Application of Artificial Neural Network for Predicting Shaft and Tip Resistances of Concrete Piles by Ehsan Momeni, Ramli Nazir, Danial Jahed Armaghani, Harnedi Maizir

“…Implementing feed forward back-propagation artificial neural network (ANN) for solving geotechnical problems has recently gained attention mainly due to its ability in finding complex nonlinear relationships among different parameters. …”
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Development of a one-step multiplex RT-qPCR method for rapid detection of bovine diarrhea viruses by Dequan Yang, Li Ma, Zhongping Yang, Xianchao Yang, Jian Wang, Houbin Ju, Chunguang Lu, Yonggang Weng, Heping Zhao, Haixiao Shen, Xin Li, Feifei Ge, Xiaoxu Wang, Xiujuan Wu, Meng Xiang, Guidan Feng, Congsheng Tang, Shixin Huang, Hongjin Zhao

“…Furthermore, the assay exhibited excellent reproducibility, with coefficients of variation below 1.5%, a strong linear correlation (R2 > 0.996), and an amplification efficiency between 90% and 110%. …”
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Women Undergoing Donor IVF Treatment: The Moderating Role of Economic Independence in Isfahan by Heydar Zafari, Aliasghar Mohajerani, Sayed Naser Hejazi

“…Reliability analysis showed that all reflective scales and subscales exhibited internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha coefficients exceeding 0.90 or being very close to that threshold. …”
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The Effectiveness of Using the Reggio Emilia Approach on the Experimental Science Lesson for Third-Grade Elementary Students by Batool Sabzeh, Farangis Ghalavand, Seyedamir Ghasemtabar

“…This aligns with Malaguzzi's belief that every child has a hundred languages through which they can express their abilities.…”
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Development of SYBR green I-based real-time qPCR differential diagnosis assays for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus typing in Guangdong province by Zhaowen Ren, Zhaowen Ren, Pu Kang, Pu Kang, Pian Zhang, Chenglong Sun, Jing Chen, Hua Xiang, Shengjun Luo, Rujian Cai, Yuan Huang, Yuzhu Jin, Gang Wang, Xiaohu Wang, Xiaohu Wang

“…Furthermore, the reproducibility of this method is commendable, with intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation remaining below 3%. In the subsequent study, a total of 316 clinical samples of porcine with respiratory and reproductive failure symptoms were collected from 14 cities in Guangdong. …”
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Identifying Psychological and Sociological Factors Affecting Job Aspirations in Lower Secondary Students by Farid Ahmadi, Soheila Ahmadi

“…Introduction Quaglia and Cobb define a student’s aspiration as the ability to establish future goals and to be motivated in the present to pursue them (Quaglia & Cobb, 1996, p. 130). …”
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School-level variation in children’s moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity before and after COVID-19: a multilevel model analysis by Ruth Salway, Danielle House, Robert Walker, Lydia Emm-Collison, Katie Breheny, Kate Sansum, Joanna G Williams, William Hollingworth, Frank de Vocht, Russell Jago

“…Limitations Only 27 of the initial 50 schools participated post lockdown, limiting our ability to make comparisons across waves. Sample sizes were additionally affected by missing data for some variables. …”
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Investigation and analysis of mental health status of the older adult in western rural areas by Shuai Zhao, Liangfu Han, Yi Liu, Xudong Rui

“…These four scales have been extensively validated as comprehensive measures of mental health in older adult populations, with meta-analyses demonstrating their collective ability to capture 85–90% of mental health variance in older adults. …”
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Predicting Olympic Medal Performance for 2028: Machine Learning Models and the Impact of Host and Coaching Effects by Zhenkai Zhang, Tengfei Ma, Yunpeng Yao, Ningjia Xu, Yujie Gao, Wanwan Xia

“…Factor analysis is used to reduce them into three principal components: Factor analysis condenses ten influencing factors into three principal components: the event scale factor (F1), the medal trend factor (F2), and the gender and athletic ability factor (F3). An ARIMA model predicts the factor coefficients for 2028 as 0.9539, 0.7999, and 0.2937, respectively. …”
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The Cognitive Correlates of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Predictive Role of Looming Maladaptive Style, Executive Function, Thought-Action Fusion and Metacognition by Maryam Koosheshi, Rahim Yousefi, Ladan Vaghef

“…Descriptive measures of dispersion were used to characterize the research variables, while Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were utilized for inferential statistics.   …”
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高中生知覺教師支持對其投入學習歷程檔案的影響：以焦慮及自我效能為中介變項 Effect of Perceived Teacher Support on Senior High School Students’ Engagement in the Academic Portfolio: Mediating Roles of Anxiety and Self-e... by 湯家偉 Chia-Wei Tang, 王俐淳 Li-Chun Wang

“…Descriptive statistical analysis and Pearson correlation coefficient analysis were conducted to explore the variables’ characteristics and relationships. …”
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Development and validation of a risk prediction model for premenopausal breast cancer in 19 cohorts by Kristen D. Brantley, Michael E. Jones, Rulla M. Tamimi, Bernard A. Rosner, Peter Kraft, Hazel B. Nichols, Katie M. O’Brien, Hans-Olov Adami, Amaia Aizpurua, Amy Berrington de González, William J. Blot, Tonje Braaten, Yu Chen, Jessica Clague DeHart, Laure Dossus, Sjoerd Elias, Renée T. Fortner, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Inger T. Gram, Niclas Håkansson, Susan E. Hankinson, Cari M. Kitahara, Woon-Puay Koh, Martha S. Linet, Robert J. MacInnis, Giovanna Masala, Lene Mellemkjær, Roger L. Milne, David C. Muller, Hannah Lui Park, Kathryn J. Ruddy, Sven Sandin, Xiao-Ou Shu, Sandar Tin Tin, Thérèse Truong, Celine M. Vachon, Lars J. Vatten, Kala Visvanathan, Elisabete Weiderpass, Walter Willett, Alicja Wolk, Jian-Min Yuan, Wei Zheng, Dale P. Sandler, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Anthony J. Swerdlow, A. Heather Eliassen

“…Given that complete information on all risk factors was not available in all cohorts, coefficients were estimated separately in groups of cohorts with the same available covariate information, adjusted to account for the correlation between missing and non-missing variables and meta-analyzed. …”
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The mediating role of health anxiety on the relationship between health literacy, death anxiety and quality of life by Mahmoud Mohammadi, Azadeh Choobforoushzadeh, Yasser Rezapour Mirsaleh, Elahe Shirovi

“…On the other hand, heath literacy includes a set of reading, listening, analysis and decision-making skills and the ability to use these skills in health situations (Parker & Ratzan, 2019). …”
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Examining the effect of knowledge-based leadership on organizational innovation with the mediating role of illusion of control and rationality by davar Dirmina, Gholamhasan Shirdel, Seyyed Javad Iranban

“…On the other hand, Bruno believes; knowledge and rationality provide the ability to respond to new situations (Bruno, 2019). …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…BOO model 3 continuously showed a high discriminative ability, whereas the DU, DO main and DO SA2 models showed moderate discriminative performance. …”
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To Be or Not to Be? 教職召喚與專業認同對藝術大學師資生生涯決策自我效能、結果期待及生涯希望感的調節效果分析 To Be or Not to Be? An Analysis of the Moderating Effects of Teaching Calling and Professional Identity on Career De... by 陳嘉成 Chia-Cheng Chen, 洪兆祥 Chao-Hsiang Hung, 鄧鈞文 Chun-Wen Teng, 劉孟芳 Meng-Fang Liu

“…The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for these subscales were .86 and .82, respectively. …”
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Effects of closed-skill bodyweight strength exercises on jumping skill in youth soccer players by Marcin Krawczyk, Mariusz Pociecha, Mariusz Ozimek, Jamie Tallent, Jakub Porąbka

“…Background: Participation in soccer training is beneficial for the development of energetic motor abilities and coordination abilities. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of closed-skill bodyweight resistance exercises which differ in their jumping movement structure, on jumping skills in youth soccer players. …”
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Predicting autism from written narratives using deep neural networks by Izabela Chojnicka, Aleksander Wawer

“…Abstract Despite the heterogeneity of language and communication abilities within the autistic population, challenges associated with the pragmatic (social) use of speech remain consistently observable across the entire spectrum of autism. …”
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Growth And Ochratoxin A Production by Aspergillus carbonarius Isolated From Dried Figs In Aegean Region of Turkey Affected by Temperature And Water Activity by Hilal Nur Temir, Funda Karbancıoğlu-güler, Ayşegül Mutlu-ingök, Canel Elikoğlu

“…The assayed isolates showed varying abilities in growth rate andOTA production capacities as reported in the literature. …”
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Non-formal education and women’s empowerment: an assessment of the contemporal relevance of Freire’s concept of conscientisation in increasing district assemblywomen’s participatio... by Moses Yinkorah Namoog, Boadi Agyekum

“…The study investigated women’s abilities to contest assembly elections, effectively campaign for election, lobby for an appointment, raise funds for assembly election activities, and actively participate in assembly business. …”
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