Ability of Side Hop Test to Predict Deficits in Dynamic Balance Control and Isometric Strength of Hip and Ankle Muscles in Recreational Male Athletes with Chronic Ankle Instability by Neda Orakifar, Fatemeh varezardi, Razieh Mofateh, maryam Seyedtabib

“…Background:  The side hop test (SHT) is widely used by physiotherapists to assess functional limitations in athletes with chronic ankle instability (CAI). Determining if diminished SHT performance correlates with specific component deficits could enhance the test's clinical value. …”
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Prediction and verification of thin liquid film thickness on salt-deposited copper surface in an atmospheric hygrothermal environment by Rongdie Zhu, Binxia Ma, Hongbin Zhang, Zhihao Qu, Jinyang Zhu

“…In addition, artificial neural networks (ANNs) and support vector machine models were constructed based on machine learning methods for predicting liquid film thickness. Comparative results indicated that the ANN prediction model exhibited higher accuracy, with a model determination coefficient (R2) reaching 0.99. …”
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Spatial interpolation of cropland soil bulk density by increasing soil samples with filled missing values by Aiwen Li, Jinli Cheng, Dan Chen, Wendan Li, Yaruo Mao, Xinyi Chen, Bin Zhao, Wenjiao Shi, Tianxiang Yue, Qiquan Li

“…The RBFNN model, tailored for each sub-watershed, yielded the highest accuracy in filling missing BD, with an increase in coefficient of determination (R 2) by 19.54–37.36% and reductions in mean absolute error (MAE), mean relative error (MRE) and root mean square error (RMSE) by 8.91–14.81%, 9.02–16.22% and 7.71–13.61%, respectively. …”
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Gustatory thresholds and obesity: a comparative study of five main tastes by Hamidreza Khalighi, Hamed Mortazavi, Fahimeh Anbari, Masoumeh Sadat Eftekhari, Nahid Mohammadnia, Homa Mirzaei, Sara Nashibi

“…Abstract Background Obesity is an important public health concern, which has dramatically grown in the last decades. Taste sensation determines food preferences and could contribute to obesity. …”
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Prevalence of Dysfunctional Breathing in Subjects Undergoing Maintenance Dialysis: A Cross-sectional Study by Neha D Bora, Abhishek S Mishra, Preeti S Ganachari, Santosh P Dobhal

“…Aim: To determine the prevalence of dysfunctional breathing (DB) in subjects undergoing maintenance dialysis. …”
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Advanced intelligent techniques for modeling oxygen storage in zeolite-based porous materials by Arefeh Naghizadeh, Ahmadreza Jafari-Sirizi, Behnam Amiri-Ramsheh, Saeid Atashrouz, Dragutin Nedeljkovic, Ahmad Mohaddespour, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

“…The findings demonstrated the superior performance of the GRNN model, achieving an exceptional root mean square error of 0.03 and a coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.9991, outperforming the other techniques. …”
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Relationship job embeddedness to turnover intention among nurses: A cross-sectional, correlational study by Benyamin Saadatifar, Zahra Ebrahimi Rigi, Parichehr Sabaghzadeh Irani, Chiman Ghaderi, Omolbanin Akbari

“…Methods & Materials: This descriptive-analytic study included 242 nurses from hospitals affiliated with Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. …”
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PSOA-LSTM: a hybrid attention-based LSTM model optimized by particle swarm optimization for accurate lung cancer incidence forecasting in China (1990–2021) by Nannan Xu, Guang Yang, Linlin Ming, Jiefei Dai, Kun Zhu

“…The proposed model was compared against traditional models including ARIMA, standard LSTM, Support Vector Regression (SVR), and Random Forest (RF).ResultsThe PSOA-LSTM model achieved superior performance across five key evaluation metrics: mean squared error (MSE) = 0.023, coefficient of determination (R2) = 0.97, mean absolute error (MAE) = 0.152, normalized root mean squared error (NRMSE) = 0.025, and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) = 0.38%. …”
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Ship motion identification model based on enhanced Bi-LSTM by Haozhe ZHANG, Zhibo YANG, Xuguo JIAO, Chengxing LÜ, Peng LEI

“…Finally, using the navigation data of KLVCC2 ships, the prediction effects of the enhanced Bi-LSTM model are compared with those of the Support Vector Machine (SVM), Gate Recurrent Unit (GRU), and long short-term memory (LSTM) models.ResultsThe Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) performance indicators of the enhanced Bi-LSTM model in the test set are lower than 0.015 and 0.011 respectively, and the coefficient of determination（R2）is higher than 0.99913, demonstrating prediction accuracy significantly higher than that of the SVM, GRU, and LSTM models.ConclusionThe proposed enhanced Bi-model has excellent generalization performance and excellent prediction stability and precision, and effectively realizes ship motion identification.…”
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The Variability and Trend of Harvest Dates of Table and Pisco Grapes in Northern Chile Are Independently Influenced by Bioclimatic Indices by Nicolás Verdugo-Vásquez, Antonio Ibacache-González, Gastón Gutiérrez-Gamboa

“…The trend in the harvest date of Thompson Seedless was statistically significant, reaching a coefficient of determination of 0.42. (4) Conclusions: Understanding the influence of bioclimatic indices on harvest date in long-term periods is critical in the context of climatic variability since producers can make more informed decisions to optimize grape quality and maintain sustainability in production systems.…”
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Effects of blood glucose level on 18F-FDG uptake for PET/CT in normal organs: A systematic review. by Clarice Sprinz, Stephan Altmayer, Matheus Zanon, Guilherme Watte, Klaus Irion, Edson Marchiori, Bruno Hochhegger

“…To objectively measure the magnitude of the association between glycemia and 18F-FDG uptake in different organs, we calculated the effect size (ES) and the coefficient of determination (R2) whenever possible.…”
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What is the test-retest reliability of the Malay version of the Hypertension Self-Care Profile self efficacy assessment tool? A validation study in primary care by Ngiap Chuan Tan, Yi Ling Eileen Koh, Kai Cong Seow, Diana Mohamed Yusoff

“…A Malay version of the HTN-SCP Tool was developed to assess self-efficacy of Malay-literate patients with hypertension in the multi-ethnic Asian population in Singapore. The study aimed to determine the test-retest reliability of this tool which has been translated in Malay language.Methods and Material 145 Malay-literate patients, aged 41-70 years, with essential hypertension were recruited in a polyclinic (primary care clinic) in Singapore. …”
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Relationship between optical coherence tomography sector peripapillary angioflow-density and Octopus visual field cluster mean defect values. by Gábor Holló

“…No significant difference between the corresponding inferotemporal and superotemporal parameters was seen. The coefficient of determination (R2) calculated for the relationship between inferotemporal sector PAFD and superotemporal cluster MD (0.5141, P<0.0001) was significantly greater than that between inferotemporal sector RNFLT and superotemporal cluster MD (0.2546, P = 0.0001). …”
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Factors Associated with Pap Smear Implementation among Women Referring to Healthcare Centers in Fasa, Iran: An Application of Theory of Planned Behavior by Zahra Moradi, Parvin Moradi, Ali Khani Jeihooni, Azizollah Dehghan

“…Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study was conducted on 700 married women in Fasa city in 2016. …”
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Evaluation of hydraulic fracturing using machine learning by Ali Akbari, Ali Karami, Yousef Kazemzadeh, Ali Ranjbar

“…Among the tested models, RF outperformed others by achieving the highest coefficient of determination (R2 = 0.9804), alongside the lowest Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) for both training and testing phases. …”
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Improving a data mining based diagnostic support tool for rare diseases on the example of M. Fabry: Gender differences need to be taken into account. by Philipp Hahn, Werner Lechner, Rainer-Georg Siefen, Christina Lampe, Peter Nordbeck, Lorenz Grigull, Thomas Lücke

“…Variables influencing the performance of the AI were examined with linear regression and calculation of the coefficient of determination.<h4>Result</h4>We were able to show that a relatively small sample is sufficient to achieve a sensitivity of 88.12% for the presence of Fabry disease, taking into account gender-specific differences in the disease perception during the pre-diagnostic phase. …”
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Engaging Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) for cardiovascular diseases risk screening in Nepal. by Lal B Rawal, Yuewen Sun, Padam K Dahal, Sushil C Baral, Sudeepa Khanal, Abriti Arjyal, Shraddha Manandhar, Abu S Abdullah

“…Kappa statistics and concordance coefficient were used to compare these two sets of risk screening results. …”
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Influence of Aerodynamic Modeling Errors on the Dynamic Characteristics of a Missile by Qiang Li, Xiaming Yuan, Jihong Zhu

“…Common aerodynamic modeling methods are compared, the effects of longitudinal coefficient deviations on the linearized missile model are analyzed using a deviation test approach, and the results are validated through simulations. …”
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Imaging of pediatric great vessel stents: Computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging? by A M den Harder, D Suchá, R W van Hamersvelt, R P J Budde, P A de Jong, A M R Schilham, C Bos, J M P J Breur, T Leiner

“…<h4>Material and methods</h4>Five different large vessel stents were evaluated in an in-vitro setting. …”
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Relationship between Dental Anxiety, Psychological Distress, and Oral Health Status among Adolescents in Bengaluru City: A Cross-sectional Study by S. S. Neethu, Manjunath P. Puranik, S. R. Uma

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 adolescents aged 13–15 years old in Bengaluru city. …”
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