Analysis of value-based healthcare (VBHC) framework by incremental cost-effectiveness of surgical and therapeutic interventions: a retrospective study at tertiary private health gr... by Mona Khamis, Zainab Almoosa, Marie Santos, Engineer Diaa Kamal, Suhail Yaghmor, Muhammad Daniyal, Abbas Al Mutair

“…Abstract Background Rising healthcare costs have led to the adoption of value-based healthcare (VBHC), emphasizing patient outcomes and cost efficiency. This study evaluates VBHC in a tertiary private health group, focusing on cost-effectiveness using the median incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). …”
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Nonlinearity Estimation and Compensation for Accurate PMSM Modeling and Voltage Prediction by Beichen Ding, Yuting Lu, Chunyan Lai, Weiwen Peng, Kaide Huang, Guodong Feng

“…Specifically, the offsets to the base model are modeled using nonlinear functions with variable coefficients to compensate saturation and core loss effect, which can achieve better accuracy without changing the model structure. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Folding Tail Aeroelasticity Based on the CFD/CSD Coupling Method by Di Zhou, Weitao Lu, Jiangpeng Wu, Tongqing Guo, Binbin Lv, Hongtao Guo, Hongya Xia

“…The unsteady aerodynamic analysis is based on an in-house computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver for the Euler equations, and emphasis is made on developing an efficient dynamic mesh method for the tail’s hybrid fold motion/elastic vibration deformation. …”
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Advanced microfluidic strategies for core-shell nanoparticles: the next-generation of polymeric and lipid-based drug nanocarriers by Giuseppe Nunziata, Alessandro Borroni, Filippo Rossi

“…Microfluidic technology has transformed the synthesis of core-shell nanoparticles (CSNPs), providing an unprecedented level of control over their structural and functional properties. This review critically evaluates recent advancements, highlighting the superiority of microfluidic methods over conventional batch techniques, which often suffer from variability and scalability issues. …”
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Complementing Dynamical Downscaling With Super‐Resolution Convolutional Neural Networks by Deeksha Rastogi, Haoran Niu, Linsey Passarella, Salil Mahajan, Shih‐Chieh Kao, Pouya Vahmani, Andrew D. Jones

“…Modifications, such as incorporating elevation data and data pre‐processing enhances overall model performance, while using exponential and quantile loss functions improve the simulation of extremes. Our findings show SRCNN models efficiently and skillfully downscale precipitation from GCMs. …”
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Predicting the Permeability of Pervious Concrete Based on the Beetle Antennae Search Algorithm and Random Forest Model by Jiandong Huang, Tianhong Duan, Yi Zhang, Jiandong Liu, Jia Zhang, Yawei Lei

“…The results showed that the hyperparameters of RF can be tuned by the BAS efficiently; the BAS can combine the conventional RF algorithm to construct the evolved model to predict the permeability of pervious concrete; the cement/aggregate ratio was the most significant variable to determine the permeability, followed by the coarse aggregate proportions.…”
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Symbolic Framework for Evaluation of NOMA Modulation Impairments Based on Irregular Constellation Diagrams by Nenad Stefanovic, Vladimir Mladenovic, Borisa Jovanovic, Ron Dabora, Asutosh Kar

“…This work presents a new symbolic framework approach for simulating signal processing functions in SDR transmit–receive paths in a dynamic NOMA downlink use case. …”
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Improving Monitoring of Indoor RF-EMF Exposure Using IoT-Embedded Sensors and Kriging Techniques by Randa Jabeur, Alaa Alaerjan

“…These networks consist of numerous sensor nodes, often deployed in challenging terrains where maintenance is difficult. Efficient monitoring approaches are essential to maximize the functionality and lifespan of each sensor node, thereby improving the overall performance of the WSN. …”
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High-accuracy solution of pantograph differential equations subject to mixed boundary conditions via shifted Vieta–Lucas polynomials by R. M. Hafez, H. M. Ahmed

“…A Galerkin method (GM) is formulated for constant coefficient-type equations, and a spectral collocation method (SCM) is given for variable coefficient cases. The basis functions are developed to fulfill the given MTBCs, which reduces implementation and enhances accuracy. …”
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Seasonal and diurnal freeze–thaw dynamics of a rock glacier and their impacts on mixing and solute transport by C. Louis, L. J. S. Halloran, C. Roques

“…This suggests progressively increasing flows within the talus, driven by efficient recharge from snowmelt and contributions from the thawing rock glacier. …”
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Land-Cover Semantic Segmentation for Very-High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery Using Deep Transfer Learning and Active Contour Loss by Miguel Chicchon, Francisco James Leon Trujillo, Ivan Sipiran, Ricardo Madrid

“…We assessed the U-Net-scSE, FT-U-NetFormer, and DC-Swin architectures, incorporating transfer learning and active contour loss functions to improve performance on semantic segmentation tasks. …”
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Simulation of wheat yield by nitrogen and nonlinearity of environmental conditions by Ana P. B. Trautmann, José A. G. da Silva, Manuel O. Binelo, Antonio C. Valdiero, Luana Henrichsen, Natiane C. F. Basso

“…The experimental design was a randomized block design with four repetitions in a 4 x 3 factorial scheme for N-fertilizer doses (0, 30, 60, 120 kg ha-1) and nutrient supply forms [100% in phenological stage V3 (third expanded leaf); (70%/30%) in the phenological stage V3/V6 (third and sixth expanded leaf) and; fractionated (70%/30%) at the phenological stage V3/E (third expanded leaf and beginning of grain filling)], respectively, in the soybean/wheat and corn/wheat systems. The pertinence functions and the linguistic values established for the input and output variables are adequate for the use of fuzzy logic. …”
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Empowering small-scale industries food safety: Designing fuzzy controlled pulse electric field pasteurization by Ika Noer Syamsiana, Mohammad Wildan Fikri Amrullah, Muhammad Akhlis Rizza, Wahyu Aulia Nurwicaksana, Zakiyah Irfin, Ratna Ika Putri, Cahya Rahmad

“…The objective is to develop a more efficient and economical alternative solution for milk preservation. …”
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A Multi-objective Transmission Expansion Planning Strategy: A Bilevel Programming Method by S. Zolfaghari-Moghaddam, T. Akbari

“…This paper describes a methodology for transmission expansion planning (TEP) within a deregulated electricity market. Two objective functions including investment cost (IC) and congestion cost (CC) are considered. …”
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Design of an Automatic Defect Identification Method Based ECPT for Pneumatic Pressure Equipment by Bo Zhang, YuHua Cheng, Chun Yin, Xuegang Huang, Sara Dadras, Hadi Malek

“…The presented feature extraction algorithm contains four elements: data block selection; variable step search; relation value classification; and between-class distance decision function. …”
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Internet News Headlines: Ontological and Orthological Aspects by E. N. Shirokova

“…The author comes to the conclusion that the focus on the variability and efficiency of headings leads not only to the appearance of lexical and grammatical errors, but also to their replication and consolidation in the mind of the addressee as a result of changes in the structure of cognitive models.…”
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An Adiabatic-Expansion-Induced Perturbation Study on Gas–Aerosol Partitioning in Ambient Air—Formation of NH₄NO₃ and Microdroplet Nitrogen Fixation (2) by Yating Gao, Qinchu Fan, Yujiao Zhu, Hengqing Shen, Qi Yuan, Yang Gao, Huiwang Gao, Xiaohong Yao

“…Our results indicate the adiabatic-expansion-induced generation of NH₃ + HNO₃ at ultrafast formation rates, with campaign-dependent stable stoichiometric ratios of HNO₃ to NH₃, as well as highly variable occurrence frequencies and efficiencies. These findings suggest that microdroplet redox reactions are more likely responsible for the generation of NH₃ + HNO₃ than conventional atmospheric NH₃ chemistry. …”
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Tumor-Associated Macrophages as Key Modulators of Disease Progression in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Corina Joldes, Laura Jimbu, Oana Mesaros, Mihnea Zdrenghea, Bogdan Fetica

“…With the advent of new therapeutic approaches, there is hope that anticancer treatment will eventually be possible without the use of chemotherapy. Efficient immunotherapeutic options have recently emerged in many cancers, offering a less aggressive approach, with overall better tolerance, making them also suitable for frail patients. …”
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A Comparative Study in Fuzzy Control Systems for Cruise Control Vehicles by Adnan Shaout, Malek I El Amr

“…However, these systems are very complex and require an accurate model, which is difficult to achieve due to complex and variable road conditions. Therefore, reaching level 5 autonomous driving, which refers to a fully automated vehicle capable of performing all driving functions, will eventually require fuzzy logic inference to help incorporate human-like thinking into the vehicle. …”
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Leveraging artificial intelligence for diagnosis of children autism through facial expressions by Mahmood A. Mahmood, Leila Jamel, Nazik Alturki, Medhat A. Tawfeek

“…Using autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosed child RGB images data, researchers evaluated six prevalent deep learning structures: DenseNet201, ResNet152, VGG16, VGG19, MobileNetV2, and EfficientNet-B0. ResNet152 reached the highest accuracy rate of 89% when functioning independently. …”
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