Scheduling and resource optimization in rail operations : models and algorithms by Birhade, Mahendra Pandharinath

“…The specific problems identified and studied in this thesis are in the context of Indian Railways where the author has been working for more than 17 years. However, the problems studied and contributions made are fundamental and can be applied across all railway systems. …”
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Developing a portable, high-speed, low-cost desktop photoacoustic tomography imaging system by Kalva, Sandeep Kumar

“…With advancement in laser technology, pulsed laser diodes have come into existence and been used effectively for PA imaging over the past few years. …”
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Effects of noise exposure on occupational stress among palm oil mill workers in Malaysia by Roya, Latifi Naeini

“…Introduction: Although the foremost concern of chronic excessive noise exposure has been the potential of auditory effects, but noise as an ambient stressor cause a series of non-auditory effects which cannot be overlooked. …”
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Development of human enterovirus 71 nano calcium phosphate adjuvanted candidate vaccine for parenteral and mucosal delivery by Saeed Ahmed, Mohamed Ibrahim

“…Chitosan loaded nano-adjuvant offered ascending and extended vaccine antigen release, due to its smaller adjuvant size and reversibility of interaction, but not in alginate-adjuvant formulations, due the vaccine been sequestered in the calcium-alginate chemical crosslink. …”
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Modern Game Testing : Learn how to test games like a pro, optimize testing effort, and skyrocket your QA career / by Finska, Nikolina, author 656259

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Low complexity spectrum sensing for cognitive radio enabled aeronautical communication systems by Koodathumkal Mathew Libin

“…Cognitive Radio (CR) based approaches have also been proposed for LDACS to improve spectrum efficiency and communication capacity. …”
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Observation of flat bands and Dirac cones in a pyrochlore lattice superconductor by Huang, Jianwei, Setty, Chandan, Deng, Liangzi, You, Jing-Yang, Liu, Hongxiong, Shao, Sen, Oh, Ji Seop, Guo, Yucheng, Zhang, Yichen, Yue, Ziqin, Yin, Jia-Xin, Hashimoto, Makoto, Lu, Donghui, Gorovikov, Sergey, Dai, Pengcheng, Denlinger, Jonathan D., Allen, J. W., Hasan, M. Zahid, Feng, Yuan-Ping, Birgeneau, Robert J., Shi, Youguo, Chu, Ching-Wu, Chang, Guoqing, Si, Qimiao, Yi, Ming

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Characterisation of transport and thermodynamic properties for various binary electrolytes by Hou, T

“…Then, a novel conditioning-free, promoter-free Mg2+-conductive elec- trolyte was developed. It has been discovered that metal Mg can be sponta- neously oxidised from non-aqueous ZnCl₂/THF, CuCl₂/THF, or SnCl₂/THF solutions, generating Mg²⁺-conductive electrolytes. …”

Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy versus non‐surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis by Burton, MJ, Glasziou, PP, Chong, LY, Venekamp, RP

“…<br> When we analysed only episodes of moderate/severe sore throat, children who had been more severely affected and had adeno‐/tonsillectomy had on average 1.1 episodes of sore throat in the first postoperative year, compared with 1.2 episodes in the control group (low quality evidence). …”

Towards robust sensing and recognition : from statistical learning to transfer learning by Yang, Jianfei

“…Four algorithms for domain adaptation have been evaluated on public visual benchmark (e.g. Image-CLEF and Office-Home) and WiFi-based gesture recognition dataset. …”
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Graph representation learning by Zhang, Xinyi

“…Graph representation learning has been shown to be promising in graph analysis where the graphs or part of the graphs will be converted into a lower-dimensional space while the important information (e.g., structure information and attribute information) of the graph is still well preserved. …”
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Surface engineering to manipulate solar energy for thermal management by Fei, Jipeng

“…Besides, the mechanism of electrostatic influence on water molecule network has been investigated, which inspired rational manipulation of water structure to tune evaporative behavior. …”
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Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Brauer, M, Roth, GA, Aravkin, AY, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Browne, AJ, Graham, SM, Rodriguez, JAB, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…<p><b>Interpretation</b></p> Substantial progress has been made in reducing the global disease burden attributable to a range of risk factors, particularly those related to maternal and child health, WaSH, and household air pollution. …”

Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-... by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Although COVID-19 had a substantial impact on many demographic indicators during the first 2 years of the pandemic, overall global health progress over the 72 years evaluated has been profound, with considerable improvements in mortality and life expectancy. …”

(宋代「武夷棹歌」中的地景空間與文化意蘊) = Landscape and culture in the Wu-yi Zhao Ge (Wu-yi boat song) of Song dynasty by 衣若芬 I, Lo-fen

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论阮籍诗文中的逃避主义 = Escapism in the literary works of Ruan Ji by 王岳明 Wang, Yueming

“…Even if such attempts have been made, there still lacks a unifying concept which facilitates such discussions. …”
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Differences in the effectiveness of individual-level smoking cessation interventions by socioeconomic status by Theodoulou, A, Fanshawe, TR, Leavens, E, Theodoulou, E, Wu, AD, Heath, L, Stewart, C, Nollen, N, Ahluwalia, JS, Butler, AR, Hajizadeh, A, Thomas, J, Lindson, N, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…Studies must have assessed or reported smoking quit rates, split by any measure of socioeconomic status (SES) at longest follow‐up (≥ six months), and been published in 2000 or later. <p><b>Data collection and analysis </b></p> We followed standard Cochrane methods for screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment. …”

Evaluation of Enterococcus hirae isolated from vegetable wastes as probiotic and improvement of immune response in African catfish (Clarias spp.) by Hamid, Nur Hidayahanum

“…Therefore, probiotics usage as an alternative strategy has been suggested to be used as substitution for antimicrobial drugs. …”
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PostIndependentzia by Calzada, I

“…Rather than providing a prescriptive work and a recipe of answers to be applied, the goal is to foster discussion by identifying questions that may lead towards policy-making projects. Special effort has been made to open up the way towards having a solid and rigorous discussion. …”