An Investigation on Health Literacy and Its Impact on Health-Promoting Behaviors among the Residents of Mashhad by Mohammad Hasan Sharbatiyan

“…The beta regression findings indicate that the functional, relational, critical, and fundamental components significantly influence the dependent variable, with a percentage correlation value of 69% respectively. …”
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Exploring the Future Energy Value of Long-Duration Energy Storage by Anna H. Schleifer, Stuart M. Cohen, Wesley Cole, Paul Denholm, Nate Blair

“…The negative effect of lower roundtrip efficiency on value is also found to be scenario-dependent, with the energy value in higher VRE scenarios being less sensitive to roundtrip efficiency and more supportive of longer storage durations. …”
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Extension of the First-Order Recursive Filters Method to Non-Linear Second-Kind Volterra Integral Equations by Rodolphe Heyd

“…In addition, this new approach extends for the first time the field of use of first-order recursive filters, usually restricted to the case of linear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) with constant coefficients, to the case of non-linear ODEs with variable coefficients. …”
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Strength deterioration mechanism of horizontal stratified cemented tailings backfill under uniaxial compression by Shuaijun Chen, Aibing Jin, Yiqing Zhao, Zhongshu Wang, Youmei Zheng

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Magnetohydrodynamic Maxwell hybrid nanofluid flow and heat transfer over a moving needle in porous media by Rejab Hajlaoui, Amir Abbas, Fizza Anwar, Mohamed Mahdi Boudabous, Alaa Chabir, Walid Hassen, Lioua Kolsi

“…The Maxwell fluid parameter also influences the fluid speed and thermal efficiency of the fluid. Results reflect that the skin friction coefficient reduces and the Nusselt number or heat transfer rate increases with increasing Prandtl number. …”
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Domain knowledge-driven decomposition-based large-scale optimization for ship cabin structures by Puyu JIANG, Jun LIU, Qiangjun LUO, Yuansheng CHENG

“…Each girder size variable is separately grouped, and the corresponding subproblem's objective function is the weight of the cabin structure. …”
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Proportional Topology Optimization algorithm for two-scale concurrent design of lattice structures by Minh Ngoc Nguyen, Duy Vo, Tinh Quoc Bui

“…Here, the objective function is reformulated such that the contribution of each micro-scale design variable can be determined, facilitating the employment of PTO. …”
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Indirect sliding mode adaptive fractional order nonlinear observer based controller with fractional order single-ended primary inductor converter by Sena Alemu Wondimu, Desalegn Tsega Dagne, Kinde Anlay Fante

“…The SEPIC converter is non-inverting and can both step up and step down the voltage with low ripple current. It is a nonlinear variable structure that uses sliding mode control (SMC) for stable operation. …”
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How Does Digital Banking-Driven Financial Inclusion Affect Income Inequality in Türkiye? by Ahmet Usta

“…As for the empirical evidence, the study employs the dynamic ordinary least squares method to obtain long-run coefficients, a vector autoregressive model to obtain short-run dynamics through impulse response functions with biascorrected bootstrap confidence intervals that account for the bias and skewness of the small sample, and a causality analysis. …”
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Stochastic Transportation Problem with Multichoice Random Parameter by Talari Ganesh, K. K. Paidipati, Christophe Chesneau

“…This paper deals with the situation of multiple random choices along with multiple objective functions of the transportation problem. Due to the uncertainty in the environment, the choices of the cost coefficients are considered multichoice random parameters. …”
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Robot welding trajectory optimization based on intersecting line welds by FAN Chenhui, LIU Huan, LIU Xuan, TANG Xiang

“…ObjectiveOperational efficiency, smoothness and energy consumption have been bottlenecks in the trajectory optimization for industrial robots in the non-contact processing such as welding and painting. …”
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Sustainability Reporting in Value Creation: The Critical Mediation of Environmental Management Accounting by Laila Oshiana Fitria A'zizah, Nur Prasetyo Aji, Dewita Puspawati, Ovi Itsnaini Ulynnuha, Nur Andriyani

“…This study examines the essential function of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) as a mediating variable in the correlation between sustainability report disclosures and firm value. …”
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Design optimization of inner and outer‐rotor PMSGs for X‐ROTOR wind turbines by Reza Yazdanpanah, Seyed Abolfazl Mortazavizadeh, Mohammad Salehian, David Campos‐Gaona, Olimpo Anaya‐Lara

“…The GA optimization algorithm was used to find optimized designs in terms of efficiency, weight, cost, and temperature rise. In order to find the global optimization solution within the allowed variable range and in accordance with the constraints, a combined objective function has also been defined. …”
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DESIGN OF BED SADDLE OF HIGH-SPEED PRECISION CNC LATHE BASED ON TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION by DUAN MingDe, LI Yan, GU JiaJia, ZHANG ZhuangYa

“…Firstly,according to variable density method,which makes bed saddle quality be objective function and allows stiffness as well as natural frequency to be constraint condition was established,then the best structure layout of bed saddle was acquired as a result of topology optimization.Finally,the integral design of the bed saddle was accomplished,with the basis of best structure layout of bed saddle and the requirements of the reasonable design. …”
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A novel unified variational finite difference (VFD) solution method for optimal control problems by Amir Norouzzadeh, Nader Nariman-zadeh, Reza Ansari

“…To do so, the general form of quadratic performance index function and nonlinear state equations are considered first. …”
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A fast and simplified subglacial hydrological model for the Antarctic Ice Sheet and outlet glaciers by E. Kazmierczak, T. Gregov, T. Gregov, V. Coulon, F. Pattyn

“…<p>We present a novel and computationally efficient subglacial hydrological model that represents in a simplified way both hard- and soft-bed rheologies, as well as an automatic switch between efficient and inefficient subglacial discharge, designed for the Antarctic Ice Sheet. …”
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Finding the optimal probe state for multiparameter quantum metrology using conic programming by Masahito Hayashi, Yingkai Ouyang

“…The algorithm involves a conic program, which minimizes a linear objective function subject to conic constraints on a operator-valued variable. …”
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Peroral endoscopic myotomy for complex achalasia and the POEM difficulty score: An update by Carmen Ching Hui Yee, Michael Youssef, Matthew Woo, Robert Bechara

“…PDS correlates moderately with procedural efficiency with a correlation coefficient of 0.595 (Spearman's p < 0.001). …”
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Downscaling of Soil Moisture Map using Sentinel Radar Satellite Images and Distribution Analysis in the West of Iran by Seyed Hossein Mirmosavi, kohzad Raispour, Muhammad Kamangar

“…Conclusion The results of this study with respect to the correlation coefficient of 0.5012 with real data and high spatial resolution of the output map showed the efficiency of using different bands of radar images in estimating surface moisture. …”
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The Relation between Contraception Methods and Quality of Life by Narjes Bahri, Hamid R Tohidinik, Roghayeh R Bilandi, Mona Larki, Fatemeh Hooshangi, Maliheh Soltanian

“…After performing different statistical tests in bivariate analysis, the multi-variable linear regression was used to assess the association between method of contraception and domains of quality of life adjusting for other confounding factors Results: Women with Tubal sterilization had significant worse “physical functioning” [adjusted regression coefficient=-5.14 (95%CI:-10.2 to -0.01)] but better “general health perceptions” [adjusted regression coefficient=6.8(95%CI: 2.1 to 11.5)] than those preferring male condom (reference). …”
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