Longitudinal analysis of risk factors for dementia based on Mild Cognitive Impairment Screen results and questionnaire responses from healthy Japanese individuals registered in an... by Masayo Ogawa, Kazushi Maruo, Daichi Sone, Hiroyuki Shimada, Keisuke Suzuki, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hidehiro Mizusawa

“…Abstract Introduction Despite an urgent need for developing remedial measures against dementia, no disease‐modifying drugs have been developed. Efficient protocols for participant recruitment need to be established for conducting clinical trials. …”
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VITA-D: A Radiomic Web Tool for Predicting Vitamin D Deficiency Levels by Yuliana Jiménez-Gaona, Oscar Vivanco-Galván, Darwin Castillo-Malla, Israel Vivanco-Gualán, Patricia Díaz-Guzmán

“…Conclusions: The “VITA-D” web application was used to monitor and predict vitamin D levels and deficiency factor risk based on clinical and sociodemographic data, providing an efficient and cost-effective alternative to traditional vitamin D testing methods.…”
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A broad spectrum Shigella vaccine based on VirG53 – 353 multiepitope region produced in a cell-free system by Girmay Desalegn, Charlotte Abrahamson, K. Ross Turbyfill, Lucy Pill-Pepe, Leslie Bautista, Chitradevi S. Tamilselvi, Dylan Dunn, Neeraj Kapoor, Barbara Sullinger, Matheo Herrera, Edwin V. Oaks, Jeff Fairman, Marcela F. Pasetti

“…VirG53 – 353 was produced efficiently at a large scale (>150 mg/L) using cell-free protein synthesis. …”
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A novel strategy to optimize resources to boost production in rice-fish coculture at Ziro Valley, India by Ayan Samaddar, Dani Kacha, Anilava Kaviraj, Sarah Freed, Arun Panemangalore Padiyar, Sambhu Das, Subrata Saha

“…Using Cobb-Douglas production functions, researchers estimated rice and fish yields through regression models. Subsequently, a non-linear constrained optimization problem based on the Nash-bargaining framework was solved to assess the effects of optimization on fund allocation for various inputs. …”
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Effect of Vietnamese coriander Powder on Growth, Body Composition, Hematology, and Immune-Related Gene Expression in Nile Tilapia by Apisara Honghirun, Rungrawee Thongdon-a, Niran Aeksiri, Kumrop Ratanasut, Wilasinee Inyawilert, Gen Kaneko, Anurak Khieokhajonkhet

“…In addition, total protein, globulin, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol were linearly and quadratically increased with increasing PO levels, but alanine aminotransferase activity was linearly and quadratically decreased. …”
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Enhancing Communication Security in Drones Using QRNG in Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum by J. de Curtò, I. de Zarzà, Juan-Carlos Cano, Carlos T. Calafate

“…Our method introduces a concurrent access protocol for multiple drones to share a QRNG device efficiently, incorporating robust error handling and a shared memory system for random number distribution. …”
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Hiking Trails Facilitate the Spread of a Native High‐Arctic Species by Deborah Zani, Heike Lischke, Jonas Åkerman, Veiko Lehsten

“…Our results show that spatially explicit models can be applied to accurately predict the potential spread of species, leading to a more efficient monitoring plan. Systematic monitoring of alien species and sanitisation measures should be prioritised in polar habitats with a high incidence of human disturbances.…”
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Application of RSM- CCD methodology and image J. for modeling and optimization of orchid protocorm encapsulation by Zahra Mahdavi, Shirin Dianati Daylami, Ali Fadavi, Mandana Mahfeli

“…This technology is now considered as an efficient way to propagate and store several important commercial orchids. …”
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Association of vitamin D deficiency with post-exercise hypotension and arterial stiffness following prolonged endurance exercise in healthy young men by Liang-You Chen, Chun-Wei Wang, Lu-An Chen, Cheng-Shiun He

“…Individuals with sufficient 25(OH)D status may have better vascular elasticity and more efficient blood pressure regulation during exercise.…”
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Leveraging UAV spectral and thermal traits for the genetic improvement of resistance to Dothistroma needle blight in Pinus radiata D.Don by Joane S. Elleouet, Russell Main, Robin J. L. Hartley, Michael S. Watt

“…Visual severity scores and remote sensing indices were modelled using spatially explicit mixed-effect linear models integrating pedigree and genomic data in a single-step genomic evaluation. …”
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Developing an ISO11783-compliant prescription map for variable rate spraying in vineyards based on 3D canopy reconstruction by Björn Poss, Nikos Tsoulias, Galibjon M. Sharipov, Andreas Heiß, Dimitrios S. Paraforos

“…A strong correlation (R² = 0.92) between the manually measured leaf areas and the number of points in the generated LiDAR 3D point cloud was determined. This correlation's linear regression was used to calculate dose rates, leading to the successful development of a grid-based prescription map in ISO-XML format, compatible with ISOBUS Task Controller functionality. …”
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Effects of binary polymer-humic soil amendments on soil carbon cycle and detoxication ability of heavy metal pollution by Olga Yakimenko, Lev Pozdnyakov, Maxim Kadulin, Dmitriy Gruzdenko, Irina Panova, Alexander Yaroslavov

“…Binary compositions were more efficient when combined with humate from lignosulphonate. …”
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SEEI: spherical evolution with feedback mechanism for identifying epistatic interactions by De-yu Tang, Yi-jun Mao, Jie Zhao, Jin Yang, Shi-yin Li, Fu-xiang Ren, Junxi Zheng

“…Although various models and methods have been proposed to detect EIs, identifying EIs efficiently and accurately is still a challenge. Results Here, we propose a linear mixed statistical epistasis model (LMSE) and a spherical evolution approach with a feedback mechanism (named SEEI). …”
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Pan-vaccinomics strategy for developing a universal multi-epitope vaccine against endocarditis-related pathogens by Peng Chao, Xueqin Zhang, Lei Zhang, Wei Ma, Dong Wang, Aiping Yang, Xiaoyang Chen

“…An in silico vaccine was created by using meticulously chosen epitopes—seven Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL), seven Linear B lymphocyte (LBL), and three Helper T lymphocyte (HTL) epitopes—and subsequently aligning them with the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules (MHC I & MHC II) and human TLR4. …”
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Exploring Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of the Thermal Environment in Metropolitan Scale Analysis Based on Remote Sensing Data by Danyal Rahimi, Masanobu Kii, Hikari Shimadera, Francesco Causone

“…However, existing studies of statistical approaches to the urban thermal environment have primarily focused on linear relationships, often overlooking the complex and nonlinear effects of these factors. …”
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Prediction of Subgrade Strength from Index Properties of Expansive Soil Stabilized with Bagasse Ash and Calcined Termite Clay Powder Using Artificial Neural Network and Regression by Asefachew Belete Tseganeh, Emer Tucay Quezon

“…The MLR prediction model was shown to be less efficient and accurate than the ANN model.…”
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YOLOv8n-CSE: A Model for Detecting Litchi in Nighttime Environments by Hao Cao, Gengming Zhang, Anbang Zhao, Quanchao Wang, Xiangjun Zou, Hongjun Wang

“…In addition, the VoVGSCSP design pattern in Slimneck was adopted for the neck part, which made the model more lightweight. The multi-scale linear attention mechanism and the EfficientViT module, which can be deeply divided, further improved the detection accuracy and detection rate of YOLOv8n-CSE. …”
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Topic Modeling of Foot & Ankle International: An AI-Driven Analysis of Journal Topics & Trends by Henry Baird BS, Mauricio Gallegos BS, Joshua L. Morningstar BS, Weston E. McDonald BS, Daniel J. Scott MBA, MD, Christopher E. Gross MD

“…“hot” & “cold” topic trends, based on linear regression models of topic frequency from 2018-2023). …”
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Benchmark Pashto Handwritten Character Dataset and Pashto Object Character Recognition (OCR) Using Deep Neural Network with Rule Activation Function by Imran Uddin, Dzati A. Ramli, Abdullah Khan, Javed Iqbal Bangash, Nosheen Fayyaz, Asfandyar Khan, Mahwish Kundi

“…Three Feed Forward Neural Network models with backpropagation algorithm using different Rectified Linear Unit (ReLU) layer configurations (Model 1 with 1-ReLU Layer, Model 2 with 2-ReLU layers, and Model 3 with 3-ReLU Layers) were trained and tested with this dataset. …”
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Evaluation of the relationships between physico-chemical parameters and the abundance of Vibrio spp. in blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) and seawater from the Maryland Coastal Bays by Jasmine Smalls, John Jacobs, Howard Townsend, Paulinus Chigbu, Salina Parveen

“…A one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), correlations, and linear models were used to analyze the data. Akaike Information Criterion (AICc) was evaluated to determine the model that provides the best fit to the data relating to Vibrio concentrations and environmental factors.ResultsResults suggested that environmental factors could influence the growth of Vibrio spp. …”
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