Phenotypic yield-attributed traits and phytochemical composition of the flowers from Alcea species in Iran by Yasaman Mashhadi Tafreshi, Ghasem Eghlima, Samad Nejad Ebrahimi

“…The highest coefficient of variation was obtained for rutin, chlorogenic acid, antioxidant activity, flower dry weight. …”
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Family hardiness among primary caregivers of breast cancer patients in Hunan Province: a cross-sectional study exploring the relationship with attachment and caregiver preparedness by Xin Sun, Lili Xu, Lijuan Sheng

“…BackgroundFamily hardiness is a key variable contributing to positive family functioning, which has significant effects on the quality of life and the mental health of patientsand caregivers. …”
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Life Cycle Assessment of Key Mediterranean Agricultural Products at the Farm Level Using GHG Measurements by Georgios Bartzas, Maria Doula, Konstantinos Komnitsas

“…The uncertainty analysis indicates that among the LCI-based scenarios evaluated, the IS scenario exhibits the lowest variability, with coefficient of variation (CV) values ranging from 0.5% to 7.3%. …”
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Agonist-Antagonist Coactivation Enhances Corticomotor Excitability of Ankle Muscles by Trisha M. Kesar, Andrew Tan, Steven Eicholtz, Kayilan Baker, Jiang Xu, Joanna T. Anderson, Steven L. Wolf, Michael R. Borich

“…Three pairwise comparisons were made for MEP amplitude and coefficient of variability (CV): rest versus coactivation, rest versus antagonist activation, and agonist activation versus coactivation. …”
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Understanding the Role of Organic Hole Transport Layers on Pinhole Blocking and Performance Improvement in Sb2Se3 Solar Cells by Thomas P. Shalvey, Christopher H. Don, Leon Bowen, Tim D. Veal, Jonathan D. Major

“…After successive record‐efficiencies using a range of device structures, spiro‐OMeTAD has emerged as the default hole transport material (HTM), however, the function of HTM layers remains poorly understood. …”
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Effect of a mix of condense and hydrolysable tannins feed additive on lactating dairy cows’ services per conception and days open by Alejandro R Castillo, Julio A Di Rienzo, Damiano Cavallini

“…Services per conception was modeled as a Poisson count using a generalized linear model with log link function. Days open was modeled with a generalized linear model for a gamma variable with log link function. …”
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Synergistic Enhancement of Carbon Sinks and Connectivity: Restoration and Renewal of Ecological Networks in Nanjing, China by Renfei Zhang, Hongye Li, Zhicheng Liu

“…We propose an innovative carbon sink index (CSI) that integrates three indicators: capacity, efficiency, and variability. This index assesses the carbon sink function of ecological patches from both static and dynamic perspectives. …”
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Rational and Irrational Investor Sentiments and Stock Market Returns: Evidence from the Tehran Stock Exchange by Mohammad Nadiri, Hamid Reza Panahian

“…In the first step, we used an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) technique to regress macroeconomic fundamental variables on individual and institutional investor sentiments to decompose the sentiment variables into rational and irrational components. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES FROM ROMANIA AND REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA USING THE NONPARAMETRIC METHOD OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS by Ilie CERCEL, Gina FÎNTÎNERU, Elena TOMA, Augustin VOLCONOVICI, Alla CHIRSANOVA, Anatol RACUL

“…As a result of analyzing the academic performance rating by option variable returns to scale, it is possible to determine the resources for improving staff activity by evaluating the distance function for each causal factor.…”
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Fault Estimation for Semi-Markov Jump Neural Networks Based on the Extended State Method by Lihong Rong, Yuexin Pan, Zhimin Tong

“…To alleviate network congestion and optimize communication resources, the Round-Robin protocol is adopted to schedule data transmission efficiently. By constructing a Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and applying the discrete Wirtinger inequality, sufficient conditions are derived to ensure the mean square exponential stability and dissipative performance of the system. …”
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Agricultural Waste–Derived Biochar for Antibiotics Removal in Aqueous Environment: A Comprehensive Outlook by Varalakshmi Varatharajan, Karthik V., Selvakumar Periyasamy

“…The key elements influencing antibiotic adsorption on biochar, including surface chemistry, pyrolysis conditions, and environmental variables, were discussed in detail. This review focuses specifically on the functional modification of the biochar, the mechanism involved in antibiotic adsorption, and the scalability of this process. …”
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Random Fuzzy Power Flow Analysis for Power System considering the Uncertainties of Renewable Energy and Load Demands by J. H. Zheng, Wenting Xiao, Zhigang Li, Q. H. Wu

“…Simulation studies conducted on the IEEE-33 system verifies the accuracy of the RFPF and the efficiency of the 3PE.…”
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Numerical Evaluation of Sound Attenuation Provided by Periodic Structures by Mario MARTINS, Luis GODINHO, Luis PICADO-SANTOS

“…The use of periodic structures as noise abatement devices has already been the object of considerable research seeking to understand its efficiency and see to what extent they can provide a functional solu- tion in mitigating noise from different sources. …”
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A Semantic Generalization of Shannon’s Information Theory and Applications by Chenguang Lu

“…The improvements in machine learning methods involve multi-label learning and classification, maximum mutual information classification, mixture models, and solving latent variables. Furthermore, insights from statistical physics are discussed: Shannon information is similar to free energy; semantic information to free energy in local equilibrium systems; and information efficiency to the efficiency of free energy in performing work. …”
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Parameter Sensitivity Analysis and Algorithm Improvement of Optimization Scheduling Model for Cascade Pumping Stations by LIU Xiaolian, LI Zhenrong, WANG Xue-ni, ZHAI Yu, ZHANG Lei-ke, GUO Weiwei, TIAN Yu

“…Additionally, a Tent boundary mapping strategy was employed to regenerate the boundary value, resulting in improved the optimization efficiency of RUN. Six benchmark functions, including unimodal, multimodal and fixed dimension, were used to verify the performance and improvement strategies of TRUN. …”
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Evaluasi Kinerja Aplikasi Penelusuran Online Cerah Informasi Pustaka (CIP) Perpustakaan Universitas Tridinanti Palembang Berdasarkan Persepsi Pustakwan by Rusmiatiningsih Rusmiatiningsih, Indah Solehati, Sagiman Sagiman, Marleni Marleni

“…The evaluation model used is the PIECES evaluation model by making a questionnaire based on 6 variables, namely Performance, Information, Economy, Control, Efficiency and Service and each variable is made into indicators. …”
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Neural Network-Based Design of a Buck Zero-Voltage-Switching Quasi-Resonant DC–DC Converter by Nikolay Hinov, Bogdan Gilev

“…The converter is a piecewise linear system mathematically described by Kirchhoff’s laws and represented through switching functions. In this way, a mathematical model is used to generate data on the behavior of the state variables obtained under various design parameters. …”
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Determinants of oral health-related quality of life in orthodontic aligner wearers: A cross-sectional analysis. by Gabriela Luiza Nunes Souza, José Alcides Almeida de Arruda, Pâmella de Moura Dario, Esdras de Campos França, Marcelo de Araújo Lombardi, Giselle Cabral da Costa, Najara Barbosa Rocha, Lucas Guimarães Abreu

“…Poisson regression was performed to identify factors associated with OHRQoL, reporting beta coefficients (Coef.) and standard errors (SE). Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. …”
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On Simplifying Expressions with Mixed Boolean-Arithmetic by Yury V. Kosolapov

“…We experimentally estimate the dependence of the average number of terms in a linear MBA-expression returned by simplification algorithms on $n$, the number of decoding iterations, and the power of the set of Boolean functions, by which a linear combination with a minimum number of nonzero coefficients is sought. …”
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Assessing the validity and reliability of the persian version of Self-concept and Identity Measure in an Iranian population by Saba Tutunchian, Ali Reza Shafiee-Kandjani, Ayyoub Malek, Behzad Shalchi

“…The analysis revealed that Cronbach's alpha coefficients were 0.79 for the consolidated identity subscales, 0.83 for disturbed identity, 0.81 for lack of identity, and 0.87 for the overall scale. …”
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