Functional and phylogenetic β diversities and their link with clustering/overdispersion and uniqueness/redundancy by Sandrine Pavoine, Carlo Ricotta

“…Here, we develop a new method for partitioning FP β diversity into elementary components to determine how and why FP β diversity differs from species β diversity, with the latter reflecting only differences in species' abundances between communities. …”
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Utilisation willingness for institutional care by the disabled elderly and its influencing factors based on Andersen’s model: a cross-sectional survey of Henan, China by Yan He, Leping Wan, Haiying Dong, Guangmei Yang, Xiaoxiao Liang

“…A binary Logit model was used to examine the factors influencing the willingness to institutionalise elderly people with disabilities. The determinants of willingness to care in an institution were also explored in a stratified study by gender, age and region to identify the key differences affecting institutionalisation. …”
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Impact of bladder volume on renal pelvis dimensions in pediatric hydronephrosis by Ahmet Tanyeri, Emir Hüseyin Nevai, Mehmet Burak Çildağ, Mustafa Gök

“…Method: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 113 children aged 4–9 years who were referred for renal ultrasonography (US) between 2019 and 2023. …”
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Associação entre níveis plasmáticos de homocisteína e acidente vascular cerebral isquêmico: estudo transversal analítico Association between plasmatic levels of homocysteine and st... by Lillian Harboe-Gonçalves, Luiz Sérgio Vaz, Marcelo Buzzi

“…METHOD: Transversal analytic observational study of 104 patients with the diagnosis of ischemic stroke and 98 healthy controls had blood homocysteine analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. …”
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Assessing the impact of five teaching strategies on the academic performance of senior high school students in financial accounting: A case study in Wa by Mahasus Abubakari Kassim, Samuel Marfo, Karim Abu

“…Using Yamane's sample size determination formula and a simple random sampling method, 200 participants were initially recruited to account for potential attrition. …”
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Wavelet Multiresolution Analysis-Based Takagi–Sugeno–Kang Model, with a Projection Step and Surrogate Feature Selection for Spectral Wave Height Prediction by Panagiotis Korkidis, Anastasios Dounis

“…The predictive scheme with the projection step yields a coefficient of determination of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>0.9991</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, indicating a high level of accuracy. …”
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Modeling residue formation from crude oil oxidation using tree-based machine learning approaches by Mohammad-Reza Mohammadi, Seyyed-Mohammad-Mehdi Hosseini, Behnam Amiri-Ramsheh, Saptarshi Kar, Ali Abedi, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh, Ahmad Mohaddespour

“…Moreover, it recorded a determination coefficient (R2) value of 0.9993, highlighting its exceptional predictive capability. …”
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Structural and magneto-elastic properties of samarium doped cobalt–nickel ferrite ceramics obtained by spark plasma sintering by Mario German Ibuado, Renee Joselin Sáenz-Hernández, Carlos Roberto Santillan-Rodriguez, Jose Andres Matutes-Aquino, María Cristina Grijalva-Castillo

“…The present work focused on fabricating and characterizing the magneto-structural properties of pure spinel ferrite nanoparticles and Co0.8Ni0.2Fe2-xSmxO4 (x = 0.01, 0.02) using the sol-gel method, and then producing pellets using the spark plasma sintering technique. …”
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Landslide Susceptibility Analysis Based on Dataset Construction of Landslides in Yiyang Using GIS and Machine Learning by Chengxun Hou, Huanhua Liu, Xuan Wang, Jinqi Hu, Youde Tang, Xunwen Yao

“…A landslide dataset in Yiyang was constructed after 16 landslide predisposing factors were identified across four categories, topography, geology, environment, and hydrometeorology, through factor state determination and multicollinearity analysis. A Blending ensemble model was created and achieved higher prediction accuracy by fusing predictions from Random Forest, CatBoost, and XGBoost with logistic regression used as the meta-learner, thus deriving the importance coefficients of the landslide predisposing factors and their contribution rates. …”
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Optimal Driving Torque Control Strategy for Front and Rear Independently Driven Electric Vehicles Based on Online Real-Time Model Predictive Control by Hang Yin, Chao Ma, Haifeng Wang, Zhihao Sun, Kun Yang

“…The torque control problem is framed with a nonlinear model predictive control (MPC) method, utilizing state-space equations as representations of vehicle dynamics. …”
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Optimal protection coordination for directional overcurrent relays in radial distribution networks with inverter-based distributed energy resources by Jie Li, Jingtong Feng, Min Huang, Shenquan Liu, Gang Wang

“…The Pareto-front of the proposed optimal protection coordination problem is obtained by the improved multi-objective particle swarm optimization, where a time–space section evaluation utilizes the K-means clustering method to improve the computational efficiency. Furthermore, an analytic hierarchy process and criteria importance through intercrieria correlation weights-based technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution algorithm is proposed to determine the optimal directional overcurrent relay settings. …”
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Key drivers of bank financial performance: Insights from the Arab Levant region by Naji Anton Alslaibi, Rasha Qawasmeh, Husni Samara, Rafat Moahmmad Abualrob

“…A descriptive analytical method and STATA were used for the hypothesis testing. …”
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A hybrid genetic slime mould algorithm for parameter optimization of field-road trajectory segmentation models by Jiawen Pan, Caicong Wu, Weixin Zhai

“…Experiments were conducted on real agricultural trajectory datasets with various sample frequencies, and the proposed algorithm was compared with existing methods to validate its efficiency. According to the experimental data, the optimized model produced better results. …”
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Performance comparison of monocrystalline and polycrystalline photovoltaic modules before testing with a cooling system by Toto Supriyono, Ghazali Omar, Noreffendy Tamaldin, Priyono Soetikno, Muhammad Rizki Sumartono, Angesta Romano, Mohamad Yamin

“…However, the average performance of the PVM was not significantly different based on the independent samples t-test method.…”
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Personal air cleaning by a user-tracking robot equipped with a nanofiber air cleaner in a large work space by Chengzhong Deng, Zhuolun Niu, Chun Chen

“…Field tests were conducted to evaluate the personal air cleaning performance of the proposed method by comparison with a stationary nanofiber air cleaner. …”
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Modern approaches to surgical treatment of acute pancreatitis (literature review) by A. I. Chavga, O. V. Midlenko, V. I. Midlenko, N. I. Belonogov, A. Sh. Khasanova, M. O. Zhdanova

“…All authors state the need, along with general clinical studies, to use various methods of abdominal cavity imaging as early as possible. …”
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Twin Rooms – new experimental test cells for testing advanced facade elements by Boris Bielek, Daniel Szabó, Josip Klem, Kristína Kaniková, Alžbeta Danková

“…Testing of building envelope is carried out either in static (laboratory) boundary conditions or in dynamic (climatic, real) conditions. The determination of the test method is conditioned by the specific intention or the investigated phenomenon within the construction of the building envelope. …”
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Mobile robot path planning using deep deterministic policy gradient with differential gaming (DDPG-DG) exploration by Shripad V. Deshpande, Harikrishnan R, Babul Salam KSM Kader Ibrahim, Mahesh Datta Sai Ponnuru

“…The balance between these actions directly impacts learning efficiency.This research proposes a method combining the DDPG strategy for exploitation with the Differential Gaming (DG) strategy for exploration. …”
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The influence of knowledge absorptive capacity on the knowledge-based enterprises performance by explaining the mediating role of innovation strategy and open innovation activities by Seyed Reza Seyed Javadin, Rasoul Nosratpanah, Aref Ashrafzadeh

“…Purpose: Today, the methods of value creation have been transformed by the dynamics of competition. …”
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Sorption of picolinic acid by Cu(II)-containing sulfocationite KU-2-8 by H. N. Altshuler, V. N. Nekrasov, S. Yu. Lyrshchikov, O. H. Altshuler

“…To study the equilibrium distribution of components between KU-2-8 sulfocationite and an aqueous solution containing picolinic acid and Cu(II); to show the possibility of immobilization of cations of picolinic acid and Cu2+ in sulfonic cation exchanger KU-2-8; to calculate the component compositions of the equilibrium solution, in order to obtain the required ionic composition of the KU-2-8 sulfonic cation exchanger according to the selectivity coefficients of binary ion exchange, and the constants of formation of such complexes in water.Methods. …”
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