Cognitive weaknesses or impairments on the NIH toolbox cognition battery in children and adolescents: base rates in a normative sample and proposed methods for classification by Nathan E. Cook, Nathan E. Cook, Nathan E. Cook, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Justin E. Karr

“…., vocabulary and word reading) and fluid cognition (i.e., working memory, visual episodic memory, processing speed, and executive functions). …”
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Do Meta‐Analyses of Total Hip Arthroplasty Produce Reliable Results? A Systematic Review and Meta‐Epidemiological Study of Statistical Methods by Nikolai Ramadanov, Maximilian Voss, Radharani Michelle Diallo, Jonathan Lettner, Hassan Tarek Hakam, Robert Prill, Roland Becker, Robert Hable

“…However, the reliability of their results and conclusions depends heavily on the use of appropriate statistical methods. Therefore, the aim was to test the reliability of statistical methods in meta‐analyses of THA by examining the degree of heterogeneity, the effect of different between‐study variance estimators, and the equality of sample size of pooled primary studies. …”
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Among Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Methods, Automated Gradient-Boosting Models Accurately Score Intraoral Plaque in Non-Standardized Images by Eric Coy, William Santo, Bonnie Jue, Helen Betts, Francisco Ramos-Gomez, Stuart A. Gansky

“…The objectives were to develop and test automated image selection and intraoral plaque-scoring (primary outcome measure in a prevention trial for preschoolers).Methods Evaluating 1650 plaque-disclosed primary teeth (teeth D, E, F, G) from 435 photographs from UCSF/UCLA clinical trials, data were cleaned, transformed, and modeled with statistical and machine learning (ML) algorithms; data visualizations utilized Jupyter Notebooks, Python, OpenCV, and Sci-kit Learn libraries, with Laplacian filter preprocessing. …”
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Development of an Online Scenario-Based Tool to Enable Research Participation and Public Engagement in Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening: Mixed Methods Study by Louise Moody, Samantha Clarke, Matt Compton, Rachael Hughson-Gill, Felicity Boardman, Corinna Clark, Pru Holder, James R Bonham, Jane Chudleigh

“…Stakeholders were recruited to take part in the development workshops via purposeful and snowball sampling methods to achieve a diversity of views across roles and organizations, with email invitations sent to representative individuals with lived, clinical, and academic experience related to CF and screening. …”
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Current experience and future potential of facilitating access to digital NHS primary care services in England: the Di-Facto mixed-methods study by Gary Abel, Helen Atherton, Jon Sussex, Nurunnahar Akter, Abodunrin Q Aminu, Wiktoria Bak, Carol Bryce, Christopher E Clark, Emma Cockcroft, Hamish Evans, Evangelos Gkousis, Georgia Jenkins, Caroline Jenkinson, Nada Khan, Jeffrey Lambert, Brandi Leach, Christine Marriott, Jennifer Newbould, Sarah Parkinson, Jo Parsons, Emma Pitchforth, Laura Sheard, Stephanie Stockwell, Chloe Thomas, Bethan Treadgold, Rachel Winder, John L Campbell

“…Design Observational mixed-methods study (literature review, surveys, ethnographic observation and interviews); formal synthesis of findings. …”
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A Method for Selecting the Appropriate Source Domain Buildings for Building Energy Prediction in Transfer Learning: Using the Euclidean Distance and Pearson Coefficient by Chuyi Luo, Liang Xia, Sung-Hugh Hong

“…This study proposes a novel, easy-to-understand, statistics-based visualization method that combines the Euclidean distance and Pearson correlation coefficient for selecting source buildings in TL for target building electricity prediction. …”
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Rolling Bearing Degradation Identification Method Based on Improved Monopulse Feature Extraction and 1D Dilated Residual Convolutional Neural Network by Chang Liu, Haiyang Wu, Gang Cheng, Hui Zhou, Yusong Pang

“…To address the challenges of extracting rolling bearing degradation information and the insufficient performance of conventional convolutional networks, this paper proposes a rolling bearing degradation state identification method based on the improved monopulse feature extraction and a one-dimensional dilated residual convolutional neural network (1D-DRCNN). …”
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Molecular Fish Sexing on Taisho Sanshoku Koi (Cyprinus carpio) Based on ArS.9-15 Gene Amplification using PCR Method by Balqis Bahiya Milan Novindasari, Isti Ananda Nurrahmi, Krisna Noli Andrian, Aris Haryanto

“…This study aimed to determine the sex of the Taisho Sanshoku Koi fish by molecular sexing using the PCR method to amplify the ArS.9-15 gene. This study was initiated by rearing a 4–6 month-old of 10 Taisho Sanshoku Koi fish in a fish tank with a filter and oxygen aeration. …”
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Preliminary application of a cervical vertebra segmentation method based on Transformer and diffusion model for lateral cephalometric radiographs in orthodontic clinical practice by LIU Yang, WU Mengyi, HU Yao, QI Kun, WANG Yubin, ZHAO Yue, SONG Jinlin

“…The segmentation performance was quantitatively evaluated by two metrics, Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) and Intersection over Union (IoU), and also qualitatively assessed through physicians' manual annotations and model visualization results.Results·The cervical vertebra segmentation method based on Transformer and diffusion models achieved DSC and IoU scores of 93.3% and 87.5%, respectively, significantly outperforming the U-Net and SOLOv2 methods (with improvements of 3.0% and 4.1% in DSC, and 5.2% and 7.1% in loU, respectively). …”
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Effective budgeting as a priority of the company›s development by S. B. Kashkimbayev, A. N. Zhakupov

“…The article uses complex and systematic approaches to the processes and phenomena under study, which is achieved through the methods of analysis and synthesis, review and collection of information, statistical analysis, scientific abstraction and visualization.In the conclusion of the article, the conclusions are made, that a properly formed concept of budgeting, improvement of methods and elements of the budget process will make it possible to manage the capital, as well as a single commercial, and the company as a whole, establishing the sequence of business types, terms and trends of restructuring. …”
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Simulation-Based Assessment of Evacuation Efficiency in Sports Stadiums: Insights from Case Studies by Chieh-Hsiung Yang, Ching-Yuan Lin, Tzu-Wen Kuo

“…This study uses a case study approach to analyze the evacuation of spectators in a 40,000-seat stadium, comparing the practical application of three performance verification methods. The results indicate that Simulex’s visual dynamic simulation effectively reflects how walking speeds decrease in crowded conditions and how bottlenecks form along evacuation routes. …”
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Light adaptive image enhancement for improving visual analysis in intercropping cultivation by Wei Zhong, Wanting Yang, Yunfei Wang, Xiang Dong, Xiaowen Wang, Weidong Jia, Mingxiong Ou, Mingde Yan

“…The model was applied to correct soybean canopy images and compared against traditional enhancement methods, including histogram equalization, Multi-Scale Retinex (MSR), and gamma correction. …”
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Analysis of the Indicators Based on the DS/FH TT&C System by Youyou Xi, Jianhua Hao, Naiping Cheng, Maoguo Liu

“…At 1ast，a variety of visualization technologies were studied. The analysis and simulation results show that the indicators can describe the phenomenon effectively in the system，the methods can accurately complete the test and the visualization scheme can show the test results from different visions.…”
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Discrete Element Analysis of Grouting Reinforcement and Slurry Diffusion in Overburden Strata by Pengfei Guo, Weiquan Zhao, Yahui Ma, Huiling Gen

“…The discrete element analysis method proposed in this study elucidates the mechanical mechanisms of overburden grouting reinforcement at the particle scale and provides theoretical support for visual evaluation of concealed structures and optimization of grouting design.…”
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Book Review: Ethical Practice in Participatory Visual Research With Girls: Transnational Approaches (Vol. 2) by Nicole Brown

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All SNPs are not created equal: genome-wide association studies reveal a consistent pattern of enrichment among functionally annotated SNPs. by Andrew J Schork, Wesley K Thompson, Phillip Pham, Ali Torkamani, J Cooper Roddey, Patrick F Sullivan, John R Kelsoe, Michael C O'Donovan, Helena Furberg, Tobacco and Genetics Consortium, Bipolar Disorder Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Schizophrenia Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Nicholas J Schork, Ole A Andreassen, Anders M Dale

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Adaptive Jamming Suppression in Coherent FFH System Using Weighted Equal Gain Combining Receiver over Fading Channels with Imperfect CSI by Yishan He, Yufan Cheng, Gang Wu, Binhong Dong, Shaoqian Li

“…Fast frequency hopping (FFH) is commonly used as an antijamming communication method. In this paper, we propose efficient adaptive jamming suppression schemes for binary phase shift keying (BPSK) based coherent FFH system, namely, weighted equal gain combining (W-EGC) with the optimum and suboptimum weighting coefficient. …”
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Digital Frequency-Domain MIMO Equalizer Enabling Six-LP-Mode Strong-Coupling IM/DD MDM Optical Transmission System by Jianyu Long, Chen Wang, Ying Wu, Bohan Sang, Chengzhen Bian, Xiongwei Yang, Long Zhang, Yifan Chen, Qinyi Zhang, Ying Wang, Yichen Li, Wen Zhou, Kaihui Wang, Bo Liu, Lei Shen, Jianjun Yu

“…The proposed method facilitated by flexible DSP software offers an alternative for short-reach communication systems and has the potential to advance the practical application of MDM techniques in the future.…”
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Adaptive Equalizer Using Selective Partial Update Algorithm and Selective Regressor Affine Projection Algorithm over Shallow Water Acoustic Channels by Masoumeh Soflaei, Paeiz Azmi

“…In this paper, we apply the family of selective regressor affine projection algorithms (SR-APA) and the family of selective partial update APA (SPU-APA) which have low computational complexity that is one of the important factors that influences adaptive equalizer performance. We apply experimental data from Strait of Hormuz for examining the efficiency of the proposed methods over shallow water channel. …”
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Are men's gender equality beliefs associated with self-reported intimate partner violence perpetration? A state-level analysis of California men. by Kalysha Closson, Nicole E Johns, Anita Raj

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed men's data (N = 3609) from three waves (2021, 2022, and 2023) of cross-sectional data from a statewide sample of California adults. …”
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