Sampling Techniques Affect Mayfly Nymph Community Indices and May Bias Bioassessments by Zohar Yanai, Netta Dorchin

“…These results suggest that reliance on a single collection method is prone to yield only partial information for ecological assessments and emphasises the importance of employing a sampling technique that is appropriate for the study question and goals or combining more than one method. …”
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Improving Local Fidelity and Interpretability of LIME by Replacing Only the Sampling Process With CVAE by Daisuke Yasui, Hiroshi Sato

“…The Local Interpretable Model agnostic Explanation (LIME) algorithm is an Explainable AI (XAI) method that can be applied to many black -box models. …”
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Healthcare leadership practice and associated factors among primary healthcare managers in East Gojam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a mixed method study by Endalew Minwuye Andargie, Wubshet D. Negash, Abebe Kassa Geto, Asmamaw Atnafu

“…Therefore, the findings of this study will contribute to improved healthcare leadership practices among primary healthcare managers. Method Facility-based cross-sectional study supplemented with qualitative inquiry was conducted in the East Gojam zone among 532 primary healthcare managers selected by a two-stage stratified random sampling technique. …”
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Revaluing optical techniques in the light of vortex- and ultrasound-assisted microextraction by Natalia A. Gomez, Anabela S. Lorenzetti, Damian A. Uriarte, Carolina Acebal, Juan M. Padró, Antonio Canals, Mariano Garrido, Claudia E. Domini

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Class of Calibrated Estimators of Population Proportion Under Diagonal Systematic Sampling Scheme by Ahmed Audu, Maggie Aphane, Jabir Ahmad, Ran Vijay Kumar Singh

“…Therefore, this study introduced two novel methods for estimating population proportion using diagonal systematic sampling with the help of an auxiliary variable. …”
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Multi-behavior aware recommendation with joint contrastive learning and reinforced negative sampling by Yujia Du, Zhengtao Yu, Hongbin Wang

“…The existing methods still face challenges in terms of modeling behavioral dependencies, handling skewed data distributions, and optimizing the quality of negative samples. …”
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Improving Precision and Reducing Runtime of Microscopic Traffic Simulators through Stratified Sampling by Khewal Bhupendra Kesur

“…Two methods of implementation are examined, one where stratification is applied to headways and routing decisions of individual vehicles and another where vehicle counts and entry times are more evenly sampled. …”
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Segmental Dynamic Duty Cycle Control for Sampling Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks by Lufeng Mo, Yujia Jiang, Guoying Wang, Jizhong Zhao

“…That is to say, the SDDC method needs smaller sampling rate if the reconstructive error threshold is given and consequently saves more energy.…”
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An efficient spectrum sensing of mixed kernel SVM based on sampling covariance matrix by Jianyuan NIE, Jianrong BAO, Bin JIANG, Chao LIU, Fang ZHU, Jianhai HE

“…In recent years,with the blind detection algorithms were proposed,more and more blind algorithms based on sampling covariance matrix were applied to spectrum sensing.The detection threshold was an approximation,and the detection performance would be affected for this algorithms.Thus,the mixed kernel function support vector machine (SVM) efficient spectrum sensing based on sampling covariance matrix was proposed.The statistics which were maximum minimum eigenvalue (MME) and covariance absolute value (CAV) of sensing signal sampling covariance matrices were used as the feature vectors of SVM and were trained to generate a spectrum sensing classifier.The advantage of this algorithm was that it needn’t calculate the detection threshold and the extraction of features reduces size of the sample set.The genetic algorithm (GA) was used to optimize the parameters of mixed kernel function SVM algorithm.The experimental results show that the proposed method has higher detection probability than MME and CAV algorithms,and has less sensing time than SVM,which has good practicability.…”
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Bioanalytical method development, in-vivo pharmacokinetic evaluation, ex-vivo platelet aggregation inhibition activity of a novel solid dispersion formulation of ticagrelor by Abhishek Srivastava, Abhishek Srivastava, Simrata Bedi, Abhishesh Kumar Mehata, Datta Maroti Pawde, Ketan Vinayakrao Hatware, Mohammad Ahmad Khan, M. S. Muthu, Uma Bhandari

“…The present investigation aimed to develop validated bioanalytical method for the analysis of plasma samples for improving the oral bioavailability of Ticagrelor. …”
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Assessing healthcare status and challenges in border regions: insights from Tak and Mae Hong Son provinces, Thailand – a mixed-method approach by Seo Ah Hong, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Chit Su Tinn, Bang-on Thepthien

“…This analysis examines the current state of the health sector, border health challenges resulting from cross-border movement, and identifies key gaps through data from health organizations and interviews in Tak and MHS provinces. Methods A mixed-method situational analysis was conducted, incorporating documentary analysis (quantitative health facility data, national reports, and online survey data) and key informant interviews in five districts: Umpang, Mae Ramat, and Tha Song Yang (TSY) in Tak province, and Mueang and Pang Mapha in MHS province. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Single-Path and Multipath Adrenal Venous Sampling in Primary Aldosteronism by Zhoufei Fang, Han Cai, Qixiang Zhang, Jin Gong, Wei Zhou, Liangdi Xie, Feng Peng

“…When the RAV is opened in the III quadrant, the TIG catheter improves the cannulation success rate. The multipath AVS method provides more catheter options. Patients diagnosed with PA at the First Hospital of Fujian Medical University from December 2019 to December 2021 were included. …”
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Analysis of Product Sampling for New Product Diffusion Incorporating Multiple-Unit Ownership by Zhineng Hu, Yurong Pei, Ruikun Xie

“…Multiple-unit purchasing behavior can increase sales to make more profit for a firm, and it needs more samples to make the product known much better. …”
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Method Validation and Measurement Uncertainty Estimation for Determination of Multiclass Pesticide Residues in Tomato by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) by Suraj Shrestha, Bandana Lamichhane, Nibedita Chaudhary

“…Subsequently, the validated method was applied to analyze 52 locally collected tomato samples. …”
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Characterization of Oxygen Diffusion and Catalytic Behavior of Composite Materials in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Using the Non-destructive Adler-Lane-Steele Method by Azreen Junaida Abd Aziz, Nurul Akidah Baharuddin, Bee Huah Lim

“…Understanding the fundamental properties of oxygen self-diffusion in solid-state ionic systems is critical for developing nextgeneration electrolyte and electrode material compositions and microstructures that enable SOFCs to operate at lower temperatures more effectively, durably, and affordably. To date, the most common method for evaluating electrocatalytic performance is electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), which causes sample damage due to its set-up procedure. …”
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Bayesian model comparison and parameter inference in systems biology using nested sampling. by Nick Pullen, Richard J Morris

“…In this work we apply Skilling's nested sampling to address both of these problems. Nested sampling is a Bayesian method for exploring parameter space that transforms a multi-dimensional integral to a 1D integration over likelihood space. …”
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Accuracy of Age Estimation using Cameriere’s European Formula and London Atlas Method among the Children of Dakshina Kannada Population – A Comparative Study by Laxmikanth Chatra, Aiswarya Shibu, Rachana V. Prabhu, Prashanth Shenoy, K M Veena, Prathima Shetty

“…Objectives: This study aimed to compare these two age estimation methods to determine which provides more precise age estimates for the Dakshina Kannada population. …”
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Spectrum processing method for measuring low levels of specific activity of 137Cs with a NaI(Tl) detector in the presence of natural radionuclides by V. S. Repin, K. A. Sednev

“…The article proposes a method of spectrum decomposition based on the taking into account individual parameters of the spectrometer and a more accurate determination of specific activities of natural radionuclides. …”
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Fast and Sensitive Swab-Based Bioluminescent Detection Method for Meat and Chicken Microbiological Contamination Using <i>Amydetes vivianii</i> Firefly Luciferase by Alessandra Freitas Serain, Daniel Rangel de Souza, Vadim R. Viviani

“…New faster and more sensitive detection methods are required for food microbiological contamination quality control throughout the entire handling process. …”
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Enhancing Environmental DNA Sampling Efficiency for Cetacean Detection on Whale Watching Tours by Lauren Kelly Rodriguez, Belén García Ovide, Eleonora Barbaccia, Jana Robertson, Taïme Smit Pellure, Ángela Ceballos‐Caro, Caterina Lanfredi, Maddalena Jahoda, Enrico Villa, Arianna Azzellino, Marianne Helene Rasmussen, Michael Traugott, Bettina Thalinger

“…However, eDNA research is still evolving, with ongoing efforts to optimize field sampling and laboratory protocols. Building on the challenges of conventional monitoring methods, this study sought to refine eDNA sampling parameters to offer a more efficient and scalable approach for cetacean research, leveraging citizen science platforms. …”
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