Crossing chasms: A PLS approach to EU public sector performance assessment. by Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu, Oana-Ramona Lobonț, Eduard Mihai Manta, Lavinia Daniela Mihiț, Alexandra-Mădălina Țăran

“…These findings underscore the critical role of transparent governance, economic stability, and equitable social policies in enhancing public sector efficiency. Despite its reliance on secondary data and the PLS method, the study provides new methodological insights and empirical evidence on public sector performance, contributing to the literature with a holistic analysis that integrates digitalisation and well-being. …”
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Removal of microplastics by algal biomass from aqueous solutions: performance, optimization, and modeling by Fatemeh Lotfigolsefidi, Mojtaba Davoudi, Maryam Sarkhosh, Ziaeddin Bonyadi

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Improving prediction accuracy of hospital arrival vital signs using a multi-output machine learning model: a retrospective study of JSAS-registry data by Yasuyuki Kawai, Koji Yamamoto, Keisuke Tsuruta, Keita Miyazaki, Hideki Asai, Hidetada Fukushima

“…The Spearman’s correlation coefficients ranged from 0.54 to 0.86. The model outperformed other methods, especially for R² scores and residual standard deviations, demonstrating its superior ability to predict actual vital signs values. …”
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Forecasting the Incidence of Mumps Based on the Baidu Index and Environmental Data in Yunnan, China: Deep Learning Model Study by Xin Xiong, Linghui Xiang, Litao Chang, Irene XY Wu, Shuzhen Deng

“…Among the 4 models, model IBE exhibited the best performance, achieving the coefficient of determination of 0.72, with mean absolute error, mean absolute percentage error, and root-mean-square error values of 0.33, 15.9%, and 0.43, respectively, in the test set. …”
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Research on Visual Servo Grasping of Household Objects for Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulator by Huangsheng Xie, Guodong Li, Yuexin Wang, Zhihe Fu, Fengyu Zhou

“…Secondly, after summarizing the vision-based autonomous mobile manipulation system as a generalized manipulator, the generalized manipulator’s kinematic model is established, the analytical inverse kinematic solutions of the generalized manipulator are acquired, and a novel active vision based camera calibration method is proposed to determine the hand-eye relationship. …”
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Cooperative UAV Scheduling for Power Grid Deicing Using Fuzzy Learning and Evolutionary Optimization by Yu-Jun Zheng, Zhi-Yuan Zhang, Jia-Yu Yan, Wei-Guo Sheng

“…The algorithm is fully parallelizable and therefore can solve the problem very efficiently based on GPU parallel acceleration. Computational results on real-world problem instances validate the performance of the proposed method compared to the state of the arts.…”
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Effects of Silicon on Photosynthetic Characteristics of Maize (Zea mays L.) on Alluvial Soil by Zhiming Xie, Fengbin Song, Hongwen Xu, Hongbo Shao, Ri Song

“…The objectives of the study were to determine the effects of silicon on photosynthetic characteristics of maize on alluvial soil, including total chlorophyll contents, photosynthetic rate Pn, stomatal conductance gs, transpiration rate (E), and intercellular CO2 concentration Ci using the method of field experiment, in which there were five levels (0, 45, 90, 150, and 225 kg·ha−1) of silicon supplying. …”
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Establishing the reference value for tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance on MRI in Southern Chinese population and its correlation with age, sex, height, weight and size: A m... by Kwun Man Cyrus Mo, Kwan Yin Francis Cho, Ka Yan Alice Au, Ka Yin Gregory Lee, Hei Man Joyce Cheng

“…Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used to determine correlations between the TT-TG distance and age, sex, height, weight and BMI respectively. …”
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Examining the Influence of the Shadow Economy on the Performance of Financial Markets and the Banking Sector in BRICS Countries: A Panel SUR Approach by Jaber Hasan Mhejir, Samad Hekmati Farid, Ali Reza Zadeh, Yousef Mohammad Zadeh

“…Materials & MethodsThis study investigates the impact of the size of the shadow economy on the performance of the financial and banking sectors in BRICS countries from 2002 to 2020. …”
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Integration of Machine Learning and Wavelet Algorithms for Processing Probing Signals: An Example of Oil Wells by Zukhra Abdiakhmetova, Zhanerke Temirbekova

“…This implementation demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed model, significantly outperforming traditional methods.…”
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Evaluation of Cluster Algorithms for Radar-Based Object Recognition in Autonomous and Assisted Driving by Daniel Carvalho de Ramos, Lucas Reksua Ferreira, Max Mauro Dias Santos, Evandro Leonardo Silva Teixeira, Leopoldo Rideki Yoshioka, João Francisco Justo, Asad Waqar Malik

“…Furthermore, our findings highlight that the choice of radar significantly impacts the effectiveness of these object recognition methods.…”
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A Real-Time Approach for Assessing Rodent Engagement in a Nose-Poking Go/No-Go Behavioral Task Using ArUco Markers by Thomas Smith, Trevor Smith, Fareeha Faruk, Mihai Bendea, Shreya Kumara, Jeffrey Capadona, Ana Hernandez-Reynoso, Joseph Pancrazio

“…In short, this protocol involves detailed instructions for building a suitable behavioral chamber, installing and configuring all required software packages, constructing and attaching an ArUco marker pattern to a rat, running the behavioral software to track marker positions, and analyzing the engagement data for determining optimal task durations. These methods provide a robust framework for real-time behavioral analysis without the need for extensive training data or high-end computational resources. …”
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A Modified Grey Wolf Algorithm with Applications to Engineering by Vahid Mahboub

“…Then the results are compared in the form of an applied numerical example in engineering sciences with the classic grey wolf algorithm and some similar proposed coefficients to determine the efficiency of the modified algorithm.…”
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NORMALISATION OF THE DRIVE PRECISION OF METAL-CUTTING MACHINES by Irina A. Klenova, Dmitry A. Rudikov, Svetlana N. Kholodova

“…Objectives The purpose of the study is to create a methodology for computing the design of the primary drive mechanism of metal cutting machines, making it possible to reduce error when realising a set of preferred output criteria. Methods The accuracy of established modes of operation is a key determinant on which the efficiency of cutting operations depends. …”
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Research of the effectiveness of equity capital by chemical industry companies during the crisis by O. V. Berezhnaya, E. V. Berezhnaya

“…The study makes an assessment of the efficiency of using equity capital and the factors that determine it. …”
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Viability of seeds of two varieties of Coffea arabica L. using different pretreatments in the tetrazolium test by José Duván BUENDÍA CONTRERAS, Laura Yolima MORENO ROZO, Seir Antonio SALAZAR MERCADO

“…The use of pretreatments improved the efficiency of the viability test and allowed the use of low concentrations of the reagent (0.035 %), giving the farmer a quick and less expensive alternative to determine germination capacity.…”
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Visual detection of screen defects in occlusion and missing scenes by YIN Dongfu, DU Mingchen, HU Tianhao, LI Youming, ZHANG Xiaohong, YU Fei Richard

“…The application of proposed algorithm can effectively reduce labor costs and improve detection efficiency. The proposed method can be used for electronic screen quality detection in fields such as mobile phones, computers and televisions.…”
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Blast-cooling of beef-in-sauce catering meals: numerical results based on a dynamic zero-order model by Jose A. Rabi, Evelyne Derens-Bertheau, Elisabeth Morelli, Isabelle Trezzani-Harbelot

“…Implemented in MS Excel®, the numerical procedure has successfully combined the 4th order Runge-Kutta method, to solve the governing equation, with non-linear optimization, via the built-in Solver, to determine the coefficient hc. …”
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Laboratory Tests on Open-Close Pile Jacking and Load Bearing Characteristics in Saturated Clay Soil by Qiang Song, Teng Zhang, Guangyu Zhou, Hongzhong Li, Xianghou Li, Yishun Jiang, Peng Zhao, Weihui Tian, Yonghong Wang, Chuantong Zhang, Huining Liu

“…As a method of determining the interfacial tightness between the pile and soil, the adhesion coefficient is closely related to the excess pore water pressure and earth pressure generated during the pile jacking process and can accurately reflect the mechanical mechanism of pile jacking in saturated viscous soil. …”
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Extraction of Nd(III) by Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvent BTMPPA/Phenol from Nitrate Solution by Inna V. Zinov’eva, Yulia A. Zakhodyaeva, Andrey A. Voshkin

“…The present study aims to determine the distribution coefficients of Nd(III) in the extraction system using HDES BTMPPA/phenol. …”
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