Comparative Analysis of Novice, Moderately Experienced, and Highly Experienced Iranian EFL Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Focusing on Their Cognition, Metacognition, Affection, and Behavi... by Maryam Azizi, Hossein Heidari Tabrizi, Ahmadreza Lotfi

“…The discriminant function analysis (DFA) results showed that pedagogical knowledge and motivational needs satisfaction acted as a concordant pair and explained the heaviest load of the overall between-group differences. …”
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Clinical Characterization of Patients with Syncope of Unclear Cause Using Unsupervised Machine-Learning Tools: A Pilot Study by María-José Muñoz-Martínez, Manuel Casal-Guisande, María Torres-Durán, Bernardo Sopeña, Alberto Fernández-Villar

“…The number of clusters was determined through cost function analysis and silhouette index, and visual validation was performed using UMAP. …”
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Exploration of Hub Genes in Retinopathy of Prematurity Based on Bioinformatics Analysis of the Oxygen-Induced Retinopathy Model by Qi Xiong, Zhiliang Li, Jing Zhang, Lin Yang, Xiaomin Chen, Yan Gong, Xiaojun Cai, Min Ke

“…Moreover, we verified hub genes and identified potential drugs. 225 common DEGs were identified. Biological function analysis indicated that angiogenesis, cell surface, cell adhesion, extracellular matrix, and focal adhesion genes were enriched among DEGs. …”
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Genetic and multivariate morphometric analyses unveil cryptic diversity in sympatric populations of the Mediterranean wool carder bee, identified as Anthidium undulatum Dours, 1873... by Max Kasparek, Mira Boustani

“…Despite this, a morphometric analysis of six parameters of the head and wings of the males showed that the three genetic clades also form distinct clusters in a Discriminant Function Analysis. The consistent results of the genetic and morphometric analyses, together with the co-existence of two of the three groups, support the recognition of these groups as distinct species. …”
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The dysregulation and regulatory mechanism of long non-coding RNA LBX2-AS1 in children with epilepsy by Qian Li, Ning Li

“…Target association was validated using dual-luciferase reporter assays. Function analysis for miR-873-5p target genes was analyzed by GO, KEGG, and PPI. …”
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Polyamine and Isoamylamine Levels in Peripheral Blood Cells and Plasma as Biomarkers of Structural and Functional Alterations in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Chronic Heart Failu... by José Manuel Rubín, Lorena Suárez, Begoña Cantabrana, Eva Barreiro-Alonso, Ignacio Rodríguez-Uña, Manuel Sánchez

“…Statistical analyses revealed significant correlations between polyamine levels and clinical indicators such as left ventricular ejection fraction, diastolic blood pressure, and troponin. Discriminant function analysis effectively distinguished between the control, AMI, and CHF groups based on their polyamine profiles. …”
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Experimental and theoretical insights into the stability and reactivity of Isatin-derived Schiff bases by C. Raksha, N. Ansiya, Jayasree Elambalassery, Akhil Sivan

“…Additionally, Fukui function analysis within the CDFT framework strongly reinforced ISSB2’s reactive potential. …”
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Towards the Real-World Analysis of Lumbar Spine Standing Posture in Individuals with Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Elena Muñoz-Gómez, Frederick McClintock, Andrew Callaway, Carol Clark, Raee Alqhtani, Jonathan Williams

“…Analysis of standing posture across time included variability, fidgeting, and amplitude probability distribution function analysis. The study demonstrated that accelerometers are a valid method for extracting standing posture from everyday activity data. …”
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Dual-Ascent-Inspired Transformer for Compressed Sensing by Rui Lin, Yue Shen, Yu Chen

“…Second, DAT exhibits enhanced robustness to variations in initial learning rates, as evidenced by loss function analysis during training.…”
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EFFICIENCY OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF LUNG COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY FINDINGS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE by A. V. Kolsanov, P. M. Zel,ter, A. V. Kapishnikov, S. S. Chaplygin

“…There was evidence for a relationship between the data of quantitative analysis and the values of external respiration function. Analysis of echocardiographic findings revealed that there was a relationship between emphysema index and systolic and diastolic right ventricle wall thickness (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient from -0.56 to -0.66). …”
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Structural basis of response regulator dephosphorylation by Rap phosphatases. by Vijay Parashar, Nicolas Mirouze, David A Dubnau, Matthew B Neiditch

“…We show that in addition to dephosphorylating Spo0F, RapH can antagonize sporulation by sterically blocking phosphoryl transfer to and from Spo0F. Our structure-function analysis of the RapH-Spo0F interaction identified Rap protein residues critical for Spo0F phosphatase activity. …”
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Lagrangian View of Atlantic Water Pathways toward the North Sea by Léon Chafik, Ezra Eisbrenner, Kristofer Döös

“…Empirical orthogonal function analysis of the Lagrangian trajectories reveals a dipole mode of variability between the Rockall Trough and the Iceland Basin, with its first principal component explaining 74% (R = 0.86) of the variance in multi-year ocean heat content variability. …”
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Prediction of chloride concentration in concrete under multi-salt environment: Optimization of integrated algorithm based on MSCPO and interpretability analysis by Daming Luo, Kanglei Du, Ditao Niu

“…The Crested Porcupine Optimizer (CPO) algorithm was enhanced with adaptive techniques, and the refined strategy’s effectiveness was verified through test function analysis. The Improved Mixture Self-Adaptation Crested Porcupine Optimizer (MSCPO) optimized hyperparameters for XGBoost, LightGBM, and Catboost models separately. …”
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An integrated bioinformatics and machine learning approach to identifying biomarkers connecting parkinson’s disease with purine metabolism-related genes by Yao Wang, Dongchuan Wu, Man Zheng, Tiantian Yang

“…Results The study identified nine PMGs related to PD: NME7, PKM, RRM2, POLR3 C, POLA1, PDE6 C, PDE9 A, PDE11 A, and AMPD1. Biological function analysis highlighted their involvement in processes like neutrophil activation and immune response. …”
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THE STUDY OF THE BRAIN IN A PATIENT WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS USING TECHNIQUES OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING by Yu. G. Samoylova, N. G. Zhukova, M. V. Matveyeva, M. A. Rotkank, O. S. Tonkikh

“…The study of the brain, namely structural and metabolic manifestations of diabetes, is one of the priority problem of modern medical science.The aim of the study was to evaluate dynamics in the different techniques of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of brain changes in patients with T1DM.Research methods included physical examination, in accordance with the diagnostic algorithm of patients with T1DM, a neurologist consultation, an assessment of cognitive function, analysis of brain changes using standard magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. …”
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Green solvent extraction of health boosting phenolics from pigeon pea husk by Deepika Goswami, Manju Bala, D. Mridula, Rajesh Kumar Vishwakarma, P. N. Guru

“…The ideal extraction conditions determined via desirability function analysis were found to be 41.83% (v/v) ethanol concentration, 59.36 °C extraction temperature, and 6 h extraction time. …”
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The chromosome-level genome assembly of Prunus cerasifera ‘Atropurpurea’ by Hanlei Li, Linchang Dong, Mingjun Zhang, Jinrong Li, Yi Zheng, Qinghua Dong , Sen Wang

“…This high-quality Purpleleaf Plum genome provides a solid foundation for future gene function analysis, cultivar improvement, and genetic research, offering valuable resources for related fields.…”
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Rapid and efficient isolation of high-quality small RNAs from recalcitrant plant species rich in polyphenols and polysaccharides. by Jun Peng, Zihao Xia, Ling Chen, Minjing Shi, Jinji Pu, Jianrong Guo, Zaifeng Fan

“…The acquisition of high-quality small RNAs is the first step in the study of its expression and function analysis, yet the extraction method of small RNAs in recalcitrant plant tissues with various secondary metabolites is not well established, especially for tropical and subtropical plant species rich in polysaccharides and polyphenols. …”
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Case Study on BIM and Value Engineering Integration for Construction Cost Control by Xiaojuan Li, Chen Wang, Ali Alashwal

“…This study contributes to providing empirical evidence of the advantages of this integrated approach including a better understanding of project components and requirements, easy access to project data, comprehensive weight and function analysis, easy validation of recommended solutions, and ability to virtually evaluate design changes and construction site planning.…”
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Experimental Investigation of Al₂O₃ Nano-Powder-Mixed Dielectric in EDM-Assisted Micro-Milling by Sharad Yadav, Deepak Agarwal, Anuj Kumar Sharma, Rabesh Kumar Singh, Saurabh Chauhan, Shalini Mohanty

“…At low (100 pF) and high (1000 pF) capacitance, the addition of Al₂O₃ nano-powder increases the MRR, depth, and width but decreases TWR up to a concentration of 1.0 g/L. A desirability function analysis (DFA) tool identified the best overall performance from 14 experiments, revealing that 100 pF and 1 g/L yield the optimal outcomes.…”
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