Saturated flow boiling frictional pressure drop inside smooth macro and mini/micro channels: a new predictive tool using CatBoost and XGBoost by Francisco A. Ramírez-Rivera, Alison E. Sánchez-García, Vrindarani Núñez-Ramírez, Néstor F. Guerrero-Rodríguez

“…A total of 22 input parameters were selected for the training process by performing a comparative analysis between several feature selection techniques. …”
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Personalised, GIS-based counselling to promote habitual walking in mobility-limited and chronically ill older adults: protocol of the MOBITEC-Routes randomised controlled trial by Timo Hinrichs, René Schilling, Alexandros Sofios, Denis Infanger, Luisa Prechtl, Nora Stauffer, Viviane Eichenberger, Eleftheria Giannouli, Taina Rantanen, Erja Portegijs, Corina Schuster-Amft, Anna Mai, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Christina Röcke, Robert Weibel

“…The control group receives general information on determinants of health. Outcomes include walking (average steps per day; primary outcome), time spent lying, sitting, standing and stepping, physical function, life-space mobility, health-related quality of life, fall-related self-efficacy, active aging, as well as constructs of the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) model (secondary outcomes). …”
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The Circular Kitchen by Bas Jansen

“…As is the case for conventional design phases, design iterations can go back and forth between phases – a design process is rarely a linear one – and this figure merely indicates one or multiple starting points for the design process, and a priority and general direction. …”
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Volatile Sulphur Compounds in Wine Distillates by Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Marta Silvosa, María de Valme García-Moreno, Remedios Castro

“…In general, lower amounts of volatile sulphur compounds were found in the aged samples, although the high standard deviations obtained highlight that their contents depend on multiple factors related to the elaboration process.…”
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Factors of suicide-related behaviors based on stress-vulnerability model and prevention strategies among nurses: a scoping review by Xiaoyu Yang, Xiaoyu Yang, Deying Hu, Lecheng Li, Lecheng Li, Rezvanguli Rezak, Rezvanguli Rezak

“…Data extraction was conducted for the studies that were included. The process of data synthesis was carried out using narrative analysis.ResultsThe study encompassed 40 papers from 15 different countries. …”
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Meta-Ensemble Learning for Heart Disease Prediction: A Stacking-Based Approach With Explainable AI by Mehwish Naz, Aqsa Khalid, Abdul Hameed, Rabia Taj, Waleed Mumtaz, Faiz Abdullah Alotaibi, Mrim M. Alnfiai

“…To mitigate class imbalance, the SMOTEENN resampling technique was applied, which improved the model’s generalization performance across both majority and minority classes. …”
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Exploring the role of spirituality and the meaning of life of family caregivers: a qualitative study in Germany by Jenny Kubitza, Verena Steinmaier, Natascha Lauer, Anna Pendergrass, Eckhard Frick

“…Many family caregivers benefit from professional support in this reflective and dynamic process. Clinical trial number N/A.…”
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Organizational and Economic Factors of Health System Optimization by Oleksandr Telizhenko, Yuliia Halynska, Nataliia Baistriuchenko, Volodymyr Potseluiev, Kateryna Demchuk

“…In this case, the health care system is considered as a set of processes (related or independent) that achieve this goal. …”
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Experiences and needs of patients with MDR/XDR-TB: a qualitative study among Saharia tribe in Madhya Pradesh, Central India by Samridhi Nigam, Ravendra K Sharma, Rajiv Yadav, Vikas Gangadhar Rao, Prashant Mishra, Mercy Aparna Lingala, Jyothi Bhat

“…This will scale down the attrition rate of tribal patients while adhering to the complete treatment process and reducing the high burden of TB among the Saharia community. …”
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An assessment of written leaflets for enhancing patient education and counselling on asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the implementation of a New Medicine Servic... by Weronika Guzenda, Magdalena Jasińska-Stroschein, Aleksandra Wawrowska, Olga Sierpniowska, Artur Jędra, Piotr Przymuszała, Piotr Dąbrowiecki, Patrycja Wiśniewska, Magdalena Waszyk-Nowaczyk

“…They can complement the service by providing additional information, supporting the treatment process, and helping patients better understand asthma and COPD.…”
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Сellular composition of platelet-rich plasma evaluation in order to optimize its use in macular hole surgery. Part 1 by A.Yu. Kleymenov, V.N. Kazaikin, N.S. Demchenko, A.V. Shalagin, A.S. Kozlova

“…The following platelet and leukocyte count in the general blood test and PRP were obtained as a result of the study. …”
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The Theoretical Approaches to Defining the Essence of the Concept of «National Security» and Its Components by Khaustova Viktoriia Ye., Trushkina Nataliia V.

“…As a result of the study, it is found that the concept of «national security» is identified with such definitions as State security, military security, national defense of the country, defense capability of the State, national interests, national values, State security, security of society. Using content analysis and system approach, the existing interpretations of the term «national security» are conditionally systematized according to such classification characteristics as: the ability to preserve territorial integrity; protection of State sovereignty; State security; security of society; security of citizens; protection of national interests and values; priority of the country’s development; integration of foreign and military policy; key element of the functioning of the State; hierarchical structure; system of interrelated elements; state of security of the country; category; development; quantitative and qualitative indicator; process; activities of the country. …”
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Presentation of Financial Assets in the Monetary Statistics by V. N. Salin, O. Y. Sitnikova, L. Y. Arhangelskaya

“…In the paper, the authors considered the essence, functions, classifications of financial assets and liabilities, applied structural and dynamic data analysis, as well as methods of theoretical research in the form of generalization, comparison and special analytical procedures based on official statistics from Rosstat, the Bank of Russia, the Ministry of Finance and international statistical organizations.Results. …”
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Calcium overload via PVT1 reprograms neutrophil fate and constrains gastric cancer progression by Dong Wang, Yunlong Li, Xiaoyu Peng, Lulu Zhang, Ying Zhang, Xue Guan, Xiao Liang, Songbin Fu, Jingcui Yu

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Time-Series Deformation and Kinematic Characteristics of a Thaw Slump on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Obtained Using SBAS-InSAR by Zhenzhen Yang, Wankui Ni, Siyuan Ren, Shuping Zhao, Peng An, Haiman Wang

“…Unlike single sudden landslides in non-permafrost zones, thaw slump is a continuous development process that occurs until the ice content is obviously reduced or disappears in the lower part. …”
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A Multi-Feature Fusion Approach for Road Surface Recognition Leveraging Millimeter-Wave Radar by Zhimin Qiu, Jinju Shao, Dong Guo, Xuehao Yin, Zhipeng Zhai, Zhibing Duan, Yi Xu

“…Firstly, the discriminability of radar echo signals corresponding to different road surface types is verified via statistical analysis. During this process, six-dimensional statistical features that display remarkable differences are extracted. …”
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The use of animation tools in the media space of the “Library Night” for the development of master’s students’ teamwork skills by Ekaterina A. Mamaeva, Dmitry N. Gribkov, Vladimir V. Matveev, Tatyana V. Masharova

“…Theoretical and methodological analysis and generalization are used to determine the content and problems of developing teamwork skills in library and information education, and the inclusion of animation tools in the implementation of media projects. …”
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Foreign object recognition for mine conveyor belt iron separators based on transfer learning with EfficientNet by Hailong YANG, Yiping YUAN, Panpan FAN, Lu XIAO, Feiyang ZHAO, Shaoke YUAN

“…Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization was applied to pre-process low-illumination images, enhancing image contrast and clarity. …”
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Building a Robust Scenario Library for Safety Assurance of Automated Driving Systems: A Review by Antonio A. Bruto da Costa, Patrick Irvine, Tudor Dodoiu, Siddartha Khastgir, Paul Jennings

“…This paper offers an in-depth analysis of best practices and research in scenario-based safety assurance, aiming to develop a detailed scenario library tailored for testing ADSs within diverse driving conditions. …”
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Federated learning with tensor networks: a quantum AI framework for healthcare by Amandeep Singh Bhatia, David E Bernal Neira

“…This reduction in parameters not only improves the efficiency of the communication process but also significantly decreases data consumption during training. …”
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