Special Issue on Contemporary Research Studies in Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence by Viswanath Kumar Ganesan, S. Vinodh, Malolan Sundararaman, M. Vimala Rani, M. Mathirajan

“…A Hybrid Framework for Real-Time Data Drift and Anomaly Identification Using Hierarchical Temporal Memory and Statistical Tests: This paper introduces a hybrid framework combining Hierarchical Temporal Memory and Sequential Probability Ratio Test for real-time data drift detection and anomaly identification. …”
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Assessment of the Impact of Community-Based Tourism on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Empowerment of Women (Case Study: Coastal Villages of Bushehr Province) by Ali Shamsoddini, Fatemeh Dehghani

“…The sample size determined using Cochran's formula was 400 individuals. To analyze the data, both descriptive and inferential statistical methods were employed within the AMOS and SPSS software environment. …”
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Vertebroplasty in patients with multiple myeloma with vertebral compression fractures: protocol for a single-blind randomised controlled trial by Thomas Lund, Line Adsboell Wickstroem, Leah Carreon, Niels Abildgaard, Marianne Dyrby Lorenzen, Mikkel Østerheden Andersen

“…The primary outcome will be change in Oswestry Disability Index at 4 weeks.Analysis Primary and secondary outcomes are assessed at baseline and at 4, 8, 26 and 52 weeks. Categorical data will be presented by means of frequencies and related percentages; continuous data will be displayed by means of descriptive statistics.Ethics and dissemination The study has been evaluated by the Regional Committees on Health Research for Southern Denmark (S-20200075) and notified and approved by the Region of Southern Denmark and listed in the internal record, journal no. 20/22355. …”
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Role of the urethral plate characters in the success of tubularized incised plate urethroplasty by Hamdy Aboutaleb

“…Patients were followed-up for urethral calibration by urethral sound 8 Fr at 3 rd and 6 months follow-up. Data were statistically analysed using Epi info program to correlate between the width, plate shape, and complications. …”
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Investigation of influence of objective function valley ratio on the determination error of its minimum coordinates by A. V. Smirnov

“…Linear regression analysis and approximation with an artificial neural network model were used for statistical processing of experimental data.Results. …”
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Enhanced Wheat Head Detection in Images Using Fourier Domain Adaptation and Random Guided Filter: Détection améliorée des têtes de blé dans les images à l’aide de l’adaptation du d... by Sylvester C. Okafor, Linjing Wei, Solomon Boamah, Le Zhang, Mamadou B. Diallo

“…AABG adjusts image properties based on local statistics of the image patches, and RGF, a technique for edge-aware image filtering, was used as augmentation. …”
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Cone beam computed tomography analysis of maxillary vestibular bone thickness in the esthetic region by Đurđević Milica, Bubalo Marija, Luković Ana, Igić Ana, Acović Aleksandar, Kanjevac Tatjana

“…That increases the use of auxiliary methods of bone augmentation during immediate implant placement.…”
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Determinants of Fast-Food Consumption Pattern and Causes of Tendency towards Ready-to-eat Food in Iranian Secondary School Students: A Cross-sectional Study by Esmaeel Abdollahnejad, Arina Karimzad, Masumeh Akbarbegloo

“…Content and face validity of the questionnaire was proved by the faculty members of Khoy University of Medical Sciences. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics through SPSS version 19.Results: Our results showed that 68.6% of the participants had a low fast-food consumption pattern. …”
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MRI-based deep learning with clinical and imaging features to differentiate medulloblastoma and ependymoma in children by Yasen Yimit, Yasen Yimit, Parhat Yasin, Yue Hao, Abudouresuli Tuersun, Abudouresuli Tuersun, Chencui Huang, Xiaoguang Zou, Xiaoguang Zou, Ya Qiu, Ya Qiu, Yunling Wang, Mayidili Nijiati, Mayidili Nijiati

“…To mitigate class imbalance, we implemented data augmentation and employed K-fold cross-validation to enhance model generalizability. …”
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Sound-Based Unsupervised Fault Diagnosis of Industrial Equipment Considering Environmental Noise by Jeong-Geun Lee, Kwang Sik Kim, Jang Hyun Lee

“…Additionally, features were enhanced by applying noise reduction techniques via magnitude spectral subtraction and feature optimization, reflecting the characteristics of rotating equipment. Furthermore, data were augmented using generative adversarial networks to prevent overfitting. …”
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Estimates of Rare Rainfall Extremes in Ungauged Areas by Pietro Devò, Maria Francesca Caruso, Marco Borga, Marco Marani

“…Abstract The probability estimation of rare or yet unobserved events is essential for hazard quantification, especially in the frequent case of short observational records. Data limitations can be mitigated by using regionalization techniques, which augment observational information, and by employing effective statistical models, such as the Metastatistical Extreme Value Distribution (MEVD), which maximizes the use of available observations. …”
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Impact of living kidney donation on blood pressure and arterial stiffness: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Maria Smyrli, Theodora Oikonomaki, Chrysanthi Skalioti, Eleni Kapsia, Ioannis N Boletis, Smaragdi Marinaki

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We searched for publications related to kidney/renal donors, arterial stiffness, blood pressure, and cardiovascular risk, and included every study employing those terms. …”
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Construction of an indicator library for cities’ sustainable development by Maomao Yan, Feng Yang, Lingna Liu, Dehua Guo, Chao Li

“…In the process of implementing indicators, we further suggest that important indicators with incomplete statistical data should nevertheless be included in the scope of cities’ statistical monitoring. …”
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Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation of Mangrove Ecosystem Using Sentinel-1 SAR and Deep Convolutional Neural Networks by Arsalan Ghorbanian, Ardalan Ghorbanian, Seyed Ali Ahmadi, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Amin Naboureh

“…This approach incorporates a U-Net architecture with an EfficientNet-B7 backbone for robust feature extraction, employs Test-Time Augmentation (TTA) with an ensemble strategy to enhance prediction stability, and validates the method&#x2019;s temporal transferability across multiple years. …”
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Investigation of the Long and Short-Term Relationship Between Exchange Rate and Inflation in Türkiye by İbrahim Aytekin, Seda Bayrakdar, Emre Aksoy

“…Accordingly, in this study, the relationship between the monthly consumer price index, producer price index, and real effective exchange rate in Türkiye between the years 2004-2021 was examined by the time series analysis method. Augmented Dickey-Fuller and Phillips-Perron unit root tests were used to determine the stationarity levels of the data in time series analysis. …”
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Prediction of uterine rupture in singleton pregnancies with one prior cesarean birth undergoing TOLAC: A cross‐sectional study by Brittany J. Arkerson, Giulia M. Muraca, Nisha Thakur, Ali Javinani, Asma Khalil, Rohan D'Souza, Hiba J. Mustafa

“…Despite uterine rupture being a catastrophic event, there is currently no successful, validated prediction model to predict its occurrence. Material and Methods This was a cross‐sectional study using US national birth data between 2014 and 2021. …”
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Efficacy of Combined High-Intensity Laser Therapy and Collagenase Chemonucleolysis in Lumbar Disc Herniation Management: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by Peng Song, Chao Ma, Chenchen Xu, Yongjun Zhang, Yan Yuan

“…The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in baseline data between the two groups of patients. …”
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VECTOR ERROR CORRECTION MODEL FOR FORECASTING SHEEP NUMBERS IN BULGARIA by Tsvetana HARIZANOVA–METODIEVA, Hristina HARIZANOVA, Zornica STOYANOVA

“…Sources of information were annual data from the Ministry of agriculture and food, Republic of Bulgaria and the data from the National Statistical Institute. …”
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GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE: A CATALYST FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA by Alexander Tunde OGUNTUASE, Temitope Esther OYENEYE, Jayeola OLABISI, Oluwapelumi Damilola OYEDELE

“…Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) unit root test was carried out to test for the stability of data. …”
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Enhancing No Reference Laparoscopic Video Quality Assessment with Evolutionary ANFIS by Biswas Sria, Palanisamy Rohini

“…The model accurately replicates the expert and non-expert perceptual opinions, encouraging future research in stereoscopic, augmented, and virtual reality data.…”
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