First-principles study on the stability, electronic structure, and optical properties of neutral phosphorus-related point defects in 4H–SiC by Lei Sun, Bin Peng, Wenxu Zhang

“…Nevertheless, structural and functional characterization of the defects lacks comprehensiveness, which impedes determination of influence from the defects on hosts. …”
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Designing a causal model of factors affecting the Lars supply chain by mojtaba khalesi, mojdeh rabani, Hasan Dehghan Dahnavi, Abolfazl Sadeghian, mohammad taghi honari

“…Their differences were also identified. Dimtel method was used to determine the effectiveness of each of the indicators, and for this purpose, the Dimtel questionnaire was completed by professors and experts in this field, and finally, the relationships between the indicators were determined in the Cartesian coordinate system. …”
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Estimation of soil free Iron content using spectral reflectance and machine learning algorithms by Wanzhu Ma, Hongkui Zhou, Hao Hu, Zhiqing Zhuo, Kangying Zhu, Guangzhi Zhang

“…An accurate and efficient determination of soil free iron content is important. …”
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Gyroscope Sensor Based In Vivo Finger Axes of Rotation Identification Using Screw Displacement by Yiming Zhu, Guowu Wei, Lei Ren, Zirong Luo, Jianzhong Shang

“…This paper presents a low-cost, efficient, and portable in vivo method for identifying axes of rotation of the proximal interphalangeal and distal interphalangeal joints in an index finger. …”
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Predicting Ship Waiting Times Using Machine Learning for Enhanced Port Operations by Min-Hwa Choi, Woongchang Yoon

“…Shapley additive explanation (SHAP)-based feature selection is typically applied to enhance interpretability, and its effect is compared with principal component analysis-based dimensionality reduction and nonselection methods. The XGBoost Regressor (XGBR) is optimized using genetic-algorithm-based hyperparameter tuning, reducing mean squared error (RMSE) from 20.9531 to 19.6387, mean absolute error (MAE) from 13.6821 to 12.6753, and improving coefficient of determination (R2) from 0.2791 to 0.2949. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Rheumatoid Factor Levels by Immune Turbidimetry and Latex Agglutination Assays among Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide-Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient... by Bineeta Kashyap, Rituparna Saha, Krishna Sarkar, Narendra Pal Singh

“…Immune turbidimetric assay was employed to determine the titers of rheumatoid factor (RF) in patients of RA who have tested positive for anti-CCP and its performance was compared with latex agglutination testing modality. …”
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Perceived stress during resuscitation: a scale development study by Asuman Şener, Tuğba Çınarlı, Dilan Köse

“…The Cronbach’s α reliability coefficient of the scale was 0.891 and the values for the sub-dimensions ranged between 0.672 and 0.863. …”
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Improved Correlation of Oil Recovery Factor for Water Driven Reservoirs in the Niger Delta by Ayodele Daniel, Faisal Olasubomi Olanipekun, Sunday Oloruntoba Isehunwa

“… Recovery factor is one of the most important variables for a reservoir engineer as it plays a major role in determining the economic viability of oil and gas projects and by implication what projects to mature. …”
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Prediction of the Mechanical Properties of Fibre-Reinforced Quarry Dust Concrete Using Response Surface and Artificial Neural Network Techniques by Jayaprakash Sridhar, Shanmugam Balaji, Dhanapal Jegatheeswaran, Paul Awoyera

“…The statistical data, root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), mean absolute and percentage error (MAPE), and determination coefficient (R2) show that both techniques, ANN and RSM, are effective tools for predicting compressive strength and split tensile strength. …”
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Evaluation of Safety from the Perspective of Patients Hospitalized in Medical and Surgical Wards by Maryam Ehsani, Mansoureh Ashghali Farahani, Shima Haghani, Fatemeh Marandi

“…Objective: This study aims to determine the perspective of hospitalized patients toward safety. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 on Brazilian cesarean and prematurity rates: a cross-sectional study by Clarissa Suzart, José Paulo de Siqueira Guida

“…The variation of prematurity and CSR were compared through the coefficient of determination (R2). Results: A total of 5,522,910 deliveries were evaluated during the period. …”
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Anatomical Characteristics of the Nasopalatine Canal in Adults: A Cone-beam Computed Tomography Study in a Peruvian Sample by Gerardo Raffael Lévano-Miranda, Kilder Maynor Carranza-Samanez, Julissa Amparo Dulanto-Vargas

“…The aim of this study was to determine the anatomical characteristics of the nasopalatine canal (NPC) in adults using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). …”
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Buruli Ulcer: Treatment Challenges at Three Centres in Ghana by Pius Agbenorku, Isaac K. Donwi, Pawson Kuadzi, Paul Saunderson

“…This retrospective study was to identify some challenges in the treatment of Buruli ulcer (BU) and present a proposed treatment regime. Materials and Methods. Information from patients medical records, hospital database, and follow-up findings on BU treatment procedures from 1994 to 1998 and from 2004 to 2007 at three research sites in Ghana were reviewed to determine the treatment challenges encountered. …”
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The Effectiveness of Supervision Programs on Improving Teaching Skills and Teacher Performance by Agustina Said

“…The statistical analysis produced a t-value of 5.67 with a p-value <0.05 and a coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.62, indicating that 62% of the variation in teacher performance can be explained by the supervision program. …”
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Hearing the Vagus Nerve’s Rhythm in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation by A. A. Nechepurenko, V. M. Pokrovsky, D. G. Tarasov, H. Z. Kitiashvili, V. G. Abushkevich

“…The Pearson correlation coefficient between the area of early depolarization zone in the right atrium and disease duration was equal to 0.92.Conclusion. …”
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Spatiotemporal epidemiology of brucellosis in Iran from 2009 to 2018: A mixed ecological study by Sajjad Rahimi Pordanjani, Ghobad Moradi, Behrad Pourmohammadi, Elaheh Mazaheri, Farshid Farivar, Somayeh Derakhshan

“…Materials and Methods: This was an ecological study conducted in the exploratory mixed design. …”
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Patient Safety Culture, Missed Nursing Care, and Adverse Events in University Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study by Kuswantoro R. Putra, Alfrina Hany, Evi Ningrum, Eko Arisetijono, Mohamad Taji, Ratih Vatmasari

“…Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted using an online survey at six university hospitals in Indonesia from September to November 2021. …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COPING MECHANISM AND RECURRENCE FREQUENCY IN BRONCHIAL ASTHMA PATIENTS by Moh Jufriyanto, Endang Fauziyah

“…Noer Pamekasan Hospital, 2018. Methods: This research design uses Non-Experimental Analytic Correlation method with a sample of 39 people and uses Probability Simple Random Sampling technique. …”
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MS-EmoBoost: a novel strategy for enhancing self-supervised speech emotion representations by Hongchen Song, Long Zhang, Meixian Gao, Hengyuan Zhang, Thomas Hain, Linlin Shan

“…However, existing SSL methods are not sufficiently sensitive in capturing emotional information, making them less effective for SER tasks. …”
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Prediction of Corrosion Rate for Carbon Steel Using Regression Model with Commercial LPR Sensor Data by Kwang-Hu Jung, Jung-Hyung Lee

“…A regression model trained on 54 MPY data points demonstrated high accuracy, achieving a coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.9733. …”
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