Reliability and validity of a Japanese version of life-space assessment in institutionalized settings by Tomoyuki Shinohara, PhD, Shota Saito, MS, Ayumi Maruyama, Yuta Yabana, Yosuke Tomita, PhD, Klaus Hauer, PhD

“…Purpose: A reduction in life space (LS) is associated with a negative impact on medical and functional status during hospitalization, with potential consequences after discharge. …”
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Crop classification with deep convolutional neural network based on crop feature by Mohamad Reza Gili, Davoud Ashourloo, Hosein Aghighi, Ali Akbar Matkan, Alireza SHakiba

“…Due to the spectral overlap of the crops in some time periods, network training was associated with a relatively high loss and therefore, for the test area, the overall classification accuracy was 69% (percent) and the kappa coefficient was 0.55. In the next step, the functions that were developed as phenological features for crops were applied on the time series of the bands, and for each crop, a feature channel was obtained as the special feature of that crop. …”
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Production of Cyanobacterial Microscale Adsorbent by Hydrothermal Method for Pre-concentration of Cadmium from Water by T. Mohammadi Arian, G. Rahimi, R. Khavari Farid

“…The absorbent surface was rich in oxygen and nitrogen functional groups, such as hydroxyl, isothiocyanate, and carbonyl. …”
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Removal of chromium from synthetic wastewater by electrocoagulation and using natural coagulant (blend of hen eggshell powder with lime): optimization of response surface methodolo... by Werkne Sorsa Muleta, Firomsa Bidira Abdi, Endrias Adane Bekele

“…The central composite design of the response surface methodology was employed to estimate and optimize process variables, such as initial Cr concentration (225–475 mg/L), solution pH (5–9), and current density (0.35–045 A/m2), and treatment time (30–40 min) with an electrode distance (ED) of 0.5 and 1 cm, respectively. 99.90% and 99.74% of removal efficiencies were observed at initial Cr concentration of 456.11 mg/L, a solution pH of 5.45, with current density of 0.47 A/m2, and treatment time of 36.84 min. …”
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Similarity Solutions for Multiterm Time-Fractional Diffusion Equation by A. Elsaid, M. S. Abdel Latif, M. Maneea

“…Based on the obtained results, we propose a definition for a multiterm error function with generalized coefficients.…”
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Three-Dimensional Modified Cross-Section Hydrofoil Design and Performance Study by Hongpeng Cao, Yudong Xie, Zilei Ji

“…To improve the hydrodynamic performance of hydrofoils, this study combines the shape characteristics of flat and elliptical wings, uses parabolic function to fit the leading and trailing edges of hydrofoils, introduces the cross-section coefficient <i>λ</i> to characterize the cross-sectional size of hydrofoils along the spreading direction, and designs five hydrofoils with different cross-sections. …”
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Research and Development Expenditures and Economic Growth in the EU: A Panel Data Analysis by Freimane Rita, Bāliņa Signe

“…The estimated model is the production function type standard growth model extended with R&D stock variable. …”
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How Does Digital Banking-Driven Financial Inclusion Affect Income Inequality in Türkiye? by Ahmet Usta

“…As for the empirical evidence, the study employs the dynamic ordinary least squares method to obtain long-run coefficients, a vector autoregressive model to obtain short-run dynamics through impulse response functions with biascorrected bootstrap confidence intervals that account for the bias and skewness of the small sample, and a causality analysis. …”
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Interpretable Machine Learning Insights into the Factors Influencing Residents’ Travel Distance Distribution by Rui Si, Yaoyu Lin, Dongquan Yang, Qijin Guo

“…Key factors affecting travel distance distributions include the distance to the city center, bus station density, land use entropy, and the density of companies. Most environmental variables exhibit nonlinear and threshold effects on the log-normal distribution coefficients. …”
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Preference set-based design method for qualitative assessments using dominance-based rough set approach by Shotaro OYAMA, Takeo KATO

“…The preference set-based design (PSD) method enhances design efficiency by providing an adjustment range that reflects the preferences of the designer in the quantitative design variables and performance. …”
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A Gradient Grating Period Guided-Mode Resonance Spectrometer by Hsin-Yun Hsu, Yi-Hsuan Lan, Cheng-Sheng Huang

“…The GMR is specially designed to exhibit gradient grating periods (GPPs) laterally to ensure that the GMR functions as a linear-variable bandstop filter. Each period corresponds to a resonant wavelength such that this wavelength is reflected back at its corresponding resonant period and transmitted to all other periods. …”
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ENERGY-INFORMATION APPROACH FOR FINDING DYNAMICAL PROCESS PATTERN by O. M. Gerget, V. A. Kochegurov

“…Energy-informative approach is used for synthesizing generalized criteria for evaluating the functioning of dynamical biosystems.Given developed criteria and coefficients revealing the degree of tension in the body under normal functioning conditions. …”
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Preoperative Anteroposterior and Lateral Assessment of Sagittal Spinopelvic Parameters Show High Positional Correlation and Measurement Reliability Preceding Both Hip Preservation... by Benjamin D. Kuhns, M.D., M.S., Tyler R. McCarroll, M.D., Roger Quesada-Jimenez, M.D., Ady H. Kahana-Rojkind, M.D., Drashti Sikligar, M.Eng., Meredith F. Cohen, B.A., Benjamin G. Domb, M.D.

“…Purpose: To determine the reliability of sagittal radiographic variables across multiple positions and radiographic views and to correlate measures obtained on anteroposterior (AP) radiographs to lateral pelvis imaging. …”
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Reconstruction of U.S. Regional-Scale Soybean SIF Based on MODIS Data and BP Neural Network by YAO Jianen, LIU Haiqiu, YANG Man, FENG Jinying, CHEN Xiu, ZHANG Peipei

“…The Pearson correlation coefficient between the original OCO-2 SIF data and MODIS GPP stood were at a modest 0.53. …”
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ETHNOPEDAGOGICAL COMPONENT OF PHYSICAL TRAINING OF SCHOOLCHILDREN by M. M. Kolokoltsev

“…The inclusion of elements of the Buryat national sports into the program of variable school physical education classes at schools of Baikal region is proved. …”
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Adaptive Exploration Artificial Bee Colony for Mathematical Optimization by Shaymaa Alsamia, Edina Koch, Hazim Albedran, Richard Ray

“…The performance of AEABC was evaluated against 33 state-of-the-art metaheuristics across twenty-five benchmark functions and an engineering application. AEABC consistently outperformed its counterparts, demonstrating superior efficiency and accuracy. …”
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Active Disturbance Rejection Control for an automotive suspension system based on parameter tuning using a fuzzy technique. by Tuan Anh Nguyen

“…The proposed method is formed based on the combination of an Active Disturbance Rejection Control (ADRC) technique with control coefficients tuned by a dynamic fuzzy technique formed based on special membership functions called Active Disturbance Rejection Control Based on Fuzzy (ADRCBF). …”
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VHR Multispectral Satellite Image Classification with Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks for Urban Applications by M. Fawzy, M. Fawzy, Á. Barsi

“…The Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) is a computational framework rooted in the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem, which states that any continuous function of multiple variables can be expressed as a superposition of univariate functions. …”
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Vibration Response and Evaluation Method of High-Speed Tracked Vehicles Driving Off-Road by Xin-yong Qiao, Ying Jin, Cheng Gu

“…Three fitting methods, namely polynomial response surface, Kriging method, and radial basis function neural network, were used to establish approximate models between the design variables and the objective function, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of the Wind-Resistant Performance of Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridge Using the Monitoring Correlation between the Static Cross Wind and Its Displacement Response by Gaoxin Wang, Youliang Ding, Dongming Feng, Jihong Ye

“…Third, considering that the traditional function cannot match the monitoring correlation very well, some new fitting functions are thoroughly studied to determine the best function for fitting the monitoring correlation. …”
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