Efficient techno-economic modelling of smart parking lots within the electricity distribution networks by Seyed Ashkan Nejati, David Greenwood, Sanchari Deb, Saman Nikkhah

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Modulatory Efficiency of Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) on Collagen-Induced Platelet Aggregation and Dysfunction by Osah Martins Onwuka, Chukwukadibie Adigwe, Oghenefego Michael Adheke, Chamberlin Jamike Elem, Josiah Soipiriala Hart

“…Platelet count, mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and plateletcrit (PCT) evaluated platelet production and size variability. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. …”
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Automated protocol templates with efficient schedule of activities table generation for healthy volunteer trials by Kyongeun Shin, Sungpil Han, Hyerim Choe, Suein Choi, Seunghoon Han

“…Materials and methods: R Markdown was applied as the primary template development tool to automate the creation of a clinical trial protocol template that adheres to the International Council for Harmonization (ICH) M11 guidelines by enabling the adjustment of dynamic variables and facilitating the standardized presentation of relevant data using associated R packages. …”
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Functional analysis of school refusal: An exploratory study in the Indian context by Arun Singh Yadav, Kiragasur Madegowda Rajendra, Lakshmi Sravanti, John Vijay Sagar Kommu, Shekhar Seshadri, Satish Chandra Girimaji

“…The association between school refusal and these variables was examined using Cramer’s V coefficient. …”
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Method of restoring multivariable Boolean function from its derivative by Alexander V. Mazurenko, Nadezhda S. Mogilevskaya

“…Introduction. Boolean functions of several variables are of paramount importance in the coding theory and cryptography. …”
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Functional capacity of patients with coronary artery disease at middle age by Khalida Alwan Mansour, Ali Kathum Jassem

“… Objectives: The study aims to identify the functional capacity for patients with coronary artery disease at middle age, and to find out the significant relation between functional capacity domains with variables patients gender, age, marital status, level of education, and income. …”
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The Quality of Functional Movements and the Back Squat in Amateur and Professional Bodybuilders by VERONIKA ILJINAITĖ, LAIMONAS ŠIUPŠINSKAS, KRISTINA BERŠKIENĖ

“…Statistical analyses applied non-parametric tests (Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney U, and Friedman's) for dependent and independent samples, with significance set at p\<0.05, and the Spearman correlation coefficient and Chi-square test were used to assess relationships between quantitative and qualitative variables…”
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Challenges and future perspectives in using mesenchymal stem cells for efficient bone fracture healing by Dong Han, Weiwei Liu, Jinpeng Gong, Yupeng Ma, Zhengwen Sun

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Predicting renal function using fundus photography: role of confounders by Hyun-Woong Park, Hae Ri Kim, Ki Yup Nam, Bum Jun Kim, Taeseen Kang

“…Sex was identified as a confounding variable in creatinine prediction. The MDRD formula was more susceptible to this confounding effect than the CKD-EPI formula. …”
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Assessment of Pedotransfer Functions for Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Anatolian Soils by Gülay Karahan

“…However, it has been frequently reported that measurement of Ksat is laborious, time-consuming, and expensive due to its high spatial variability and this has motivated researchers to develop indirect methods such as pedotransfer functions (PTFs) for developing Ksat-database in regional and national scales. …”
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An efficient Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm with fixed linear ramp schedule for truss structure optimization by Junsen Xiao, Naruethep Sukulthanasorn, Reika Nomura, Shuji Moriguchi, Kenjiro Terada

“…As a result, the objective function is in a simple format, enabling efficient optimization using QAOA. …”
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Axisymmetric Free Vibration of Functionally Graded Piezoelectric Circular Plates by Yang Li, Yang Gao

“…The finite Hankel transform is utilized to obtain an ordinary differential equation with variable coefficients. By virtue of the proposed exponential law model, we have ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients. …”
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Variational Autoencoder Transfer Functions for Onshore Tsunami Hazard Curves by Willington Renteria, Patrick Lynett, Maile McCann, Behzad Ebrahimi, Hong Kie Thio, Ian Robertson, Chris Siverd, Betsy Hicks

“…Once encoded, the data are represented by a normal distribution of latent variables. The VAE then uses a trained decoder to sample the distribution created by the latent variables and reconstruct a continuous hazard function at the onshore location. …”
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Physical function evaluation in volleyball training based on intelligent GRNN by Kaiyuan Dong, Borhannudin bin Abdullah, Hazizi bin Abu Saad, Chenxi Lu

“…Abstract This study aims to improve both the evaluation accuracy and the real-time feedback capability in monitoring athletes’ physical function changes during volleyball training. Firstly, based on the framework of the generalized regression neural network, a variable-structure generalized regression neural network (VSGRNN) is proposed and developed. …”
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SARE: an optimized method for detection functional regulatory elements in genome by Mohammadjavad Hosseinpoor

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The Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation, Riccati Equation, and Airy Functions by Nathan A. Lanfear, Sergei K. Suslov

“…Particular solutions of the corresponding nonlinear Schrödinger equations with variable coefficients are also found. A special case of the quantum parametric oscillator is studied in detail first. …”
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Mixed Cost Function and State Constrains Optimal Control Problems by Hugo Leiva, Guido Tapia-Riera, Jhoana P. Romero-Leiton, Cosme Duque

“…In this paper, we analyze an optimal control problem with a mixed cost function, which combines a terminal cost at the final state and an integral term involving the state and control variables. …”
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Bringing Executive Function Testing Online: Assessment Validation Study by Mouna Attarha, Ana Carolina de Figueiredo Pelegrino, Lydia Ouellet, Sarah-Jane Grant, Etienne de Villers-Sidani, Thomas Van Vleet

“…Performance on Freeze Frame was analyzed in relation to self-reported demographic variables and neuropsychological function, using a standardized measure of executive function, the National Institutes of Health Executive Abilities: Measures and Instruments for Neurobehavioral Evaluation and Research (NIH EXAMINER). …”
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Comparative analysis of profitability and resource use efficiency between Penaeus monodon and Litopenaeus vannamei in India. by Ubair Nisar, Hongzhi Zhang, Mahida Navghan, Yugui Zhu, Yongtong Mu

“…The Cobb-Douglas production function, which relates production output to several independent input variables, was used to determine productivity. …”
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Standard Deviation of Fiber-Coupling Efficiency for Free-Space Optical Communication Through Atmospheric Turbulence by Woohyeon Moon, Hoon Kim

“…Due to atmospheric turbulence, however, the coupling efficiency, which is defined by the ratio of the fiber-coupled optical power to the optical power reaching the aperture, fluctuates over time, and thus should be treated as a random variable. …”
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