An assessment of the likely impact of strain-related phenotypic plasticity on hominin fossil species identification by M. Collard, S.J. Lycett

“…We divided the measurements into three groups: measurements of features subject to high masticatory strain, measurements of features subject to low-to-moderate masticatory strain, and measurements of features that do not remodel and therefore are not prone to strain-related phenotypic plasticity. Next, we used the coefficient of variation and ANOVA to investigate whether masticatory strain is a cause of variability. …”
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Adaptive Fractional-Order Nonsingular Fast Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Manipulators by Xin Zhang, Ran Shi

“…Secondly, in view of the problems of large chattering and slow convergence speed in the reaching stage, this paper designs a variable exponential power-reaching law (VEPRL), which has the ability to change the exponential coefficients according to the system state adaptively. …”
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Causal relationships of vegetation productivity with root zone water availability and atmospheric dryness at the catchment scale by G. W. Abeshu, H.-Y. Li, M. Shi, L. R. Leung

“…These findings underscore the need for a comprehensive functional framework that integrates catchment water supply, atmospheric demand, and vegetation productivity to enhance our understanding and predictive capabilities with regard to ecosystem responses to climate change.…”
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An enhanced buck-boost converter for photovoltaic diagnosis application: Accurate MPP tracker and I-V tracer by Yassine Chouay, Mohammed Ouassaid

“…In normal operation, the converter is controlled by neural network (NN) controller to efficiently extract maximum power point (MPP). However, in the event of a system failure, the converter automatically transitions to variable load mode to capture different points on the current-voltage (I-V) curve. …”
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Seasonal and diurnal freeze–thaw dynamics of a rock glacier and their impacts on mixing and solute transport by C. Louis, L. J. S. Halloran, C. Roques

“…<p>Rock glaciers play a vital role in the hydrological functioning of many alpine catchments. Here, we investigate seasonal and daily freeze–thaw cycles of the previously undocumented Canfinal rock glacier (RG) located in the Val d'Ursé catchment (Bernina Range, Switzerland) and the RG's influence on the dynamics of the hydrogeological system. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Folding Tail Aeroelasticity Based on the CFD/CSD Coupling Method by Di Zhou, Weitao Lu, Jiangpeng Wu, Tongqing Guo, Binbin Lv, Hongtao Guo, Hongya Xia

“…The aeroelastic coupling was achieved through successive iterations of CFD and CSD computations in the time domain. An adaptive multi-functional morphing aircraft allowing tail fold motion was selected to be studied. …”
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From Nasion to Sellion: repositioning landmarks for radioprotection-tailored 3D cephalometric analysis by Marco Serafin, Benedetta Baldini, Elisa Boccalari, Salvatore Bocchieri, Sergio Sambataro, Chiarella Sforza, Giuseppe Baselli, Gianluca Martino Tartaglia, Alberto Caprioglio

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Pavement Deterioration Modeling of the International Roughness Index Based on Fuzzy Logic Approach by Abdualmtalab Ali, Abdalrhman Milad, Hussein ALMufargi, Nur Izzi Md Yusoff

“…Various types of pavement distress, such as fatigue cracking, rutting, longitudinal cracking, block cracking, transverse cracking, patching, ravelling, and potholes, are input variables; these parameters are fuzzified into fuzzy subsets with triangular membership functions. …”
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Empowering small-scale industries food safety: Designing fuzzy controlled pulse electric field pasteurization by Ika Noer Syamsiana, Mohammad Wildan Fikri Amrullah, Muhammad Akhlis Rizza, Wahyu Aulia Nurwicaksana, Zakiyah Irfin, Ratna Ika Putri, Cahya Rahmad

“…The objective is to develop a more efficient and economical alternative solution for milk preservation. …”
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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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Random First-Order Linear Discrete Models and Their Probabilistic Solution: A Comprehensive Study by M.-C. Casabán, J.-C. Cortés, J.-V. Romero, M.-D. Roselló

“…The study is based on Random Variable Transformation method. The obtained results are given in terms of the probability density functions of the data, namely, initial condition, forcing term, and diffusion coefficient. …”
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Fokker-Planck Central Moment Lattice Boltzmann Method for Effective Simulations of Fluid Dynamics by William Schupbach, Kannan Premnath

“…This can be interpreted as a new path for the collision process in terms of the relaxation of the various central moments to “equilibria”, which we term as the Markovian central moment attractors that depend on the products of the adjacent lower order moments and a diffusion coefficient tensor, thereby involving of a chain of attractors; effectively, the latter are nonlinear functions of not only the hydrodynamic variables, but also the non-conserved moments; the relaxation rates are based on scaling the drift coefficient by the order of the moment involved. …”
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Tumor-Associated Macrophages as Key Modulators of Disease Progression in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Corina Joldes, Laura Jimbu, Oana Mesaros, Mihnea Zdrenghea, Bogdan Fetica

“…Response to immunotherapy relies on the availability, functionality, and efficacy of the host’s immune effector mechanisms. …”
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Study on the Photosynthetic Physiological Responses of Greenhouse Young Chinese Cabbage (<i>Brassica rapa</i> L. <i>Chinensis Group</i>) Affected by Particulate Matter Based on Hyp... by Lijuan Kong, Siyao Gao, Jianlei Qiao, Lina Zhou, Shuang Liu, Yue Yu, Haiye Yu

“…Particulate matter affects both the light environment and air quality in greenhouses, obstructing normal gas exchange and hindering efficient physiological activities such as photosynthesis. …”
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A Comparative Study in Fuzzy Control Systems for Cruise Control Vehicles by Adnan Shaout, Malek I El Amr

“…However, these systems are very complex and require an accurate model, which is difficult to achieve due to complex and variable road conditions. Therefore, reaching level 5 autonomous driving, which refers to a fully automated vehicle capable of performing all driving functions, will eventually require fuzzy logic inference to help incorporate human-like thinking into the vehicle. …”
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The study of socio economic factors’ influence on the capacity dynamics of the pharmaceutical market in contracting conditions by А. А. Kotvitska, V. H. Kostiuk

“…For the effective functioning of pharmaceutical companies in the current economic conditions it is necessary to carry out product policy aimed to expanding the range of medicines that are most popular. …”
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Analyzing Chemical Decay in Environmental Nanomaterials Using Gamma Distribution with Hybrid Censoring Scheme by Hanan Haj Ahmad, Dina A. Ramadan, Mohamed Aboshady

“…The Gamma distribution’s flexibility and mathematical properties make it well-suited for reliability and decay analysis, capturing variable hazard rates and accommodating different censoring structures. …”
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A Protocol for Advanced Psychometric Assessment of Surveys by Janet E. Squires, Leslie Hayduk, Alison M. Hutchinson, Lisa A. Cranley, Mark Gierl, Greta G. Cummings, Peter G. Norton, Carole A. Estabrooks

“…Reliability is assessed with internal consistency coefficients and information functions. A unitary approach to validity consisting of accumulating evidence based on instrument content, response processes, internal structure, and relations to other variables is taken. …”
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Rapid global fitting of large fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy datasets. by Sean C Warren, Anca Margineanu, Dominic Alibhai, Douglas J Kelly, Clifford Talbot, Yuriy Alexandrov, Ian Munro, Matilda Katan, Chris Dunsby, Paul M W French

“…This approach is often considered to be prohibitively slow and/or computationally expensive but we present here a computationally efficient global analysis algorithm for the analysis of time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) or time-gated FLIM data based on variable projection. …”
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IRRIGATED YIELD ESTIMATION OF Populus Nigra STANDS IN NINEVEH PLANTATION by Muzahim .S. younis

“…Consequence of the use of Non-Linear function in this study, which is believed to be in harmonic with the characteristics of tree stand, twelve trees were selected which represents different location over an area planted with Populus nigra trees ,and after data analysis of variable values , three mathematical equations were obtains which link the yield per area ,a dependent variable and age ,mean height of stand quadratic mean diameter as the independent variable , in order to obtain yield table of revocable densities for Populus nigra , selecting the best model , different measures of precision , such as , coefficient of determination, standard error of estimate and residual analysis test, so following regressions selected : Y= 4.1356 G1.12355 R2= 0.9796 S.E=1.8 Y= 0.12788H2.27 R2= 0.913 S.E=3.54 Y= -0.64168+0.34744A2+0.063183Dq2.4 R2= 0.9674 S.E=2.29 Since there are good values of precision measures , so we will be able to use equations to prepare yield table at different densities of Populus nigra stands in Nineveh, depending on mean height or basal area per hectare or for age and quadratic mean. …”
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