GPTOR: Gridded GA and PSO-based task offloading and ordering in IoT-edge-cloud computing by Arezou Mahmoudi, Leili Farzinvash, Javid Taheri

“…Other approaches used greedy methods that could not provide high-quality solutions or employed standard optimization algorithms, which took a long time to converge. …”
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THE EFFECT OF DECELLULARIZATION TECHNIQUE ON COLLAGEN TYPE II AND MATRICES POROSITY OF CARTILAGE BOVINE SCAFFOLD by Dwikora Novembri Utomo, Ika Benny Kartika Sari

“…This result was expected to become a standard for the decellularization making of cartilage bovine scaffold.…”
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Hamstring Shortness among Undergraduate Students, Using Knee Extension Angle Test by Farhan Ishaque, Saira Bano, Hamna Khan, Suneel Kumar, Saeed Qaiser, Muhammad Asif Khan

“…Hamstring muscle shortness was assessed by a gold standard assessment tool i.e. passive knee extension angle test. …”
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High-frequency PCR-testing as a powerful approach for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in the field of critical infrastructure: A longitudinal, retrospective study in a German tertiary care... by Bastian Fischer, Martin Farr, Jan Gummert, Cornelius Knabbe, Tanja Vollmer

“…Because of high specificity and sensitivity, RT-PCR is considered the gold-standard for COVID-19 testing. The technology played a key role in detecting sources of infection at an early stage and therefore preventing larger outbreaks. …”
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The Potential of Acalypha indica L. Leaf Extract as a Repellent Against Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes by Laily Masruroh, Marlik -, Demes Nurmayanti, Windri Khusuma Pratiwi, Slamet Wardoyo

“…The concentration of 20% has proven potential in repelling Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, with 90% protective efficacy until the 6th hour of testing, according to the standards set by the Indonesian Pesticide Commission.…”
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Rheumatoid arthritis associated cytokines and therapeutics modulate immune checkpoint receptor expression on T cells by Dana Emerson, Eve Merriman, Pia P. Yachi

“…IntroductionWe investigated the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) associated cytokines and standard of care (SOC) RA therapeutics on immune checkpoint receptor (IR) expression on T cells to gain insights to disease pathology and therapeutic avenues.MethodsWe assessed IR expression by flow cytometry on T cell receptor activated T cells cultured in the presence of exogenously added single cytokines or RA patient synovial fluid. …”
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Research on power communication private network based on interleaved digital-analog hybrid modulation by ZHANG Jun, XU Xiang, RUI Wenjun, HU Weisheng

“…In the direct detection-based experiment, after 1 km standard single-mode fiber transmission, the recovered signal-to-noise ratio of 68 GBd signal with interleaved digital-analog modulation could achieve 33.0 dB, which supports the 1 024-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (1 024-QAM) signal with 17 GHz bandwidth. …”
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Exposure Due to Indoor Radon in Bulgarian Schools by Kremena Ivanova, Nina Chobanova, Bistra Kunovska, Jana Djounova, Zdenka Stojanovska

“…Radon concentrations ranged from 17 to 868 Bq m−3, with a geometric mean of 117 Bq m−3 and a geometric standard deviation of 1.78. The findings revealed that in 30% of the measured buildings the radon concentration was higher than the national reference level of 300 Bq m−3. …”
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Flavoured leptogenesis and CPμτ symmetry by Rome Samanta, Manibrata Sen

“…It is only below this bound that the observed baryon-to-photon ratio can be realized for a standard N1 domination, else a substantial part of the parameter space is also compatible with N2DS. …”
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Keratoconus disease classification with multimodel fusion and vision transformer: a pretrained model approach by Shokufeh Yaraghi, Toktam Khatibi

“…The performance of the model was evaluated using standard evaluation metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall and F1 score.Results The research results demonstrated that the proposed model achieved higher accuracy compared with using each model individually.Conclusion The findings of this study suggest that the proposed approach can significantly improve the accuracy of image classification models for keratoconus detection. …”
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Comparing the Urine Ketone Strip Test and the Handheld Ketone Meter to Diagnose Ketosis in Early Lactation Dairy Cows by Klibs N. Galvão, Achilles Vieira Neto, Gustavo Peña, Joao Bittar, Lucas Ibarbia

“…Measuring BHBA in serum or plasma is considered the gold standard diagnostic test for subclinical ketosis, because this method has stability, but the price for ketone strips is approximately $0.08/strip while the price for the electronic BHBA measuring system is approximately $1.00. …”
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Evaluation Of Educational Environment Based On Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure Inventory In Institute Of Nursing: A Cross-Sectional Study by Lubna Ghazal, Afia Ayyaz, Naila Iqbal, Saima Rafique, Aniqa Shoukat, Ayesha Afzal

“…The inventory consists of 50 items. The mean and standard deviation of all the variables were calculated and presented as tables. …”
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Motor-Less Robotic Gripper: Driving Mechanism by Robotic Manipulator Movement by Toshihiro Nishimura, Kosei Ueno, Tetsuyou Watanabe

“…This enables the robotic system to perform standard object manipulation tasks, including grasping, transferring with posture adjustment, and placing, without the installation of a motor. …”
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Synthesis, growth and characterization of magnesium chloride doped L-alanine cadmium chloride single crystal: For nonlinear optical application by Dessale Alemu, Idris Shafi, Tizazu Abza

“…The second harmonic generation efficiency of 1 and 2 mol% MgCl2 doped LACC crystals were analyzed by Kurtz-Perry powder technique and found to be 1.75 and 2 times greater than that of the standard potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystal, respectively. …”
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Preparation of rabbit kidney immortalized cell culture by V. L. Manin, I. V. Vologina, Ye. A. Trofimova

“…Dynamics of spontaneous continuous cell line formation during long-term serial passaging was examined using standard nutrient media and fetal serum. Contrary to the known cell lines of rabbit origin (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.), immortalization was not accompanied with enhanced cell production and cell size reduction. …”
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Do past and present adverse experiences impact the mental health of children? A study among children in the Juvenile Justice System in India by Shiva Prakash Srinivasan, Chiranjeevi Arumugam, Ananya Anandan, Padmavati Ramachandran

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using standardized scales to identify the frequencies of and relationships between life experiences and current mental health outcomes (stress, well-being, and psychopathology) faced by children residing in seven child care institutions (CCIs) across two states in India. …”
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2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS, POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF LAGOS STATE EXPERIENCE by AHMED OLAWALE MOLIKI, PETER ADENIYI Oluwatobi

“…The data were analysed with mean and standard deviation. The study discovered that several composite factors such as politics of sentiment and entitlement (Emilokan - it is my turn - mantra), excessive monetised politics, religiosity, ethnicised politics and power shift syndrome, among others, promoted the political violence witnessed during the general elections in Lagos State. …”
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Penanaman Nilai Agama dan Moral Melalui Metode Cerita Bergambar pada Anak Usia 4-5 Tahun di Kober Sriwijaya Sadar Sriwijaya by Munayah Munayah

“…It can be concluded that the singing method used by teaching assistance students, as an introduction to letters and numbers in children aged 4-5 years, is more improved than before and the achievement of quality learning in accordance with achievement standards is also achieved well.   …”
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Effect of instant ear domes on real-ear gain by Salma Samy Attia, Hesham Kozou, Doaa Elmoazen

“…Abstract Purpose As instant ear domes are the most commonly used fittings for RIC hearing aids and are available in standard sizes and shapes which may include vents, this study was designed to assess the acoustics of these different types of domes by estimating the insertion loss and vent effect of each using real-ear measurements to make the right fitting choice. …”
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Oil palm-cattle integration: Farmer perception of Ganoderma infection by Suteky Tatiek, Dwatmadji Dwatmadji, Bustaman Hendri

“…In-person interviews were conducted with all respondents using a standardized questionnaire to collect data. The findings indicated that although farmers perceive several potential benefits from integrating cattle into oil palm plantations, they also confront challenges concerning security, finance, knowledge, feed availability, and disease in the cattle. …”
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