Effects of Construction Sequences and Volume Loss on Perpendicularly Crossing Tunnels by Yanwei Zang, Penglu Gan, Jia-jia Yan, Shiming Liu, Zihai Yan

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Expert Consensus Methods In The Humanities: An Exploration of their Potential [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Lex Bouter, Tamarinde Haven, Lidwine B. Mokkink, Rik Peels, Charlotte C.S. Rulkens

“…Results This resulted in the identification of six key elements of expert consensus methods. It also provided for an overview of different types of expert consensus methods that regularly used in the natural, social, and life sciences: Delphi studies, nominal groups, consensus conferences, and Glaser’s state of the art method and illustrative examples from both sciences and humanities-related studies. …”
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Modification of Business Strategy Through The Application of Circular Economy in Coffee Shop Business Units in Pontianak City: Case Study of Four Coffee Shops by Mahardika Agung Madepo, Lina Budiarti, Faaiza Soraya Khalida

“…Originality/value (state of the art): This study explore the implementation circular economy concept on business strategy especially in smaller scale business. …”
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Quantum Vulnerability Analysis to Guide Robust Quantum Computing System Design by Fang Qi, Kaitlin N. Smith, Travis LeCompte, Nian-feng Tzeng, Xu Yuan, Frederic T. Chong, Lu Peng

“…By evaluating the CQV with well-known benchmarks on three 27-qubit quantum computers, the CQV success estimation outperforms the estimated probability of success state-of-the-art prediction technique by achieving on average six times less relative prediction error, with best cases at 30 times, for benchmarks with a real SR rate above 0.1%. …”
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All-Metal Metamaterial-Based Sensor with Novel Geometry and Enhanced Sensing Capability at Terahertz Frequency by Sagnik Banerjee, Ishani Ghosh, Carlo Santini, Fabio Mangini, Rocco Citroni, Fabrizio Frezza

“…Numerical simulations demonstrate that it can achieve six significant ultra-narrow absorption peaks within the frequency range of 5 to 8 THz. …”
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VisGraphVar: A benchmark generator for Assessing Variability in Graph Analysis Using Large Vision-Language Models by Camilo Chacon Sartori, Christian Blum, Filippo Bistaffa

“…We use VisGraphVar to produce 990 graph images and evaluate six LVLMs, employing two distinct prompting strategies, namely zero-shot and chain-of-thought. …”
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Assessment of patient preferences for assisted reproductive technology in China: a discrete choice experiment by Lingli Zhang, Xin Li, Jiali Chen, Yanyan Liu, Yanjun Sun, Yuwen Bao, Xiaodan Qian, Kexing Fang, Bin Wan, Haixia Ding

“…This study aimed to analyse patients’ preferences for ART and to determine the relative importance (RI) and willingness to pay (WTP) of key attributes.Design We identified six attributes of ART and used a D-efficient design to generate choice sets for conducting a discrete choice experiment. …”
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Multiplex Network Embedding Model with High-Order Node Dependence by Nianwen Ning, Qiuyue Li, Kai Zhao, Bin Wu

“…Extensive experiments have been conducted on six real-world networks. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed model outperforms the state-of-the-art methods in cross-domain link prediction and shared community detection tasks.…”
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A Literature Review on Schema Evolution in Databases by Zouhaier Brahmia, Fabio Grandi, Barbara Oliboni

“…Finally, we defined a list of six comparison criteria (database model, implementation, schema change semantics, schema change propagation, integrity constraints, and software evolution) that have helped us to categorize and compare the different database schema evolution proposals. …”
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Time to antiretroviral therapy initiation in HIV-positive patients with opportunistic infections/AIDS-defining illness in Southern Thailand: a prospective cohort study by Chanadda Wuttikul, Nattasiri Thanawuth, Malee Rojpibulsatit, Sutthiporn Pattharachayakul

“…On the other hand, the factors associated with a longer time to ART initiation were tuberculosis co-infection (aHR = 0.52; 95% CI: 0.36-0.75), HIV diagnosis after OIs/ADI (aHR = 0.42; 95% CI: 0.30-0.57), viral hepatitis B/C co-infection (aHR = 0.59; 95% CI: 0.39-0.89), seeking care in general hospital and community hospital (aHR = 0.67; 95% CI: 0.49-0.93, and aHR = 0.62; 95% CI: 0.44-0.86, respectively), having more than one hospital admission in the past six months (aHR = 0.60; 95% CI: 0.44-0.81), and history of missed appointments (aHR = 0.62; 95% CI: 0.42-0.91). …”
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Impact of Coping Strategies on the Academic Satisfaction of University Students and Their Association with Socioeconomic Variables by Ana Dorado Barbé, David González Casas, Linda V. Ducca Cisneros, Jesús M. Pérez Viejo

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The effect of nature-based landscape design on human health and well-being: a thematic synthesis by Qiuxia Zhu, Pinyi Yao, Jiexu Li

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Flexural and Thermal Properties of Novel Energy Conservation Slotted Reinforced Concrete Beams by Gao Ma, Liang Huang, Libo Yan, Hui Wang, Peng Yin

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The roles of a peer-led collaborative learning approach in Ethiopian secondary schools by Feyisa Mulisa, Simeret Kassahun Mekonnen

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Factor structure of the Jefferson Scale for Empathy among medical undergraduates from South India by Samir Kumar Praharaj, Santosh Salagre, Podila Sathya Venkata Narasimha Sharma

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Growth Performance, Survival Rate, and Water Quality in an Aquaculture System Using Different Feeding Strategies for Juveniles of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by Gustavo Fonseca, Emerson Machado De Carvalho, Dagon Manoel Ribeiro

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Improving Intensity-Based Lung CT Registration Accuracy Utilizing Vascular Information by Kunlin Cao, Kai Ding, Joseph M. Reinhardt, Gary E. Christensen

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A-priori multi-objective optimization for the short-term dispatch of distributed energy resources by G. Carpinelli, A.R. Di Fazio, S. Perna, A. Russo, M. Russo

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Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and DNA-Binding Studies of a Nickel(II) Complex with the Bis(2-benzimidazolymethyl)amine Ligand by Huilu Wu, Tao Sun, Ke Li, Bin Liu, Fan Kou, Fei Jia, Jingkun Yuan, Ying Bai

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Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies: a case series report by S. Naudžiūnaitė, R. Bunevičiūtė, B. Burnytė

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