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Users Empowered in Smart Grid Development? Assumptions and Up-To-Date Knowledge

Applied Sciences, 2019
Active involvement of users in smart grids is often seen as key to beneficial development of smart grids. In this paper, we investigate the diverse assumptions about how and why users should be active and to what extent these assumptions are supported by
Barbara van Mierlo
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A Survey of the Methods Used by Howza Ilmya Qom Students for Referring to Web 2 Technology [PDF]

Religion & Communication, 2014
Purpose: This study aims to determine Howza Ilmya Qom's students' familiarity with and use of Web 2 technology. Methodology/ Approach: This has been an applied research that used a survey method and descriptive approach.
Yaqoub Norouzi, Samaneh Khidaki, Reza Karimi   +2 more
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Serum Myonectin Levels Are Positively Associated With Physical Function and Lower Frailty‐Related Limitation in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono, Yoshifumi Moriyama, Koji Ohashi, Naoya Otaka, Minako Tatsumi, Toyoaki Murohara, Noriyuki Ouchi, Satoru Oshima   +7 more
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A major stakeholder in the lobbying efforts: the role of people who use drugs in the past and the current opioid crisis

BMC Public Health
Background Mass media campaigns have been effectively used in the past to shape public opinion on health. As the synthetic opioid epidemic sadly continues to take the lives of people across the globe, there is little information available on the power of
Ehsan Jozaghi, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users   +1 more
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Scenario-Driven Synthetic Data Generation Framework for Visual Perception Evaluation Under Adverse Driving Conditions

Sensors
Developing and evaluating visual perception systems for autonomous vehicles requires data across diverse and adverse driving conditions, yet collecting and annotating such real-world data is costly and often impractical.
Wei Xu, Dominique Gruyer, Alexandra Duminil, Sio-Song Ieng   +3 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Hemodiafiltration, Hemoperfusion, and Standard Hemodialysis on Efficacy, Inflammatory Control, Dialysis Adequacy, and Safety in End‐Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo, Weisi Dai, Jie Mao, Mei Ye, Xingshan Lu, Xiaocui Zhang   +5 more
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Item Silk Road: Recommending Items from Information Domains to Social Users [PDF]

Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, 2017
Online platforms can be divided into information-oriented and social-oriented domains. The former refers to forums or E-commerce sites that emphasize user-item interactions, like Trip.com and Amazon; whereas the latter refers to social networking ...
Xiang Wang, Xiangnan He, Liqiang Nie, Tat-Seng Chua   +3 more
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Safety of Daprodustat for the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease Anemia: Final Analysis of a Multicenter Postmarketing Surveillance Study in Japan

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This final analysis of a multicenter, prospective postmarketing surveillance study evaluated the safety of daprodustat in patients with chronic kidney disease anemia in routine clinical practice in Japan. Methods Patients who initiated daprodustat between September 2020 and July 2022 were registered.
Tadao Akizawa, Kyomi Kanaya, Kiyomi Aizawa, Masanori Onoki, Hirofumi Ozeki, Kazuko Suzuki, Ai Hayashi, Tomohiko Asamura   +7 more
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A community-based systematic review of economic evaluations of overdose prevention sites for people who use drugs: a study protocol

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background Over 100 overdose prevention sites (OPS) operate in various jurisdictions, including Australia, Canada, the United States, and several European countries.
Ehsan Jozaghi, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users   +1 more
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Transformation in the Role of University Libraries Following the Outbreak of the COVID-19 Epidemic [PDF]

علوم و فنون مدیریت اطلاعات
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the measures, strategies, and tools for providing services at Iran's top university libraries during the Covid-19 outbreak and the evolution of the role of university libraries.
Azam Najafqolinejad, Sedighe Shakerei
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