Mapping sage‐grouse fence‐collision risk: Spatially explicit models for targeting conservation implementation by Bryan S. Stevens, David E. Naugle, Brian Dennis, John W. Connelly, Tim Griffiths, Kerry P. Reese

“…However, research also suggested sage‐grouse collision was highly variable, and managers implementing mitigation desire targeting tools to prioritize mitigation efforts as a function of risk. …”
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Optimized integration of photovoltaic systems and distribution static compensators in distribution networks using a novel discrete-continuous version of the adaptive JAYA algorithm... by Paolo Iván Cubillo-Leyton, Oscar Danilo Montoya, Luis Fernando Grisales-Noreña

“…For comparison, the discrete-continuous versions of the vortex search algorithm (VSA), the sine-cosine algorithm (SCA), Phasor Particle Swarm Optimization (PPSO), New Self-Organising Hierarchical PSO (NHPSO-JTVAC), Differential Evolution (DE), Gold Search Optimization (GSO) and the classical version of JAYA are used, validating the effectiveness of our proposal on the 33- and 69-bus test systems while considering variable generation and demand. In terms of the best solution, the average solution, and the required processing times, the AJAYA-SA strategy yields the best results in both test systems, making it the most efficient method to solve the problem under study.…”
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Assessment of soil fertility and nutrient distribution for enhanced soil health and field management through an innovative approach by Amir Bostani, Amin Mohebbi Tafreshi, Mohammad Hosein Bijeh Keshavarzi

“…Total nitrogen ranged from 0.02% to 0.82%. Highly variable macronutrient variation coefficient. Thus, the critical limits for elements and physicochemical characteristics were 4.5, 6, 0.7, and 0.8 mg/kg. …”
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Correlation Analysis of Radical Polymerization Reactor Operating Conditions to Industrial Scale Swelling Capacity of Superabsorbent by Willy Aulia Ilham, Teguh Kurniawan, Saepurahman Saepurahman, Ratna Sari siti Aisyah

“…The analysis determined that the variables that had the strongest correlation with the SC were retention time and reaction temperature, with correlation coefficient values of 0.31 and -0.26. …”
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Convergence analysis of option drift rate inverse problem based on degenerate parabolic equation by Miao-miao Song, Zui-cha Deng, Xiang Li, Qiu Cui

“…In this paper, we study the convergence of the inverse drift rate problem of option pricing based on degenerate parabolic equations, aiming to recover the stock price drift rate function by known option market prices. Unlike the classical inverse parabolic equation problem, the article transforms the original problem into an inverse problem with principal coefficients of the degenerate parabolic equation over a bounded region by variable substitution, thus avoiding the error introduced by artificial truncation. …”
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A New Noninterior Continuation Method for Solving a System of Equalities and Inequalities by Jianguang Zhu, Binbin Hao

“…By using slack variables and minimum function, we first reformulate the system of equalities and inequalities as a system of nonsmooth equations, and, using smoothing technique, we construct the smooth operator. …”
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Fuzzy Goal Programming Procedure to Bilevel Multiobjective Linear Fractional Programming Problems by Mahmoud A. Abo-Sinna, Ibrahim A. Baky

“…In the proposed procedure, the membership functions for the defined fuzzy goals of the decision makers (DMs) objective functions at both levels as well as the membership functions for vector of fuzzy goals of the decision variables controlled by first-level decision maker are developed first in the model formulation of the problem. …”
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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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Nonlinear Creep Constitutive Model of Rock Considering Hardening Effect by Dipeng Zhu, Zhiyong Hu, Shuguang Zhang, Wei Qiu, Yijie Wang, Donglan Chen, Fan Mingzhuo, Shutian Zhao, Ye Sun, Wenbo Liu

“…To precisely capture the nonlinearity of rock creep and the law of accelerated deformation, a hardening function and a damage variable are introduced. Based on traditional rheological models, creep mechanisms, and damage laws, an accelerated creep constitutive model integrating hardening and damage effects is established. …”
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Experiments in globalisation, food security and land use decision making. by Calum Brown, Dave Murray-Rust, Jasper van Vliet, Shah Jamal Alam, Peter H Verburg, Mark D Rounsevell

“…Both outcomes are subject to the responses of individual land managers to economic and environmental stimuli, and these responses are known to be variable and often (economically) irrational. We investigate the consequences of stylised food security policies and globalisation of agricultural markets on land use patterns under a variety of modelled forms of land manager behaviour, including variation in production levels, tenacity, land use intensity and multi-functionality. …”
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Market orientation and corporate performance of small and medium-sized enterprises in Saudi Arabia by Nabil Mohamed Abdo Alabsy

“…Corporate performance is a dependent variable, whereas business orientation, competitor orientation and inter-functional orientation are used as independent variables. …”
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Maturity Classification and Quality Determination of Cherry Using VNIR Hyperspectral Images and Comprehensive Chemometrics by Yuzhen Wei, Siyi Yao, Feiyue Wu, Qiangguo Yu

“…Based on the spectral principal components, three classifiers were built to classify the maturity level: support vector machine, backpropagation neural network, and radial basis function neural network. Excellent results with a classification accuracy of 100% were obtained. …”
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Approximation by interpolation spectral subspaces of operators with discrete spectrum by M.I. Dmytryshyn

“…Applications to spectral approximations of the regular elliptic operators with variable smooth coefficients in the space $L_q(\Omega)$ over an open bounded set $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ and some self-adjoint ordinary elliptic differential operators in a bounded interval $\Omega=(a,b)$ are shown.…”
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Using machine learning methods to determine a typology of patients with HIV-HCV infection to be treated with antivirals. by Antonio Rivero-Juárez, David Guijo-Rubio, Francisco Tellez, Rosario Palacios, Dolores Merino, Juan Macías, Juan Carlos Fernández, Pedro Antonio Gutiérrez, Antonio Rivero, César Hervás-Martínez

“…This study was based on the Spanish HERACLES cohort (NCT02511496) (April-September 2015, 2940 patients) and involved application of different neural network models with different basis functions (product-unit, sigmoid unit and radial basis function neural networks) for automatic classification of patients for treatment. …”
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Parameter Calculation and Rotor Structure Optimization Design of Solid Rotor Induction Motors by Hao Xu, Jinghong Zhao, Sinian Yan

“…On this basis, with efficiency, power factor, starting torque and starting current as the optimization objectives, and the number of slots, slot depth, slot width, squirrel cage material and end ring thickness as the optimization variables, the optimization schemes of slotted rotor and squirrel cage rotor are obtained by using the three-dimensional finite element method. …”
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Sustitución parcial de alimento balanceado comercial por saccharina rústica en pollo de engorde by Dixon Fabián Flórez-Delgado, Jesús Esteban Fonseca-García, Dubel Reinaldo Cely-Leal

“…Polynomial regression and the derivative of a quadratic function were used to determine the optimal saccharina level. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Fully Guided and Free-Hand Orthognathic Surgery: Advancements, Precision, and Clinical Outcomes by Sophia Tsokkou, Ioannis Konstantinidis, Antonios Keramas, Georgios Kiosis, Kanellos Skourtsidis, Danai Alexiou, Georgia-Nektaria Keskesiadou, Sofia Karachrysafi, Theodora Papamitsou, Ioannis Chatzistefanou

“…Key parameters analyzed include surgical precision, operative efficiency, complication rates, and functional/aesthetic results. …”
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Vibration Response and Evaluation Method of High-Speed Tracked Vehicles Driving Off-Road by Xin-yong Qiao, Ying Jin, Cheng Gu

“…Three fitting methods, namely polynomial response surface, Kriging method, and radial basis function neural network, were used to establish approximate models between the design variables and the objective function, respectively. …”
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Video Laryngoscopes in Simulated Neonatal Intubation: Usability Study by Jasmine Antoine, Kirsty McLeod, Luke Jardine, Helen G. Liley, Mia McLanders

“…Device efficacy was determined by first-pass success, number of attempts, and overall success. Efficiency was assessed by time to successful intubation and function test completion rates. …”
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A New Four‐Component L*‐Dependent Model for Radial Diffusion Based on Solar Wind and Magnetospheric Drivers of ULF Waves by Kyle R. Murphy, Jasmine Sandhu, I. Jonathan Rae, Thomas Daggitt, Sarah Glauert, Richard B. Horne, Clare E. J. Watt, Sarah Bentley, Adam Kellerman, Louis Ozeke, Alexa J. Halford, Sheng Tian, Aaron Breneman, Leonid Olifer, Ian R. Mann, Vassilis Angelopoulos, John Wygant

“…We investigate the performance of the new models by characterizing the model residuals as a function of each independent variable and by comparing to existing radial diffusion models during a quiet geomagnetic period and through a geomagnetic storm. …”
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