Application of non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-III) and radial basis function (RBF) interpolation for mitigating node displacement in smart contact lenses by Hanjui Chang, Yue Sun, Shuzhou Lu, Daiyao Lin

“…Radial basis function interpolation was used as an auxiliary method to provide finer optimization results for NSGA-III. …”
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Reconstruction of reservoir rock using attention-based convolutional recurrent neural network by Indrajeet Kumar, Anugrah Singh

“…The digital reconstruction of reservoir rock or porous media is important as it enables us to visualize and explore their real internal structures. …”
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Sports Participation Motivation in Disabled Individuals by Havva Demırel, Bekir Furkan Tüzer

“…In the study, the scanning method was used and in order to determine the differences between the variables, the Mann Whitney U test was used to compare the differences between two independent groups, and the Kruskal Wallis test was used to compare more than two independent groups. …”
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Practical application of time-lapse camera imagery to develop water-level data for three hydrologic monitoring sites in Wisconsin during water year 2020 by Keegan E. Johnson, Paul C. Reneau, Matthew J. Komiskey

“…Therefore, the aim of this study was to test a camera-stage method under a wide variety of test conditions to better understand the successes and challenges of using this technology in real-world scenarios. …”
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Enhancing Elementary Students' Numeracy Skills Through The Concrete Pictorial Abstract (CPA) Approach by Tri Suryaningsih, Khoerun Nisa, Rohmat Widiyanto, Asep Ediana Latip, Yubaedi Siron

“… This study investigates the impact of the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) method on fifth-grade students' SDN Cipayung 02 numeracy skills. …”
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Behind the Pages, Artisanal Thought and Knowledge Transmission in an 18th-Century Dyer’s Manuscript by Emile Lupatini, Natalia Ortega Saez

“…Through a selection of annotated pages, we highlight the manuscript’s traces of iterative thought and method development. We propose that these elements illustrate the dialectic between transmitted knowledge and individual experimentation, where mistakes, followed by correction, reflection, and refinement, play a central role. …”
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Histological Fixation Process and Fixatives by Tuğba Dağdeviren, Hatice Kübra Yolcu, Bülent Ünver

“…In histological tissue analysis including light microscope and electron microscope techniques, an appropriate fixation method is selected for each study. Detection solutions are classified in terms of content. …”
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Presenting the conceptual model of organizational democracy with an emphasis on the development of employees' psychological capital by Sattar jahantabi neghad, Foad Makvandi, ezat allah Kiani, ghanbar Amirnegad, Vahid Chenari

“…The sampling method is simple random sampling. The total number of the statistical population under study is equal to 100,000 people, out of which 200 people were selected from all the employees of the National Iranian Oil Company, and the questionnaire was provided to these people in the form of a link and in person and online (Pressline website). …”
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Validation of Automated Respiratory Event Scoring in Type 3 Home Sleep Apnea Testing by Shiroshita N, Obata R, Kawana F, Kato M, Sato A, Ishiwata S, Yatsu S, Matsumoto H, Shitara J, Murata A, Shimizu M, Kato T, Suda S, Tomita Y, Hiki M, Naito R, Kasai T

“…The REIs were calculated using these three methods and expressed as mREI, aREI, and sREI, respectively. …”
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Correlation of four-dimensional ultrasound strain analysis with computed tomography angiography wall stress simulations in abdominal aortic aneurysms by Wojciech Derwich, MD, MHBA, Manuel Schönborn, MEng, Christopher Blase, RNDr, Andreas Wittek, Dr-Ing, Kyriakos Oikonomou, MD, PhD, Dittmar Böckler, MD, PhD, MHBA, Philipp Erhart, MD, PhD, MHBA

“…Objective: Biomechanical modeling of infrarenal aortic aneurysms seeks to predict ruptures in advance, thereby reducing aneurysm-related deaths. As individual methods focusing on strain and stress analysis lack adequate discretization power, this study aims to explore multifactorial characterization for progressive aneurysmal degeneration. …”
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The ICAO Council as a Dispute Settlement Body: Theoretical and Practical Issues by D. V. Ivanov, V. G. Donakanian

“…The methodological basis consists of general scientific and special research methods, including analysis, synthesis, systematisation, as well as formal-legal, formallogical and critical-legal methods.   …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Single-Inhaler Versus Multiple-Inhaler Triple Therapy in COPD: A German Healthcare Perspective by Beeh KM, Claussen J, Shah D, Martin A, Kendall R, Dasari P, Ismaila AS, Noorduyn SG

“…Kai-Michael Beeh,1,* Jing Claussen,2,* Dhvani Shah,3 Alan Martin,4 Robyn Kendall,5 Priyadarsini Dasari,6 Afisi S Ismaila,7,8 Stephen G Noorduyn7,9 1Insaf Respiratory Research Institute, Taunusstein, Germany; 2Global Medical Affairs, GSK, Munich, Germany; 3Insights, Evidence and Value – Health Economics & Epidemiology, ICON Plc, NJ, USA; 4Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, Brentford, Middlesex, UK; 5ICON Health Economics, ICON Plc, Vancouver, Canada; 6Insights, Evidence and Value – Health Economics & Epidemiology, ICON Plc, Houston, TX, USA; 7Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; 8Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, Collegeville, PA, USA; 9Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, Ontario, Canada*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jing Claussen, Global Medical Affairs, GSK, Munich, Germany, Tel +4915259965322, Email jing.x.claussen@gsk.comPurpose: The INTREPID trial showed that once-daily single-inhaler triple therapy (SITT) using fluticasone furoate, umeclidinium, and vilanterol (FF/UMEC/VI) offers clinical benefits versus non-ELLIPTA multiple-inhaler triple therapy (MITT) for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in real-world clinical practice. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Circulating Immune Cells on Acne Using Mendelian Randomization by Wang X, Guan S, Xia Z, Zhang X, Bai Y, Li Q, Li H, Yang R

“…Rigorous instrumental variables selection was followed by causal inference using five complementary methods, including MR-Egger, weighted median, simple mode, inverse variance weighted (IVW), and weighted mode methods. …”
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Multiple Hub Genes as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets Inducing Inflammation and Angiogenesis in Retinopathy of Prematurity by Du C, Tian Y, Liu Y, Shi Y, Chen X, Chai H, Zhang Y, Shen H, Zhang L

“…Hub genes were screened by three machine learning methods and validated by nomograms, ROC curves and qRT-PCR. …”
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Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Contactless Respiration Rate Measurement Device Utilizing a Self-Heating Thermistor by Reza Saatchi, Alan Holloway, Johnathan Travis, Heather Elphick, William Daw, Ruth N. Kingshott, Ben Hughes, Derek Burke, Anthony Jones, Robert L. Evans

“…The RR measurements from the device were compared with the visual counting of chest movements, and the contact method of inductance plethysmography that was implemented using a commercial device (SOMNOtouch™ RESP). …”
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Explainable MRI-Based Ensemble Learnable Architecture for Alzheimer’s Disease Detection by Opeyemi Taiwo Adeniran, Blessing Ojeme, Temitope Ezekiel Ajibola, Ojonugwa Oluwafemi Ejiga Peter, Abiola Olayinka Ajala, Md Mahmudur Rahman, Fahmi Khalifa

“…With the advancements in deep learning methods, AI systems now perform at the same or higher level than human intelligence in many complex real-world problems. …”
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An Insight on the Timely Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Traditional and AI-Driven Approaches by Malaika Asif, Fasih Ur Rehman, Zoya Rashid, Altaf Hussain, Alina Mirza, Waqar Shahid Qureshi

“…Studies were included if they applied machine learning or deep learning methods to retinal fundus or OCT images for DR classification. …”
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Adapting a global plant identification model to detect invasive alien plant species in high-resolution road side images by Vincent Espitalier, Jean-Christophe Lombardo, Hervé Goëau, Christophe Botella, Toke Thomas Høye, Mads Dyrmann, Pierre Bonnet, Alexis Joly

“…Object detection and segmentation methods require costly annotations, making them impractical for scaling to the thousands of invasive species worldwide. …”
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Assessment of the impact of training tools on healthcare workers for PCV introduction in Maharashtra, India during the COVID-19 pandemic by Syed Quadri, Pravin Vedpathak, Puskarr Deshmukkh, Arup Deb Roy, Abida Sultana, Amanjot Kaur, Rashmi Mehra, Rhythm Hora, Shyam Kumar Singh, Seema Singh Koshal

“…This study aimed to evaluate the impact of training tools used to introduce PCV in Maharashtra, India by conducting vi training during the COVID restrictions. Methods: A mixed-methods approach was employed to assess the effectiveness of training tools and the perceptions of healthcare workers. …”
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The vernacular cultural landscape in traditional villages: global hotspots, emerging trends, and a case study of China’s Qilu cultural district by Zhao Pan, Yile Chen, Yile Chen, Yuhao Huang, Liang Zheng, Liang Zheng

“…The direction and focus of this research provide methods and references for subsequent research.…”
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