EMOTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY by Kenul E. Abdurehmanova

“…This emotional interlanguage evolves with increased language proficiency and cultural exposure, but the adaptation process varies across different channels of emotional expression and across different emotions. …”
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Same data, different results? Machine learning approaches in bioacoustics by Kaja Wierucka, Derek Murphy, Stuart K. Watson, Nikola Falk, Claudia Fichtel, Julian León, Stephan T. Leu, Peter M. Kappeler, Elodie F. Briefer, Marta B. Manser, Nikhil Phaniraj, Marina Scheumann, Judith M. Burkart

“…We investigated the impact of using different feature extraction (spectro‐temporal measurements, linear and Mel‐frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCC), as well as highly comparative time‐series analysis) and classification methods (discriminant function analysis, neural networks, random forests (RF), and support vector machines) on the consistency of caller identity classification accuracy across 16 mammalian datasets. …”
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Clinical Accuracy Analysis and Error Modeling in the CyberKnife System; A Comparative Study by Payam Samadi Miandoab, Saeed Setayeshi, shahyar Saramad

“…Furthermore, the F-test, P-value, and R2 analysis were applied to model the SD of correlation and prediction errors as a function of tumor displacements across five lung regions and two abdomen regions. …”
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A comprehensive assessment of physical image quality of five different scanners for head CT imaging as clinically used at a single hospital centre-A phantom study. by Patrizio Barca, Fabio Paolicchi, Giacomo Aringhieri, Federica Palmas, Daniela Marfisi, Maria Evelina Fantacci, Davide Caramella, Marco Giannelli

“…An appreciable difference in MTF curves across scanners/acquisition protocols was revealed, with a coefficient of variation of f50%/f10% of MTF curves across scanners/acquisition protocols of 10.1%/7.4%. …”
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“Hot horse to horse” : le héros et sa monture dans le théâtre de Shakespeare by Charlotte Coffin

“…More specifically, the metonymic link between horse and rider is constantly questioned in the plays, with the former failing to function as an expected sign of the heroic valour or sexual ability of the latter. …”
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A direct comparison of laboratory and community EEG recordings for neurodevelopmental research by Abigail Dickinson, Summer-Rose Perry, Amanda Gulsrud, Connie Kasari

“…Abstract Leveraging portable electroencephalography (EEG) to measure brain function in community settings offers a promising strategy to improve the scalability and accessibility of developmental neuroscience research. …”
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Identification of conserved and tissue-restricted transcriptional profiles for lipid associated macrophages by Yingzheng Xu, Hannah Hillman, Michael Chang, Fanta Barrow, Stoyan Ivanov, Xavier S. Revelo, Jesse W. Williams

“…Considerable efforts have identified shared and tissue-specific gene programs for macrophages across organs during homeostasis. This information has dramatically enhanced the understanding of tissue-restricted macrophage programming and function. …”
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Specificity and tunability of efflux pumps: A new role for the proton gradient? by Matthew Gerry, Duncan Kirby, Boian S Alexandrov, Dvira Segal, Anton Zilman

“…Therefore, changes to the proton concentration gradient and voltage drop across the membrane can influence how effective the pump is at extruding a particular drug molecule. …”
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User Cost Minimization and Load Balancing for Multiple Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning by Yongxiang Xia, Zhongyi Cheng, Jiaqi Zhang, Xi Chen

“…However, their rapid growth challenges power grids with load imbalances across networks and increases user charging costs. …”
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Gender and ethnic identity differences in narcissistic personality traits by Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Jennifer Vonk, Felicia Gordon, Jamie Klemashevich, Richard S. Mohn

“…The studies provided evidence supporting the measurement invariance of narcissistic traits across gender and ethnic identity groups. This suggests that the tools and methods used to measure these traits function equivalently across these groups. …”
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When the days are(n’t) numbered: Calendar calculations in transparent and opaque systems by Ziyi Zhuang, Norbert Vanek

“…In the calculation questions, we manipulated Distance (short/long), Direction (forward/backward), Input (linguistic/numerical) and Boundary (within/across). More complex Month calculations significantly differed across groups while easier day calculations did not. …”
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Impact of inter-city interactions on disease scaling by Nathalia A. Loureiro, Camilo R. Neto, Jack Sutton, Matjaž Perc, Haroldo V. Ribeiro

“…Here, we use the commuting network as a proxy for inter-city interactions, integrating it with a general scaling framework to describe the incidence of seven infectious diseases across Brazilian cities as a function of population size and the number of commuters. …”
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Estimation and validation of solubility of recombinant protein in E. coli strains via various advanced machine learning models by Wael A. Mahdi, Adel Alhowyan, Ahmad J. Obaidullah

“…The Firefly Algorithm (FA), utilizing 5-fold cross-validation as the fitness function, adeptly navigates complex hyperparameter spaces, enhancing model performance across diverse data partitions. …”
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A Classification-Based Blood–Brain Barrier Model: A Comparative Approach by Ralph Saber, Sandy Rihana

“…Furthermore, the GA approach, utilizing a fitness function based on classifier performance, consistently improved prediction accuracy across all tested models, whereas SFS showed lower effectiveness. …”
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Augmented Graph Convolutional Network for Enhancing Label Reachability by Xiangyi Wang, Fengjun Zhang, Wei Teng, Baoda Liu

“…Furthermore, to capture consistent information across augmented graphs, we incorporate a tailored contrastive loss function, facilitating consistent contextual learning across different augmented graphs. …”
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Molecular diversity of dissolved organic matter reflects macroecological patterns in river networks by Erika C. Freeman, Maruti K. Mudunuru, Kelli L. Feeser, Emily Ann McClure, Ricardo González-Pinzón, Christopher S. Ward, Eric M. Bottos, Stefan Krause, Jasquelin Peña, Michelle E. Newcomer

“…These quantitative scaling relationships, with scaling exponents ranging from − 2.1 to 2.2 across compound classes, enable prediction of DOM composition across watersheds, offering a framework to understand ecosystem responses to environmental change. …”
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Neurons throughout the brain embed robust signatures of their anatomical location into spike trains by Gemechu Bekele Tolossa, Aidan M Schneider, Eva Dyer, Keith B Hengen

“…Crucially, anatomical signatures generalize across animals and even across different research laboratories, suggesting a fundamental principle of neural organization. …”
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The emerging role of disease-associated microglia in Parkinson’s disease by Ritika R. Samant, David G. Standaert, Ashley S. Harms, Ashley S. Harms

“…This begs the question of if DAM are truly the same across all neurodegenerative diseases or if there exists a heterogeneity to DAM across neurodegenerative pathologies. …”
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Smart Cities and Resident Well-Being: Using the BTOPSIS Method to Assess Citizen Life Satisfaction in European Cities by Ewa Roszkowska, Tomasz Wachowicz

“…Our findings reveal significant variations in residents’ perceived QoL across European cities, both between cities and within countries. …”
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Computational prediction of deleterious nonsynonymous SNPs in the CTNS gene: implications for cystinosis by Leila Adda Neggaz, Amira Chahinez Dahmani, Ibtissem Derriche, Nawel Adda Neggaz, Abdallah Boudjema

“…While more than 140 mutations have been identified, the functional and structural impacts of many nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) remain poorly understood. …”
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