EM Algorithm in the Modified Slash Power Maxwell Distribution with an Application by Francisco A. Segovia, Yolanda M. Gómez, Héctor J. Gómez, Inmaculada Barranco-Chamorro, Héctor W. Gómez

“…We study its probability density function and some properties, such as moments, asymmetry and kurtosis coefficient. …”
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Generating Electricity with Hydraulically Amplified Self-Healing Electrostatic (HASEL) Transducers by Isabel Hess, Stephen Chamot, Blake Boren, Patrick Musgrave

“…This study identifies hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic (HASEL) transducers as electricity generators, contrary to their conventional role as actuators. HASELs are soft, variable-capacitance transducers inspired by biological muscles which were developed to mimic the flexibility and functionality of natural muscle tissues. …”
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Optimization of fermentation conditions for enhanced acetylcholine and biomass production of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum AM2 using the Taguchi approach by Walid A. Lotfy, Amira M. Ali, Heba M. Abdou, Khaled M. Ghanem

“…Abstract This study aimed to optimize the fermentation conditions and medium composition for maximum acetylcholine (ACh) and biomass production by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum AM2 using the Taguchi array design, which enables efficient identification of influential variables through minimal experimental runs. …”
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Four-Dimensional Path Planning Methodology for Collaborative Robots Application in Industry 5.0 by Ilias Chouridis, Gabriel Mansour, Vasileios Papageorgiou, Michel Theodor Mansour, Apostolos Tsagaris

“…The safety value of dynamic obstacles, the coefficients of the importance of the terms of the agent’s distance to the ending point, and the safety value of dynamic obstacles were introduced in the objective function. …”
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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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An algorithm for independent component analysis using a general class of copula-based dependence criteria by Fatemeh Asadi, Hamzeh Torabi, Hossein Nadeb

“…The efficiency of Independent Component Analysis ($\rm ICA$) algorithms relies heavily on the choice of objective function and optimization algorithms. …”
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Using Fuzzy Feed-Forward Neural Network for Linguistic Processing by AbdulRahim K. Rah, Sozan S. Haydar

“…To determine the costs associated with fuzzy calculations and fuzzy objectives, developed a cost function. At that point, created a learning algorithm from the cost capacity to align the four variables of each trapezoidal fuzzy weight. …”
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Steady-State Dynamical Response of a Strongly Nonlinear System with Impact and Coulomb Friction Subjected to Gaussian White Noise Excitation by Guidong Yang, Dongmei Huang, Wei Li, Meng Su

“…The Zhuravlev nonsmooth transformation of the state variables combined with the Dirac delta function is utilized to simplify the original system to one without velocity jump. …”
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Non-Destructive Detection of Soybean Storage Quality Using Hyperspectral Imaging Technology by Yurong Zhang, Wenliang Wu, Xianqing Zhou, Jun-Hu Cheng

“…The study focused on acquiring raw spectral information using hyperspectral imaging technology, preprocessing by the derivative method (1ST, 2ND), multiplicative scatter correction (MSC), and standard normal variate (SNV). The feature variables were extracted by a variable iterative space shrinkage approach (VISSA), competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS), and a successive projections algorithm (SPA). …”
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Modelling Geographically Weighted Truncated Spline Regression Using Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Human Development Disparities by Laode Muhammad Saris, Henny Pramoedyo, Adji Achmad Rinaldo Fernandes

“…Among these, the Bi-Square weighting function performed the best, achieving a coefficient of determination of 99.999%, demonstrating the model’s capability to explain nearly all data variability effectively. …”
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Sexuality Assessment in Women Diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer by Patricio Jaramillo Guerrero, Edison Enrique Sotalin Nivela, Eduardo Leonel Alvarado Pico

“…Nominal qualitative variables were defined to establish sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex, marital status, educational level, race and occupational level) and quantitative variables to define the attributes of the members according to their situation before treatment (time elapsed since diagnosis and amount according to type of treatment). …”
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Classification of petroleum origin and integrity by FTIR by FJ. Guzmán-Osorio, VI. Domínguez-Rodríguez, RH. Adams, CE. Lobato-García, A. Guerrero-Peña, JR. Barajas-Hernández

“…The canonic functions derived from the discriminate analysis had correlation coefficients of 0.994, 0.900, and 0.867, among the variables studied and the classification factor. …”
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IRAQ'S AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AND THE REALITY OF THE VARIABLRS AND THE RESULTS OBJECTIVE CURRICULUM AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR THE PERIOD (1990-2011) by Salim Al-Nuaimy, Mahasen. M Al-Jeboury

“…The research aims to formulate sober policies and practical actions contribute to adjust the course of the agricultural sector and to achieve its goals, which will make it easier to raise production and productivity, Variables of agricultural sector were agricultural work, capital accumulation agricultural, technical mechanism, technical chemical, agricultural loans, agricultural export, import of agricultural, national income, domestic consumption, the cultivatedareas, that have been expressed as (policies of productivity and investment, marketing and price) where its impact was deare on the growth of the agricultural sector and overall productivity during (1990-2010) and the development process and increase production and productivity in the agricultural sector associated with economic, social and institutional multiple and overlapping factors that effects the forms and varying proportions in its impact on agricultural output, which had been measured under function producing an aggregate of variables agricultural policy and its contribution to productivity growth as well as measuring productivity elements total (TFP) by using index (Malmaquist) depending on the (DEAP). …”
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Quality control of DEMs using check surfaces by Francisco Javier Ariza-López, José Rodríguez-Avi

“…This paper proposes the use of check surfaces or ‘patches’ for the assessment of Digital Elevation Model (DEM) elevations and derived variables (e.g. slope and aspect). We work with grid-type DEMs, and the patches are implemented through square windows of different sizes. …”
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Neuroscience-informed nomogram model for early prediction of cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease by Sudharshan Putha, Swaroop Reddy Gayam, Bhavani Prasad Kasaraneni, Krishna Kanth Kondapaka, Sateesh Kumar Nallamala, Praveen Thuniki

“…The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) algorithm was applied to identify highly correlated clinical variables influencing cognitive function. Subsequently, these variables were integrated into a visualized nomogram model to facilitate early prediction of cognitive impairment (CI) risk. …”
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Dual effects of leptin in perioperative gas exchange of morbidly obese patients. by Michele Carron, Giovanna Ieppariello, Gabriele Martelli, Giulia Gabellini, Mirto Foletto, Egle Perissinotto, Carlo Ori

“…Leptin has shown positive effects on respiratory function in experimental settings. The role of leptin on perioperative respiratory function in morbidly obese patients has not been established. …”
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A Brief Political Economy of Energy Subsidies in the Middle East and North Africa by Laura El-Katiri, Bassam Fattouh

“…While it is clear that energy subsidy reform will not be the only variable at play, its potential socio-economic dividends are important factors for enabling some common regional objectives—sustainable fiscal policies, fiscal space to invest in key areas, and a more efficient and equitable distribution of scarce resources—to be achieved, helping to promote a more stable political status quo in the long term. …”
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Optimizing switching sequences in AC-AC converters for enhanced safety and performance in conveyor systems by Velmurugan Dhandapani, Gopinath Balasubramanian

“…Industrial systems require optimized control to maintain efficiency under variable loads. Fault conditions influence power stability and overall system functionality. …”
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Classification of Biological Data using Deep Learning Technique by Azha Javed, Muhammad Javed Iqbal

“…Previous work failed to properly address issues related to the classification of biological sequences i.e. protein including efficient encoding of variable length biological sequence data and implementation of deep learning based neural network models to enhance the performance of classification/ recognition systems. …”
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Haemodynamics-driven developmental pruning of brain vasculature in zebrafish. by Qi Chen, Luan Jiang, Chun Li, Dan Hu, Ji-wen Bu, David Cai, Jiu-lin Du

“…The brain blood vasculature consists of a highly ramified vessel network that is tailored to meet its physiological functions. How the brain vasculature is formed has long been fascinating biologists. …”
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