A convolutional neural network-based deep learning approach for predicting surface chloride concentration of concrete in marine tidal zones by Mohamed Abdellatief, Mahmoud E. Abd-Elmaboud, Mohamed Mortagi, Ahmed M. Saqr

“…Results demonstrated CNN’s superiority, achieving a coefficient of determination (R2) = 0.849 and a lower root mean square error (RMSE) = 0.18%, outperforming conventional models. …”
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Investigating the relationship between a sense of neighborhood belonging and social participation among Yazd residents: A cross-sectional study by Ameneh Marzban, Mohammad-Reza Rezaei, Nooshin Yoshany, Mahdiye Khaleghi Moori

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Forecasting malaria cases using climate variability in Sierra Leone by Saidu Wurie Jalloh, Boniface Malenje, Herbert Imboga, Mary H. Hodges

“…Results SARIMA offered reasonable predictive capabilities but was outperformed by the ANN, which captured complex temporal patterns more effectively, decreasing forecast errors and improving its coefficient of determination $$(R^2)$$ ( R 2 ) . The SARIMA model achieved an MAPE of 12.01%, which improved further to an MAPE of 11.45% with the inclusion of climatic variables. …”
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Psychometric assessment of the persian version of the study anxiety questionnaire in medical sciences students by Seyedmohammad Mirhosseini, Fatemeh Ameri, Hedie Rahmani, Hamid Sharif-Nia, Ghazal Fazel, Mahboobeh Khajeh, Hossein Ebrahimi

“…Convergent and discriminant validity were evaluated using the average variance extracted (AVE), maximum shared squared variance (MSV), composite reliability (CR) values and Heterotrait-Monotrait (HTMT) ratio. To determine reliability, internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha and Macdonald’s omega coefficients, while stability was measured using the intraclass correlation coefficient. …”
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Correlation between death-coping self-efficacy and personality traits of intensive care unit nurses: a cross-sectional study by Wei-Wei Zhang, Li-Xia Zhong, Li-Na Yang, Li Fu

“…Multiple linear regression analysis showed that whether or not they had participated in palliative care education courses within 1 year (p = 0.022), the experience of accompanying the death of a family member (p < 0.001), their attitude towards death (p < 0.001), as well as rigour (p = 0.002), agreeableness (p < 0.001) and openness (p < 0.001) were important influencing factors of death-coping self-efficacy, with a model determination coefficient R 2 of 0.373 and an adjusted R 2 of 0.364. …”
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Analysis of Internal Quality Changes in Apples During Storage Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Yande Liu, Siwei Lv, Xiaogang Jiang, Yeqing Lu, Bo Hu

“…To enhance the predictive accuracy of the model, several pretreatment methods were employed, including standardization, multiplicative scatter correction (MSC), and standard normal variate transformation (SNV). …”
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Spatial Clustering of Tuberculosis-HIV Coinfection in Ethiopia at Districts Level by Leta Lencha Gemechu, Legesse Kassa Debusho

“…Methods. District-level aggregated data on the number of TB-HIV infections were obtained from the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health for 2015 to 2018. …”
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The sports nutrition knowledge of large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots: An assessment of accuracy, completeness, clarity, quality of evidence, and test-... by Thomas P J Solomon, Matthew J Laye

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Two experiments were conducted. In Experiment 1, chatbots were tested with simple and detailed prompts in two domains: Sports nutrition for training and Sports nutrition for racing. …”
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Upper Eyelid and Eyebrow Dimensions in Adult Filipinos by Elaine Marie Y. Omaña, MD, MHA, DPBO, Maria Suzanne A. Sabundayo-Tiu, MD, DPBO, Lourdes T Ang, MD, DPBO

“…Objectives: To determine the normative values for upper eyelid and eyebrow dimensions among adult Filipinos and the effects of age and sex on these parameters. …”
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Mortality from alcoholic cardiomyopathy: evidence and statistical problems by I. V. Samorodskaya, E. P. Kakorina, T. K. Chernyavskaya

“…In other regions, “wave-like” changes were noted — a decrease or increase in SMR. The coefficient of variation of the SMR was minimal in 2016 (73%) and maximum in 2021 (103%). …”
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Intelligent wearable devices with audio collection capabilities to assess chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity by Chunbo Zhang, Kunyao Yu, Zhe Jin, Yingcong Bao, Cheng Zhang, Jiping Liao, Guangfa Wang

“…A logistic regression model using the RR and blowing sounds as key predictors achieved accuracies of 0.77–0.89 in determining the GOLD grade, with a Cohen's kappa coefficient of 0.6757. …”
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PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF ROADHEADERS USING SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE (SVM), FIREFLY ALGORITHM (FA) AND BAT ALGORITHM (BA) by Arash Ebrahimabadi, Alireza Afradi

“…Additionally, this study employed Firefly Algorithm (FA), Bat Algorithm (BA) and Support Vector Machine (SVM), which were assessed using coefficient of determination (R²), root mean square error (RMSE), mean squared error (MSE) and mean absolute error (MAE).The obtained results for Firefly Algorithm (FA) are found to be as R2 = 0.9104, RMSE = 0.0658, MSE= 0.0043 and MAE= 0.0039, for Bat Algorithm (BA) are found to be as R2 = 0.9421, RMSE = 0.0528, MSE= 0.0027 and MAE= 0.0024, and for Support Vector Machine (SVM) are found to be as R2 = 0.8795, RMSE = 0.0762, MSE= 0.0058 and MAE= 0.0052, respectively. …”
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Predicting the shield effectiveness of carbon fiber reinforced mortars utilizing metaheuristic algorithms by Mana Alyami, Irfan Ullah, Furqan Ahmad, Hisham Alabduljabbar

“…The SVR-PSO hybrid model demonstrated superior performance, achieving the highest coefficient of determination (R2) value of 0.994, compared to SVR-FFA (0.964) and SVR-GWO (0.929). …”
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Social relational quality and ethical climate as the predictors of sleep quality in employees of the operating room: a hierarchical linear regression analysis by Nilofar Pasyar, Masoume Rambod, Atefeh Abbasi, Mahdi Salmanpour

“…Methods This cross-sectional and multi-center study was conducted on 232 operating room employees. …”
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Peer Relationships Are a Direct Cause of the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis: Interpretable Machine Learning Analysis of 2 Large Cohort Studies by Heiner Stuke, Robert Schlack, Michael Erhart, Anne Kaman, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Christopher Irrgang

“…ResultsThe average cross-validated Pearson correlation coefficient (r ConclusionsMental health development during adolescence can be assessed by a combination of variables from early adolescence. …”
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An interpretable deep learning model for the accurate prediction of mean fragmentation size in blasting operations by Baoqian Huan, Xianglong Li, Jianguo Wang, Tao Hu, Zihao Tao

“…The results showed that the NRBO-CNN-LSSVM model achieved remarkable prediction accuracy on the training dataset, with a coefficient of determination (R 2) as high as 0.9717 and a root mean square error (RMSE) as low as 0.0285. …”
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The effect of nitrogen fertilisation on the yield and quality of winter wheat grain on meadow‐chestnut soil by S. A. Teymurov, M.‐R. A. Kaziev, A. A. Bagomaev

“…The study of the effect of nitrogen fertilization on the yield and quality of winter wheat grain on meadow‐chestnut soil.Methods. Analyses of soil samples were carried out using generally accepted standard techniques. …”
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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Weight Management Questionnaire in the Brazilian population: a cross-sectional study by Brígida Rodrigues da Costa, Almir Vieira Dibai-Filho, Aldair Darlan Santos-de-Araújo, Fábio Henrique Ferreira Pereira, Daniela Bassi-Dibai, Adriana Sousa Rêgo

“…DESIGN AND SETTING: This was a quantitative cross-sectional study. METHODS: Obese and physically active lean individuals aged 18−59 years were included in this study. …”
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Adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of the Hospice Comfort Questionnaire-Patient (HCQ-P) by Nana Xu, Xu Yan, Xiaohong Ou, Jun Ren, Qiaoqin Wan

“…The evaluation included determining floor and ceiling effects, evaluating internal consistency using Cronbach’s α, and testing test-retest reliability with the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). …”
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Axial Compression Behavior of Circular Concrete-Filled High-Strength Thin-Walled Steel Tubular Columns with Out-of-Code D/t Ratios by Jun-Xin Li, Jian-Tao Wang, Qing Sun, Yan-Ru Wu, Shi-Ming Zhou, Fa-Cheng Wang

“…Subsequently, the applicability of typical design methods was evaluated, and a revised equation for determining strain εscy corresponding to ultimate strength was established to assess the plastic deformation capacity of CFHTST columns. …”
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