Tasks scheduling with different structures in cloud manufacturing according to the time and cost of transportation and the task arrival time by Zohre Kiapasha, Ali Salmasnia

“…Therefore, in this study, an optimization model with three objective functions of task completion time, the cost imposed on the cloud manufacturing system, and the quality of the selected services are developed to get closer to the real world; three features are included in it: 1) the possibility of tasks with two structures, series and parallel, 2) different arrival times of tasks in the cloud manufacturing system, and 3) time/cost of logistics between different enterprises.Methodology: First, six examples with different numbers of tasks and subtasks are designed with both sequential and parallel structures. …”
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Do oversimplified durability metrics undervalue biochar carbon dioxide removal? by A J Ringsby, K Maher

“…To reliably credit CDR, we propose a series of recommendations, including the creation of representative distributions for current feedstocks and environmental gradients to better align experimental data with real-world practices. …”
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Implementation and improvement of policies for building healthy cities in China by Quansheng Wang, Guoqing Han, Lansong Huang

“…Background and purposeWith the promotion of the World Health Organization, China has also launched a healthy city construction campaign. …”
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Evaluating the Performance of SWAN model in forecasting storm surges over the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea in a case study (June 7-10, 2023) by Zahra Ghassabi, Sara Karami, Behzad Layeghi

“…Today, a large part of the world's economy depends on the seas, and many people work on the waters every day; therefore, accurately predicting the height of waves and their characteristics is more important than ever. …”
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The impact of using divergent thinking strategies on reading comprehension by A. Al Masri, T. Krishan, F. Al Talahin, S. Almassarweh

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A prediction model for guiding tumor microwave ablation surgery based on simulation by Lu Qian, Yamin Yang, Pan Chen, Jia Liu, Xiaofei Jin, Zhiyu Qian, Chunxiao Chen

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A comprehensive, population level evaluation of previously reported drug triggers of pemphigus highlights immunomodulatory capacity as a common characteristic by Justin Baroukhian, Kristina Seiffert-Sinha, Animesh A. Sinha

“…Despite anecdotal reports linking multiple drugs to PV, corroborating evidence from large datasets is missing.ObjectiveTo examine the extent to which previously reported associations between a comprehensive list of 36 drugs implicated in PV pathogenesis could be replicated using population-level pharmacovigilance data.DesignSeries of observational, retrospective, case-control, pharmacovigilance analyses (one analysis/drug, 36 total).SettingPopulation based.ParticipantsIndividuals who submitted a report of a drug-related adverse event to the FDA from Q4 of 2003 to Q2 of 2023.ExposureCases were identified by the presence of adverse events described by the MedDRA preferred term “pemphigus” (10034280) and then sorted based on exposure to each of the drugs of interest.Main outcomes and measuresReporting Odds Ratios (RORs) quantifying the association between a given drug exposure and reports of pemphigus adverse events.ResultsThe analyses revealed statistically significant associations between reports of pemphigus and exposure to 11/36 previously reported drugs, two of which had particularly high RORs (>200) [gold sodium thiomalate (ROR, 266.0; 95% CI, 202.6-349.3) and hydroxychloroquine (ROR, 282.6; 95% CI, 261.0-306.1)], three had very strong RORs (14-45) [penicillamine (ROR, 30.5; 95% CI, 11.4-81.7), piroxicam (ROR, 14.8; 95% CI, 8.2-26.7), and imiquimod (ROR, 42.3; 95% CI, 26.2-68.3)], and six had modestly strong RORs (2-5) [rifampin (ROR, 2.8; 95% CI, 1.4-5.6), hydrochlorothiazide (ROR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.2-2.1), irbesartan (ROR, 2.7; 95% CI, 1.6-4.4), lisinopril (ROR, 5.3; 95% CI, 4.5-6.2), nivolumab (ROR, 2.7; 95% CI, 1.8-4.1), and nifedipine (ROR, 3.0; 95% CI, 1.9-5.0)]. …”
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Quasi‐Static Closed‐Loop Wind‐Farm Control for Combined Power and Fatigue Optimization by Ishaan Sood, Christophe del Fosse et d'Espierres, Johan Meyers

“…Results show that the closed‐loop control out performs open‐loop control, with farm configurations with deep turbine arrays showcasing the highest gains. …”
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Development of measures to assess listening-related effort and fatigue in daily life among hearing aid users: protocol for a quantitative field trial by Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Andreea Micula, Jeppe Høy Konvalinka Christensen, Dorothea Wendt, Hamish Innes-Brown, Ingrid Johnsrude, Matthew Apps, Torsten Dau

“…The study has been exempted from ethical application by the Science Ethics Committee for the Capital Region of Denmark (journal no. F-23028367). Results will be presented at conferences and submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals.…”
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A Research Synthesis of Therapeutic Interventions for Whiplash-Associated Disorder: Part 1 – Overview and Summary by Robert W Teasell, J Andrew McClure, David Walton, Jason Pretty, Katherine Salter, Matthew Meyer, Keith Sequeira, Barry Death

“…Whiplash-associated disorder (WAD) represents a significant public health problem, resulting in a substantial socioeconomic burden throughout the industrialized world, wherever costs are documented. …”
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Maximum Mixture Correntropy Criterion-Based Variational Bayesian Adaptive Kalman Filter for INS/UWB/GNSS-RTK Integrated Positioning by Sen Wang, Peipei Dai, Tianhe Xu, Wenfeng Nie, Yangzi Cong, Jianping Xing, Fan Gao

“…Furthermore, sensor measurements are tightly integrated with the inertial measurement unit (IMU), facilitating precise positioning even in the presence of interference from multiple signal sources. A series of real-world and simulation experiments were carried out on a UGV to assess the proposed approach’s performance. …”
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LncRNA H19 Promotes Gastric Cancer Metastasis via miR-148-3p/SOX-12 Axis by Xin Zhang, Ge Wang, Xiaoru Li, Yanqing Liu, Xue Wu, Yazhe Zhou, Jie Liu, Haiying Wang, Rui Jiao, Ying Chen, Qiang Wang

“…Gastric cancer (GC) is the most common malignant tumor and ranks third in the world. LncRNA H19 (H19), one of the members of lncRNA, is overexpressed in various tumors. …”
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Highway Travel Time Prediction of Segments Based on ANPR Data considering Traffic Diversion by Wenjun Du, Bo Sun, Jiating Kuai, Jiemin Xie, Jie Yu, Tuo Sun

“…The proposed LSTM-CNN approach is tested on the three-month ANPR data of a real-world 39.25 km highway with four pairs of ANPR detectors of the uplink and downlink, Zhejiang, China. …”
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Examining associations between oral cancer mortality and economic development of 13 European countries: an ecological and correlational study by Klára Boruzs, Eszter Barbara Bán, Viktor Dombrádi, Gábor Bányai, Gergő József Szőllősi, Klára Bíró

“…Abstract Background Cancer is a significant public health issue all over the world. The diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of cancer patients are a huge health, economic and social burden for societies. …”
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Leveraging hybrid model of ConvNextBase and LightGBM for early ASD detection via eye-gaze analysis by Ranjeet Bidwe, Sashikala Mishra, Simi Bajaj, Ketan Kotecha

“…ASD is a mental developmental disorder that significantly impacts the behavioural and communicational abilities of the child. ASD is affecting the world hard, and its global presence continuously increases. …”
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Effectiveness of Single-Tablet Combination Therapy in Improving Adherence and Persistence and the Relation to Clinical and Economic Outcomes by Carly J. Paoli, Jörg Linder, Khushboo Gurjar, Deepika Thakur, Julie Wyckmans, Stacy Grieve

“…Original research articles were included; case reports, case series, and non-English-language sources were excluded. …”
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The quality of education of the Russian political elite by N. N. Meshcheryakova, O. V. Kryshtanovskaya

“…The data were based on the results of many years of monitoring the Russian political elite. …”
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The impact of restrictive measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on students’ lifestyle by O.O. Vinogradov, O.I. Guzhva

“…The article presents the assessment results of the peculiarities of the restrictive measures impact aimed at preventing the spread of acute respiratory disease COVID-19 on the territory of Ukraine on the lifestyle of student youth. …”
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On Robust Assembly of Flexible Flat Cables Combining CAD and Image Based Multiview Pose Estimation and a Multimodal Robotic Gripper by Junbang Liang, Joao Buzzatto, Bryan Busby, Haodan Jiang, Saori Matsunaga, Rintaro Haraguchi, Mariyama Toshisada, Bruce A. MacDonald, Minas Liarokapis

“…We have also demonstrated the generalization capability of the methodology by successfully completing insertion tasks for common electronic cables like DisplayPort and USB-A, achieving 199 successes in 200 trials. The results not only validate the feasibility of the proposed approach, but also demonstrate its robustness for real-world industrial applications.…”
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Genetic Evidence of Killer Whale Predation on White Sharks in Australia by Isabella M. M. Reeves, Andrew R. Weeks, Alison V. Towner, Rachael Impey, Jessica J. Fish, Zach S. R. Clark, Paul A. Butcher, Lauren Meyer, David M. Donnelly, Charlie Huveneers, Nicky Hudson, Adam D. Miller

“…However, observations of these interactions are rare, and knowledge of their frequency across the world's oceans remains limited. In October 2023, a 4.7 m (total length) white shark carcass washed ashore in southeastern Australia, coinciding with reports from citizen scientists of killer whales hunting a large, unidentified prey item in the area. …”
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