Association between various blood glucose variability-related indicators during early ICU admission and 28-day mortality in non-diabetic patients with sepsis by Jingyan Zhou, Zhiheng Chen, Hao-Neng Huang, Chun-Quan Ou, Xin Li

“…The dose-response relationship between BG variability-related indexes and mortality was explored using multivariate logistic regression with restricted cubic spline (RCS) function. …”
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Comparison of Blood Pressure Variability between 24 h Ambulatory Monitoring and Office Blood Pressure in Diabetics and Nondiabetic Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ana Lídia Rouxinol-Dias, Marta Lisandra Gonçalves, Diogo Ramalho, Jose Silva, Loide Barbosa, Jorge Polónia

“…We found that diabetes is associated with higher variability of daytime BP than nondiabetics along with worse damage of vascular and renal function. …”
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Induction Motor Geometric Parameter Optimization Using a Metaheuristic Optimization Method for High-Efficiency Motor Design by Hasbi Apaydin, Necibe Füsun Oyman Serteller, Yüksel Oğuz

“…Ten motor design parameters were used as design variables. IM efficiency was improved, as the objective function. …”
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Velocity-Based Curve Differential Repeated Sprinting Training: A Novel Approach to Shape Physical Performance in Young Basketball Players by Jorge Arede, Jack Wells, Mark Williams, Franc Garcia, Wolfgang Schöllhorn

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Assessment of the functioning of the photosynthetic apparatus of Olea europaea L. under freezing temperatures by Sergei Yu. Tsiupka, Valentina A. Tsiupka, Ilya V. Bulavin

“…At a low gradient of temperature exposure (-7... - 10°C), leaf tissues of the European selection varieties ‘Coreggiolo’, ‘Ascolano’, ‘Leccino’ and ‘Razzo’ were damaged: electrical conductivity reached 15%, chlorophyll stability index decreased, variable fluorescence and photosynthetic activity coefficients decreased, uncontrolled photon quenching was significantly higher than the effective photochemical quantum yield and non-photochemical quenching. …”
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Regularized regression outperforms trees for predicting cognitive function in the Health and Retirement Study by Kyle Masato Ishikawa, Deborah Taira, Joseph Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula, Matthew Uechi, James Davis, Eunjung Lim

“…Model performance was evaluated using RMSE and R2 and interpretability was assessed via coefficients, variable importance, and decision trees. …”
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An examination of the reliability of seed-to-seed resting state functional connectivity in tinnitus patients by Sara A. Schmidt, Somayeh Shahsavarani, Rafay A. Khan, Yihsin Tai, Elsa C. Granato, Caterina M. Willson, Pedro Ramos, Paul Sherman, Carlos Esquivel, Bradley P. Sutton, Fatima T. Husain

“…Resting state functional connectivity (RS-FC) studies of tinnitus over the years have produced inconsistent results. …”
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STOCHASTIC FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION: AN APPLICATION TO ANKARA MOHAIR GOAT FARMING SYSTEM by Mehmet Arif ŞAHİNLİ, Ahmet ÖZÇELİK

“…In this study, we examined both production and technical efficiency of goat's farms in Ankara. The study adopted the stochastic frontier production function to estimate technical efficiency of the mohair goat establishments in the study area. …”
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The effect of gravity on hand spatio-temporal kinematic features during functional movements. by Anna Bucchieri, Federico Tessari, Stefano Buccelli, Elena De Momi, Matteo Laffranchi, Lorenzo De Michieli

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Role of the functional status of the autonomic nervous system in the clinical course of purulent meningitis by D. A. Zadiraka, O. V. Ryabokon

“…Research aim: to increase the autonomic dysfunction diagnostics efficiency for patients suffering from purulent meningitis in the disease dynamics based on the complex of clinical evidence and functional status of autonomic nervous system. …”
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Personalized ML-based wearable robot control improves impaired arm function by James Arnold, Prabhat Pathak, Yichu Jin, David Pont-Esteban, Connor M. McCann, Carolin Lehmacher, John P. Bonadonna, Tanguy Lewko, Katherine M. Burke, Sarah Cavanagh, Lynn Blaney, Kelly Rishe, Tazzy Cole, Sabrina Paganoni, David Lin, Conor J. Walsh

“…Abstract Portable wearable robots offer promise for assisting people with upper limb disabilities. However, movement variability between individuals and trade-offs between supportiveness and transparency complicate robot control during real-world tasks. …”
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An analysis of agricultural production efficiency of Yellow River Basin based on a three-stage DEA Malmquist model by Xiejun Cheng, Jinxin Bian, Dongmei He, Decai Tang

“…Abstract Agriculture functions as the cornerstone of national development, and the Yellow River Basin (YRB) plays a crucial role in China’s economy. …”
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Consumptive Water Use and Efficiency of Irrigated U.S. Corn: Learning From Hundreds of Site‐Management‐Year Observations by Meetpal S. Kukal

“…With the largest water footprint, irrigated corn production in the U.S. must be assessed for its ETc and water use efficiency (WUE) at a scale meaningful for producers and water managers. …”
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Efficient Explainable Models for Alzheimer’s Disease Classification with Feature Selection and Data Balancing Approach Using Ensemble Learning by Yogita Dubey, Aditya Bhongade, Prachi Palsodkar, Punit Fulzele

“…Clinical data, including a range of cognitive, functional, and demographic variables, play a crucial role in Alzheimer’s disease classification. …”
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Evaluating the efficiency of emergency operation centers during pandemics: a cross-sectional study with operational managers in Iran by Majid Sartipi, Majid Sartipi, Asiye Aminafshar, Asiye Aminafshar, Abdolrazzagh Pakzad, Mohammadreza Shafiei, Hojjat Farahmandnia, Asghar Tavan

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RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY OF TEMPERATE SILK COCOONS IN NORTH-WESTERN HIMALAYAN REGION OF KASHMIR VALLEY, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA by Ruyida MUSHTAQ, Tariq Ahmed RAJA, Abida FAYAZ, Harmeet SINGH, Pervez AHMED, Mushtaq Rasool MIR, Rajesh YADAV

“…As the total of calculated coefficients of significant variables was found to be more than unity, (1.32).MVP indicates that there is still scope to invest in the study's elements in order to attain the best resource combination and profit maximisation. …”
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Two-dimensional Elasticity Solutions For Analyzing Free Vibration Of Functionally Graded Porous Beams by Quoc-Cuong Le, Ba-Duy Nguyen

“…This study investigates the impact of the gradation exponents (p) in the z-direction, the slenderness ratio (L/h), the distribution of porosity, the porosity coefficient (e), and various boundary conditions on the natural frequencies. …”
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Efficient Frequency Management for Hybrid AC/DC Power Systems Based on an Optimized Fuzzy Cascaded PI−PD Controller by Awadh Ba Wazir, Sultan Alghamdi, Abdulraheem Alobaidi, Abdullah Ali Alhussainy, Ahmad H. Milyani

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Investigation of influence of objective function valley ratio on the determination error of its minimum coordinates by A. V. Smirnov

“…A special test function was used in numerical experiments to model valleys with variables across wide ranges of parameters. …”
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Predictive equations using regression analysis of pulmonary function for healthy children in Northeast China. by Ya-Nan Ma, Jing Wang, Guang-Hui Dong, Miao-Miao Liu, Da Wang, Yu-Qin Liu, Yang Zhao, Wan-Hui Ren, Yungling Leo Lee, Ya-Dong Zhao, Qin-Cheng He

“…Predictive equations used multiple linear regression techniques with three predictor variables: height, age and weight. Model goodness of fit was examined using the coefficient of determination or the R(2) and adjusted R(2). …”
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