Designing supply chain of blood under uncertainty: A case study by Ali Namazian, Reza Babazadeh

“…This research aims to present a Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MIP) model under uncertainty for strategic and tactical decision-making in the blood supply chain over a determined planning horizon. The fuzzy theory approach has been used to incorporate uncertainty into the model's parameters. …”
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Noncontact Knee Ligament Injury Prevention Screening in Netball: A Clinical Commentary with Clinical Practice Suggestions for Community-Level Players by Nicholas C Clark

“…The theoretical principles that are discussed in this commentary include injury control, the sequence of prevention, principles of screening in injury prevention, the multifactorial model of injury etiology, complex systems theory, and systems science. The different types of research that are reviewed include descriptive and analytic-observational studies. …”
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Mongolian Education and Science Vocabulary by Anna V. Mazarchuk

“…Indigenous Mongolic lexemes are derivatives from sur- ‘to study’, and the terms зүй ‘theory’ and судлал ‘study’ that are used as parts of science names. …”
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DN Testing as a Branch of Forensic Technology: Problems of Formation and Directions of Development by R. L. Stepaniuk, S. I. Perlin

“…It is confirmed by the following main arguments: the methodology of this field of research is based on the theory of forensic identification; its objects are traces of human and other living organisms; DNA analysis technologies are developed using the achievements of different sciences and adapted to solve problems of crime detection and investigation; they are aimed to ensuring the activities of law enforcement agencies in counteracting crime; the scope of DNA analysis application in crime combating should not be limited to forensic activities; legislative regulation of collecting and using personal genetic data is essential; DNA analysis technologies in terms of practical significance and fundamental scientific basis exceed all other branches of forensic technology. …”
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Empowering digital competence through peer-assisted learning and virtual reality in health professions education by Yngve Røe, Truls Sveløkken Johansen, Truls Sveløkken Johansen, Else Britt Bruset

“…Following a rigorous recruitment and training process, a “train-the-trainer” model fosters autonomy, leadership, and collaboration, guided by sociocultural learning theory. Three focus groups with 10 peer assistants revealed evolving teacher identities, technological mindsets, and professional growth. …”
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Social cognition in bipolar I and II disorders: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Bingren Zhang, Xuyu Chen, Nianhua Qiu

“…Results A total of 20 studies were included, covering three core domains of social cognition (theory of mind (ToM), emotion processing and attributions). …”
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Organizational structure of a state agency: concept, typology and directions of application to the system of the National Police of Ukraine by K. L. Buhaichuk

“…Based on the research of scientific works on the theory of public administration, administrative law, management, public management, the author has formulated own definition of the concept of “organizational structure of the National Police of Ukraine”. …”
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Traditional funeral and burial rituals and Ebola outbreaks in West Africa: A narrative review of causes and strategy interventions by Chulwoo Park

“…Policymakers should design a theory- and practice-based socioecological model based on social and behavioral strategies for villagers in remote areas to prevent the spread of infectious diseases via traditional burial practices.…”

Optimal Design of Damped Structure with Inerter System Based on Modified Harmony Search Algorithm by Chao Pan, Xiao Han, Hao Wang, Dengke Yang, Li Zhang

“…First, the closed-form seismic response solutions of a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) structure with an inerter system are derived based on the theory of random vibration. Then, the mathematical expression of the constrained optimization problem is established. …”
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Acoustic emission characteristics and damage constitutive model of fractured sandstone under uniaxial compression by Qiang Liu, Chao Pan, Lin Yan, Xuguang Wang, Shujian Li, Juncai Cao

“…The Weibull distribution function that incorporates a correction coefficient β was employed to optimize the Weibull parameters based on the strain equivalent hypothesis theory, which led to the establishment of a statistical damage constitutive model for fractured rock. …”
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Description of network meta-analysis geometry: A metrics design study. by Fernanda S Tonin, Helena H Borba, Antonio M Mendes, Astrid Wiens, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos, Roberto Pontarolo

“…We aimed to propose metrics adapted from graph theory and social network-analysis literature to numerically describe NMA geometry.…”
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Sacral Space of Ethnic Buryatia: The Cult of Healing Springs by Marina M. Sodnompilova

“…Healing springs are considered from the perspective of the information theory of culture, which makes it possible to identify a few layers of somewhat contradictory messages articulated by representatives of different generations. …”
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Research on Formation Identification Based on Drilling Shock and Vibration Parameters and Energy Principle by Yu Ding, Zhuoying Tan, Shuguang Li, Zizhen Miao, Huifen Qu

“…The research results show that, compared with the single drilling parameter prediction method, the rock-soil structure and strength identification method based on energy theory has higher prediction accuracy and can meet engineering needs.…”
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Valley-Hall slow-light waveguide states with dual-band in all-dielectric valley photonic crystals by Liu He, Jianquan Yao

“…Based on numerical calculation, the largest group indexes of low-frequency and high-frequency valley-Hall slow-light waveguide states are 1000, 1378, respectively. Hence in theory we can use half-wavelength λL/2 of standing-wave-liked modes to characterize slow-light states instead of judging respond time or fitting dispersion curve, which provides an alternative method or road to directly observe and demonstrate slow-light waveguide states in experiment.…”
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Image Texture Analysis and Edge Detection Algorithm Based on Anisotropic Diffusion Equation by Xiaoqin Li

“…We use the immovable point theory to prove the uniqueness of the model solution and further discuss other properties such as asymptotics of the solution. …”
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Nonlinear Constitutive Model of High-Temperature Viscoelastic Deformation of Gussasphalt Concrete by Shunxian Zhang, Aimin Sha, Xu Lu, Wen Nie, Weixiong Li, Junjian Yan

“…There is a good fit between the mechanical model derived from the viscoelastic theory and the measured test data, and the correlation coefficient is greater than 0.98, indicating that the model can accurately describe the permanent deformation law of GA under periodic semivector sinusoidal pulse load at high temperatures. …”
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American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) as wetland ecosystem carbon stock regulators by Christopher M. Murray, Tyler Steven Coleman, Wray Gabel, Ken W. Krauss

“…These conclusions are concordant with previous findings that apex predators, through trophic cascade theory, play a key role in regulating soil carbon stock and that alligators are functional apex predators in carbon dynamics and a key commercialized natural resource.…”
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Digital Twin Application in Teaching Students Majoring in Metallurgical Engineering by V. N. Baranov, A. I. Bezrukikh, I. L. Konstantinov, E. A. Rudnitsky, N. S. Solopeko, Yu. V. Baykovskiy

“…The methodological support and a script provided testing of the digital twin on the master’s students studying in the educational program 22.04.02.07 “Theory and technology of foundry production of non-ferrous metals and alloys”, direction of training 22.04.02 Metallurgy. …”
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Wanting and liking of Facebook functions and their correlation to problematic use by Dorottya Lakatos, Balázs Kovács, István Czigler, Zsolt Demetrovics, Domonkos File

“…A possible frame of reference to investigate this question is the Incentive Sensitizations Theory (IST), as it provides a solid empirical background to understand the motivational and hedonic aspects of problematic behaviors. …”
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Binary plant rhizome growth-based optimization algorithm: an efficient high-dimensional feature selection approach by Jin Zhang, Fu Yan, Jianqiang Yang

“…This paper introduces an innovative intelligent optimization algorithm, the Plant Root Growth Optimization (PRGO) algorithm, inspired by the structure of plant rhizomes and the way they absorb nutrients.In the algorithm, the plant rhizomes are divided into two categories, the taproot and the fibrous root.the growth process of the taproot plants is associated with the global exploration search, and the growth process of the fibrous root plants relates to the local exploitation search.The global asymptotic convergence of the algorithm is proved by applying Markov’s correlation theory, and simulation results using CEC2014 and CEC2017 test sets show that the proposed algorithm has excellent performance.Moreover, a binary variant of this algorithm (BPRGO) has been specifically crafted in this research to tackle the complexities of high-dimensional feature selection issues. …”
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