‘‘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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Dimensions-Reduced Volterra Digital Pre-Distortion Based On Orthogonal Basis for Band-Limited Nonlinear Opto-Electronic Components by Hananel Faig, Yaron Yoffe, Eyal Wohlgemuth, Dan Sadot

“…However, naive implementation of the Volterra polynomial model usually introduces significant complexity due to the large number of model coefficients. Here, we propose the use of orthogonal polynomial basis functions for efficient DPD implementation. …”
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Investigating the relationship between the monetary policy shock through the exchange rate channel on the management quality index in the banking system: by examining the productiv... by Farhad Sharifi Bagha, Jafar Haqiqat, Zahra Karimi Takanloo

“…During this time, the number of changes in the target variables by the variables themselves decreases and the changes in the variables caused by the shock of the exchange rate channel increase. …”
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Promoting Social Participation in the Primary Care Field: An Ecological Study on the Potential Reduction of Multimorbidity Prevalence by Ryota Takahashi, Tadao Okada, Kazushige Ide, Taishi Tsuji, Katsunori Kondo

“…Multiple regression analysis was performed with MP as objective variable; social participation or household income were explanatory variables, and education, population density, and health check-ups were adjustment variables. …”
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Research on Geometric Mappings in Complex Systems Analysis by Yanyan Cui, Chaojun Wang, Sifeng Zhu

“…We mainly discuss the properties of a new subclass of starlike functions, namely, almost starlike functions of complex order λ, in one and several complex variables. …”
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Analysis of Surface Roughness and Machine Learning-Based Modeling in Dry Turning of Super Duplex Stainless Steel Using Textured Tools by Shailendra Pawanr, Kapil Gupta

“…One of the most critical aspects of turning, and machining in general, is the surface roughness of the finished product, which directly influences the performance, functionality, and longevity of machined components. …”
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Intelligent wearable devices with audio collection capabilities to assess chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity by Chunbo Zhang, Kunyao Yu, Zhe Jin, Yingcong Bao, Cheng Zhang, Jiping Liao, Guangfa Wang

“…A logistic regression model using the RR and blowing sounds as key predictors achieved accuracies of 0.77–0.89 in determining the GOLD grade, with a Cohen's kappa coefficient of 0.6757. Conclusions Audio data were more strongly correlated with lung function in COPD patients than were physiological parameters. …”
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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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Thermo-economic optimization of a hybrid solar-wind energy system for the production of clean hydrogen and electricity by Ali Bedakhanian, Akbar Maleki, Siavash Haghighat

“…The objective functions included total cost rate and total exergy efficiency. …”
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Correlation method of processing the image of the surface microrelief to determine its roughness by Alexey D. Abramov, Dmitry S. Klyuev

“…For these functions, the average amplitudes Ucp of the variable components of the correlation coefficients are calculated and the analytical dependence of the GOST roughness parameter Ra on Ucp is constructed. …”
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Hemodynamic homeostasis disequilibrium in critical illness by Jie Wang, Xiaoting Wang, Dawei Liu, Hui Lian, Guangjian Wang, Zewen Tong, Qingyu Deng, Qirui Guo, Qian Zhang, Yangong Chao, Wanhong Yin

“…Such balance is essential for sustaining cellular metabolism and maintaining the function of vital organs throughout embryonic development and the human lifespan. …”
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Clinical Outcome Prediction Model in Tetralogy of Fallot Without Pulmonary Valve Replacement Using Contraction Fraction From the SCOUT‐TOF Registry by Mark A. Fogel, Jennifer A. Faerber, Abdullah Mahmood, Keerthi Reddy, Xuemei Zhang, Elizabeth Goldmuntz, Matthew A. Harris, David Biko, Sara Partington, Stephen Paridon, Michael Mcbride, Victor Ferrari, Kevin K. Whitehead, Laura Mercer‐Rosa

“…An elastic net was used to identify significant variables to enter a best subsets logistic regression. …”
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Framework for extracting multi-objective operation rules for cascade reservoirs based on causal features and physical mechanisms by Donglin Gu, Baowei Yan, Jianbo Chang, Yixuan Zou, Dongxu Yang, Mingbo Sun, Xiaoyu Diao

“…To reduce high dimensionality, Convergent Cross Mapping (CCM) quantifies causal relationships between features and decision variables. Moreover, embedding physical constraints into the model’s loss function further enhances interpretability. …”
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Agreement of glomerular filtration rate estimation equations for chemotherapy dosing in cancer patients at a tertiary referral hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa. by Wubshet Jote Tolossa, Tigist Workneh Leulseged, Abdu Adem, Feyissa Challa, Tirumebet Mezgebu, Ruth S Aytehgeza, Nebiat Adane Mera, Kalsidagn Girma Asfaw, Momina M Ahmed, Kebede H Begna

“…The Cockcroft-Gault formula remains the most widely used equation in cancer patients, despite the availability of more precise kidney function estimation equations. Therefore, the aim of the study was to assess the agreement between Cr and cystatin-C (CysC) based GFR estimation equations and GFR estimated by Cockcroft-Gault for appropriate chemotherapy dosing in cancer patients undergoing assessment for first-Line chemotherapy at an oncology unit of St. …”
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Failure Probability Analysis of Composite Pressure Tanks Using Subset Simulation by Youcef Sid Amer, Samir Benammar, Kong Fah Tee, Zouhir Iourzikene

“…The model was developed in two steps, first, the development of limit state functions for hoop and helical layers using netting analysis, and afterwards, a probabilistic computation with six random variables. …”
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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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Radiotherapy-induced fatigue in Palestinian breast cancer survivors by Hussein ALMasri, Omar Rimawi

“…Our purpose is to assess, compare, and correlate CRF in breast cancer survivors undergoing radiotherapy (RT) with study variables.Methods: CRF in breast cancer survivors was assessed using Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy – Fatigue Scale (FACIT-F) (version 4). …”
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Microbially‐Mediated Soil Carbon‐Nitrogen Dynamics in Response to Future Soil Moisture Change by Wanyu Li, Gangsheng Wang, Zirui Mu, Shanshan Qi, Shuhao Zhou, Daifeng Xiang

“…Furthermore, microbes and enzymes were key drivers of soil C‐N transformations, with soil enzymes displaying the highest correlation with SSI (nonlinear correlation coefficient based on mutual information = 0.81). This study establishes a foundational relationship between soil C‐N variables and soil moisture, accounting for lag effects, to enhance our understanding of the complex responses of these variables under future climate change scenarios.…”
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Towards the Understanding of Damage Mechanism of Cemented Tailings Backfill by Haijun Wang

“…The CTB damage constitutive model, which takes the corrected coefficient of damage variable into consideration, and peak toughness are introduced to investigate the effects of fine tailings contents, curing ages, curing temperatures, and water-to-cement ratios (w/c) on the damage evolution laws, damage (DP), and specific energy (GP) at peak stress point of CTB. …”
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