Numerical modeling of abrasive waterjet to optimize rock cutting parameters by Satar Mahdevari, Habibollah Sayehvand, Pedram Bakhtiari Haftlang

“…The process was simulated using the combined Finite Element Method-Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (FEM-SPH) in LS-DYNA software. …”
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Lithological Classification Using ZY1-02D Hyperspectral Data by Means of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods in the Kohat–Pothohar Plateau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan by Waqar Ahmad, Lei Liu, Zhenhua Guo, Yasir Shaheen Khalil, Nazir Ul Islam, Fakhrul Islam

“…The research was accomplished using spectral profiles of minerals accompanied by false color composite (FCC), principal component analysis (PCA), SVM, and SSTF methods for classifying the main lithological units. …”
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Understanding barriers and facilitators to non-pharmaceutical chronic pain research engagement among people living with chronic pain in the UK: a two-phase mixed-methods approach by Daniel Baker, Kirralise Hansford, Anna E Crossland, Catherine Preston, Kirsten J McKenzie

“…Online focus groups were run in phase 1, generating qualitative data, while phase 2 used the themes identified within phase 1 to assess agreement and disagreement.Setting Participants consisted of people with chronic pain across the UK.Participants 36 participants with chronic pain conditions (defined as any pain lasting or recurring for more than 3 months) were recruited for phase 1. Seven participants could not attend their focus group or a subsequent session, leaving a final sample size of 29 participants (83% female, 17% male; age=20–78 years, M=44.3 years). …”
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Target-independent high-throughput sequencing methods provide evidence that already known human viral pathogens play a main role in respiratory infections with unexplained etiology by Unai Pérez-Sautu, Michael Ross Wiley, María Iglesias-Caballero, Francisco Pozo, Karla Prieto, Joseph Alex Chitty, María Luz García-García, Cristina Calvo, Inmaculada Casas, Gustavo Palacios

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Causes and determinants of infant mortality using verbal autopsy and social autopsy methods in a rural population of Odisha: a community-based matched case-control study by Amit Kumar Satapathy, Arvind Kumar Singh, Priyamadhaba Behera, Debkumar Pal, Abhisek Mishra

“…Level 1 delay was observed for 20 cases (40.8%), with more than 24 hours in decision-making in care-seeking. …”
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Material Composition Testing Related to Measurement Instrument Enclosure Design and Safety by Gaber Beges, Domen Hudoklin

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Comparison of microbial culture, metagenomic next-generation sequencing and droplet digital polymerase chain reaction methods for pathogen detection in patients with neurosurgical... by Hai Yu, Dong Liang, Xiangqian Ding, Han Gao, Guoyuan Fan, Yan Song, Shoujia Sun, Qibing Huang, Shili Liu, Zeli Zhang

“…It is advisable that, in future clinical practice, mNGS and ddPCR be more extensively employed for the early and precise identification of pathogens in NCNSIs patients.…”
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Climate governance action and corporate environmental performance: evidence from climate resilient city construction by Zhihan Lu, Kaihua Bao, Xiliang Hu, Chen Gao, Ya Wen, Ting Zhang

“…IntroductionPromoting the improvement of corporate environmental performance is an important micro-foundation for achieving green high-quality development.MethodsThis study takes Chinese A-share listed firms on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2011 to 2023 as the research sample, regards the climate resilient city construction (CRCC) pilot policy as a quasi-natural experiment, and employs the difference-in-differences (DID) method to empirically examine its impact on corporate environmental performance.ResultsThe empirical results show that CRCC significantly improves corporate environmental performance. …”
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A Numerical Laboratory for Simulation of Flanged Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls by Alireza Khaloo, Mohammad Tabiee, Hatef Abdoos

“…FlashLab is a finite element method (FEM)-based simulator of flanged RC shear walls. …”
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Genome Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in the Kurdistan region of Iraq by Sevan O Majed, Suhad A Mustafa, Paywast J Jalal, Mohammed H Fatah, Abdulkarim Y Karim, Sahar Hassannejad, Monika H Miasko

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The Effect of Team Games Tournament (TGT) in Social Science Learning to Improve Student Learning Outcomes by Jenny Koce Matitaputty, Nugroho Susanto, Muhammad Rijal Fadli, Iwan Ramadhan, Christofer Judy Manuputty

“…The Team Games Tournament (TGT) method is effective for improving student learning outcomes in social science learning, but there are still very few teachers who apply this method. …”
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Exploring and determining traditional medicines used for bleeding control and termination of pregnancy among Suri people, South West Ethiopia, 2022: mixed method exploratory sequen... by Alemnew Wale, Aychew Kassie, Nahom Solomon, Desalegn Girma

“…To help people use safe methods and avoid those that have a negative impact on mothers, it is imperative to investigate more about the value of these traditional methods. …”
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The impact of knowledge management on business performance with emphasis on the role of accounting information quality (Case study: financial institutions listed on the Tehran Capi... by Rahele Mashaykhi, Ahmad Pifeh, Hamed Ahmadzade

“…In fact, the number of statistical population with the number of samples for each variable is equal to 19. The present study is descriptive-correlational in terms of applied purpose, quantitative in terms of process, quantitative in terms of information collection and analysis method, and inductive in terms of logical dimension. …”
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A comparison of established and digital surface model (DSM) ‐based methods to determine population estimates and densities for king penguin colonies, using fixed‐wing drone and sat... by J. Coleman, N. Fenney, P.N. Trathan, A. Fox, E. Fox, A. Bennison, L. Ireland, M.A. Collins, P.R. Hollyman

“…Where high‐resolution drone imagery was available, accuracy was within 3.5% of manual reference counts. DSM methods were more accurate than other established methods including estimation from satellite imagery and are applicable for population studies across other taxa worldwide. …”
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Euphemization within Migration Discourse in German Journalism by E. L. Shubina, R. S. Shelekhova

“…A total of 15 euphemized nominations were extracted through a comprehensive sampling method. The authors provide detailed commentary on each example, focusing on the techniques employed to achieve euphemization. …”
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Estimation of Parameters for the Gumbel Type-I Distribution under Type-II Censoring Scheme by Asuman Yılmaz, Mahmut Kara

“… This paper aims to decide the best parameter estimation methods for the parameters of the Gumbel type-I distribution under the type-II censorship scheme. …”
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A Novel State of Charge Estimation Method Based on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Solid-State Batteries of Next-Generation Space Power Sources under Different States of... by Bingxiang Sun, Junfeng Pang, Liying Zhu, Xinze Zhao, Weige Zhang, Shichang Ma, Xiaopeng Liu

“…Aiming at compensating for the research lack of modeling and state estimation of solid-state batteries, this paper proposes a state of charge (SOC) estimation method based on the electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) of sample solid-state batteries that consider both accuracy and speed. …”
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Family planning utilization among postpartum women in the Bule Hora District, southern Ethiopia by Nurye Sirage, Zewuditu Desalegn, Wako Golicha Wako, Ali Yimer, Fassikaw Kebede Bizuneh, Sefineh Fenta Feleke, Adem Yesuf, Belda Negesa Beyene

“…Women who resumed sexual activity after birth (AOR = 1.92, 95% CI 1.25–2.96), and who had at least four antenatal care visits (AOR = 3.09, 95% CI 1.61–5.92) were also more likely to use postpartum family planning. Women with grand multiparity were 69% less likely to use family planning methods than primiparous women (AOR = 0.31, 95% CI 0.13–0.73).ConclusionPostpartum family planning use in this study was higher than the national average. …”
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Participative research for individualised care in cardiovascular diseases (PRIC-CVD): study protocol for a non-interventional, multicentre mixed-methods study as part of iCARE4CVD by Bianca Steiner, Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca, Loreena Hill, Bettina Zippel-Schultz, Julia Brandts, Matthew Barrett, Thomas Maria Helms, Sabine Friedl, Marlo Verket, Karolien Baldewijns, Marguerite Murphy, Anne McNulty, Markus Schwertfeger, Iñaki Romero

“…However, patient participation is often unsuccessful due to the lack of a representative patient sample who is involved throughout the project’s duration, has knowledge of the project and can contribute their experience.Methods and analysis Participative Research for Individualised Care in Cardiovascular Diseases is a non-interventional, non-randomised, multicentre mixed-methods study. …”
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Impacts of Extraction Methods in the Rapid Determination of Atrazine Residues in Foods using Supercritical Fluid Chromatography and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay: Microwave Sol... by Mohamed H. El-Saeid, Ijeoma Kanu, Ebere C. Anyanwu, Mahmoud A. Saleh

“…Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and microwave solvent extraction (MSE) methods were used to test samples of frozen vegetables, fruit juice, and jam from local food markets in Houston. …”
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