Association of fetal growth trajectory with mitochondrial DNA copy number in the cord blood of newborns: evidence from a birth cohort by Kai Chen, Kai Chen, Junwei Li, Luli Xu, Xiaoxuan Fan, Zhongqiang Cao, Lulu Song, Youjie Wang, Youjie Wang, Chao Xiong, Chao Xiong, Aifen Zhou, Aifen Zhou

“…ObjectiveMitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn), an indicator of mitochondrial damage and dysfunction, is widely used in research related to growth and metabolic health. While fetal intrauterine growth has been reported to impact further metabolic health, there is limited evidence regarding the relationship between fetal growth patterns and newborn mtDNAcn, especially in infants with normal birth weights, where varying fetal growth patterns can occur despite having the same birth weight. …”
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Aberrant Responding in Hypothesis Testing: A Threat to Validity or Source of Insight? by Georgios Sideridis, Mohammed H. Alghamdi

“…This study examines how aberrant response patterns influence the relationship between student–teacher relations and students’ perceptions of school safety. …”
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Remote sensing assessment of carbon balance vis-a-vis energy-related emissions and vegetation sequestration in a typical arid region of China from 2001 to 2020 by Xin He, Fei Zhang, Ting Zhou, Chi Yung Jim, Xu Ma, Boyu Wang, Mou Leong Tan, Lifei Wei, Yuxin Zhang, Xuan Zhang

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When Genetic Diversity Is Low: The Effects of Ploidy Level on Plant Functional Trait Expression in Spartina Under Global Change by Dirk Granse, Paul Wendt, Sigrid Suchrow, Dieter Hanelt, Jörg Fromm, Morgane Milin, Oscar Lima, Armel Salmon, Malika Aïnouche, Kai Jensen

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Estimating Tree Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) Using iPad Pro LiDAR Sensor in Boreal Forests by Matthew Guenther, Muditha K. Heenkenda, Brigitte Leblon, Dave Morris, Jason Freeburn

“…Scanning pattern and curve-fitting formula significantly impacted DBH estimate accuracy (p-value ≤ 0.001), while cross-section count and thickness did not. …”
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A quality-of-service evaluation method based on the cloud model for routing protocols in wireless sensor network by Wenxian Jiang, Chenzhe Gu, Jingjing Wu

“…A single index does not adequately reflect the real quality of service while an excessive number of indices increase the complexity of the evaluation model. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Axisymmetric Surface Source Plume with Particle Image Velocimetry by Wang Xin, Song Bingyan, Zhang Yujie, Xu Yukun, Wang Fei

“…A simple and accurate expression of the axial velocity of the plume from a circular area source was obtained and the coefficients in the formula were fitted and corrected. The radius of the heat source was in the range of 0.05–0.125 m, while the heat dissipation capacity was in the range of 40–120 W, which could better reflect the relationship between the axial velocity of the thermal plume and height away from the heat source.…”
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Enhanced Performance of the Composite of FeMgAl-Layered Double Hydroxide and Rice Husk Biochar to Adsorb Heavy Metal Ions of Lead and Cadmium in Aqueous Solutions by M. T. Amin, A. A. Alazba, M. Shafiq, A. A. Khan

“…The fitting of the Langmuir and Temkin isotherm models proposed a monolayer as well as heterogeneous adsorption system. …”
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The evolution of broad seascape utility and ontogenetic life history variation in lutjanids by Aaron M. Davis, Marcus Sheaves, Ajay Venkataraman, Ricardo Betancur-R.

“…Using an extensive phylogenomic dataset of ~ 110 species, we test models of juvenile and adult habitat evolution across seascape gradients. Evolutionary model fitting and ancestral state reconstructions, conducted independently for juvenile nurseries and adult habitats, both support an ordered, stepwise pattern of habitat transitions, with low-salinity associations evolving only via intermediate coastal habitats. …”
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Improving cancer detection through computer-aided diagnosis: A comprehensive analysis of nonlinear and texture features in breast thermograms. by Hamed Khodadadi, Shima Nazem

“…The proposed method utilizes various machine learning algorithms, including Support Vector Machine (SVM), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA), Pattern recognition Network (Pat net), and Fitting neural Network (Fit net), for classification. ten-fold cross-validation ensures robust performance evaluation. …”
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Optimisation and Modelling of the Wear Properties of Laser-Coated SiC-Blend Ni Welds on Steel Substrates by Dezheng WU, Canyu DING, MingDer JEAN

“…The ANFIS model based on Taguchi's design provides a better response pattern which shows extremely good fitting. As a result, satisfactory results are obtained between the predicted and experimental values of wear on laser coated Ni-added SiC welds, thereby validating the reliability and feasibility of this method.…”
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Synergistic Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring: Dual-Model Training and Inference for Improved Load Disaggregation Prediction by Mazen Bouchur, Andreas Reinhardt

“…During disaggregation, our scheme selects the model that is closest to the appliance’s power consumption pattern, thereby leveraging the most fitting model for each specific instance. …”
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Where do new words like boobage, flamage, ownage come from? Tracking the history of ‑age words from 1100 to 2000 in the OED3 by Chris A. Smith

“…In the final section these productivity concerns were extended to contemporary English via a Web Crawler corpus so as to investigate whether ‑age forms continue to exhibit similar behaviour or whether new patterns can be determined. Three major findings stand out.1) So-called obsolete vage forms in the OED3 are not obsolete after all, showing the remarkable productivity and adaptability of ‑age forms over the centuries;2) ‑age words follow a reliable semantic pattern, fitting into four main categories of ACTION / RESULT, TAX / RIGHTS / PAYMENT, STATUS / POSITION, COLLECTIVE / QUANTITY. …”
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Using Known Births to Account for Delayed Marking in Population Estimation of North Atlantic Right Whales by Daniel W. Linden

“…The birth‐integrated J‐S model had more accurate terminal‐year estimates of right whale population size that remained consistent during subsequent model fitting to additional years of sightings data. While the bias corrections were fairly small (5%) given low per capita calving rates, the demonstrated improvement in accuracy will be helpful to the conservation and management processes for this endangered species. …”
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Green Synthesis of Nanocomposite of Ag/Ag2O Using Coelomic Liquid: Optical Absorption Analysis by Esmaeil Shahriari, Morteza Raeisi, Karim Aliakbari

“…The obtained nanoparticles crystal structure was analyzed by X-ray diffraction pattern and the Rietveld method. Results showed that with increasing the silver nitrate concentration, size and strain of silver oxide nanoparticles remained unchanged, but the silver nanoparticles size increased while strain decreased. …”
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Gene circuit analysis of the terminal gap gene huckebein. by Maksat Ashyraliyev, Ken Siggens, Hilde Janssens, Joke Blom, Michael Akam, Johannes Jaeger

“…Gap gene circuits are mathematical models of gene networks used as computational tools to extract regulatory information from spatial expression data. This is achieved by fitting the model to gap gene expression patterns, in order to obtain estimates for regulatory parameters which predict a specific network topology. …”
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Dynamic multidimensional pressure deformation in the waist-abdomen region of young women by Xing Zheng, Xiaoyun Liu, Yunyun Hu, Yuqing Shi, Mengyun Zhang, Jun Zhang

“…Clothing pressure was measured in both standing and sitting postures, while 3D models of the waist-abdomen region were generated using 3D body scanning to capture body deformation patterns. …”
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Classification of Diabetic Retinopathy Based on Efficient Computational Modeling by Jiao Xue, Jianyu Wu, Yingxu Bian, Shiyan Zhang, Qinsheng Du

“…This is a generalized visual skeleton model designed to reduce computational complexity to linear while retaining the advantageous features of ViTs. …”
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The relationship between dietary sodium intake and all-cause mortality in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a cohort study from NHANES 2003–2018 by Jiajun Li, Sile Wan, Xianyu Dai, Yifeng Cui, Zhaoyang Lu

“…Logistic regression assessed the relationship between sodium consumption and NAFLD incidence, while Cox regression and smooth curve fitting explored sodium intake’s link to all-cause mortality among Participants with NAFLD.ResultsAfter adjusting for confounders, logistic regression revealed a positive association between higher sodium intake and NAFLD incidence (OR = 1.16, 95% CI = 1.11, 1.21). …”
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Buoyancy Distribution Model and Cumulative Buoyancy of Shield Tunnel Considering Time-Varying Properties of Slurry by CAO Yang, ZHANG Chaoyu, LIU Yang, LI Guozheng

“…The particle meso-contact parameters in the numerical model were calibrated according to the test results, which were utilized to establish a numerical simulation model for synchronous grouting of the shield tail with continuous-discrete coupling, so as to observe the diffusion law of slurry in the shield excavation gap and the surrounding strata, and clarify the dynamic buoyancy distribution pattern of the shield tunnel while considering the impacts of slurry solidification and grouting pressure. …”
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