Peroral endoscopic myotomy for complex achalasia and the POEM difficulty score: An update by Carmen Ching Hui Yee, Michael Youssef, Matthew Woo, Robert Bechara

“…PDS correlates moderately with procedural efficiency with a correlation coefficient of 0.595 (Spearman's p < 0.001). …”
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Comparing the Effect of Beractant (Beraksurf™) with That of Poractant Alfa (Curosurf®) on the Need for Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation in Neonatal Respiratory Distress S... by Yosra Khazani, Sirous Fathi Manesh, Elnaz Shaseb, Parvin Sarbakhsh

“…Performing appropriate adjusted analysis leads to a more interpretable and efficient estimation of treatment effects. Semiparametric adjustment approach modifies the estimating equations solved by the marginal treatment effect estimator by adding an augmentation function, which makes use of the baseline covariates and estimate the unbiased marginal treatment effect with improved precision. …”
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Back-Analysis of Parameters of Jointed Surrounding Rock of Metro Station Based on Random Forest Algorithm Optimized by Cuckoo Search Algorithm by Xinping Guo, Annan Jiang, Xiang Liu

“…In this method, the mean square error between the measured displacement (stress) and the calculated displacement (stress) is taken as the objective function, and the joint parameters are taken as the decision variables. …”
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Parental acceptance of novel children's medical syringes and their influencing factors by Su Wen Luo, Peng Rui Yang

“…Furthermore, the product's function and price value significantly shape users' behavioral intentions. …”
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DeBo: Contrast enhancement for image registration using binary differential evolution and bat optimization. by Muhammad Adeel Akram, Tallha Akram, Umer Javed, Muhammad Rafiq, Mehvish Naz, Di He

“…In this study, we proposed a hybrid binary differential evolution and BAT optimization model to enhance contrast stretching by optimizing a decision variables in the transformation function. To validate its efficiency, the proposed approach is utilized as a preprocessor before feature extraction in image registration. …”
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Spatiotemporal Multivariate Weather Prediction Network Based on CNN-Transformer by Ruowu Wu, Yandan Liang, Lianlei Lin, Zongwei Zhang

“…However, the existing data-based weather prediction methods cannot adequately capture the spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of the target region, which makes it difficult for the existing methods to meet practical application requirements in terms of efficiency and accuracy. Changes in weather involve both strongly correlated spatial and temporal continuation relationships, and at the same time, the variables interact with each other, so capturing the dynamic correlations among space, time, and variables is particularly important for accurate weather prediction. …”
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Improved Nonprobabilistic Global Optimal Solution Method and Its Application in Bridge Reliability Assessment by Xiaoya Bian, Xuyong Chen, Hongyin Yang, Chen You

“…The presented method possessed the advantages of searching all probable failure points and generating less computation, by means of which the values of interval variables were determined based on the monotonicity of performance function to the corresponding variables. …”
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Designing a supply chain resilience assessment model with the approach of NDEA(case of study: government hospitals of Yazd province) by Mohsen Shafiei Nikabadi, Fereshteh Bahrami

“…Therefore, in order to maintain the basic functions and quickly return the hospital to its original state, the resilience of the hospital is important (Mohammed Hosseini Issini, 2019), which calls attention to the necessity of availability and efficiency of hospitals. …”
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Mathematical crystal chemistry II: Random search for ionic crystals and analysis on oxide crystals registered in ICSD by Ryotaro Koshoji

“…Additionally, discrete variables and constraint functions, which give a choice of creatable types of geometrical constraints depending on the spatial order of atoms, are implemented to formalize the feasible atomic environment, such as the composition of coordination polyhedra, resulting in acceleration of structure search and decrease of the number of local minima. …”
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Proportional Topology Optimization algorithm with virtual elements for multi-material problems considering mass and cost constraints by Minh Tuan Tran, Minh Ngoc Nguyen

“…., the derivative of the objective function with respect to design variables. Instead, the amount of material distributed into each element is determined proportionally to the contribution of that element to the objective function. …”
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Numerical Mixing Index: Definition and Application on Concrete Mixer by Cristian Ferrari, Nicolò Beccati, Luca Magri

“…The method predicts the distribution efficiency of the materials within a truck mixer as a function of its internal geometry, rotation speed, and mixture composition. …”
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Providing a Framework for Performance Evaluation of Organizations in Successfully Implementing TQM, Based on Knowledge Management Approach and Organizational Agility by Neda Irannejad, Hadi Shirouyehzad, Arash Shahin

“…To express the above-given relationship, group interpretive structural modelling (ISM (interpretive structural modelling)) techniques have been used to rank the components of each domain; also, fuzzy quality function deployment (FQFD (fuzzy quality function deployment)) technique has been applied to find the weight and relationship of the three mentioned domains by examining the independent and interface variables of the previous step. …”
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Dual effects of leptin in perioperative gas exchange of morbidly obese patients. by Michele Carron, Giovanna Ieppariello, Gabriele Martelli, Giulia Gabellini, Mirto Foletto, Egle Perissinotto, Carlo Ori

“…Leptin has shown positive effects on respiratory function in experimental settings. The role of leptin on perioperative respiratory function in morbidly obese patients has not been established. …”
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Parameter Estimation for Line Impedance in Distribution Network Based on μPMU Data by Zitong ZHANG, Qun ZHOU, Yulin DIAN, Zichao GUAN, Yue YIN, Minrui LENG, Xueshan LIU

“…Moreover, through designed experiments the weight coefficients of the objective function and the size of the dataset are determined appropriately to reduce the influence of errors on the solution results such that the model can be solved with higher accuracy. …”
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Production of Cyanobacterial Microscale Adsorbent by Hydrothermal Method for Pre-concentration of Cadmium from Water by T. Mohammadi Arian, G. Rahimi, R. Khavari Farid

“…The absorbent surface was rich in oxygen and nitrogen functional groups, such as hydroxyl, isothiocyanate, and carbonyl. …”
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Enhancing epidemic preparedness: a data-driven system for managing respiratory infections by Moslem Sarani, Katayoun Jahangiri, Manoochehr Karami, Mohammadreza Honarvar

“…Results Key data categories include individual-level variables, such as age, symptoms, and vaccination records, alongside population-level metrics like infection rates and regional vaccination coverage enabling functionalities such as identifying high-risk individuals, tracking infection dynamics, and optimizing resource allocation. …”
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Enhanced prediction of heating value of municipal solid waste using hybrid neuro-fuzzy model and decision tree-based feature importance assessment by Oluwatobi Adeleke, Obafemi O. Olatunji, Tien-Chien Jen, Iretioluwa Olawuyi

“…To this end, the feature importance analysis of MSW input variables was carried out using the decision tree regressor with the Gini importance (GI) metrics to identify the most influential variable. …”
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Prediction of suicidal attempts among Chinese adolescents with mood disorders: a clinical study using a machine learning approach by Jianbing Li, Yinqiu Zhao, Chi Yang, Wenqing Li, Zhihao Huang, Changhe Fan

“…However, there is a need for studies of accurate and efficient SA models specifically for use in adolescents with mood disorders due to a lack of existing research integrating risk variables when predicting clinical SA. …”
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Improvement of medical images with multi-objective genetic algorithm and adaptive morphological transformations by Sadeq Moradzadeh, Vahid Mehrdad

“…Additionally, variable coefficients for these transformations are incorporated into the improved image formula, unlike previous studies that utilized constant coefficients. …”
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Fuzzy System for the Quality Assessment of Educational Multimedia Edition Design by Vsevolod Senkivskyy, Liubomyr Sikora, Nataliia Lysa, Alona Kudriashova, Iryna Pikh

“…A multilevel model of fuzzy logical inference is constructed, representing the dependency between quality factors. Membership functions for linguistic variables are formed and their weight coefficients are determined using pairwise comparison matrices. …”
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