Can We Trust the Literature on Risk Factors and Triggers for Low Back Pain? A Systematic Review of a Sample of Contemporary Literature by Emad M. Ardakani, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde, Bruce F. Walker

“…Only one study properly reported RFs for the onset of the “disease” of LBP, and four studies were deemed suitable to investigate triggers for a new episode of LBP. …”
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A MACHINE LEARNING DISTRACTED DRIVING PREDICTION MODEL by Samira AHANGARI, Mansoureh JEIHANI, Abdollah DEHZANGI

“…In this study, we use a Bayesian Network classifier as a robust machine learning algorithm on our trained data (80%) and tested (20%) with the data collected from a driving simulator, in which the 92 participants drove six scenarios of handheld calling, hands-free calling, texting, voice command, clothing, and eating/drinking on four different road classes (rural collector, freeway, urban arterial, and local road in a school zone). …”
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Bearing Fault Classification Based on Conditional Random Field by Guofeng Wang, Xiaoliang Feng, Chang Liu

“…To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method, four kinds of bearing vibration signals which correspond to normal, inner race pit, outer race pit and roller pit respectively are collected from the test rig. …”
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Agr-typing of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolated from non-human primates by V. A. Kalashnikova

“…As a result of PCR analysis of 301 S. aureus isolates it was established that most of S. aureus belonged to agr IV (55%), and agr I (34%) was the second most group. …”
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Evaporation Rate Prediction Using Advanced Machine Learning Models: A Comparative Study by Zainab Abdulelah Al Sudani, Golam Saleh Ahmed Salem

“…Accurately estimating the amount of evaporation loss is necessary for scheduling and calculating irrigation water requirements. In this study, four machine learning (ML) modeling approaches, extreme learning machine (ELM), gradient boosting machine (GBM), quantile random forest (QRF), and Gaussian process regression (GPR), have been developed to estimate the monthly evaporation loss over two stations located in Iraq. …”
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Assessing excavatability in varied rockmass conditions using real-time data and machine learning technique by Shafi Muhammad Pathan, Abdul Ghani Pathan, Muhammad Saad Memon

“…K-nearest neighbors (KNN) classification, optimized with a k-value of 7 and Manhattan distance, achieved a high accuracy of 99.43% in categorizing the excavation difficulty into four distinct classes. The frequency distribution of TLT data indicates that most materials in the pit fall under “Very Easy” and “Easy” classes, simplifying excavation processes. …”
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Prolonged Exposure Therapy For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by Levent SÜTÇİGİL, Selçuk ASLAN

“…Program is comprised of four main components: (a) Psycho-education about trauma and posttraumatic disorders, (b) Training for breathing exercises, (c) repeated facing with objects, persons, situations and thoughts which causes re-experience about trauma, (d) Patient are instructed for telling repeatedly and loudly about traumatic experiences . …”
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Review of Reforming Processes for the Production of Green Hydrogen from Landfill Gas by Dhruv Singh, Piero Sirini, Lidia Lombardi

“…Thus, this review explores the production of green hydrogen from biogas/LFG through four conventional reforming processes, specifically dry methane reforming (DMR), steam methane reforming (SMR), partial oxidation reforming (POX), and autothermal reforming (ATR), focusing on their mechanisms, operating parameters, and the role of catalysts in hydrogen production. …”
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Clinical Observation of Sling Exercise Therapy and Meridian Plucking Manipulation on Lumbar Disc Herniation by LI Li, Ziyun FENG, Jinglong SUN

“…Each group received corresponding treatment for five times per week and one week as a course. After four courses of treatment, the therapeutic effect and changes of VAS, JOA, ODI and back extensor muscle strength of 3 groups were observed.Results:The effective rate in SET and meridian plucking manipulation group was higher than that of other two groups (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Operational Risk Assessment for the Pollination Service with Apis mellifera Bees in Cashew Crops in Vichada, Colombia by Lizeth Castro Mercado, Juan José Bravo Bastidas, Juan Carlos Osorio Gómez

“…Following the application of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), four risks were prioritized based on their severity and occurrence. …”
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Hydrodynamic Effects of River-Lake System Connectivity on Ecological Restoration of Urban Rivers: A Case Study of Liede River by WANG Shaobo, ZHANG Shu, XIONG Yulong, ZHOU Xinmin

“…To investigate the hydrodynamic effects of river-lake system connectivity on the ecological restoration of urban rivers supplemented by reclaimed water, a four-tier framework was employed to establish a mathematical model of river-lake hydrodynamics and pollutant transport by using the Liede River as an example. …”
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Psychological Research in Fibromyalgia: The Search for Explanatory Phenomena by Michael D Boissevan

“…This article reviews four areas of psychological research in fibromyalgia. …”
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Development and User Evaluation of a Food-recognition app (FoodRec): Experimental Data and Qualitative Analysis by Sebastiano Battiato, Pasquale Caponnetto, Roberto Leotta, Giovanni Marotta, Alessandro Midolo, Alessandro Ortis, Riccardo Polosa

“…For the qualitative test, a user evaluation test of the app has been performed with four assignments being carried out on a group of 50 participants…”
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Deformation Analysis of Reinforced Retaining Wall Using Separate Finite Element by Xingli Jia, Jinliang Xu, Yuhai Sun

“…In order to reveal the main factors affecting the deformation of reinforced soil retaining wall and the influence of various factors on the deformation, the constitutive relation is discretized into four aspects of soil, geogrid, wall panel, and contact surface, and discrete element matrices are, respectively, constructed, with the method of separate finite element. …”
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Patient, Family, and Health Professional Perspectives of How Families are Involved in Adult Inpatient Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation by Kaylee Eady, Katherine Moreau, Shawn Marshall, Mary Egan

“…<strong>Results</strong>: Six patients, four family members, and ten health professionals participated. …”
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Evaluation of the Perspectives of Individuals with Older Adults in Their Families about the Concepts of Institutional Care and Ageing in Place Care and Ageing in Place by İlknur Çetinkaya, Ali Fuat Ersoy

“…After analyzing the collected data, four themes emerged: attitudes towards old age, the meaning of having older adults in the family, knowledge about institutional care and views on caregiving. …”
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Investigation of the Possible Correlation between Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease and Diabetes Mellitus in Egyptian Patients: A Pilot Study by Afnan AwadAllah Elgnainy, Mohammad Ismail Hamed, Wael Osman Mohamed, Nagwa Ali Sabri

“…The motor complications scores were recorded for all parkinsonian patients using the relevant parts of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) part IV. Results. Diabetics recorded higher scores of RBDSQ than controls (p<0.001), with no differences related to antidiabetic therapy. …”
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Effect of bending load on electrical conductivity of carbon/epoxy composites filled with nanoparticles using design of experiment and artificial neural networks by Ali Sadollah, Seyed Morteza Razavi, Abobakr Khalil Al-Shamiri

“…We use carbon black (CB) nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and epoxy resin to create these samples. Using the four-point resistance method, we determine the optimal weight percentages of CB and CNTs incorporated into the carbon/epoxy composite and establish the electrical conductivity threshold. …”
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Balancing E-Commerce Platform and Manufacturer Goals in Sustainable Supply Chains: The Impact of Eco-Friendly Private Labels by Zhiheng Liu, Xiangcheng Cui, Yuanyuan Ji

“…We compare and analyze the equilibrium outcomes across four different scenarios, leading to the following conclusions: (1) When the platform utilizes the wholesale selling format, the manufacturer is consistently motivated to launch the direct channel if the costs associated with it are low. …”
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RETRACTED: Intelligent power grid energy supply forecasting and economic operation management using the snake optimizer algorithm with Bigur-attention model by Lingling Cui, Jiacheng Liao

“…This paper investigates smart grid energy supply forecasting and economic operation management, with a focus on building an efficient energy supply prediction model. Four datasets were selected for training, and a Snake Optimizer (SO) algorithm-optimized Bigru-Attention model was proposed to construct a comprehensive and efficient prediction model, aiming to enhance the reliability, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness of the power system. …”
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