A secondary analysis of gait after a 4-week postural intervention for older adults with hyperkyphosis by L. C. Hughes, A. L. Ellis, H. L. Rogers, M. Hadley, R. V. Galloway

“…Pearson correlation coefficients were utilized to investigate correlations between all variables at baseline and in pre- and post intervention change values. …”
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Predicting the Cetane Number of Biodiesel using two AI-Models: the Gradient-based ANN and ANN Optimized by Genetic Algorithm by Hadis Tanha, Fatemeh Bashipour

“…The learning function, transfer function, number of hidden layers, and number of neurons in the hidden layers are some of the optimized parameters in the current AI-models. …”
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Family Resilience and Its Influencing Factors Among Patients With Lung Cancer Based on Double ABC‐X Theoretical Framework by Ziyi Shen, Yan Fang, Chengcheng Li, Xin Luo, Junling Cui, Yanchang Liu, Jingfang Hong

“…Relationships between variables and pathways were also explored based on the Double ABC‐X as the theoretical framework. …”
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Incorporating stand parameters in nonlinear height-diameter mixed-effects model for uneven-aged Larix gmelinii forests by Muhammad Junaid Ismail, Tika Ram Poudel, Akber Ali, Lingbo Dong

“…Fifteen widely recognized nonlinear functions were assessed to model the H-D relationship effectively. …”
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Factors Influencing The Use of QRIS in Digital Transactions by Fadhil Muhammad, Arif Imam Suroso, Setiadi Djohar

“…Purpose: The purpose of QRIS is to expand the efficient acceptance of non-cash payments, focusing on traditional mass economic functions (such as traditional markets and MSMEs). …”
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Pareto Optimal Solutions for Stochastic Dynamic Programming Problems via Monte Carlo Simulation by R. T. N. Cardoso, R. H. C. Takahashi, F. R. B. Cruz

“…Instead of using the expected values of the objective function, the randomness nature of the decision variables is kept along the process, while Pareto fronts weighted by all quantiles of the objective function are determined. …”
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Assessment of soil fertility and nutrient distribution for enhanced soil health and field management through an innovative approach by Amir Bostani, Amin Mohebbi Tafreshi, Mohammad Hosein Bijeh Keshavarzi

“…Total nitrogen ranged from 0.02% to 0.82%. Highly variable macronutrient variation coefficient. Thus, the critical limits for elements and physicochemical characteristics were 4.5, 6, 0.7, and 0.8 mg/kg. …”
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Inverse problem of life cycle assessment (LCA): its application in designing for environment (DfE) by Rybaczewska-Błażejowska Magdalena, Masternak-Janus Aneta, Gierulski Wacław

“…The dependencies between input and output signals were defined by nonlinear functions of several variables. Next, linearization was used and coefficient aki was calculated. …”
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Association between Oral Health Status and Diabetic Nephropathy-Related Indices in Japanese Middle-Aged Men by Masami Yoshioka, Yoshifumi Okamoto, Masahiro Murata, Makoto Fukui, Shizuko Yanagisawa, Yasuhiko Shirayama, Kojiro Nagai, Daisuke Hinode

“…Logistic regression analysis using eGFR as a dependent variable and age, CPI score, body mass index, HbA1c, and neutral fat as independent variables suggested that low eGFR (<60) could be attributed to CPI score (OR=3.169, 95% CI: 1.031–9.742, p=0.044). …”
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Fuzzy volume fraction model representation of blood-based sisko tri-hybrid nanofluid flow via a stretching cylinder by N. Deepa, P. Kavya, N. Thamaraikannan, S. Madhanraj, P. Asaigeethan, K. Loganathan

“…The triangular membership function (TMF) is utilized to analyze the variability of uncertainty, while the α− cut is responsible for controlling the TFNs. …”
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Association between weight-bearing ankle dorsiflexion range of motion during deep squat sitting and quality of life after ankle fracture surgery: a cross-sectional study by Hayato Miyasaka, Hayato Miyasaka, Bungo Ebihara, Takashi Fukaya, Koichi Iwai, Shigeki Kubota, Hirotaka Mutsuzaki, Hirotaka Mutsuzaki

“…Multivariate analysis was performed using the four subscales of the SAFE-Q (pain and pain-related, physical functioning and daily living, social functioning, and general health and well-being) as dependent variables.ResultsThe multivariate analysis revealed that weight-bearing ankle dorsiflexion ROM during deep squat sitting was an independent variable for pain and pain-related [standardized partial regression coefficient (β) = 0.584, P &lt; 0.001], physical functioning and daily living (β = 0.376; P = 0.006), social functioning (β = 0.317; P = 0.045), and general health and well-being (β = 0.483; P = 0.005). …”
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Data-driven diabetes mellitus prediction and management: a comparative evaluation of decision tree classifier and artificial neural network models along with statistical analysis by Idris Zubairu Sadiq, Babangida Sanusi Katsayal, Bashiru Ibrahim, Maryam Ibrahim, Hassan Aliyu Hassan, Umar Muhammad Ghali, Abdullahi Garba Usman, Abubakar Usman, Sani Isah Abba

“…Principal Component analysis further highlighted five clusters of health-related variables, identifying age-related metabolic indicators (AGE, HbA1c, BMI), kidney function markers (creatinine (Cr), Urea), cardiovascular lipid profiles (Cholesterol, LDL), lipid transport (VLDL), and protective cardiovascular indicator (HDL). …”
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Correlation of magnetic resonance imaging parameters with montreal cognitive assessment-Indonesian (MOCA-INA) score in dementia patients at Prof. Dr. IGNG Ngoerah General Hospital,... by Made Widhi Asih, Elysanti Dwi Martadiani, I Wayan Gede Artawan Eka Putra, Felicia Nike, Putri Ayu Ratnasari, Nugra Arenz Raturandang, Jessieca Liusen, Anak Agung Parama Swari Khrisna, Luh Dindi Ayu Surya Kanti, Adsel Kartadinata

“…Correlation between variables was evaluated based on the correlation coefficient, which indicates the direction and strength of the correlation. …”
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An Analytical Solution for Natural Frequencies of Elastically Supported Stepped Beams with Rigid Segments by Ferid Kostekci

“…After deriving the transverse displacement functions by means of using the separation-of-variables technique, the frequency equation was found by setting the determinant of the coefficient matrix to zero. …”
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Exploring restoration efforts from a social lens: statistical models reveal relationships between salmon habitat restoration efforts and ecological and social characteristics of th... by Brittany D King, Robert Fonner

“…We specified statistical models to explain the variation in the number of restoration worksites undertaken in subwatersheds as a function of environmental and social variables. Using a common set of explanatory variables, we fit four models to examine the distribution of worksites associated with particular types of restoration actions (instream, riparian, land acquisition, and fish passage) and a fifth model to examine the distribution of all aquatic-based restoration worksites across action types. …”
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Bifurcations of Spatially Inhomogeneous Solutions of a Boundary Value Problem for the Generalized Kuramoto–Syvashinsky Equation by Alina V. Sekatskaya

“…In this paper, a differential partial equation with an unknown function of three variables time and two spatial variables – is considered. …”
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Predictor Importance for Hydrological Fluxes of Global Hydrological and Land Surface Models by João Paulo L. F. Brêda, Lieke A. Melsen, Ioannis Athanasiadis, Albert VanDijk, Vinícius A. Siqueira, Anne Verhoef, Yijian Zeng, Martine van derPloeg

“…We analyzed the JULES, ORCHIDEE, HTESSEL, SURFEX, and PCR‐GLOBWB models for the relative importance of precipitation, climate, soil, land cover and topographic slope as predictors of simulated average evaporation, runoff, and surface and subsurface runoff. RF models functioned as a metamodel and could reproduce GHM/LSMs outputs with a coefficient of determination (R2) over 0.85 in all cases and often considerably better. …”
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Modeling of Ozone Interactions with Various Air Pollutants and Meteorological Factors Using Jaya and Teaching-Learning Based Optimization (TLBO) Algorithms by Nurcan Öztürk

“…In conclusion, it is shown that Jaya and TLBO algorithms can be used in the optimization of the regression function coefficients in modelling some air pollutants interactions and the best-fit equation for each parameter is obtained from the quadratic function.…”
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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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The reproducibility of 31-phosphorus MRS measures of muscle energetics at 3 Tesla in trained men. by Lindsay M Edwards, Damian J Tyler, Graham J Kemp, Renee M Dwyer, Andrew Johnson, Cameron J Holloway, Alan M Nevill, Kieran Clarke

“…Estimates of mitochondrial function were variable, but experimentally useful. …”
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