Optimal protamine dosing after cardiopulmonary bypass: The PRODOSE adaptive randomised controlled trial. by Lachlan F Miles, Christiana Burt, Joseph Arrowsmith, Mikel A McKie, Sofia S Villar, Pooveshnie Govender, Ruth Shaylor, Zihui Tan, Ravi De Silva, Florian Falter

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Optimal spirometry thresholds for the prediction of chronic airflow obstruction: a multinational longitudinal study by Abby H.S. Lam, Sheikhah A. Alhajri, James Potts, Imed Harrabi, Mahesh Padukudru Anand, Christer Janson, Rune Nielsen, Dhiraj Agarwal, Andrei Malinovschi, Sanjay Juvekar, Meriam Denguezli, Thorarinn Gislason, Rain Jõgi, Vanessa Garcia-Larsen, Rana Ahmed, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Parvaiz A. Koul, Althea Aquat-Stewart, Peter Burney, Ben Knox-Brown, Andre F.S. Amaral

“…Spirometry parameters were good at discriminating chronic airflow obstruction incidence (area under the curve 0.80–0.84), while respiratory symptoms performed poorly. The optimal z-score threshold was identified for pre-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s to forced vital capacity ratio (FEV1/FVC) <−1.336, equivalent to the 9th percentile (sensitivity: 78%, specificity: 72%). …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization of Distributed Generation Placement in Electric Bus Transit Systems Integrated with Flash Charging Station Using Enhanced Multi-Objective Grey Wolf Opt... by Yuttana Kongjeen, Pongsuk Pilalum, Saksit Deeum, Kittiwong Suthamno, Thongchai Klayklueng, Supapradit Marsong, Ritthichai Ratchapan, Krittidet Buayai, Kaan Kerdchuen, Wutthichai Sa-nga-ngam, Krischonme Bhumkittipich

“…In the three-DG configuration, MOGWO achieved minimum power losses of 0.0279 MW and 0.0179 MW, and voltage deviations of 0.1313 and 0.1362 in the 33-bus and 69-bus systems, respectively, while eliminating voltage violations. The proposed method also demonstrated superior solution quality with low variance and faster convergence, requiring under 7 h of computation on average. …”
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Isolation and screening of phytase-producing fungi for phytase production by solid state fermentation using agro wastes by Folake T. Afolabi, Samuel O. Atunwa

“…Eighty-seven (87) fungal isolates were obtained while eighteen showed consistent zone of hydrolysis. …”
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Chaos-Enhanced Fractional-Order Iterative Methods for the Stable and Efficient Solution of Nonlinear Engineering Problems by Mudassir Shams, Bruno Carpentieri

“…This study introduces an efficient and stable fractional-order iterative method based on the Caputo derivative for solving nonlinear equations. …”
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A Lightweight Citrus Object Detection Method in Complex Environments by Qiurong Lv, Fuchun Sun, Yuechao Bian, Haorong Wu, Xiaoxiao Li, Xin Li, Jie Zhou

“…Aiming at the limitations of current citrus detection methods in complex orchard environments, especially the problems of poor model adaptability and high computational complexity under different lighting, multiple occlusions, and dense fruit conditions, this study proposes an improved citrus detection model, YOLO-PBGM, based on You Only Look Once v7 (YOLOv7). …”
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CBID: A Scalable Method for Distributed Data Aggregation in WSNs by Aristides Mpitziopoulos, Damianos Gavalas, Charalampos Konstantopoulos, Grammati Pantziou

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RP-HPLC Method Developed for the Determination of Metformin in Human Saliva by Nasir Ibrahim, Musa Aminu, Abdullahi Musa Ismail, Yusuf Amina Jega, Awwalu Salisu

“… Several extraction steps involved while analyzing metformin in plasma necessitates the need to develop a simple less tedious RP-HPLC method for metformin analysis in human saliva.Blank saliva (2 mL) was spiked with 2 mL solution (12.5 µg mL-1) of metformin and 1 mL solution (0.5 µg mL-1) of caffeine as internal standard (IS). …”
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An Efficient Method for Offset Mitigation in Free-Space Optical Systems by Omar A. Saraereh, Imran Khan, Jeong Woo Lee

“…The proposed algorithm effectively mitigates the dc offset impact on the system and the BER is significantly improved while the MSE is reduced to 50&#x0025; of the traditional state-of-the-art method. …”
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PRICING EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION USING TRINOMIAL TREE METHOD by Donny Citra Lesmana, Reza Tri Ahmad Ramadhan, Siti Nurjanah, Vanaya Syahira Dharmawan

“…The model is solved using the trinomial tree method, allowing for the consideration of three possible stock price movements: increase, unchanged, or decrease. …”
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Cross-Domain Communication Method Based on Load Balancing for SDNs by Xiaomao Wang, Yi Zhou, Feng Dan, Xian Yang

“…Therefore, the multi-domain control plane needs to consider more network resource states during the path selection, such as link weights, load saturation, and resource occupancy rates, in order to select the optimal paths to maximize the satisfaction of data plane requirements while maintaining network load balance. …”
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An advanced deep learning method for pepper diseases and pests detection by Xuewei Wang, Jun Liu, Qian Chen

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Determination method for trace polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in paddy soils by HE Mingjiang, SHEN Haoran, ZHA Ting, YU Xiongsheng, LIU Xingmei

“…The occurrence, source, transport and fate of PAHs in various environments have been reported extensively, while the determination method of PAHs varied in the past reports. …”
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Optimization of power output in plateau photovoltaic power stations using a hybrid Kepler and Gaussian quantum particle swarm algorithm by Shuang Gan, Heng Hu, Shaoshuai Li, Qian Peng, Taidong Yan, Huasheng Gong, Yuancheng Zhang

“…The proposed solution integrates the Kepler Optimization Algorithm (KOA) with the Gaussian Quantum Improved Particle Swarm Optimization (GQPSO) to address multi-objective optimization, with the goal of maximizing power generation, minimizing operational costs, and enhancing system stability. …”
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Novel method for robust bilateral filtering point cloud denoising by Huan Yang, Wei Wang, Yue Wang, Peng Wang

“…Moreover, when compared to algebraic point set surfaces (APSS), robust implicit moving least squares (RIMLS), anisotropic weighted locally optimal projection (AWLOP), bilateral filtering, and guided filtering point cloud denoising algorithms, the proposed method consistently achieved the smallest MSE and the highest SNR in most cases on the dataset used in this study.…”
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A novel anthropometric method to accurately evaluate tissue deformation by Chongyang Ye, Xiaolu Li, Haiyan Song, Yu Shi, Ruixin Liang, Jun Zhang, Ka Po Lee, Zhaolong Chen, Beibei Zhou, Raymond Kai-Yu Tong, Kit-Lun Yick, Sun-Pui Ng, Joanne Yip

“…Moreover, a novel anthropometric method based on image recognition algorithms that systematically measures and evaluates tissue deformation while minimizing the impact of the effects of motion is proposed. …”
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Improving air quality prediction using hybrid BPSO with BWAO for feature selection and hyperparameters optimization by Mohamed S. Sawah, Hela Elmannai, Alaa A. El-Bary, Kh. Lotfy, Osama E. Sheta

“…Feature selection (FS) was conducted using Binary version of Grey Wolf Optimizer (BGWO), Particle Swarm Optimization (BPSO), Whale Optimization Algorithm (BWAO), and a novel hybrid BPSO-BWAO approach to identify the most relevant features for AQI prediction. …”
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Optimizing hospital length of stay and bed allocation using a fuzzy stochastic transportation problem framework with lomax distribution, by Dr.D. Kalpanapriya, Pullooru Bhavana

“…The model demonstrated its efficacy with a predicted New Average Length of Stay (New ALOS) achieving a mean absolute error (MAE) of ±5 ., significantly improving accuracy compared to traditional methods. Additionally, the integration of fuzzy and stochastic elements led to a 20 . reduction in bed allocation mismatches, optimizing resource utilization across hospital departments. • Novel Integration of Lomax Distribution in FSTPWLD: Utilizes the Lomax distribution to model heavy-tailed LOS data, capturing inherent uncertainty and variability in hospital discharge times. • Optimized Decision-Making for Healthcare Management: Employs probabilistic constraints and fuzzy stochastic models to balance operational costs and patient care quality, improving resource allocation. • Validated through Simulations and Practical Scenarios: Numerical experiments highlight the model's effectiveness in reducing bottlenecks and enhancing hospital administration efficiency.…”
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A quick-to-implement and optimized CRISPR-Cas9 protocol to obtain insertional and small indel mutants in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by Mariano A. De Silvio, Camila Sánchez-Retuerta, M. Águila Ruiz-Sola, Olga Baidukova, Elena Monte

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Morphing and control of airfoils for optimum lift-to-drag ratio using shape-memory alloy with particle swarm optimization of PARSEC parameters by Raed Bourisli, Nesrin Ibrahim, Mohammed Alajmi

“…Airfoils are parameterized using the PARSEC method and optimized using particle swarm optimization (PSO), with CFD evaluations conducted in COMSOL. …”
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