Potential of Nonlinear Ultrasonic Indicators for Nondestructive Testing of Concrete by C. Payan, V. Garnier, J. Moysan

“…In the context of stress monitoring in pre-stressed structures, we show that intense scattering can be applied to robustly determine velocity changes at progressively increasing applied stress using coda wave interferometry and thereby extract nonlinear coefficients. …”
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Floor Failure Evolution Mechanism for a Fully Mechanized Longwall Mining Face above a Confined Aquifer by Jinghui Zhai, Danlong Liu, Gang Li, Fangtian Wang

“…The characteristics affecting floor crack development depth were analyzed by considering friction angle, cohesion force, floor pressure, stress increase coefficient, and peak position. A FLAC3D simulation was performed to compare the degrees of floor damage that occurred for caving and backfilling methods during the mining process. …”
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The Influence of Microalgae Fertilizer on Soil Water Conservation and Soil Improvement: Yield and Quality of Potted Tomatoes by Chao Li, Yaqi Liang, Qingfeng Miao, Xiang Ji, Pengcheng Duan, Dong Quan

“…Therefore, through comprehensive analysis, using the membership function method of indicators such as soil environment, crop yield, fruit quality and water-use efficiency, it is concluded that T2 is the optimal fertilization treatment. …”
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The Contribution of Particle Swarm Optimization to Three-Dimensional Slope Stability Analysis by Roohollah Kalatehjari, Ahmad Safuan A Rashid, Nazri Ali, Mohsen Hajihassani

“…The results demonstrated the efficiency and effectiveness of PSO in determining the CSS of 3D soil slopes.…”
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Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the Chinese version of the short orientation–memory–concentration test in people with stroke by Jiang-Li Zhao, Pei-Ming Chen, Tao Zhang, Hao Xie, Yu-Shu Zhang, Shamay S. M. Ng, Yu-Rong Mao, Yu-Rong Mao, Dong-Feng Huang, Dong-Feng Huang

“…PurposeThis study aimed to use three statistical methods to investigate the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the Chinese version of the Short Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test (C-SOMC) for people who have had a stroke.MethodsForty-four participants (31 men and 13 women) with a mean age of 59.05 ± 10.79 years who have had experienced a single episode of stroke were enrolled in this study. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics and key drivers of carbon emissions in regional construction sectors: Insights from a Random Forest Model by Zhonghan Yu, Qudsia Kanwal, Menghan Wang, Anissa Nurdiawati, Sami G. Al-Ghamdi

“…This research utilizes the Random Forest Model, a sophisticated machine learning method, to examine the determinants of carbon emissions in China's construction sector at the regional scale. …”
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Modelo matemático y procedimiento para la generación gráfica de los contornos de dientes de engranajes cilíndricos. // A mathematical model and procedure for graphic generation of... by G. González Rey, R. José García Martín, P. Frechilla Fernández

“…Additionally,<br />the results are useful for the improvement of the gear tooth model and formulations for the load capacity calculation of cylindrical<br />gears by means of the method of finite elements. For the determination of the calculation procedures based on the mathematical<br />models was established using the technique of dichromatic graphs.…”
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Investigação teórica do processo de redução de coliformes em leitos cultivados Theoretical investigation of coliform reduction in constructed wetland by Mariângela Amendola, Anderson L. Souza

“…The results obtained with the simulation were compared with the reference values to determine the longitudinal dispersion coefficient value which leads to the least residual value for each kind of support bed. …”
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Exploring the Causes of Severe Fluctuations in Water Surface Area Using Water Index and Structural Equation Modeling: Evidence from Ebinur Lake, China by Mengfan Li, Changjiang Liu, Fei Zhang, Ngai Weng Chan, Elhadi Adam, Weiwei Wang, Yingxiu Wu

“…Utilizing Google Earth Engine (GEE), this study employs Landsat series, Sentinel 2, and MOD09GA/MYD09GA data to extract the water area of Ebinur Lake by applying indices such as NDWI, MNDWI, AWEI, and MAWEI. Threshold determination and shoreline refinement are achieved through Otsu’s method and the Canny algorithm, followed by a comparative analysis. …”
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Glomerular diseases related to HIV in Colombian population: Better outcomes with highly active antiretroviral therapy? by Oscar Muñoz-Velandia, Ángel García-Peña, Javier Garzón-Herazo, Kateir Contreras-Villamizar, Martha Rodríguez-Sánchez, Elias Garcia-Consuegra, Esteban Toro-Trujillo

“…A longitudinal data model under the Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) method was used to determine changes on the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) over time. …”
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Análise espacial da umidade do solo cultivado com soja sob dois sistemas de manejo Spatial analysis of soil moisture with soybean under two management systems by Syonei V. Zanette, Silvio C. Sampaio, Marciane G. Silvestre, Márcio A. V. Boas, Miguel A. Uribe-Opazo, Manoel M. F. de Queiroz

“…The data were used for analysis of moisture using the conventional gravimetric method. The data were analyzed through the classic statistics and geostatistics. …”
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Análise da precipitação mensal provável para o município de Lages, SC Analysis of probable monthly rainfall in the municipality of Lages, SC by Olívio J. Soccol, Célio O. Cardoso, David J. Miquelluti

“…The method of adjustment of model was used to estimate &#945; and &#946; parameters of gamma distribution, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov's test assessed the model's fitting to the data. …”
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Remote Sensing Survey of Chlorophyll-a Concentration in River-Type Reservoirs Based on GF-1 Image Data: Taking Feilaixia–Changhu Reservoir Area as an Example by ZOU Zhengxin, DENG Ruru, LIANG Yeheng, CHAI Zhuoqun, KUANG Zhiyuan, YANG Junying, ZHAO Zixi

“…The correlation analysis of the chlorophyll-a remote sensing inversion value and the measured value was performed, and the determination coefficient was R²= 0.835 8; the result verification was reasonable. …”
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Alpine Meadow Fractional Vegetation Cover Estimation Using UAV-Aided Sentinel-2 Imagery by Kai Du, Yi Shao, Naixin Yao, Hongyan Yu, Shaozhong Ma, Xufeng Mao, Litao Wang, Jianjun Wang

“…The DNN-based FVC estimation performed best, with a coefficient of determination of 0.82 and a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.09. (2) In vegetation coverage estimation based on the pixel dichotomy model, different vegetation indices demonstrated varying performances across areas with different FVC levels. …”
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Rainfall Prediction Using Integrated Machine Learning Models With K-Means Clustering: A Representative Case Study of Harirud Murghab Basin-Afghanistan by Ziaul Haq Haq Doost, Ali Alsuwaiyan, Abdulazeez Abdulraheem, Nabil M. Al-Areeq, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…The models were evaluated at three stations (Nazdik-i Herat, Shinya, and Torghundi) using coefficient of determination (R2), mean squared error (MSE), root mean squared error (RMSE), Mean absolute error (MAE), and median absolute error (MedAE) as evaluation metrics. …”
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Electromechanical transmission of tracked machine energy characteristics study by V. N. Kuznetsova, R. V. Romanenko

“…The latter fact makes it possible to ensure the operation of the power plant of the tracked vehicle in such a way as to avoid unfavorable operating modes of both the internal combustion engine and the elements of the electromechanical transmission (a generator, a traction electric motor, an energy storage) from the point of view of energy efficiency, and to realize the high efficiency of the entire system.Research methods. …”
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Training Load and Current Soreness Predict Future Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness in Collegiate Female Soccer Athletes by Brett S. Pexa, Christopher J. Johnston, Jeffrey B Taylor, Kevin R. Ford

“…Linear mixed models revealed a significant interaction of all training load and current day's DOMS on the following day's DOMS (p\<0.001), but number of decelerations, HRmax, and total number of accelerations demonstrated the highest coefficient of determination (R^2^ marginal=33.2% - 29.2% , R^2^ conditional= 46.9% - 44.8%)…”
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The Relationship between Mobile Phone Addiction and Changes in Spinal Column Angles of Male High School Students with Endomorphic Body Type by Mohammad Seyedahmadi, Javad Rostami, Karim Khalaghi

“…Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients were used to determine the relationship between variables, and the analyses were carried out at a 95% confidence level. …”
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Arthroscopic synovectomy in rheumatoid synovitis of knee joint by G M Kavalersky, A V Garkavi, I V Menshikova, S A Sergienko

“…Value of this coefficient multiplication by the sum of the above mentioned measures was used to determine indications to AS. …”
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Changes in the transcriptional activity of cell cycle regulator CDK1 and cell proliferation ki67 genes in invasive and non-invasive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by A. V. Evseyev, A. M. Kamyshnyi

“…Materials and methods. The study was conducted on 20 samples of pancreatic tumor tissue taken at pathomorphological examination of the operational material. …”
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