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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Analysis of the Stability of the Banking Sector of Azerbaijan in Conditions of Economic Crisis Based on the Econometric Model by S. M. Huseynova, T. Ja. Hajizada

“…Lagged variables may be included in the time series. The lags in the explanatory variables take into account the degree of possible lag with which macroeconomic shocks affect banks. …”
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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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SMART Based Multi-Point Matching Assisted Approximation of Renewable Interconnected Power System by Umesh Kumar Yadav, V. P. Singh, Luigi Fortuna, Umesh Kumar Sahu

“…For the error minimization, objective function is framed. The objective function is then converted in the form of weighted objective function by employing SMART based weight determination approach. …”
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Modeling of Thermal Distributions around a Barrier at the Interface of Coating and Substrate by Ali Sahin

“…Using integral transform method, two-dimensional steady-state diffusion equation with variable conductivity is turned into constant coefficient differential equation. …”
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Calibration of Low-Cost Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensors for Irrigation Management Applications by Ahmed A. Abdelmoneim, Christa M. Al Kalaany, Roula Khadra, Bilal Derardja, Giovanna Dragonetti

“…The results showed that with higher soil moisture contents (above 30%), the sensor-to-sensor variability becomes significant, with a coefficient of variation (CV) ranging between 10 and 16%; meanwhile, in lower soil moisture contents, the CV ranged between 6.5 and 10.3%, implying that it is more consistent in lower moisture content within this soil condition. …”
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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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Correlation between Stressful Life Events and Suicidal Ideation among Patients with Schizophrenia in Remission Stage: A Cross-sectional Study by Ashok Silamban, Kailash Sureshkumar, Aravindh Manogaran, Shabeeba Z Kailash

“…Introduction: Patients with schizophrenia often exhibit impaired executive brain function, which disrupts their daily activities. Relapse in schizophrenia has been linked to stressful life events. …”
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Temporal disorientation during war: associations with work-family conflict, emotional distress, and burnout by Irene Diamant, Maor Kalfon Hakhmigari

“…Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to validate the factor structure of the Hebrew version of Temporal Disorientation questionnaire, Pearson correlation coefficient was used to evaluated correlations among the study variables; Hierarchical linear regression was used to model the outcome variables, emotional distress and burnout.ResultsTemporal confusion and difficulties in future orientation during wartime were significantly associated with emotional distress. …”
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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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A United Probabilistic Approach to Minimising the Sum of Absolute Values by Changyong Feng, Honghong Liu, Ethan Poon, Ge Feng

“…Methodology: The sum of absolute values can be standardized so that the sum of the coefficients equals 1. In this case, the sum of absolute values takes the form 𝐸𝐸|𝑋𝑋−𝑎𝑎|, where 𝑋𝑋 is a random variable. …”
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The role of housing price mediation in transferring the effect of heterogeneous behavior of investors in the housing sector on Iran's economic growth by Aliakbar Gholizadeh, Shahla Samadipour

“…The housing price is also a variable of economic growth function transfer with a threshold equal to 0.0266 percent The estimated coefficients of the first and second regimes indicate the asymmetric behavior of investors on housing prices. …”
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Human saliva exerts strong type-dependent effects on adenovirus infectivity by Erwan Sallard, Wenli Zhang, Nikita Chilakamarri, Setareh Farzanehkari, Setareh Farzanehkari, Inga Marte Charlott Seuthe, Anja Ehrhardt, Malik Aydin, Malik Aydin

“…All human Ads used were replication-competent and expressed a GLN cassette containing a green-fluorescent protein, nano-luciferase, and neomycin resistance. Loss-of-function experiments were conducted by immunoprecipitation or enzymatic digestion of specific saliva components to decipher related mechanisms.ResultsTemporal and inter-individual variability in saliva samples were observed, validating the use of a saliva pool to represent the population. …”
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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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Vitamin D Levels in Pre-frail Older Adults and Its Correlation with Hand Grip Strength by Noto Dwimartutie, Siti Setiati, Tirza Z Tamin, Ani Retno Prijanti, Alida R Harahap, Dyah Purnamasari, Kuntjoro Harimurti, I Dewa Putu Pramantara

“…After adjusting for age, comorbidities, nutritional status, functional status, BMI, protein intake, and sun exposure score, regression analysis between hand grip strength and vitamin D levels gave standard coefficient beta = 0.255 (P = 0.013). …”
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Solving 0-1 Knapsack and Bin Packing Problem Using Logical Social Group Optimization by Rhiddhi Prasad Das, Junali Jasmine Jena, Suresh Chandra Satapathy, Naeem M. S. Hannoon

“…This prominent research gap has been addressed in this paper by introducing Logical Social Group Optimization (LSGO), a logic-based binarized variant of Social Group Optimization (SGO) that leverages Boolean logic for improved efficiency. In LSGO, after the binarization by replacing the arithmetic operators with logical operators, one of the variables gets cancelled out. …”
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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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Interpretable machine learning for predicting isolated basal septal hypertrophy. by Lei Gao, Boyan Tian, Qiqi Jia, Xingyu He, Guannan Zhao, Yueheng Wang

“…This is a common echocardiographic finding with a prevalence of approximately 7-20%, which may indicate early structural and functional remodeling of the left ventricle in certain pathologies. …”
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Optimal selection of satellite XCO₂ images for urban CO₂ emission monitoring by A. Danjou, G. Broquet, A. Schuh, F.-M. Bréon, T. Lauvaux, T. Lauvaux

“…This study analyzes the performances of an automated method for estimating urban emissions as a function of the targeted cities and of the atmospheric conditions. …”
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