Exploring the Impact of School-Based Physical and Perceived Environments on Students’ Physical Activity During Recess: A Case Study of Four Schools in Xi’an, China by Qing Wang, Yan Wang, Lan Zhou, Yong Nan

“…The study’s results confirmed previous findings from a social–ecological perspective and provide a comprehensive assessment framework that includes the spatial organization/spatial quality of the school and the perceived variables of safety, comfort, aesthetics, accessibility and functionality. …”
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Influence of structural surface roughness on the strength of layered fill bodies based on PFC2D by Jinxing WANG, Zongsheng HU, Huazhe JIAO, Xiaolin YANG, Qi ZHANG, Xiaohui LIU, Ping XU, Junqiang XU, Xun CHEN

“…The relationship between cemented surface roughness and backfill strength is examined by analyzing variables such as cemented surface roughness, mass fraction of slurry, cement-to-sand ratio, and filling interval time. …”
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Identification of Factors Affecting Project Financing Risk by Gholamreza Sharafi, Kiamars Fathi Hafashjani, Faegh Ahmadi

“…Risk management is now an important part of project management and has a specific function for improving the efficiency of implementing the project, saving prices, and improving the profitability of projects. …”
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Multi-objective trajectory planning for connected and autonomous vehicles in mixed traffic flow by Hui Li, Yunfei Ge, Yahui Guo, Yu Guan, Xu Zhang

“…The reward function integrates multiple objectives, including safety, fuel consumption, and traffic efficiency. …”
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Antigenic characterization of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein precursor incorporated into nanodiscs. by Kristen C Witt, Luis Castillo-Menendez, Haitao Ding, Nicole Espy, Shijian Zhang, John C Kappes, Joseph Sodroski

“…Here we investigate variables associated with reconstitution of the HIV-1 Env precursor into nanodiscs, nanoscale lipid bilayer discs enclosed by membrane scaffolding proteins. …”
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Integration of indigenous and formal knowledge in the assessment of soil quality performance assessment using multiple factor analysis in Alborz central mountains by Niloufar Izadi, Fateme Aghamir

“…The current study uses Multiple Factor Analysis (MFA) to propose efficiency indicators based on the weighting of familiar, organizational, or productive variables in groups evaluating indigenous, scientific, and data variability. …”
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Study on GPR Image Restoration for Urban Complex Road Surfaces Using an Improved CycleGAN by Xinxin Huang, Jialin Liu, Feng Yang, Xu Qiao, Liang Gao, Tingyang Fu, Jianshe Zhao

“…In urban road detection using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), challenges arise from complex and variable road structures and diversified detection environments. …”
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Dimensions-Reduced Volterra Digital Pre-Distortion Based On Orthogonal Basis for Band-Limited Nonlinear Opto-Electronic Components by Hananel Faig, Yaron Yoffe, Eyal Wohlgemuth, Dan Sadot

“…In addition to the analytical modeling approach, a nonparametric method is developed by applying eigenvalue decomposition on the correlation matrix, which is required for the case of dependent random variables, or for the case of unknown probability distribution functions. …”
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Development of Speech Therapy Application for Children with Stuttering (STACS) by Janith Raj Jayaraju, Amudhu Sankar

“…Conclusion: Most parents found this prototype app easy to use, efficient in training their children, and highly functional. …”
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Data Mining of 24-Hour Cumulative Precipitation Data in Iran Using Machine Learning: Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network and Decision Tree by mozaffar faraji, Majid Rezaii Banafsheh Daragh, Behroz sarisarraf, Ali Mohammad Khorshid Dust

“…Two machine learning models including MLP with activation function σ and decision tree with entropy criterion were implemented. …”
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Optimal Operation of CCHP Smart Distribution Grid with Integration of Renewable Energy by Ghassan A. Bilal, Mohammed K. Al-Saadi, Ghaidaa A. Al-Sultany, Wisam Abed Kattea Al-Maliki

“…In addition, the demand response (DR) is incorporated with the optimization problem as a decision variable to shave the peak load and reduce the total system cost. …”
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Optimal Capacity Configuration of Residential Solar-Hydrogen Coupling Energy System with Hydrogen Vehicle Load by Zhenlan DOU, Chunyan ZHANG, Huirong ZHAO, Yuqi YAO, Daogang PENG

“…Secondly, by setting the capacity of the equipment in the system as the optimization variable, and the minimization of annual investment cost of the system as the objective function, the reliability of energy supply and other factors as the constraints, the system optimal capacity configuration model is established. …”
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Solid-state analog of gravitational redshift: Transport signatures of massless Dirac fermions in tilted Dirac cone heterostructures by Marziyeh Karmand, Mohsen Amini, Morteza Soltani, Ebrahim Ghanbari-Adivi, Seyed Akbar Jafari

“…A Dirac electron passing through a heterojunction with spatially variable tilt experiences an effective curved spacetime. …”
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Fault localization for automatic train operation based on the adaptive error locating array algorithm by Yanpeng Zhang, Yuxiang Cao

“…To begin with, according to the characteristics of ATO, the adaptive fault localization model is designed and the test parameter table is constructed. Then the Partial Variable Intensity Covering Array (PVICA) algorithm is used to generate the initial set of test cases, and the cases are executed sequentially. …”
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Convolutional neural networks for accurate estimation of canopy cover by F. Puig, R. Gonzalez Perea, A. Daccache, M.A. Soriano, J.A. Rodríguez Díaz

“…Canopy Cover (CC) is a key variable in agriculture, providing critical information on crop growth and health. …”
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A Multi-Objective PSO-GWO Approach for Smart Grid Reconfiguration with Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles by Tung Linh Nguyen, Quynh Anh Nguyen

“…Notably, the approach achieves substantial reductions in power losses during peak demand periods with distributed generation incorporation while maintaining voltage profiles within the stringent operational bounds of 0.94 to 1.0 per unit, thus ensuring stability amidst variable load conditions. Comparative analyses further demonstrate that the hybrid method surpasses conventional optimization techniques, as evidenced by enhanced convergence rates and superior objective function outcomes. …”
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Food Supply Chain: A Framework for the Governance of Digital Traceability by Maria Bonaria Lai, Daniele Vergamini, Gianluca Brunori

“…Under the context of increasing demand for transparency, efficiency, and trust in food systems, digital traceability is emerging as a key strategy for improving value creation across agri-food supply chains. …”
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Exploring the nexus of many-body theories through neural network techniques: the tangent model by Senwei Liang, Karol Kowalski, Chao Yang, Nicholas P Bauman

“…The NN representation not only allows us to evaluate the effective interactions efficiently for various geometrical configurations of chemical systems corresponding to various levels of complexity of the underlying wave functions, but also reveals that the bare and effective interactions are related by a tangent function of some latent variables. …”
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Integrating UAV-Based RGB Imagery with Semi-Supervised Learning for Tree Species Identification in Heterogeneous Forests by Bingru Hou, Chenfeng Lin, Mengyuan Chen, Mostafa M. Gouda, Yunpeng Zhao, Yuefeng Chen, Fei Liu, Xuping Feng

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Stress Estimation Based on Stochastic Method for Strength Evaluation of Floating Wind Turbines by Byungmo Kim, Beomil Kim

“…The maximum von-Mises stress from 1 h and 3 h showed a large deviation depending on the analysis time, while the MPM von-Mises stress estimated by applying the same probability level did not show a large deviation, and the variability according to random execution also showed a similar trend. …”
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