Design and Simulation of Ornithopter based on Four-bar Mechanism by Zhao Zhifang, Qi Mingsi, Feng Jingkai, Zhang Wei, Wang Junyuan, Zhang Jiping

“…The brushless motor driving two stage reducer,provides input for four-bar mechanism. The robot has a function of the periodic flapping motion,the frequency change and size of the attitude angle adjustment. …”
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Effects of two types of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on brain network in Parkinson’s disease by Shuo Liu, Shuo Yang, Chen Wang, Jiarui Li, Lei Wang

“…The iTBS group showed post-treatment changes involving more brain regions in spatiotemporal variability. This study demonstrates that compared to 10Hz-rTMS, iTBS can reduce treatment time while providing superior improvement in functional brain connectivity for PD patients.…”
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Stability and vibration analyses of tapered columns resting on one or two-parameter elastic foundations by Masoumeh Soltani, Foudil Mohri

“…Then, the shape functions are obtained exactly by deriving the deformation shape of the column as power series form. …”
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An Adiabatic-Expansion-Induced Perturbation Study on Gas–Aerosol Partitioning in Ambient Air—Formation of NH₄NO₃ and Microdroplet Nitrogen Fixation (2) by Yating Gao, Qinchu Fan, Yujiao Zhu, Hengqing Shen, Qi Yuan, Yang Gao, Huiwang Gao, Xiaohong Yao

“…Our results indicate the adiabatic-expansion-induced generation of NH₃ + HNO₃ at ultrafast formation rates, with campaign-dependent stable stoichiometric ratios of HNO₃ to NH₃, as well as highly variable occurrence frequencies and efficiencies. These findings suggest that microdroplet redox reactions are more likely responsible for the generation of NH₃ + HNO₃ than conventional atmospheric NH₃ chemistry. …”
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Skin Lesion Image Segmentation Algorithm Based on MC-UNet by Guihua Yang, Bingxing Pan

“…Finally, the network’s segmentation accuracy is improved through the use of a new loss function called MixLoss, which combines BceLoss and DiceLoss. …”
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Time-varying MVAR algorithms for directed connectivity analysis: Critical comparison in simulations and benchmark EEG data. by Mattia F Pagnotta, Gijs Plomp

“…Results from numerical simulations and from benchmark EEG recordings showed that: i) across a broad range of model orders all algorithms correctly reproduced patterns of interactions; ii) signal downsampling degraded connectivity estimation accuracy for most algorithms, although in some cases downsampling was shown to reduce variability in the estimates by lowering the number of parameters in the model; iii) single-trial modeling followed by averaging showed optimal performance with larger adaptation coefficients than previously suggested, and showed slower adaptation speeds than multi-trial modeling. …”
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Path integral for multiplicative noise: Generalized Fokker-Planck equation  and entropy production rate in stochastic processes with threshold by F. S. Abril-Bermúdez, C. J. Quimbay, J. E. Trinidad-Segovia, M. A. Sánchez-Granero

“…Then, using the Parisi-Sourlas method, we estimate the transition probability between states of a stochastic variable [X(t)] based on the cumulant-generating function (K_{η}) of the noise. …”
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Women with more severe degrees of temporomandibular disorder exhibit an increase in temperature over the temporomandibular joint by Almir Vieira Dibai-Filho, Ana Cláudia de Souza Costa, Amanda Carine Packer, Ester Moreira de Castro, Delaine Rodrigues-Bigaton

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Decomposed Linear Dynamical Systems (dLDS) models reveal instantaneous, context-dependent dynamic connectivity in C. elegans by Eva Yezerets, Noga Mudrik, Adam S. Charles

“…Abstract Mounting evidence indicates that neural “tuning” can be highly variable within an individual across time and across individuals. …”
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A Novel Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Regression Analysis by Zhiming Song, Maocai Wang, Guangming Dai, Massimiliano Vasile

“…The result shows that MMEA-RA outperforms RM-MEDA and NSGA-II on the test instances with variable linkages. At the same time, MMEA-RA has higher efficiency than the other two algorithms. …”
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No significant links between somatognosia, stereognosia, and hypermobility: sensory processing unlikely to drive common complaints in hypermobile population by Ivana Hanzlíková, Aneta Ruská, Kristýna Jančíková, Kim Hébert-Losier

“…These sensory processing functions are unlikely to contribute to the common complaints reported by hypermobile individuals. …”
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The quality of institutions in shaping women’s entrepreneurship: A perspective of European Union member states by Aleksandra Gaweł, Timo Toikko

“…Quality of institutions is understood as a feature of a well-functioning society and it is considered from four dimensions. …”
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Polynomial Chaos Expansion Approach to Interest Rate Models by Luca Di Persio, Gregorio Pellegrini, Michele Bonollo

“…The Polynomial Chaos Expansion (PCE) technique allows us to recover a finite second-order random variable exploiting suitable linear combinations of orthogonal polynomials which are functions of a given stochastic quantity ξ, hence acting as a kind of random basis. …”
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Distributed generation plants multi-agent controlling system by YU. N. Bulatov, A. V. Kryukov

“…The adaptability of the system against variable conditions and applicability of the multi-agent technologies during creation of electric power supply smart grids was demonstrated.…”
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Statistical Identification of Parameters for Damaged FGM Structures with Material Uncertainties in Thermal Environment by Yalan Xu, Yu Qian, Kongming Guo

“…The numerical simulation results show the efficiency and effectiveness of the presented method for the identification of material parameter variability by using the measurable modal parameters of damaged FGM structures.…”
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Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis by Grażyna Franek, Marzena Bieniak, Aleksandra Cieślik

“…In order to calculate the variables, the following measures were used: arithmetic mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, asymmetry coefficient, kurtosis coefficient, Person linear correlation coefficient, Spearman rank correlation coefficient. …”
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The Effect of Working Capital on Investment: Evidence from the Tehran Stock Exchange by Ali Ebrahimnejad, Ali Zakizade, Fardin Razmjooei

“…The inclusion of working capital variables reveals higher cash flow coefficients, indicating that conventional models systematically underestimate internal financing's contribution to investment. …”
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AngleCam: Predicting the temporal variation of leaf angle distributions from image series with deep learning by Teja Kattenborn, Ronny Richter, Claudia Guimarães‐Steinicke, Hannes Feilhauer, Christian Wirth

“…The plausibility of the predicted leaf angle time series was underlined by its close relationship with environmental variables related to transpiration. The evaluations confirm that AngleCam is a robust and efficient method to track leaf angles under field conditions. …”
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The balance evaluation systems test (BESTest), mini-BESTest and brief-BESTest as clinical tools to assess balance control across different populations: A reliability generalization... by Ana-Belén Meseguer-Henarejos, Juan-José López-García, José-Antonio López-Pina, Ignacio Martínez-González-Moro, Ángel Martínez-Carrasco

“…In this study, the heterogeneity of reliability coefficients in each instrument is evaluated. If heterogeneity is significant, a moderator analysis is performed to identify the characteristic which explains such variability.…”
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Experiments in globalisation, food security and land use decision making. by Calum Brown, Dave Murray-Rust, Jasper van Vliet, Shah Jamal Alam, Peter H Verburg, Mark D Rounsevell

“…Both outcomes are subject to the responses of individual land managers to economic and environmental stimuli, and these responses are known to be variable and often (economically) irrational. We investigate the consequences of stylised food security policies and globalisation of agricultural markets on land use patterns under a variety of modelled forms of land manager behaviour, including variation in production levels, tenacity, land use intensity and multi-functionality. …”
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