Early Predictive Value of the Glucose‐to‐Lymphocyte Ratio for the Occurrence of Stroke‐Associated Pneumonia by Fuqiang Zhou, Liju Ma, Min Li, Haijiang Li, Heying Yang, Ye Xu, Kuankuan Dang, Fengchen Gao, Haimei Sun

“…The GLR was converted into a categorical variable for trend testing, and compared the predictive efficiency of GLR through the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and Bonferroni correction analysis. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Quality Control Measures in Project Management: A Study of Construction Companies in Lusaka by Mwanza Jacob, Chimbomba Kelvin

“…A solid positive relationship appeared between how well technology supports quality control and general quality control practices (Pearson coefficient = 0.893). Quality control measures improve the efficiency of construction projects, but they should be further improved as many projects still get delayed as a result of quality issues. …”
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Modeling and Numerical Prediction on Mechanical Behaviors of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bio Composites Using Fuzzy Logic Algorithm by Vinoth Viswanathan, Sathiyamurthy Subbarayan, Ananthi Narayanaswamy, Devi Panneerselvam, Prabhakaran Jayasankar

“…A triangular membership function was employed to define all these variables. …”
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Safety Prediction Using Vehicle Safety Evaluation Model Passing on Long-Span Bridge with Fully Connected Neural Network by Yang Yang, Lin Yang, Bo Wu, Gang Yao, Hang Li, Soltys Robert

“…In particular, the input and output variables of the vehicle safety evaluation model are determined, and simultaneously training, validation, and testing data are achieved. …”
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Multiple metabolic requirements for size homeostasis and initiation of division in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Shivatheja Soma, Kailu Yang, Maria I. Morales, Michael Polymenis

“…Furthermore, we show that adenylate kinase, encoded by ADK1, is a significant determinant of the efficiency of size control mechanisms. Finally, our data argue strongly that the cell size at division is not necessarily a function of the rate cells increase in size in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. …”
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Dynamic multicriteria optimization of household heating and cooling system for reusing fuel-cell waste heat at optimal thermodynamic conditions while considering climatic effects by Sara Azamian

“…In this study, the optimal thermodynamic variables, output power, and waste heat for different fuel-cell capacities are first determined by solving a nonlinear model. …”
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Multi‐objective and multi‐stage low‐carbon planning of park integrated energy system considering random outages from superior power grid by Xunpu Jiang, Zhejing Bao, Jianwei Chen, Miao Yu

“…Then, the fuzzy membership function is used to determine the optimal compromise solution, resulting in a planning scheme that balances economic efficiency and supply reliability. …”
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Designing and implementing a Web-based real time routing service for crisis management (a case study for district 11 of Tehran) by javad sadidi, seyed hassan hosseini sajedi

“…According to the obtained results, the path’s length and traffic’s volume variables have the most important role in target function formation (travel cost) therefore the specific path will be selected as the optimal path, with the minimized distance between the destination and the traffic volume. …”
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Synthesis of evasive maneuver control of unmanned aerial vehicle for terminal restrictions by N. Y. Polovinchuk, S. V. Ivanov, L. I. Kotelnitskaya

“…The FV (flying vehicle) control is organized with maximum efficiency. Herewith, the maneuvering FV trajectory must satisfy the requirements of optimality for some given functions of the phase variables at the final time and the conditions of its path through a specified terminal area space. …”
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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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Explaining the COVID19 mortality growth rate: an empirical analysis of Israeli cities by Yuval Arbel, Yifat Arbel, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner, Miryam Kerner

“…These include population size, median age, a socio-economic ranking at a city level, a date variable and a dummy variable that equals 1 for post-vaccination and 0 for pre-vaccination era.MethodRegression analysis, where each variable is converted to the standard normal distribution function. …”
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Sensitivity analysis of melting heat transfer in Williamson fluid by Aliya Batool, Zakir Hussain, Dilawar Hussain

“…The model is simplified to ordinary differential equations by introducing similarity variables and tackled by bvp4c Matlab function. The significant variables on flow model are identified by Response Surface Method (RSM). …”
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The Relationship between Optimism and Mindfulness with Cognitive Performance in Older Adults by Sanaz Ghannadi, Morteza Tarkhan

“…Furthermore, 34% of the variance in cognitive function was explained by optimism and mindfulness.Conclusion: Therefore, based on the findings of the present study, it can be concluded that optimism and mindfulness are important variables in predicting cognitive function (p < 0.05).…”
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Fisher Information-Based Optimization of Mapped Fourier Grid Methods by Sotiris Danakas, Samuel Cohen

“…The mapped Fourier grid method (mapped-FGM) is a simple and efficient discrete variable representation (DVR) numerical technique for solving atomic radial Schrödinger differential equations. …”
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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, the implication of externally applied magnetic field and suction causes the opposite i.e. increasing and decreasing impact on velocity distribution respectively for first and second-branch solutions. Radiation and variable heat sources exclusively raise the temperature distribution in all situations.…”
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PRODUCTION AND INCOME ANALYSIS OF DRIED FISH BUSINESS IN BENGKULU CITY by Bambang Sumantri, Irnad, Winta Septria, Melly Suryanti, Widya Kartika Laksmawati

“…R/C Ratio analysis obtained efficiency values of 2.13 and 1.91 respectively so the business is carried out proved to be efficient. …”
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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

“…Consequently, a variable structure high-order sliding mode control strategy, augmented by RBF neural networks and finite time generalized extended state observer (RBF-GESO-SMC), is proposed. …”
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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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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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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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