Monitoring of Energy Efficiency of District Heating System Facilities: Methodology for Determining the Energy Baseline by Davydenko L.V., Davydenko N.V., Davydenko V.A., Sprake D.

“…The search for models of optimal complexity was performed in six classes of basic functions. The selection of better structures of the mathematical model was realized based on the criteria for its appropriate-ness (regularity, unbiasedness criterion, Schwartz, determination coefficient) and accuracy of the forecast using the morphological criterion. …”
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Measurement of Salivary Cortisol for Revealing Age-Specific Dependence of Cortisol Levels on Time, Feeding, and Oxygen Metabolism in Newborn Infants by Tomoko Suzuki, Sachiko Iwata, Chinami Hanai, Satoko Fukaya, Yuka Watanabe, Shigeharu Nakane, Hisayoshi Okamura, Shinji Saitoh, Osuke Iwata

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Random Finite Element Analysis and Random Factor response Mechanism for Geocell-reinforced Soil Retaining Walls by ZHANG Bingbing, SONG Fei

“…For this reason, a finite element analysis method based on random field theory is proposed in this paper, which can more realistically reflect the non-homogeneous characteristics of the reinforced soil retaining wall system by introducing a spatial random distribution model of the soil parameters and the mechanical properties of the geocells, so as to more accurately assess the influence of the spatial variability of the material parameters on the deformation behavior and stability of the retaining wall.MethodsFirstly, in parameter random field modeling, an innovative combination of Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) and exponential autocorrelation function is used to construct parameter random fields. …”
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Plant growth regulators improve the yield of white lupin (Lupinus albus) by enhancing the plant morpho-physiological functions and photosynthesis under salt stress by Muhammad Zahid Ihsan, Shamshad Kanwal, Shah Fahad, Waqas Shafqat Chattha, Abeer Hashem, Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah, Mumtaz Hussain, Ali Ahsan Bajwa

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Kidney Function and Incident Stroke and Dementia Using an Updated Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Equation Without Race: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis by Samuel R. Moen, Jeffrey R. Misialek, Timothy M. Hughes, Craig W. Johnson, Mark J. Sarnak, Sarah N. Forrester, W.T. Longstreth, Jr., Mercedes R. Carnethon, James S. Pankow, Sanaz Sedaghat

“…Inclusion of race to estimate kidney function has gained increased scrutiny given its problematic nature of being a societal construct rather than an inherent biological trait that affects function of the kidneys. …”
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Derivation and external validation of a risk score for clinically important declines in health and function among two longitudinal cohorts of women in the mid-life by Daniel H Solomon, Bernhard Haring, JoAnn E Manson, Rebecca Jackson, Aladdin Shadyab, Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez, Kristine Ruppert, Leah Santacroce, Sherri-Ann M Burnett-Bowie, Alicia Colvin, Meryl S LeBoff, Celina I Valencia, Nancy E Avis

“…Objectives Women in mid-life often develop chronic conditions and experience declines in physical health and function. Identifying factors associated with declines provides opportunity for targeted interventions. …”
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A new method to solve multi-objective linear fractional programming problem in fuzzy stochastic environment by Ajeet Kumar, Babita Mishra

“…In this problem, the fuzzy random variables coefficient is involved as the parameters of the objective function as well as system constraints. …”
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Energy Consumption and Economic Growth Nexus: Insights from EU Member States by Dalina-Maria ANDREI

“…It searches for some short/long term relationships of these through a panel type model, based on the Cobb-Douglas neoclassic production function. Reference examples in the literature and tests applied for unit roots and cointegration determine our option for an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model able to identify both common coefficients of long-term relationship between variables and individual (specific to each EU member country) coefficients on short-term relationships. …”
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Towards sustainable construction: estimating compressive strength of waste foundry sand-blended green concrete using a hybrid machine learning approach by Hoang Nhat-Duc, Nguyen Quoc-Lam

“…The proposed model is evaluated using root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), and coefficient of determination (R 2). Notably, an asymmetric loss function is employed during the training phase of LightGBM to restrict overestimations. …”
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An innovative modelling technique for bimodal soil water characteristic curve under wetting process by Nura Bello, Alfrendo Satyanaga, Sonny Irawan, Qian Zhai, Nurly Gofar, Jong Kim

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Decoupling and Insensitivity of Greenness and Gross Primary Productivity Across Aridity Gradients in China by Yuzhen Li, Xiuliang Yuan, Lei Zheng, Wenqiang Zhang, Yue Zhang

“…For different plant functional types (PFTs), decoupling occurred in ENF with a determination coefficient value (R²) of 0.04, whereas GRA shows a higher coupling with an R² of 0.20. …”
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Asymptotic Integration of a Certain Second-Order Linear Delay Differential Equation by P. N. Nesterov

“…This equation also attracts interest from the standpoint of the theory of oscillations of solutions of functional differential equations. We apply the method of asymptotic integration that is based on the ideas of the centre manifold theory in its presentation with respect to the systems of functional differential equations with oscillatory decreasing coefficients. …”
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The 4th Dimension in Animal Movement: The Effect of Temporal Resolution and Landscape Configuration in Habitat‐Selection Analyses by Johannes Signer, Cédric Scherer, Viktoriia Radchuk, Carolin Scholz, Florian Jeltsch, Stephanie Kramer‐Schadt

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Patterns and risk factors of falls among older adults: a systematic review by Tetiana Yermakova

“…The analysis identified key risk factors for falls among older adults, including cognitive impairments, reduced sensorimotor function, changes in gait parameters, as well as physiological and external factors. …”
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Adsorption of Congo Red Dye from Aqueous Solution onto Natural and Modified Bauxite Clays by Baghdad Science Journal

“…Both bauxite and modified bauxite are primarily characterized by using, FTIR, SEM, AFM, and XRD. Several variables are studied as a function of adsorption including contact time, adsorbent weight, pH, ionic strength, particle size and temperature under batch adsorption technique. …”
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Microstrip Patch Antenna Design Using a Four-Layer Feed Forward Artificial Neural Network Trained by Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm by Jitu Prakash Dhar, Maodudul Hasan, Eisuke Nishiyama, Ichihiko Toyoda

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Development of high antioxidant / high fiber functional peach nectar containing lutein/lycopene and various dietary fibers using D-optimal mixture design optimization by Masumeh Takalloo, Babak Ghanbarzadeh, Mostafa Soltani, Pasquale M. Falcone

“…For developing a type of healthy and functional drink with high fiber and antioxidant properties, three types of dietary fiber (bamboo fiber, citrus fiber, and polydextrose) and two types of carotenoids (lycopene and lutein) were used in the peach nectar-based formulations. …”
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Assessment of Isometric Shoulder Strength in Swimmers: A Validation and Reliability Study of the ASH and iASH Tests by Hugo Ogando-Berea, Santiago Virgós-Abelleira, Pablo Hernandez-Lucas, Fernando Zarzosa-Alonso

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On the Generalized Inverse Gaussian Volatility in the Continuous Ho–Lee Model by Roman V. Ivanov

“…The obtained formulas are determined by the values of the Humbert confluent hypergeometric function of two variables. A numerical experiment shows that the third and fourth moments of the bond prices differentiate substantially in the continuous Ho–Lee and GIG continuous Ho–Lee models.…”
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Fuzzy goal programming approach for solving linear fractional programming problems with fuzzy conditions by Rajeev Prasad, Indrani Maiti, Sapan Das, Surapati Pramanik, Tarni Mandal

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