Novel approach identifies SNPs in SLC2A10 and KCNK9 with evidence for parent-of-origin effect on body mass index. by Clive J Hoggart, Giulia Venturini, Massimo Mangino, Felicia Gomez, Giulia Ascari, Jing Hua Zhao, Alexander Teumer, Thomas W Winkler, Natalia Tšernikova, Jian'an Luan, Evelin Mihailov, Georg B Ehret, Weihua Zhang, David Lamparter, Tõnu Esko, Aurelien Macé, Sina Rüeger, Pierre-Yves Bochud, Matteo Barcella, Yves Dauvilliers, Beben Benyamin, David M Evans, Caroline Hayward, Mary F Lopez, Lude Franke, Alessia Russo, Iris M Heid, Erika Salvi, Sailaja Vendantam, Dan E Arking, Eric Boerwinkle, John C Chambers, Giovanni Fiorito, Harald Grallert, Simonetta Guarrera, Georg Homuth, Jennifer E Huffman, David Porteous, Generation Scotland Consortium, LifeLines Cohort study, GIANT Consortium, Darius Moradpour, Alex Iranzo, Johannes Hebebrand, John P Kemp, Gert J Lammers, Vincent Aubert, Markus H Heim, Nicholas G Martin, Grant W Montgomery, Rosa Peraita-Adrados, Joan Santamaria, Francesco Negro, Carsten O Schmidt, Robert A Scott, Tim D Spector, Konstantin Strauch, Henry Völzke, Nicholas J Wareham, Wei Yuan, Jordana T Bell, Aravinda Chakravarti, Jaspal S Kooner, Annette Peters, Giuseppe Matullo, Henri Wallaschofski, John B Whitfield, Fred Paccaud, Peter Vollenweider, Sven Bergmann, Jacques S Beckmann, Mehdi Tafti, Nicholas D Hastie, Daniele Cusi, Murielle Bochud, Timothy M Frayling, Andres Metspalu, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, André Scherag, George Davey Smith, Ingrid B Borecki, Valentin Rousson, Joel N Hirschhorn, Carlo Rivolta, Ruth J F Loos, Zoltán Kutalik

“…We applied the method to >56,000 unrelated individuals to search for POEs influencing body mass index (BMI). …”
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Coverage Hole Recovery in Hybrid Sensor Networks Based on Key Perceptual Intersections for Emergency Communications by He Li, Shixian Sun, Chuang Dong, Qinglei Qi, Cong Zhao, Zufeng Fu, Peng Yu, Jiajia Liu

“…This method first divides the network into equally sized units, and then selects a representative node for each unit based on two conditions, called an agent. …”
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Application of Improved TOPSIS in Back Analysis of Soil Stiffness Parameters by XU Shixiang, WAN Yousheng, HE Feng, QIN Jun, XIE Yunjie, WU Bo, ZHENG Weiqiang, XU Jie

“…It is necessary to improve the traditional TOPSIS and combine it with the entropy weight method, numerical analysis method and orthogonal test method for back analysis of soil stiffness parameters. …”
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Entanglement island and Page curve for one-sided charged black hole by Yun-Feng Qu, Yi-Ling Lan, Hongwei Yu, Wen-Cong Gan, Fu-Wen Shu

“…Abstract In this paper, we extend the method of calculating the entanglement entropy of Hawking radiation of black holes using the “in” vacuum state, which describes one-sided asymptotically flat neutral black hole formed by gravitational collapse, to dynamic charged black holes. …”
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Photonic Generation of Triangular Pulses Based on Phase Modulation and Spectrum Manipulation by Yongsheng Gao, Aijun Wen, Wenya Liu, Huixing Zhang, Shuiying Xiang

“…A photonic triangular pulse generation method based on spectrum manipulation of phase-modulated signals is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. …”
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Seismic Response and Safety Assessment of an Existing Concrete Chimney under Wind Load by Xuansheng Cheng, Hongjie Qian, Chao Wang, Xuedong Fu

“…The displacement of the structure under the action of wind load and earthquake is analyzed using maximum value superposition, and the stress on the chimney is calculated in four cases using the equal curvature criterion method. The time-history responses of the tall chimney structure under linear and nonlinear elastic conditions are discussed. …”
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Minimization of Resource Consumption with URLLC Constraints for Relay-Assisted IIoT by Yujie Zhao, Tao Peng, Yichen Guo, Yijing Niu, Wenbo Wang

“…In the second subproblem, the total blocklength is minimized via a bisection search method. Simulation results show that by adopting near-optimal PEPs, our approach reduces computation time by two orders of magnitude while limiting the achievable rate loss to within 1% compared to the exhaustive search method. …”
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Who decides what is read on Goodreads? Uncovering sponsorship and its implications for scholarly Research by Yuerong Hu, Jana Diesner, Ted Underwood, Zoe LeBlanc, Glen Layne-Worthey, John Stephen Downie

“…With this method, our research reveals for the first time the scale of the phenomena of incentivized book reviews that is well known to users of Goodreads but remains largely anecdotal. …”
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Finding Multiple Optimal Solutions to an Integer Linear Program by Random Perturbations of Its Objective Function by Noah Schulhof, Pattara Sukprasert, Eytan Ruppin, Samir Khuller, Alejandro A. Schäffer

“…Using these metrics, we provide empirical results demonstrating that MORSE outperforms the Gurobi method and unweighted variations of the MORSE method on a set of 20 Mixed Integer Programming Library (MIPLIB) instances and on a combinatorial optimization problem in cancer genomics.…”
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Quantifying the analysis uncertainty for nowcasting application by Y. Zhu, Y. Zhu, A. Atencia, M. Dabernig, Y. Wang, Y. Wang

“…<p>This study proposes a method to quantify uncertainty represented by errors in very-high-resolution near-surface analysis, specifically for weather nowcasting applications. …”
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Assessment of Incidence of Allergic Rhinitis in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients: A Prospective Analysis by Mumtaz Ahmad Umar, Ayesha Jawad, Mirza Nasheed Baig, Nighat Arif, Saira Iftikhar, Mohibullah Mushwani

“…The ratio of males to females was nearly equal, with a slight male predominance (53%). The polypoid chronic rhinosinusitis incidence was 55%, while non polypoid cases accounted for 45% of the total. …”
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Spatial Analysis of the Enjoyment Degree for the Townships of Esfahan Province based on ICT Indices by Hosein Sarami, Sayyed Ali Mousavi, Rasoul Babanasab

“…Based on the purpose, the research is applied-developmental research, and based on the method it is descriptive, quantitative and analytical. 23 townships of Esfahan Province include statistical society of the research. …”
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A hybrid model of ARIMA and MLP with a Grasshopper optimization algorithm for time series forecasting of water quality by Jie Su, Ziyu Lin, Fengwei Xu, Gholamreza Fathi, Khalid A. Alnowibet

“…In the proposed hybrid method, the ability of the ARIMA and the MLP model are exploited. …”
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The effects of the integrative strategy on fostering reflective thinking and imparting basic basketball offensive techniques to female students by Missaa Nadem, Nadeema Badr Mohammed, Huda Badwe Shbeeb, Iqbal Abdul Hussein Neamah, Najlaa Abbas AL-Zuhairi, Nihad Mohammed Alwan

“…Research methodology: the researcher chose the experimental methodology with the two equal group's method. Finding the community and choosing the right sample for the study's kind and goals are essential to the accomplishment of any research project. …”
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The effect of exercises in the third intensity zone of the strength characteristic of speed for the legs on some physiological and biochemical indicators for handball players by Nada Abdulsalam Sabri, Hanan Murad Al-Agele, Huda Badwi Shbeeb, Suhad Qassem Saeed Al-Mousawi

“… Objective: preparing exercises for the third intensity zone for strength and speed for the legs, and identifying their effect on some physiological and biochemical indicators for (the level of lactic acid concentration, the concentration of sodium bicarbonate, the concentration level of (potassium K+) and (sodium Na+) in the blood, and the number of breathing times (RF) Research methodology: the experimental research method was adopted by designing the experimental and control groups on a sample of Army Sports Club players amounting to (16) players, deliberately selected (100%) from their community using a comprehensive enumeration method, and then divided into two groups of equal number, After determining the tests for physiological and biochemical indicators, these exercises were experimented with, adopting the use of different training tools, by regulating the training load for each player at an intensity of (85%) to (95%), repetitions of (5-10), groups of (3-5), and the duration of the rest periods. …”
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Hybrid Structural Reliability Analysis under Multisource Uncertainties Based on Universal Grey Numbers by Xingfa Yang, Jie Liu, Xiaoyue Chen, Qixiang Qing, Guilin Wen

“…The results show that the proposed method can obtain more conservative results of the hybrid structural reliability.…”
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SURVIVAL OF LUNG CANCER PATIENTS RESIDING IN TOMSK REGION (2004–2013) by E. L. Choynzonov, L. D. Zhuikova, A. O. Ananina, T. V. Polishchuk, L. V. Pikalova

“…Survival rates demonstrated relatively equal levels of cancer care in different regions of Russia. …”
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Nature of Radiative Recombination Processes in Layered Heterogeneous PbCdI2 Thick Films: Promising Scintillator Materials by Anatolii P. Bukivskii, Yuriy P. Gnatenko, Yuri P. Piryatinski, Igor V. Fesych, Vasyl V. Lendel, Vasyl M. Tkach, Petro M. Bukivskij

“…The nature of various radiative recombination processes in PbCdI2 films was established and it was shown that their PL spectra at room temperature are equally determined both by surface states in small PbI2 NCLs and by intrinsic defects in microcrystallites. …”
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Parameter Optimization of Ultrafine Comminution Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process: Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation by Zaisheng Zhu, Jinbo Zhu, Yin Liu, Huaizhi Shao, Hongzheng Zhu, Chuanzhen Wang, Jingyu Wang, Yang Fan

“…The weight set of the indices and the fuzzy evaluation set were calculated based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. The fuzzy comprehensive evaluation value was worked out as the only comprehensive index for the evaluation of product. …”
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Stability Analysis of Distribution Networks With High Penetration of Distributed Energy Resources by Ashwin Venkataramanan, Wenzong Wang, Deepak Ramasubramanian, Aminul Huque, Ali Mehrizi-Sani

“…This paper then proposes a new screening or system strength index that is based on the equal area method and utilizes only steady-state information in evaluating relative stability of DER interconnections in a large distribution area. …”
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