Scaling Up Departmental Health Insurance Units in Senegal: A Mixed-Method Study by Valéry Ridde, Mouhamadou Faly Ba, Babacar Kane, Anouk Chouaïd, Adama Faye

“…The sample size consists of 22 individuals involved in the process. …”
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Identifying and surveying on Enterprise Architecture Issues and challenges in Iranian selected enterprises: Mixed method by Samira Parsa, Nastaran Hajiheydari, ebrahim abasi

“…Next, we used Q-methodology; it has been applied as a mixed method in this study. In this step we had 4 interviews with managers and experts to identify some more issues. …”
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The intelligent fault identification method based on multi-source information fusion and deep learning by Dashu Guo, Xiaoshuang Yang, Peng Peng, Lei Zhu, Handong He

“…To more accurately enhance the morphological features of faults and achieve their rapid, precise, and intelligent identification, this paper employs a multi-source information fusion method. …”
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Evaluation of several digestion methods in the extraction of heavy elements from different organic sources by Parisa Mashayekhi, Hosein Sharifi

“…Five methods of digestion in three replicates were used to extract the heavy metals of the compost samples, including nitric acid, dry ashing, nitric–perchloric acid, sulfuric acid and sulfosalicylic acid methods. …”
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Medicinal management of oral submucous fibrosis in the past decade- A systematic review by Chandramani B. More, Deepa Jatti Patil, Naman R. Rao

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Cognitive and affective processes in second language oral communication: a mixed methods research by Arlene Portugal-Toro, Francisco José García-Peñalvo, Luis Antonio Balderas Ruiz, Angélica Vences Esparza

“…A mixed methods research approach with a concurrent design was employed, utilizing two Likert-scale instruments administered to the entire sample, along with an open-ended questionnaire applied through interviews with a subset of participants. …”
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Risk-based evaluation of machine learning-based classification methods used for medical devices by Martin Haimerl, Christoph Reich

“…Abstract Background In the future, more medical devices will be based on machine learning (ML) methods. …”
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FedEmerge: An Entropy-Guided Federated Learning Method for Sensor Networks and Edge Intelligence by Koffka Khan

“…This formulation introduces a principled way to quantify and reward data diversity, enabling an emergent collective learning dynamic in which globally informative updates drive convergence. Unlike existing methods that weigh updates by sample count or heuristics, FedEmerge prioritizes clients with more representative, high-entropy data. …”
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Noninvasive Methods Unveil the Trophic Transmission of the Tapeworm Ligula intestinalis in Gull‐Billed Terns by Sofía Capasso, Manuel Parejo, José Manuel Reyes‐González, Juan G. Navedo, Ricardo Morán‐López, José A. Masero, Jorge S. Gutiérrez

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Optimization of the Meat Flavoring Production Process for Plant-Based Products Using the Taguchi Method by Varuzhan Sarkisyan, Anastasiya Bilyalova, Valentina Vorobyeva, Irina Vorobyeva, Alexey Malinkin, Vladimir Zotov, Alla Kochetkova

“…A heat map of the volatile content was constructed to facilitate a comparison of the samples. The study demonstrates the effectiveness of the Taguchi method in optimizing the production process of meat flavorings for plant-based products and provides valuable insights for the development of more balanced odor profiles.…”
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A temporal fusion method for modeling the rate of penetration during deep geological drilling by Yang ZHOU, Chengda LU, Min WU, Xin CHEN, Ningping YAO, Haitao SONG, Youzhen ZHANG

“…MethodsTo address these challenges, this study proposed a fusion method combined with temporal regulation for ROP modeling: the SVR-MDBO method. …”
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A method for detecting the rate of tobacco leaf loosening in tobacco leaf sorting scenarios by Yansong Wang, Yansong Wang, Chunjie Zhang, Chunjie Zhang, Mingjie Wu, Mingjie Wu, Ruilin Luo, Lin Lu, Zaiqing Chen, Zaiqing Chen, Lijun Yun, Lijun Yun

“…Additionally, a loss function with a monotonic focusing mechanism was introduced to increase the model’s learning capacity for difficult samples, resulting in a YOLO-TobaccoStem model more suitable for detecting tobacco stem objects. …”
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Investigation of the efficiency of different reprocessing methods on disposable laryngeal masks contaminated with HBV DNA by Gökahmetoğlu, Günhan, Renders, Duygu Perçin, Gökahmetoğlu, Selma, Biçer, Cihangir, Aksu, Recep, Çevik, Şerife

“…It is known that the HBV is more resistant to decontamination methods as compared to HCV and HIV.Objectives: In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effectiveness of different decontamination methods on disposable and reusable LM and to evaluate the reusability of disposable LM after they were treated with simulated saliva samples containing HBV DNA.Study design and setting: The observational study was carried out in Medical Microbiology Department of Erciyes University Medicine Faculty between March 2016 and Mach 2018. …”
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FY-4A/AGRI Cloud Detection Method Based on Naive Bayesian Algorithm by Guo Xuexing, Qu Jianhua, Ye Lingmeng, Han Min, Shi Mojie

“…Due to the use of dynamic surface type files and sufficient training sample sizes for deep and shallow waters, the overall cloud recognition accuracy of the method is relatively ideal in four seasons, with the best performance in summer and autumn. …”
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Research on navigation method in closed-canopy orchard based on 3D LiDAR by Zhigang ZHANG, Kaiyuan BAO, Wenyu ZHANG, Fan DING, Zongyi TONG, Fukang ZHOU

“…Newton’s interpolation method was used to interpolate the body-centered position data, and the random sample consensus (RANSAC) algorithm was used to fit the navigation path, i.e., NIL-RANSAC, after the interpolation was completed. …”
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Non-invasive electrophysiological monitoring vs conventional monitoring during labour in a tertiary obstetric care centre in the Netherlands: study protocol of a cohort interventio... by S G Oei, P B Q Berben, N D de Klerk, M van der Ven, A F Fransen, H J Niemarkt, E R van den Heuvel, M B van der Hout-van der Jagt, J O E H van Laar

“…Both NI-fECG and EHG have been proven to be more accurate and reliable than conventional non-invasive methods and are less affected by maternal Body Mass Index. …”
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Comparison and Optimization of Sr Isotope Analysis in Carbonate Rocks by Multiple-step Leaching Method by Xu PAN, Ziwei SUN, Jiwei GAO, Hongmei GONG, Xiaohong WANG, Meng DUAN, Yuanyuan XIAO

“…Therefore, the more conservative method proposed by Li, et al[29] is recommended for leaching unknown limestone samples, and B7-B9 are the target steps for leaching representative primary carbonate fraction. …”
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An Efficient Analytical Method for Determining the Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Estuarine Water by Xiangyi HOU, Xiaoyang WANG, Yuanyuan ZHANG, Ruohan LIANG, Feng LU, Qianqian YANG, Xiaodan PU, Yan ZHANG, Keming QU, Xuzhi ZHANG

“…No major error (ME) was found, indicating that the EMGA method for measuring the effects of Ag NPs on V. parahaemolyticus in estuarine water samples is reliable. …”
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Comparing methods for plasma HDV RNA quantification in bulevirtide-treated and untreated patients with HDV by Maria Paola Anolli, Sara Uceda Renteria, Elisabetta Degasperi, Floriana Facchetti, Dana Sambarino, Marta Borghi, Riccardo Perbellini, Roberta Soffredini, Sara Monico, Annapaola Callegaro, Pietro Lampertico

“…Quantification of HDV RNA is significantly influenced by the quantification method, with EurobioPlex detecting approximatively 1 log and AltoStar 0.5 log IU/ml more than Robogene 2.0, respectively. …”
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Sequential testing of complementary hypotheses about population density by Diego F. Rincon, Izzy McCabe, David W. Crowder

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