Reliability of radiomic analysis on multiparametric MRI for patients affected by autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease by Francesca Lussana, Ettore Lanzarone, Giulia Villa, Alfonso Mastropietro, Anna Caroli, Elisa Scalco

“…The impact of segmentation variability on radiomic reproducibility was assessed through Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC), and a preliminary correlation analysis with relevant clinical parameters, such as age and eGFR, was also performed. …”
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Predicting the Probability of Failure in Truss Structures Using Artificial Neural Networks by Mohammadreza Gholami, Seyed Ahmad Mobinipour, Mohammad Javad Haji Mazdarani, Seyed Rohollah Hoseini Vaez

“…The limitation of node displacement is considered as a limit state function. The data was split as 60% for training and 40% was used for testing and validation. …”
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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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Multiple mechanisms contribute to leakiness of a frameshift mutation in canine cone-rod dystrophy. by Keiko Miyadera, Ian Brierley, Jesús Aguirre-Hernández, Cathryn S Mellersh, David R Sargan

“…Variable polyA(n) length was confirmed in DNA from different RPGRIP1(-/-) dogs, yet polyA(n) variability did not correspond with the clinical phenotypes and no individual was found that carried a polyA(n) tract capable of encoding an in-frame variant. …”
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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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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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A Predictive Model for Estimating Reservoir Impounding Time Based on the Net Inflow and Storage Volume by Harimukti Rosita R., Pitojo T. Juwono, Lily M. Limantara, Emma Yuliani

“…The initial impounding of a reservoir represents the first test following the completion of dam construction, during which the reservoir begins to function as intended. Therefore, the expected outcome of this research is to formulate a model that estimates the duration required to fill the reservoir to its designated storage level. …”
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Solving Linear Programming Problems by Reducing to the Form with an Obvious Answer by Gleb D. Stepanov

“…From the coefficients of the mentioned functionals, a matrix is formed, which is called the LPP matrix. …”
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A Simple and Effective KAN-Based Architecture for Accurate Battery RUL Prediction by Guangzai Ye, Li Feng, Jianlan Guo, Yuqiang Chen, Shufei Li

“…Our approach integrates a VMD-based denoising mechanism, compressed into a more compact KAN model via knowledge distillation, to mitigate noise efficiently. It also incorporates a channel-independent KANs structure with a regularized weighted loss function to handle variable-specific degradation patterns. …”
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High-Resolution Direction of Arrival Estimation of Underwater Multitargets Using Swarming Intelligence of Flower Pollination Heuristics by Nauman Ahmed, Huigang Wang, Shanshan Tu, Norah A.M. Alsaif, Muhammad Asif Zahoor Raja, Muhammad Kashif, Ammar Armghan, Yasser S. Abdalla, Wasiq Ali, Farman Ali

“…The measuring parameters like robustness against noise and element quantity, estimation accuracy, computation complexity, various numbers of hydrophones, variability analysis, frequency distribution and cumulative distribution function of root mean square error (RMSE), and resolution ability are applied for analyzing the performance of the proposed model with additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN). …”
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Enhancing wireless applications through reconfigurable electro-mechanical reflectarray antenna design for beam steering by Behrokh Beiranvand, Rashid Mirzavand

“…The proposed design involves multiple reflective strips at variable heights, enabling significant adaptability to incident waves at various angles. …”
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Dual RNA-seq reveals transcriptome changes during Fusarium virguliforme-Trichoderma afroharzianum interactions. by Mirian F Pimentel, Leonardo F Rocha, Arjun Subedi, Jason P Bond, Ahmad M Fakhoury

“…This study contributes to a better understanding of the interaction between T. afroharzianum and F. virguliforme, which is crucial for developing efficient biological control programs.…”
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Harnessing biostimulants for sustainable agriculture: innovations, challenges, and future prospects by Amine Khoulati, Sabir Ouahhoud, Mohamed Taibi, Said Ezrari, Samira Mamri, Othmane Merah, Abdelkader Hakkou, Mohamed Addi, Adil Maleb, Ennouamane Saalaoui

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