An intelligent method for NIR-based prediction of cashmere fiber and wool fiber using Markov transition field and improved YOLOv8 by Jihong Lian, Yongli Liu, Gufeng Tian, Yunhong Li, Yaolin Zhu, Xin Chen, Yule Men

“…Near infrared spectroscopy(NIR) is a fast, nondestructive and quickly packaged detection method. Due to the highly similar characteristics of the near infrared spectroscopy of cashmere fiber and wool fiber, it is difficult to distinguish them. …”
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Comparison of Early Effectiveness of Three Different Intervention Methods in Patients with Chronic Orofacial Pain: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial by Bartosz Dalewski, Agata Kamińska, Michał Szydłowski, Małgorzata Kozak, Ewa Sobolewska

“…Sealed, opaque envelopes were used. Methods. For evaluation, each patient completed a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Sleep and Pain Activity Questionnaire (SPAQ) twice, first at the beginning of the study and again after 3 weeks (0–3). …”
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Assessing Physical Therapists’ Expectations and Experiences With an Automated Rehabilitation System Using Technology Acceptance Model: Multiple Methods Pilot Study by Cynthia Williams, Lindsay Toth, Raine Osborne, Chloe E Bailey, Aishwarya Joshi

“… Abstract BackgroundWearable sensor systems maximize visual and clinical feedback for physical therapists to enhance patient outcomes in rehabilitation medicine. …”
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A web-based workplace exercise intervention among office workers with spinal pain: Protocol of a mixed methods study. by Carlos Tersa-Miralles, Cristina Bravo, Filip Bellon, Maria Masbernat-Almenara, Francesc Rubí-Carnacea, Esther Rubinat Arnaldo

“…This study aims to develop and evaluate a web-based workplace intervention with active breaks to reduce spinal pain among office workers.<h4>Methods</h4>This study follows a sequential exploratory mixed-methods design. …”
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DBA-RTMDet: A High-Precision and Real-Time Instance Segmentation Method for Identification of Damaged Buildings in Postearthquake UAV Imagery by Kangsan Yu, Shumin Wang, Yitong Wang, Ziying Gu, Yuanhao Wang

“…Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing plays a crucial role in the rapid assessment of postearthquake-damaged buildings. Existing methods for automatic identification of damaged buildings based on UAV remote sensing imagery primarily focus on assessment accuracy. …”
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Multi-Method Combined Screening of Agarase-Secreting Fungi from Sea Cucumber and Preliminary Analyses on Their Agarases and Agar-Oligosaccharide Products by Shuting He, Tiantian Lu, Xiaoyu Sun, Fangfang Ban, Longjian Zhou, Yayue Liu, Yan Feng, Yi Zhang

“…Agar can be degraded into agar-oligosaccharides by physical, chemical, and biological methods, but the further industrial application of agar-oligosaccharides has been limited by the environmental pollution of traditional agar-oligosaccharides preparation methods and the lack of novel agarase. …”
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Analytical modelling of cillia- driven prandtle fluid flow in a horizontal tube with viscous dissipation using homotopy perturbation method by Saira Muhammad Hussain, Aqila Shaheen, Ali Hasan Ali, Ali Raza, Ahmed M. Abed

“…Approximate formulations for temperature and velocity profiles are obtained by solving the governing nonlinear equations using the Homotopy Perturbation Method (HPM). A comprehensive analysis is conducted on the influence of critical parameters such as the Prandtl number, viscosity ratio, and characteristics of ciliary motion. …”
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Identifying Cryptic Mammals With Non‐Invasive Methods: An Effective Molecular Species Identification Tool to Survey Southern African Terrestrial Carnivores by Amy Wong, Eduardo Eizirik, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Vera deFerran, Tresia Shihepo, Anna Rose Lay, Julia Zumbroich, Nicola Rooney, Laurie Marker, Anne Schmidt‐Küntzel

“…ABSTRACT Carnivores play a vital role in ecosystem health and are thus an important focus for conservation management. Non‐invasive methods have gained traction for carnivore monitoring as carnivores are often elusive and wide‐ranging, making visual counts particularly difficult. …”
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Analysis of influence of the item total scores on the levels of ability of respondents in the dichotomous Rasch model based on the weighted maximum likelihood method by E. B. Belov, M. V. Alekseev, N. P. Kitaev, A. I. Kuchumov

“…Differences without extreme respondents do not exceed 0.01 logit with the maximum value of the coefficient K equal to 2. Conclusion. On the basis of WML, a method is proposed for taking into account the influence of the difficulties of items on the levels of respondents’ abilities in the Rasch dichotomous model when using the item total scores. …”
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A comparative evaluation of EEG Power spectrum characteristics between two methods for alleviating preoperative anxiety in breast cancer patients by Xing Jin, Yuxing Wang, Hui Jiang, Ying Wu, Yi Liu

“…Effective measures for preventing and managing preoperative anxiety include drug therapy and non-drug intervention. The main evaluation method is scale assessment, which has certain limitations and may involve human concealment or evaluation errors. …”
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A Method for Quantifying Mung Bean Field Planting Layouts Using UAV Images and an Improved YOLOv8-obb Model by Kun Yang, Xiaohua Sun, Ruofan Li, Zhenxue He, Xinxin Wang, Chao Wang, Bin Wang, Fushun Wang, Hongquan Liu

“…Traditional information extraction methods are often hindered by engineering workloads, time consumption, and labor costs. …”
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Quantifying winter forage resources for reindeer: Developing a method to estimate ground lichen cover and biomass at a local scale by Erik Cronvall, Sven Adler, Per Sandström, Anna Skarin

“…In addition, we compared methods for assessing lichen cover in the field and found that visual estimates resulted in lower values than a point-intercept method. …”
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Behavioral risk assessment of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among workers of petrochemical industries: protocol of a mixed method study by Zohreh Moradi, Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian, Fazlollah Ahmadi, Omran Ahmadi

“…The volume of samples in the qualitative study with the purposeful sampling method, in the instrument design stage based on the available sampling method, and also in the experimental study, the samples are employees suffering from work-related musculoskeletal disorders, who were selected based on a simple random method from among the employees of the petrochemical industry. …”
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Wastewater Speaks: Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance, Sampling Methods, and Seasonal Infection Trends on a University Campus by Shilpi Bhatia, Tinyiko Nicole Maswanganye, Olusola Jeje, Danielle Winston, Mehdi Lamssali, Dongyang Deng, Ivory Blakley, Anthony A. Fodor, Liesl Jeffers-Francis

“…A strong positive and significant correlation was observed between Grab and Composite sampling methods, supporting their robustness as equally effective approaches for sample collection. …”
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Reopenable clip over‐the‐line method in endoscopic full‐thickness resection of gastric submucosal tumors: A historical control study by Satoki Shichijo, Noriya Uedo, Hitoshi Mori, Yushi Kawakami, Yasuhiro Tani, Hiroyoshi Iwagami, Minoru Kato, Shunsuke Yoshii, Takashi Kanesaka, Koji Higashino, Tomoki Michida, Ryu Ishihara, Naoki Shinno, Hisashi Hara, Yoshitomo Yanagimoto, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Takeshi Omori

“…The visual analog scale pain score at the umbilical region was lower (p = 0.048) after the reopenable clip over‐the‐line method than after the purse‐string method. …”
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Characteristics of specific surface area N2 adsorption and desorption method in the characterization of cow dung particles and their efficient combustion products by Meng ZHAO, Buying HOU, Yuanchao LIANG, Xiaoying LIU, Linjie WU, Xiaolong JIAO, Xingbo LAN

“…Under high pressure conditions, the adsorption effect of ash particles with smaller particle size is better. Through the HRTEM method, the lattice fringe size of the ash sample is larger than that of the cow dung particles.…”
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Comparing modified light bulb with multiple drilling methods in treating non-traumatic femoral head osteonecrosis: A cohort study by Ali Parsa, Hamid Dolatabadi, Saeid Esmaeilian, Seyed Ali Moshtaghioon, Neda Mirzaei, Omid Shahpari, Elham Rahmanipour, Mohammad Ghorbani

“…Methods: This retrospective cohort study included thirty-eight patients (51 hips) with non-traumatic ONFH treated with either the MD technique (23 hips) or the MLB method (28 hips) from March 2019 to March 2021. …”
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Comparison of statistical modelling methods for population-level gestational weight gain trajectories in ethnically diverse women in southeast Melbourne, Australia by Rui Wang, Cheryce Harrison, Sanjeeva Ranasinha, Helena J Teede, Joanne Enticott

“…Using the model, individualised centile charts are relatively easy to produce, making them accessible to both healthcare providers and pregnant individuals. The visual nature of centile graphs makes it easier to see whether a woman’s GWG is on track, which is helpful for making informed decisions about nutrition, lifestyle and healthcare.…”
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Interchangeability of Cross-Platform Orthophotographic and LiDAR Data in DeepLabV3+-Based Land Cover Classification Method by Shijun Pan, Keisuke Yoshida, Satoshi Nishiyama, Takashi Kojima, Yutaro Hashimoto

“…Furthermore, LiDAR data were visualized using high-contrast color scales to improve the accuracy of land cover classification methods through image fusion techniques. …”
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Sparse Representation-Based LDCT Image Quality Assessment Using the JND Model by Mo Shen, Rongrong Sun, Wen Ye

“…However, due to the absence of reference images and inadequate understanding of the human visual system (HVS), there is currently a lack of effective IQA methods. …”
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