Quantifying synthetic bacterial community composition with flow cytometry: efficacy in mock communities and challenges in co-cultures by Fabian Mermans, Ioanna Chatzigiannidou, Wim Teughels, Nico Boon

“…Flow cytometry was shown to have a lower average root mean squared error and outperformed the PCR-based methods in even mock communities (flow cytometry: 0.11 ± 0.04; qPCR: 0.26 ± 0.09; amplicon sequencing: 0.15 ± 0.01). …”
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Inter-session Reliability of Magnetic Nerve Stimulation and Within-Session comparison to Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Evaluating Neuromuscular Function of Knee Extensor Muscles by Romina Ledergerber, Martin Keller

“…Intraclass correlation (ICC), Coefficient of variation (CV) and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) were used to assess measurement precision. …”
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GrainNet: efficient detection and counting of wheat grains based on an improved YOLOv7 modeling by Xin Wang, Changchun Li, Chenyi Zhao, Yinghua Jiao, Hengmao Xiang, Xifang Wu, Huabin Chai

“…A comparative analysis with manual counting results revealed that the GrainNet model achieved the highest coefficient of determination and Mean Absolute Error values for wheat grain counting tasks, which were 0.93 and 5.97, respectively, with a counting accuracy of 94.47%. …”
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Your brain on art, nature, and meditation: a pilot neuroimaging study by Beatrix Krause-Sorio, Sergio Becerra, Prabha Siddarth, Stacey Simmons, Taylor Kuhn, Helen Lavretsky

“…Meditation compared to nature videos led to activity in bilateral sensory and object processing areas, as well as a left sensory integration region (error monitoring), while meditation compared to art showed activity in left sensory integration and right sensorimotor regions. …”
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Employing Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, and Weibull Analysis for the Evaluation of Recycled Brick Powder in Concrete Compositions by Mohammad Mohtasham Moein, Komeil Rahmati, Ali Mohtasham Moein, Ashkan Saradar, Sam E. Rigby, Amin Akhavan Tabassi

“…Also, by replacing RBP up to 15%, the first crack strength decreased by 7.15% and the failure strength decreased by 6.46%. The average error for predicting 28-day compressive strength by FL and ANN models was recorded as 4.66% and 0.87%, respectively. …”
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Research on Parallel Computing Method for Neutron Transport on Tetrahedral Unstructured Meshes Based on COME by ZHONG Yangyu, ZHANG Tiancheng, ZHOU Xiafeng

“…In summary, the effective multiplication factor deviations for all four test cases are within 100 pcm, with relative power error below 1.4%. The computational time for different parallel strategies indicates that the TETRIS achieves parallel efficiency of over 50% in most cases when utilizing over 100 cores. …”

A Meta-Analysis of Studies on Quality Assessment of Public Libraries Using the LibQUAL Model by Reza Karimi, Mohammad Asadzadehbaghi

“…Additionally, given the substantial sample size and low error rate in studies on these three variables according to Cohen's d index, the findings of research on public libraries using the LibQUAL tool can be considered highly reliable. …”
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Viscous torques characteristics in a self-rotating jet bit with silicone oil-controlled rotational speeds by Zhaolong GE, Di ZHANG, Yiyu LU, Zhe ZHOU, Yuhuai CUI

“…Under the present experimental conditions, the forced flow of silicone oil is laminar, and the derived Newton-type and Cross-type viscous torque models have a high reliability with a maximum error of 14.3% under the inner diameters up to 14.5 mm and equal to 14.5 mm, respectively.…”
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Novel dihydroxybenzohydrazide grafted deoxycellulose for efficient removal of anionic food colorants and hexavalent chromium from wastewater by Magda A. Akl, Azza A. H. Fahim, El-Sayed R. H. El-Gharkawy

“…The results showed that the adsorption of E122, E124, and Cr(VI) follows pseudo-2nd-order kinetic and Langmuir isotherm models due to the more subordinate error functions and increased correlation coefficient (R2 ≥ 0.999). …”
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The Virtual Client Experience Survey for Mental Health and Addictions: Revalidation of a Survey to Measure Client and Family Experiences of Virtual Care by Allison Crawford, Anne Kirvan, Marcos Sanches, Amanda Gambin, Denise Canso, Eva Serhal

“…The mean root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) was 0.08 (SD 0.002), the mean confirmatory fit index (CFI) was 0.987 (SD 0.001), the mean Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI) was 0.985 (SD 0.001), and the mean standardized root mean square residual (SRMR) was 0.04 (SD 0.001). …”
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A Sociotechnical Approach to Bring-Your-Own-Device Security in Hospitals: Development and Pilot Testing of a Maturity Model Using Mixed Methods Action Research by Tafheem Ahmad Wani, Antonette Mendoza, Kathleen Gray

“… BackgroundBring your own device (BYOD) adoption in health care improves clinician productivity, but introduces cybersecurity risks due to weak security controls, human error, and policy circumvention. Existing security frameworks and models are technocentric, while overlooking sociotechnical factors such as clinician behavior, workflow integration, and organizational culture. …”
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Micro-spring force sensors using conductive photosensitive resin fabricated via two-photon polymerization by Ningning Hu, Yucheng Deng, Lujia Ding, Lijun Men, Wenjun Zhang, Ruixue Yin

“…This model significantly reduced trial-and-error in the TPP process, accelerating the discovery of ideal fabrication conditions. …”
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Examining the Effects of Intersectoral Uncertainty Transmission Using a Time-Varying Model by Hamidreza Hamidi, Mirfeiz Fallah Shams, Hosein Jahangirnia, Mojgan Safa

“…In this context, uncertainty indicators are calculated using GARCH models and then tested using the TVP-VAR approach, along with an analysis of variance of the generalized prediction error of total dynamic connectedness, as well as the directional dynamic connectedness of the indicator pairs.   …”
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Comparison and Evaluation of Rain Gauge, CMORPH, TRMM PR and GPM DPR KuPR Precipitation Products over South China by Rui Wang, Huiping Li, Hao Huang, Liangliang Li

“…This study aims to provide valuable insights for enhancing precipitation retrieval algorithms and improving the applicability of remote sensing precipitation products.…”
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Using Large Language Models to Automate Data Extraction From Surgical Pathology Reports: Retrospective Cohort Study by Denise Lee, Akhil Vaid, Kartikeya M Menon, Robert Freeman, David S Matteson, Michael L Marin, Girish N Nadkarni

“…The average concordance rate and associated error of all questions were tabulated for each pairwise comparison and evaluated with two-sided t ResultsOut of a total of 1008 questions answered, reviewers 1 and 2 had an average (SD) concordance rate of responses of 99% (1%; 999/1008 responses). …”
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Cyber security Enhancements with reinforcement learning: A zero-day vulnerabilityu identification perspective. by Muhammad Rehan Naeem, Rashid Amin, Muhammad Farhan, Faisal S Alsubaei, Eesa Alsolami, Muhammad D Zakaria

“…MASE was 3.91 and SMAPE was 1.59, meaning that a very minimal percentage error existed within the forecast. The MAE value was at 6.34, while the RMSE was 10.22, meaning a relatively low average difference within actuals and the forecasted values. …”
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Predictive Modeling of Lignocellulosic Content in Crop Straws Using NIR Spectroscopy by Yifan Zhao, Yingying Zhu, Yumeng Ren, Yu Lu, Chunling Yu, Geng Chen, Yu Hong, Qian Liu

“…Specifically, the cellulose PLS model achieved a prediction set coefficient of determination (R²_P) of 0.8983, root mean square error of prediction (RMSEP) of 0.6299, and residual predictive deviation (RPD) of 3.49. …”
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Object-Specific Multiview Classification Through View-Compatible Feature Fusion by Javier Perez Soler, Jose-Luis Guardiola, Nicolás García Sastre, Pau Garrigues Carbó, Miguel Sanchis Hernández, Juan-Carlos Perez-Cortes

“…Furthermore, our approach delivers highly accurate rotation estimation, maintaining an error margin slightly above 2° when sampling at 4° intervals.…”
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Accuracy of ultrasonographic transcerebellar diameter for dating in third trimester of pregnancy in Nigerian women: a cross-sectional study by Okechukwu Uche Ofoegbu, Nicholas Irurhe, Tersur Terry Saalu, Oluwaseun Emmanuel Familusi, Charity Opeoluwapo Maduagu, Lucky Enajite Tietie, Olaniyi Araotan Kusamotu, Ochuwa Adiketu Babah

“…Clinical trial number Not applicable for this study.…”
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Feasibility of Implementing Motion-Compensated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reconstruction on Graphics Processing Units Using Compute Unified Device Architecture by Mohamed Aziz Zeroual, Natalia Dudysheva, Vincent Gras, Franck Mauconduit, Karyna Isaieva, Pierre-André Vuissoz, Freddy Odille

“…However, the clinical applicability of these methods requires fast processing to ensure rapid and accurate diagnostics. …”
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