Developing a CEFR-based diagnostic test to assess Japanese university students’ productive knowledge of lexical bundles by Ryo Sawaguchi

“…This study employed widely accepted CEFR criteria to create a test of lexical bundles divided into three levels (A2, B1, and B2 in proficiency order) and evaluated their difficulty, semantic transparency, and functional characteristics. …”
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Bayesian Uncertainty Identification of Model Parameters for the Jointed Structures with Nonlinearity by Zhanpeng Shen, Xinen Liu, Chaoping Zang, Shaoquan Hu

“…Notablely, a series of intermediate variables are introduced to expand the parameter with aleatory uncertainty in order to overcome the difficulty of establishing the likelihood function. …”
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Land-sea integrated suitability evaluation of underground space based on Pythagorean fuzzy Bayesian network by Xinyu Liu, Hongjun Liu, Jie Dong, Peng Yu, Honghua Liu, Guanghua Cheng

“…Based on the evaluation result and urban planning, the overall planning and functional zoning guidelines for underground space development in the study area are given and the suitability and engineering construction difficulty analysis on the second subsea tunnel of Jiaozhou bay is conducted. …”
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Optimization and engineering verification of excitation scheme for aircraft ground vibration test by CHEN Haoyu, WANG Binwen, SONG Qiaozhi, LI Xiaodong

“…The multivariate mode indicator function is used to optimize the exciting force vector for closely spaced modes. …”
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Effect of solution and aging processes on the mechanical properties of 6016 aluminum alloy and multi-objective optimization by MA Yan-wei, WANG Bao-yu, XIAO Wen-chao, ZHOU Jing, KANG Yi

“…In this study, the response surface model derived was used as the objective function to perform the multi-objective optimization by means of NSGA-Ⅱ. …”
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A clinico-epidemiological profile, coinfections and outcome of patients with Influenza Like Illnesses (ILI) presenting to the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic by Darpanarayan Hazra, Gina Maryann Chandy, Abirahmi Thanjavurkar, Karthik Gunasekaran, Ankita Chowdary Nekkanti, Rathijit Pal, Mahesh Moorthy, Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash

“…Age more than 60 years (adjusted odds ratio (OR): 4.826 (3.348-6.956); p-value: <0.001), sequential organ function assessment score more than or equal to four (adjusted OR: 5.619 (3.526-8.957); p-value: <0.001), and WHO critical severity score (Adjusted OR: 13.812 (9.656-19.756); p-value: <0.001) were independent predictors of mortality. …”
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The Wellbeing Thermometer in Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Validation Study by Marios Adamou, Okezie Uche-Ikonne, Konstantinos Kamposioras

“…The WbT may be a useful addition to both clinical practice and future research and may help shed light on a new area with regards to patients with cancer, specifically how they feel and function. This will ultimately increase wellbeing and reduce suffering.…”
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Cluster of symptoms in kidney failure: A systematic review by Jaime Gomariz-Ruiz, David Pérez-Cruzado, Daniel Gutiérrez-Sánchez

“…Background: Chronic kidney disease is a global problem characterized by a progressive decrease in kidney function with associated symptoms. A better understanding of these symptoms could lead to the development of personalized strategies. …”
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Snake-Like Robot Workspace Solving Method Based on Improved Monte Carlo Method by ZhiYong Yang, Wang Tian, HaoYang Wang, Xu Liu, DaoDe Zhang, Yu Yan, ShaoSheng Fan

“…Next, Gaussian distribution probability density function is used to extend and sample the seed workspace of the robot, generating the workspace of the snake-like robot. …”
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Target pursuit for multi-AUV system: zero-sum stochastic game with WoLF-PHC assisted by Le Hong, Weicheng Cui

“…Abstract Due to the complexity of the underwater environment and the difficulty of the underwater energy recharging, utilizing multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to pursue the invading vehicle is a challenging project. …”
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Optimizing Solar Radiation Prediction Based on The Internet of Things Platform in Photovoltaic Power Plant by Neda Ashrafi Khozani, Maryam Mahmoudi, Shabnam Nasr Esfahani

“…Utilizing an innovative fitness function in model optimization enhances prediction accuracy and adaptability to real photovoltaic power plant environments. …”
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Developing Instrument of Essay Test to Measure the Problem-Solving Skill in Physics by A. Aristiawan, E. Istiyono

“…The quality of developed test item is good category which the range of mean square score is 0.96 – 1.08 and the difficulty level is -0.7 to 0.41. Based on the information score function and SEM, the developed instrument was good to be implemented for the test participant with the medium ability.…”
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Oral healthcare issues among nurses involved in renal care: text-mining analysis of free-text descriptions by Yuki Ohara, Masami Hamada, Shiho Kosaka

“…Nurses with a better understanding of the relationship between oral function and CKD tended to be more specific regarding perceived difficulties.…”
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An Efficient Dropout for Robust Deep Neural Networks by Yavuz Çapkan, Aydın Yeşildirek

“…The proposed dropout process uses a sigmoid function driven by a temperature parameter to determine deactivation likelihood and incorporates a “neuron recovery” step to restore important activations. …”
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STRATEGIC VISION: FORMATION OF THE NEW STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PARADIGM by V. N. Kryuchkov

“…The understanding of visual mechanisms will allow to design in a new way process of strategic vision, having turned it from occasionally updated static picture into process which components function with a different frequency and speed.…”
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Using graphic psychology and spatial design to intervene in balance coordination in patients with balance disorders by Weicong Li, Yueling Liu, Huabin Lv, Yue Ma, Wenwen Shi, Yun Qian

“…Although there have been reports of potential correlations between balance function and the visual nerve, or between the visual nerve and the spatial environment, the interrelationship between the three remains blurred, particularly in terms of “how the spatial environment acts on human balance through its effects on visual and psychological states.” …”
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A New Quotient and Iterative Detection Method in an Affine Krylov Subspace for Solving Eigenvalue Problems by Chein-Shan Liu, Jiang-Ren Chang, Jian-Hung Shen, Yung-Wei Chen

“…In the first algorithm, the m-vector is derived as a function of eigenvalue by maximizing the Rayleigh quotient to generate the first characteristic equation, which, however, is not easy to determine the eigenvalues since its roots are not of simple ones, exhibiting turning points, spikes, and even no intersecting point to the zero line. …”
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Quelques réflexions sur l’architecture hospitalière by Claude Laroche

“…It is an essential historical marker and an important part of heritage, all the more so when the appropriateness of its original design still allows it to fulfil its original function, probably not without difficulty but in a valiant manner.…”
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The Involvement of Neuron-Specific Factors in Dendritic Spinogenesis: Molecular Regulation and Association with Neurological Disorders by Hsiao-Tang Hu, Pu-Yun Shih, Yu-Tzu Shih, Yi-Ping Hsueh

“…Dendritic spines are the location of excitatory synapses in the mammalian nervous system and are neuron-specific subcellular structures essential for neural circuitry and function. Dendritic spine morphology is determined by the F-actin cytoskeleton. …”
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Nonreciprocal charge transport in polar Dirac metals with tunable spin-valley coupling by M. Kondo, M. Kimata, M. Ochi, T. Kaneko, K. Kuroki, K. Sudo, S. Sakaguchi, H. Murakawa, N. Hanasaki, H. Sakai

“…Nonreciprocal charge transport in solids, where resistance is different between rightward and leftward currents, is a key function of rectifying devices in modern electronics, as exemplified by p-n semiconductor junctions. …”
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