True familial aggregation of recurrent furunculosis in families from the Province of Villa Clara by Vicente José Hernández Moreno, Manuela Herrera Martínez

“…Objective: to identify genetic susceptibility in individuals affected by recurrent furunculosis according to the true familial aggregation of the disease in a group of families with affected individuals. …”
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True Mass and Atmospheric Composition of the Nontransiting Hot Jupiter HD 143105 b by Luke Finnerty, Yinzi Xin, Jerry W. Xuan, Julie Inglis, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Shubh Agrawal, Ashley Baker, Randall Bartos, Geoffrey A. Blake, Benjamin Calvin, Sylvain Cetre, Jacques-Robert Delorme, Greg Doppmann, Daniel Echeverri, Katelyn Horstman, Chih-Chun Hsu, Nemanja Jovanovic, Joshua Liberman, Ronald A. López, Emily C. Martin, Dimitri Mawet, Evan Morris, Jacklyn Pezzato-Rovner, Jean-Baptiste Ruffio, Ben Sappey, Tobias Schofield, Andrew Skemer, Taylor Venenciano, J. Kent Wallace, Nicole L. Wallack, Jason J. Wang, Ji Wang

“…We present Keck/KPIC Phase II K -band observations of the nontransiting hot Jupiter HD 143105 b. Using a cross-correlation approach, we make the first detection of the planetary atmosphere at ${K}_{{\rm{p}}}=18{5}_{-13}^{+11}$ km s ^−1 and an inferior conjunction time 2.5 hr before the previously published ephemeris. …”
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Role of Ultrasound-guided Tru-cut Needle Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Suspicious Breast Masses at South Valley University Hospitals by Ghada M. Abd ElRazik, Dalia Besharii Hamada, Mohammed M. Mubarak, Ahmed M. Khalaf-Awad

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Bayesian Estimation of the True Bovine Brucellosis Prevalence in Vaccinated and Non-Vaccinated Ecuadorian Cattle Populations, and the Sensitivity and Specificity of a Competitive a... by Ana Dolores Garrido Haro, Margoth Yolanda Barrionuevo Samaniego, Paola Moreno-Caballeros, Alexandra Burbano-Enríquez, Verónica Alexandra Salas Torres, María Cristina Galante Mulki, Constance Wielick, Jorge Ron-Román, Claude Saegerman

“…A Bayesian approach was used to evaluate the two tests by estimating their respective diagnostic Se and Sp, as well as the true prevalence of bB in different sub-populations (non-vaccinated, vaccinated with S19 or RB51). …”
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Level crossings and turning points of random hyperbolic polynomials by K. Farahmand, P. Hannigan

“…This result is true for all K independent of x, provided K≡Kn=O(n). …”
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Cross Roads, Wrong Tracks, or New Goals in Globalized Europe? by Zoltán Suti

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High-energy Neutrino Source Cross-correlations with Nearest-neighbor Distributions by Zhuoyang Zhou, Jessi Cisewski-Kehe, Ke Fang, Arka Banerjee

“…We propose a maximum likelihood estimation procedure for inferring the true proportions of astrophysical neutrinos in the point-source data. …”
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On Defining Expressions for Entropy and Cross-Entropy: The Entropic Transreals and Their Fracterm Calculus by Jan A. Bergstra, John V. Tucker

“…Classic formulae for entropy and cross-entropy contain operations <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mstyle scriptlevel="0" displaystyle="true"><mfrac><mi>x</mi><mn>0</mn></mfrac></mstyle></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mo form="prefix">log</mo><mn>2</mn></msub><mi>x</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> that are not defined on all inputs. …”
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Random Cross-Validation Produces Biased Assessment of Machine Learning Performance in Regional Landslide Susceptibility Prediction by Chandan Kumar, Gabriel Walton, Paul Santi, Carlos Luza

“…R-CV also occasionally fails to reveal the true importance of the hyperparameters of models such as SVM and ANN. …”
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APPLE BREEDING PROGRAMS AND METHODS: THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT by E. N. Sedov

“…For the first time in Russia, triploid apple cultivars were obtained from different chromosome crossings 2x × 4x and 4x × 2x. They are notable for more regular fruit-bearing, high marketability of fruit and higher autogamy. …”
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Coexistence of a cross-diffusive West Nile virus model in a heterogenous environment by Abdelrazig K. Tarboush, Jing Ge, Zhigui Lin

“…Our results show that a cross-diffusive WNv model possesses at least one coexistence solution if the basic reproduction number is greater than one and the cross-diffusion rates are small enough, while if the basic reproduction number is less than or equal to one, the model has no positive solution. …”
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Gout Flare Burden in the United States: A Multiyear Cross‐Sectional Survey Study by Jasvinder A. Singh, Amy Morlock, Robert Morlock

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Signal Timing Optimization for Corridors with Multiple Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Using Genetic Algorithm by Yifeng Chen, Laurence R. Rilett

“…During a train event, steady-state conditions do not occur. This is particularly true for corridors that experience high train traffic (e.g., over 2 trains per hour). …”
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Vulnerabilities of Prostate Glandular Concretions Considered as Artefacts: A Cross-sectional Biopsy Slide Study by Surraj SUSAI, Rohini MOTWANI, Mrudula CHANDRUPATLA

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An Inverted Residual Cross Head Knowledge Distillation Network for Remote Sensing Scene Image Classification by Cuiping Shi, Mengxiang Ding, Liguo Wang

“…Moreover, in traditional knowledge distillation methods, conflicts sometimes arise between teacher predictions and true labels, which hinder the training of the model. …”
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Factors Associated with Stunting in Posyandu in an Underdeveloped Area of Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Study in Papua by Rusnaeni Rusnaeni, Rosdiana Howay, Elsey Gunawan, Rani Dewi Pratiwi, Daniel Napitupulu, Elfride Irawati Sianturi

“…Methods: This study as a cross-sectional study was done in 2022. It involved mothers who brought their children under 5 years old to integrated health posts and signed informed consent. …”
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Human–nature connectedness and sustainability across lifetimes: A comparative cross‐sectional study in France and Colombia by Gladys Barragan‐Jason, Maxime Cauchoix, Paula A. Diaz‐Valencia, Arielle Syssau‐Vaccarella, Solène Hemet, Camilo Cardozo, Suzanne M. Skevington, Philipp Heeb, Camille Parmesan

“…It has not been shown whether these relations are true across lifetimes and in the Global South, making it difficult to generalise about the effects of human–nature connectedness globally. …”
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Mental health literacy among undergraduate students of a Saudi tertiary institution: a cross-sectional study by Mohamed S. Mahfouz, Abdulwahab Aqeeli, Anwar M. Makeen, Ramzi M. Hakami, Hatim H. Najmi, Abdullkarim T. Mobarki, Mohammad H. Haroobi, Saeed M. Almalki, Mohammad A. Mahnashi, Osayd A. Ageel

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Efficient calculation of self magnetic field, self-force, and self-inductance for electromagnetic coils with rectangular cross-section by Matt Landreman, Siena Hurwitz, Thomas M. Antonsen

“…Magn. ) to consider the case of rectangular cross-section. The reduced model is derived by rigorous analysis of the singularity, regularizing the filament integrals such that they match the true high-dimensional integrals at high coil aspect ratio. …”
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Understanding ICU Nursing Knowledge, Perceived Barriers, and Facilitators of Sepsis Recognition and Management: A Cross-Sectional Study by Katherine A. Kissel, MN, RN, Karla D. Krewulak, PhD, Thérèse G. Poulin, BSc, Ken Kuljit S. Parhar, MD, MSc, Daniel J. Niven, MD, PhD, Vanessa M. Doiron, MScHQ, RN, Kirsten M. Fiest, PhD

“…DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:. This cross-sectional survey was administered to nurses working in four general system ICUs between October 24, 2023, and January 30, 2024. …”
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