Role of leisure and sleep in promoting daily physical activity in adults with down syndrome by Melissa R. Jenkins, Victoria L. Fleming, Emily K. Schworer, Yiwen Dong, Dana L. Tudorascu, Benjamin L. Handen, Sigan L. Hartley

“…Sleep variables included total sleep time (TST) and sleep efficiency (SE). …”
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Stability and vibration analyses of tapered columns resting on one or two-parameter elastic foundations by Masoumeh Soltani, Foudil Mohri

“…This paper presents a generalized numerical method to evaluate element stiffness matrices needed for the free vibration and stability analyses of non-prismatic columns resting on one- or two-parameter elastic foundations and subjected to variable axial load. For this purpose, power series approximation is used to solve the fourth–order differential equation of non-prismatic columns with variable geometric parameters. …”
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CGF with Bio-Oss collagen as grafting materials for simultaneous implant placement after osteotome sinus floor elevation: a prospective study by Bashar Shahood, Seba Harphoush, Belal O. M. Muhaisen, Jing Qiu

“…Abstract Background Osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) procedure with simultaneous implant placement is known to be an efficient procedure in the atrophic maxilla, where bone regeneration is required the most. …”
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Bayesian inference for peak feature extraction and prediction of material property in X-ray diffraction data by Ryo Murakami, Taisuke T. Sasaki, Hideki Yoshikawa, Yoshitaka Matsushita, Keitaro Sodeyama, Tadakatsu Ohkubo, Hiroshi Shinotsuka, Kenji Nagata

“…This study aimed to establish an efficient and robust approach for constructing peak feature tables that follow ML standards (ML-ready) from XRD data. …”
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Flow Characteristics of Distinctly Viscous Multilayered Intestinal Fluid Motion by S. K. Pandey, M. K. Chaube, Dharmendra Tripathi

“…The goal of this investigation is to study the three layered (core layer, intermediate layer, and peripheral layer) tubular flow of power law fluids with variable viscosity by peristalsis in order to investigate the strength of the role played by an artificially generated intermediate layer to ease constipation. …”
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Fast 3D localization of nano-objects in wide-field interferometric scattering microscopy via vectorial diffraction model-derived analytical fitting by Liaoliao Wei, Caroline Livan Anyi, Huakun Li, Haitao Nie, Bihan Wen, Tong Ling

“…In this study, we introduce an efficient analytical fitting approach for retrieving the 3D positions of nano-objects in wide-field iSCAT. …”
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A Gradient Grating Period Guided-Mode Resonance Spectrometer by Hsin-Yun Hsu, Yi-Hsuan Lan, Cheng-Sheng Huang

“…The GMR is specially designed to exhibit gradient grating periods (GPPs) laterally to ensure that the GMR functions as a linear-variable bandstop filter. Each period corresponds to a resonant wavelength such that this wavelength is reflected back at its corresponding resonant period and transmitted to all other periods. …”
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Mass transpiration impact on effectiveness of heat transport of ternary hybrid nanofluid with velocity slip by S. Bilal, Muhammad Yasir

“…Furthermore, to raise the efficiency and to optimize the performance of the aforementioned mechanisms insertion of the composition of distinctively natured ternary nanoparticles comprising of Cu, TiO2 and Ag are induced. …”
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Neural Network and Generalized Extended State Observer Sliding Mode Control of Hydraulic Cylinder Position in the Independent Metering Control System with Digital Valves by Xiangfei Tao, Kailei Liu, Jing Yang

“…The independent metering control system is renowned for its ability to independently regulate the flow and pressure of various actuators, achieving high efficiency and energy savings in hydraulic systems. …”
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A Novel Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Regression Analysis by Zhiming Song, Maocai Wang, Guangming Dai, Massimiliano Vasile

“…The result shows that MMEA-RA outperforms RM-MEDA and NSGA-II on the test instances with variable linkages. At the same time, MMEA-RA has higher efficiency than the other two algorithms. …”
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Economic and environmental power dispatch for energy management systems applied to microgrids with wind energy resources and battery energy storage systems by Jhon Montano, John E. Candelo-Becerra, Cristian Escudero-Quintero, Juan Pablo Guzmán

“…The results show that the approach ensures technical efficiency while minimizing economic and environmental requirements. …”
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PARAMETER ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF MAGNETIC ADSORPTION UNIT FOR CRAWLER WALL-CLIMBING ROBOT (MT) by ZHAO ZhiHao, TAO YouRui, PEI JiaXin, HU JunYu

“…The length, the width, the height of the permanent magnet, the thickness of the yoke and the distance between the permanent magnet and the wall are selected as the design variables. After the optimized design, the adsorption efficiency of the MAU is increased from 2.029 7 to 3.938 1.…”
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Optimization Study of PVT Coupled Water Loop Heat Pump Energy Supply System by Lv Tiangang, Liu Bing, Wu Jun, Zhu Li, Hou Jingxuan

“…By employing the Hooke-Jeeves algorithm, the system's design and operation parameters were optimized with annual cost and system COP as objective functions. Design variables included PVT inclination, azimuth, area, heat pump capacity, and tank volume, while operational variables were PVT backplate temperature and tank temperature. …”
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Optimization of K-Shaped Metal Sealing Ring for Subsea Tubing Hanger Based on Response Surface Method by Huan Xie, Hongxia Zhang, Yiwei Fan, Liyuan Liu, Wei Zeng

“…To address the issue of low optimization efficiency due to the need for repeated finite element calculations during the optimization process, quadratic response surface models are established for the sealing performance indicators of the K-shaped seal ring, which were then used as the optimization objective functions to enhance the optimization efficiency. …”
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A New Multi-Parametric MRI-Based Scoring System for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: The Severity on Imaging Myelopathy Score (SIMS) by Alexis Morgado, Julien Berthiller, Fabien Subtil, Donato Creatura, Gildas Patet, Nathalie André-Obadia, Cédric Yves Barrey

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the leading cause of functional disabilities of spinal origin in people over 50 years old. …”
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Office-in-the-Loop: an investigation into Agentic AI for advanced building HVAC control systems by Tomoya Sawada, Masahiro Mizuno, Takaomi Hasegawa, Keiichi Yokoyama, Mayuka Kono

“…Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems are major energy consumers in buildings, challenging the balance between efficiency and occupant comfort. While prior research explored generative AI for HVAC control in simulations, real-world validation remained scarce. …”
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A nomogram for diagnosis of BI-RADS 4 breast nodules based on three-dimensional volume ultrasound by Xianping Jiang, Chen Chen, Jincao Yao, Liping Wang, Chen Yang, Wei Li, Di Ou, Zhiyan Jin, Yuanzhen Liu, Chanjuan Peng, Yifan Wang, Dong Xu

“…Abstract Objectives The classification of malignant breast nodules into four categories according to the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) presents significant variability, posing challenges in clinical diagnosis. …”
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Application of machine learning algorithms for predicting the life-long physiological effects of zinc oxide Micro/Nano particles on Carum copticum by Maryam Mazaheri-Tirani, Soleyman Dayani, Majid Iranpour Mobarakeh

“…All ML algorithms showed varied efficiencies in predicting the nonlinear relationships among parameters, with higher efficiency in predicting the behavior of root and shoot dry mass, root fresh weight and number of flowers according to R2 index. …”
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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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Diversity and interdomain networks of bacterial, pico-protist and nano-protist communities in a marine ranching by Xinyi Zheng, Xin Guo, Xin Guo, Xiaoqing Lin, Cheng Huang, Lingfeng Huang

“…Although seasonal fluctuations in environmental variables generally influence microbial community dynamics, our comprehension of interdomain microbial co-occurrence patterns remains incomplete. …”
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