A differential diagnostic model based on immunological evaluation and routine laboratory tests: distinguishing multiple myeloma from other disorders with aberrant immunoglobulin el... by Manning Li, Sixun Jia, Han Wu, Chunyi Shou, Xiaolu Song, Ye Peng, Huafang Wang, Ying Wang, Xiangmin Tong, Yirui Chen

“…Laboratory indicators, including complete blood count, biochemistry, coagulation function, and immunoglobulin markers, were collected. …”
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New Patient PROMIS Scores of Patients Presenting with Low Back Pain Predict Time to Elective Spine Surgery by Justin E. Kung, Chase Gauthier, Yianni Bakaes, Michael Spitnale, Richard A. Bidwell, David G. Edelman, Heidi C. Ventresca, J. Benjamin Jackson, Shari Cui, Gregory Grabowski

“…A chart review was conducted to collect sociodemographic variables, clinic visit details, and PROMIS domain scores (PF [Physical Function], PI [Pain Interference], Depression, and Global Health―Physical and Global Health―Mental). …”
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Optimizing the Construction Supply Chain Network Considering the Flow of Materials, Equipment, Manpower, Drawings and Technical Documents by Seyed Saeid Helli, Hadi Mokhtari, Saeed Dehnavi

“…All indices, parameters, decision variables, objective functions and constraints have been introduced and presented in the proposed model. …”
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Optimal control for high-precision repeat ground-track orbits via convex optimization by Yanchao HE, Lei ZHANG, Yijun YANG, Qian CHEN

“…The results show that the design approach enables the realization of high-precision RGT orbit designs and that the orbit control strategy is efficient.…”
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A MODEL OF AGE–STRUCTURED POPULATION UNDER STOCHASTIC PERTURBATION OF DEATH AND BIRTH RATES by Maxim A. Alshanskiy

“…Under consideration is construction of a model of age-structured population reflecting random oscillations of the death and birth rate functions. We arrive at an Itô-type difference equation in a Hilbert space of functions which can not be transformed into a proper Itô equation via passing to the limit procedure due to the properties of the operator coefficients. …”
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Protein expression profiling identifies a prognostic model for ovarian cancer by Luyang Xiong, Jiahong Tan, Yuchen Feng, Daoqi Wang, Xudong Liu, Yun Feng, Shusheng Li

“…The prognostic effect and the biological function of the model were evaluated using co-expression analysis and enrichment analysis. …”
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Optimization Design of Fast Neutron Target Station Beam Extraction Based on Genetic Algorithm by QIN Ziqian1, 2, 3, TAN Xinjian2, 3, ZHANG Xiaodong2, 3, PAN Qingquan1, LIU Xiao2, 3

“…Therefore, the aforementioned parameters are used as variables, and the three important indicators are taken as the objective function. …”
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‘‘Practices and factors affecting on-site medical equipment maintenance at Wau Teaching Hospital, South Sudan’’ by Natale Massimino Ucin, Manassé Nimpagaritse, Shital Mahindra Maru, Mulatedzi Makhado, Shiferaw Mitiku Tebeka

“…Abstract Background of the study Along with developments in the clinical domain, medical equipment is becoming more sophisticated, and it needs to function at peak efficiency. In this case, hospitals should priorities the prompt and effective maintenance of life-saving equipment. …”
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Effect of Central Motor and Neuromuscular Impairments on Front Crawl Body Roll Characteristics of Para Swimmers by Yu-Hsien Lee, Dawn Nicola O’Dowd, Luke Hogarth, Brendan Burkett, Carl Payton

“…CMNI swimmers were divided into three upper-limb [mild (n = 9), moderate (n = 9), severe (n = 9)] and three lower-limb function subgroups [bilateral (n = 2), unilateral (n = 6), without kick (n = 19)] based on their Froude efficiency (a measure of how effectively upper limbs contribute to propulsion) and the number of lower limbs actively kicking during trials, respectively. …”
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Non-destructive textural quality assessment of peaches and nectarines using near-infrared spectroscopy integration time by Eva Cristina Correa, Paola Baltazar, Pilar Barreiro, Natalia Hernández-Sánchez, Lourdes Lleó, Ángela Melado-Herreros, Belén Diezma

“…A principal component analysis (PCA) was used to analyze textural variability, and discriminant function analysis (DFA) and artificial neural networks (ANNs) were applied to classify fruit firmness levels.PCA effectively defined a new variable, PC1, that captured the variance in fruit texture, correlating positively with juiciness and negatively with firmness. …”
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Multiobjective Optimization of Stress-Release Boot of Solid Rocket Motor under Vertical Storage Based on RBF Model by Qiuwen Miao, Huihui Zhang, Zhibin Shen, Weiyong Zhou

“…Stress-release boot can effectively improve the structural integrity of SRM (solid rocket motor), but it will also influence the loading fraction and interior ballistic performance, so the purpose of this paper is to propose a multiobjective optimization method for stress-release boot. The design variables are the front and rear depth of the stress-release boot, and four optimization variables were determined according to the analysis of SRM performance. …”
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The Analysis of the Effective Factors on Urban Blight in District 3, Region 12, Tehran City by Hossein Mansourian, Ahmad Pour Ahmad, Hasan Ashouri

“…Moreover, a factor analysis was employed to reduce the number of independent variables and identify the urban blight dimensions. …”
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Impact of pulmonary rehabilitation in sleep in COPD patients measured by actigraphy. by Suman B Thapamagar, Kathleen Ellstrom, James D Anholm, Ramiz A Fargo, Nagamani Dandamudi

“…Paired comparisons (t-test or Wilcoxon-signed-rank test) were performed before and after PR data on all variables.<h4>Methods</h4>This retrospective study of COPD patients undergoing PR utilized actigraphy watch recordings before and after 8-weeks of PR to assess changes in sleep variables including total time in bed (TBT), total sleep time (TST), sleep onset latency (SOL), sleep efficiency (SE), wakefulness after sleep onset (WASO) and total nocturnal awakenings. …”
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Optimization of medium components for the production of exopolysaccharide by Lycoperdon pyriforme Schaeff.: Pers. using response surface methodology by MA Xiaokui, JIANG Hua, LI Junzhi, CHEN Yong, HE Xiaojing

“….: Pers. is one of medicinal macro-fungi, which has become an attractive topic as a functional food and as a source for the development of drugs and nutraceuticals. …”
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Influence of Customer Intimacy Strategy on Organisations’ Competitiveness in Tier III Category of Commercial Banks in Kenya by Alfayo Odongo Wamburi, Lucy Kibe, Henry Yatich

“…Proportionate stratified random sampling ensured representativeness based on management staff functions. Regression analysis revealed a strong positive correlation (R = 0.822) between the Customer Intimacy Strategy and Organisational Competitiveness, explaining 67.5% of the variability. …”
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REVIVAL OF TOURISM DEMAND IN THE POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD - A STATISTICAL OVERVIEW IN ROMANIA by Agatha POPESCU, Cristina TINDECHE, Alina MARCUTA, Liviu MARCUTA, Adelaida HONTUS, Mirela STANCIU, Daniela-Mirela PLESOIANU

“…Dynamics of the tourist arrivals and overnight stays involved to establish the trend using polynomial regression functions and determination coefficient. The results showed that the recovery of the tourist flow from its lowest level registered in 2020, the worst year of tourism during the pandemic, needed three years to attain a higher performance than in 2019, a year which was considered the peak in Romania's tourism. …”
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UDDER MEASUREMENTS AT "ALBA DE BANAT" AND "CARPATINA" GOATS BREEDS by Rodica CHETROIU

“…The primary data obtained was statistically processed using statistical functions available in Microsoft Excel and the main statistical parameters were determined: arithmetic mean, standard error of mean and variability coefficient. …”
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On the Global Practical Exponential Stability of <i>h</i>-Manifolds for Impulsive Reaction–Diffusion Cohen–Grossberg Neural Networks with Time-Varying Delays by Gani Stamov, Trayan Stamov, Ivanka Stamova, Cvetelina Spirova

“…The established criteria are less restrictive for the variable domain and diffusion coefficients. The effect of some uncertain parameters on the stability behavior is also considered and a robust practical stability analysis is proposed. …”
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Optimization Study of PVT Coupled Water Loop Heat Pump Energy Supply System by Lv Tiangang, Liu Bing, Wu Jun, Zhu Li, Hou Jingxuan

“…By employing the Hooke-Jeeves algorithm, the system's design and operation parameters were optimized with annual cost and system COP as objective functions. Design variables included PVT inclination, azimuth, area, heat pump capacity, and tank volume, while operational variables were PVT backplate temperature and tank temperature. …”
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Optimization of K-Shaped Metal Sealing Ring for Subsea Tubing Hanger Based on Response Surface Method by Huan Xie, Hongxia Zhang, Yiwei Fan, Liyuan Liu, Wei Zeng

“…To address the issue of low optimization efficiency due to the need for repeated finite element calculations during the optimization process, quadratic response surface models are established for the sealing performance indicators of the K-shaped seal ring, which were then used as the optimization objective functions to enhance the optimization efficiency. …”
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