Riboflavin based setup as an alternative method for a preliminary screening of face mask filtration efficiency by Aida Cavallo, Tamer Al Kayal, Giorgio Soldani, Paola Losi, Lorena Tedeschi

“…The averaged filtration efficiency values, measured with both methods, were similar but were higher for the riboflavin-based setup (about 2% for all tested samples) than bacterial filtration efficiency. …”
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A New Caffeine Detection Method Using a Highly Multiplexed Smartphone-Based Spectrometer by Erhuan Zhuo, Huanxin Xia, Huan Hu, Yu Lin

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CNN-GRU Battery SOC Estimation Method Fused with Attention Mechanism for Electric Multiple Units by WANG Shenghui, TIAN Qin, LIU Lihao, FENG Enlai, YU Tianjian

“…Given the limitations of existing SOC estimation methods when dealing with small-sample battery cycling data, this paper proposes an attention mechanism integrated convolutional neural network-gated recurrent unit (CNN-GRU) model for battery SOC estimation, and experimental validation is conducted on the LPH140A model nickel-cadmium batteries used in electric multiple units. …”
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Assessment of Caffeine Content in Tea and Coffee Brands Within the Palestinian Market Using HPLC Method by Waad Hisham, Haneen Nur, Hanadi Sinokort, Duha Haslamon, Alaa Khraiwesh, Abdel Qawasmeh

“…The relative standard deviation (RSD) for repeatability was less than 5%, which is acceptable, whereas the recovery was more than 97%. The quantity of caffeine in commercially tea and coffee samples test were within the range documented in literature. …”
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Determination of the parameters of biological macromolecules by the electrophoretic light scattering method in the total internal reflection regime by E.A. Savchenko, E.N. Velichko, E.T. Aksenov

“…The relevance of the study is due to the research of biological macromolecules using optical methods that are more sensitive, less expensive, and have a high speed as compared to the traditional methods of biochemical analysis. …”
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Construction of a pathogenic microorganism detection method based on third-generation nanopore sequencing data by Guoqin Mai, Jiayi Chen, Min Zhang, Wanyue Zhang, Yuting Luo, Ying Dai

“…Pathogens such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria flavescens were detected in 12 samples via our method, in contrast to the results of the previous two methods. …”
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A Method of Locating and Measuring Train Wheel Tread Defects Based on YOLOv3-tiny by JIN Kairong, WANG Junping, CHEN Shenglan

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A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF HOT SUPERGIANTS BASED ON SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS by Alina Gyuchtash, Shakhida Nurmakhametova, Nadezhda Vaidman, Serik Khokhlov, Aldiyar Agishev, Aigerim Bakhytkyzy

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A Multi-Frequency Iterative Method for Reconstruction of Rough Surfaces Separating Two Penetrable Media by Ahmet Sefer, Ali Yapar, Hakan Bagci

“…This linear system is regularized using the Tikhonov method. The multi-frequency data is accounted for in a recursive manner. …”
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S-N curve modeling method of Aluminum alloy welded joints based on the fatigue characteristics domain by Li Zou, Xinhua Yang, Jianrong Tan, Yibo Sun

“…The scatter degree of the fatigue samples is reduced when the nodal force based structural method is used for steel welded joints, while it is still high for aluminum alloy welded joints. …”
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Method to adjust Institute of Transportation Engineers vehicle trip-generation estimates in smart-growth areas by Robert James Schneider, Kevan Shafizadeh, Susan L Handy

“…This paper describes a practical method of adjusting existing Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) estimates to produce more accurate estimates of motor-vehicle trip-generation at developments in smart-growth areas. …”
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Fault classification method for on-board equipment of metro train control system based on BERT-CNN by XU Qian, ZHANG Lei, OU Dongxiu, HE Yunpeng

“…According to the experimental results conducted by the dataset from an on-board signaling department, the proposed method has the best classification performance among models of BERT-CNN, single BERT and word to vector - CNN (word2vec-CNN) using cross-entropy loss function, and it is also better to correctly classify categories with few samples and contributes to the development of a more comprehensive library of fault cases for intelligent operation and maintenance.…”
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Tetracyclines in Food and Feedingstuffs: From Regulation to Analytical Methods, Bacterial Resistance, and Environmental and Health Implications by Fabio Granados-Chinchilla, César Rodríguez

“…In the last two cases, we discuss the more relevant undesirable effects that tetracyclines exert over bacterial communities and nontarget species including unwanted effects in farmers.…”
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Fine classification of crops based on an inductive transfer learning method with compact polarimetric SAR images by Xianyu Guo, Junjun Yin, Jian Yang

“…Therefore, in this study, transfer learning is introduced to crop classification to ensure classification accuracy by improving reusability of training samples. A stable and robust inductive transfer learning method, i.e. the Transfer Bagging-based Ensemble Learning (TBEL) algorithm, is proposed. …”
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OXITEST as a Screening Method to Evaluate Antioxidant Agents: A Study of Oxidative Stability of Fishmeal by Miguel Albrecht-Ruiz, Jordan Vito-Villa, Pedro Cueva Martínez, Alberto Salas-Maldonado

“…We used the simpler and cheaper OXITEST method to assess the oxidative stability of FM by comparing oxygen consumption in FM with and without antioxidants. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedics working in general practice: a mixed-methods realist evaluation by Matthew Booker, Sarah Voss, Nicky Harris, William Hollingworth, Nouf Jeynes, Hazel Taylor, Kirsty Garfield, Helen Baxter, Jonathan Benger, Andy Gibson, Trudy Goodenough, Justin Jagosh, Kim Kirby, Cathy Liddiard, Alyesha Proctor, Sarah Purdy, Behnaz Schofield, Hannah Stott, Grace Scrimgeour, Nicola Walsh

“…In total, NHS costs were just under £22 more for paramedic-led care (95% CI –£141.89 to £184.87). …”
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The Burden of Adult X-Linked Hypophosphatemia on Carers and Family Members: A Mixed-Methods Study by Elina Matter, Claire Lawrence, Oliver Gardiner, Victoria Hayes, Gillian Logan, Ben Johnson, Andrew Lloyd

“…This study aimed to explore spillover effects among carers and family members of adults with XLH. # Methods This cross-sectional, mixed-methods study included carers and family members of adults diagnosed with XLH in the United Kingdom. …”
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An Ensemble Classification Method Based on a Stacking Strategy for Ship Type Classification with AIS Data by Lei Deng, Shichen Yang, Limin Jia, Danyang Geng

“…We apply the SMOTE technique to balance the dataset by generating minority class samples. Then, a more comprehensive ship behavior model is developed by combining static and dynamic features. …”
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Detection method of slight bruises of apples based on hyperspectral imaging and RELIEF-extreme learning machine by ZHANG Meng, LI Guanghui

“…The results showed that the recognition accuracy of ELM model for the test set based on the full wavebands was 94.44%, and the accuracy of the Re-ELM model based on the characteristic wavebands was 96.67%, and the accuracy of the Re-SVM and Re-K mean models for the characteristic wavebands were 92.22% and 91.67%, respectively, which demonstrated that the Re-ELM was a more effective method for the bruise apple classification. …”
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Challenges and Benefits of Blended Learning in University EFL Reading Comprehension: A Mixed-Method Study by Dagnachew Tsegaye, Girma Gezahegn

“…The study could also become more thorough and broadly applicable to other Ethiopian universities by increasing the sample size and extending the intervention period.…”
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