Bistable variable stiffness laminates - novel manufacturing and modeling strategies by P.M. Anilkumar, A. Haldar, G. Clancy, S. Scheffler, B.N. Rao, P.M. Weaver, R. Rolfes

“…Bistable laminates offer a path to energy-efficient and multi-functional structures, with potential applications in various engineering domains. …”
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Inter-phantom variability in digital mammography: implications for quality control by Gisella Gennaro, Gilberto Contento, Andrea Ballaminut, Francesca Caumo

“…Variability was assessed by calculating intra- and inter-phantom variances and coefficients of variation (COVs). …”
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Related factors and prognostic significance of predialysis blood pressure variability by LV Yu-feng, DONG Hai-xia

“…Objective To study the clinical variables that may plausibly influence predialysis systolic blood pressure variability(SBPV),and to investigate the correlations of predialysis SBPV with all-cause mortality in patients receiving prevalent maintenance hemodialysis(MHD).Methods A total of 50 patients were enrolled in the study.All the blood pressure values before each dialysis were recorded between March and May in 2011.The mean systolic pressure(SBP)was calculated,and SBPV was estimated with the coefficient of variability.During the three months,clinical data and related biochemical parameters were collected,and echocardiography was carried out to detect cardiac structure and function.Death events were recorded during the next five years.Results The predialysis SBPV was 8.5% ±2.1%.SBPV showed a positive correlation with the age,body mass index(BMI)and left atrial diameter(LAD)(P<0.05 for all).Meantime,SBPV showed a negative correlation with the serum creatinine(SCr),average DBP,parathyroid hormone(PTH),doses of calcium carbonate and activated vitamin D(P<0.05).Patients with diabetes mellitus(DM),coronary artery disease(CAD)or taking alfablocker had higher SBPV(P<0.05).SBPV was used as a variate for conducting the multiple linear regression analysis,after adjustment,the seven variables of age,DM,CAD,BMI,LAD,SCr and taking alfa-blocker maintained their associations with predialysis SBPV(P<0.05).The equation of R~2=0.630.During 5 years of follow-up,12 patients died(24.0%).The Kaplan-meier survival analysis showed that the predialysis SBPV elevation was associated with the mortality rate(P<0.01).Conclusions Advanced age,the history of DM and/or CAD,lower SCr,higher BMI and LAD,and taking alpha-blocker were the independent risk factors of increased predialysis SBPV.The predialysis SBPV increase is associated with all-cause mortality in patients given prevalent MHD.…”
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Investigation on Free Vibration of Rotating Cylindrical Shells with Variable Thickness by Liu Xiangdong, Hou Xiaoli, Bai Bin, Zeng Maolin

“…The scientific and effective method is to design the variable thickness of RCS (VTRCS) along the axial direction in response to this demand. …”
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The acoustic wave generation by a thin layer with variable temperature by Roman DYBA, Bronisław ŻÓŁTOGÓRSKI

“…It was shown that, in view of the low efficiency of the temperature—pressure conversion, it is necessary to generate large layer temperature changes to obtain the mean values of sound intensity, whereas the maximum of the modulus of the transmittance function of the source occurs even for very thin layers. …”
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Modeling the Impact of Fabrication Variabilities on the Performance of Silicon Avalanche Photodetectors by David Liu, Luca F. Errico, Matteo G. C. Alasio, Mike Zhu, Enrico Bellotti

“…This work presents a systematic study of the sensitivities of silicon avalanche photodiode (APD) performance metrics, including gain, excess noise, and bandwidth, to potential variabilities in the fabrication process. The APDs simulations are performed using a state-of-the-art Full-Band Monte Carlo (FBMC) device simulator with the integrated band structure and scattering rates calculated <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathit{ab{-}initio}$</tex-math></inline-formula> with density-functional theory (DFT). …”
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Refined matrix completion for spectrum estimation of heart rate variability by Lei Lu, Tingting Zhu, Ying Tan, Jiandong Zhou, Jenny Yang, Lei Clifton, Yuan-Ting Zhang, David A. Clifton

“…Heart rate variability (HRV) is an important metric in cardiovascular health monitoring. …”
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A novel extraction model optimization with effective separation coefficient for rare earth extraction process using improve differential evolution by Fangping Xu, Hui Yang, Jianyong Zhu, Wenjia Chang

“…This model also facilitates the construction of an optimized objective function for determining the effective separation coefficient. …”
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Evaluation of the polymorphism of the GDF9 and BMP15 genes and their relationship with the reproductive functions of sheep of different breeds by Z. K. Gadzhiev, E. S. Surzhikova, D. D. Evlagina, A. I. Surov, S. N. Shumaenko

“…Polymorphism is the result of evolutionary processes and is inherited, associated with biodiversity and modified by natural selection and functions to preserve various forms of population. …”
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Nitrogen removal from decentralized domestic wastewater in gravel-bed coupled with wood chip under variable hydraulic loading rate by Bo-Yuan Wang, Yu Xin, Guo-Fu Lin, Da-Wen Gao, Lin Liu

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Patterns of intra-cluster correlation coefficients in school-based cluster randomised controlled trials of interventions for improving social-emotional functioning outcomes in pupi... by Kitty Parker, Michael Nunns, ZhiMin Xiao, Tamsin Ford, Paul Stallard, Willem Kuyken, Nick Axford, Obioha C. Ukoumunne

“…Abstract Background The cluster randomised trial (CRT) design is increasingly used to evaluate the impact of school-based interventions for improving social-emotional functioning outcomes in pupils. Good knowledge is required on plausible values of the intra-cluster correlation coefficient (ICC) of the outcome to calculate the required sample size in such studies. …”
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Optimal vaccination model of airborne infection under variable humidity and demographic heterogeneity for hybrid fractional operator technique by Saima Rashid, Ilyas Ali, Nida Fatima, Tehreem Fatima, Fekadu Tesgera Agam, Sayed K. Elagan

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An Algorithm for the Conditional Distribution of Independent Binomial Random Variables Given the Sum by Kelly Ayres, Steven E. Rigdon

“…We investigate Metropolis–Hastings (MH) algorithms to approximate the distribution of independent binomial random variables conditioned on the sum. Let <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>X</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo>∼</mo><mrow><mi>BIN</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mi>n</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>p</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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The impact of gradient variable temperature fermentation on the quality of cigar tobacco leaves by Qianying Zhang, Qianying Zhang, Yang Huang, Yang Huang, Hongyue An, Hongyue An, Shuanghong Yang, Shuanghong Yang, Jinshan Lei, Jinshan Lei, Yue Wang, Yue Wang, Pinhe Li, Pinhe Li, Hongfei Zhang, Wen Cai, Wen Cai, Wen Cai, Yun Jia, Yun Jia, Yongqiang Pang, Dongliang Li, Dongliang Li

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ANALYSIS OF SOME ECONOMIC VARIABLES IN SLOVENIAN FARMS USING FADN DATASET by Nicola GALLUZZO

“…The purpose of this paper was to investigate by a quantitative approach, over the time 2004-2013, in the FADN dataset main correlations among different economic variables, such as financial subsidies allocated by the CAP on Slovenian farms stratified in function of the main typology of farming which is a dummy variable of the productive specialization. …”
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Singular anisotropic equations with a sign-changing perturbation by Zhenhai Liu, Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou

“…We prove a multiplicity result producing two positive smooth solutions when the coefficient function in the singular term is small in the L∞-norm. …”
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Analysis and spatial prediction of water retention curves in two types of soil by Diego L. Cortés-Delgadillo, Jesús H. Camacho Tamayo, Ramón Giraldo

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Heart Rate Variability Time-Domain Analysis Across Glaucoma Subtypes by Yuto Yoshida, Hinako Takei, Misaki Ukisu, Keigo Takagi, Masaki Tanito

“…This study aimed to investigate the association between different glaucoma subtypes and the following time-domain heart rate variability (HRV) parameters: the standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals (SDNN), the square root of the mean of the sum of the squared differences between adjacent normal-to-normal intervals (RMSSD), and the coefficient of variation of R-R intervals (CVRR). …”
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ON TECHNIQUE OF FUZZY EXPERT KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION by Lyudmila Victorovna Borisova, Valery Petrovich Dimitrov, Inna Nikolayevna Nurutdinova

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Effects of Peanut Processing on Masticatory Performance during Variable Appetitive States by Fiona McKiernan, Richard D. Mattes

“…However, questions have been raised as to whether inter- and intraindividual variability in mastication in response to peanut form and processing properties may influence these health effects, since mastication has the potential to alter the bioaccessibility of nutrients within the nut matrix. …”
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