Use of metallic ureteric stents for chronic ureteric obstruction and its association with value-based care by Yu Xi Terence Law, Ang Zhou, David Terrence Consigliere, Benjamin Yen Seow Goh, Ho Yee Tiong

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A Population-Based Optimization Method Using Newton Fractal by Soyeong Jeong, Pilwon Kim

“…As a result, NPO generates a wide variety of searching paths, achieving a balance between exploration and exploitation. NPO differs from other metaheuristic methods in that it combines an exact mathematical operation with heuristics and is therefore open to more rigorous analysis. …”
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A Fusion Multiobjective Empire Split Algorithm by Liang Liang

“…In multiobjective optimization, reproduction operations and the balance of convergence and diversity are two crucial issues. …”
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Optimization Method of RFID Reader Antenna Deployment in Obstacle Environment Based on Improved FA by Tao Hong, Yixuan Jiang, Cui Wang

“…Finally, to improve the algorithm’s continuous optimality-seeking ability, a Gaussian variation operation strategy based on elite fireflies is introduced to ensure the algorithm’s optimality-seeking throughout the process.…”
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Video surveillance legislation in the EU and Slovenia: privacy rights, security needs, and data protection challenges by Benjamin Lesjak, Mateja Savić

“…The paper shares the idea that harmonizing legislation across the EU helps ensure the balance between security and privacy rights, with significant practical implications in the creation of standardized policies and guidelines for the operation of video surveillance systems regarding European Data Protection Board opinions. …”
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System process documentation of processing of moringa leaves into moringa powder by Medina Melissa R.

“…Furthermore, the study examined the material balance of 25kg of freshly harvested moringa leaves. …”
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Effectiveness of Variable Message Signs on Driving Behavior Based on a Driving Simulation Experiment by Xuedong Yan, Jiawei Wu

“…Based on the research findings, it is suggested that VMS would be positioned between 150 m and 200 m upstream of the diverging point to balance the VMS effects on traffic safety and operation and the graphic information VMS format is better than the format with text massage only.…”
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Construction of Cognitive Model of Family Education Decision-Making Based on Neural Network by Wenwen Yao, Ying Zhen, Yu Zhang

“…Exploring the composition and operation mechanism of family training decision-making cognition is envisioned to stop up the key to promote parents’ orderly coaching participation and home university cooperation. …”
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Fast Visual Tracking with Enhanced and Gradient-Guide Network by Dun Cao, Renhua Dai

“…The existing Siamese trackers express visual tracking through the cross-correlation operation between two neural networks. Although they dominated the tracking field, their adopted pattern caused two main problems. …”
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Using statistical traffic analysis to calculate the confidential means of information transmission by Нух Таха Насіф

“…This integration forces us to balance the safety indicators compared to costs, planning the operation of the device for the proposed system. …”
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Cooperative Control of Multistation Passenger Inflows in Case of Irregular Large-Scale Passenger Flows by Wei Zhu, Mengfei Chen, Pengling Wang

“…This study focuses on the large passenger flow control problem, after an operation interruption occurs, to develop a methodology that can efficiently control the passenger inflows of multiple stations and avoid overcrowding inside stations. …”
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Dynamic Sign Guidance Optimization for Crowd Evacuation considering Flow Equilibrium by Minghua Li, Chengyong Xu, Yan Xu, Li Ma, Yun Wei

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Signal Control Strategy for Supersaturated Traffic at Urban Road Intersections with a Large Technical Grade Gap by Baiqun Ding, Liu Yang, He Xu, Yongming He

“…This control strategy can make full use of the capacity of the main road to control the queue length on the minor road, effectively reduce the risk of minor road queue overflow blocking local road network traffic operation involved, and comprehensively balance the traffic demand between arterial and minor roads. …”
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Study on the Optimization of Hub-and-Spoke Logistics Network regarding Traffic Congestion by Wei Xu, JinCan Huang, YanZhao Qiu

“…The objective function minimizes the total cost of the road network on the premise of ensuring the normal operation of the logistics network, which effectively balances the contradiction between the economic benefits of traffic scale and the congestion cost. …”
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Block combination–based asynchronous wake-up schedule in wireless sensor networks by Woosik Lee, Teukseob Song

“…In wireless sensor networks, when sensor nodes are operated with different ratios of active slots, this is called asymmetric duty cycles. …”
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Active Power Filter DC Bus Voltage Piecewise Reaching Law Variable Structure Control by Baolian Liu, Zujun Ding, Huanyu Zhao, Defei Jin

“…The DC bus voltage stability control is one key technology to ensure that Active Power Filter (APF) operates stably. The external disturbances such as power grid and load fluctuation and the system parameters changing may affect the stability of APF DC bus voltage and the normal operation of APF. …”
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The Voltage Stabilizing Control Strategy of Off-Grid Microgrid Cluster Bus Based on Adaptive Genetic Fuzzy Double Closed-Loop Control by Yu Zhang, Hongwan Yang, Peng Wang

“…In the off-grid microgrid cluster, the energy storage device is mainly charged and discharged to maintain the stability of the bus voltage and the system power balance. Generally, the voltage and current double closed-loop control and fuzzy control are adopted for the energy storage converter. …”
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A Semianalytic Method for Vibration Analysis of a Sandwich FGP Doubly Curved Shell with Arbitrary Boundary Conditions by Zhongyu Zhang, Jiayang Gu, Jianjun Ding, Yanwu Tao

“…The idea of domain energy decomposition is applied to the theoretical modeling, where the structure is segmented along the generatrix direction. The continuity conditions for the interfaces between adjacent segments are balanced by the weighted parameters. …”
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A Selection Hyper-Heuristic Algorithm for Multiobjective Dynamic Economic and Environmental Load Dispatch by Le Yang, Dakuo He, Bo Li

“…Dynamic economic and environmental load dispatch (DEED) aims to determine the amount of electricity generated from power plants during the planning period to meet load demand while minimizing energy consumption costs and environmental pollution emission indicators subject to the operation requirements. This planning problem is usually expressed using a nonsmooth cost function, taking into account various equality and inequality constraints such as valve-point effects, operational limits, power balance, and ramp rate limits. …”
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Comparative analysis of FACT devices for optimal improvement of power quality in unbalanced distribution systems by Ahmed M. Elkholy, Dmitry I. Panfilov, Ahmed E. ELGebaly

“…Each suggested device’s operating principle is developed in this paper in order to provide the best model to be used in the power flow analysis. …”
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