The Use of Neural Networks in the Diagnosis of Heart Failure Via the Analysis of Medical Data by Valentino Blanco, Aitana Iglesias

“…The fundamental responsibility of executives is to provide the necessary information to facilitate sound management decisions. This study seeks to utilize hospital managers' outcomes from data mining of hospital information systems to develop an intelligent model using machine learning techniques. …”
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Reinforced falsetto to increase the glottic closure in patients diagnosed with unilateral vocal cord paralysis by Patricio Orellana Marambio, Felipe Gonzalo Rosales Lillo, Giovanna Monichi Valdenegro

“…Significant differences were observed pre-intervention and post-intervention in: fundamental frequency (p .028); sound intensity (p .006); harmonics (p .000); maximum phonation time (p .000); glottic closure (p .002); and dysphonia severity (p .004). …”
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Performance Evaluation of a Visual Defects Detection System for Railways Monitoring by Radosavljevic Saša, Rivero Alain, Rodríguez Flórez Sergio, El Ouardi Abdelhafid, Michel Pauline, Bouamama Belkacem O., Vanheeghe Philippe

“…The design incorporates visual, inertial, and sound sensors, enhancing adaptability, improving overall detection precision, and could reduce operational costs. …”
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Detecting respiratory diseases using machine learning-based pattern recognition on spirometry data by Ahmed I. Taloba, R.T. Matoog

“…In this study, the feature extraction applied in Pulmonary sound recordings is Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCCs). …”
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Fast updating feedback from piriform cortex to the olfactory bulb relays multimodal identity and reward contingency signals during rule-reversal by Diego E. Hernandez, Andrei Ciuparu, Pedro Garcia da Silva, Cristina M. Velasquez, Benjamin Rebouillat, Michael D. Gross, Martin B. Davis, Honggoo Chae, Raul C. Muresan, Dinu F. Albeanu

“…Both odor and, surprisingly, the sound cues trigger responses in the cortical bulbar feedback axons which precede the behavioral report. …”
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Strength Theory Model of Unsaturated Soils with Suction Stress Concept by Pan Chen, Changfu Wei, Jie Liu, Tiantian Ma

“…Suction stress is adopted in the new model in order to get the sound form of effective stress for unsaturated soils. …”
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Strategies for Gait Retraining in a Collegiate Runner with Transfemoral Amputation: A Case Report by Jillian Santer, Stephanie MacDonald, Katherine Rizzone, Shawn Biehler, Tanya Beiswenger

“…Running gait analysis revealed circumduction with the prosthesis for limb advancement and increased vaulting with push off on the sound (uninvolved) limb. Gait retraining strategies were implemented to address video analysis findings and create a more efficient running gait and address phantom limb pain symptoms…”
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Evaluation of land use compatibility in rural areas in terms of the desirability of location Case study: Binalood County by Maryam Ghasemi, Amin Faal Jalali

“…the analysis of land use utility matrix based on human and natural criteria in residential areas is the necessity and issues that planners in urban and rural areas in terms of access to communication network, central location, weather, noise and etc are a turning point for how optimal use is of resources. the aim of this study is to identify the level of user desirability in rural areas of Binaluod county. in this study, 14 user groups with 52 % of land use terms of central location, access to communication network, smell, facilities and equipment, slope, air, sound and vision were investigated. the present study is descriptive - analytical and data collection were collected in the field method by 48 local experts in eight villages. the results show that based on the four alternatives (4: Completely desirable and 1: totally undesirable) the bakery users with an average of 3/99 and the gymnasium with an average of 4 have made the highest compatibility in terms of the desirability of the location and land of the historic tank with /38 and the dilapidated housing with 3/40. …”
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A Partition Spatial Filtering Method for Acoustic Array Configuration by Zhihong Liu, Xilong Zhang, Zunmin Liu, Chuijie Yi, Ming Ma

“…Acoustic array is a ubiquitous tool for locating and quantifying sound sources. However, its effectiveness depends greatly on the array configuration. …”
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Stridulating Species of Aphids of the Genus <i>Uroleucon</i> (Hemiptera: Aphididae) with Descriptions of a New Species from Iran by Mariusz Kanturski, Shalva Barjadze, Andżela Glumac, Natalia Kaszyca-Taszakowska

“…An identification key for apterous viviparous females of all <i>Uroleucon</i> species living on Campanulaceae and sound-producing species of the genus <i>Uroleucon</i> are provided. …”
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Drought Assessment and Projection under Climate Change: A Case Study in the Middle and Lower Jinsha River Basin by Zhe Yuan, Jijun Xu, Jin Chen, Junjun Huo, Yangyue Yu, Peter Locher, Bin Xu

“…To gain an insight into the spatiotemporal variability of drought events and to assess trends under future climate change scenarios are fundamental for making sound mitigation and adaptation strategies. A new drought index, standardized supply-demand water index (SSDI), has been proposed in this research. …”
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Ultrasonic Speed and Related Acoustical Parameters of 1,1ʼ-Binaphthalene-2,2ʼ-diyl Diacetate Solutions at 308.15 K by Pooja P. Adroja, S. P. Gami, J. P. Patel, P. H. Parsania

“…Various acoustical parameters namely specific acoustical impedance (Z), adiabatic compressibility (κa), Van der Waals constant (b), intermolecular path length (Lf), internal pressure (π), Raoʼs molar sound function (R), relaxation time (τ), classical absorption coefficient (α/f2)cl and solvation number (Sn) have been derived from ρ, η and U data and correlated with concentration (C). …”
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Intelligent Processing Methods by Veronika V. Tolmanova, Denis A. Andrikov

“…These methods provided an opportunity to analyze data of various structures and scales, including texts, images, sound and video. The wavelet transform provided efficient data representation and multiscale analysis, while stochastic methods were used to model uncertainty and perform probabilistic analysis. …”
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University e-learning methodologies and their financial implications: evidence from Uganda by Eton, Marus, Rest, Chance

“…Purpose – This paper aims to analyze the financial implications associated with Ugandan universities employing e-learning techniques and to suggest sound policy solutions to the problems the investigation found. …”
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Experimental application of gliders communication system in South China Sea by Shuyang Jia, Shuyang Jia, Shuyang Jia, Baoheng Liu, Baoheng Liu, Sichen Zou, Xiaochuan Zhang, Xiaochuan Zhang, Xiaochuan Zhang

“…This study demonstrates the potential wide-ranging applications of acoustic underwater gliders in underwater sound measurement and collaborative networks, etc.…”
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Performing Plurality: Meet the Alters Vlogs on YouTube as Breeding Grounds for Epistemic Justice by Liorah Hoek, Louis van den Hengel, Inge van Nistelrooij, Alice Schippers

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Physiological Entrainment: A Key Mind–Body Mechanism for Cognitive, Motor and Affective Functioning, and Well-Being by Marco Barbaresi, Davide Nardo, Sabrina Fagioli

“…Background: The human sensorimotor system can naturally synchronize with environmental rhythms, such as light pulses or sound beats. Several studies showed that different styles and tempos of music, or other rhythmic stimuli, have an impact on physiological rhythms, including electrocortical brain activity, heart rate, and motor coordination. …”
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Measurement of Voice Onset Time in Maxillectomy Patients by Mariko Hattori, Yuka I. Sumita, Hisashi Taniguchi

“…However, voice onset time has not been measured in maxillectomy patients as their consonant sound spectra exhibit unique characteristics that make the measurement of voice onset time challenging. …”
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A multi-dimensional student performance prediction model (MSPP): An advanced framework for accurate academic classification and analysis by V. Balachandar, K. Venkatesh

“…. • The model of the MSPP includes contextual information and multi-layered analysis in order to improve prediction accuracy, placing a sound basis for predicting students in different performance categories such as distinction, pass, fail or withdrawn. • Our approach is obviously to generalize and extract those sparse, heterogeneous academic data in the form of structured training record using domain specific preprocessing integrating with multi-class classification mechanisms that improves on precision-recall across multiple categories.…”
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Effect of Forest Management on Carbon Stock of Tropical Moist Afromontane Forest by Damena Edae Daba, Bikila Workineh Dullo, Teshome Soromessa

“…Therefore, for the enhancement of forest biodiversity and carbon sequestration effective conservation measure and sound management approach is essential.…”
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