A radiomics approach for predicting gait freezing in Parkinson’s disease based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging indices: A cross-sectional study by Miaoran Guo, Hu Liu, Long Gao, Hongmei Yu, Yan Ren, Yingmei Li, Huaguang Yang, Chenghao Cao, Guoguang Fan

“…We recruited 28 patients with Parkinson’s disease who had freezing of gait (15 men and 13 women, average age 63 years) and 30 patients with Parkinson’s disease who had no freezing of gait (16 men and 14 women, average age 64 years). …”
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A Comparative Evaluation of Visual, Refractive, and Patient-Reported Outcomes of Three Diffractive Trifocal Intraocular Lenses by Robert Edward T. Ang, MD, Janice Marie N. Jordan-Yu, MD, Mark Sylvester F. Agas, MD, Ryan S. Torres, MD, Emerson M. Cruz, MD

“…Results: Fifty-seven (57) eyes were included in the study: 21 eyes with FineVision (group A), 21 eyes with LISA tri (group B), and 15 eyes with PanOptix IOL (group C). The post-operative mean manifest spherical equivalent was -0.01D, -0.07D, and 0.05D, respectively (p=0.083). …”
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Experimental Study on Heating Performance of Air-source Heat Pump Coupled with a New Type Radiant Floor by Gao Feng, Wang Yu, Li Yanju, Li Shengying, Guo Chunmei

“…During the test period, the average temperature of indoor working area was 18.4~21.8 ℃, and the average indoor surface temperature was 22.5~29.1 ℃. …”
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Evaluating urban network efficiency and safety impacts of connected and autonomous vehicles in complex city environments by Nick Sauciur, Amirarsalan Mehrara Molan, Soheil Sajjadi, Bernice Liu, Anurag Pande

“…The key evaluation metrics include average travel times, delays, and speeds, alongside surrogate safety assessments to quantify simulated conflict types.Notably, the findings indicate significant improvements in roadway performance and safety correlating with increased CAV penetration, with average stop delays and overall vehicle delays decreasing by up to 11% and 7%, respectively. …”
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Clinical Study on the Application of Ultrasound-guided Quadratus Lumborum Block Combined with Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Nerve Block in Inguinal Surgery in the Elderly by Jian Zhang, Guohai Sun, Lei Zhang, Lihui Zhang

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Prediction and analysis of China’s coastal marine economy: an innovative grey model with the best-matching data-preprocessing techniques by Zerong Wang, Zhijian Cai, Yao Li

“…Specifically, an accumulating generation operator matching mechanism that utilizes a pool of seven advanced AGOs is incorporated into the discrete grey prediction model. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Ultra-Low Head Bidirectional Shaft Extension Pump Under Near-Zero Head Conditions by Fulin Zhang, Yuan Zheng, Gaohui Li, Jing Dai

“…The primary frequency (PF) of vibration is strongly related to the primary and secondary frequencies (PSFs) of pressure fluctuation. Under reverse operation, when the flow rate is less than 0.83<i>Q</i>_r0, the uniformity of axial velocity distribution <i>V</i>_u and the velocity-weighted average angle <i>θ</i> show an approximately exponential declining pattern. …”
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Diversity analysis and isolation strains identification of Staphylococcus in high-temperature Daqu by CHENG Chixinxiao, HE Zihao, GUO Zhuang, TIAN Longxin, ZHOU Jiaping, LIU Juzhen, WANG Yurong

“…Diversity analysis showed that the abundance and diversity of Staphylococcus in black Daqu were significantly higher (P&lt;0.05), and the community structure of Staphylococcus in high-temperature Daqu with different colors showed significant differences (P&lt;0.05). Operational taxonomic unit (OTU) analysis showed that there were 5 OTU in high-temperature Daqu, with a cumulative average relative content of 91.38%. …”
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Optimizing Thermal Comfort with Adaptive Behaviours in South Australian Residential Buildings by Szymon Firląg, Artur Miszczuk

“…For comparison, the neutral temperature was calculated based on the average Predicted Mean Vote (MPMV) and equal to 24.3 °C. …”
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Transforming Classical Hydropower Generation for Flexibility in the Global Energy Transition: Challenges, Requirements, and Prospects by Yannick Cyiza Karekezi, Frederic Maurer, Dany Josue Tome Robles, Thomas Oyvang, Jonas Kristiansen Noland

“…Moreover, power plant operators must consider the effects of the flexible power production caused by VRES. …”
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Quantifying the Regulation Capacity of the Three Gorges Reservoir on Extreme Hydrological Events and Its Impact on Flow Regime in a Changing Climate by Han Cheng, Taihua Wang, Dawen Yang

“…The results indicate that the average flood peaks and total flooding days in the historical period could have been reduced by 29.2% and 53.4% with the operation of TGR. …”
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Decomposition of Technological Processes for Evaluating the Performance of Production Line for Pre Sowing Treatment of Seeds by E. I. Kubeyev, B. S. Antropov

“…(Conclusions) The authors have studied main parameters and operating modes of a seed pelleting installation. An average values of the process parameters of the pre­sowing treatment of seeds have been calculated under the conditions of normal functioning of machinery and equipment taking into account the validity and reliability of the obtained characteristics. …”
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Data-driven modeling and regression analysis on ship resistance of in-service performance by Daehyuk Kim, Shin Hyung Rhee

“…This study employs operational data to model ship resistance, aiming to bridge the gap between controlled experiments and real-world conditions. …”
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Reducing Waiting Times to Improve Patient Satisfaction: A Hybrid Strategy for Decision Support Management by Jenny Morales, Fabián Silva-Aravena, Paula Saez

“…Patient satisfaction and operational efficiency are critical in healthcare. Long waiting times negatively affect patient experience and hospital performance. …”
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The unresolved struggle of 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing: a benchmarking analysis of clustering and denoising methods by Mohamed Fares, Engy K. Tharwat, Ilse Cleenwerck, Pieter Monsieurs, Rob Van Houdt, Peter Vandamme, Mohamed El-Hadidi, Mohamed Mysara

“…Numerous algorithms have been developed to eliminate these errors and consolidate the output into distance-based Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) or denoising-based Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs). …”
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An efficient and resilient energy management strategy for hybrid microgrids inspired by the honey badger's behavior by Ahmed A. Shaier, Mahmoud M. Elymany, Mohamed A. Enany, Nadia A. Elsonbaty, Marwa M. Tharwat, Marwa M. Ahmed

“…The performance of the proposed EMS across different operational scenarios is assessed using seven distinct algorithms to identify the best solution, particularly emphasizing two main objective functions: operating cost and loss of power supply probability (LPSP). …”
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Metal Sourcing For a Sustainable Future by Ortwin Renn, Richard Gloaguen, Christina Benighaus, Leila Ajjabou, Ludger Benighaus, Virginia Del Rio, Javier Gómez, Sari Kauppi, Michaela Keßelring, Moritz Kirsch, Marko Komac, Juha Kotilainen, Elena Kozlovskaya, Jari Lyytimaki, Cathryn McCallum, Tuija Mononen, Jouni Nevalainen, Lasse Peltonen, Jukka-Pekka Ranta, Stephane Ruiz, Jon Russill, Frank Wagner

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DEM simulation of subsoiling in tropical sugarcane fields: Effects of opposing subsoiler design and model parameters by Lijiao Wei, Weihua Huang, Jian Liu, Ming Li, Zhenhui Zheng, Shuo Wang, Dongjie Du, Yuan Zhang

“…Field verification test results show that under the conditions of a sweep angle of 50°, a plow spacing of 60 cm, and a soil penetration angle of 45°, the average tillage resistance of subsoiling operations is significantly reduced to 76.2 kN, and the amount of soil disturbance is reduced to 1780cm². …”
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Early removal of indwelling urinary catheters in children undergoing abdominal tumor resection with epidural analgesia by Shachi Srivatsa, Jennifer H. Aldrink, Dana Schwartz, Grant Heydinger, Andrew Davidoff, Andrew J. Murphy, Kyle O. Rove, Sara A. Mansfield

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High healthcare utilization and associated costs in the year prior to both primary reverse and anatomic shoulder arthroplasty: a study of 2393 patients from a private insurance dat... by Jason Corban, MD, Krishna Mandalia, BS, Darren Nin, PhD, Ya-Wen Chen, MD, MPH, Yutung Lan, MD, MPH, Ruijia Niu, MPH, David Chang, PhD, MPH, MBA, Eric Smith, MD, Kaley Beall, MPH, Sarav Shah, MD

“…The purpose of this investigation was to quantify the cost of non-operative interventions in the year prior to both aTSA and rTSA. …”
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