Assessment of thermo-mechanical performance of lightweight fibre-reinforced LECA concrete for enhanced energy efficiency by Idris Ahmed Ja'e, Zakaria Che Muda, Chiemela Victor Amaechi, Hamad Almujibah, Agusril Syamsir, Teh Hee Min, Ali E.A. Elshekh, Maaz Osman Bashir

“…The models effectively capture the variability of the heterogeneous concrete, exhibiting R2 values > 0.98. …”
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Application of Response Surface Methodology for Optimizing Arginine Deiminase Production Medium for Enterococcus faecium sp. GR7 by Baljinder Kaur, Rajinder Kaur

“…GR7 and biomass production including a five-level central composite design (CCD) was employed to study the interactive effect of three-process variables. …”
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Autovole processes in deprivation plasma coatings by S.A. Guchenko, E.N. Eremin, V.M. Yurov, V.Ch. Laurinas, S.S. Kasimov, O.N. Zavatskaya

“… Autowave processes that arise when depositing plasma coatings are considered. Composite cathodes and stainless steel cathodes were used for the production of coatings. …”
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Selection of Superior Rapeseed Genotypes based on Fatty Acids and Grain and Oil Yield Components with the Ideal Genotype Selection Index (SIIG) Method by Hassan Amiri Oghan, Kamal Payghamzadeh, Farnaz Shariati, Amir Gholizadeh

“…The obtained Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) measure of sampling adequacy values and the significance of Bartlett's sphericity test indicated the adequacy of the correlation values of the primary variables for factor analysis and the adequacy of the factor analysis model. …”
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Seasonally Robust Offshore Wind Turbine Detection in Sentinel-2 Imagery Using Imaging Geometry-Aware Deep Learning by Xike Song, Ziyang Li

“…This approach is implemented using Faster R-CNN as the baseline, with three enhanced extensions: (1) direct integration of imaging parameters, where Geowise-Net incorporates solar and view angular information of satellite metadata to improve geometric awareness; (2) implicit geometry learning, where Contrast-Net employs contrastive learning on seasonal image pairs to capture variability in turbine appearance and shadows caused by changes in solar and viewing geometry; and (3) a Composite model that integrates the above two geometry-aware models to utilize their complementary strengths. …”
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Population dynamics and monitoring applied to decision-making by M. J. Conroy, D. C. Lee

“…First, management options are modeled via decision variables that link to system attributes that are directly responsive to management actions, such as harvest and habitat management. …”
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Viable Airborne and Deposited Microorganisms inside the Historical Museum of Crete by Eleftheria Katsivela, Louisa Raisi, Mihalis Lazaridis

“…The levels of the airborne microbes in the museum rooms showed considerable variability, which was mainly related to the indoor activity (such as the number of visitors); indoor environmental conditions, including the air exchange rate; and exhibits’ chemical compositions and storage conditions as well as the conservation treatments and cleaning techniques to which they had been subjected. …”
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The effect of prenatal balanced energy and protein supplementation on gestational weight gain: An individual participant data meta-analysis in low- and middle-income countries. by Dongqing Wang, Uttara Partap, Enju Liu, Janaína Calu Costa, Ilana R Cliffer, Molin Wang, Sudeer Kumar Nookala, Vishak Subramoney, Brittany Briggs, Imran Ahmed, Alemayehu Argaw, Shabina Ariff, Nita Bhandari, Ranadip Chowdhury, Daniel Erchick, Armando García-Guerra, Masoumah Ghaffarpour, Giles Hanley-Cook, Lieven Huybregts, Fyezah Jehan, Fatemeh Kaseb, Nancy F Krebs, Carl Lachat, Tsering Pema Lama, Dharma S Manandhar, Elizabeth M McClure, Sophie E Moore, Ameer Muhammad, Lynnette M Neufeld, Andrew M Prentice, Amado D Quezada-Sánchez, Dominique Roberfroid, Naomi M Saville, Yasir Shafiq, Bhim P Shrestha, Bakary Sonko, Sajid Soofi, Sunita Taneja, James M Tielsch, Laéticia Céline Toe, Naser Valaei, Wafaie W Fawzi

“…Linear and log-binomial models were used to estimate study-specific mean differences or risk ratios (RRs), respectively, with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the effects of prenatal BEP on the GWG outcomes. …”
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Faster rehabilitation weight gain during childhood is associated with risk of non-communicable disease in adult survivors of severe acute malnutrition. by Debbie S Thompson, Kimberley McKenzie, Charles Opondo, Michael S Boyne, Natasha Lelijveld, Jonathan C Wells, Tim J Cole, Kenneth Anujuo, Mubarek Abera, Melkamu Berhane, Albert Koulman, Stephen A Wootton, Marko Kerac, Asha Badaloo, CHANGE Study Collaborators Group

“…Childhood weight gain during nutritional rehabilitation and weight and height gain one year post-recovery were analysed as continuous variables, quintiles and latent classes in age, sex and minimum weight-for-age z-scores-adjusted regression models against adult measurements. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the SF-36v2 in patients with severe mental illnesses in China: factor structure, reliability, and validity by Yang Wang, Xia Zhang, Jiajia Dong, Jianwen Zhu, Jie Fu, Sizhe Wang, Jinxin Li, Yue Zhang, Jianxiao Zheng, Lu Wen, Dianjiang Li, Hong Fan

“…The square root of the AVE from the variables was greater than the correlation between the dimensions in the model, supporting the scale’s discriminant validity. …”
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Improved estimation of two-phase capillary pressure with nuclear magnetic resonance measurements via machine learning by Oriyomi Raheem, Misael M. Morales, Wen Pan, Carlos Torres-Verdín

“…The use of traditional Gaussian model fitting, and higher-resolution resampling ensured that the training data covered a broad range of variability. …”
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Prediction of slaughter weight with body components and liner body measurement of Hararge cattle at Haramaya University abattoir, Ethiopia by Takele Wolkaro, Yosef Tadesse, Mengistu Urge, Merga Bayisa

“…To achieve wider application of this model, it would be desirable to validate the equation with large population, different breed and age compositions which have been more accurately determined under different management systems.…”
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Severe Convective Weather in the Central and Eastern United States: Present and Future by Changhai Liu, Kyoko Ikeda, Roy Rasmussen

“…However, our knowledge of the spatiotemporal climatology and variability of SCW occurrence is still lacking, and the potential change in SCW frequency and intensity in response to anthropogenic climate warming is highly uncertain due to deficient and sparse historical records and the global and regional climate model’s inability to resolve thunderstorms. …”
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Investigation of Benzoic Acid Adsorption on to ODTMA-Bentonite by Response Surface Optimization by H. Kapucu, N. Yildiz, R. Gönülşen, A. Ç Çalimli

“…The coefficient of determination (R 2 ) for the model employed was 0.99343 with a probability value of 9.44 × 10 −14 (p-value < 0.01). …”
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Drying of borage (Echium amoenum) flowers extract: Optimization of encapsulation and spouted bed drying by Samira Darijani, Mohammad Mehdi Afsahi, Hamid-Reza Akhavan, Ataallah Soltani Goharrizi

“…The optimal conditions for producing the desired powder were determined using the response surface methodology (RSM). The central composite design (CCD) was used to model the effect of independent parameters on the physicochemical variables, including total anthocyanin content (TAC), redness (a*), chroma (C*), moisture content, density, wettability, Carr index (CI), and Hausner ratio (HR). …”
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Regenerative potential of PRP-based scaffolds in chronic wound healing: Mechanisms, advances, and therapeutic insights by Farag M.A. Altalbawy, Bilal Abdul Majeed Mukhlif, Ahemad Hussen, Jaafaru Sani Mohammed, Renuka Jyothi S, Arshdeep Singh, Shakti Bedanta Mishra, Ashish Singh Chauhan, Mohammad Ebrahim Astaneh, Narges Fereydouni

“…Innovations such as GelMA/SFMA hydrogels and COL/PRP-ADSC-exos composites have shown superior outcomes in preclinical models. …”
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Microbiome-derived bile acids as endogenous regenerative mediators in liver repair by Surya Nath Pandey, Kavita Goyal, Mohit Rana, Soumya V. Menon, Subhashree Ray, Haider Ali, Popat S. Kumbhar, John Disouza, Sachin Kumar Singh, Gaurav Gupta, Ling Shing Wong, Vinoth Kumarasamy, Vetriselvan Subramaniyan

“…We address the interindividual variability in microbiome composition, potential biomarkers such as serum FGF19, imaging-based measures of functional liver mass, and considerations for optimal trial design. …”
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Microarthropods communities as indicators of soil quality in a Mediterranean periurban forest using the QBS-ar index by Cristina Rodríguez-Pajares, E. Jordán Muñoz-Adalia, Mercedes Fernández-Fernández

“…Soil parameters were analysed in situ: surface stoniness (SuS), leaf litter weight (Lw), and in the laboratory with the following parameters: soil humidity (Hu), bulk density (Bd), real density (Rd), porosity (P), sample stoniness (SoS), percentage of litter (Lc), soil texture (T), and organic matter (OM). The main variables that caused variations in these indicators by biotope were identified through a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and analysed using generalized linear models (GLMs). …”
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Validity and Reliability of the Physical Disability Stigma Questionnaire by V Dastyar, ME Riahi, A Erfani, M Sharepour

“…Results: The results indicated that convergent validity was established at the level of variables (AVE > 0.50) and at the level of items (factor loadings > 0.40) which indicated the validity and accuracy of the investigated items to measure the related variables. …”
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RETRACTED: Quantification and Evaluations of Catechin Hydrate Polymeric Nanoparticles Used in Brain Targeting for the Treatment of Epilepsy by Niyaz Ahmad, Rizwan Ahmad, Ridha Abdullah Alrasheed, Hassan Mohammed Ali Almatar, Abdullah Sami Al-Ramadan, Mohd Amir, Md Sarafroz

“…Independent and dependent variables helped to optimize the best nanoformulation based on the composition of PLGA (50.0 mg), PVA (1.10%), sonication time (90.0 s), and temperature (25.0 °C). …”
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