Establishing a novel model to assess exercise capacity in chronic heart failure based on stress echocardiography by Huan Cen, Sinan Chen, Shen Feng, Xiankun Chen, Huiying Zhu, Wei Jiang, Han Zhang, Hongmei Liu, Bo Liu, Weihui Lu, Pengtao Sun

“…The analytical features of all patients in the four phases (rest, warm‐up, peak and recovery phases) of ESE included the following parameters: left ventricular (LV) systolic function, LV systolic function reserve, LV diastolic function, LV diastolic function reserve and right ventricular function. …”
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Theoretical and technical concept of cemented backfill material for flexible enhanced thermal energy storage in coal underground space by Chao LYU, Wenyu LYU, Qiang SUN, Panshi XIE, Ding LANG, Songtao JI, Jianjun HU

“…The research status of backfill mining is analyzed based on the current coal mining technology and the scientific concept of "cemented backfill material for flexible enhanced thermal energy storage (CBM–FETES)" is proposed by integrating the idea of functional filling. The core of CBM–FETES is to ensure the four essential conditions: the suitability of geological conditions, the feasibility of thermal storage and extraction technologies, high efficiency in heat and mass transfer, and the safety and stability of the operational cycle. …”
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Influence of Customer Intimacy Strategy on Organisations’ Competitiveness in Tier III Category of Commercial Banks in Kenya by Alfayo Odongo Wamburi, Lucy Kibe, Henry Yatich

“…Proportionate stratified random sampling ensured representativeness based on management staff functions. Regression analysis revealed a strong positive correlation (R = 0.822) between the Customer Intimacy Strategy and Organisational Competitiveness, explaining 67.5% of the variability. …”
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REVIVAL OF TOURISM DEMAND IN THE POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD - A STATISTICAL OVERVIEW IN ROMANIA by Agatha POPESCU, Cristina TINDECHE, Alina MARCUTA, Liviu MARCUTA, Adelaida HONTUS, Mirela STANCIU, Daniela-Mirela PLESOIANU

“…Dynamics of the tourist arrivals and overnight stays involved to establish the trend using polynomial regression functions and determination coefficient. The results showed that the recovery of the tourist flow from its lowest level registered in 2020, the worst year of tourism during the pandemic, needed three years to attain a higher performance than in 2019, a year which was considered the peak in Romania's tourism. …”
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UDDER MEASUREMENTS AT "ALBA DE BANAT" AND "CARPATINA" GOATS BREEDS by Rodica CHETROIU

“…The primary data obtained was statistically processed using statistical functions available in Microsoft Excel and the main statistical parameters were determined: arithmetic mean, standard error of mean and variability coefficient. …”
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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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Assessment of Outcomes of the Modified Stoppa Approach in the Treatment of Acetabular Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Nurgeldi Manap, Nagmet Mursalov, Mukhtar Abilmazhinov

“…Exclusion criteria: other operative approaches to pelvic bones and patients under 18 years of age. 21 patients underwent surgery with the use of modified Stoppa approach (group A) and 10 surgeries were performed using the ilioinguinal approach (group B). Efficiency was evaluated by comparison of duration of surgical procedures, amount of blood lossbetween groups, size of skin incision, quality of reduction and functional outcomes. …”
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Clinical significance of plasma-free amino acids and tryptophan metabolites in patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving PD-1 inhibitor: a pilot cohort study for developin... by Akihiko Kawahara, Tetsuro Sasada, Koichi Azuma, Hidenobu Ishii, Norikazu Matsuo, Takaaki Tokito, Tomoaki Hoshino, Yohei Miyagi, Huihui Xiang, Tomoyuki Tagami, Rika Kasajima, Yumiko Kato, Sachise Karakawa, Shinya Kikuchi, Akira Imaizumi, Kenta Murotani

“…Using Cox hazard analysis with these variables, a multivariate model was established to stratify patient overall survival (OS). …”
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The Prognostic Significance of Sleep and Circadian Rhythm for Myocardial Infarction Outcomes: Case-Control Study by Wei-Chih Chin, Pao-Hsien Chu, Lung-Sheng Wu, Kuang-Tso Lee, Chen Lin, Chien-Te Ho, Wei-Sheng Yang, I-Hang Chung, Yu-Shu Huang

“…Actigraphy was used to evaluate sleep and circadian rhythm, while HRV was monitored for 24 hours to assess autonomic nerve function. Nonparametric indicators were calculated to quantify the active-rest patterns, including interdaily stability, intradaily variability, the most active 10 consecutive hours (M10), the least active 5 consecutive hours (L5), the relative amplitude, and the actigraphic dichotomy index. …”
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International Natural Uranium Price Prediction Based on TF-CNN-BiLSTM Model by YANG Jingzhe, XUE Xiaogang

“…The study meticulously constructed and trained the TF-CNN-BiLSTM model using TensorFlow with the Adam optimizer and mean squared error loss function. The training process was optimized with learning rate reduction and early stopping callbacks to prevent overfitting. …”

Sensitivity to Instruction Strategies in Motor Learning Is Predicted by Anterior–Posterior TMS Motor Thresholds by Michael L. Perrier, Kylee R. Graham, Jessica E. Vander Vaart, W. Richard Staines, Sean K. Meehan

“…Recent transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies suggest that variability in interneuron recruitment by anterior–posterior (AP) currents is linked to differences in functional connectivity between premotor and motor regions. …”
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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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Bearing Fault Diagnosis under Transient Conditions: Using Variational Mode Decomposition and the Symmetrized Dot Pattern-Based Convolutional Neural Network Model by Jide Jia, Jianmin Mei, Chuang Sun, Fengjuan Yang

“…To eliminate the noise components, VMD was used to decompose the vibration signal into different frequency bands to obtain the intrinsic mode functions (IMFs), which were further represented by SDP images, and feature images were extracted according to the noncorrelation coefficient. …”
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Preparation of Trop2-targeted chimeric antigen receptor T cells and study of their exhaustion status in vitro by LIU Xiuying, LI Xinzhan, ZHU Jingjing, ZHU Jingjing

“…Methods‍　‍The second-generation CAR plasmid was constructed based on the single-chain variable fragment (scFv) sequence of Sacituzumab Govitecan targeting Trop2. …”
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Enhancing access to specialist appointments in tertiary healthcare in Shanghai, China: a structured reservation pathway using digital health technologies by Li Li, Tao Zheng, Enhong Dong, Minjie Chen, Xiaojing Zhao, Binyuan Zhang, Xuji Zhao, Weijun Shao, Yiling Fan

“…Objective The aim of this study is to develop, implement the precise reservation path (PRP) and investigate its prediction function for scheduling shunting patients for specialist appointment registration in Shanghai, China.Design The PRP system was built on the hospital’s existing information system, integrated with WeChat (WeCom) for user convenience. …”
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Replacing GRACE/GRACE‐FO C30 With Satellite Laser Ranging: Impacts on Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Change by Bryant D. Loomis, Kenneth E. Rachlin, David N. Wiese, Felix W. Landerer, Scott B. Luthcke

“…The C30 coefficient, which has a large impact on the recovered Antarctic Ice Sheet mass changes, is shown here to be poorly observed by GRACE/GRACE‐FO when either mission is operating without two fully functional accelerometers. …”
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Expression variation and covariation impair analog and enable binary signaling control by Kyle M Kovary, Brooks Taylor, Michael L Zhao, Mary N Teruel

“…Such high variation is beneficial for population‐level regulation of cell functions but abolishes accurate single‐cell signal transmission. …”
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