Effectiveness of Colour-Coded Diabetes Monitoring Chart on Glycemic Control Among Adults with Diabetes Mellitus: A Community Trial in Rural South India by Imaad Mohammed Ismail, Poonam R Naik

“…Results: The intervention led to a 0.58% reduction in HbA1c after adjusting for covariates. …”
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CNC machining data repository: Geometry, NC code & high-frequency energy consumption data for aluminum and plastic machiningMendeley Data by Markus Brillinger, Muaaz Abdul Hadi, Stefan Trabesinger, Johannes Schmid, Florian Lackner

“…Potential use cases include optimizing machining parameters for energy reduction based on power consumption patterns, and enhancing digital twin models with real-world machining data. …”
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Cell-type specific effects of the long non-coding RNA HIF1A-AS3 on HIF1A expression in kidney cells by Simone Reichelt-Wurm, Lena Knauss, Bettina Strasser, Mona Scharf, Kathrin Holler, Elke Eggenhofer, Markus Kretz, Bernhard Banas, Miriam C. Banas

“…Furthermore, knockdown (KD) of HIF1A-AS3 resulted in a significant reduction of HIF1A-AS2 and even more important of Hif1α in HK-2 cells but not mesangial cells. …”
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Generative-assisted multi-stage integrated network: Tackling extreme noise in image denoisingThe source code and trained models are made publicly available at: by Taeyong Park, Muhammad Sohail Ibrahim, Minseok Kim, Zahyun Ku, Yunsang Kwak

“…., CBSD68, Kodak24, Urban100, and Set5) demonstrate that GainNet significantly outperforms benchmark models in both PSNR and SSIM, achieving superior noise reduction and texture preservation, particularly under extreme noise conditions (σ ≥ 50). …”
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Implementation outcomes of convergence action policy to accelerate stunting reduction in Pidie district, Aceh province, Indonesia: a qualitative study by Sofyan Sufri, Nurhasanah Nurhasanah, Misbahul Jannah, Saiful Bakri, Iskandar Iskandar, Rajuddin Rajuddin, Sarah Ika Nainggolan, Fathima Sirasa, Jonatan Anderias Lassa

“…The variables of convergence action policies were implemented differently by stakeholders at different layers of governance.Setting Pidie district, Aceh province, Indonesia.Participants 106 respondents from provincial to village levels were selected and interviewed, including leaders and policymakers (n=10); and convergence action implementers from the province to the villages (n=96).Results Stunting reduction policies were generally acceptable to local leaders and policymakers as a policy imperative. …”
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Creating effective teams and valuing patient-centered care to change culture and improve equity on labor and delivery: a qualitative study by Emily White Vangompel, Shelly Verma, Caroline Wator, Francesca Carlock, Audrey Lyndon, Ann Borders, Jane Holl

“…Methods Hospitals in California and Florida that (1) engaged in quality initiatives to reduce cesarean births; (2) demonstrated at least a 5% cesarean birth reduction; and (3) sustained the reduction for 18 months after participation were invited to participate. …”
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Improved Image Compression Scheme Using Hybrid Encoding Algorithm by Yusra Ahmed Salih, Aree Ali Mohammed, Loay Edwar George

“…During last decades several techniques are developed for improving the quality, coding time and compression ratio using different coding strategies. …”
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Carbon footprint reduction in mid-rise buildings: analysis, design, and LCA-based evaluation of alternate steel slag aggregates in concrete by Muhammad Bilal Subhani, Anwar Khitab

“…The results demonstrate a 100% reduction in natural aggregate consumption, saving 11,100 tons of crushed stone aggregates, leading to a reduction of 69 tons of CO₂ emissions and 500 kg of ozone emissions over the building’s lifespan. …”
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Effectiveness of an online mindfulness based stress reduction intervention on psychological distress among patients with COVID19 after hospital discharge by Maryam Mozaffari, Manijeh Naderi, Hosein Zahednezhad, Fataneh Ghadirian

“…The current study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences on 10/08/2021 with the registration code IR.SBMU.PHARMACY.REC.1400. 108. In addition, the study protocol was registered with the Iranian Clinical Trial Registration Center on 03/06/2022 under the code IRCT20210715051896N1.…”
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Penanganan Tindak Pidana Viral: Reduksi Terhadap Asas Legalitas Ke Asas Viralitas by Muammar Muammar

“…Results Originality of the Research: The results of the study show that the principle of legality as stipulated in Article 1 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code which emphasizes that there is no act that can be punished without being regulated and stipulated in statutory regulations before the act is committed, has experienced reduction and shifted to nothing. an act that can be punished without going viral first. …”
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Trends in Total Hip Arthroplasty Length of Stay and Coding Status From 2018 to 2021: Two-Year Impact of the Removal From the Inpatient-Only List by Joshua G. Sanchez, BA, Meera M. Dhodapkar, MD, Scott J. Halperin, MD, Will M. Jiang, BS, Jonathan N. Grauer, MD, Lee E. Rubin, MD

“…The impact of this policy changes on length of stay (LOS) and coding status (inpatient/outpatient) beyond 2020 remains to be fully defined. …”
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Applying affect coding and dynamical systems mathematical modeling to understanding the role of emotional expression on the therapeutic relationship across an entire course of subs... by Gina Cipriano, Paul R. Peluso, Emma Bright, Blanka Hutarkova

“…Alan Marlatt and his client, Kevin, over six therapy sessions. The sessions were coded using the Specific Affect Coding System (SPAFF) to code emotional expressions and a dynamical systems (DS) mathematical model, with parameters derived from the coded data to create unique models for each session.ResultsStatistical analysis was used to compare SPAFF codes and model parameters between Alan Marlatt and his client. …”
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Decoding strategies for stigma reduction in substance use disorder: A qualitative synthesis utilizing the theoretical domain and behavior change wheel frameworks by Abhishek Ghosh, Kshitiz Sharma, Arshia Sood, Babita Sharma, Blessy B. George

“…Aim: This review analyzed authors’ behavioral explanations supporting stigma-reduction outcomes and explored links between these mechanisms and behavior change. …”
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Reasons for reductions in routine childhood immunisation uptake during the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. by Alexandra M Cardoso Pinto, Sameed Shariq, Lasith Ranasinghe, Shyam Sundar Budhathoki, Helen Skirrow, Elizabeth Whittaker, James A Seddon

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Motion estimation algorithm using 2 bit-depth pixel and fuzzy quantization by Chuan-ming SONG, Yan-wen GUO, Xiang-hai WANG, Dan LIU

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Inter layer up-sampling filtering scheme applied in SVC by WANG Zhang1, LIU Jian2, YAN Guo-ping2

“…The experiment results show that our proposed scheme maintains the performances of coded bit-rate and PSNR value without any noticeable loss,and provides significant reduction in computational complexity. …”
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Machining Scheme Selection of Features Based on Process Knowledge Graph and Improved Cosine Similarity Matching by Lin Wang, Hao Cheng, Rui Wang, Xunzhuo Huang

“…Based on the part property, the feature basic information and manufacturing information are used to establish a feature information model and information coding dimensionality reduction. Then, considering the influence coefficient of the process parameter and the usage coefficient of the machining scheme, an improved cosine similarity formula is designed for MSS. …”
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Filtered Multi-Tone Spread Spectrum With Overlapping Subbands by Brian Nelson, Hussein Moradi, Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny

“…Additionally, we propose methods of multi-coding for increasing the data rate of the OFMT-SS waveform, while minimally impacting its PAPR.…”
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Associations Between the Polymorphisms in the Coding Sequence of SLCO1B1 and Blood Lipid Levels Before and After Treatment by Atorvastatin in the Chinese Han Adults with Dyslipidem... by Chen C, Tian Y, Jia F, Feng M, Zhang G, Li Q, Zhang Y, Sun N, Hu S, Ji Z

“…Carriers of the rs2306283 AA allele experienced a substantially greater reduction in total cholesterol (TC) and triglyceride (TG) levels after atorvastatin treatment. …”
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QP-Adaptive Dual-Path Residual Integrated Frequency Transformer for Data-Driven In-Loop Filter in VVC by Cheng-Hsuan Yeh, Chi-Ting Ni, Kuan-Yu Huang, Zheng-Wei Wu, Cheng-Pin Peng, Pei-Yin Chen

“…A QP estimator (QPE) is further introduced to mitigate double enhancement in inter-coded frames. Experimental results demonstrate that DRIFT achieves BD rate reductions of 6.56% (intra) and 4.83% (inter), with an up to 10.90% gain on the BasketballDrill sequence. …”
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