Meristic and morphometric comparison of an undescribed sucker of the Río Culiacán (Catostomus sp.) and Yaqui sucker (Catostomus bernardini) (Catostomidae, Teleostei) from the Sierr... by Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos, Sergio Sánchez-Gonzáles, Richard L. Mayden, Alejandro Varela-Romero

“…Likewise, the discrimination was associated with the lowest values for predorsal distance, soft posterior ocular margin to occiput, and number of anal rays. The standardized coefficients for canonical variables 1 and 2 accounted 82.6% of the total variation. …”
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A Data-Driven Approach Based on Deep Neural Network Regression for Predicting the Compressive Strength of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete by Nhat-Duc Hoang, Van-Duc Tran

“…Experimental results show that the L1 regularization helps achieve the most desired performance, with a coefficient of determination (R2) of roughly 0.96. Notably, an asymmetric loss function is used along with Nadam to decrease the percentage of overestimated cases from 50.83% to 27.08%. …”
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Examining the Factors Affecting the Use of Crypto Assets as Foreign Payment and Investment Instruments: A Quantitative Study by Güneş Yılmaz, Tayfur Süleyman Koç

“…Along with path coefficients, f² and q² effect sizes were also analyzed to examine the interaction between the variables. …”
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Techno-economic assessment of low-carbon ammonia as fuel for the maritime sector by Wouter Schreuder, J. Chris Slootweg, Bob van der Zwaan

“…We incorporate three different cost levels for ammonia and a variable engine efficiency ranging from 35 % to 55 %. …”
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Analysis of Hydrological and Meteorological Conditions in the Southern Baltic Sea for the Purpose of Using LNG as Bunkering Fuel by Ewelina Orysiak, Jakub Figas, Maciej Prygiel, Maksymilian Ziółek, Bartosz Ryłko

“…The southern Baltic Sea is characterized by highly variable weather conditions, particularly in autumn and winter, when storms, strong westerly winds, and temporary sea ice formation disrupt maritime operations. …”
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Smart technique for calculating fault current model parameters using short circuit current measurements by R. A. Mahmoud, O. P. Malik, W. M. Fayek

“…The difference concept can be utilized to obtain precise mathematical formulas for evaluating the parameters of the fault current model. This is for efficient implementation of multiple functions that include digital protective relay, fault locator, digital filter, CT saturation detector and compensator. …”
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A toolkit for facilitating markerless integration of expression cassettes in Komagataella phaffii via CRISPR/Cas9 by Laura García-Calvo, Charlotte Kummen, Solvor Rustad, Sissel Beate Rønning, Annette Fagerlund

“…Abstract Background The yeast Komagataella phaffii (formerly known as Pichia pastoris) has been widely used for functional expression of recombinant proteins, including plant and animal food proteins. …”
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Machine learning projection of climate and technology impacts on crops key to food security by Dan Li, Vassili Kitsios, David Newth, Terence John O’Kane

“…Our model is designed to capture the relationships between technology, climate variables and the annual growth rate in crop yield across the world’s producing regions. …”
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On the Modular Design Application for the Gas Turbine Sector: A Performance Optimization Approach in the Context of Industry 4.0 by Lucas Chavanel-Precloux, Roland Maranzana, Lucas A. Hof

“…Indeed, this study presents the functioning of the novel application, the different deployed components and their variables, such as the compressor efficiency, heat exchangers, or turbine stages, and the decision variable, e.g., the costs of generated energy. …”
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An Improved Pied Kingfisher Optimizer for Maritime UAV Path Planning by Wenyuan Cong, Hao Yi, Feifan Yu, Jiajie Chen, Xinmin Chen, Fengrui Xu

“…Subsequently, a path planning objective function was constructed based on trajectory cost and threat cost to simulate a 3D space for UAV maritime rescue missions, and the IPKO algorithm was applied to address the UAV path planning problem. …”
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U-rich elements drive pervasive cryptic splicing in 3’ UTR massively parallel reporter assays by Khoa Dao, Courtney F. Jungers, Sergej Djuranovic, Anthony M. Mustoe

“…Splicing is activated by U-rich sequences, which function as potent position-dependent regulators of 5’ and 3’ splice site choice and overall splicing efficiency. …”
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Multi-camera association tracking algorithm for pedestrian target based on difference image by Shuai Ren

“…The pedestrian target obeys the Laplacian random variable probability density function, and moves according to the center position of the bounding box to ensure that the target tends to move around the starting position, and realizes the multi-camera association tracking. …”
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Process engineering by Ahmed Mohamed Farid Shaaban, Azza Ibrahim Hafez, Mona Amin Abdel-Fatah, Nabil Mahmoud Abdel-Monem, Mohamed Hanafy Mahmoud

“…The solution diffusion model was used to develop power correlations to calculate the permeate side solute mass transfer coefficient as a function of effective cross-flow Reynolds number. …”
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Early Predictive Value of the Glucose‐to‐Lymphocyte Ratio for the Occurrence of Stroke‐Associated Pneumonia by Fuqiang Zhou, Liju Ma, Min Li, Haijiang Li, Heying Yang, Ye Xu, Kuankuan Dang, Fengchen Gao, Haimei Sun

“…The GLR was converted into a categorical variable for trend testing, and compared the predictive efficiency of GLR through the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and Bonferroni correction analysis. …”
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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 3D mixed frame element with multi-axial coupling for thin-walled structures with damage by D. Addessi, P. Di Re

“…The beam formulation is derived on the basis of the Hu-Washizu variational principle, expressed as function of four independent fields: the standard displacements, strains and stresses and the additional warping displacement. …”
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Pedestrian detection method based on improved YOLOv5 by Shangtao You, Zhenchao Gu, Kai Zhu

“…We optimize the regression prediction of the anchor using the Efficient IOU Loss (EIOU) function. Experimental data show that the mean average precision (mAP) of the HOD-YOLOv5 model achieves 83.5%, compared to YOLOv5, which is 4.4% higher than original YOLOv5, and the recognition speed of the HOD-YOLOV5 reaches 106.7 frames per second (FPS). …”
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Evaluating Machine Learning Models for Predicting Hardness of AlCoCrCuFeNi High-Entropy Alloys by Uma Maheshwera Reddy Paturi, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Pasupuleti Lakshmi Narayana, Anoop Kumar Maurya, Seong-Woo Choi, Nagireddy Gari Subba Reddy

“…This study evaluates the predictive capabilities of various machine learning (ML) algorithms for estimating the hardness of AlCoCrCuFeNi high-entropy alloys (HEAs) based on their compositional variables. Among the ML methods explored, a backpropagation neural network (BPNN) model with a sigmoid activation function exhibited superior predictive accuracy compared to other algorithms. …”
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Feasibility and psychometric quality of smartphone administered cognitive ecological momentary assessments in women with metastatic breast cancer by Ashley M Henneghan, Emily W Paolillo, Kathleen M Van Dyk, Oscar Y Franco-Rocha, Soyeong Bang, Rebecca Tasker, Tara Kaufmann, Darren Haywood, Nicolas H Hart, Raeanne C Moore

“…Test-retest reliability was examined using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) for each EMA, and Pearson's correlation were used to evaluate convergent validity between cognitive EMAs and baseline clinical cognitive and psychosocial variables. …”
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Bayesian inference of structured latent spaces from neural population activity with the orthogonal stochastic linear mixing model. by Rui Meng, Kristofer E Bouchard

“…The brain produces diverse functions, from perceiving sounds to producing arm reaches, through the collective activity of populations of many neurons. …”
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