From Baseline to Best Practice: An Advanced Feature Selection, Feature Resampling and Grid Search Techniques to Improve Injury Severity Prediction by Soukaina EL Ferouali, Zouhair Elamrani Abou Elassad, Sara Qassimi, Abdelmounaîm Abdali

“…Compared to comparable systems without feature selection, feature resampling, and optimization methods, the results demonstrate that employing optimized XGBoost along with grid search in conjunction with SelectKBest and SMOTE strategy has resulted in greater performance, with an 89% R2 score. Our findings provide insight into the requirement for accurate forecasting models in optimization and balanced approaches to enhancing traffic safety. …”
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Disenso dentro del partido bolchevique Las fracciones del X Congreso partidario a la luz de la resis- tencia del proletariado industrial by Martín Alejandro Duer

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Climate change–drylands–food security nexus in Africa: From the perspective of technical advances, challenges, and opportunities by Hirwa, Hubert, Li, Fadong, Qiao, Yunfeng, Measho, Simon, Muhirwa, Fabien, Tian, Chao, Leng, Peifang, Muhirwa, Fabien, Tian, Chao, Leng, Peifang, Ingabire, Romaine, Itangishaka, Auguste Cesar, Chen, Gang, Turyasingura, Benson

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Information Communications Technology and Revenue Mobilization in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Mbarara District Local Government. by Apunyo, Henry Anthony

“…ICT was strongly associated with revenue mobilization (r = .620, p<.05). The study concludes that a strong and significant positive relationship exists between ICT and revenue mobilization in the Mbarara district local government. …”
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External Support and Demographic Factors as Differentials of Achievement Goal Orientation among Adolescent Students in Resource-Limited Environments. by Ndyareeba, Eunice, Biirah, Judith, Kasawo, Henry Kibedi, Zanna, Clay

“…Using the Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ-R) Scale and key informant interview guide, achievement goal orientation preferences and the influence of external support were respectively measured. …”
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Design and Simulation of a Solar Thermal Dryer for Fruits. by Amanya, Sylus

“…Steady-state thermal and fluent analyses were performed with the help of the ANSYS workbench 2024 R1 software to study the behavior of the absorber plate, solar collector, and trays.…”
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Challenges Faced by Public Libraries in Delivering Services to Users: A Case Study of Kigali Public Library. by Rachel, Mukabarisa

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Employee Retention and Organizational Performance in Uganda: A Case of Kabale District Local Government by Julius, Ngabirano

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Reverse logistics and environmental sustainability in selected manufacturing entities in Kampala district, Uganda by Jack, Rugasira, Moses, Agaba, Jotham Mbiito, Byarugaba, Rita, Makumbi, Jill, Kyatuheire, Jane, Asiimwe

“…The findings show that there was a low but positive correlation (r= 0.480, sig .000, p< .01) between Reverse Logistics and Environmental Sustainability. …”
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Resourcing and the sustainability of Donor funded Potatoes Projects in Kabale District, Southwestern Uganda by Turyasingura, John Bosco, Moses, Agaba, Meza, Orach, Zombeire, Jotham, Kyabarongo, Benon

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University e-learning methodologies and their financial implications: evidence from Uganda by Eton, Marus, Rest, Chance

“…Findings – The study findings reveal that e-learning approaches in universities are favorably correlated with their financial implications (r 5 0.598; p-value 0.05). It was excruciatingly difficult to access online learning resources and platforms, and there was a severe lack of power. …”
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How do individuals with mental health disorder and spinal cord injury gain access to participate in voluntary sport groups in Switzerland? by Florence Epiney, Siegfried Nagel, Christopher Klenk

“…U., Geertzen, J. H. B., & Dekker, R. (2014). Barriers to and facilitators of sports participation for people with physical disabilities: A systematic review. …”
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Simulation of Flow-Induced Vibration and Dynamic Performance of Circular-Arc Helical Gear Pump under Background of Machine Learning by Xiaoling Wei, Yongbao Feng, Xiaoxia Han, Zhenxin He

“…When the rotation speed is 2100°r/min, the arc helical gear pump reduced the surface temperature rise by 2.5°C. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF MELTED EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE AS ΒITUMEN MODIFIER FOR PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION by AREMU TAJUDEEN ORIAJE, BAMIDELE IBUKUNOLU OLUGBEMI DAHUNSI, KAZEEM ADEKUNLE ADEYEMO

“…The results also showed that with correlation coefficients ranging from r = 0.658-0.999, there is a strong positive correlation between the improvement exhibited in the specimen tested properties and melted EPS used in bitumen. …”
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Mapeo de la dinámica regional de la transparencia en aguas continentales usando productos de reflectancia MOD09GA by Ricardo Javier Moncayo-Eraso

“…El modelo de calibración encontrado muestra que existe un coeficiente de determinación que puede ser considerado como adecuado para la estimación del DS (R2 = 0.8) y los errores asociados con las observaciones también son bajos (RMSE = 0,47m). …”
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Cryptocurrencies Transit to a Carbon Neutral Environment: From Fintech to Greentech Through Clean Energy and Eco-Efficiency Policies by Dimitrios Koemtzopoulos, Georgia Zournatzidou, Konstantina Ragazou, Nikolaos Sariannidis

“…We extract bibliometric data from the Scopus database employing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach, thereafter analyzing the data with the R statistical programming language and the bibliometric applications Biblioshiny and VOSviewer. …”
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A re-assessment of Taxomyces andreanae, the alleged taxol-producing fungus, using comparative genomics by Tian Cheng, Miroslav Kolařík, Luis Quijada, Marc Stadler

“…Surprisingly, the strain turned out to belong to the phlebioid clade of wood-destroying Basidiomycota as inferred from a comparison of its partial ITS, the 28S rDNA (LSU), the RNA polymerase II largest subunit (rpb1), the RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (rpb2), and the translation elongation factor 1-α (tef1) sequences. …”
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A professional development assessment guide preparation and validation at the Public Health National School by Esther Paredes Esponda, Liliam Quelle Santana, María Luisa Quintana Galende, Indira Barcos Pina, Inarvis Medina González, Yadimir Martínez Blanco

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a research was carried out in Health Policies and Systems, at the Public Health National School, Havana, from January 2023 to February 2024, which classifies as a technological development work type Research + Development + Innovation (R+D+I), for the development and validation of an instrument that measures the professional development process quality in this institution. …”
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Characteristics of lower respiratory microbiota in children’s refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia pre- and post-COVID-19 era by Zhimin Xi, Jinglong Chen, Libo Wang, Aizhen Lu

“…The rate of macrolide resistance MP in Y2023 was significantly higher than that in Y2019 (P&lt;0.05), and the mutant site was all 23S rRNA A2063G. There were no significant differences in α-diversity and β-diversity of LRT microbiota between Y2019 and Y2023 group. …”
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