Çalışması by Yusuf Karaşin, Yalçın Karagöz, Mustafa Filiz

“…Ölçek geliştirme sürecinde literatür taraması, örnek anket taslağının oluşturulması, uzman görüşünün alınması, pilot uygulama ve evrenden veri toplama şeklinde bir dizi aşamalar takip edilmiştir. …”
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Towards a green world: how new urbanization affects green total factor carbon productivity by Xiaohong Wang, Xuanting Li

“…IntroductionNew urbanization is a powerful support for regional economic growth and green transformation.MethodsIn this paper, we select data from 237 cities at prefecture level and above in China from 2010 to 2021 for quasi-experimental design, and investigate the effects of new urbanization policy pilots on urban green total factor productivity (GTFP) and its mechanism by constructing a multi-period difference-in-differences model.ResultsThe study finds that: a) the construction of new urbanization has a positive impact on promoting urban GTFP, and this result is verified by a series of robustness tests; b) the promotion of industrial structure upgrading, the facilitation of green technological innovation, and the reduction of the degree of resource mismatch all partially mediate the relationship between new urbanization and urban GTFP; c) environmental regulation and market integration both modulate the relationship between the construction of new urbanization and urban GTFP in positive directions; d) heterogeneity analysis shows that, in terms of the two-dimensional city attributes of ‘location-characteristics’, the increase in GTFP is more significant in eastern and central cities, and in non-resource cities; e) further analysis shows that the pilot policies of new urbanization have a spatial spillover effect on GTFP, and the policy spillover effects are mainly affected through mechanisms such as industrial structure upgrading in neighboring municipalities.DiscussionThis study provides new ideas for the next stage of sustainable regional green development in China, thus promoting China's high-quality development with theoretical and practical significance.…”
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The use of paracetamol during pregnancy: A qualitative study and possible strategies for a clinical trial. by Cathrine Vedel, Ditte Staub Jørgensen, David Møbjerg Kristensen, Olav Bjørn Petersen, Gorm Greisen

“…It highlights the urgent need for a clinical trial, and the aim of the presented qualitative pilot study on APAP use during pregnancy is the feasibility of a large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT). …”
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University Entrepreneurship at the Service of Rural Society. The RuralYU Project as an Action Learning Process by María Begoña Sáiz Mauleón, Irene Badía Madrigal, Rita Gorriz Salanova, Inés Mondragón Pons, Victoria Olcina Marcos, Pedro Sáez Martínez, Pablo Tortosa Juanes, Guillem García Martín, María Cos Aznar

“…The winning proposal, which was implemented as a pilot project in Ràfol de Salem during the 2021-2022 academic year, values ​​the importance of the university at the service of society, in this case as an axis of urgent and necessary activation to avoid rural abandonment.…”
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Emerging Preservation Techniques for Controlling Spoilage and Pathogenic Microorganisms in Fruit Juices by Kamal Rai Aneja, Romika Dhiman, Neeraj Kumar Aggarwal, Ashish Aneja

“…Some are still in research or pilot scale. Apart from these emerging techniques, preservatives from natural sources have also shown considerable promise for use in some food products. …”
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Assessing the Acceptability and Feasibility of Five Cycles of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Côte d’Ivoire by Orphée Kangah, Issaka Zongo, Alassane Haro, William Yavo

“…The recent revision of the criteria for the introduction of seasonal malaria chemoprevention has made the north of Côte d’Ivoire, where malaria transmission is seasonal, eligible for the SMC. We conducted a pilot study in this part of the country to assess the acceptability and feasibility of five cycles of SMC in 1701 children. …”
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Beliefs about Pedophilia and the Attribution of Punishment for Child Sexual Abusers by Gabriela GROZA, Codruța Anamaria RÎNDAȘU

“…However, when thinking about people with pedophilic sexual interests, people often consider them abusers (even if they did not act against children and did not commit any offense). This is a pilot study aimed to explore the attitudes and perception of people with pedophilic sexual interests in Romania, based on a questionnaire that was distributed on social media (Facebook), having 1077 respondents. …”
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Social Work and Human Rights: Uncrossed Paths Between Exposure, Engagement, Lens, and Methods in Professional Practice by Maria Irene Carvalho, Cristina Albuquerque, Pedro Borrego

“…This survey was sent to 4079 registered members (100%) of the Portuguese professional association, of which 259 were valid responses (6.3%). The results of this pilot study show that professionals are exposed to HR in the education system and in the professional practice and that the level of engagement with HR is strong. …”
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Research on Solving Path of Negative Effect of “Information Cocoon Room” in Emergency by Wei Liu, Wei Zhou

“…Based on information ecology theory and the S-O-R model, this study designed questionnaires using a Likert five-level scale and selected 388 publics from several smart city pilot areas in Changsha, Zhuzhou, Shaoshan, and Yueyang cities in Hunan Province. …”
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The Risks and Rewards of Embodying Artificial Intelligence with Cloud‐Based Laboratories by Nicolas Rouleau, Nirosha J. Murugan

“…While current CBLs are piloted by humans, future AI systems may relegate humans to the role of co‐pilot. …”
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Consumer’s Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices toward Self-medication: Questionnaire Development and Validation by Nahid Ansari, Abhishek Dadhich

“…Still, the availability of a valid and reliable instrument to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices toward self-medication (SM) remains limited. The current pilot study aimed to develop and validate a tool that effectively evaluates these aspects among consumers in Delhi, India. …”
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Language Delay Is Not Predictable from Available Risk Factors by Philip Wilson, Fiona McQuaige, Lucy Thompson, Alex McConnachie

“…Data were collected at a pilot universal 30-month health contact. Health visitors used a simple two-item language screen. …”
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Dijital Yetkinlik Ölçeği (DYÖ): Geçerlilik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması by Nevzat Şahin, Hasan Tutar, Ahmet Tuncay Erdem

“…Literatürden hareketle işgören dijital yetkinliğini yansıtan madde havuzu oluşturularak pilot çalışmayla madde sadeleştirilmesi, test ve tekrar test analizi, keşfedici ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yapılmıştır. …”
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Changes of plasma cytokines content in Graves’ orbitopathy patients, could be potential markers by Ying Fu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yaxin An, Bin Cao, Dong Zhao

“…Materials and Methods: We measured 25 plasma cytokines using label-free quantitative proteomic analysis in the pilot cohort. In validation cohort, NORCH3, TBP, α-enolase (ENO1), GPX3, ORM1, extracellular matrix protein-1 (ECM1), SERPINE, IGF1, IGKV1, and SPARC were validated using ELISA kits. …”
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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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Trauma Surgery and War: A Historical Perspective by Kun Hwang

“…The first use of medevac with helicopters was the evacuation of three British pilot combat casualties by the US Army in Burma during WWII. …”
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An Online Platform to Support the Network of Caregivers of People with Dementia by April B. C. G. Boessen, Renée Verwey, Saskia Duymelinck, Erik van Rossum

“…A mixed methods design was used for this pilot study, including semistructured interviews, a postal questionnaire, and monitoring of log data. …”
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IMPROVING THE BUSINESS TRAJECTORY AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN SOUTH AFRICA by L WENTZEL, John SMALLWOOD, Fidelise EMUZE

“…However, the preliminary findings that form the nexus of this paper are based on the reviewed literature, and a pilot study that was conducted among a purposive sample of construction SMEs - Grades 1 to 5 on the cidb register. …”
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