Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control of Mobile Robots with Fractional-Order Exponential Super-Twisting Sliding Mode by Hao Wu, Shuting Wang, Yuanlong Xie, Hu Li

“…To address the time-varying LIP faults and uncertainties, a novel barrier function (BF)-based gain is explored to assist the super-twisting law. …”
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Application of machine learning and genetic optimization algorithms for modeling and optimizing soybean yield using its component traits. by Mohsen Yoosefzadeh-Najafabadi, Dan Tulpan, Milad Eskandari

“…Yield is a complex trait and reliant on various related variables called yield components. In this study, the five most important yield component traits in soybean were measured using a panel of 250 genotypes grown in four environments. …”
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Performance Analysis of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Systems by Qi Zhang, Dian-Wu Yue, Xian-Ying Xu

“…In the RIS-assisted UWOC systems with intensity modulation and direct detection (IM-DD), we apply the approximate distribution of the sum of Gamma-Gamma random variables to derive the probability density function (PDF) of the instantaneous received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the first time. …”
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An Investigation of Knee Injury Prevalence and its Mechanism among Premier League Soccer Referees in Iran by Hamid Mahdavi Mohtasham, Shahnaz Shahrbanian

“…Using the Pearson correlation coefficient, this study examined the relationships between different variables including KOS subscales as well as the current level of self-reported knee joint function and proprioception. …”
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Analysis of Mobile JKN Application Service Quality With E-GovQual Method and IPA by Randy Rizki Ananda, Indriani Noor Hapsari

“…The results of the coefficient of determination (R-Square) show that overall, the variables of ease of use, reliability, trust, content and appearance, functionality and interaction and citizen support significantly affect service quality by 88.6%. …”
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The accuracy of a simple, low-cost GPS data logger/receiver to study outdoor human walking in view of health and clinical studies. by Bénédicte Noury-Desvaux, Pierre Abraham, Guillaume Mahé, Thomas Sauvaget, Georges Leftheriotis, Alexis Le Faucheur

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Accurate and objective measurements of physical activity and lower-extremity function are important in health and disease monitoring, particularly given the current epidemic of chronic diseases and their related functional impairment.…”
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Natural language processing reveals network structure of pain communication in social media using discrete mathematical analysis by Nobuo Okui, Shigeo Horie

“…The network exhibited a sparse overall density (0.0055) but a high clustering coefficient (0.7700), indicating the presence of distinct thematic communities. …”
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A Hybrid Model for Carbon Price Forecasting Based on Secondary Decomposition and Weight Optimization by Yongfa Chen, Yingjie Zhu, Jie Wang, Meng Li

“…Secondly, a two-stage feature-selection method is employed, in which the partial autocorrelation function (PACF) is used to select relevant lagged features, while the maximal information coefficient (MIC) is applied to identify key variables from both historical and external data. …”
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Donor Parameters and Platelet Yield during Plateletpheresis: A Cross-sectional Prospective Study by Ruchi Singh, Ganga S. Pilli, Ramadevi Vivek Wani

“…A relationship between pre-donation donor variables and platelet yield was studied using the Pearson correlation coefficient (r). …”
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Commercial Vehicle Ride Comfort Optimization Based on Intelligent Algorithms and Nonlinear Damping by Shuilong He, Keren Chen, Enyong Xu, Wei Wang, Zhansi Jiang

“…The sum of the frequency-weighted RMS of the driver seat acceleration, the RMS of dynamic tyre load, and suspension working space is taken as the objective function in this article, using nonlinear damping coefficients and stiffness of suspension as design variables. …”
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RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY OF TEMPERATE SILK COCOONS IN NORTH-WESTERN HIMALAYAN REGION OF KASHMIR VALLEY, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA by Ruyida MUSHTAQ, Tariq Ahmed RAJA, Abida FAYAZ, Harmeet SINGH, Pervez AHMED, Mushtaq Rasool MIR, Rajesh YADAV

“…As the total of calculated coefficients of significant variables was found to be more than unity, (1.32).MVP indicates that there is still scope to invest in the study's elements in order to attain the best resource combination and profit maximisation. …”
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Association between TSH Values and GFR Levels in Euthyroid Cases with Metabolic Syndrome by H. Keskin, K. Cadirci, K. Gungor, T. Karaaslan, T. Usta, A. Ozkeskin, A. Musayeva, F. Yesildal, F. Isman, H. Y. Zengin

“…Partial correlation coefficients were calculated to investigate the relationship between the eGFR values and several other numerical variables while controlling for age and BMI in addition to the adjusted gender effect. …”
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Long-term conservation tillage breaks the plough pan and promotes the development of preferential flow by Jinze Han, Jianye Li, Qiang Chen, Xingyi Zhang

“…Macropores and preferential flow critically regulate soil hydrological functions and ecosystem services in agricultural systems. …”
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MANAGING FRAUD IN CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, THE ROLE OF INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT: A STUDY OF QUOTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS (DMBs) IN NIGERIA by Onajero Kensington OHWO

“…Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients for the constructs ranged from 0.864 to 0.952. …”

THE PROPOSAL MODEL OF RATIONAL WORKFORCE ASSIGNMENT IN DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY BY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS BASED 0-1 INTEGER PROGRAMMING by Yılmaz GÖKŞEN, Hakan AŞAN, Onur DOĞAN, Mustafa ÜNLÜ, Osman PALA

“…The Assignment model of the type of linear programming models is a mathematical method used to match the right person for the right job. The coefficients of the variables in the objective function of the assignment model constitute potential contributions of employees. …”
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Which Metrics Can I Monitor? Test-Retest Reliability of Countermovement Jump and Countermovement Rebound Jump Force-Time Metrics in Youth Soccer Players In-Season by Andrew Badby, Paul Comfort, Nicholas Ripley, Matthew Cuthbert, Francisco Robles-Palazón, Peter Mundy, John McMahon

“…Objective measures provide the most effective means of monitoring the magnitude and time course of changes in neuromuscular function (NMF) resulting from physical activity if measurements are repeatable (reliability). …”
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PGTransNet: a physics-guided transformer network for 3D ocean temperature and salinity predicting in tropical Pacific by Song Wu, Senliang Bao, Wei Dong, Senzhang Wang, Xiaojiang Zhang, Chengcheng Shao, Junxing Zhu, Xiaoyong Li

“…Firstly, we design a loss function that deliveries the physical relationship among temperature, salinity and density by fusing the Thermodynamic Equation. …”
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A comprehensive assessment of physical image quality of five different scanners for head CT imaging as clinically used at a single hospital centre-A phantom study. by Patrizio Barca, Fabio Paolicchi, Giacomo Aringhieri, Federica Palmas, Daniela Marfisi, Maria Evelina Fantacci, Davide Caramella, Marco Giannelli

“…CT image quality for each scanner/acquisition protocol was assessed through noise level, noise power spectrum (NPS), contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), modulation transfer function (MTF), low contrast detectability (LCD) and non-uniformity index analyses. …”
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Sexuality Assessment in Women Diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer by Patricio Jaramillo Guerrero, Edison Enrique Sotalin Nivela, Eduardo Leonel Alvarado Pico

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to evaluate sexuality in women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, with central interest in changes in sexual function, sexual desire, sexual satisfaction and sexual problems related to the disease and its treatment. …”
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VARIATION OF EMBRYO WEIGHT IN BREEDING ACCESSIONS OF CARROT by A. F. Bukharov, D. N. Baleev, M. I. Ivanova

“…The method of maximum likelihood was used to  reveal correspondences  of  experimental function  of distribution in embryo weight in seed population of accessions studied  and  normal  distribution.  …”
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