A Novel Method for Inverting Deep-Sea Sound-Speed Profiles Based on Hybrid Data Fusion Combined with Surface Sound Speed by Qiang Yuan, Weiming Xu, Shaohua Jin, Xiaohan Yu, Xiaodong Ma, Tong Sun

“…By constructing a high-resolution regional sound speed field through WOA23 and historical SSP fusion, this method effectively mitigates spatiotemporal heterogeneity and seasonal variability. The artificial lemming algorithm (ALA) is introduced to optimize the inversion of empirical orthogonal function (EOF) coefficients, enhancing global search efficiency while avoiding local optimization. …”
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Home Spirometry for Post-COVID Recovery: A Clinical Validation Study of an Ultrasonic Device by Asli Gorek Dilektasli, Ayten Odabas, Ismet Polat, Abdurrahman Dogan, Guven Ozkaya, Ozge Aydin Guclu, Nilufer Aylin Acet Ozturk, Funda Coskun, Mehmet Karadag

“…FEV1/FVC ratios showed greater variability. Pulmonary function improved significantly over 12 weeks for both methods (<i>p</i> < 0.002). …”
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Estimation of heat transfer parameters by using trained POD-RBF and Grey Wolf Optimizer by Minh Ngoc Nguyen, Nha Thanh Nguyen, Thien Tich Truong

“… The article presents a numerical model for estimation of heat transfer parameters, e.g. thermal conductivity and convective coefficient, in two-dimensional solid bodies under steady-state conduction. …”
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Span of Control in Teamwork and Organization Structure by Katarina Remenova, Zuzana Skorkova, Nadezda Jankelova

“…The results of non-parametric testing (Chi-Square Test of Independence) and rates of association between variables (using Cramér’s V and Phi coefficient and for ordinal variables, Kendall’s tau-b, GoodmanKruskal’s Gamma, Kendall’s tau-c and Somers’ d) indicate that the team size is not related to the level of management, which does not confirm the assumption that the largest teams work at the lowest management level and vice versa, that the team leader at the top level is in charge of the smallest number of people. …”
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Local calibration of JPCP transverse cracking and IRI models using maximum likelihood estimation by Rahul Raj Singh, Syed Waqar Haider, James Bryce

“…The approach uses measured data from the Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT) pavement management system (PMS) database for 70 jointed plain concrete pavement (JPCP) sections to calibrate and validate transfer functions. The MLE approach is combined with resampling techniques to improve the robustness of calibration coefficients. …”
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Relationship Between Physical Performance and Strength of the Ankle Muscles, Pain, and Kinesiophobia in Taekwondo Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability by Beom-jun Kim, Ui-jae Hwang, Oh-yun Kwon

Principles of research of soil ped deformation at interaction with machine working element by V. I. Kravchuk, V. P. Davydyuk

“…Research of systems of analytical models of the second order with variable coefficients in partial derivatives with a set of input and output parameters can be effectively realized by numerical methods with use of the special varargin and varargout functions. …”
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Multiparametric positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Correlations between magnetic resonance imaging functional parameters and18F-fl... by Sheng-Chieh Chan, Shu-Hang Ng, Chih-Hua Yeh, Kai-Ping Chang

“…Materials and Methods: We enrolled 85 patients with primary NPC who simultaneously underwent18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT and PET/MRI before definitive treatment. The following variables were determined: (1) functional parameters from the MRI component, including perfusion values (Ktrans,kep,ve, and initial area under the enhancement curve) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values, and (2) PET parameters, including metabolic tumor volume (MTV). …”
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Resting-State Brain Network Characteristics Related to Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Preliminary fNIRS Proof-of-Concept Study by Guohui Yang, Chenyu Fan, Haozheng Li, Yu Tong, Shuang Lin, Yashuo Feng, Fengzhi Liu, Chunrong Bao, Hongyu Xie, Yi Wu

“…Subject sRSFC strength and dRSFC variability coefficients were evaluated via fNIRS. The study evaluated the feasibility of using fNIRS to measure these connectivity metrics and compared resting-state brain network characteristics between the two groups. …”
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Canal Geometry, Flow Velocity, Dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum Poir.) Density and Soil Phosphorous Effects on Hydraulic Resistance of Vegetated Canals by Abolfazl Nasserı

“…Therefore, a regression model comprises both the roughness coefficient as a dependent variable and the flow velocity and canal slope as an independent variable is developed. …”
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Development of a General Composite Scale (GENCOMS) for Progressive Neurodegenerative Diseases and Implications for the Assessment of Disease-Modifying Therapies by Samuel P. Dickson, Craig H. Mallinckrodt, Basia Rogula, Lauren C. Powell, Michele H. Potashman, Vladimir Coric, Gilbert J. L’Italien, Suzanne B. Hendrix

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Species richness is not a good predictor for above-ground biomass in a warm temperate deciduous broadleaf forest by Chunmei He, Yushan Li, Xiaoxia Dai, Na Liu, Fangfang Wu, Jiangbo Yan, Meiping Gao, Yonghui Liang, Zuoqiang Yuan, Zhanqing Hao, Qiulong Yin

“…Spearman correlation coefficients were used to analyze the correlations between AGB and the variables. …”
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Large Deformation Elastic Analysis of Pressurized FGM Thick Cylindrical Shells with Nonlinear Plane Elasticity Theory (NPET) by Navid Bahadorani, Mehdi Ghannad, Mohammad Hossein Sohani, Bahman Modiri

“…Because of large deformations along the radial direction and hence the existence of nonlinear terms in kinematic equations, the governing equation is a nonlinear second-order equation with variable coefficients, which is solved in plane stress and plane strain states using the perturbation technique. …”
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Study of kinetic performance effect on wheel and rail wear using computer simulation by Lev I. Evelson, Evgeny A. Pamfilov, Alexander G. Tsygankov, Ludmila I. Shiryaeva

“…The problems solved here are analysis of the earlier proposed mathematical functions describing the kinetic performance for the presence of extremes, the functional behavior (growth, decrease, monotonicity, and unimodality, etc.) in various parameter ranges; implementation of the computer simulation of the wheelpair movement by rail with the quantitative estimation of the wheel and rail wear with various kinetic performance parameters; to determine qualitative influence patterns of the kinetic wear performance. …”
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Boundary value problems for discontinuously loaded parabolic equations by Mukhamed M. Karmokov, Fatima M. Nakhusheva, Sakinat K. Gekkieva

“…The article deals with boundary value problems for a discontinuously loaded parabolic equation with a Riemann – Liouville fractional integro-differentiation operator with variable coefficients. The unambiguous solvability of the Cauchy – Dirichlet problem for a discontinuously loaded parabolic equation of fractional order is proved. …”
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Intelligent forecasting model for aquatic production based on artificial neural network by Junqiao Hu, Jingyu Yin, Chaohui Yang, Yanxi Zhou, Changqing Li, Changqing Li

“…GDP per capita is found to be the most critical factor, followed by climate-related variables (sunshine duration, temperature) and socioeconomic indicators (Engel coefficient, consumer price index). …”
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Frequency Responses Resistance to Variations of Electric Filter Parameters by E. N. Chervinskiy

“…When electric filter designs "on the whole" circuit's parameters are determined as a result of solving the system of equations formed by equating of coefficients at equal powers of the variable in terms of desirable transfer function (TF) and TF filter. …”
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Rheological models of trabecular structures joint implants obtained by additive processes by Олександр Саленко, Микола Крищук, Наталія Гаврушкевич, Галина Габузян, Дмитро Джулій

“…It is taken into account that the implant itself should be made in the form of a combined set of functional elements (or initial surfaces), the dynamic properties of which are variable and maximally adapted to the properties of the connected bone, which allows to preserve the initial properties of the bones of the joints as much as possible while ensuring the proper strength and reliability of the structure in as a whole The interdependence of the results of surgical intervention with the patient's initial condition, indications for treatment, his activity and possible postoperative complications was analyzed. …”
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Numerical approximation of time-fractional nonlinear partial integro-differential equation using fractional Euler and cubic trigonometric B-Spline methods by Mehwish Saleem, Arshed Ali, Fazal-i-Haq, Hassan Khan

“…Efficiency and reliability of the current method is analyzed for the fractional-order via three highly nonlinear test problems with variable coefficients. The rate of convergence of the proposed method is also computed in temporal and spatial dimensions.…”
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Algorithm for Finding Feedback in a Problem with Constraints for One Class of Nonlinear Control Systems by Michail G. Dmitriev, Zainelkhriet N. Murzabekov, Gulbanu A. Mirzakhmedova

“…For this, the solution of an auxiliary optimal control problem with a quadratic functional is used by analogy with the SDRE approach.Since this approach is used in the literature to find suboptimal synthesis in optimal control problems with a quadratic functional with formally linear systems, where all coefficient matrices in differential equations and criteria can contain state variables, then on a finite time interval it becomes necessary to solve a complicated matrix differential Riccati equations, with state-dependent coefficient matrices. …”
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