Enhancing navigation performance in unknown environments using spiking neural networks and reinforcement learning with asymptotic gradient method by Xiaode Liu, Yufei Guo, Yuanpei Chen, Jie Zhou, Yuhan Zhang, Weihang Peng, Xuhui Huang, Zhe Ma

“…Abstract Achieving accurate and generalized autonomous navigation in unknown environments poses a significant challenge in robotics and artificial intelligence. …”
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Values and basic beliefs of working and non-working students by N. A. Tsvetkova, K. E. Lagvilava

“…It is shown that both student samples are generally characterized by the same average overall level of social values (3.9 points out of 7 possible) and a low overall level of individual priorities, although it is higher for working students (2.1 vs. 1.8 points). …”
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Fricción, (re)concentración y afianzamiento conservador tras las elecciones de 2018 en Paraguay by Juan Mario Solís Delgadillo, Sarah Patricia Cerna Villagra

“…Las elecciones generales de 2018 mantuvieron en el poder al Partido Colorado, una de las pocas maquinarias electorales que se mantienen en la región, su capacidad de ganar elecciones y la homogeneidad del voto a su favor dan muestra de ello. …”
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Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: Benefits and Limitations Highlighted Using the Delphi Method and Principal Component Analysis by Jean-Michel Caire, Sabrina Maurel-Techene, Thierry Letellier, Margit Heiske, Sarah Warren, Arnaud Schabaille, Florent Destruhaut

“…In the last Delphi round, the consensus of the expert group was attained on 31 benefits and 1 limitation, confirming the generally positive influence of the COPM in French health services. …”
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CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE by L.I. Konopkina, L.A. Botvinikova, M.A. Krykhtina

“…In order to identify the extent of total CVR, we determined the demographic parameters for each patient (age, gender), attitude to smoking (smoker / non-smoker), systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol (TC) levels (mmol/l). The results generally showed that the estimate of total CVR in patients with COPD is crucial when choosing the prevention strategy aimed at overcoming a particular emergency, including the optimization of nutrition, increased activity, as well as the prescription of adequate antihypertensive and lipid-lowering therapy.…”
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Evaluation and source identification of water pollution by Huaibin Wei, Haojie Qiu, Jing Liu, Wen Li, Chenchen Zhao, Hanfei Xu

“…Results indicate that the spatial pollution pattern of surface water quality in Henan Province can be generally classified as insignificant pollution in the north, heavy pollution in the central regions, and light pollution in the south. …”
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Stacking ensemble learning with heterogeneous models and selected feature subset for prediction of service trust in internet of medical things by Junyu Ren, Haibin Wan, Chaoyang Zhu, Tuanfa Qin

“…To address the challenges, fog computing is generally employed in IoMT systems. However, it raises additional concerns of trust and security. …”
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Dynamics between the obstacles of business environment and firm performance in Bangladesh: Survey-based empirical insights using ML algorithms by Chandan Kumar Roy

“…Analysis using ordinary least squares (OLS) and generalized least squares (GLS) regression models reveals that investments in electricity infrastructure, access to financial services, and obtaining quality certifications positively impact CMSME performance. …”
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Trade policy uncertainty and corporate financialization: strategic implications for non-financial firms in China by Mingyao Wang, Normaziah Mohd Nor, Norhuda Abdul Rahim, Faisal Khan, Ziyu Zhou

“…Using 27,339 firm-year observations of China A-share listed companies from unbalanced panel data spanning from 2011-Q1 to 2020-Q4, we utilized the fixed effect model (FEM), instrumental variables – two-stage least squares (IV-2SLS), and generalized method of moments (GMM) approaches. The findings reveal a positive relationship between TPU and corporate financialization. …”
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Topologically consistent regression modeling exemplified for laminar burning velocity of ammonia-hydrogen flames by Hui Du, Tianyu Wang, Haogang Wei, Guy Y. Cornejo Maceda, Bernd R. Noack, Lei Zhou

“…Data-driven regression models are generally calibrated by minimizing a representation error. …”
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Investigation of Water Quality in Kozlu Creek (Zonguldak) by Özgür Zeydan, Nizamettin Özdoğan, Şeyma Pınar Taştepe, Dilek Demirtaş

“…This increase of demand for water leads to an uncontrolled use of water supplies. Generally, in underdeveloped and developing countries, wastewater is discharged directly to receiving environments without treatment. …”
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Response of conifers to UV-B and climate in mountain areas by S.L. Bondarenko, D.A. Savchuk

“…Then, tree-ring series for the Swiss Alps in each group were generalized and decomposed into separate components: long period trends, ultraviolet-B and climatic signals. …”
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Impact of a Diagnostic Pressure Equation Constraint on Tornadic Supercell Thunderstorm Forecasts Initialized Using 3DVAR Radar Data Assimilation by Guoqing Ge, Jidong Gao, Ming Xue

“…It is found that the experiments using DPEC generally predict higher low-level vertical vorticity than the experiments not using DPEC near the time of observed tornadoes. …”
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Neutrosophic Exponential Distribution: Modeling and Applications for Complex Data Analysis by Wen-Qi Duan, Zahid Khan, Muhammad Gulistan, Adnan Khurshid

“…The exponential distribution has always been prominent in various disciplines because of its wide range of applications. In this work, a generalization of the classical exponential distribution under a neutrosophic environment is scarcely presented. …”
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Classification of Iranian weather types based on Woś method by Hassan Heidari, Ebrahim Mesgari

“…The findings indicated that the predominant temperature types in the country are primarily categorized as hot and very hot, with sub-codes reflecting generally low to moderate cloud cover and negligible precipitation. …”
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How competent are cat owners in caring for their cats? by İbrahim ŞEKER, Ömer ERTEN, Abdurrahman KÖSEMAN, Şenol KOŞAN

“…It was determined that the majority of cat owners were generally correct and adequate in terms of their attitudes and knowledge levels during the care of their cats. …”
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Genital Ulcer of Behçet Disease Localized in the Vagina May Lack Pain, Making It Difficult to Assess by Soichiro Obata, Koji Kobayashi, Misaki Toda, Etsuko Miyagi, Shigeru Aoki

“…Although genital ulcers of Behçet disease are common in the vulva and are generally painful, if they are located in the vagina, they can be painless. …”
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Copper Sulfide Catalyzed Porous Fluorine-Doped Tin Oxide Counter Electrode for Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells with High Fill Factor by Satoshi Koyasu, Daiki Atarashi, Etsuo Sakai, Masahiro Miyauchi

“…The performance of quantum dot-sensitized solar cell (QDSSC) is mainly limited by chemical reactions at the interface of the counter electrode. Generally, the fill factor (FF) of QDSSCs is very low because of large charge transfer resistance at the interface between the counter electrode and electrolyte solution containing redox couples. …”
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A rare case of culture-negative infective endocarditis following cataract surgery by Gayashani K. Jayasinghe, Logeswaran Dinusha, Udara S. Perera, Indrakumar Jegarajah

“…A 70-year-old man developed intermittent fever with chills, severe anorexia, generalized weakness, and mild exertional difficulty in breathing following posterior chamber intraocular lens replacement surgery for a mature white cataract in the left eye. …”
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A Novel MOEA/D for Multiobjective Scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems by Xinnian Wang, Keyi Xing, Chao-Bo Yan, Mengchu Zhou

“…The mutation operator of the proposed DDE is based on the hamming distance of two randomly selected solutions, while the crossover operator is based on Generalization of Order Crossover. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed DMOEA/D can significantly outperform a Pareto domination-based algorithm DNSGA-II for both 2-objective and 3-objective problems on the studied FMSs.…”
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