Evaluation of Short-Term Freeway Speed Prediction Based on Periodic Analysis Using Statistical Models and Machine Learning Models by Xiaoxue Yang, Yajie Zou, Jinjun Tang, Jian Liang, Muhammad Ijaz

“…Accurate prediction of traffic information (i.e., traffic flow, travel time, traffic speed, etc.) is a key component of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). …”
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Bilevel Optimization of Regular Bus-Subway-Shared Bicycle Cooperative Operation considering Dual Uncertainties by Yunqiang Xue, Tong He, Tao Li, Hongzhi Guan, Yang Qiu

“…By leveraging Python programming, optimization models, empirical data on traffic flow and stoppage times, and OD data, we conducted an optimization analysis to solve the problem at hand. …”
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Endosperm culture-based allotriploid hybrid production from an interspecific cross of Haemanthus spp.: new insights into polyploidization and hybridization by Arisa Nakano, Masahiro Mii, Yoichiro Hoshino

“…MS medium supplemented with 4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropicolinic acid (picloram) and 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP), or 2,4-dichloro phenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D) and BAP were used for callus induction, and callus formation rates were measured. Flow cytometry, karyotyping, and Sanger sequencing of the nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, chloroplast (trnL-trnF region, matK gene), and mitochondrial (nad1 gene) DNA were performed on plantlets derived from embryos and endosperms, along with their parental plants. …”
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ADAM-10 Regulates MMP-12 during Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammatory Response in Macrophages by Yan Jiang, Qiming Gong, Jinmei Huang, Yuanxun Gong, Qiang Tang, Dalong Wei, Qianli Tang, Jingjie Zhao, Jian Song, Lingzhang Meng

“…Cell viability was increased in EX ADAM-10 cells, and ADAM-10 secretion was further increased in the EX and LPS groups. Flow cytometry and immunofluorescence staining revealed that EX-ADAM 10 cells had increased iNOS expression, which acted as an IL-6 expression driver. …”
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Regional Exploration and Characterisation of CO2 Storage Prospects in the Utsira-Skade Aquifer, North Viking Graben, North Sea by C. Lloyd, M. Huuse, B. J. Barrett, A. M. W. Newton

“…Other intra-aquifer mudstones were mainly interpreted to act as baffles to flow. Structural traps at the top Utsira and Skade Fms. yield fifteen prospects, with criteria of > 700 m depth and FRT storage capacity of > 5 Mt CO2. …”
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The Role of Internal Auditing Practices on the Performance of Local Government: A Case of Central Division Kisoro Municipality. by Ngabire, Nobert

“…The study also concluded that political interference, corruption, conflict of interest, inadequate skills, inadequate information, inadequate funds, and improper communication flow are the major challenges faced by internal audit and financial performance of Central Division Kisoro Municipality. …”
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Public assistance in patients with acute heart failure: a report from the KCHF registry by Yuji Nishimoto, Takao Kato, Takeshi Morimoto, Ryoji Taniguchi, Hidenori Yaku, Yasutaka Inuzuka, Yodo Tamaki, Erika Yamamoto, Yusuke Yoshikawa, Takeshi Kitai, Moritake Iguchi, Masashi Kato, Mamoru Takahashi, Toshikazu Jinnai, Tomoyuki Ikeda, Kazuya Nagao, Takafumi Kawai, Akihiro Komasa, Ryusuke Nishikawa, Yuichi Kawase, Takashi Morinaga, Kanae Su, Mitsunori Kawato, Yuta Seko, Moriaki Inoko, Mamoru Toyofuku, Yutaka Furukawa, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Kenji Ando, Kazushige Kadota, Satoshi Shizuta, Koh Ono, Koichiro Kuwahara, Neiko Ozasa, Yukihito Sato, Takeshi Kimura

“…Patients in the public assistance group were younger, more frequently had chronic coronary artery disease, previous heart failure hospitalizations, current smoking, poor medical adherence, living alone, no occupation, and a lower left ventricular ejection fraction than those in the no public assistance group. …”
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Unveiling neurogenic biomarkers for the differentiation between sepsis patients with or without encephalopathy: an updated meta-analysis by Jiyun Hu, Wenchao Li, Shucai Xie, Ya Liao, Tao Chen, Xinrun Wang, Weiping Xia, Fang Huang, Zhaoxin Qian, Lina Zhang

“…In addition, significantly lower serum neurogenic biomarkers levels were noted in septic patients with survivors as compared to non-survivors: NSE (SMD − 1.87 (95% CI − 2.43 to − 1.32), P < 0.00001); UCH-L1 (SMD − 1. 71 (95% CI − 2.24 to − 1.19), P < 0.00001); Tau (SMD − 0.57 (95% CI − 0.79 to − 0.35), P < 0.00001); S100β (SMD − 1.34 (95% CI − 1.88 to − 0.80), P < 0.00001). …”
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Developing a Prototype Machine Learning Model to Predict Quality of Life Measures in People Living With HIV by Mercadal-Orfila G, Serrano López de las Hazas J, Riera-Jaume M, Herrera-Perez S

“…Additionally, the model demonstrated strong reliability in maintaining standardized prediction errors below 0.2 for most instruments, with probabilities of achieving this threshold being 96.43% for WHOQoL HIV Bref and 88.44% for ESTAR, while lower probabilities were observed for TSQM (44%) and WRFQ (51%).Conclusion: The results from our machine learning algorithms are promising for predicting PROMs and PREMs in AIDS settings. …”
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Application of artificial neural networks for predictive model of municipal solid waste collection in tourist cities by T. Kridakorn Na Ayutthaya, N. Jakrawatana, D. Rinchumphu, V. Owatsakul

“…The abundance of microplastics in gut (1.79 ± 1.19 particles per individual) was slightly lower than in gills (1.86 ± 1.30 particles per individual). …”
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Ethnic and racial discrimination in maternal health care in Mexico: a neglected challenge in the search for universal health coverage by Edson Serván-Mori, Sergio Meneses-Navarro, Rocío García-Díaz, Diego Cerecero-García, David Contreras-Loya, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Arachu Castro

“…Findings Indigenous women had lower education, labor market participation, and socioeconomic position, higher parity, and more rural, poorer state residence than non-Indigenous women. …”
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Replication of European hypertension associations in a case-control study of 9,534 African Americans. by Harpreet Kaur, Dana C Crawford, Jingjing Liang, Penelope Benchek, COGENT BP Consortium, Xiaofeng Zhu, Asha R Kallianpur, William S Bush

“…Variant rs17080093 associated with lower SBP and DBP (β = -2.99, p = 0.0352 and - β = 1.69, p = 0.0184) among younger individuals, particularly in younger women (β = -3.92, p = 0.0025 and β = -1.87, p = 0.0241 for SBP and DBP respectively). …”
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Integrating Videoconferencing Therapist Guidance Into Stepped Care Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child and Adolescent Anxiety: Noninferiority Randomized Contr... by Sonja March, Susan H Spence, Larry Myers, Martelle Ford, Genevieve Smith, Caroline L Donovan

“…Therapy compliance was lower for the ICBT-SC[VC] participants (mean 7.39, SD 3.44 sessions) than for the ICBT-TG[VC] participants (mean 8.73, SD 3.08 sessions), although treatment satisfaction was moderate to high in both conditions. …”
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Outcome of Pleural Empyema Treated With Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Patients With Severe Co-Morbidities: An Observational Study by Vu HA, Nguyen NV, Le TD, Nguyen ST, Viet Le A, The Vu A, Van Nguyen B, Van Nguyen B, Thanh Quan N, An NV, Duc Nghiem T

“…The surgery procedures were efficient with a short duration (65.6 ± 9.4 minutes), low incidence of blood transfusion (8.3%), and lower rate of postoperative complications (surgical wound infection 8.3%). …”
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Genome-Wide Profiling of Human Papillomavirus DNA Integration into Human Genome and Its Influence on PD-L1 Expression in Chinese Uygur Cervical Cancer Women by Feng Yang-chun, Wang Sen-yu, Zhang Yuan, Huang Yan-chun

“…The actual observation of the integration times of E1 and E6 was much higher than the expected value, while the actual observation times of E5 were much lower than the expected value. The result of GO functional analysis showed that binding molecular function and cellular process biological process were the main ways to influence the cell biological behavior of HPV gene integration. …”
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Gambaran Kejadian Hemoptisis pada Pasien di Bangsal Paru RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang Periode Januari 2011 – Desember 2012 by Intan Irfa, Irvan Medison, Detty Iryani

“…<br />Kata kunci: hemoptisis, prevalensi, tuberkulosis</p><p> </p><p>Abstract</p><p>Hemoptysis is expectoration of blood from the lower respiratory tract that varies in amount of blood from small amount to the massive amount and can become threaten of life. …”
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2-Heptanone Produces Sensorial-Emotional Changes, Depending on Length of Exposure / La 2-heptanona produce cambios sensorio-emocionales, dependiendo del tiempo de exposición by Ana Gloria Gutiérrez-García, Carlos M. Contreras, María Remedios Mendoza-López

“…In part two of this study, 141 male and female volunteers, sniffed this ketone and with a simple questionnaire it was determined that the longest tested duration (180 s) of sniffing 2-heptanone lowered the acceptance of sniffing this ketone again, compared with the shorter sniffing durations (5 and 60 s), with no differences between sexes. …”
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Evaluation of dried blood spot sampling for real-time PCR malaria diagnostics in a rural setting in Angola by Alejandro Mediavilla, Begoña Febrer-Sendra, Aroa Silgado, Patricia Martínez-Vallejo, Beatriz Crego-Vicente, Arlette Nindia, Carles Rubio Maturana, Lidia Goterris, Joan Martínez-Campreciós, Sandra Aixut, Pedro Fernández-Soto, María Luisa Aznar, Antonio Muro, Inés Oliveira-Souto, Israel Molina, Elena Sulleiro

“…-infected samples, whereas real-time PCR from DBSs detected Plasmodium spp. infection at lower proportions: 76.19% (16/21) for 10 µl, 85.71% (18/21) for 20 µl, 88.24% (15/17) for 50 µl and 85.71% (18/21) for 100 µl DBSs. …”
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The value of sex hormones and sex hormone-binding globulin in metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease among boys with obesity by Ying Wang, Shuyi Yang, Suming Zhang, Suming Zhang, Ye Yang, Siqing Li, Siqing Li, Meiyu Zhang, Meiyu Zhang, Xiaona Li, Hua Bai, Peiliang Luo, Yingdi Yuan, Yingdi Yuan

“…Children in the MAFLD group had lower levels of HDL[(1.05 ± 0.21)mmol/L vs.(1.16 ± 0.26)mmol/L], testosterone [42.41(30.33,143.28)ng/dl vs.125.41(23.41,221.57)ng/dl], and SHBG[13.20(9.10,17.30)nmol/l vs.19.60(13.50,29.85)nmol/l] compared to the simple obesity group (P&lt;0.05). …”
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Microplastic contamination in the gut and gills of commercial marine fish by . Nurhasanah, . Hasrianti, L. Hakim, E. Riani, M.Y. Iswari, M.R. Cordova

“…The abundance of microplastics in gut (1.79 ± 1.19 particles per individual) was slightly lower than in gills (1.86 ± 1.30 particles per individual). …”
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