A method of identification and localization of tea buds based on lightweight improved YOLOV5 by Yuanhong Wang, Yuanhong Wang, Jinzhu Lu, Jinzhu Lu, Qi Wang, Qi Wang, Zongmei Gao

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Clinical ethics consultation among Italian ethics committee: A mixed method study. by Ludovica De Panfilis, Domenico Franco Merlo, Roberto Satolli, Marta Perin, Luca Ghirotto, Massimo Costantini

“…Accordingly, we sought to gain an updated perspective on the current role and current practices of ethics consultations nationwide in both clinical and research settings.<h4>Methods</h4>The study was carried forth by a three-step mixed-method approach: i) review of policies/regulations for ethics committee (EC) nationwide; ii) a structured survey on ethics consultation activity completed by each EC during 2016; iii) incorporated into the third part, a qualitative assessment with a selected sample of 8 key-informants for a semi-structured interview, discussing EC history, the ethics consultation function, and the professional experience of consultants.…”
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Barriers and enablers for the implementation of clinical practice guidelines in China: a mixed-method study by Fei Han, Yinghui Jin, Zimeng Li, Di Huang, Qiao Huang, Yue Cao, Hong Weng, Xian-Tao Zeng, Xinghuan Wang, Hong-Cai Shang

“…Objectives The aim of this study was to explore perspectives and reasoning of medical staff from Class A tertiary hospitals about the factors hindering and facilitating the uptake and use of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) during medical procedures.Design Mixed-method research study to collect and analyse both quantitative and qualitative data.Setting Class A tertiary hospitals in China.Participants The inclusion criteria for the questionnaire survey and qualitative research were (1) medical practitioners and (2) years of practice: above 5 years in a tertiary hospital.Methods Questionnaires were distributed to medical staff in 11 cities to collect quantitative data. …”
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New Method for <i>Lawsonia intracelullaris</i> Quantification Based on Optical Density by Spectrophotometry by Mirtha E. Suarez-Duarte, Ricardo P. Laub, Renato L. Santos, Carlos E. R. Pereira, Talita P. Resende, Matheus D. Araujo, Paula A. Correia, Jessica C. R. Barbosa, Roberto M. C. Guedes

“…These findings enable researchers to improve the accuracy of their <i>L. intracellularis</i> experiments by utilizing optical spectrometry—a straightforward method that provides immediate results for determining bacterial concentration in suspensions.…”
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A Quick Method for Appraising Pore Connectivity and Ultimate Imbibed Porosity in Shale Reservoirs by Ziqing Hong, Mianmo Meng, Kong Deng, Jingwen Bao, Qianyou Wang, Xingchen Liu

“…In this study, SI experiments with shale samples of different thicknesses are carried out to acquire the two parameters in a short period of time. …”
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A Quality Soft Sensing Method Designed for Complex Multi-process Manufacturing Procedures by Kaixiang PENG, Xin QIN, Jiahao WANG, Hui YANG

“…In order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed time-delay handling method, the following comparative experiments are set up: In Experiment 1, the time delay between process variables and quality variables is considered, and data alignment is performed according to the proposed method. …”
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Impact of dental implant insertion method on the periimplant epithelial seal: Experimental study on dogs by Matić Smiljana, Stamatović Novak, Lazić Zoran, Petković-Ćurčin Aleksandra, Bubalo Marija, Vojvodić Danilo, Đurđević Dragan

“…The experiment was performed on 10 dogs. Eight weeks following tooth extractions implants were inserted using one phase method on the right side of the mandible, and two-phase method on the left one. …”
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GDSMOTE: A Novel Synthetic Oversampling Method for High-Dimensional Imbalanced Financial Data by Libin Hu, Yunfeng Zhang

“…The failure of distance measurement in high-dimensional space, error accumulation caused by noise samples, and the reduction of recognition accuracy of majority samples caused by the distribution of synthetic samples are the main reasons that limit the performance of current methods. …”
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A Novel Tool Wear Identification Method Based on a Semi-Supervised LSTM by Xin He, Meipeng Zhong, Chengcheng He, Jinhao Wu, Haiyang Yang, Zhigao Zhao, Wei Yang, Cong Jing, Yanlin Li, Chen Gao

“…Experiments involving milling tool wear identification demonstrate that the proposed method significantly outperforms support vector regression (SVR) and recurrent neural network (RNN)-based methods, when a small amount of labeled samples and abundant unlabeled samples are available. …”
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An Ultrashort-Term Wind Power Prediction Method Based on a Switching Output Mechanism by Rongqiang Feng, Biheng Wang, Xueqiong Wu, Chenxi Huang, Lei Zhao, Wei Tang, Kun Zhang, Xiaoming Huang, Wei Ding

“…To improve the accuracy of USTWPP and optimize power investment requirements, a USTWPP method with dynamic switching of multiple models is proposed. …”
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The influence of the japanese millet flour and the method of dough preparation on the formation of the aroma of bakery products by N. N. Filonova, E. A. Marinina, M. K. Sadygova, A. V. Kondrashova

“…The variants of the experiment differ in the content of paize flour 15–20%, according to the method of preparing the dough: the biological method of loosening – bread, bread sticks, unleavened dough – bread skewers. …”
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Multi-segment cooling design of a reflection mirror based on the finite-element method by Zhen Wang, Yajun Tong, Fang Liu, Chaofan Xue, Limin Jin, Zhi Liu

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Design of bond strength testing method of concrete layers for creating a material model by Marek Kříž, Michaela Frantová, Václav Wudi, Petr Štemberk

“…The experiment is designed to be applicable both to laboratory specimens with defined properties and to samples taken from existing structures. …”
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Development of RP-HPLC Method for the Simultaneous Quantitation of Levamisole and Albendazole: Application to Assay Validation by S. Sowjanya, Ch. Devadasu

“…LOD and LOQ values were 2.08μg/ml and 6.03μg/ml for levamisole and 3.15μg/ml and 10.40μg/ml for albendazole, respectively. The accuracy of the method was assessed by adding known amount of standard solution (75 %, 100 %, and 125% of the sample concentration) to the preanalyzed sample solution of 100% concentration. …”
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An optimal method for preparing perovskite crystals and thin films for smart optoelectronic devices and applications by Solomon A. Olaleru, Nithyadharseni Palaniyandy, Olasoji I. Adekoya, Olufunke O. Oyebamiji, Ikechukwu P. Ejidike, Solomon Matthew, Ife F. Elegbeleye

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Establishment and validation of a method for determining anti-Xa factor potency of enoxaparin sodium by En Zhang, Hanyan Zou, Yandong Dong, Bing Liu, Xiaorong Yang

“…Comprehensive validation experiments demonstrated the method’s excellent performance in terms of specificity, linearity, precision, accuracy, and robustness. …”
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Control Method in Coordinated Balance with the Human Body for Lower-Limb Exoskeleton Rehabilitation Robots by Li Qin, Zhanyi Xing, Jianghao Wang, Guangtong Lu, Houzhao Ji

“…To address the sparse rewards resulting from the above design, we introduce a stepwise training method that adjusts the reward function to control the model’s training direction and exploration difficulty. …”
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Research on error control method for polynomial approximation based on equal amplitude oscillation theorem by Letong Zhou, Liguo Zhao

“…To address the issue that polynomial approximation methods strongly depend on the analytical form of the objective function, this study proposes a new minimax polynomial approximation method based on the Chebyshev equioscillation theorem. …”
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Unknown intrusion traffic detection method based on unsupervised learning and open-set recognition by Jun Fang, Cunxiang Xie

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Virtual Reality (VR) Method to Improve Sense of Place for Interior Design Studio Students by Akhmadi Akhmadi, Athifa Sri Ismiranti, Hanif Azhar, Ahmad Nur Sheha

“…VR enables people to engage in various metaverse world experiences in a more immersive way. Immersive learning is a learning method that uses 3D digital technology to facilitate the learning process by visualization in the classroom. …”
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