Construction and optimization of the watershed-scale ecological network based on network characteristic analysis: A case study of the Lancang River Basin by Yi Wang, Xiaogang Zhou, Chang Ding, Wenxuan Li, Linyun Huang, Beichen Ge, Yuhong Song

“…The findings revealed that (1) the EN of the Lancang River Basin comprised 26 ecological sources, 43 ecological corridors, and 106 key ecological regions. (2) The EN was enhanced by incorporating 12 corridors using the low-degree-first (LDF) strategy and the low-betweenness-first (LBF) strategy. …”
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Spatial Transmission Optimization for Secondary Users in Next-Gen Directional Networks by Zeinab Kteish, Jad Abou Chaaya, Abbass Nasser, Koffi-Clement Yao, Ali Mansour

“…In this paper, we propose a concurrent transmission strategy, where SU independently and passively senses the position and beamwidth of PU. …”
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Recruiting hard-to-reach populations via respondent driven sampling for mobile phone surveys in Colombia: a qualitative study by Camila Solorzano-Barrera, Mariana Rodriguez-Patarroyo, Angélica Tórres-Quintero, Deivis Nicolas Guzman-Tordecilla, Aixa Natalia Franco-Rodriguez, Vidhi Maniar, Prakriti Shrestha, Andrés I. Vecino-Ortiz, George W. Pariyo, Dustin G. Gibson, Joseph Ali

“…Adapting RDS strategies to MPS efforts could, theoretically, yield higher rates of participation for that age group. …”
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From guideline to practice: three years of ICH S11 insights and recommendations by Diana Tavares, Hsiao-Tzu Chien, Hsiao-Tzu Chien, Maria Elzbieta Sheean, Peter Theunissen, Peter Theunissen, Peter van Meer, Peter van Meer, Peter van Meer, Karen Van Malderen

“…We evaluated how the introduction of the guideline shaped the non-clinical strategy for paediatric medicines in the European Union. …”
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Debates on Changes in the Foreign Policy of Contemporary China (A Case Study of the English Language Academic Publications) by S. K. Pestsov

“…This growth in its own turn was to a large extent due to a pragmatic and sound foreign strategy that the country has been pursuing since mid-1970s. …”
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Optimization of power system load forecasting and scheduling based on artificial neural networks by Jiangbo Jing, Hongyu Di, Ting Wang, Ning Jiang, Zhaoyang Xiang

“…Economic cost analysis further demonstrates that the PSO scheduling strategy achieves significantly lower costs at most time points compared to the Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Simulated Annealing (SA) strategies, with the cost being 689.17 USD in the first hour and 2214.03 USD in the fourth hour, both lower than those of GA and SA. …”
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Xpert MTB/XDR implementation in South Africa: cost outcomes of centralised vs. decentralised approaches by N. Cassim, S.V. Omar, S.D. Masuku, H. Moultrie, W.S. Stevens, F. Ismail, P. da Silva

“…The estimated total costs were $191,472 for the conventional strategy, $122,352 for the centralised strategy, and $126,838 for the decentralised strategy. …”
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Partial Attention in Global Context and Local Interaction for Addressing Noisy Labels and Weighted Redundancies on Medical Images by Minh Tai Pham Nguyen, Minh Khue Phan Tran, Tadashi Nakano, Thi Hong Tran, Quoc Duy Nam Nguyen

“…This strategy utilizes a subset of channels for GCLI to produce attention weights instead of considering every single channel. …”
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Revisiting ‘revisiting supervised methods for effort‐aware cross‐project defect prediction’ by Fuyang Li, Peixin Yang, Jacky Wai Keung, Wenhua Hu, Haoyu Luo, Xiao Yu

“…To explore the effective defect density calculation strategies and methods on EACPDP, the authors compare four data filtering methods and five transfer learning methods with EASC using four commonly used defect density calculation strategies. …”
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Four-Year Outcomes of Left Main Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with a Bioresorbable Scaffold in the Circumflex Ostium by Andrejs Erglis, Inga Narbute, Dace Sondore, Sanda Jegere, Indulis Kumsars, Andis Dombrovskis, Karlis Grikis, Ieva Briede, Kristine Dombrovska, Karlis Trusinskis, Alona Grave, Martins Erglis, Martins Kalejs, Peteris Stradins, Uldis Strazdins

“…The study aimed to investigate the long-term outcomes of a double stent scaffold strategy in patients with left main (LM) bifurcation lesions involving the ostium of the left circumflex artery (LCX), utilizing a drug-eluting stent (DES) in the LM extending into the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and a bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) in the LCX ostium. …”
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Creation of a Strategically Oriented Social Responsibility Management System in a Georgian Organization by Maia Chechelashvili, Nino Chikviladze, Irina Iashvili, Tamar Kajaia, Khatuna Kharkhelauri, Elisabed Malania

“…It is recommended to switch from a tactical approach to social responsibility management to a strategic one, integrating it into corporate strategy and focusing on solving real social and environmental problems. …”
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Compliant flooring to prevent fall-related injuries in older adults: A scoping review of biomechanical efficacy, clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and workplace safety. by Chantelle C Lachance, Michal P Jurkowski, Ania C Dymarz, Stephen N Robinovitch, Fabio Feldman, Andrew C Laing, Dawn C Mackey

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>In summary, compliant flooring is a promising strategy for preventing fall-related injuries from a biomechanical perspective. …”
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AHP Approach To Developing a New Natural Toothpaste Product by Dikky Indrawan, Stevia Septiani, Galih Saputra Arista, Asep Rakhmat, Yessie W Sari, Nur A Nuzulia, Wulan T Wahyuni, Irmanida Batubara, Y. Aris Purwanto

“…The study also aimed to design a strategy for innovative toothpaste commercialization based on nanohydroxyapatite (nanoHAP) and Curcuma aeruginosa. …”
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Effect of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Regimen on Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics by Haruno Oku, BS, Saki Yoshida, BS, Takumi Hotta, BS, Hirohito Muroi, BS, Keizo Fukushima, PhD, Kei Irie, PhD, Tatsuya Hirano, BS, Yoshimitsu Shimomura, MD, Takayuki Ishikawa, MD, PhD, Hiroaki Ikesue, PhD, Nobuyuki Muroi, PhD, Tohru Hashida, PhD, Nobuyuki Sugioka, PhD

“…Therefore, these factors were not considered when forming the dosing strategy. Nevertheless, a negative correlation between volume of distribution and hemoglobin level was confirmed, indicating that monitoring the RBC count is useful in assessing the dosing strategy. …”
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Changes in target setting for major epidemic emergency response in China before and after COVID-19 epidemic: an official documents analysis by Yushu LI, Peiwu SHI, Qunhong SHEN, Chaoyang ZHANG, Zheng CHEN, Chuan PU, Lingzhong XU, Zhi HU, Anning MA, Zhaohui GONG, Tianqiang XU, Panshi WANG, Hua WANG, Chao HAO, Qingyu ZHOU, Chengyue LI, Mo HAO

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Observer-Based Robust Finite-Time Trajectory Tracking Control for a Stratospheric Satellite Subject to External Disturbance and Actuator Saturation by Shurui Huang, Yueneng Yang, Ye Yan, Shifeng Zhang, Zhiyang Liu

“…Furthermore, a number of simulations are conducted further to verify the excellent performance of the designed control strategy.…”
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Incipient and subclinical tuberculosis: a narrative review by Malay Sarkar

“…Early diagnosis and treatment of TB are essential to meet the 2035 targets outlined in the end-TB strategy. This strategy should also include incipient and subclinical TB. …”
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Research on Predefined Time Sliding Mode Control Method for High-Speed Maglev Train Based on Finite Time Disturbance Observer by Jinsong Ji, Ping Jiang

“…The control strategy has the advantages of improving the dynamic tracking performance and anti-interference ability.…”
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Adaptive Reduced Dimension Fuzzy Decoupling Control Method with Its Application to a Deployable Antenna Panel by Zhi-yong Liu, Jing-li Du, Hong Bao, Qian Xu

“…Results of the simulation also show that the ARDFD control strategy can significantly eliminate adverse effects of the coupled subsystems.…”
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Deep Learning-Enabled Automatic Detection of Bridges for Promoting Transportation Surveillance under Different Imaging Conditions by Peng Han, Xiaoxia Yang

“…To achieve satisfactory bridge detection results, we first propose to exploit the data augmentation strategy and physical imaging method to generate the natural-looking experimental dataset, which contains latent high-quality images and their hazy and low-light versions. …”
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