Agro-industrial Residues: Low-cost Biomass for the Production of Bioactive Extracellular Polysaccharides by Lactobacillus plantarum in Solid State Fermentation by Hissah Abdulrahman Alodaini, Rajamony Rajam Sheeja, Joseph Joselin, Ashraf Atef Hatamleh, Munirah Abdullah Al-Dosary, Sundaramani Alci Rani, Ponnuswamy Vijayaraghavan, Selvaraj Arokiyaraj

“…Compared with the unoptimized medium, the response surface methodology improved EPS production twofold during solid-state fermentation. In the central composite design, the experimental model was significant (p<0.01), and the selected variables (moisture, sucrose and yeast extract) significantly influenced EPS production. …”
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Contributors to caregiver burden, depression, and anxiety in the partners of professional American-style football players: a cross-sectional study by Niki Konstantinides, Niki Konstantinides, Paula S. Atkeson, Heather DiGregorio, Inana Dairi, Cheyenne Brown, Kairi Noriega, Jillian Baker, Jillian Baker, Valencia Taylor, Christy Glass, Lewis E. Kazis, Lewis E. Kazis, Rachel Terrill, Frank E. Speizer, Frank E. Speizer, Frank E. Speizer, Ross D. Zafonte, Ross D. Zafonte, Ross D. Zafonte, Herman A. Taylor, Herman A. Taylor, Aaron L. Baggish, Aaron L. Baggish, Aaron L. Baggish, Marc G. Weisskopf, Marc G. Weisskopf, Alicia J. Whittington, Rachel Grashow, Rachel Grashow

“…In models that adjusted for established risk factors and ASF-specific variables, poor health among partners was associated with a 1.6 point increase in depression score (95% CI = 0.90, 2.30; p &lt; 0.001) and 1.87 point increase in anxiety (95% CI = 1.05, 2.69; p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Formulation, in vitro characterization and optimization of taste-masked orally disintegrating co-trimoxazole tablet by direct compression. by Chernet Tafere, Zewdu Yilma, Solomon Abrha, Adane Yehualaw

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>In this study, co-trimoxazole ODT was formulated successfully. Central composite design was effectively used to model and optimize friability, DT and WT. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization of Steel Slag–Ceramsite Foam Concrete via Integrated Orthogonal Experimentation and Multivariate Analytics: A Synergistic Approach Combining Range–Vari... by Alipujiang Jierula, Haodong Li, Tae-Min Oh, Xiaolong Li, Jin Wu, Shiyi Zhao, Yang Chen

“…This study aims to enhance the performance of an innovative steel slag–ceramsite foam concrete (SSCFC) to advance sustainable green building materials. An eco-friendly composite construction material was developed by integrating industrial by-product steel slag (SS) with lightweight ceramsite. …”
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Production and Optimisation of Oxygenated Biofuel Blend Components via the Ethanolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass: A Response Surface Methodology by Mohamad A. Nahil, Omar Aboelazayem, Scott Wiseman, Neel Herar, Valerie Dupont, Ali Alazzawi, Alison S. Tomlin, Andrew B. Ross

“…In this study, a response surface methodology (RSM) using a central composite design (CCD) was implemented to investigate the influence of process variables on ethyl levulinate (EL) production from the ethanolysis of waste corn cob samples, using sulphuric acid as a catalyst. …”
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Committee Machine Learning for Electrofacies-Guided Well Placement and Oil Recovery Optimization by Adewale Amosu, Dung Bui, Oluwapelumi Oke, Abdul-Muaizz Koray, Emmanuel Appiah Kubi, Najmudeen Sibaweihi, William Ampomah

“…In this study, we develop a workflow that mitigates the variability in results produced by different clustering algorithms using a committee machine. …”
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Mechanical properties of RC combination columns configured with ECC jacket by Jieyong You, Cunsheng Li, Yushuai Zhu, Yanheng Zhao, Liang Xu, Xiaodong Han, Yuanzhen Ge, Zengcong Niu, Dongbo Wan, Long Liu

“…Then, the mechanism of the key design parameters of ESRCC (ECC jacket thickness, rebar ratio, hoop ratio and size of shaped steel) on the mechanical properties is systematically investigated on the basis of the finite element model, focusing on revealing the role of these variables on the failure modes, load-deflection curves and ductility. …”
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Predicting outcomes following open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair using machine learning by Ben Li, Badr Aljabri, Derek Beaton, Leen Al-Omran, Mohamad A. Hussain, Douglas S. Lee, Duminda N. Wijeysundera, Ori D. Rotstein, Charles de Mestral, Muhammad Mamdani, Mohammed Al-Omran

“…Input features included 35 pre-operative demographic/clinical variables. The primary outcome was 30-day major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE; composite of myocardial infarction, stroke, or death). …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of female infertility and trends from 1990 to 2021 with projections to 2050 based on the GBD 2021 analysis by Jie Liu, Yi Qin, Hui Liu, Yonglin Liu, Yi Yang, Yumei Ning, Huijun Ye

“…Lastly, the autoregressive composite moving average model was applied to forecast future disease burdens. …”
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Ohmic heating enhanced extraction and yield kinetics of kinnow juice by Lalremmawii, Satish Kumar, Maninder Kaur, Mahesh K. Samota

“…Optimization was done using Response Surface Methodology 2-factor rotatable Central Composite Design for 2 process variables at 2 levels viz. temperature (45–65 °C) and voltage gradient (12–21 V/cm) with water, lemon water (pH 4) and salt solution i.e. …”
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Perceived Social Loafing Questionnaire - Turkish Form: A Validity and Reliability Study in a Sample of Youth and Adult Athletes by Umut Sezer, Serdar Kocaekşi, Arıkan Ektirici, Cihan Aygün, Tuğba Özcan

“…The CFA results indicated that the model fits the data well in both participants. Construct validity was also evidenced through correlations with other theoretically-related variables (collective efficacy and perceived social loafing; team cohesion and perceived social loafing) with relationships being negative and significant. …”
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Nutritional optimization for bioprocess production of staphyloxanthin from Staphylococcus aureus with response surface methodology: promising anticancer scaffold targeting EGFR inh... by Ahmed M. Nosair, Ahmed A. Abdelaziz, Amal M. Abo-Kamer, Lamiaa A. Al-Madboly, Mahmoud H. Farghali

“…A Box-Wilson central composite design was employed to evaluate the intricate interactions among six variables affecting the pigment yield. …”
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Optimasi proses degumming minyak sawit mentah (DRPO) dengan response surface methodology (RSM) berbasis central composte design (CCD) by Jefri Pandu Hidayat, Rizka Lestari, Siti Munfarida, Andini Angelina Putri, Adrian Prananda Putra, Fidela Chosta, Ahmad Maulidi

“…The results are optimal variables on heating temperature 80 °C and 2 ml of phosphoric acid concentration. …”
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Effects of sudden stratospheric warmings on the global ionospheric total electron content using a machine learning analysis by G. Ma, K. Hocke, K. Hocke

“…We use machine learning (ML) with neural networks to establish the TEC (ML-TEC) model related to the solar/geomagnetic activities and seasonal changes from the long-term global TEC data. …”
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The influence of women's groups mobilisation on health emergency response: Evidence from the Ebola outbreak in Liberia. by Florence Wullo Anfaara, Erica S Lawson, Kilian Nasung Atuoye, Isaac Luginaah

“…We built a composite model from community response strategies that participants reported witnessing. …”
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CFD-DEM coupling analysis of the negative pressure inlet structural parameters on the performance of integrated positive-negative pressure seed-metering device by Dandan Han, Wei Li, Yunxia Wang, Qing Wang, Zhijun Wu, Yuchao Wang, You Xu, Lijia Xu

“…The structural parameters of the negative pressure inlet pipe can be accurately predicted using the prediction model developed through regression analysis of the central composite test results. …”
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Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Propensity to Cheat Scale Validation in the Ethiopian Public Higher Education Institutions [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with res... by Tesfaye Semela, Samuel Assefa, Dame Taye

“…In order to measure the underlying variables of propensity towards cheating, a factor model is developed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and confirmatory factor analysis was employed to validate the students’ perceived PTC. …”
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Investigating context-specific sedentary behaviours and cardiometabolic health in college-based young adults (CONTEXT-SB): a protocol for a longitudinal observational study by Justin B Moore, Lee Stoner, Craig Paterson, Feng-Chang Lin, Emma Cowley, Michelle L Meyer, Jake Christopher Diana, Aiden James Chauntry, Jeb F Struder, Patricia Pagan-Lassalle, Erik D Hanson

“…Two laboratory visits will occur, spaced 12 months apart, where a novel composite CMD risk score (eg, arterial stiffness, metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers, heart rate variability and body fat distribution) will be calculated, and questionnaires to measure lifestyle behaviours and levels of the socioecological model will be administered. …”
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Integrating geostatistical methods and deep learning for enhanced 87Sr/86Sr isoscape Estimation: A case study in South Korea by Hyeongmok Lee, Go-Eun Kim, Woo-Jin Shin, Yuyoung Lee, Sanghee Park, Kwang-Sik Lee, Jina Jeong, Seung-Ik Park, Sungwook Choung

“…., lithology, tectonic settings) and geochemical compositions, are used as input variables for training a feedforward deep neural network. …”
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Interferon Gamma and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Are Inflammatory Biomarkers for Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease by Ben Li, Eva Lindner, Raghad Abuhalimeh, Farah Shaikh, Houssam Younes, Batool Abuhalimeh, Abdelrahman Zamzam, Rawand Abdin, Mohammad Qadura

“…To validate the findings, a random forest machine learning model was developed to assess the relative importance of each protein for predicting 2-year MACE. …”
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