Influence of Customer Intimacy Strategy on Organisations’ Competitiveness in Tier III Category of Commercial Banks in Kenya by Alfayo Odongo Wamburi, Lucy Kibe, Henry Yatich

“…Proportionate stratified random sampling ensured representativeness based on management staff functions. Regression analysis revealed a strong positive correlation (R = 0.822) between the Customer Intimacy Strategy and Organisational Competitiveness, explaining 67.5% of the variability. …”
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REVIVAL OF TOURISM DEMAND IN THE POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD - A STATISTICAL OVERVIEW IN ROMANIA by Agatha POPESCU, Cristina TINDECHE, Alina MARCUTA, Liviu MARCUTA, Adelaida HONTUS, Mirela STANCIU, Daniela-Mirela PLESOIANU

“…Dynamics of the tourist arrivals and overnight stays involved to establish the trend using polynomial regression functions and determination coefficient. The results showed that the recovery of the tourist flow from its lowest level registered in 2020, the worst year of tourism during the pandemic, needed three years to attain a higher performance than in 2019, a year which was considered the peak in Romania's tourism. …”
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UDDER MEASUREMENTS AT "ALBA DE BANAT" AND "CARPATINA" GOATS BREEDS by Rodica CHETROIU

“…The primary data obtained was statistically processed using statistical functions available in Microsoft Excel and the main statistical parameters were determined: arithmetic mean, standard error of mean and variability coefficient. …”
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Failure Probability Analysis of Composite Pressure Tanks Using Subset Simulation by Youcef Sid Amer, Samir Benammar, Kong Fah Tee, Zouhir Iourzikene

“…The model was developed in two steps, first, the development of limit state functions for hoop and helical layers using netting analysis, and afterwards, a probabilistic computation with six random variables. …”
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On the Global Practical Exponential Stability of <i>h</i>-Manifolds for Impulsive Reaction–Diffusion Cohen–Grossberg Neural Networks with Time-Varying Delays by Gani Stamov, Trayan Stamov, Ivanka Stamova, Cvetelina Spirova

“…The established criteria are less restrictive for the variable domain and diffusion coefficients. The effect of some uncertain parameters on the stability behavior is also considered and a robust practical stability analysis is proposed. …”
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Clinical significance of plasma-free amino acids and tryptophan metabolites in patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving PD-1 inhibitor: a pilot cohort study for developin... by Akihiko Kawahara, Tetsuro Sasada, Koichi Azuma, Hidenobu Ishii, Norikazu Matsuo, Takaaki Tokito, Tomoaki Hoshino, Yohei Miyagi, Huihui Xiang, Tomoyuki Tagami, Rika Kasajima, Yumiko Kato, Sachise Karakawa, Shinya Kikuchi, Akira Imaizumi, Kenta Murotani

“…Using Cox hazard analysis with these variables, a multivariate model was established to stratify patient overall survival (OS). …”
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Research on digital matching methods integrating user intent and patent technology characteristics by Jianwei Yang, Yi Wang, Bonan Zang, Min Peng, George Torrens

“…Abstract The hierarchical analysis of user needs, function mapping, and the intelligent extraction and matching of related product patent technical features are crucial for seeking innovative design solutions and improving design efficiency. …”
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Improved Sliding Mode Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Single-inductance Dual-output Buck Converter by HUANG Jinfeng, ZHOU Jie

“…Based on this insight, the CRESO is formulated to estimate both state variables and total internal/external disturbances. …”
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International Natural Uranium Price Prediction Based on TF-CNN-BiLSTM Model by YANG Jingzhe, XUE Xiaogang

“…The study meticulously constructed and trained the TF-CNN-BiLSTM model using TensorFlow with the Adam optimizer and mean squared error loss function. The training process was optimized with learning rate reduction and early stopping callbacks to prevent overfitting. …”

Some Iterative Methods Free from Derivatives and Their Basins of Attraction for Nonlinear Equations by Farahnaz Soleimani, Fazlollah Soleymani, Stanford Shateyi

“…First, we make the Jain's derivative-free method optimal and subsequently increase its efficiency index from 1.442 to 1.587. Then, a novel three-step computational family of iterative schemes for solving single variable nonlinear equations is given. …”
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PARAMETER ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF MAGNETIC ADSORPTION UNIT FOR CRAWLER WALL-CLIMBING ROBOT (MT) by ZHAO ZhiHao, TAO YouRui, PEI JiaXin, HU JunYu

“…The length, the width, the height of the permanent magnet, the thickness of the yoke and the distance between the permanent magnet and the wall are selected as the design variables. After the optimized design, the adsorption efficiency of the MAU is increased from 2.029 7 to 3.938 1.…”
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Bearing Fault Diagnosis under Transient Conditions: Using Variational Mode Decomposition and the Symmetrized Dot Pattern-Based Convolutional Neural Network Model by Jide Jia, Jianmin Mei, Chuang Sun, Fengjuan Yang

“…To eliminate the noise components, VMD was used to decompose the vibration signal into different frequency bands to obtain the intrinsic mode functions (IMFs), which were further represented by SDP images, and feature images were extracted according to the noncorrelation coefficient. …”
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Optimization of the encapsulation of arazá pulp by spray drying: Physicochemical, morphological and in vitro digestion studies by Greilis Quintero-Gamero, Francis S. Sánchez-Garzón, Aureliano Rodríguez-Cortina, María Hernández-Carrión, Luz Stella Nerio

“…Yield (Y), moisture (M), water activity (aw), water solubility index (WSI), hygroscopicity, ascorbic acid and phenolics encapsulation efficiency (EEAA, EEP), and the retention efficiency of DPPH and radical scavenging capacity (DPPH, ABTS) were studied as response variables; being Y, M, aw, WSI and EAA the ones considered for optimization purposes. …”
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Perinatal bisphenol A exposure impairs gut microbial colonization: Implications for offspring obesity and neurodevelopment by Ana López-Moreno, Alfonso Torres-Sánchez, Antonio Suárez, Alicia Ruiz-Rodríguez, Margarita Aguilera

“…Toxicological approaches in animal models have revealed complex effects, using variable doses of BPA, on reproduction, development, obesity, immune function, metabolic and systemic toxicity. …”
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A nomogram for diagnosis of BI-RADS 4 breast nodules based on three-dimensional volume ultrasound by Xianping Jiang, Chen Chen, Jincao Yao, Liping Wang, Chen Yang, Wei Li, Di Ou, Zhiyan Jin, Yuanzhen Liu, Chanjuan Peng, Yifan Wang, Dong Xu

“…It can function as a relatively accurate predictive tool for sonographers and clinicians and is therefore clinically useful. …”
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Closed-Form Solutions to Differential Equations via Differential Evolution by L. Mex, Carlos A. Cruz-Villar, F. Peñuñuri

“…First, the problem is stated as an optimization problem where the independent variables are elementary functions. Second, as the domain of DE is real numbers, we propose a grammar that assigns numbers to functions. …”
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Predicting Wastewater Characteristics Using Artificial Neural Network and Machine Learning Methods for Enhanced Operation of Oxidation Ditch by Igor Gulshin, Nikolay Makisha

“…This study investigates the operational efficiency of the lab-scale oxidation ditch (OD) functioning in simultaneous nitrification and denitrification modes, focusing on forecasting biochemical oxygen demand (BOD₅) concentrations over a five-day horizon. …”
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On the Nonlinear Forced Vibration of the Magnetostrictive Laminated Beam in a Complex Environment by Nicolae Herisanu, Bogdan Marinca, Vasile Marinca

“…The nonlinear differential equations were studied using an original, explicit, and very efficient technique, namely the optimal auxiliary functions method (OAFM). …”
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Enhancing access to specialist appointments in tertiary healthcare in Shanghai, China: a structured reservation pathway using digital health technologies by Li Li, Tao Zheng, Enhong Dong, Minjie Chen, Xiaojing Zhao, Binyuan Zhang, Xuji Zhao, Weijun Shao, Yiling Fan

“…Objective The aim of this study is to develop, implement the precise reservation path (PRP) and investigate its prediction function for scheduling shunting patients for specialist appointment registration in Shanghai, China.Design The PRP system was built on the hospital’s existing information system, integrated with WeChat (WeCom) for user convenience. …”
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Replacing GRACE/GRACE‐FO C30 With Satellite Laser Ranging: Impacts on Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Change by Bryant D. Loomis, Kenneth E. Rachlin, David N. Wiese, Felix W. Landerer, Scott B. Luthcke

“…The C30 coefficient, which has a large impact on the recovered Antarctic Ice Sheet mass changes, is shown here to be poorly observed by GRACE/GRACE‐FO when either mission is operating without two fully functional accelerometers. …”
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