Automatic detection of optic canal fractures and recognition and segmentation of anatomical structures in the orbital apex based on artificial intelligence by Yu-Lin Li, Yu-Hao Li, Mu-Yang Wei, Guang-Yu Li

“…Timely and accurate diagnosis and treatment are crucial for preserving visual function. However, diagnosing OCF can be challenging for inexperienced clinicians due to atypical OCF changes in imaging studies and variability in optic canal anatomy. …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1986-2018): AUTO-REGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTED LAG APPROACH by Isiaka Kareem JIMBA, Rosemary Bukola AJALA

“…The study incorporated other investment measures like foreign direct investment and public investment into the model, while inflation and exchange rate were taken as control variables. Secondary data was sourced from CBN statistical bulletin of various editions and was estimated using autoregressive distributed lag bound test and its coefficients. …”
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Climate Change Risk, Performance, and Value Added in Agricultural Sector by Ramin Amani, Zanko Ghorbani, Zana Mozaffari

“…Results and Discussion The results of this research show that both climate change performance index variables and climate change risk have a positive and significant effect on the added value of the agricultural sector in all three functional groups and all deciles. …”
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Optimal control for high-precision repeat ground-track orbits via convex optimization by Yanchao HE, Lei ZHANG, Yijun YANG, Qian CHEN

“…The results show that the design approach enables the realization of high-precision RGT orbit designs and that the orbit control strategy is efficient.…”
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Which Metrics Can I Monitor? Test-Retest Reliability of Countermovement Jump and Countermovement Rebound Jump Force-Time Metrics in Youth Soccer Players In-Season by Andrew Badby, Paul Comfort, Nicholas Ripley, Matthew Cuthbert, Francisco Robles-Palazón, Peter Mundy, John McMahon

“…Objective measures provide the most effective means of monitoring the magnitude and time course of changes in neuromuscular function (NMF) resulting from physical activity if measurements are repeatable (reliability). …”
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PGTransNet: a physics-guided transformer network for 3D ocean temperature and salinity predicting in tropical Pacific by Song Wu, Senliang Bao, Wei Dong, Senzhang Wang, Xiaojiang Zhang, Chengcheng Shao, Junxing Zhu, Xiaoyong Li

“…Firstly, we design a loss function that deliveries the physical relationship among temperature, salinity and density by fusing the Thermodynamic Equation. …”
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A comprehensive assessment of physical image quality of five different scanners for head CT imaging as clinically used at a single hospital centre-A phantom study. by Patrizio Barca, Fabio Paolicchi, Giacomo Aringhieri, Federica Palmas, Daniela Marfisi, Maria Evelina Fantacci, Davide Caramella, Marco Giannelli

“…CT image quality for each scanner/acquisition protocol was assessed through noise level, noise power spectrum (NPS), contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), modulation transfer function (MTF), low contrast detectability (LCD) and non-uniformity index analyses. …”
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Multi-objective optimization of an open-pit mining system to determine safety buffer using the modified NBI method and the meta-model approach by Tahereh Khajvandsany, Hossein Amoozad Khalili, Ramezan Rezaeyan, Kourosh Nemati

“…The central composite design (CCD) method was used to develop the design of experiments (DOE) for the design variables. Results: according to obtained findings, the considered design variables were the number of trucks of 120 tons, 240 tons, 35 tons, and 100 tons. …”
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Molecular and immune landscape of melanoma: a risk stratification model for precision oncology by Miao Sun, Junliang Wu

“…Knockdown efficiency was confirmed by qRT-PCR. Functional assays revealed that KIR2DL4 silencing significantly reduced cell proliferation, as assessed by MTT assay, and impaired migratory capacity, as demonstrated by wound healing assay. …”
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Importance Analysis of Vegetation Change Factors in East Africa Based on Machine Learning by Zhang Xiumei, Ma Bo, Zhang Yijie

“…The independent treatment variables were two climatic factors and five human activity factors affecting vegetation changes in East Africa. …”
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Same data, different results? Machine learning approaches in bioacoustics by Kaja Wierucka, Derek Murphy, Stuart K. Watson, Nikola Falk, Claudia Fichtel, Julian León, Stephan T. Leu, Peter M. Kappeler, Elodie F. Briefer, Marta B. Manser, Nikhil Phaniraj, Marina Scheumann, Judith M. Burkart

“…We investigated the impact of using different feature extraction (spectro‐temporal measurements, linear and Mel‐frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCC), as well as highly comparative time‐series analysis) and classification methods (discriminant function analysis, neural networks, random forests (RF), and support vector machines) on the consistency of caller identity classification accuracy across 16 mammalian datasets. …”
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Study on a Quantitative Evaluation Method of Goaf Instability Risk of Phosphate Deposits in Layered Rock Mass by Dongfang CHEN, Mengke WANG, Dingping XU, Haiwang YE, Qizhou WANG, Jian LIU, Bin XIANG

“…The Hermite random polynomial coefficients between the input field of c and <italic>ϕ</italic>_j and the output field of the FAI are solved by the probability collocation method, establishing an explicit function expression between the probability collocation point and the FAI. …”
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MANAGING FRAUD IN CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, THE ROLE OF INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT: A STUDY OF QUOTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS (DMBs) IN NIGERIA by Onajero Kensington OHWO

“…Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients for the constructs ranged from 0.864 to 0.952. …”

Systematic Evaluation of Isolation Techniques and Freeze‐Thaw Effects on Plasma Extracellular Vesicle Heterogeneity and Subpopulation Profiling by Xueqi Li, Xiangyu Li, Lingjun Tong, Liqiao Hu, Yanfen Hong, Ruoyu Zhou, Zonghong Li, Ming Dong, Junjie Hou, Tao Xu, Wen Zhong

“…However, standardizing blood‐derived EV isolation remains challenging due to the heterogeneity of EV populations and variability among isolation techniques. In this study, we systematically evaluated three distinct EV isolation methods, including asymmetrical flow field‐flow fractionation (AF4), size‐exclusion chromatography (SEC) and automated centrifugal microfluidic disc system combined with functionalized membranes (Exo‐CMDS), to compare their efficiency in isolating EVs from both freshly frozen and freeze‐thawed plasma samples. …”
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End-to-End Stroke Imaging Analysis Using Effective Connectivity and Interpretable Artificial Intelligence by Wojciech Ciezobka, Joan Falco-Roget, Cemal Koba, Alessandro Crimi

“…The goal of this pipeline is to define an efficient brain representation for connectivity in stroke data derived from magnetic resonance imaging. …”
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Investigating the influence of soil organic carbon on pore structure within aggregates by Jingjing Liu, Yu Tian, Chiara Pasut, Mark Farrell, Shenggao Lu

“…The results revealed that the hydrogen peroxide treatment variably reduced organic carbon in soil aggregates, with Cambisol samples showing a higher removal efficiency (38.58–63.31%) compared to Ultisol samples (27.33–45.74%). …”
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Developing CGMap: Characterizing Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Shuzhen Bai, Chu Lin, Xiaoling Cai, Suiyuan Hu, Jing Wu, Ling Chen, Wenjia Yang, Linong Ji

“…However, glucose variability decreased with increased BMI. Meanwhile, greater glycemic variability was associated with worse islet function, higher baseline glucose level, and higher hemoglobin.…”
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Cross-sectional associations between physical activity and sedentary time with cardiovascular health in children from the ALSPAC study using compositional data analysis by K. M. Sansum, B. Bond, R. M. Pulsford, A. McManus, A. O. Agbaje, A. M. Skinner, A. R. Barker

“…Abstract This study adopted a compositional framework to cross-sectionally examine the associations between physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) with vascular structure and function and clustered cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in 4277 children (2,226 girls), aged 10.6±0.2 years. …”
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Strong Amplitude Modulation of Hard-band X-Ray Quasiperiodic Oscillation with Soft-band Flux in RE J1034+396 by Ruisong Xia, Hao Liu, Yongquan Xue

“…They are highly correlated, with an average cross-correlation function (CCF) peak coefficient of 0.61 and a lag of approximately 3 ks. …”
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Uncovering soil compaction: performance of electrical and electromagnetic geophysical methods by A. Carrera, A. Carrera, L. Peruzzo, M. Longo, G. Cassiani, F. Morari

“…In this context, soil compaction resulting from inappropriate agricultural practices not only affects soil ecological functions, but also decreases the water-use efficiency of plants by reducing porosity and increasing water loss through superficial runoff and enhanced evaporation.…”
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