Development Projects of Non-Governmental Organisations towards Social-Economic Welfare in Kisoro Municipality. by Pius, Ngarama

“…The study was both qualitative and quantitative in nature. Both simple random sampling and purposive sampling were used to select a total of 143 general and key respondents respectively for the study. …”
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Association of DNA damage response pathway genes with rheumatoid arthritis risks: a case-control study by Muhammad Zahid Hussain, Muhammad Haris Khan, Muhammad Shahbaz Haris, Rida Huzaira, Ammarah Munawar, Maria Fazal Ul Haq, Rabia Shafique, Ishrat Mahjabeen

“…This study showed that DNA damage response pathway genes can act as efficient/specific diagnostic markers for said disease. …”
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Detection of melatonin and 5-HTP in dietary supplements based on multiple spectra by Huiyu Yang, Huiyu Yang, Huiyu Yang, Xinrui Zhang, Xinrui Zhang, Xinrui Zhang, Yang Gao, Yang Gao, Yang Gao, Zhuang Peng, Zhuang Peng, Zhuang Peng, Bo Su, Bo Su, Bo Su, Kai Li, Cunlin Zhang, Cunlin Zhang, Cunlin Zhang

“…This study establishes a rapid, efficient, and non-destructive approach for the regulation and quantitative analysis of dietary supplements.…”
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Annotation-free prediction of microbial dioxygen utilization by Avi I. Flamholz, Joshua E. Goldford, Philippa A. Richter, Elin M. Larsson, Adrian Jinich, Woodward W. Fischer, Dianne K. Newman

“…Focusing on a well-studied O2 gradient in the Black Sea, we found quantitative correspondence between local chemistry (O2:sulfide concentration ratio) and the composition of microbial communities. …”
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Research Progress on Spectroscopic Analysis of Key Elements in Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel by Yan-lin WANG, Yu-ning YANG, Tao-xiang SUN

“…Due to the special characteristics of the reprocessing process samples, quantitative chemical analysis of the samples obtained from the reprocessing process is a challenging task. …”
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Low-cost male urogenital simulator for penile implant surgery training: a 3D printing approach by Zixi Wang, Carlo Saija, Nicholas Raison, Abdullatif Aydin, Zhouyang Xu, Katie Zuo, Kawal Rhode, Antonia Pontiki

“…This study introduces an innovative and cost-efficient male urogenital simulator designed to enhance penile implant surgery training. …”
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Estimation of long-term gridded cloud radiative kernel and radiative effects based on cloud fraction by X. Liu, T. He, Q. Wang, X. Xiao, Y. Ma, Y. Wang, S. Luo, L. Du, Z. Wu, Z. Wu

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Impact of robotic assistance on the learning curve in endovascular interventions: exploring the role of operator experience with the CorPath GRX system by Tatjana Dell, Marilia B. Voigt, Alexander Isaak, Alexander Boehner, Claus Pieper, Narine Mesropyan, Patrick Kupczyk, Julian Luetkens, Daniel Kuetting

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Regulatory orchestration of FK506 biosynthesis in Streptomyces tsukubaensis NRRL 18488 revealed through systematic analysis by Namil Lee, Woori Kim, Ji Hun Kim, Yongjae Lee, Soonkyu Hwang, Gahyeon Kim, Hyeseong Kim, Qingyun Dan, Matthias Schmidt, Yeo Joon Yoon, Suhyung Cho, Bernhard Palsson, Jay D. Keasling, Byung-Kwan Cho

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Research and Design of an Active Light Source System for UAVs Based on Light Intensity Matching Model by Rui Ming, Tao Wu, Zhiyan Zhou, Haibo Luo, Shahbaz Gul Hassan

“…This research provides an efficient and computationally effective solution for vision-based multi-UAV systems, further enhancing the visual tracking capabilities of multi-UAVs under complex conditions.…”
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Determination of Tungsten, Molybdenum and 5 Associated Elements in Tungsten-Molybdenum Ore by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry with Direct Sintering by Zhou SONG, Yiping JI, Weihua WANG, Shaomin FANG, Jie YANG, Huoyan LUO, Yuqi ZHOU

“…However, the matrix effect cause by the alkali melting method seriously affects the accuracy and detection limit of instrument testing; the acid dissolution method has low dissolution efficiency for tungsten, molybdenum and other insoluble elements, and requires a long time and a complex pretreatment process by using a variety of inorganic strong acids such as hydrofluoric acid and aqua regia, which can also cause damage to the analytical and testing instruments.OBJECTIVESTo develop a simple and efficient method for quantitative analysis of tungsten and molybdenum and its associated elements in tungsten-molybdenum ore.METHODSBased on alkaline melting and acid dissolution, a method was established by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) with direct sintering and complex extraction of hydrochloric acid-phosphoric acid-citric acid. …”
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The Morphological and Ecogeographic Characterization of the <i>Musa</i> L. Collection in the Gene Bank of INIAP, Ecuador by Nelly Avalos Poaquiza, Ramiro Acurio Vásconez, Luis Lima Tandazo, Álvaro Monteros-Altamirano, César Tapia Bastidas, Sigcha Morales Franklin, Marten Sørensen, Nelly Paredes Andrade

“…The findings contribute valuable information for the efficient conservation, selection, and utilization of the <i>Musa</i> germplasm in Ecuadorian agroecosystems. …”
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Validation of a Scorecard of Quality and Activity Indicators for Telepharmacy Pharmaceutical Care Services in Spanish Hospitals by Margusino-Framiñán L, Ibarra-Barrueta O, Mangues-Bafalluy I, Monte-Boquet E, Sanmartín-Fenollera P, Talens-Bolós A, Morillo-Verdugo R

“…The validation criteria were performed using the RAND/UCLA methodology for each of the 5 TIS characteristics: holistic, practical, quantitative, usability, and continuous improvement. …”
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Small molecules direct the generation of ameloblast-like cells from human embryonic stem cells by Ximei Zhu, YiMeng Zhao, Xiaofan Bai, Qiannan Dong, Chunli Tian, Ruilin Sun, Congjuan Yan, Jianping Ruan, Zhongbo Liu, Jianghong Gao

“…Results The application of RA facilitated the efficient generation of NNE within a six-day period. …”
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High-precision segmentation and quantification of tunnel lining crack using an improved DeepLabV3+ by Zhutian Pan, Xuepeng Zhang, Yujing Jiang, Bo Li, Naser Golsanami, Hang Su, Yue Cai

“…EDeepLab improves upon the original DeepLabV3+ framework by replacing its backbone network with an optimized lightweight EfficientNetV2. The amount of EfficientNetV2 block computation is reduced and a self-designed shallow feature fusion module is used to merge the layers to enhance parameter utilization efficiency. …”
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Analysis of the main controlling factors of intra-well frac hit between deep coalbed methane in Daning-Jixian block and research on countermeasures to prevent and control it by Ming CHEN, Junyi SUN, Liwei WANG, Lizhu YU, Haonian TIAN, Dameng WANG, Xianfeng GU, Zesong YIN, Huan ZHANG

“…The field test shows that the research results are of great significance for reducing the pressure frac hit between wells and efficient production recovery in Daning-Jixian block.…”
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Patient-derived colorectal microtumors predict response to anti-PD-1 therapy by Duy T. Nguyen, Matthew A. Schaller, Krista P. Terracina, Xia Xu, Diego I. Pedro, Alfonso Pepe, Juan M. Urueña, Zadia Dupee, Nickolas Diodati, Ryan A. Smolchek, Jack E. Famiglietti, Nhi Tran Yen Nguyen, Gerik W. Tushoski-Alemán, Kuoyuan Cheng, Lan Chen, Doug Linn, Vania Vidimar, Aquila Fatima, Soon Woo Kwon, Dongyu Sun, Hongmin Chen, Haiyan Xu, Brian Long, Lily Y. Moy, Bonnie J. Howell, George H. Addona, W. Gregory Sawyer

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Quantifying Shape and Texture Biases for Enhancing Transfer Learning in Convolutional Neural Networks by Akinori Iwata, Masahiro Okuda

“…Aligning the model’s bias with the dataset’s bias can significantly enhance performance in transfer learning, leading to more efficient learning. This study aims to quantitatively demonstrate that increasing shape bias within the network by varying kernel sizes and dilation rates improves accuracy on shape-dominant data and enables efficient learning with less data. …”
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Thermal comfort and energy related occupancy behavior in Dutch residential dwellings by Anastasios Ioannou

“…Therefore, the national targets for CO2 reduction should include provisions for a more energy efficient building stock for all EU member states.  …”
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Explanation and design of mentoring in order to promote human resources activities in the National Company of Southern Oil-bearing Regions by Ali Ghasemi Ghasemvand, Vahid Chenari, Mehrdad Hamari, Seyyed Ali Akbar Ahmadi

“…The current research is of mixed type (qualitative-quantitative). In the qualitative part, the necessary factors and infrastructures of the model were identified through interviews with 11 experts who were selected using the snowball sampling method; and in the quantitative part, the community consisted of 105 experts and human resource managers of the southern National Petroleum Regions Company, and stratified random sampling method was used. …”
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