An Experimental Comparison of Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution Algorithms to Induce Oblique Decision Trees by Rafael Rivera-López, Efrén Mezura-Montes, Juana Canul-Reich, Marco-Antonio Cruz-Chávez

“…Our proposal includes (1) an alternative initialization strategy that reduces redundant nodes and (2) a fitness function that penalizes excessive leaf nodes, promoting smaller and more accurate decision trees. …”
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A landscape of X-inactivation during human T cell development by Björn Gylemo, Maike Bensberg, Viktoria Hennings, Christina Lundqvist, Alessandro Camponeschi, Dóra Goldmann, Huan Zhang, Aida Selimović-Pašić, Antonio Lentini, Olov Ekwall, Colm E. Nestor

“…Abstract Females exhibit a more robust immune response to both self-antigens and non-self-antigens than males, resulting in a higher prevalence of autoimmune diseases but more effective responses against infection. …”
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Enhanced Hybrid Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm for Three-Dimensional Path Planning Applied to Robotic Systems by Ilias Chouridis, Gabriel Mansour, Vasileios Papageorgiou, Michel Theodor Mansour, Apostolos Tsagaris

“…The improved AFSA incorporates a 3D model of 24 possible movement points to more realistically simulate real-world robot movement capabilities. …”
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The Chemical Yields of Stars in the Mass Range 9–15 M⊙ by Marco Limongi, Lorenzo Roberti, Agnese Falla, Alessandro Chieffi, Ken’ichi Nomoto

“…We find that: (1) the yields of the intermediate mass elements (i.e., O to P) show a steep decrease as the initial mass decreases; (2) the yields of s -weak components, i.e., those produced by the slow neutron captures from Ga to to the first neutron closure shell, decrease almost linearly as a function of the initial mass with respect to the ones produced by the more massive stars; and (3) the global contribution of the stars in the mass range 9.22−13 M _⊙ to the yields of a generation of massive stars averaged over a standard initial mass function is negligible for essentially all the isotopes. …”
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Unlocking the bottleneck in forward genetics using whole-genome sequencing and identity by descent to isolate causative mutations. by Katherine R Bull, Andrew J Rimmer, Owen M Siggs, Lisa A Miosge, Carla M Roots, Anselm Enders, Edward M Bertram, Tanya L Crockford, Belinda Whittle, Paul K Potter, Michelle M Simon, Ann-Marie Mallon, Steve D M Brown, Bruce Beutler, Christopher C Goodnow, Gerton Lunter, Richard J Cornall

“…Forward genetics screens with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) provide a powerful way to illuminate gene function and generate mouse models of human disease; however, the identification of causative mutations remains a limiting step. …”
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ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodeler CSB Couples DNA Repair Pathways to Transcription with Implications for Cockayne Syndrome and Cancer Therapy by Rabeya Bilkis, Robert J. Lake, Hua-Ying Fan

“…Additionally, DNA breaks in regions of active transcription are prone to generating insertions and deletions, which are hallmark features of cancer genomes. …”
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Analysis of the Relationship Between Energy Consumption in Transport, Carbon Dioxide Emissions and State Revenues: The Case of Poland by Anna Borucka, Sebastian Sobczuk

“…After cointegration test, the Impulse Response Function was used to examine dynamics and identify system shocks. …”
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External debt-growth nexus: Empirical evidence from Ethiopian economy by Wondatir Atinafu

“…Hence, this study recommended the government of Ethiopia and local policy makers to improve the existing policies on public external debt management such as to invest in productive activities and sectors, to implement structural change, public sector reform and tax reform, should try to minimize the dependence on external borrowing through diversifying the economy so as to generate more revenue in the domestic.…”
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Policy Options for Contributory Health Insurance Schemes in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries to Enable Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage by Agnes Gatome-Munyua, Joseph Kutzin, Cheryl Cashin

“…The promise of contributory health insurance to generate additional, self-sustaining funding for the health sector has not been achieved in many low- and lower-middle-income countries. …”
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NEURAL NETWORK MODEL OF DIAGNOSTICS OF STAGES OF DEVELOPING CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY by S. A. Gorbatkov, S. A. Farkhieva

“…The number of correctly identified objects on the test set was more than 90% on all neural networks of the ensemble. …”
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Unpacking media bias in the growing divide between cable and network news by Homa Hosseinmardi, Samuel Wolken, David M. Rothschild, Duncan J. Watts

“…Abstract The potential for a large, diverse population to coexist peacefully is thought to depend on the existence of a public sphere in which citizens are exposed to similar facts about similar topics. A generation ago, broadcast television news was widely considered to serve this function; however, since the rise of cable news in the 1990s, critics and scholars have worried that the corresponding fragmentation and segregation of audiences has caused this baseline of common understanding to be lost. …”
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Femtosecond laser ablation of nitrocellulose for spatio-temporal flow control in µPADs by Esteban Builes Münden, Andreas Dietzel

“…Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) are gaining popularity due to their low cost and ease of use, but controlling fluid flow for more complex biochemical assays within these devices remains challenging. …”
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Turkish scene text recognition: Introducing extensive real and synthetic datasets and a novel recognition model by Serdar Yıldız

“…In addition, we propose the Synthetic Turkish Scene Text Recognition (STS-TR) dataset, an enormous collection of 12 million samples created using a novel histogram-based method, more efficient than common synthetic data generation methods. …”
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Characterization of sucrose binding protein as a seed-specific promoter in transgenic tobacco Nicotiana tabacum L. by Nasibeh Chenarani, Abbasali Emamjomeh, Hassan Rahnama, Katayoun Zamani, Mahmoud Solouki

“…Moreover, the SBP promoter function in the seed oil content was evaluated by the expression of DGAT1. …”
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Magmatic lithospheric heating and weakening during continental rifting: A simple scaling law, a 2‐D thermomechanical rifting model and the East African Rift System by Harro Schmeling, Herbert Wallner

“…This heating enhances viscous weakening by one order of magnitude or more. In a feedback mechanism rifting is dynamically enforced, leading to a significant increase of rift induced melt generation. …”
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A UAV path planning algorithm for bridge construction safety inspection in complex terrain by Wenyuan Xu, Chuang Cui, Yongcheng Ji, Xiang Li, Shuai Li

“…To ascertain the efficacy of the enhanced algorithm, 14 standard test function convergence comparison experiments were conducted, as well as three-dimensional path planning simulation experiments under multi-scenario conditions of bridge construction by UAV. …”
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DIAGNOSTIC COMPLEX FOR IDENTIFING FAULTS OF MODERN CARS ENGINES by G. G. Musayelyants, E. A. Pavlenko, D. K. Sysoyev

“…Diagnostic practice shows that every year in order to improve environmental safety becomes more complicated engine design and its systems, and in particular the electronic control systems. …”
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Genome-wide association studies are enriched for interacting genes by Peter T. Nguyen, Simon G. Coetzee, Irina Silacheva, Dennis J. Hazelett

“…Results We used genetic algorithms to measure fitness of gene-cell set proposals against a series of objective functions that capture data and annotations. The highest information objective function captured protein-protein interactions. …”
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The Small RNA MicF Represses ObgE and SeqA in <i>Escherichia coli</i> by Aaron Y. Stibelman, Amy Y. Sariles, Melissa K. Takahashi

“…Our study suggests that, beyond its established role in membrane permeability management, MicF exerts control over chromosome dynamics in response to distinct environmental cues, implicating a more multifaceted regulatory function in bacterial stress adaptation.…”
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Computational approach in obtaining analytic solutions of a generalized nonlinear breaking soliton equation with applications in engineering and physics by Oke Davies Adeyemo, Chaudry Masood Khalique

“…Moreover, in conjunction with the theory, the direct integration technique is engaged to secure an analytic solution of the equation and as a result, a general analytic solution with regard to the second-kind elliptic-integral function is furnished. Moreover, we engage the novel simplest equation technique to gain more general solutions to the equation. …”
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