Associations between patient characteristics and five-year trajectories of anticholinergic drug burden in older adults in German primary care: a prospective observational cohort st... by Hans-Helmut König, Claudia Langebrake, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Martin Scherer, Gerhard Schön, Ingmar Schäfer, Dagmar Lühmann, Birgitt Wiese, Jochen Gensichen, Caroline Krüger, Horst Bickel, Angela Fuchs, Wolfgang Maier, Karola Mergenthal, Siegfried Weyerer, Daniel Tajdar, Juliane Westphal

“…Independent variables included age, sex, education (according to CASMIN), depressiveness (GDS), cognitive function (LDST), quality of life (EQ5D-3L) and the number of diseases weighted by severity. …”
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Intelligent wearable devices with audio collection capabilities to assess chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity by Chunbo Zhang, Kunyao Yu, Zhe Jin, Yingcong Bao, Cheng Zhang, Jiping Liao, Guangfa Wang

“…A logistic regression model using the RR and blowing sounds as key predictors achieved accuracies of 0.77–0.89 in determining the GOLD grade, with a Cohen's kappa coefficient of 0.6757. Conclusions Audio data were more strongly correlated with lung function in COPD patients than were physiological parameters. …”
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DC Performance Variations of SOI FinFETs with Different Silicide Thickness by Jun-Sik Yoon

“…DC parameters including threshold voltage, low-field-mobility-related coefficient, and parasitic resistance are extracted from Y-function method for the comparison of DC performance and variability, and the correlation analysis. …”
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On Mixed Problems for Quasilinear Second-Order Systems by Rita Cavazzoni

“…The proof of the main theorem relies on two preliminary results: existence of the solution to mixed problems for linear second-order systems with smooth coefficients, and existence of the solution to initial-boundary value problems for linear second-order operators whose coefficients depend on the variables 𝑥 and 𝑡 through a function 𝑣∈𝐻𝑠(ℜ𝑑+1). …”
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Steady and periodical heat-mass transfer behavior of mixed convection nanofluid with reduced gravity, radiation and activation energy effects by Cyrus Raza Mirza, Zia Ullah, A. Dahshan, Md Mahbub Alam, Khadijah M. Abualnaja, Hanaa Abu-Zinadah, Abdullah A. Faqihi, Nidhal Ben Khedher

“…A refined mathematical model is solved using dimensionless variables; oscillatory stokes conditions and primitive variables. …”
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The Macroeconomic Framework of Support Analysis for Sustainable Businesses Development by Constantin Mitrut, Cristina Bălăceanu, Mihaela Gruiescu, Daniela Serban

“…The present research is based on a multifactorial liniar regression model which outlines the direct correlation between the dependent variable welfare and the independent variable of concentration measured by the Gini coefficient of wealth concentration, on the one hand, and by the GDP level, on the other hand, at the level of year 2012. …”
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A Novel Structural Modification Method for Vibration Reduction: Stiffness Sensitivity Analysis with Principal Strain Application by Jiajun Hong, Takuya Yoshimura

“…The sensitivity is evaluated as a differential coefficient of the target response with respect to the design variable, e.g., stiffness or mass. …”
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DIFFERENCES IN AGRICULTURAL RETURNS IN SESAME PRODUCTION: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF EFFICIENCY IN FACTOR INPUT ALLOCATION IN RINGIM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA by Tohib Oyeyode OBALOLA, Abdullahi Abbas YAKUBU

“…The results also reveal net farm income and return on naira invested of N 46,190.59 and 1.54 respectively, an indication of a profitable enterprise. The semi-log functional form gave the best fit based on the normal econometric criteria with coefficient of multiple determination of 0.312 implying that about 31 percent of the variation in yield of sesame was explained by the specified explanatory variables. …”
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Performance of Machine Learning Classifiers for Diabetes Prediction by Mijala Manandhar, Shaikat Baidya, Babalpreet Kaur, Katia Atoji

“…The dataset included 768 instances with nine attributes, where the target variable indicated whether a patient tested positive for diabetes. …”
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Impact of Low-dose Imaging on PET Quantitative Accuracy and Image Quality by SU Xuesong, GENG Jianhua, ZHENG Rong, WANG Xuejuan

“…Subsequently, the recovery coefficient (RC), contrast recovery coefficient (CRC), contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), percent background variability (PBV), background coefficient of variation (BCV), and residual error (RE) of the lung insert at different image planes were calculated within the phantom. …”

Polarization scattering-based detection of lubricating materials by Xin Liu, Junxin Jian, Xiaolu Huang, Huilong Li, Yuan Tian, Weizhi Ma, Xiaolong Zhao, Zunnian Liu, Jiayi Sun, Xiushuo Zhang, Yong Wang, Xiaomei Zhu

“…Friction, wear, and corrosion are common phenomena in both industrial and daily life, significantly impacting the performance, lifespan, and energy efficiency of equipment. …”
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First-principles investigation on structural, electronic, and optical properties of (Cd1-xZnx)3As2 by Yu Deng, Xun Ge, Rongxiu Feng, Yunye Liang, Xiaohao Zhou

“…Calculations on the optical properties (dielectric function, absorption coefficient) of (Cd1-xZnx)3As2 show that it behaves well in the near infrared and far infrared. …”
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Inversion and validation of soil water-holding capacity in a wild fruit forest, using hyperspectral technology combined with machine learning by Tingwei Song, Liang Guo, Qian Sun, Guizhen Gao, Jing Chen, Qikun Zhang

“…The results revealed a significant negative correlation between SWHC and the smoothed leaf spectral reflectance, with the best correlation coefficient was r = − 0.59. The use of third-order derivatives and logarithmic second-order derivatives further enhanced this correlation, yielding optimal coefficients of r = − 0.78 and r = − 0.72, respectively. …”
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Enhancing Thermal–Hydraulic Performance in Nuclear Reactor Subchannels with Al₂O₃ Nanofluids: A CFD Analysis by Mohammad A. I. Sardar, Mushfiqur Rahman, Philip Rubini

“…This analysis has been carried out using the RNG k-epsilon turbulence model with standard wall function in ANSYS FLUENT 2022R1. The impact of various flow conditions and nanofluid concentrations has been examined. …”
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Identification of High-Photosynthetic-Efficiency Wheat Varieties Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing from UAVs by Weiyi Feng, Yubin Lan, Hongjian Zhao, Zhicheng Tang, Wenyu Peng, Hailong Che, Junke Zhu

“…Furthermore, the research conducted principal component analysis (PCA) and membership function analysis on the predicted values of the optimal models for each indicator, established a comprehensive evaluation index for high photosynthetic efficiency, and employed cluster analysis to screen the test materials. …”
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Correlation between Stressful Life Events and Suicidal Ideation among Patients with Schizophrenia in Remission Stage: A Cross-sectional Study by Ashok Silamban, Kailash Sureshkumar, Aravindh Manogaran, Shabeeba Z Kailash

“…Introduction: Patients with schizophrenia often exhibit impaired executive brain function, which disrupts their daily activities. Relapse in schizophrenia has been linked to stressful life events. …”
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Machine learning-based prediction of pervaporation permeation using physicochemical properties of permeant-membrane and process conditions by Muhammad Mujiburohman, Marwen Elkamel, Farzad Hourfar, Ali Elkamel

“…Two types of inputs were evaluated: regular variables (Type I) and dimensionless groups derived from these regular variables (Type II). …”
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Providing a Robust Dynamic Pricing Model and Comparing It with Static Pricing in Multi-level Supply Chains Using a Game Theory Approach by Sara Mehrjoo, Hanan Amoozad Mahdirji, Jalil Heidary Dahoei, Seyyed Hossein Razavi Haji Agha, Mahnaz Hosseinzadeh

“…Initially, the model introduces symbols: x as the vector of design variables, and y as the vector of control variables. …”
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Radiotherapy-induced fatigue in Palestinian breast cancer survivors by Hussein ALMasri, Omar Rimawi

“…Our purpose is to assess, compare, and correlate CRF in breast cancer survivors undergoing radiotherapy (RT) with study variables.Methods: CRF in breast cancer survivors was assessed using Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy – Fatigue Scale (FACIT-F) (version 4). …”
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Microbially‐Mediated Soil Carbon‐Nitrogen Dynamics in Response to Future Soil Moisture Change by Wanyu Li, Gangsheng Wang, Zirui Mu, Shanshan Qi, Shuhao Zhou, Daifeng Xiang

“…Furthermore, microbes and enzymes were key drivers of soil C‐N transformations, with soil enzymes displaying the highest correlation with SSI (nonlinear correlation coefficient based on mutual information = 0.81). This study establishes a foundational relationship between soil C‐N variables and soil moisture, accounting for lag effects, to enhance our understanding of the complex responses of these variables under future climate change scenarios.…”
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