Feasibility of estimating the percentage of desert pavement using Tasseled Cap Transformation indices extracted from Landsat 8 images by farzaneh Fotouhi Firoozabad, Atefeh jebali

“…The selected model shows the relationship between the amount of desert pavement and the Greenness and Brightness variables, with a correlation coefficient of 0.61 and a standard error of 23.2. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Study of a Hydrodynamic Analysis of the Periodical Fluctuation of Bio-Inspired Banded Fins by Chonglei Wang, Qihang Liu, Junhao Yang, Chunyu Guo

“…By using a method of controlling variables, such as wave number, swing angle, and frequency, where only one independent variable is changed at a time while the others remain constant, the impact on thrust coefficient function and the obtained periodic variation laws governing hydrodynamic performance are studied. …”
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Evaluation of Face Stability for Mega Tunnel Under Varying Ground Strength Parameters by Deshpande Shilpa, Hedaoo Namdeo

“…This study investigates the impact of various geological strength variables, such as Young’s modulus and coefficient of lateral earth pressure, on Mega Tunnel face stability. …”
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Research and Development Expenditures and Economic Growth in the EU: A Panel Data Analysis by Freimane Rita, Bāliņa Signe

“…The estimated model is the production function type standard growth model extended with R&D stock variable. …”
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Improvement of medical images with multi-objective genetic algorithm and adaptive morphological transformations by Sadeq Moradzadeh, Vahid Mehrdad

“…Additionally, variable coefficients for these transformations are incorporated into the improved image formula, unlike previous studies that utilized constant coefficients. …”
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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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Association between weight-bearing ankle dorsiflexion range of motion during deep squat sitting and quality of life after ankle fracture surgery: a cross-sectional study by Hayato Miyasaka, Hayato Miyasaka, Bungo Ebihara, Takashi Fukaya, Koichi Iwai, Shigeki Kubota, Hirotaka Mutsuzaki, Hirotaka Mutsuzaki

“…Multivariate analysis was performed using the four subscales of the SAFE-Q (pain and pain-related, physical functioning and daily living, social functioning, and general health and well-being) as dependent variables.ResultsThe multivariate analysis revealed that weight-bearing ankle dorsiflexion ROM during deep squat sitting was an independent variable for pain and pain-related [standardized partial regression coefficient (β) = 0.584, P < 0.001], physical functioning and daily living (β = 0.376; P = 0.006), social functioning (β = 0.317; P = 0.045), and general health and well-being (β = 0.483; P = 0.005). …”
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Fiscal Sustainability in Iran A Markov-Switching Fiscal Regime Change and Time-Varying Parameter Models Approach by Hossein Aghilifar, Khosrow Piraei, Hashem Zare, Mehrzad Ebrahimi

“…Then the Markov-switching fiscal regime change model and the time-varying parameter fiscal reaction function are estimated. Among the constant parameter linear and non-linear models, only the linear model including control variables has a significant debt-to-GDP ratio coefficient, which its sign is negative. …”
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Farm-Specific Risk Analysis in Dairy Farming: A Case Study from Turkey by Hatice Kizilay, Handan Akçaöz

“…The relationship of mean risk aversion coefficient, calculated by using negative exponential function, with both average gross margin and gross margin standard deviation values determined for each farm was examined. …”
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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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Towards the Understanding of Damage Mechanism of Cemented Tailings Backfill by Haijun Wang

“…The CTB damage constitutive model, which takes the corrected coefficient of damage variable into consideration, and peak toughness are introduced to investigate the effects of fine tailings contents, curing ages, curing temperatures, and water-to-cement ratios (w/c) on the damage evolution laws, damage (DP), and specific energy (GP) at peak stress point of CTB. …”
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Elastic Stress and Plastic Zone Distributions around a Deeply Buried Tunnel under the Nonhydrostatic Pressure by Shuhong Liu, Jinlu Fan, Chenhao Wu, Yongquan Zhu

“…Based on Muskhelishvili’s complex variable function, the analytical solution for the elastic stress around a deeply buried noncircular tunnel under the nonhydrostatic pressure is firstly derived. …”
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Improved Deflection Prediction Model for PSC Box Girder with Stay Cable System during Tensioning Phase by Gangnian Xu, Weimin Xu, Zhanhong Wang, Ruishuo Zhang

“…Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis are conducted for the Dongming Huanghe River Highway Bridge. An objective function is applied to select the optimal combination of random variables, and a modified model is established and verified for accuracy. …”
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UNFOLDING FACTORS INFLUENCING PINEAPPLE PRODUCTION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM BAGAMOYO IN TANZANIA by Isaka Kasyupa, Bahati Ilembo

“…The coefficient of determination 𝑅 ଶ = 0.81 showed that the explanatory variables were fit for the model as 81% of the variation in the production of pineapples is explained by the selected seven factors. …”
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Skin Lesion Image Segmentation Algorithm Based on MC-UNet by Guihua Yang, Bingxing Pan

“…Aiming at the situation of dermatoscopic images with fuzzy lesion boundaries, variable morphology and high similarity to background, this paper proposes a skin lesion segmentation algorithm that achieves higher segmentation accuracy by combining existing convolutional neural network methods. …”
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Path integral for multiplicative noise: Generalized Fokker-Planck equation  and entropy production rate in stochastic processes with threshold by F. S. Abril-Bermúdez, C. J. Quimbay, J. E. Trinidad-Segovia, M. A. Sánchez-Granero

“…Then, using the Parisi-Sourlas method, we estimate the transition probability between states of a stochastic variable [X(t)] based on the cumulant-generating function (K_{η}) of the noise. …”
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Impact of changes in land use in the flow of the Pará River Basin, MG by Evandro L. Rodrigues, Marcos A. T. Elmiro, Francisco de A. Braga, Claudia M. Jacobi, Rafael D. Rossi

“…Plant cover plays an essential role in the maintenance and balance of the hydrological cycle, performing functions in the control of water availability, which guarantee flow permanence. …”
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Developing data driven framework to model earthquake induced liquefaction potential of granular terrain by machine learning classification models by Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Viroon Kamchoom, Tammineni Gnananandarao, Krishna P. Arunachalam

“…The high precision and Phi Correlation Coefficient further affirm the reliability and accuracy of the model’s predictions. …”
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Selected Aspects of Heat Transfer Study in a Gun Barrel of an Anti-Aircraft Cannon by Mateusz ZIELIŃSKI, Piotr KONIORCZYK, Zbigniew SURMA, Marek PREISKORN, Judyta SIENKIEWICZ

“…In each zone, the heat transfer coefficient, as a function of the time hi(t) and bore gas temperature as a function of the time Tg(t) to the cannon barrel for given ammunition parameters, was developed. …”
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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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