Associations between patient characteristics and five-year trajectories of anticholinergic drug burden in older adults in German primary care: a prospective observational cohort st... by Hans-Helmut König, Claudia Langebrake, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Martin Scherer, Gerhard Schön, Ingmar Schäfer, Dagmar Lühmann, Birgitt Wiese, Jochen Gensichen, Caroline Krüger, Horst Bickel, Angela Fuchs, Wolfgang Maier, Karola Mergenthal, Siegfried Weyerer, Daniel Tajdar, Juliane Westphal

“…Independent variables included age, sex, education (according to CASMIN), depressiveness (GDS), cognitive function (LDST), quality of life (EQ5D-3L) and the number of diseases weighted by severity. …”
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Fuzzy rank fusion of deep neural networks for weed identification in groundnut crop by Akshay Dheeraj, Rajnish Kumar Chaturvedi, Sapna Nigam, Md. Ashraful Haque, Sudeep Marwaha

“…By combining selective and variable rate spraying, the smart herbicide sprayer effectively manages herbicide amounts. …”
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Back-Analysis of Parameters of Jointed Surrounding Rock of Metro Station Based on Random Forest Algorithm Optimized by Cuckoo Search Algorithm by Xinping Guo, Annan Jiang, Xiang Liu

“…In this method, the mean square error between the measured displacement (stress) and the calculated displacement (stress) is taken as the objective function, and the joint parameters are taken as the decision variables. …”
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Parental acceptance of novel children's medical syringes and their influencing factors by Su Wen Luo, Peng Rui Yang

“…Furthermore, the product's function and price value significantly shape users' behavioral intentions. …”
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DeBo: Contrast enhancement for image registration using binary differential evolution and bat optimization. by Muhammad Adeel Akram, Tallha Akram, Umer Javed, Muhammad Rafiq, Mehvish Naz, Di He

“…In this study, we proposed a hybrid binary differential evolution and BAT optimization model to enhance contrast stretching by optimizing a decision variables in the transformation function. To validate its efficiency, the proposed approach is utilized as a preprocessor before feature extraction in image registration. …”
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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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Enhanced prediction of heating value of municipal solid waste using hybrid neuro-fuzzy model and decision tree-based feature importance assessment by Oluwatobi Adeleke, Obafemi O. Olatunji, Tien-Chien Jen, Iretioluwa Olawuyi

“…To this end, the feature importance analysis of MSW input variables was carried out using the decision tree regressor with the Gini importance (GI) metrics to identify the most influential variable. …”
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Sap flow simulation of Cunninghamia lanceolata in degraded red soil region based on back propagation neural network by Tu Jie, Liu Qijing, Wei Jun, Hu Liang

“…Four main factors including air temperature, relative air humidity, average net radiation and vapor pressure deficit were chosen as the input variables, and the sap flow velocity was selected as the output variable, to train and examine the neural network model with Bayesian regularization algorithm and Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm. …”
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New Approach of Blind Adaptive Equalizer Based on Genetic Algorithms by Caroline A. D. Silva, Marcelo A. C. Fernandes

“…Unlike traditional methods that rely on linear programming and suffer from local minima issues, this technique utilizes a stochastic linear programming cost function with GAs for robust optimization. The proposed method termed Blind Linear Equalizer based on genetic algorithm (BLE-GA) enhances performance by leveraging a GA’s ability to handle stochastic variables, offering rapid convergence and resilience against signal noise and inter-symbol interference. …”
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Parameter Calculation and Rotor Structure Optimization Design of Solid Rotor Induction Motors by Hao Xu, Jinghong Zhao, Sinian Yan

“…On this basis, with efficiency, power factor, starting torque and starting current as the optimization objectives, and the number of slots, slot depth, slot width, squirrel cage material and end ring thickness as the optimization variables, the optimization schemes of slotted rotor and squirrel cage rotor are obtained by using the three-dimensional finite element method. …”
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Sustitución parcial de alimento balanceado comercial por saccharina rústica en pollo de engorde by Dixon Fabián Flórez-Delgado, Jesús Esteban Fonseca-García, Dubel Reinaldo Cely-Leal

“…During the development of the study, productive indicators such as feed intake, weight gain (WG), feed efficiency (FE), feed conversion ratio (FC), carcass yield (CY), productivity index (PI), European production efficiency factor (EPF), and feed costs were measured. …”
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Optimally controlled heating of solid particles in a fluidised bed with a dispersive flow of the solid by Poświata Artur, Szwast Zbigniew

“…The mixing rate was described by the axial dispersion coefficient. As any economic values of variables describing analysing process are subject to local and time fluctuations, the accepted objective function describes the total cost of the process expressed in exergy units. …”
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Enlightening the Critical Factors affecting the Solvency of Indian Construction Industry: An Empirical Analysis using Multivariate Discriminant Analysis and Logistic Regression by RAKESH SHARMA, Neba Bhalla

“…The different financial ratios, namely, profitability, liquidity, leverages, and turnovers, are used as predictors or explanatory variables of insolvency of Indian construction companies. …”
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Stability and Optimal Control Analysis for a Fractional-Order Industrial Virus-Propagation Model Based on SCADA System by Luping Huang, Dapeng Gao, Shiqiang Feng, Jindong Li

“…As is known to all, there is no unified method to establish a Lyapunov function. In this paper, by constructing an appropriate Lyapunov function and applying the method of undetermined coefficients, we prove the global asymptotic stability for all possible equilibrium points. …”
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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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The Relation between Contraception Methods and Quality of Life by Narjes Bahri, Hamid R Tohidinik, Roghayeh R Bilandi, Mona Larki, Fatemeh Hooshangi, Maliheh Soltanian

“…After performing different statistical tests in bivariate analysis, the multi-variable linear regression was used to assess the association between method of contraception and domains of quality of life adjusting for other confounding factors Results: Women with Tubal sterilization had significant worse “physical functioning” [adjusted regression coefficient=-5.14 (95%CI:-10.2 to -0.01)] but better “general health perceptions” [adjusted regression coefficient=6.8(95%CI: 2.1 to 11.5)] than those preferring male condom (reference). …”
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Analysis of MAXIM Application Service Quality on User Satisfaction using the E-Service Quality Method by Putri Wulandari, Nur Rachman Dzakiyullah, Asti Ratnasari, Dadang Heksaputra

“…Overall, the quality of Maxim's service towards user satisfaction is not good in terms of the variables of efficiency, system availability, responsiveness, and contact. …”
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Indirect sliding mode adaptive fractional order nonlinear observer based controller with fractional order single-ended primary inductor converter by Sena Alemu Wondimu, Desalegn Tsega Dagne, Kinde Anlay Fante

“…The SEPIC converter is non-inverting and can both step up and step down the voltage with low ripple current. It is a nonlinear variable structure that uses sliding mode control (SMC) for stable operation. …”
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Thermo-economic optimization of a hybrid solar-wind energy system for the production of clean hydrogen and electricity by Ali Bedakhanian, Akbar Maleki, Siavash Haghighat

“…The objective functions included total cost rate and total exergy efficiency. …”
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On Complex Singularity Analysis for Some Linear Partial Differential Equations in by A. Lastra, S. Malek, C. Stenger

“…We investigate the existence of local holomorphic solutions Y of linear partial differential equations in three complex variables whose coefficients are holomorphic on some polydisc in outside some singular set . …”
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