A Unique Case for Spinal Cord Stimulation: Successful Treatment of Small Fiber Neuropathy Pain Using Multiple Spinal Cord Stimulators by Maxim Eckmann, Alexander Papanastassiou, Mark Awad

“…He now attends graduate school full time. This case report hopes to illustrate a unique use of multiple spinal cord stimulators in treating widespread neuropathic pain caused by small fiber neuropathy.…”
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Modelling chemistry and biology after implantation of a drug-eluting stent. Part Ⅰ: Drug transport by Tuoi Vo, William Lee, Adam Peddle, Martin Meere

“…From the model, we can identify the time scales over which the drug traverses the artery wall and empties from the polymer coating, as well as obtain approximate formulae for the total amount of drug in the artery tissue and the fraction of drug that has released from the polymer. …”
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In Vivo Detection of c-MET Expression in a Rat Hepatocarcinogenesis Model Using Molecularly Targeted Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Rheal A. Towner, Nataliya Smith, Yasvir A. Tesiram, Andrew Abbott, Debbie Saunders, Rebecca Blindauer, Oana Herlea, Robert Silasi-Mansat, Florea Lupu

“…SPIO–anti-c-MET was used for the first time to detect overexpression of c-MET in neoplastic nodules and tumors within the livers of CDAA-treated rats, as determined by a decrease in MRI signal intensity and a decrease in regional T 2 values. …”
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High-Speed Transmission and Mass Data Storage Solutions for Large-Area and Arbitrarily Structured Fabrication through Maskless Lithography by Yu Lu, Wei Wu, Ke-yi Wang

“…With a single field programmable gate array (FPGA) chip, mass data storage management, transmission, and synchronization of each part in real-time were implemented. To store a massive amount of data and transmit data with high bandwidth, a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) intellectual property (IP) was developed on Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA. …”
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Performance Evaluation for Related Techniques of the Proposed Environment Pollution Monitoring System for an Iraqi Case Study by Taha E. Al-jarakh, Osama Abbas Hussein, Alaa Khamees Al-azzawi, Mahmood Farhan Mosleh

“…Thus, proposals are made to optimize the performance in terms of reducing the scripts execution time and the size of data and messages transmitted and stored in the system. …”
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Feature Selection and Parameter Optimization of Support Vector Machines Based on Modified Cat Swarm Optimization by Kuan-Cheng Lin, Yi-Hung Huang, Jason C. Hung, Yung-Tso Lin

“…Moreover, experiment results show the fittest CSO parameters and MCSO take less training time to obtain results of higher accuracy than original CSO. …”
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Changes in Air Quality during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Singapore and Associations with Human Mobility Trends by Jiayu Li, Federico Tartarini

“…We determined that outdoor air pollution during the lockdown significantly decreased when compared with the same period in the previous four years even if we included corrections for long time trends in the analysis. The concentrations of the following pollutants PM10, PM2.5, NO2, CO, and SO2 decreased by 23, 29, 54, 6, and 52%, respectively, whilst that of O3 increased by 18%. …”
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Utilization of Project Kind-Er (Engagement in Reading) to Strengthen the Foundation of Learning in Kindergarten by Ma. Benilda Ricaplanca, Mart Albert De Guzman, Christian Bautista

“…It was then recommended that additional time be provided to explore the letters, especially those letters that are difficult to master. …”
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Chinaʼs Economic Growth, Energy Efficiency, and Industrial Development: Nonlinear Effects on Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Donghai Zhou, Binxia Chen, Jiahui Li, Yuanying Jiang

“…This paper analyzes the time-varying impacts of Chinaʼs economic growth, energy efficiency, and industrial development on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from 1970 to 2019. …”
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One-Dimensional Consolidation of Double-Layered Foundation with Depth-Dependent Initial Excess Pore Pressure and Additional Stress by Junhui Zhang, Guangming Cen, Weizheng Liu, Houxuan Wu

“…A model for one-dimensional consolidation of a double-layered foundation considering the depth-dependent initial excess pore pressure and additional stress and time-dependent loading under different drainage conditions was presented in this study and its general analytical solution was deduced. …”
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Considerations on the choice of experimental parameters in residual stress measurements by hole-drilling and ESPI by C. Barile, C. Casavola, G. Pappalettera, C. Pappalettere

“…The use of a high sensitivity optical technique instead of the strain gage rosette has the advantage to provide full field information without any contact with the sample by consequently reducing the cost and the time required for the measurement. The accuracy of the measurement, however, is influenced by the proper choice of several parameters: geometrical, analysis and experimental. …”
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The Existence of Kaharingan Within Dayak Identity in West Kalimantan by Moch Riza Fahmi, Asep Muhyiddin

“…Despite the fact that some of the Dayaks at that time were already Catholics and Protestants, they performed the rituals of the Kaharingan religion. …”
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Inovasi PRO GALO untuk Meningkatkan Kompetensi dan Pembelajaran Pemeliharaan Pakaian Pelindung by Anton Abdullah, Yeti Komalasari, Wildan Nugraha, Zusnita Hermala, Direstu Amalia, Muhammad Bayu El Firdaus, Indah Nur Rahmawaty, M. Fadli

“…Feedback from ARFF personnel and cadets indicated high satisfaction rates, highlighting the system's user-friendliness and time-saving advantages. Expert validation further emphasized the innovative aspects of the system, enhancing safety and operational readiness in emergency response situations. …”
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Single Objective Optimization Methods in Electrical Power Systems: A Review by Ali Abdulmunim Ibrahim Al-kharaz, Ahmed Bahaaulddin A.Wahhab, Mohammed Fadhil Ibrahim, Shahab Abdulla

“…The objective function includes binary variables to indicate whether a generator is undergoing maintenance at a given time and is subject to several restrictions described in this paper.  …”
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Cloud-Based Software Development Lifecycle: A Simplified Algorithm for Cloud Service Provider Evaluation with Metric Analysis by Santhosh S, Narayana Swamy Ramaiah

“…However, they require more time to collect data, simulate and evaluate the vendor. …”
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Quantitative Diagnosis of Rotor Vibration Fault Using Process Power Spectrum Entropy and Support Vector Machine Method by Cheng-Wei Fei, Guang-Chen Bai, Wen-Zhong Tang, Shuang Ma

“…This paper presents a novel method (PPSE-SVM) for rotor vibration fault diagnosis and real-time vibration monitoring. The presented effort is promising to improve the fault diagnosis precision of rotating machinery like gas turbine.…”
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Prognostic Factors for Cancer-Specific Survival and Disease-Free Interval of Dogs with Mammary Carcinomas by Elaine da Silva Soares, Fabrício Luciani Valente, Carolina Camargos Rocha, Carlos Eduardo Real Pereira, Thaís Barroso Sarandy, Fabiano Luiz Dulce de Oliveira, Sabrina Loise de Morais Calado, Andréa Pacheco Batista Borges

“…Among the dogs diagnosed with malignant neoplasms, 86% had early clinical stages (I–III), while 14% had regional or distant metastasis at the time of diagnosis. Carcinoma in a mixed tumor was the most frequent histological type with 44% of the cases and had the best prognosis. …”
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Evaluation of Performance of Different Methods in Detecting Abrupt Climate Changes by Chunyu Zhao, Yan Cui, Xiaoyu Zhou, Ying Wang

“…We compared and evaluated the performance of five methods for detecting abrupt climate changes using a time series with artificially generated abrupt characteristics. …”
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Acquired von Willebrand Disease Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Unknown Significance by Sijan Basnet, Catherine Lin, Rashmi Dhital, Izza Mir, Elan Mohanty, Biswaraj Tharu, Sushil Ghimire, Dilli Ram Poudel

“…His activated partial thromboplastin time was found to be prolonged in the emergency department. …”
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ANALYSIS OF CONSTRUCTION-RELATED FACTORS AFFECTING THE EFFICIENCY OF CONSTRUCTION LABOUR by Oluseyi J. ADEBOWALE, Ayodeji J. FAPOHUNDA

“…Adequate application of findings presented in this study will significantly reduce the current prevalent construction time and cost overruns through an improved construction workforce performance. …”
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