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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Regression analysis and artificial neural networks for predicting pine species volume in community forests by Wenceslao Santiago-García

“…The regression approach employed seemingly unrelated nonlinear regression (NSUR) to fit simultaneous additive volume systems using both one- and two-variable models. In this approach, volume was modeled as a function of diameter at breast height (d) alone and as a function of both d and total tree height (h). …”
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Impacts of early postpartum behavioral patterns on the fertility and milk production of tropical dairy cows by Aqeel Raza, Kumail Abbas, Theerawat Swangchan-Uthai, Henk Hogeveen, Chaidate Inchaisri

“…Reproductive performance was analyzed using Cox proportional hazard models, while lactation dynamics were modeled using the Wood function to estimate peak yield, peak time, and persistency. …”
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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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Drug Release Analysis and Optimization for Drug-Eluting Stents by Hongxia Li, Yihao Zhang, Bao Zhu, Jinying Wu, Xicheng Wang

“…The diffusion coefficients and the coating thickness are selected as design variables. …”
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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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Effect of design and kinematic parameters on energy requirement in inclined screw mixer by V. F. Khlystunov, S. V. Braginets, A. S. Alferov, M. V. Chernutskiy

“…The establishment of functional dependences between parameters and modes enables to design power-efficient equipment for the on-farm feed production.Materials and Methods. …”
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True amplitude migration in constant gradient velocity media by Castillo López Luis Antonio

“…<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">The kirchhoff conventional algorithm using ray tracing is based on a constant velocity function. This solution, where is incorporated ray path information into conventional algorithm, can be extended to a variable velocity medium. …”
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The Analysis of the Effective Factors on Urban Blight in District 3, Region 12, Tehran City by Hossein Mansourian, Ahmad Pour Ahmad, Hasan Ashouri

“…Moreover, a factor analysis was employed to reduce the number of independent variables and identify the urban blight dimensions. …”
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Clinical Outcome Prediction Model in Tetralogy of Fallot Without Pulmonary Valve Replacement Using Contraction Fraction From the SCOUT‐TOF Registry by Mark A. Fogel, Jennifer A. Faerber, Abdullah Mahmood, Keerthi Reddy, Xuemei Zhang, Elizabeth Goldmuntz, Matthew A. Harris, David Biko, Sara Partington, Stephen Paridon, Michael Mcbride, Victor Ferrari, Kevin K. Whitehead, Laura Mercer‐Rosa

“…An elastic net was used to identify significant variables to enter a best subsets logistic regression. …”
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Maximising Achievable Rate Using Intelligent Reflecting Surface in 6G Wireless Communication Systems by Afrin Jahan Eva, Md. Sahal, Rabita Amin, Muhammad R. A. Khandaker, Risala Tasin Khan, Faisal Tariq, ASM Ashraf Mahmud

“…Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technique which aims to shift the paradigm of uncontrollable wireless environment to a controllable one by adding the function of reconfigurability using multiple passive reflecting elements. …”
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Optimization of fermentation conditions for enhanced acetylcholine and biomass production of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum AM2 using the Taguchi approach by Walid A. Lotfy, Amira M. Ali, Heba M. Abdou, Khaled M. Ghanem

“…Abstract This study aimed to optimize the fermentation conditions and medium composition for maximum acetylcholine (ACh) and biomass production by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum AM2 using the Taguchi array design, which enables efficient identification of influential variables through minimal experimental runs. …”
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Unveiling Theranostics: Nanocomplex-Assisted Photodynamic Eradication of Aggressive Cancer Cells and Modulation of Tumor-Associated Macrophages by Butkute A, Kazlauske E, Mlynska A, Peciukaityte E, Karabanovas V, Rotomskis R, Steponkiene S

“…The nanocomplex accumulated efficiently and uniformly across all CRC cell lines, regardless of their aggressiveness or drug sensitivity. …”
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Age-Related Changes in Corneal Deformation Dynamics Utilizing Scheimpflug Imaging. by Marta E Rogowska, D Robert Iskander

“…Raw Scheimpflug images were used to extract changes in anterior and posterior corneal profiles, which were further modelled by an orthogonal series of Chebyshev polynomial functions. Time series of the polynomial coefficients of even order exhibited a dynamic behavior in which three distinct stages were recognized. …”
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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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Optimized Blade Design of Counter-Rotating-Type Pump-Turbine Unit Operating in Pump and Turbine Modes by Jin-Woo Kim, Jun-Won Suh, Young-Seok Choi, Kyoung-Yong Lee, Toshiaki Kanemoto, Jin-Hyuk Kim

“…The pump and turbine mode efficiencies of the unit were selected as the objective functions and they combined into a single specific objective function with the weighting factors. …”
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Elucidating Genotypic Variation in Quinoa via Multidimensional Agronomic, Physiological, and Biochemical Assessments by Samreen Nazeer, Muhammad Zubair Akram

“…The results revealed that significant variation was observed across all measured parameters, highlighting the diverse adaptive strategies and functional capacities among the tested genotypes. More specifically, genotypes Q4, Q11, Q15, and Q126 demonstrated superior agronomic potential and canopy-level physiological efficiencies, including high biomass accumulation, low infrared canopy temperatures and sustained NDVI values. …”
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