ESTIMATING THE DEMAND FOR RAILWAY FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION: A CASE STUDY IN KAZAKHSTAN by Madiyar SULTANBEK, Nazdana ADILOVA, Aleksander SŁADKOWSKI, Arnur KARIBAYEV

“…Qualitative methods rely on judgments and opinions, while quantitative methods utilize historical data or identify causal relationships between variables. Overall, the present study highlights the critical role of demand forecasting in the railway freight transportation industry and its impact on efficient planning and decision-making processes.…”
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Development of a Data‐Driven Lightning Scheme for Implementation in Global Climate Models by Vincent Verjans, Christian L. E. Franzke

“…Abstract This study proposes a new lightning scheme applicable at the global scale, predicting lightning rates from climatic variables. Using satellite lightning records spanning a period of 29 years, we apply machine learning methods to derive a functional relationship between lightning and climate reanalysis data. …”
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Antigenic characterization of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein precursor incorporated into nanodiscs. by Kristen C Witt, Luis Castillo-Menendez, Haitao Ding, Nicole Espy, Shijian Zhang, John C Kappes, Joseph Sodroski

“…These results indicate that Env-NDs represent a potentially useful platform for investigating the structural, functional and antigenic properties of the HIV-1 Env trimer in a membrane context.…”
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In vitro study of macro and micro nutrients decline in MS medium on growth and development levels of Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne. by Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Nasr, Marziyeh Valizadeh, Seyed Ali Razavi

“…Acacia tortilis is one of the valuable species growing in the southern regions of Iran, which is highly considerable for a variety of reasons such as stabilization of quicksand, medicinal uses and ecological functions. Low germination capacity of seeds, hard rooting of cuttings, the value of aesthetics and multiple medicinal uses highlight the importance of further research to explore methods for easy and efficient propagation of this species in vitro. …”
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The Effect of Capital Ownership and Ownership Spread on Economic Income Distribution by Esat Daşdemir, Halil Tunalı

“…According to the obtained results, an increase in the ratio of publicly traded stocks improves income distribution; in other words, the GINI coefficient decreases. This result was determined to be more intense in the Turkish economy with the dummy variables that were used. …”
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Assessment of the social capital impact on the household income of the Russian Federation regions by N. Е. Karmanova, A. V. Koritskiy

“…The authors propose a methodological approach that distinguishes the study from other economists – this is mathematical modeling using the extended Cobb-Douglas production function with the inclusion of indicators representing human and social capital in the number of independent variables of this function. …”
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Intelligent fault diagnosis of shearer based on simplified interval kernel global-local feature fusion by Ning LI, Hua DING, Xiaochun SUN, Zeping LIU, Guoshu PU

“…The results show that compared with the midpoint-radius kernel PCA, the kernel local preservation projection and interval kernel global-local feature fusion algorithms, the proposed method has a good monitoring effect on the single variable simulation fault, the multi-variable pick loss and the waterway blockage fault of shearers. …”
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Variation in Likert scale of the mathematics usefulness test by Facundo Juan Pablo Abal, Sofía Esmeralda Auné, Horacio Félix Attorresi

“…Likert scales with more categories increased test reliability at the extreme levels of the trait, but at the expense of compromising the internal structure validity evidences (Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Partial Credit Model of the Item Response Theory). The relative efficiency function revealed that similar information is obtained for all levels of the trait when using 5 or 6-point scales. …”
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Integration of indigenous and formal knowledge in the assessment of soil quality performance assessment using multiple factor analysis in Alborz central mountains by Niloufar Izadi, Fateme Aghamir

“…The current study uses Multiple Factor Analysis (MFA) to propose efficiency indicators based on the weighting of familiar, organizational, or productive variables in groups evaluating indigenous, scientific, and data variability. …”
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Effect of settling time, velocity gradient, and camp number on turbidity removal for oilfield produced water by Thamer J. Mohammed, Eman Shakir

“…The experimental results of this study are used to develop an empirical correlation for turbidity removal efficiency as a function of multi variables poly-aluminum chloride dosage; polyelectrolyte dosage; and Ferric chloride dosage. …”
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Research on Local Obstacle Avoidance Path Planning Algorithm for Autonomous Mining Trucks by HUANG Shuai, WANG Jia, HUANG Jiade, HUANG Peng, LYU Liang

“…Through solving the optimization function, autonomous local path planning is initiated for mining trucks encountering obstacles. …”
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Computational Algorithms for Representing Aircraft Instruments with Barometric Physics (Numerical Methods Applied to Flight Simulation) by Adan Ramirez-Lopez

“…Finally, an approach analysis as a function of the step time (Δt) used for calculation of the aircraft displacement to evaluate the efficiency of the numerical method integrated in the simulator is also described. …”
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Using Interval Operations in the Hungarian Method to Solve the Fuzzy Assignment Problem and Its Application in the Rehabilitation Problem of Valuable Buildings in Egypt by M. A. Elsisy, A. S. Elsaadany, M. A. El Sayed

“…A study on the reuse of many valuable buildings is presented after using different government and service buildings in a manner that does not fit with its original function and heritage value. We offer a solution based on the scientific and realistic basis for requalification according to the variables and requirements of the social, cultural, and economic environments in the environment surrounding the valuable buildings.…”
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Crystalloid Liberal or Vasopressors Early Resuscitation in Sepsis-Study of Treatment’s Echocardiographic Mechanisms (CLOVERS-STEM) by Michael J. Lanspa, MD, Akram Khan, MD, Patrick G. Lyons, MD, Michelle N. Gong, MD, Ali A. Naqvi, MD, Siddharth Dugar, MD, Abhijit Duggal, MD, Nicholas J. Johnson, MD, Jacob H. Schoeneck, MD, Lane Smith, MD, PhD, Somnath Bose, MD, MPH, Nathan I. Shapiro, MD, Tatyana Shvilkina, DO, Danielle Groat, MStat, Jason R. Jacobs, PhD, Troy D. Olsen, RCDS, Steven Cannavina, RCDS, Daniel B. Knox, MD, Eliotte L. Hirshberg, MD, Wesley H. Self, MD, Samuel M. Brown, MD

“…Receipt of fluid and vasopressors, common treatments in septic shock, may affect cardiac function. OBJECTIVES:. We sought to determine whether a liberal or restrictive fluid resuscitation strategy was associated with changes in cardiac function. …”
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Role of leisure and sleep in promoting daily physical activity in adults with down syndrome by Melissa R. Jenkins, Victoria L. Fleming, Emily K. Schworer, Yiwen Dong, Dana L. Tudorascu, Benjamin L. Handen, Sigan L. Hartley

“…Sleep variables included total sleep time (TST) and sleep efficiency (SE). …”
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Improved basal drag of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from L-curve analysis of inverse models utilizing subglacial hydrology simulations by L.-S. Höyns, L.-S. Höyns, L.-S. Höyns, T. Kleiner, A. Rademacher, M. Rückamp, M. Wolovick, M. Wolovick, A. Humbert, A. Humbert

“…Since we cannot directly measure basal properties on a large scale, inverse models can be used to infer the basal drag coefficient by minimizing a cost function that depends on a velocity misfit and a regularization term.…”
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Correlation of Immune Parameters in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia: post-hoc Analysis of the TeMP Study by Kristina K. Kadantseva, Valery V. Subbotin, Mikhail Y. Yadgarov, Elizaveta M. Korolenok, Levan B. Berikashvili, Roman A. Akchulpanov, Nikolay S. Karnaukhov, Ksenia S. Korchagina, Polina I. Kukina, Oksana A. Svitich, Artem N. Kuzovlev, Anna S. Barmina, Valery V. Likhvantsev

“…Spearman correlation coefficients and heat maps were used for analysis.Results. …”
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Incorporating Traffic Flow Model into A Deep Learning Method for Traffic State Estimation: A Hybrid Stepwise Modeling Framework by Yuyan Annie Pan, Jifu Guo, Yanyan Chen, Siyang Li, Wenhao Li

“…We build a hybrid cost function to adjust the weights of model-driven and data-driven proportions. …”
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Encapsulation Based Method for Natural Frequency Identification of Deployable Solar Arrays with Multiple Plates by Chunjuan Zhao, Xiangyu Zhao, Shanbo Chen, Jisong Yu, Lei Zhang

“…However, for the batch production of small satellites, the accuracy and efficiency of traditional ground modal testing methods are limited. …”
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A De-Nesting Hybrid Reliability Analysis Method and Its Application in Marine Structure by Chenfeng Li, Tenglong Jin, Zequan Chen, Guanchen Wei

“…Traditional methods for hybrid reliability analysis usually require a nested optimization framework, which will lead to too many calls to the limit state function (LSF) and result in poor computational efficiency. …”
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