A decentralized optimization framework for multi-MGs in distribution network considering parallel architecture by Dengyin Jiang, Xiaoqian Zhou, Qian Ai, Yuanjun Hou, Yuan Zhao

“…In our proposed decentralized optimization framework, each agent only needs to exchange a small amount of boundary information with its neighboring agents to find the feasible solutions without revealing their private operational information. The novelty of this work includes (1) the application and acceleration of the ATC algorithm in the proposed decentralized optimization framework; (2) the extensive investigation of the solution feasibility of the derived MISOCP problem for various penalty multipliers, scales and objective functions. …”
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High prevalence and co-occurrence of modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases among university students: a cross-sectional study by Ipek Cicekli, Ipek Cicekli, Serap Gokce Eskin, Serap Gokce Eskin

“…The co-occurrence of four or more lifestyle risk factors was significantly greater in students at private universities (aOR: 2.01 95% CI: 1.2; 3.35), those living in student homes (aOR: 3.57 95% CI: 1.96; 6.5), and those with fast food preferences when eating outside (a0R: 2.53 95% CI: 1.62; 3.96).ConclusionTargeted university-based interventions, such as promoting physical activity, providing affordable nutritious meals, and educating students on healthy lifestyles, are essential to reduce non-communicable disease (NCD) risk among students. …”
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Effect of Load Vector Orientation on Uniaxial Compressive Strength of 3D Photoresin by Evgenii Kozhevnikov, Mikhail Turbakov, Evgenii Riabokon, Zakhar Ivanov, Andrei Golosov, Arina Panteleeva, Yan Savitsky

“…Rapid prototyping has a wide range of applications across various fields, both in industry and for private use. It enables the production of individual parts in a short time, independent of supply chains, which is particularly important in remote locations. …”
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Lessons for the COVID era and beyond: The impact of inactive lifestyle and mental health events on burnout syndrome in university professors working from home during the pandemic by Angelica Castilho Alonso, Alan Oliveira Máximo de Carvalho, Juliana Sanches Lira, Vitória Camargo Paixão, Rafael Diego Modenes, Rita de Cássia Ernandes, Vanderlei Carneiro da Silva, Gerson Scherrer Júnior, Kleyton Góes Passos, Matheus Henrique dos Santos Lino, Sofia Silva, Sónia Brito-Costa, Guilherme Eustáquio Furtado, Guilherme Carlos Brech

“…For reduced personal accomplishment, protective factors included older age, greater work experience, and employment in private institutions, whereas dissatisfaction was a risk factor. …”
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Polymorphous Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Case Report with Unique Radiographic Appearance on CBCT by Jagadish Chandra, Junaid Ahmed, K. M. Veena, M. Vijayakumar, Nandita Shenoy, Nanditha Sujir

“…A 47-year-old man who was referred by a private practitioner for a CBCT scan in reference to a proliferative soft-tissue growth in the hard palate. …”
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Global Perspectives on Addressing Systemic Issues in Music Therapy Curricula and Healthcare by Amy Clements-Cortés, Melissa Mercadal-Brotons, Hakeem Leonard, Vivian Chan, Gro Trondalen, Tao-Deva Stingl, Thomas Stegemann, Claudia Zanini

“…Music  therapists work in a variety of environments including hospitals, community centres, regular or special education schools, speciality clinics, private practice, and long-term care homes, etc. Music therapists are tasked with navigating policies in their workplaces and balancing the needs of their clients/consumers/service users. …”
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Inequity and vulnerability in Latin American Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations with rheumatic diseases: a syndemic approach by Bernardo A Pons-Estel, Rosana Quintana, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Everardo Álvarez-Hernández, John Londono, Ana M Santos, Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez, Mario H Cardiel, Maria Victoria Goycochea-Robles, Ingris Peláez-Ballestas, Ysabel Granados, Flor Julián-Santiago, Celenia Rosillo, Jose Alvarez-Nemegyei, Natalia Santana, Mario Goñi, Ligia Cedeño, Romina Nieto, Silvana Conti, María Elena Calvo, Eugenia Picco, Rosa Chacón, Jorge Delgado, Alfonso Gastelum Strozzi, Sergio Guevara-Pacheco, Vicente Juarez, Mario Alberto Garza-Elizondo, Juan Camilo Rueda, Amaranta Manrique de Lara, Nora Mathern, Marisa Jorfen, Alvaro Sanabria, Cristina Prigione, Adriana MR Silvestre, Vanina García, Julio Miljevic, Daniel Dhair, Matias Laithe, Fadua Midauar, Maria Celeste Martin, Maria Cecilia Barrios, María Elena Crespo, Mariana Aciar, Emilio Buschiazzo, Natalia L Cucchiaro, Mario Ruiz, José Adolfo Sánchez, Rodolfo Franco, Natalia Estrella, Silvia Jorge, Cinthya Retamozo, Sofia Fernandez, Martina Fay, Cecilia Camacho, Graciela Gomez, Jazmin Petrelli, Andrés Honeri, Viviana Arenas Solórzano, Ana Bensi, Marcela Valdata, Rodrigo Giraldo, Ignacio Angarita, Jesus G Ballesteros, Sofia Arias, Andres Vásquez, Lina Valero, Ani Cortes, Estafania Castañeda, Elias Forero, Astrid Feicán, Fernando Vintimilla, Jaime Vintimilla, Veronica Ochoa, Angelita Lliguisaca, Holger Dután, Jacqueline Rodríguez-Amado, Julio Casasola-Vargas, Conrado Garcia, Imelda García-Olivera, César Pacheco, Susana Aidee Gonzalez-Chávez, Hazel Garcia Morales, Arturo Velasco Gutierrez, JF Moctezuma-Rios, Eduardo Navarro-Zarza, Angelia Angulo, Rosana Flores, Janeth Galván Padrón, B Lorena Pérez, Janett Riega, Brenda Vaquez Fuentes, Miguel A Villarreal, Cassandra Skinner Taylor, Sara Marín, Dionicio Galarza Delgado, Diana Flores Alvarado, Jorge A Esquivel Varerio, Luz Helena Sanín, Marco Maradiaga Ceceño, Jorge Zamudio Lerm, Ivan Stekman, Yanira Martínez, Gloris Sánchez

“…Twenty clusters were identified in the Indigenous population and 17 in the non-Indigenous population.Results The variables associated with RMD among Indigenous populations were rurality, public health system, high joint biomechanical stress, greater pain, disability and alcoholism; and among non-Indigenous people they were being a woman, urban origin, older age, private health system, joint biomechanical stress, greater pain and disability. …”
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The impact of staple crop price instability and fragmented policy on food security and sustainable development: a case study from Bangladesh by Zia Ahmed, Abdul Kadir, Rafiul Alam, Hafiz-Al-Rezoan, Md. Aminul Haque Laskor

“…Seasonality has a limited effect on rice prices, while the private sector dominates imports of both rice and wheat. …”
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A systematic mapping to investigate the application of machine learning techniques in requirement engineering activities by Shoaib Hassan, Qianmu Li, Khursheed Aurangzeb, Affan Yasin, Javed Ali Khan, Muhammad Shahid Anwar

“…Our selected research studies used 32 private and 41 public data sources. The most popular data sources that were detected in selected studies are the Metric Data Programme from NASA, Predictor Models in Software Engineering, and iTrust Electronic Health Care System.…”
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Performance of a Point-of-Care Test Kit (Anigen Rapid^®) to Diagnose Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) Infection in Domestic Cats Using Saliva Instead of Blood in Austr... by Jennifer Green, Adele Scannell, Evelyn Hall, Mark E. Westman

“…In total, 382 cats were recruited from patients presenting to private, shelter and teaching hospital veterinary clinics in Australia. …”
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Conceptual Knowledge of Oral Health Among Primary School Teachers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—A Cross Sectional Survey by Sanjeev. B. Khanagar, Rayan Albar, Abdullah Alghamdi, Sultan Alshamrani, Yousif Alhussain

“…The findings indicated that the group of government school teachers exhibited higher values for the dependent variable CMOHK score compared to their private school counterparts. <b>Conclusions</b>: The average CMOHK score observed in this study is regarded as fair. …”
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Economic value of HPC experience for new STEM professionals: Insights from STEM hiring managers by Winona Snapp-Childs, Winona Snapp-Childs, Claudia M. Costa, Daniel Olds, Daniel Olds, Addison Snell, Julie A. Wernert, Craig A. Stewart

“…., salary boosts, signing bonuses) as well as to help address the shortage of STEM workers in the private sector of the US.…”
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Defense Budget Gaps and Legal Implications of Alternative Financing in Indonesia: A Legal Reform Perspective by Aris Marsudiyanto, Athor Subroto, Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro, A. Hanief Saha Ghafur

“…To address this, the paper explores alternative financing mechanisms, such as optimizing military assets, enhancing the defense industry, leveraging Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), and integrating these strategies. …”
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Does attachment and prenatal depression affect maternal health-promoting lifestyle during pregnancy? A cross-sectional study by Rufidah Maulina, Su-Chen Kuo, Chieh-Yu Liu, Yu Ying Lu, Siti Khuzaiyah, Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez

“…However, factors such as age, living arrangement, gestational age, a planned pregnancy, previous miscarriages, pre-pregnancy diseases, pre-pregnancy complications, and a private health insurance showed no significant associations. …”
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Analysis of the practice of switch of antibiotics from intravenous to oral therapy at a tertiary care hospital in Nepal: a prospective observational study by Upasana Acharya, Sweta Shrestha, Aastha Rawal, Laxmi Dangol, Binaya Sapkota

“…Design: A prospective observational study was performed among patients admitted to medical/surgical wards in a private tertiary care hospital of Nepal. Methods: Hospitalized adult patients who received IV antibiotics for at least 48 hours and met the eligibility criteria were enrolled in the study. …”
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Relative Age Effect (RAE) Among Malaysia University Athletes by Nor Ashikin Hassan, Zamri Abd. Kahar, Ali Md Nadzalan, Jeffrey Fook Lee Low, Abd Muiz Nor Azmi, Rivan Saghita Pratama, Septyaningrum Putri Purwoto

“…However, there was interesting RAE seen in athletes from private universities (IPTS) (χ2 (3, N = 1372) = 5.429, p =.143). …”
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‘We need to be part of the solution’: lessons from the 2024 PPRI Conference on ensuring access to affordable medicines through innovative policies by Sabine Vogler, Nina Zimmermann, Verena Knoll, Maximilian Salcher-Konrad, Friederike Windisch, Jaime Espin, Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse, Dimitra Panteli, Fatima Suleman, Veronika J. Wirtz, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar

“…These discussions benefited from the interaction between policy-makers, stakeholders in the private sector and researchers who provided evidence on implemented and piloted policies. …”
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Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on Ambient Air Particulate Matter in Tehran by Sasan Faridi, Fatemeh Yousefian, Sadegh Niazi, Mohammad Rezvani Ghalhari, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Kazem Naddafi

“…The non-integrated responses to the pandemic, including the failure to close administrative centers and, in particular, the recommendation to maintain social distancing by reducing public transportation use (prompting citizens to travel by private vehicle), have worsened the ambient air quality in Tehran, providing an exceptional opportunity to evaluate the direct/indirect influence of air quality policies and emission control measures on PM2.5 and PM10. …”
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Coprescribing of opioids and high-risk medications in the USA: a cross-sectional study with data from national ambulatory and emergency department settings by Dio Kavalieratos, Mohammed K Ali, Kara Suvada, Anna Zimmer, Jesse Soodalter, Jimi S Malik

“…Compared with adults receiving opioid prescriptions alone, those coprescribed opioids and high-risk medications were older, more likely female, white and using private or Medicare insurance (p&lt;0.0001).Conclusions Coprescribing is more common in ambulatory than ED settings and has been declining, yet one in four patient visits where opioids were prescribed resulted in coprescribed, high-risk medications in 2016. …”
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Two Novel CYP11B1 Gene Mutations in Patients from Two Croatian Families with 11β-Hydroxylase Deficiency by Katja Dumic, Tony Yuen, Zorana Grubic, Vesna Kusec, Ingeborg Barisic, Maria I. New

“…Results of our investigation confirm that most of the CYP11B1 mutations are private. In order to elucidate the molecular basis for 11β-OHD in the Croatian/Slavic population, it is imperative to perform CYP11B1 genetic analysis in more patients from this region, since so far only four patients from three unrelated Croatian families have been analyzed.…”
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