Assessing service quality and its impact on patient experience and satisfaction in prosthetics and orthotics: a SERVQUAL-based cross-sectional study by Mahmoud Alfatafta, Nizar Alsubahi, Huda Alfatafta, Amneh Alshawabka, Anthony McGarry, Alaeddin Ahmad, Evelin Derkacs, Dorottya Varga, Bálint Molics

“…Reliability significantly influenced PS (p < 0.001) but had no impact on PE (p = 0.386), while Empathy did not significantly affect PS (p = 0.311), suggesting that practical aspects such as device functionality and efficiency may be prioritized over emotional considerations in P&O care. …”
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Engineering students' perceptions and actual use of AI-based math tools for solving mathematical problems by Kimberly F. Garcia, Ardvin Kester S. Ong, Ma. Janice J. Gumasing, Cesar Romeo V. Delos Reyes

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the variables that influenced the engineering students' perceptions of adoption and actual academic use of AI-based math tools as academic assistance. …”
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Risk Assessment Approach of Toll Road Operator by A. Yu. Talavirya, M. B. Laskin

“…All such factors are modeled in the AnyLogic environment as random variables with a rich choice of distribution functions and their parameters.Results. …”
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Genome‐wide screening of abberant methylated drivers combined with relative risk loci in bladder cancer by Chuanjie Zhang, Kangjie Shen, Yuxiao Zheng, Feng Qi, Jun Luo

“…MethylMix package was used for identifying methylation‐driven genes and functional analysis was mainly performed based on ConsensusPathDB database. …”
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Wafer‐Scale Synthesis of Topological Insulator Sb2Te3 Thin Films by Ali Shafiei, Ahmad Fathi Hafshejani, Rehab M. G. Ahmed, Alessio Lamperti, Emanuele Longo, Lorenzo Locatelli, Christian Martella, Alessandro Molle, Graziella Tallarida, Carlo Zucchetti, Claudia Wiemer, Massimo Longo, Roberto Mantovan

“…Furthermore, comprehensive information on the variability of the functional properties of Sb2Te3 thin films with their morphological, chemical, and structural properties, as probed by scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction/reflectivity, atomic force microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, and energy‐dispersive X‐ray analyses is reported. …”
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Crisis Communication About the Maui Wildfires on TikTok: Content Analysis of Engagement With Maui Wildfire–Related Posts Over 1 Year by Jim P Stimpson, Aditi Srivastava, Ketan Tamirisa, Joseph Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula, Alexander N Ortega

“…Using TikTok’s search functionality, we identified and reviewed public posts that contained relevant hashtags. …”
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Dermatoglifia y Somatotipo en Jugadores de Voleibol del Departamento del Huila en los XX Juegos Deportivos Nacionales Colombia (Dermatoglyphia and Somatotype in Volleyball Players... by Oscar Alfredo Montenegro Arjona, Oscar Leonardo Cordoba Urriago, Angie Carolina Calderón Sterling, Cristian Javier Mendez Parra, Gian Carlos Tovar Osso

“…Bivariate correlations were performed with Kendall's tau coefficient (t) to determine the correlation between the variables. …”
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Versatile machine learning algorithms for FTIR spectroscopy: differentiating crosslinked and non-crosslinked gelatin samples by Juliana Rincón-López, Eliana Álvarez-Valdés, Daniela Velez-Arango, Estefanía Rojas Zuleta, Leidy Yuliana Vargas Soto, Liliana Lellesch, Victor Alonso García Londoño, Milton Rosero-Moreano, Gonzalo Taborda-Ocampo

“…The functional and mechanical properties of the gelatin depend on the chemical and structural characteristics. …”
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Organic Dye Photodegradation Using Niobium-Alkali Perovskite Photocatalysts: The Effect of the Alkali by Mirtha Z. L. L. Ribeiro, Igor F. Gomes, Edher Z. Herrera, Alexandre Mello, Marília O. Guimarães, Patrícia A. Carneiro, Débora C. M. Rodrigues, Wanderlã L. Scopel, Rodrigo G. Amorim, Mauro C. Ribeiro

“…This study combines experimental and density functional theory (DFT) to evaluate the influence of alkaline cation characteristics on the electronic structure and photodegradation efficacy of organic dyes in MNbO₃ (M = Na, K) perovskites. …”
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Validation of an interferon-gamma enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot assay to evaluate cell-mediated immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by Yunhwa Kim, Eun-Jeong Jang, Ji-Young Hwang, Kyung-Min Lee, Sivilay Xayaheuang, Seok-Tae Choi, Hosun Park

“…Taken together, we demonstrated that the IFN-γ ELISpot assay is feasible for evaluating SARS-CoV-2-specific cell-mediated immune function through validation based on standard operating procedures.…”
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Network Analysis of Key Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Cognitive Domains for Targeted Intervention in US Older Adults Without Dementia: Cross-Sectional Study by Jiaying Li, Rendong He, Erh-Chi Hsu, Junxin Li

“…Network analysis identified central and bridge variables. Nonparametric and case-dropping bootstrap methods checked network stability. …”
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The Effect of Season and Breed on Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Hormones, Metabolic Hormones, and Oxidative Markers in Ponies and Horses by Sarah Alison Vaughn, Margaret B. Lemons, Kelsey A. Hart

“…Linear mixed effects modeling with a random effect for animal was used to determine the effects of season and breed. Correlation coefficients were calculated for relevant variables. …”
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Identification of an additive interaction using parameter regularization and model selection in epidemiology by Chanchan Hu, Zhifeng Lin, Zhijian Hu, Shaowei Lin

“…We present two pathways to achieve this end: one is to complete the constraint by adding a regular penalty term to the model likelihood function; the other is to use model selection. Result Using simulated and real data, our proposed methods effectively identified additive interactions and proved to be applicable to real-world data. …”
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Objective Measures of Spatial Effects in Spanish Concert Halls by Sara GIRÓN, Teófilo ZAMARRENO, Pedro BUSTAMANTE

“…The paper concludes with a discussion on the relationships of hall-average data of the five parameters with eight geometric and acoustic variables.…”
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Data-driven modeling and regression analysis on ship resistance of in-service performance by Daehyuk Kim, Shin Hyung Rhee

“…The analysis of added resistance due to waves shows significant, but sometimes inconsistent, transfer function coefficients, suggesting simpler model structures could be more effective. …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1986-2018): AUTO-REGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTED LAG APPROACH by Isiaka Kareem JIMBA, Rosemary Bukola AJALA

“…The study incorporated other investment measures like foreign direct investment and public investment into the model, while inflation and exchange rate were taken as control variables. Secondary data was sourced from CBN statistical bulletin of various editions and was estimated using autoregressive distributed lag bound test and its coefficients. …”
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Research on the Stability Prediction and Optimization of CNC Milling Based on Bagging–NSGAⅡ Under the Influence of Multiple Factors by Congying DENG, Qian YOU, Yang ZHAO, Lijun LIN, Guofu YIN

“…Taking these process parameters (<italic>x</italic>, <italic>y</italic>, <italic>z</italic>, <italic>d</italic>, <italic>h</italic>, <italic>n</italic>, <italic>a</italic>_p, <italic>a</italic>_e, <italic>f</italic>_z) as design variables, a multi-objective optimization model is constructed to balance machining efficiency and tool life. …”
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Climate Change Risk, Performance, and Value Added in Agricultural Sector by Ramin Amani, Zanko Ghorbani, Zana Mozaffari

“…Results and Discussion The results of this research show that both climate change performance index variables and climate change risk have a positive and significant effect on the added value of the agricultural sector in all three functional groups and all deciles. …”
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Predictive model for the therapeutic effect of bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on the freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease by Qi Limuge, Yuqing Zhang, Xiaofei Jia, Fang Wang, Dongsheng Yu, Lixia Chen, Li Zhang, Yongqiang Jiang, Yongqiang Jiang

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Same data, different results? Machine learning approaches in bioacoustics by Kaja Wierucka, Derek Murphy, Stuart K. Watson, Nikola Falk, Claudia Fichtel, Julian León, Stephan T. Leu, Peter M. Kappeler, Elodie F. Briefer, Marta B. Manser, Nikhil Phaniraj, Marina Scheumann, Judith M. Burkart

“…We investigated the impact of using different feature extraction (spectro‐temporal measurements, linear and Mel‐frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCC), as well as highly comparative time‐series analysis) and classification methods (discriminant function analysis, neural networks, random forests (RF), and support vector machines) on the consistency of caller identity classification accuracy across 16 mammalian datasets. …”
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