Exploring the structural validity and reliability of the swimming competence assessment scale in college students by Miao Zhao, Cheng Chen, Peng Ning, Bo Wei Zhang, Yupeng Shen

“…The inter-factor construct reliability (CR = 0.866, CR = 0.835) and the square root of Average Variance Extracted (AVE1 = 0.754, AVE1 = 0.848) exceeded the standards for supporting convergent and discriminant validity. …”
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Investigation of Structural Relationships of Factors Affecting Posttraumatic Growth in Women With Breast Cancer by Azam Hashemian Moghadam, Hamid Reza Aghamohammadian Sharbaf, Mohammad Saeid AbdeKhodaei, Hossein Kareshki, Mona Joudi

“…In the measurement model section, three convergent validity indices, i.e., Average Variance Extracted (AVE), Composite Reliability (CR), and the Cronbach α, and in the structural model section, two indicators of coefficient of determination (R2) and Stone-Geisser coefficient (Q²).  …”
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Multi-omics insights implicate the remodeling of the intestinal structure and microbiome in aging by Shaohua Chen, Shaohua Chen, Chengbang Wang, Xiong Zou, Hanwen Li, Guanglin Yang, Guanglin Yang, Xiaotao Su, Xiaotao Su, Zengnan Mo, Zengnan Mo

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Laboratory Experimental Investigation on the Structural Optimization of a Novel Coupled Energy Tunnel by Jiwei Wen, Pengshuai Zhang, Zhe Xiong, Falin Guo, Huilin Qiao, Jiale Feng, Yachen Ma, Yao Li, Minchuan Gan

“…In conclusion, the research achievements presented in this paper can offer a new perspective for the structural design of tunnels in cold regions. Additionally, they contribute to the early achievement of a carbon dioxide emissions peak and carbon neutrality, and provide some valuable and scientific references for both innovators and practitioners.…”
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SmartRipen: LSTM-GRU feature selection& XGBoost-CNN for fruit ripeness detection by Archana Ganesh Said, Bharti Joshi

“…A Bacterial Foraging Optimizer (BFO) built around variance maximization retains high-density as well as discriminative features during feature selection. …”
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SOLUTION OF BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS OF DETERMINING THE COORDINATES OF THE ATOMS OF THE DISPERSION ENVELOPE FORMED ON THE SUBSTRATE by Elena Olegovna Tarasenko, Andrei Vladimirovich Gladkov

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The second language trait emotional intelligence (L2-TEI) scale and its relation to language engagement by Abdullah Alamer, Fakieh Alrabai

“…The test of criterion-related validity indicated that the structural bifactor ESEM explained 73 % of the variance in learner engagement as an outcome variable, with the global TEI and the specific factors of SO and WB being the predictors of language engagement. …”
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Characterizing the Population Structure and Genetic Diversity of Iraqi Pigeons Using Ssr Markers by M Bayraktar, O Shoshin, Z Cabeci

“…Genetic structure analysis using admixture with K=3 clusters highlighted distinct ancestral contributions. …”
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Investigating The Impact of E-Government Services on The Integrated Management Structure in The Urban Organization by Shaho Saeed Braim

“…Confirmatory factor analysis, mean-variance, and partial least squares were used to analyze the data. …”
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Kohonen Mapping of the Space of Vibration Parameters of an Intact and Damaged Wheel Rim Structure by Arkadiusz Rychlik, Oleksandr Vrublevskyi, Daria Skonieczna

“…The research presented in this paper takes another step towards developing methods for automatic condition verification to detect structural damage to vehicle wheel rims. This study presents the utilisation of vibration spectra via Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and a neural network’s learning capabilities for evaluating structural damage. …”
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Study on the Shock-absorbing Resilience Properties of Shoe Soles with Different Materials and Structures by Zhifeng YANG, Zhengying XIAO, Deyi HUANG, Hong CHEN, Jinzhong LIN, Haiyan WANG

“…According to the Fujian provincial local standard (DB35/1937-2020) "Test method for shock absorption and resilience performance of footwear products", the shock absorption and resilience performance of shoe soles with three different materials and structures were tested, statistically analyzed by analysis of variance, and the reliability of the obtained data was verified by using the same kind of samples in successive tests and the inter-laboratory comparative tests. …”
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EFFECT OF SOME VARIBLES ON SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS OF ADHESIVE LINE USED IN WOOD STRUCTURE by A. Al-Mallah

“…This study was conducted to test the strength of glue line in wood structures by using some mechanical tests ( Dry and wet tensile tests, shear strength test). …”
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Factor structure of Pre‐Loss Grief‐12 in caregivers of people living with dementia by Juyoung Park, Hannah Levine, James E. Galvin

“…Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to test the fit of the data from the caregivers and to assess the factor structure of the PG‐12 in order to evaluate pre‐loss grief accurately by identifying relevant items and eliminating items that are not appropriate for caregivers of persons with dementia. …”
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The effect of conservation in various cryoprotectants on the properties and morphological structure of the umbilical cord arteries by V. A. Brumberg, T. A. Astrelina, T. F. Malivanova, I. V. Kobzeva, Yu. B. Suchkova, V. A. Nikitina, D. Yu. Usupzhanova, V. A. Brunchukov, S. V. Lishchuk, P. S. Kyzlasov, A. A. Kazhera, V. M. Troyakov, A. S. Samoilov

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Association of Smoking with Indicators of the Structure and Function of Blood Vessels in Middle-aged Men by O. Yu. Isaykina, V. B. Rozanov, А. А. Aleksandrov, M. B. Kotova

“…To study the association of smoking with indicators of the structure and function of blood vessels in a sample of middle-aged men.Material and methods. …”
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Fast estimation of Kendall's Tau and conditional Kendall's Tau matrices under structural assumptions by van der Spek Rutger, Derumigny Alexis

“…Derived explicit variance expressions show their improved efficiency. …”
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Synergizing population structure, habitat preferences, and ecological drivers for conservation of Cedrus deodara by Syed Waseem Gillani, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Manzoor, Muhammad Waheed, Andreas Tribsch, Hamayun Shaheen, Abdul Basit Mehmood, Beatrice Ambo Fonge, Abeer Al-Andal

“…The current study analyses the population structure, spatial distribution, environmental factors, and future conservation strategies for Himalayan cedar populations in the Kashmir Himalayas. …”
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Genetic Influence of the Brain on Muscle Structure: A Mendelian Randomization Study of Sarcopenia by Ting Lei, Zichao Jiang, Jiahao Wang, Jiangyu Nan, Long Hua, Zewu Zhu, Yihe Hu

“…The sarcopenia‐related traits, including appendicular lean mass (ALM), whole body lean mass (WBLM), grip strength and sarcopenia diagnosed by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) or Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), were from the IEU website. The inverse variance weighted (IVW), MR Egger, weighted median, weighted mode and Wald ratio methods were used for a two‐sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis between brain structures and sarcopenia‐related traits. …”
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Modelling the relationship between inflation and uncertainty with existence of structural break: evidence from Azerbaijan by Vugar RAHIMOV

“…I construct an appropriate autoregressive model using the structural break dummy variable. To obtain inflation uncertainty, I estimate an autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (ARCH) model and generate conditional variance used as a proxy for the uncertainty. …”
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Importance Measure for Fuzzy Structural Systems from the Probabilistic Perspective and Its Solving Algorithms by Guijie Li, Miaomiao Zhu, Sanyuan Li

“…To effectively determine the influences of fuzzy uncertainties on structural systems in engineering, according to the fuzzy failure probability (FFP) model, which is based on the probabilistic perspective, the importance measure (IM) technique is extended to fuzzy uncertain structural systems. …”
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