Performance evaluation on extended neural network localization algorithm on 5 g new radio technology by Deebalakshmi R, S Markkandan, Vinodh Kumar Arjunan

“…The method achieves a better localization accuracy by using EKF for noise reduction and ENN for localization data fusion and combining FoA, AoA, and TDoA measurements. …”
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On the effect of flexible adjustment of the p value significance threshold on the reproducibility of randomized clinical trials. by Farrokh Habibzadeh

“…Recently, a flexible p significance threshold that minimizes the weighted sum of errors in statistical inference tests of hypothesis was proposed.…”
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Study protocol for a randomised trial for atosiban versus placebo in threatened preterm birth: the APOSTEL 8 study by Ben W Mol, Fionnuala McAuliffe, Martijn A Oudijk, Christiana A Naaktgeboren, Jim Thornton, Ewoud Schuit, Job Klumper, Wouter Breebaart, Carolien Roos, Joris van der Post, Judith Bosmans, Anton van Kaam, Jelle Baalman, Marjolein Kok

“…A sample size of 760 participants (380 per group) will detect a reduction in adverse neonatal outcome from 11.95% to 6% (alpha error 0.05, beta error 0.2). …”
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Harnessing Lactiplantibacillus plantarum EP21 and its membrane vesicles to inhibit myopia development by Chi-Fong Lin, Yu-An Hsu, Yung-Lan Chou, Ying-Chi Chen, En-Shyh Lin, Peng-Tai Tien, Jamie jiin-Yi Chen, Ming-Yen Wu, Chia-Hung Lin, Hui-Ju Lin, Lei Wan

“…The MVs exhibited anti-myopic properties, indicated by a reduction in axial length elongation and a corresponding upregulation of refractive error. …”
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Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Hotspots in Oliver Reginald Tambo District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa by Lindiwe Modest Faye, Mojisola Clara Hosu, Teke Apalata

“…The Linear Regression model predicts a continued decline to zero cases by 2026, with an R² = 0.865, a mean squared error (MSE) of 507.175, and a mean absolute error (MAE) of 18.65. …”
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Digital Health Technology Interventions for Improving Medication Safety: Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations by Widya Norma Insani, Neily Zakiyah, Irma Melyani Puspitasari, Muhammad Yorga Permana, Kankan Parmikanti, Endang Rusyaman, Auliya Abdurrohim Suwantika

“…On average, DHT interventions reduced ADEs by 37.12% (range 8.2%-66.5%) and medication errors by 54.38% (range 24%-83%). The key drivers of cost-effectiveness included reductions in outcomes, the proportion of errors resulting in ADEs, and implementation costs. …”
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Based on the N2N-SAMP for sparse underwater acoustic channel estimation by Zhen Wang, Zhen Wang, Maofa Wang, Yangzhen Wang, Yangzhen Wang, Zhenjing Zhu, Zhenjing Zhu, Guangtao Shang, Guangtao Shang, Jiabao Zhao, Jiabao Zhao, Ning Hu, Ning Hu

“…Notably, in low SNR environments, the N2N-SAMP algorithm significantly outperforms the traditional SAMP algorithm in terms of Mean Squared Error (MSE) and Bit Error Rate (BER). Specifically, at SNR levels of 0 dB, 10 dB, and 20 dB, the MSE of channel estimation is reduced by 58.95%, 76.08%, and 19.42%, respectively, compared to the SAMP algorithm that selects the optimal threshold based on noise power. …”
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Improving standard volar plate fixation in 3D-guided corrective osteotomy of the distal radius: evaluation of a shim instrument by Emilia Gryska, Katleen Libberecht, Charlotte Stor Swinkels, Peter Axelsson, Per Fredrikson, Anders Björkman

“…The volar tilt error due to the shim instrument, indicated by the mean angle error of the distal screws to the plate, was 2.1° but varied across the five patients. …”
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Impact of Low-dose Imaging on PET Quantitative Accuracy and Image Quality by SU Xuesong, GENG Jianhua, ZHENG Rong, WANG Xuejuan

“…The PBV and BCV exhibit an increase with a reduction in the injected dose, while the CNR of the spheres exhibits a decrease. …”

Mapping the most effective measures to optimize carrot slice tray drying using physics-based and Monte Carlo simulations by Jörg Schemminger, Sharvari Raut, Barbara Sturm, Thijs Defraeye

“…To reduce energy consumption, it proves beneficial to reduce the airspeed from 1.8 m/s to 0.6 m/s - a 35 % reduction. However, this adjustment results in a 77 % drop in carotene retention and a 48 % reduction in throughput. …”
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Association of prognostic nutritional index with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in adults with depression: NHANES 2005–2018 by Haiyan Ding, Xinchun Zou

“…Each 1-unit increase in PNI was associated with a 12% reduction in the risk of all-cause mortality (HR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.84–0.93; p < 0.001) and a 12% reduction in the risk of CVD mortality (HR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.80–0.96; p = 0.006). …”
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A Near-Infrared Imaging System for Robotic Venous Blood Collection by Zhikang Yang, Mao Shi, Yassine Gharbi, Qian Qi, Huan Shen, Gaojian Tao, Wu Xu, Wenqi Lyu, Aihong Ji

“…The average error of the optimized AD-Census stereo matching algorithm is reduced by 25.69%, and the improvement of the image stereo matching performance is more obvious. …”
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Effectiveness of Dietary Guidelines for Reducing Free Sugar Intakes: A Randomised Controlled Trial by Lucy Boxall, Katherine M. Appleton, Emily Arden-Close, Janet James

“…There were no significant differences at baseline %FS (mean with standard error in parentheses); control with 10.36% (0.67), N with 10.15% (0.66), NF with 10.68% (0.62), and NFS with 10.19% (0.56). …”
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Coordinated Design of Power System Stabilizer and Virtual Inertia Control Using Modified Harris Hawk Optimization for Improving Power System Stability by Mohamad Almas Prakasa, Imam Robandi, Alberto Borghetti, Muhammad Ruswandi Djalal, Waseda Himawari

“…With the optimal damping ratios of 9.94% to 9.96% achieved by HHO-MSS, the overall power system stability improvements, including both local and interarea responses across 38 simulations involving sudden load changes, varying inertia, and different RES levels, are as follows: 41.17% to 70.89% frequency nadir improvement, 25.9% to 67.38% power angle deviation improvement, 84.83% to 85.26% settling time reduction, and 51.57% to 89.73% average error reduction calculated with performance indices. …”
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A new validated Lymphoedema-specific Patient Reported Outcome Measure (LYMPROM) for adults with Lymphoedema. by Melanie Thomas, Marie Gabe-Walters, Ioan Humphreys, Alan Watkins

“…Following COSMIN guidelines, validation study phases used anonymised routinely collected data to examine internal consistency, structural validity, construct validity (compared with the EQ5D-5L), measurement error, test-retest reliability and responsiveness.…”
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ADEPNET: A Dynamic-Precision Efficient Posit Multiplier for Neural Networks by Aditya Anirudh Jonnalagadda, Uppugunduru Anil Kumar, Rishi Thotli, Satvik Sardesai, Sreehari Veeramachaneni, Syed Ershad Ahmed

“…This becomes especially useful for performing error-tolerant tasks like deep learning inference computation where low latency and area are a priority. …”
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Dyadic Probabilistic Shaping of PAM-4 and PAM-8 for Cost-Effective VCSEL-MMF Optical Interconnection by Lin Sun, Chang Wang, Jiangbing Du, Chenyu Liang, Wenjia Zhang, Ke Xu, Fan Zhang, Zuyuan He

“…Energy efficient signaling can be achieved with up to 46% theoretical power reduction by PS. Experimentally, we obtained 16% reduction of optical power for the VCSEL-MMF optical link. …”
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Modeling Short-Term Drought for SPEI in Mainland China Using the XGBoost Model by Fanchao Zeng, Qing Gao, Lifeng Wu, Zhilong Rao, Zihan Wang, Xinjian Zhang, Fuqi Yao, Jinwei Sun

“…Key findings reveal spatiotemporal prediction patterns: temporal-scale dependencies show all models exhibit limited capability at SPEI-1 (R²: 0.32–0.41, RMSE: 0.68–0.79) but achieve progressive accuracy improvement, peaking at SPEI-12 where CPSO-XGBoost attains optimal performance (R²: 0.85–0.90, RMSE: 0.33–0.43) with 18.7–23.4% error reduction versus baselines. Regionally, humid zones (South China/Central-Southern) demonstrate peak accuracy at SPEI-12 (R² ≈ 0.90, RMSE < 0.35), while arid regions (Northwest Desert/Qinghai-Tibet Plateau) show dramatic improvement from SPEI-1 (R² < 0.35, RMSE > 1.0) to SPEI-12 (R² > 0.85, RMSE reduction > 52%). …”
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A deep neural network framework for estimating coastal salinity from SMAP brightness temperature data by Yidi Wei, Qing Xu, Qing Xu, Xiaobin Yin, Xiaobin Yin, Yan Li, Yan Li, Kaiguo Fan

“…The framework leverages machine learning interpretability tools (Shapley Additive Explanations, SHAP) to optimize input feature selection and employs a grid search strategy for hyperparameter tuning.Results and discussionSystematic validation against independent in-situ measurements demonstrates that the baseline DNN model constructed for the entire region and time period outperforms conventional algorithms including K-Nearest Neighbors, Random Forest, and XGBoost and the standard SMAP SSS product, achieving a reduction of 36.0%, 33.4%, 40.1%, and 23.2%, respectively in root mean square error (RMSE). …”
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Mine cable partial discharge denoising method based on multivariate variational mode decomposition and improved wavelet threshold by Jiyuan CAO, Yanwen WANG, Peng CHEN, Xuan ZHOU, Weixiong ZHU, Yihe ZHANG, Le WANG

“…The partial discharge characteristic signal is classified as gross error by 3σ criteria, and the Gaussian white noise and narrow-band interference signal in the noise dominant component are inversely suppressed. …”
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