Construction and Sampling of Alloy Cluster Expansions—A Tutorial by Pernilla Ekborg-Tanner, Petter Rosander, Erik Fransson, Paul Erhart

“…The tutorial consists of three parts, starting with cluster expansion construction for a relatively simple system, continuing with strategies for more challenging systems such as surfaces, and closing with examples of Monte Carlo sampling of cluster expansions to study order-disorder transitions and phase diagrams.…”
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Optimization, Design, and Implementation of Biodiversity-Focused Fisheries Survey Stations: A Case Study of the Coastal Waters of Maoming by Yuexiu DENG, Yongheng HUANG, Jianyu DONG, Ning CHEN, Jing ZHANG, Xuefeng WANG

“…However, most research primarily focuses on optimizing either stratification or sample allocation and pays less attention to methods that simultaneously optimize both stratification and sample allocation. …”
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Feasibility of a tailored, combined intervention with mind-body elements to prevent burnout in healthcare professionals (LAGOM) in a mixed-methods multicenter single-arm trial by Marleen Schröter, Anna K. Koch, Julia Berschick, Julia K. Schiele, Martin Bogdanski, Melanie Steinmetz, Judith Czakert, Wiebke Stritter, Christian S. Kessler, Georg Seifert

“…This single-arm, multicenter study employed a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design. Descriptive analyses evaluated recruitment, adherence, attrition, data collection completeness, and safety. …”
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Presenting a Model for Color Effectiveness in Marketing Using Consumer Neuroscience: A Sequential Exploratory Mixed-Methods Approach by Allahyar Ghasemi, Ahmad Rahchamani, Hamidreza Saeednia

“…To elicit experts’ opinions in the field of marketing, university teachers in the fields of marketing, cognitive science, and neuroscience were interviewed and to elicit experts’ opinions in the field of graphics, CEOs of advertising companies, advertising managers, and design managers of such companies were interviewed. The applied sampling methods were non-probability purposive (judgmental) and theoretical sampling. …”
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Designning a Model for Measuring the Effectiveness of Faraja Car Repair Centers by Milad Aghai, Saied Ramezan Zadeh, Rahman Yousefi

“…The community of the quality department was the managers of the General Net and Transport Departments of Amad and Faraja Support and the Repair Center of the Tehran Police Command. A purposive sampling method was employed, and theoretical saturation was reached after conducting interviews with 14 participants. …”
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Developing an effective teaching model in order to improve the educational level of schools by Mehdi Mohammadi, fardin Abdollahy, Rafigh Hasani

“…Based on the purposeful sampling method; after a semi-structured interview with 15 people, theoretical saturation was achieved and the interview was stopped. …”
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Effects of different mulching methods with apple branch fragments on soil nutrients, growth and development of apple trees and fruit quality by LI Linyu, CAO Yufei, LÜ Deguo, QIN Sijun

“…Comprehensively analyzing the effects of different mulching methods with apple crushed branches on soil properties, it was found that crushed branches + ground cloth mulching may be a more beneficial mulching method for actual production.…”
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EXAMINATION OF INDIGENOUS STORAGE METHODS OF COWPEA (Vigna Unguiculata) IN MUBI SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA by Aliyu ABDULLAHI, Ibrahim S. USMAN, Abdulhameed A. GIREI, Gambo ISMAIL

“…Eight indigenous storage methods were identified and the use of air tight container, neem leaves/ oil and finger pepper were found to be more effective. …”
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CONVENTIONAL AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS: A COMPARATIVE BENEFIT AND COST ANALYSIS by Abimbola WINDAPO, Mayibongwe MACHAKA

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Complex Assessment of the Functional State of the Urinary System in Preclinical Studies. Part 1. Instrumental and Laboratory Assessment Methods (Review) by M. V. Miroshnikov, K. T. Sultanova, M. N. Makarova, N. M. Faustova, S. O. Khan, E. A. Loseva

“…A more in-depth analysis should involve histological and immunohistochemical methods to examine the urinary tissues of laboratory animals.…”
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An Online Tool for Correcting Performance Measures of Electronic Phenotyping Algorithms for Verification Bias by Ajay Bhasin, Sue Bielinski, Abel N. Kho, Nicholas Larson, Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik

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The Role of Water on the Oxidation Process of Graphene Oxide Structures by Ahmet Türk, Fatih Sargın, Kürşat Kanbur, Funda Ak Azem, Işıl Birlik

“…GO has been produced for decades by the Hummers Method with the oxidation process of graphite. The properties and structure of GO are significantly affected by the production parameters of Hummers Method. …”
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Regulation of used frying fats and validity of quick tests for discarding the fats by M. C. Dobargarnes, G. Márquez-Ruiz

“…Hence, simple rapid analytical tests to substitute for official methods are neccesary to monitor oil quality in restaurants and fried food outlets. …”
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A highly sensitive enzyme‑linked immunosorbent assay allows accurate measurements of brain‑derived neurotrophic factor levels in human saliva [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1... by Masaaki Kojima, Yves-Alain Barde, Mitsuo Watanabe, Shiro Sugino, Fumie Akutsu

“…In this report, we demonstrate that BDNF levels in human saliva are extremely low, in the low pg/mL range, yet detectable in all saliva samples tested. Methods Saliva samples were collected from healthy volunteers by a passive drool method. …”
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Polen y vegetación en la Patagonia extraandina argentina a 45º S by Lidia S. Burry, Héctor L. D’Antoni, Jorge L. Frangi

“…A west-to-east gradient of decreasing precipitation and increasing temperature determines four vegetation units: (1) grass steppe, (2) grass-bush steppe, (3) bush steppe and (4) bush-brush steppe. Pollen samples were analyzed by classification and ordination methods, and correlated to environmental variables. …”
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Absolute mass spectrometry: A theoretical analytical technique for quantification by Ignacio J. Rios, Fabiana C. Gennari

“…AbMS technique uses the conceptual basis of Influence Method and two consecutive measurements to estimate the amount of analyte. …”
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Model-Free Change Point Detection for Mixing Processes by Hao Chen, Abhishek Gupta, Yin Sun, Ness Shroff

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Provider advice, pregnant persons’ expectations, and actual gestational weight gain among United States military health care beneficiaries: a secondary analysis of a randomized con... by Erin Solomon, Abby McPhail, Zoran Bursac, Melissa A. Little, G. Wayne Talcott, Rebecca A. Krukowski

“…In this study, we explore the influence of these factors on GWG in a military population in this secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial. Materials and methods Participants (N = 377) came from a completed randomized controlled trial focused on behavioral interventions for healthy GWG and/or postpartum weight loss among TRICARE beneficiaries. …”
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Establishment of an indirect immunofluorescence assay for the detection of African swine fever virus antibodies by Wan Wang, Zhenjiang Zhang, Weldu Tesfagaber, Jiwen Zhang, Fang Li, Encheng Sun, Lijie Tang, Zhigao Bu, Yuanmao Zhu, Dongming Zhao

“…The detection limits of the IFA and iELISA for the same ASFV-antibody positive serum samples were 1:25,600 and 1:6,400, respectively, indicating that the IFA is more sensitive than iELISA. …”
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Evaluation of coronary perfusion pressure and diastolic blood pressure calculation methods in a swine model of pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Jeremy C. Zuckerberg, Tiffany Ko, M. Katie Weeks, Nicholas J. Widmann, Martha F. Kienzle, Hunter A. Gaudio, Luiz Eduardo V. Silva, Ron W. Reeder, Robert M. Sutton, Robert A. Berg, Todd J. Kilbaugh, Ryan W. Morgan

“…Methods: Four calculation methods, differentiated by sampling technique, were retrospectively applied to pressure waveforms from piglet CPR: late diastole (CoPP65, DBP65), mid-diastole (CoPP50, DBP50), diastolic minimum (CoPPmin, DBPmin), and diastolic mean (CoPPmean, DBPmean). …”
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