Using heat recovered from drain water and exhaust gases to enhance heat pump performance - Numerical study with economic and environmental insights by Rabih Murr, Jalal Faraj, Hicham El Hage, Mahmoud Khaled

“…Nine combined systems are proposed, with some utilizing drain water as a heat source for the evaporator, while others use drain water and/or exhaust gases to preheat the supply air, placing heat recovery heat exchangers around the condenser. An in-house code was developed to simulate these systems and assess their efficiency based on performance improvement and electric energy reduction at three ambient temperatures. …”
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Monte Carlo simulation of delayed γ-rays ionizing the atmosphere based on debris motion model by LIU Li, NIU Shengli, ZUO Yinghong, ZHU Jinhui, ZHUO Jun, LI Xiazhi

“…Various conditions such as 4 Mt equivalent explosion at a height of 40 km, 4 Mt equivalent at a height of 80 km, 100 kt equivalent at a height of 40 km, and 100 kt equivalent at a height of 80 km, the fragment cloud was evenly divided into 10 layers according to their respective proportions. MCATNP code was used to calculate the distribution of electron production rates formed by the ionization of the atmosphere by delayed γ-rays generated by the debris different times after the explosion. …”
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Hydrogeological modeling of the Salto-Arapey aquifer system: A tool to understand connectivity and improve management by Armando Borrero, Pablo Gamazo, Julián Ramos, Andrés Saracho, Lucas Bessone, Gonzalo Blanco, Rafael Navas, Elena Alvareda

“…A hydrogeological model was built using the MODFLOW code based on the 3D geological model, the stream network, pumping flows, and piezometric levels observations. …”
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The Michigan men’s diabetes project: perspectives on a peer-led diabetes self-management and support intervention for Black men with type 2 diabetes by Alana M. Ewen, Jaclynn M. Hawkins, Katherine A. Kloss, Srijani Sengupta, Hannah Burgess, Robin Nwankwo, Martha Funnell, Jamie Mitchell, Gretchen Piatt

“…TICD domains served as themes. Codes were later generated as a team (N = 3) from chunks of related text. …”
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Criticality Benchmark Test of CENDL-3.2 Based on ENDITS-2.1 by WU Haicheng, ZHANG Huanyu

“…During the validation, the ACE libraries for fast neutron were generated with the NJOY 2016 code with the same processing parameters, and the ACE library for thermal neutrons all shared the ENDF/B-Ⅷ.0 library. …”

Clasificación de reactivos químicos en los laboratorios de la Universidad Nacional Classification of chemical reagents in the laboratories of National University by José Carlos Mora Barrantes, Gilberto Piedra Marín, David Benavides Ramírez, Clemens Ruepert Ruepert

“…Chemical reagents were then classified according to the risk categories described by the United Nations IMDG Code. Such a classification process allowed the development of distribution patterns of the chemical reagents within the schools, institutes and research centers of Universidad Nacional.…”
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Unsupervised clustering for sepsis identification in large-scale patient data: a model development and validation study by Na Li, Kiarash Riazi, Jie Pan, Kednapa Thavorn, Jennifer Ziegler, Bram Rochwerg, Hude Quan, Hallie C. Prescott, Peter M. Dodek, Bing Li, Alain Gervais, Allan Garland

“…Consensus definitions have changed multiple times, clinicians struggle to identify sepsis at the bedside, and differing identification algorithms generate wide variation in incidence rates. The two current identification approaches use codes from administrative data, or electronic health record (EHR)-based algorithms such as the Center for Disease Control Adult Sepsis Event (ASE); both have limitations. …”
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Projections of single-level indirect lumbar interbody fusion volume and associated costs for Medicare patients to 2050 by Kyle A. Mani, BS, Samuel N. Goldman, BS, Noel Akioyamen, MD, Emily Kleinbart, BS, Yaroslav Gelfand, MD, Saikiran Murthy, DO, Jonathan Krystal, MD, Ananth Eleswarapu, MD, Reza Yassari, MD, Mitchell S. Fourman, MD, MPhil

“…Methods: Data was acquired from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2022, using CPT codes to identify ALIF/OLIF/LLIF procedures. The Prophet machine learning algorithm, using Bayesian Inference, was applied to data from 2000 to 2019 to generate point forecasts for 2020 to 2050 with 95% forecast intervals (FIs). …”
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CYP2C9 Polymorphism Study in Patients with Acute Back Pain and its Impact on the Effectiveness of Treatment with the Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs by Maslova I., Mykhailovska N., Slobodin T.

“…Genetic factors can generate different variants of physiological responses to non-steroidal anti­inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) – from the complete ineffectiveness of medicines to the appearance of adverse reactions. …”
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Development of patient reported outcome measures assessing tumor pain intensity and tumor pain interference for individuals with neurofibromatosis type 1 and plexiform neurofibroma... by Nour Al Ghriwati, Kari Struemph, Staci Martin, Paige Little, Melissa Baker, Jason Levine, Cynthia MacKenzie, James Tonsgard, Elizabeth K. Schorry, Karin S. Walsh, Pamela L. Wolters

“…Qualitative concept elicitation data from transcripts were coded, analyzed using NVivo software, and thematic analysis was conducted using both deductive and inductive techniques. …”
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Approaches used to prevent and reduce the use of restrictive practices on adults with learning disabilities: a realist review by Joy Duxbury, Alina Haines-Delmont, John Baker, Peter Baker, Gary Bourlet, Elaine Craig, James Ridley, Rachel Whyte, Beth Morrison, Michaela Thomson, Anthony Tsang, Tella Lantta

“…Inductive, deductive and retroductive thinking was used to code data with regards to contexts, mechanisms and/or their association with outcomes. …”
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The difficult process of autonomous choice: using I-poems to understand experiences of abortion-seekers in The Netherlands by Lianne Holten, Rosalie van der Wolf, Marit S. G. van der Pijl

“…Using a grounded theory method, the I-poems were coded deductively to validate previous findings, and inductively to generate new insights. …”
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Establishing the best step-up treatments for children with uncontrolled asthma despite inhaled corticosteroids: the EINSTEIN systematic review, network meta-analysis and cost-effec... by Sofia Cividini, Ian Sinha, Giovanna Culeddu, Sarah Donegan, Michelle Maden, Katie Rose, Olivia Fulton, Dyfrig Hughes, Stephen Turner, Catrin Tudur Smith

“…A cost-effectiveness curve was generated to depict the probability of each intervention being cost-effective at different willingness-to-pay thresholds. …”
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Identifying the Components of Iranian Adolescent Compassionate Mind Training Program by Somayeh Mohebi, Iraj Shakerinia, Mahnaz Khosrojavid, Abbas Abolghasemi, Abbas Ali Hossein Khanzadeh:

“…Thematic analysis (Sterling, 2001) was conducted in different stages including familiarization with data, generating initial codes, creating thematic networks, and interpreting patterns to form a cohesive model. …”
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Eradication of Helicobacter pylori for prevention of aspirin-associated peptic ulcer bleeding in adults over 65 years: the HEAT RCT by CJ Hawkey, Anthony J Avery, Carol AC Coupland, Colin J Crooks, Jennifer S Dumbleton, FD Richard Hobbs, Denise Kendrick, Michael Moore, Clive Morris, Gregory Rubin, Murray Smith, Diane Stevenson

“…The study had some weaknesses, particularly relating to the problems of generating a sufficient number of primary outcome events. …”
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Enhanced recovery pathway for older people with hip fracture and cognitive impairment in acute hospitals: the PERFECTED research programme including an RCT by Chris Fox, Simon P Hammond, Lee Shepstone, Fiona Poland, Catherine Henderson, Tamara Backhouse, Bridget Penhale, Simon Donell, Martin Knapp, Douglas Lewins, Alasdair MacLullich, Martyn Patel, Opinder Sahota, Toby O Smith, Justin Waring, Jane L Cross

“…The documents received through the survey were coded using a developed coding matrix to identify potential intervention components. …”
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Automated Fixed-Point Precision Optimization for FPGA Synthesis by Ines Winandy, Arnaud Dion, Florent Manni, Pierre-Loic Garoche, Dorra Ben Khalifa, Matthieu Martel

“…Also, our generated fixed-point codes reduce hardware resource usage, such as LUTs, flip-flops, and DSP blocks, with typical reductions ranging from 67% to 83% compared to double precision floating-point codes, depending on the application.…”
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“I am the bastard child of the Empire”: Women and Hybrid Identity in Andrea Levy’s Fiction by Vesna Ukić Košta

“…In the novels published in the course of the nineties, Every Light in the House Burnin’ (1994), Never Far from Nowhere (1996), and Fruit of the Lemon (1999), Andrea Levy (1956–2019), a British writer of Jamaican origin, focuses on the experiences of British-born daughters of first-generation Caribbean immigrants in Britain. This paper will examine how Levy’s young protagonists struggle to come to terms with their highly hybridized identities, which resist reductive racial categories of ‘white’ and ‘black.’ …”
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THE IMPACT OF TAX INCENTIVES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC by Maria Zenovia GRIGORE, Iuliana UȚĂ

“…Even though many firms closed down or became insolvent due to the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, the construction sector in Romania generated the highest share of Gross Value Added (GVA) compared to the rest of the EU in 2022. …”
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THE IMPACT OF TAX INCENTIVES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC by MARIA ZENOVIA GRIGORE, IULIANA UȚĂ

“…Even though many firms closed down or became insolvent due to the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, the construction sector in Romania generated the highest share of Gross Value Added (GVA) compared to the rest of the European Union in 2022. …”
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