An eHealth Intervention to Improve Quality of Life, Socioemotional, and Health-Related Measures Among Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions: Randomized Controlled Trial by David H Gustafson Sr, Marie-Louise Mares, Darcie Johnston, Olivia J Vjorn, John J Curtin, Gina Landucci, Klaren Pe-Romashko, David H Gustafson Jr, Dhavan V Shah

“…ObjectiveThis study tested the effectiveness of an ElderTree intervention designed specifically for older patients with multiple chronic conditions to determine whether combining it with primary care improved socioemotional and physical outcomes. MethodsIn a nonblinded randomized controlled trial, 346 participants recruited from primary care clinics were assigned 1:1 to the ElderTree intervention or an attention control and were followed for 12 months. …”
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Health-related quality of life and health state utility value in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Guixiang Zhao, Siyuan Lei, Ya Li, Zhenzhen Feng, Jiansheng Li

“…Methods We searched the PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Cochrane Library databases for studies reporting the HRQoL or HSUV of IPF patients, with the retrieval time from the establishment of each database to April 2024. …”
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Experimental progress of 209Bi(n,G)210gBi cross-section measurement based on polonium self-deposition technique by Feng Xu, Yushou Song, Size Chen, Jinlong wang, Guobing Yu, Deyun Wen, Dan Xiao, Yong Guo, Lei Ren

“…By optimizing the key conditions of the self-plating process, the enrichment rate of 210Po is effectively improved, which will help solve the problem of insufficient sensitivity of the direct measurement method of 209Bi(n,γ)210gBi low yield. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative HPLC-ELSD-ESI-MS analysis of steroidal saponins in fenugreek seed by Król-Kogus Barbara, Głód Daniel, Krauze-Baranowska Mirosława

“…Therefore, the steroidal saponin complex in the seeds of T. foenum-graecum cultivated in Poland was qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed by the HPLC-ELSDESI-MS method. Two C-18 columns connected in series were used for the first time in analysis of fenugreek saponins and ELS detector parameters were optimized. …”
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Simulation Research on Thermal Characteristics and Experimental Study on Electronic Control Board of the Miniature High-Speed Digital Valve by Meisheng Yang

“…In this study, the dimension of an electromagnetic structure is normalized into a unified variable, and the numerical analysis method is used to optimize the values of each parameter size on the premise of satisfying the requirements. …”
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Improving the operation of an asymmetric inverter with magnetically coupled inductors for energy storage systems by D. V. Martynov, Y. V. Rudenko, V. V. Martynov

“…Methods. The study uses the state-space averaging method and simulation modelling to analyse operational processes. …”
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Salt Used for the National School Nutrition Program (NSNP) in Rural Schools of Limpopo Province, South Africa, has Adequate Levels of Iodine by Mpho Ramugondo, Lindelani Fhumudzani Mushaphi, Ngoako Solomon Mabapa

“…The aim of this study was to determine iodine concentration of salt used for the National School Nutrition Program (NSNP). Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 359 food handlers from Vhembe and Mopani districts of Limpopo Province, South Africa. …”
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Bioconversion of food waste into compost using rotary drum composter for agricultural utilization by Hrishikesh Shivam, Mulbah Rufus Flomo, Dayanand Sharma, Tushar Bansal, Pooja Jha

“…Purpose: The goal of this research was to create a higher-quality compost produced by mixing sawdust with food waste and dry leaves in four different trials in a rotary drum composting unit. Method: A customized PVC composter, designed to prevent corrosion and overheating, including aeration holes spaced 15 cm apart. 500 kg of waste, sourced from Sharda University and local areas, was mixed for optimal moisture levels and divided into four trials: food waste (FW), FW with leaf powder (FW + LP), FW with sawdust (FW + SD), and food waste with leaf powder and sawdust (FW + LP + SD). …”
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Ukrainian Scientists in the Second Polish Republic Between Science and Politics: the Case of Myron Korduba by Віталій Тельвак, Святослав Журавльов

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A literature review on waste management treatment and control techniques by Dharmendra Hariyani, Poonam Hariyani, Sanjeev Mishra, Milind Kumar Sharma

“…It also advocates for policy innovations that incentivize waste reduction at the source and promote sustainable practices. The findings underscore the need for interdisciplinary research and informed policy development to optimize waste management systems. …”
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The Use of Milk Protein in the Production of Jelly Products by Krylova E., Savenkova T., Rudenko O., Mavrina E.

“…The authors employed standard methods, e.g. physico-chemical, rheological, and organoleptic. …”
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Extracting fluorescent reporter time courses of cell lineages from high-throughput microscopy at low temporal resolution. by Mike J Downey, Danuta M Jeziorska, Sascha Ott, T Katherine Tamai, Georgy Koentges, Keith W Vance, Till Bretschneider

“…We first compare the efficiency and accuracy of different segmentation methods and then present a statistical scoring algorithm for cell tracking, which draws on the combination of various features, such as nuclear intensity, area or shape, and importantly, dynamic changes thereof. …”
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Road Pothole Recognition and Size Measurement Based on the Fusion of Camera and LiDAR by Yongxiang Cai, Mingxing Deng, Xin Xu, Wei Wang, Xiaowei Xu

“…Finally, experiments conducted using the open-source KITTI Road dataset and real vehicle data reveal that our method accurately delineates pothole contours, achieving a 27.4% improvement in accuracy over single LiDAR methods and reducing the average processing time by 88.2%. …”
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Malaria mortality in Brazil: an age-period cohort study by Lucas Casagrande Passoni Lopes

“…Methods This ecological study analysed malaria mortality data in Brazil from 1980 to 2024, sourced from DATASUS. …”
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Effective Detection of Malicious Uniform Resource Locator (URLs) Using Deep-Learning Techniques by Yirga Yayeh Munaye, Aneas Bekele Workneh, Yenework Belayneh Chekol, Atinkut Molla Mekonen

“…Traditional detection methods often suffer from high false alarm rates and struggle to keep pace with evolving threats due to outdated feature extraction techniques and datasets. …”
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Implementation of Energy-saving Technologies in House construction by E. I. Krupnov, I. A. Zaytseva, S. A. Loginova, A. V. Simagin

“…Method. To evaluate the efficiency of air source heat pumps, a mathematical model is used that takes into account the multifactorial nature of the process under study. …”
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A novel twin time series network for building energy consumption predicting. by Zhixin Sun, Han Cui, Xiangxiang Mei, Hailei Yuan

“…The model was evaluated on datasets from university dormitories, office buildings, and school classrooms, showing significant improvements over the optimal baseline method. For instance, on the university classroom dataset, T2SNET reduced MAE by 4.56%, RMSE by 9.45%, and MAPE by 3.16% compared to the CEEMDAN-RF-LSTM model. …”
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Drying Characteristics of Chicken Manure Under a Variable Temperature Process by Xuanyang Li, Xiangtao Kang, Lei Xi, Qi Dou, Zhifang Shi, Tongshuai Liu, Limin Wang

“…In recent years, employing an auxiliary heat source, combined with residual heat from chicken house ventilation, to dry chicken manure has emerged as a novel manure treatment method. …”
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Tackling Dual Gaps in Remote Sensing Segmentation: Task-Oriented Super-Resolution for Domain Adaptation by Eungi Hong, Jamyoung Koo, Seongmin Pyo, Haechul Choi, Eunkyung Kim, Haneol Jang

“…In this paper, we propose a novel task-oriented super-resolution method for domain adaptation in remote sensing semantic segmentation. …”
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Investigation and analysis of the impact of historical contexts on urban tourism development by Ali Morvati

“…The research sample consists of 150 people who will be selected using random sampling method. In this research, a mixed method (qualitative and quantitative) is used, and the research tools include questionnaires designed to collect statistical data and semi-structured interviews with tourism experts and experts. …”
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