MyVivarium: A cloud-based lab animal colony management application with realtime ambient sensing by Robinson Vidva, Mir Abbas Raza, Jaswant Prabhakaran, Ayesha Sheikh, Alaina Sharp, Hayden Ott, Amelia Moore, Christopher Fleisher, Hailey Netherton, Evan Goldstein, Pothitos M. Pitychoutis, Tam V. Nguyen, Aaron Sathyanesan

“…Lab administrators can assign tasks to users with reminders for experiments or cage maintenance. Finally, we designed a low-cost system to sense ambient humidity, temperature, vivarium worker activity, and room illuminance. …”
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Cooperative game scheduling and revenue sharing strategy for virtual power plants considering scenery uncertainty by SONG Duoyang, XUE Tianliang, LI Yipu, TU Jintong, BI Yuhao, WANG Mankang

“…In order to realize the fairness of revenue distribution among alliances and members, a multifactor improvement shapley value method and a two-stage refinement of the revenue distribution scheme based on the parity cycle kernel method are designed. Finally, the example results show that the proposed method effectively improves the prediction accuracy of wind power, realizes the cooperative and complementary operation among alliances within the virtual power plant, and ensures the fairness and reasonableness of the revenue distribution among multiple subjects.…”
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Integrated malaria vector control strategies and their effectiveness in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol for interventional studies by Diederick E Grobbee, Lihanimpo Djalogue, Marianne van der Sande, Patrice Ngangue, Gountante Kombate, Kamba Andre-Marie Soubeiga

“…This systematic review is designed to assess the effectiveness of integrated vector control versus single vector control interventions on malaria incidence and prevalence to guide decisions on controlling malaria vectors in sub-Saharan Africa.Methods and analyses We will systematically retrieve published and grey literature from electronic databases and clinical trial registries. …”
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Quick Response Code Technology-based Contact Tracing Solutions to Mitigate Epidemic Outbreaks: A Review by Agburu O. Adikpe, Ezekiel E. Agbon, Abdulkadir M. Giwa, Habib T. Adeyemo, Moses A. Adegoke, Franklin C. Njoku

“…Although several approaches have been proposed, designed, and implemented during and post-COVID-19 by researchers to deal with future epidemic outbreaks, there is a need for lightweight technology solutions to develop technology-based contact tracing (TCT) solutions. …”
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A pilot randomized controlled study of integrated kidney palliative care and chronic kidney disease care implemented in a safety-net hospital: Protocol for a pilot study of feasibi... by Jennifer S. Scherer, Wenbo Wu, Chen Lyu, Keith S. Goldfeld, Abraham A. Brody, Joshua Chodosh, David Charytan

“…Methods: This is a single-site pilot RCT designed to enroll 85 participants, with a goal of at least 60 completing the study. …”
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Cost Analysis of Running Web Application in Cloud Monolith, Microservice and Serverless Architecture by Muhammad Uzair Nadeem, Syed Muhammad Khaliq-ur-Rahman Raazi, Bilal Mehboob, Syed Mubashir Ali, Saqlain Raza

“…To ensure the relevance of our findings, we conducted tests on an application designed for static, database, and batch job services, deployed on AWS. …”
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Taguchi Grey relational analysis (GRA) based multi response optimization of flammability, comfort and mechanical properties in station suits by Hafsa Jamshaid, Awais Ahmad Khan, Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Naseer Ahmad, Vijay Chandan, Viktor Kolář, Miroslav Müller

“…The findings of this study are useful for designing flame-resistant uniforms/Station garment for firefighters without compromising wearing comfort so that the efficiency of the workers will not be compromised.…”
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Anisotropic nonlinear optical responses of Ta2NiS5 flake towards ultrafast logic gates and secure all-optical information transmission by Yan Lei, Gong Ziyao, He Qinyong, Shen Dechao, Ge Anping, Dai Ye, Ma Guohong, Sun Liaoxin, Zhang Saifeng

“…This work provides a new path for designing versatile and novel optical applications based on Ta2NiS5 materials.…”
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Orange sweet potato flour production: Comparative effects on ultrasound, drying, storage, and techno-economic assessment by Analaura Gómez-Cisneros, Alberto Ordaz, Liliana Santos-Zea, Anayansi Escalante-Aburto, Edith Ponce-Alquicira, Mariel Calderón-Oliver

“…Finally, the process was proposed to be scaled industrially using SuperPro Designer software. The techno-economic assessment demonstrated that obtaining flour through ultrasound and dehydration is both scalable and economically feasible, providing an industrial option for sweet potato commercialization.…”
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Molecular detection of <i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i> in pregnant women and percentage of vertical transmission to their neonates in Babylon province by Ali D. Marhash, Zainab N. Nabat, Nawras A. Abbas

“…A prospective cohort study was designed that included 300 pregnant women who were at more than 35 weeks of pregnancy. …”
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Prevalence of obesity according to body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio in Peru: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Luisa Erika Milagros Vásquez-Romero, Fiorella E. Zuzunaga-Montoya, Joan A. Loayza-Castro, Enrique Vigil-Ventura, Willy Ramos, Víctor Juan Vera-Ponce

“…To improve the collection and frequency of data on obesity in Peru, it is recommended that cut-off points be standardized to be suitable for the country and that annual national surveys specifically designed for this purpose be implemented.…”
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Olfaction-based learned preference assessment without the use of motivational fear or motivational weight loss by Sara E. Moss, Ekaterina S. McCurdy, Natalya N. Thomas, Danielle Gulick, Angela M. Poff, Dominic P. D'Agostino

“…In this study, we establish an olfaction-based learned preference protocol designed to evaluate learning ability independent of fear responses, motivational weight loss, or visual cues in C57BL/6 J mice.Methods and resultsLeveraging the species’ natural preference for sweet flavors, we tested different sweeteners and confirmed their passive preference for sucrose was more robust than for saccharin or sucralose. …”
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Strengthening and toughening an ultra-high strength medium Mn steel by fibrous ferrite bridging mechanism by Chao Zhang, Qian Cheng, Bo Yang, Wuli Su, Xue Chen, Qingyuan Wang, Wenquan Cao, Chongxiang Huang

“…In this work, an ultra-strong medium Mn steel with hard martensite as the matrix and a large number of uniformly distributed long and coarse soft fibrous ferrites embedded within it had been designed. The steel demonstrated ultra-high yield and tensile strengths of 1310 and 1516 MPa, as well as 8.3% uniform and 14.7% total elongations. …”
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Evaluation of the quality of standing trees using an Arbotom acoustic stress tomograph by Michajlová Katarína, Gejdoš Miloš, Gergeľ Tomáš, Gretsch Dominik

“…The Arbotom acoustic stress tomograph represents one such device designed for evaluating standing trees’ qualitative properties. …”
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The Applications and Distinctions of Three Different Material Collection Plates in Wet Electrostatic Precipitator by Jin-Yuan Syu, Shang-Yan Huang, Yu-Chih Cheng, Shao-Hao Lu, Chih-Te Wang, Yuan-Yi Kao, Wen-Yinn Lin

“…In this study, a new type of wet-electrostatic precipitator (wet-ESP) was designed and built using stainless steel (SS), conductive glass (CG), and original glass (OG) for its collection plates. …”
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The Impact of Care Upon Alzheimer Patient’s Family Caregiver in Sulaimani City by Farida Abdulqadir Tahir

“…A cross-sectional quantitative study carried out among family members who care for older patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The instrument was designed and constructed by the researcher through an intensive review of the literature and also through a series of meeting survey with caregivers in order to measure the variables underlying the present study. …”
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விவேக சிந்தாமணி கூறும் மானுட விழுமியங்கள் / Human Values in Viveka Cintamani by முனைவர் சு. சுசா / Dr. S. Susa

“…This narrative technique ensures that both children and adults can easily understand and benefit from its teachings. It is designed to engage children with enthusiasm, it captures their attention and imparts valuable moral lessons. …”
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Inhibition of the Wall-attached Fuel Combustion and the Formation of Aerosol Particle by Han Wu, Cong Liu, Longmin Tang, Chunze Cen, Sheng-Lun Lin, Chien-Er Huang

“…This finding provides valuable information to the designer of combustor control unit to inhibit and destroy the wall-attached fuel layer during the spry combustion and further inhibit the formation of combustion aerosol particles.…”
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EXPLORING DENTISTS' KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVES ON ORALBIOPSIES AT BAQAI DENTAL COLLEGE, KARACHI by Samara Rais, Nauman Sheikh, Zarah Subhan, Qasim Saleem, Ayesha Azmat, Ramsha Tariq

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among dental surgeons at Baqai Dental College in Karachi, where a validated questionnaire was distributed to 196 dental professionals of various designations. The questionnaire included 22 questions (8 open-ended and 14 close-ended) divided into two sections. …”
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Numerical modelling of the impact of coral reef degradation and sea level rise on coastal protection at The Buccoo Reef, Tobago: implications for reef restoration and management st... by Avinash Boodoo, Deborah Villarroel-Lamb

“…Management strategies such as Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and innovative approaches such as the deployment of artificial reefs which are specifically designed to replicate the complex structure and roughness of natural reefs can contribute to wave attenuation by frictional dissipation.…”
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