Increased variability in response to transcranial direct current stimulation in healthy older compared to young adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Anna Elisabeth Fromm, Catalina Trujillo-Llano, Ulrike Grittner, Marcus Meinzer, Agnes Flöel, Daria Antonenko

“…Across 19 studies comprising 390 older adults (mean ± SD age: 67 ± 5 years) and 384 young adults (mean ± SD age: 24 ± 3 years) receiving transcranial direct current (tDCS), we quantified behavioral variability using the log-transformed coefficient of variation ratio (lnCVR). …”
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Cross-subject affective analysis based on dynamic brain functional networks by Lifeng You, Tianyu Zhong, Erheng He, Xuejie Liu, Qinghua Zhong

“…We then extracted three network attribute features—global efficiency, local efficiency, and local clustering coefficients—to achieve emotion classification based on dynamic brain network features.ResultsThe proposed method is evaluated on the DEAP dataset through subject-dependent (trial-independent), subject-independent, and subject- and trial-independent experiments along both valence and arousal dimensions. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Transfer Function Method with Advanced Flood Prediction Techniques by Jafar Chabokpour

“…This now leads to a maximum Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency of 0.91 for the Saint-Venant equations during the 2019 flood event, followed by ANN with 0.89, ANFIS with 0.87, SVM with 0.85, and lastly, Transfer Function with 0.78. …”
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Productive wetlands restored for carbon sequestration quickly become net CO2 sinks with site-level factors driving uptake variability. by Alex C Valach, Kuno Kasak, Kyle S Hemes, Tyler L Anthony, Iryna Dronova, Sophie Taddeo, Whendee L Silver, Daphne Szutu, Joseph Verfaillie, Dennis D Baldocchi

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SYNTHESIS METHODS OF ALGEBRAIC NORMAL FORM OF MANY-VALUED LOGIC FUNCTIONS by A. V. Sokolov, O. N. Zhdanov, O. A. Ayvazian

“…We propose the hypothesis, which determines the rules of the synthesis of these matrices for the transformation from the truth table to the coefficients of the algebraic normal form and the inverse transform for any given number of variables of 3-functions or 5-functions. …”
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MScope: A Reliable Battery for Functional Status Assessment in Multiple Sclerosis by Daniel Lisardo, Susana López-Ortiz, Irati Jauregui-Fajardo, José Pinto-Fraga, Celia García-Chico, Alba Chavarría-Miranda, Nieves Téllez, Sergio Maroto-Izquierdo

“…Neuromuscular assessments showed strong reliability with minor day-to-day variability (ICC = 0.75–0.95, CV < 8%). The battery’s overall consistency supports its use as a reliable tool for assessing functional status in MS patients.…”
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Can Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Youth Be Decoded from Functional Neuroimaging? by Liana C L Portugal, Maria João Rosa, Anil Rao, Genna Bebko, Michele A Bertocci, Amanda K Hinze, Lisa Bonar, Jorge R C Almeida, Susan B Perlman, Amelia Versace, Claudiu Schirda, Michael Travis, Mary Kay Gill, Christine Demeter, Vaibhav A Diwadkar, Gary Ciuffetelli, Eric Rodriguez, Erika E Forbes, Jeffrey L Sunshine, Scott K Holland, Robert A Kowatch, Boris Birmaher, David Axelson, Sarah M Horwitz, Eugene L Arnold, Mary A Fristad, Eric A Youngstrom, Robert L Findling, Mirtes Pereira, Leticia Oliveira, Mary L Phillips, Janaina Mourao-Miranda

“…Medication was treated as a binary confounding variable. Decoded and actual clinical scores were compared using Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) and mean squared error (MSE) to evaluate the models. …”
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Fuzzy Logic Technique Based on Classification Function Application in Quality Control by Salman Hussien Omran, Salam Waley Shneen, Batool Ibrahim Jameel, Omar Hassoon, Mohammed A. Fayad, Firas Basim Ismail

“…Fuzzy control charts were used to quickly and accurately identify the production specifications and efficiency. This work uses the triangle membership function to generate fuzzy numbers, which are then transformed into quality control charts for the real data obtained using the proposed ranking function. …”
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Novel Pythagorean fuzzy score function to optimize fuzzy transportation models by Ritu, Tarun Kumar, Jahnvi, Kapil Kumar, Nitesh Dhiman, M.K. Sharma

“…Through comprehensive numerical analysis, In Type-1 IVPFTP the cost dropped from 5.19 to 0.675, for Type-2 IVPFTP cost dropped from 0.2615 to 0.001869 and for Type-3 IVPFTP cost dropped from0.17435 to 0.0013879.Thereafter, it was observed that the proposed score function provides a more optimal transportation cost.Also, our findings demonstrate the significant cost reductions and improved decision-making capabilities across different types of IVPFTP models to highlight the efficiency of the proposed score function in handling uncertainty within the transportation problems.…”
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Long-term mean climate and seasonal variability drive spatial patterns of forage production fluctuation trends across California annual grasslands by Zheng Li, Leslie M Roche, Steven Ostoja, Yufang Jin

“…Forage production is integral to the ecological and economic functions of rangeland ecosystems worldwide and is characteristically highly variable. …”
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Study of kinetic performance effect on wheel and rail wear using computer simulation by Lev I. Evelson, Evgeny A. Pamfilov, Alexander G. Tsygankov, Ludmila I. Shiryaeva

“…Under some conditions, there are cases when an increase in the friction coefficient is accompanied by a decrease in depreciation. …”
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Differential Transform Algorithm for Functional Differential Equations with Time-Dependent Delays by Josef Rebenda, Zuzana Pátíková

“…We focus on retarded equations with delays which in general are functions of the independent variable. The delayed differential equation is turned into an ordinary differential equation using the method of steps. …”
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A Versatile Distribution Based on the Incomplete Gamma Function: Characterization and Applications by Jimmy Reyes, Carolina Marchant, Karol I. Santoro, Yuri A. Iriarte

“…We analyze the probability density function and explore fundamental properties, including moments, skewness, and kurtosis coefficients. …”
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Probability calculation of building structures considering asymmetry of random values and functions distribution by Yu. V. Krasnoshchekov

“…A method is proposed for approximating the reliability of fairly complex compositions of random variables using statistical parameters (expectation, standard deviation, and skewness coefficient) of two-element functions approximated by a lognormal three-parameter distribution.Conclusions. …”
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Correlation between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and early renal function level in elderly diabetic patients by SUN Ming-yu, GAO Po, ZHANG Shi-yang, HAN Yong-sheng

“…Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the effect of each confounding factor on eGFR using eGFR as an objective variable. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were used to test the associations between various variables and eGFR. …”
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STOCHASTIC FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION: AN APPLICATION TO ANKARA MOHAIR GOAT FARMING SYSTEM by Mehmet Arif ŞAHİNLİ, Ahmet ÖZÇELİK

“…In this study, we examined both production and technical efficiency of goat's farms in Ankara. The study adopted the stochastic frontier production function to estimate technical efficiency of the mohair goat establishments in the study area. …”
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Employment of a Radial Basis Function Model for Predicting the Heating Load of Construction by Yuxuan Dai

“…This work highlights that HL prediction could play a great role in improvements to enhance HVAC system performances, energy efficiencies, and thereby cost benefits. The innovative approaches presented in this research consist of integrating 2 advanced optimizers, namely an Improved Manta-Ray Foraging Optimizer (IMRFO) and a Population-based Vortex Search Algorithm (PVSA), with a Radial Basis Function (RBF). …”
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The stability of the SARS-COV-2 structure in the presence of variable external heat flux in the vicinity of the water/silver nanofluid: A molecular dynamics simulation by Dongfang Wu, Ali B.M. Ali, Abrar A. Mohammed, As'ad Alizadeh, Soheil Salahshour, M. Hashemian, MengXia Wang

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ESTIMATING AND ANALYSING OF DEMAND FUNCTION FOR POULTRY IN IRAQ ROR THE PERIOD (1990 - 2009) by Salim Al-Youzbaki, Suha Mohammad Ahmad Al_Hmdany

“…It was found that the variables (the average per capita income and the size of the population and the prices of poultry meat, red meat, and time) has been deleted variable V average prices of fish meat from the equation for not Manueth. …”
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Non-parametric calibration estimation of distribution function under stratified random sampling by Abdullah Mohammed Alomair, Weineng Zhu, Usman Shahzad, Fawaz Khaled Alarfaj

“…By leveraging auxiliary information under a stratified random sampling (StRS) framework, the proposed methodology employs multiple calibration constraints with a chi-square distance measure to derive calibrated weights, enhancing estimation efficiency. The estimators incorporate key descriptive measures of auxiliary variable, including the CDF and coefficient of variation, and tackle the challenge of bandwidth selection using advanced techniques such as plug-in selectors and cross-validation approaches. …”
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