Implementation and Tuning of Momentum-Based Controller for Standing Balance in a Lower-Limb Exoskeleton With Paraplegic User by A. Vallinas Prieto, A. Q. L. Keemink, E. H. F. van Asseldonk, H. van der Kooij

“…In this work, we implement and evaluate a momentum-based standing balance controller in the Symbitron LLE, consisting of eight active (torque-controlled) and two passive joints. …”
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PERMA-based PBL teaching model: a case study of mechanical drawing in vocational education by Yiming Lu, Yonghuan Guo, Xiwen Wang

“…The study involved 207 first-year vocational high school students from four parallel classes. Based on their pre-test scores, the students were divided into two parallel groups (A and B) for a crossover experimental design. …”
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Special Issue on Contemporary Research Studies in Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence by Viswanath Kumar Ganesan, S. Vinodh, Malolan Sundararaman, M. Vimala Rani, M. Mathirajan

“…Development of Dispatching Rule based Heuristic Algorithms for Real-Time Dynamic Scheduling of Non-identical Parallel Burn-in Ovens with Machine Eligibility Restriction: This study tackles a realistic problem in semiconductor manufacturing by scheduling non-identical parallel Burn-in ovens. …”
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MINIMIZING MEAN FLOW TIME FOR THE TWO-MACHINE SCHEDULING PROBLEM WITH A SINGLE SERVER by F. Werner, S. A. Kravchenko, K. Hasani

“…The problem of scheduling jobs on two parallel machines to minimize the sum of completion times is considered. …”
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并联式HEV机电耦合方案对比研究 by 赵克刚, 罗玉涛

“…For fulfilling actual requirements of developing Parallel hybrid electric vehicles （PHEVs）, mathematical model of powertrain is designed and the powertrain is simulated by computer in order to evaluate vehicle performance. …”
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The Possibilities of Applying QCM Method in Pulsed Mode for Investigating the Adsorption Dynamics of Volatile Compounds on Finely Dispersed Sorbents by Aleksei P. Filippov

“…These sensors are placed in the cell in parallel to the PQR with a sorbent under investigation.…”
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Midodrine for the early liberation from vasopressor support in the ICU (LIBERATE): a feasibility study by Sebastian J. Kilcommons, Fadi Hammal, Dawn L. Opgenorth, Kirsten M. Fiest, Constantine J. Karvellas, Vincent I. Lau, Erika MacIntyre, Janek Senaratne, Jocelyn Slemko, Wendy Sligl, Fernando Zampieri, D.’Arcy Duquette, Lily T. Guan, Nadia Baig, Sean M. Bagshaw, Oleksa G. Rewa

“…Methods We conducted a single-center, concealed-allocation, parallel-group, blinded feasibility randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the effect of oral midodrine versus placebo on IV vasopressor-dependent shock in the intensive care unit (ICU). …”
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Take charge after long COVID: a mixed methods randomised controlled pilot study protocol by Subbuh Luker, Amelia Doveton, Kisani Manuel, Zoe Adey-Wakeling, Debrah Jaggard, Maria Crotty, Ian D. Cameron, Jonathan Karnon, Harry McNaughton, Shahid Ullah, Kate Laver

“…The Take Charge intervention is a person-centred, self-management rehabilitation approach that has been effective in recovery after stroke, but not yet tested in post COVID-19 condition.Methods & analysis A prospective, single-centre, parallel, 2 group, mixed methods, randomized controlled trial with embedded process evaluation of the Take Charge intervention in individuals living with post COVID-19 condition. …”
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Deep phenotyping of a modified diabetic cardiomyopathy mouse model which reflects clinical disease progression by Narainrit Karuna, Lauren Kerrigan, Kevin Edgar, Oisin Cappa, David Simpson, Claire Tonry, David J. Grieve, Chris J. Watson

“…We characterised an established high-fat diet/streptozotocin (HFD/STZ)-induced DbCM model incorporating typical features of human disease to determine its suitability for preclinical evaluation of novel therapeutics prior to advancement to human trials. …”
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Use of Mnemonics as Teaching and Learning Adjuvant for Ayurveda Undergraduate Students: A Research Protocol by Preeti Sujit Borkar, Bharat Rathi, Monika Luharia, Rushikesh Thakre

“…Data will be obtained by evaluating the mean differences between pre- and postintervention scores in an Excel spreadsheet. …”
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Comparative analysis of fatty acid profiles across omnivorous, flexitarians, vegetarians, and vegans: insights from the NuEva study by Lea Klein, Claudia Lenz, Karsten Krüger, Stefan Lorkowski, Kristin Kipp, Christine Dawczynski

“…Methods The Nutritional Evaluation (NuEva) study is a is a parallel-designed trial. …”
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Efficacy of adjunctive azithromycin versus single-dose cephalosporin prophylaxis for caesarean scar defect: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Shan Chen, Jian Zhang, Ben W Mol, Ying Shen, Qian Zhu, Ding Huang, Min Zeng, Yanqing Cai, Hongjie Pan, Weiwei Cheng, Yiru Shi, Liye Shi, Jin Yu

“…The planned study aims to clarify the protective effect of antibiotics against CSD and to assess the effectiveness of adjunctive azithromycin prophylaxis for CSD.Methods and analysis This study is a double-blind, parallel-control randomised clinical trial that will be carried out at the International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital. …”
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C3-VQA: Cryogenic Counter-Based Coprocessor for Variational Quantum Algorithms by Yosuke Ueno, Satoshi Imamura, Yuna Tomida, Teruo Tanimoto, Masamitsu Tanaka, Yutaka Tabuchi, Koji Inoue, Hiroshi Nakamura

“…Consequently, the C3-VQA reduces the number of wires, leading to a reduction in the total heat dissipation in the cryostat. Our evaluation shows that the C3-VQA reduces the total heat dissipation at the 4 K stage by 30% and 81% under sequential-shot and parallel-shot execution scenarios, respectively. …”
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Multicentre open label randomised controlled trial of immediate enhanced ambulatory ECG monitoring versus standard monitoring in acute unexplained syncope patients: the ASPIRED stu... by Steve Goodacre, Praveen Thokala, Neil Grubb, Chris Lang, Rachel O’Brien, Christopher J Weir, Trudie Lobban, Matthew J Reed, Nicola Freeman, Julia Boyd, Lynn Dinsmore, Caroline Blackstock, Imad Adamestam, Pam Macrae, Robert Hannigan

“…Our patient focused primary endpoint will be number of episodes of syncope at 1 year. Health economic evaluation will estimate the incremental cost per syncope episode avoided and quality-adjusted life year gained.Ethics and dissemination Informed consent for participation will be sought. …”
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Effects of a SWELE program for improving mental wellbeing in children and adolescents with special educational needs: protocol of a quasi-experimental study by Regina Lai Tong Lee, Sally Wai Chi Chan, Yuen Yu Chong, Steven Wai Ho Chau, Kai Chow Choi, Wai Tong Chien

“…Outdoor unstructured play activities include naturally run, jump and move on a playground, riding a bike, climbing trees, playing tag, playing with blocks, colour, water play, and boxes. A convergent parallel mixed-methods design both with a quantitative measure using a single group pre- and post-tests quasi-experiment behavioural observational method to preliminarily evaluate the impact of SWELE Program on SEN children’s and adolescents’ mental wellbeing; and with a qualitative design to conduct eight focus group discussions including schoolteachers, school principals, parents, SEN students, school nurses from six selected special groups and to explore their perceptions and experiences after participated the SWELE program. …”
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Accelerated diffusion-weighted imaging of the prostate employing echo planar imaging with compressed SENSE based reconstruction by Yannik Christian Layer, Petra Mürtz, Alexander Isaak, Leon Bischoff, Barbara Daria Wichtmann, Christoph Katemann, Kilian Weiss, Julian Luetkens, Claus Christian Pieper

“…Abstract Aim was to evaluate accelerated diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the prostate using echo planar imaging with compressed SENSE based reconstruction (EPICS) and assess its performance in comparison to conventional DWI with parallel imaging. …”
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The effects of saffron supplementation on inflammatory factors and clinical outcomes in sepsis patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU): Study protocol for a double-blind... by Shirin Hassanizadeh, Babak Alikiaii, Mohammad Hossein Rouhani, Zeinab Mokhtari, Mohammadreza Moznebiisfahani, Manoj Sharma, Mohammad Bagherniya

“…Hence, this study will examine the effects of saffron supplementation on oxidative stress biomarkers, inflammation factors, and clinical outcomes in critically ill septic patients.Materials and Methods: Ninety patients with sepsis will participate in this parallel double-blind, randomized clinical controlled trial. …”
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Investigating difficult to detect pancreatic lesions: Characterization of benign pancreatic islet cell tumors using multiparametric pancreatic 3-T MRI. by Kwadwo Antwi, Patricia Wiesner, Elmar M Merkle, Christoph J Zech, Daniel T Boll, Damian Wild, Emanuel Christ, Tobias Heye

“…Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) with Golden-Angle-Radial-Sparse-Parallel (GRASP) reconstruction, enabling imaging at high spatial and temporal resolution, was used to assess enhancement-patterns of PICTs. …”
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Procedimiento de descifrado geométrico de engranajes cilíndricos // Re – ingeneering of the basic geometric of cylindrical gears by G. González Rey, A. García Toll, T. Ortíz, V. González Ballester

“…This has required that the gear recovery needs of re-engineering methods that allows to<br />know the basic geometric and manufacturing parameters of gears, for its later reconstruction and evaluation of the load<br />capacity. For that reason, based in the classic formulate of the cylindrical gears geometry, in the present work is offered a<br />practical method with results not too exact, but practically acceptable, to obtain the fundamental parameters of the toothed for a<br />conventional cylindrical gear of parallel axes and external contact.…”
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Moxibustion as adjuvant therapy for preventing bone loss in postmenopausal women: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Xin Zhang, Ning Li, Lu Liu, Leixiao Zhang, Lingyun Lu, Qian Wen, Jianqin Lv, Xijie Yu

“…This study aims to explore the clinical effects and safety of moxibustion in delaying bone loss in postmenopausal women.Methods and analysis In this parallel-design, randomised, patient-blind and assessor-blind, controlled clinical study, 150 women with osteopenia at low fracture risk will be randomly assigned to a moxibustion treatment (MT) group or a placebo-moxibustion control (PMC) group in a 1:1 ratio. …”
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