Evaluation of the NHS England Low-Calorie Diet implementation pilot: a coproduced mixed-method study by Louisa J Ells, Tamara Brown, Jamie Matu, Ken Clare, Simon Rowlands, Maria Maynard, Karina Kinsella, Kevin Drew, Jordan R Marwood, Pooja Dhir, Tamla S Evans, Maria Bryant, Wendy Burton, Duncan Radley, Jim McKenna, Catherine Homer, Adam Martin, Davide Tebaldi, Tayamika Zabula, Stuart W Flint, Chris Keyworth, Mick Marston, Tanefa Apekey, Janet E Cade, Chirag Bakhai

“…What are the programme delivery costs, and policy implications for wide-spread adoption? Methods A mixed-methods study underpinned by a realist-informed approach was delivered across five work packages, involving: semistructured interviews with service users (n = 67), National Health Service staff (n = 55), service providers (n = 9); 13 service provider focus groups; and service user surveys (n = 719). …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of detailed anomaly ultrasound screening in the first trimester: a mixed-methods study by Jehan N Karim, Helen Campbell, Pranav Pandya, Edward C F Wilson, Zarko Alfirevic, Trish Chudleigh, Elizabeth Duff, Jane Fisher, Hilary Goodman, Lisa Hinton, Christos Ioannou, Edmund Juszczak, Louise Linsell, Heather L Longworth, Kypros H Nicolaides, Anne Rhodes, Gordon Smith, Basky Thilaganathan, Jim Thornton, Gillian Yaz, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Aris T Papageorghiou

“…Data sources MEDLINE (OvidSP), EMBASE (OvidSP), Science Citation Index and Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science (Web of Science Core Collection); National Congenital Anomaly Disease Registry; European Congenital Anomalies Registry; Surveys of National Health Service Trusts; screening sonographers, midwives and doctors; and parents; National Schedule of National Health Service Costs (2019–20). Review methods Systematic review and meta-analysis for diagnostic accuracy. …”
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Improving older people’s experiences and safety at transitions of care: the PACT mixed-methods study including RCT by Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Jane O’Hara, Laura Sheard, Catherine Hewitt, Natasha Hardicre, Charles Vincent, Eirini Oikonomou, Gerry Richardson, Rosie Shannon, Kalpita Baird, Stephen Brealey, Robbie Foy, Laura Mandefield, Sarah Hampton, Ed Breckin, Lubena Mirza, Alfredo Palacios, Sally Moore, Jayne Marran, Jacqui Elliot, Jane Schofield, Alison Cracknell, Beth Woods, Sarah Cockayne, Thomas Mills, Yvonne Birks, Olivia Joseph, Rebecca Lawton

“…Forty wards, covering a range of specialties and routinely caring for older people, from 11 NHS Trusts were randomly allocated equally to 1 of 2 arms: intervention or care-as-usual (control). …”
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DETECTION OF FRACTURE A CONTOURS ON the image using expandING MASKS by O. G. Shevchuk, V. Yu. Tsviatkou

“…It is shown that the method is superior to the method of Harris on speed and almost equal in quality of image processing.…”
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Spiritualty of Children in Families and Those in Residential Care by Goran Kardum, Ante Grčič, Marina Marina

“…The aim of the study was to investigate the differences in the spirituality of children in residential care and children in families. Applying the method of pairs, children with behavioural problems who are users of residential care and children from families who are equal in terms of sociodemographic variables were selected for the sample. …”
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Linear programming with inequality constraints via entropic perturbation by H.-S. Jacob Tsao, Shu-Cherng Fang

“…Such specializations, made possible by the simplicity of the constraints, significantly reduce the computational effort usually incurred by these methods. Immediate applications of the theory developed include an entropic path-following approach to solving linear semi-infinite programs with an infinite number of inequality constraints and the widely used entropy optimization models with linear inequality and/or equality constraints.…”
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Dybkov model for the estimation of boron diffusion in the FeB/Fe2B bilayer on AISI 316 steel by Naima Hadjadj, Bendaoud Mebarek, Yassine El Guerri, Mourad Keddam

“…The aim of this work is to apply three models to simulate the boron diffusion in AISI 316 steel, with an approach based on classical mass balance equations, the Dybkov model and the integral method. From the numerical solutions of both models, the predicted values of thickness have been compared to the experimental results. …”
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Efficient numerical analysis of nonlinear liquid dispersion pattern drops using Taylor wavelet collocation by Mahmoud Abd El-Hady, Mohamed El-Gamel, Yasser Kashwaa

“…All calculations and visualizations are performed using Matlab, showcasing the method’s effectiveness and advancement in analyzing nonlinear liquid dispersion.…”
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Output Characteristics of Graphene Field Effect Transistors by V. N. Mishchenka

“…The aim was to simulate the output characteristics of field effect transistors containing graphene using the Monte-Carlo method and the Poisson equation.Two semiconductor structures in which a single layer (or monolayer) of graphene is placed on a substrate formed from 6H-SiC silicon carbide material are considered. …”
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Enhancing Rare Class Performance in HOI Detection with Re-Splitting and a Fair Test Dataset by Gyubin Park, Afaque Manzoor Soomro

“…By doing so, the approach balances the rarities and frequent classes of interaction equally, thereby increasing robustness. A Real-World test dataset has also been introduced. …”
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Design and verification of levitation system for superconducting electrodynamic suspension test line by TAN Fuxing, LI Kai, YU Miao, WANG Aibin, YANG Jing, LI Xiaofen

“…From an engineering perspective, the feasible design method for the electrodynamic suspension system was expounded and analyzed in this study. …”
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THE IMPACTS OF TEACHER SUPPORTIVE MOTIVATIONAL DISCOURSE INTERVENTION ON LANGUAGE ACHIEVEMENT: MASTERY- VS PERFORMANCE-AVOIDANT EAP LEARNERS by Elham Sadat Mirian, Esmaeel Ali Salimi

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Tool for assessment of attitudes for applying a new approach in the decision-making process for reimbursement list in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Sabina Becirovic, Bojana Vukovic, Valentina Marinkovic

“…We attempted to develop a tool for assessment of the stakeholders’ opinion, and with the further research we will propose the model that can bring equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The developed tool will examine the attitudes and opinions for introducing new methods in the decision-making process during the listing of medicines for the reimbursement list in Bosnia and Herzegovina. …”
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COMPARISON OF APARCH-TYPE MODELS: DOES THE CONTINUOUS AND JUMP COMPONENTS OF REALIZED VOLATILITY IMPROVE THE FITTING? by Didit B. Nugroho, Nur I. M. Urosidin, Hanna A. Parhusip

“…By visual inspection, the parameter trace plots showed good convergence of the Markov chains, indicating that the ARWM method is efficient in estimating the studied models. …”
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Correction of the Contribution of Scattered Photon Radiation to the Ionization Chamber Readings During X-Ray Radiation Quality Assessment by A. A. Zaharadniuk, K. G. Senkovsky, R. V. Lukashevich

“…The aim of the study was to develop a method that allows taking into account the contribution of radiation scattered on the filter when determining the half-value layer of the photon field generated by the X-ray unit. …”
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QTL Identification of Hull Color for Foxtail Millet [<i>Setaria italica</i> (L.) P. Beauv.] Through Four Phenotype Identification Strategies in a RIL Population by Zhixiu Ma, Shaohua Chai, Yongjiang Wu, Yujie Li, Huibing Han, Hui Song, Jinfeng Gao, Baili Feng, Pu Yang

“…This study utilized a population of 250 F₆ recombinant inbred lines (RILs) generated from a cross between two foxtail millet varieties: Yugu18 (with light yellow seeds) and Hongjiugu19 (with red seeds). Four methods, the visual grouping method (I), the visual colorimetric method (II), the Lab determination method (III), and the RGB determination method (IV), were employed to determine the hull color of each line across four environments and QTL identification were conducted subsequently. …”
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Minocycline-Loaded Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles for Augmented Synergistic Periodontal Sonodynamic Chemotherapy by Huang S, Xia C, Zuo W, Wang R, Xu N, Ye W, Li X, Chen Y, Zhu X

“…However, the therapeutic efficiency remains unsatisfactory due to complicated periodontal anatomy, limited plaque removal, short retention of antibiotics, and related side effects.Methods and Results: To address these issues, we successfully synthesized mesoporous titanium dioxide nanoparticles (MTN) via a sol-gel method, which were modified with hemoglobin (Hb) and loaded with minocycline (MINO). …”
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Combining Hyperspectral Imaging and a Transparent Hydroponics Bed to Analyze Growth and Age Distribution Dynamics of Entire Root Systems in Leafy Vegetables under In Situ Productio... by Ziyi Jin, Daisuke Yasutake, Yuki Sago, Tadashige Iwao, Gaku Yokoyama, Tomoyoshi Hirota

“…Existing methods of observing plant roots are often limited by their inability to monitor the physiological information of root system under actual agricultural conditions. …”
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A Petrov–Galerkin approach for the numerical analysis of soliton and multi-soliton solutions of the Kudryashov–Sinelshchikov equation by H. Samy, W. Adel, I. Hanafy, M. Ramadan

“…To validate the effectiveness of our proposed method, we utilize a collocation finite element approach based on quintic B-spline functions. …”
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Estimation of rectal fluctuations during radiotherapy of rectal cancer using CBCT measured on the bone structures and the posterior rectal wall by Salmič Klemen, Oblak Irena, Žager-Marciuš Valerija

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