Leveraging Clinical Decision Support in Dental Settings to Bridge HIV Testing Gaps and Contribute to Ending the Epidemic by Sharon C. Perelman, Tunaidi Ansari, Michael T. Yin, Peter G. Gordon, Nadia Nguyen, Vicky Evangelidis-Sakellson, Carol Kunzel, Kathrine Meyers, Delivette Castor, Ariel Blanchard, David A. Albert

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Individual Prognosis Regarding Effectiveness of a Therapeutic Intervention Using Pre-Therapeutic “Kinesiology Muscle Test” by Ingrid Waxenegger, P. Christian Endler, Beatrix Wulkersdorfer, Heinz Spranger

“…This pilot study investigated the applicability of the “kinesiology muscle test” as a prognostic tool regarding effectiveness in a defined therapeutic procedure. …”
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Analysis of Primary Stability of Dental Implants Inserted in Different Substrates Using the Pullout Test and Insertion Torque by Nathalia Ferraz Oliscovicz, Antônio Carlos Shimano, Élcio Marcantonio Junior, César Penazzo Lepri, Andréa Candido dos Reis

“…The insertion torque (N·cm) was quantified using the digital Kratos torque meter and the pullout test (N) was performed by an axial traction force toward the long axis of the implant (2 min/mm) through mount implant devices attached to a piece adapted to a load cell of 200 Kg of a universal testing machine (Emic DL10000). …”
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Non-Invasive Point-of-Care Detection of Methamphetamine and Cocaine via Aptamer-Based Lateral Flow Test by Bilge Erkocyigit, Ezgi Man, Ece Efecan, Ozge Ozufuklar, Deniz Devecioglu, Basak Bagci, Ebru Aldemir, Hakan Coskunol, Serap Evran, Emine Guler Celik

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Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete Materials from Piers: Evaluating Durability Through a Case Study by Abraham Lopez-Miguel, Jose A. Cabello-Mendez, Alejandro Moreno-Valdes, Jose T. Perez-Quiroz, Jose M. Machorro-Lopez

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Rapid Point-of-Care Influenza Testing for Patients in German Emergency Rooms – A Cost-Benefit Analysis by Roland Diel, Albert Nienhaus

“…**Objective:** To assess the cost-benefit relationship of implementing a rapid point-of-care (POC) influenza test in emergency rooms (ERs) of German hospitals. …”
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Combination of Culture, Antigen and Toxin Detection, and Cytotoxin Neutralization Assay for Optimal Clostridium difficile Diagnostic Testing by Michelle J Alfa, Shadi Sepehri

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Finite Element Model Updating of Steel Arch Bridge Based on First-Order Mode Test Data by Shuai Luo, Yingming Zhang, Jibao Shen, Zhike Li

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A Coons Patch Spanning a Finite Number of Curves Tested for Variationally Minimizing Its Area by Daud Ahmad, Bilal Masud

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Chemical test and cellular bioactivities and flavor enhancer properties of mung bean protein via glycation reaction by Srisukpachin Nuttakarn, Tabtimmai Lueacha, Sedtananun Saranya, Laohakunjit Natta, Sonklin Chanikan

“…MRP explored bioactivities, both chemical test and cellular bioactivity. MRP demonstrated both low cytotoxicity and significant anti-inflammatory effects. …”
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Competing Risks in Accelerated Life Testing: A Study on Step-Stress Models with Tampered Random Variables by Hanan Haj Ahmad, Ehab M. Almetwally, Dina A. Ramadan

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Optimizing Tongue Fluid Sampling and Testing Protocols for Enhanced PRRSV Isolation from Perinatal Swine Mortalities by Onyekachukwu Henry Osemeke, Isadora Machado, Elisa De Conti, Mariah Musskopf, Mafalda Pedro Mil-Homens, Samuel Stutzman, Baoqing Guo, Thomas Petznick, Gustavo De-Sousa-E Silva, Phillip Gauger, Jianqiang Zhang, Daniel C. L. Linhares

“…Within each batch, each tongue tissue was cut into four quarters, with each quarter randomly assigned to one of the four collection protocols and RT-qPCR tested. Virus isolation (VI) was attempted on 10 batches. …”
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Integrating testing and modeling methods to examine the feasibility of blended waste materials for the compressive strength of rubberized mortar by Amin Muhammad Nasir, Nassar Roz-Ud-Din, Khan Kaffayatullah, Ul Arifeen Siyab, Khan Mubasher, Qadir Muhammad Tahir

“…The machine learning models demonstrated a significant resemblance to test results. Two individual techniques, support vector machine and random forest, generate R 2 values of 0.943 and 0.983, respectively.…”
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SOLUTIONS FOR AUTO-TESTING AND AUTO-WARNING WEBSITE ERRORS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE WEBSITE ERROR SCANNING TOOLS by Phạm Duy Lộc, Phan Thị Thanh Nga

“…Nowadays, there are commercial and free tools to automatically test websites’ security which is considered to be the positive point for pen-tester. …”
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Assessment of contamination of natural waters with radionuclides and heavy metals the case of Karabulak creek at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. by Madina Dyussembayeva, Almira Aidarkhanova, Azhar Tashekova, Yerbol Shakenov, Vladimir Kolbin, Alyona Merkel, Fail Zhamaldinov, Natalya Larionova, Igor Gorlachev, Pavel Kharkin, Sergey Lukashenko, Yelena Yevlampiyeva

“…This paper presents research data on water contamination levels of artificial radionuclides and heavy metals in Karabulak Creek at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. The uranium isotopic composition has been studied (235U and 238U). …”
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The Mind and Liver Test: A New Approach to the Diagnosis of Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Resource-Poor Settings by Saurav Das, Sajjadh M. J. Ali, James Seward, Jayanthi Venkataraman

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Combining theory and usability testing to inform optimization and implementation of an online primary care depression management tool by Nicola McCleary, Justin Presseau, Isabelle Perkins, Brittany Mutsaers, Claire E. Kendall, Janet Yamada, Katharine Gillis, Douglas Green

“…However, established theory-informed barriers/enablers assessment methods may be less well suited to identifying issues with tool usability. User testing methods can help to determine whether the tool itself is optimally designed. …”
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Hardware in the Loop Testing of Adaptive Inertia Weight PSO-Tuned LQR Applied to Vehicle Suspension Control by Joshua Sunder David Reddipogu, Vinodh Kumar Elumalai

“…The efficacy of the AIWPSO-tuned LQR is experimentally tested on a quarter-car ASS plant using the hardware in loop (HIL) testing for an uneven road surface. …”
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An Automated Clinical Laboratory Decision Support System for Test Utilization, Medical Necessity Verification, and Payment Processing by Safedin Beqaj, Rojeet Shrestha, Tim Hamill

“… Physicians could improve the efficiency of the health care system if a reliable resource were available to aid them in better understanding, selecting, and interpreting the diagnostic laboratory tests. It has been well established and widely recognized that (1) laboratory testing provides 70%-85% of the objective data that physicians use in the diagnosis and treatment of their patients; (2) orders for laboratory tests in the United States have increased, with an estimated volume of 4-5 billion tests per year; (3) there is a lack of user-friendly tools to guide physicians in their test selection and ordering; and (4) laboratory test overutilization and underutilization continue to represent a pervasive source of inefficiency in the health care system. …”
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Simulation-Based Tracking Test and Optimization of Large-Tonnage Box Girder Transport with Trolley on an Erected Bridge by Lei Wang, Zhong-da Lv, Ai-min Xu, Fei Wang, Xin-long Dong

“…Based on dynamic strain test of the vehicles at the speed of 4 km/h, the impact coefficient of four vehicles is estimated to be 1.08 and its value meets the requirements of no more than 1.1 provided by the vehicle manufacturer. …”
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