Effective behavioral change techniques in m-health app supported interventions for glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis and meta-regression analys... by Kaifeng Liu, Yuxuan Xia

“…Experimental designs such as a multiphase optimization strategy should be used to examine the effects of single BCTs and their interactions.…”
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Wastewater Denitrification with Solid-Phase Carbon: A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Electron Donors by Dorsa Barkhordari, Jithin Mathew, Basem Haroun, Lars Rehmann, Sudhir Murthy, Domenico Santoro

“…Biological denitrification, the favored method for removing nitrates, typically needs an external carbon source to support microbial processes. …”
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Preparation of Palladium-Impregnated Ceria by Metal Complex Decomposition for Methane Steam Reforming Catalysis by Worawat Wattanathana, Suttipong Wannapaiboon, Chatchai Veranitisagul, Navadol Laosiripojana, Nattamon Koonsaeng, Apirat Laobuthee

“…Palladium-impregnated ceria materials were successfully prepared via an integrated procedure between a metal complex decomposition method and a microwave-assisted wetness impregnation. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Vertical Decomposition of Ionospheric TEC into Layered Electron Density Profiles by Jialiang Zhang, Jianxiang Zhang, Zhou Chen, Jingsong Wang, Cunqun Fan, Yan Guo

“…It provides a novel tool for space weather warning and shortwave communication optimization. Current limitations include insufficient physical interpretability and prediction uncertainty in GNSS-sparse regions, which could be mitigated in future work through the integration of physical constraints and multi-source data assimilation.…”
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SMART Based Multi-Point Matching Assisted Approximation of Renewable Interconnected Power System by Umesh Kumar Yadav, V. P. Singh, Luigi Fortuna, Umesh Kumar Sahu

“…In the interconnected power systems, the renewable based hydro power generating plants are generally used as one of the effective renewable energy source due to its capability of high response time against the variable loading conditions in comparison with other renewable based energy sources. …”
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Effects of Sunn Hemp, Vermicompost, and Organic Fertilizers on Organic Strawberry Plant Growth, Yield, and Fruit Quality by Jianyu Li, Jeffrey K. Brecht, Shinsuke Agehara, Xin Zhao

“…Vermicompost also exhibited potential to enhance early-season yields but requires optimization of application method and rate. The first season trial indicated liquid fish fertilizer as a more effective source of in-season N to enhance plant growth and fruit yield. …”
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Enhanced trajectory reconstruction from sparse and noisy GPS data: A progressive chunked transformer approach by Yonghui Liu, Qian Li, Inhi Kim

“…A case study using an open-source taxi trajectory dataset confirms the effectiveness of our approach. …”
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The Metrics for Promising R&D Early Forecast by Sergey Petrovich Kovalev

“…As it’s demonstrated by the author the implementation of described mathematical approach based on the eight metrics results in higher probability of prognosis for better R&D choice and lets an investment manager to achieve the purpose of optimal funding in combination with other known methods.…”
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State of Health Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Fusion Health Indicator by PSO-ELM Model by Jun Chen, Yan Liu, Jun Yong, Cheng Yang, Liqin Yan, Yanping Zheng

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Effect of dietary lecithin on antioxidant defense of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss broodstock and offspring by Fatemeh Jafari, Naser Agh, Farzaneh Noori, Abdoljabbar Irani, Reyhaneh Ravanbakhsh, Mahdi Imani

“…Materials and methods: For this purpose, fish were fed four isoproteic and isolipidic diets containing graded levels of soybean lecithin (SBL) as a source of phospholipid (including 0, 2, 4 and 6%) for 190 days. …”
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Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of Procalcitonin Test for Prodromal Meningococcal Disease-A Meta-Analysis. by Jennifer M Bell, Michael D Shields, Ashley Agus, Kathryn Dunlop, Thomas Bourke, Frank Kee, Fiona Lynn

“…The data included 881 children with fever without source in developed countries.The optimal cut-off value for the procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and white cell count tests, each as an indicator of Meningococcal Disease, was determined. …”
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Carbon Flux Estimation for Potato Production: A Literature-Based Study by Shu Zhang, Xiuquan Wang, Muhammad Awais

“…Optimizing farming practices, including fertilization, irrigation, tillage methods, and cultivar selection, are essential to enhance carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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The effects of glucose, nitrate, and pH on cultivation of Chlorella sp. Microalgae by H. Nouri, J. Mohammadi Roushandeh, A. Hallajisani, A. Golzary, S. Daliry

“…</em> biomass production and growth conditions by studying the influence of glucose concentration as a carbon source, nitrate concentration as a nitrogen source and pH, as three of the most important factors.…”
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Big Data-Driven 3D Visualization Analysis System for Promoting Regional-Scale Digital Geological Exploration by Yiping Tian, Jiongqi Wu, Genshen Chen, Gang Liu, Xialin Zhang

“…The system integrates three core technological components: (1) a heterogeneous cloud resource scheduling method employing an optimized CMMN algorithm with unified cloud API standardization to enhance task distribution efficiency; (2) a block model-based dynamic data aggregation approach utilizing semantic unification and attribute mapping for multi-source geological data integration; (3) a GPU-accelerated rendering framework implementing occlusion culling and batch processing to optimize 3D visualization performance. …”
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The Capacity Configuration of a Cascade Small Hydropower-Pumped Storage–Wind–PV Complementary System by Bin Li, Shaodong Lu, Jianing Zhao, Peijie Li

“…Therefore, it is necessary to develop a capacity configuration method that improves the output stability of highly uncertain energy sources such as wind and photovoltaic (PV) power by integrating pumped storage units. …”
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Mitigating spatial hallucination in large language models for path planning via prompt engineering by Hongjie Zhang, Hourui Deng, Jie Ou, Chaosheng Feng

“…Our comprehensive experimental evaluation, conducted using closed-source LLMs ChatGPT 3.5, ERNIE-Bot 4.0 and open-source LLM ChatGLM-6B, demonstrates that S2ERS significantly mitigates the spatial hallucination issues in LLMs, and improves the success rate and optimal rate by approximately 29% and 19%, respectively, in comparison to the SOTA CoT methods.…”
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Soil methane emission suppression control using unmanned aircraft vehicle swarm application of biochar mulch - A simulation study by Di An, Derek Hollenbeck, Kai Cao, YangQuan Chen

“…To overcome these drawbacks, we present a new method called FADE-MAS2D (Fractional Advection Diffusion Mobile Actuator and Sensor) in which swarming UAVs are applied as optimal coverage control actuators to various methane release scenarios (from single to multi-source disturbances) utilizing an anomalous diffusion model with different time, and space fractional orders subject to wind fields. …”
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Study on the Feasibility and Performance Evaluation of High-Orbit Spacecraft Orbit Determination Based on GNSS/SLR/VLBI by Zhengcheng Wu, Shaojie Ni, Wei Xiao, Zongnan Li, Huicui Liu

“…Currently, research on orbit determination for high-orbit spacecraft predominantly focuses on single observation methods, error characteristics, multi-source fusion techniques, and algorithms. …”
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Continuous Train Positioning Using Visible Light Communication Assisted with Zero Velocity Update by Yanpeng ZHANG, Rongrong ZHANG, Nan MENG, Bingqing ZHANG, Xia XIAO

“…This study proposes a continuous train positioning method based on VLC and ZUPT to optimize the results of dynamic train positioning and correct the offset from the IMU when a train is pulled over at a station, enabling seamless train positioning with high accuracy along an entire subway line. …”
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Venture philanthropy in rare disease therapy by JA Levine

“…Methods: A mixed-methods design was employed. Data sources included (i) stakeholder focus groups to identify key issues in rare disease VP; (ii) semi-structured interviews with 15 stakeholders, including funders, advocates, and biotechnology company executives; (iii) a systematic analysis of 26 VP organizations using 30 investment criteria; and (iv) the application of DACMAR to assess best practices. …”
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