Clinimetrics of the 9- and 19-Item Wearing-Off Questionnaire: A Systematic Review by Carlos E. Mantese, Artur Schumacher-Schuh, Carlos R. M. Rieder

“…A recent review by the Movement Disorder Society suggested the 19-item (WOQ-19) and 9-item (WOQ-9) questionnaires as screening tools for the wearing-off phenomenon. …”
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Variational Iteration Decomposition Method for Solving Eighth-Order Boundary Value Problems by Muhammad Aslam Noor, Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din

“…We implement a relatively new analytical technique, the variational iteration decomposition method (VIDM), for solving the eighth-order boundary value problems. …”
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IL-31 and IL-8 in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma: Looking for Their Role in Itch by Maria Abreu, Marta Miranda, Mafalda Castro, Iolanda Fernandes, Renata Cabral, Ana Helena Santos, Sónia Fonseca, João Rodrigues, Magdalena Leander, Catarina Lau, Inês Freitas, Susana Coimbra, Alice Santos-Silva, Margarida Lima

“…Increased serum IL-8 observed in some patients may be related to concomitant infections, and its role in exacerbating itch by recruiting neutrophils and promoting the release of neutrophil proteases deserves further investigation.…”
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Modified Step Variational Iteration Method for Solving Fractional Biochemical Reaction Model by R. Yulita Molliq, M. S. M. Noorani, R. R. Ahmad, A. K. Alomari

“…A new method called the modification of step variational iteration method (MoSVIM) is introduced and used to solve the fractional biochemical reaction model. …”
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Companding transform technique combined with iterative filtering for reducing PAPR of OFDM signals by Chao YANG, Yong WANG, Jian-hua GE

“…Considering the drawbacks of the traditional companding transforms，an efficient companding scheme combined with iterative filtering was proposed to reduce the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals.By introducing a joint optimization approach for PAPR and bit error rate (BER) performances along with remaining an unchanged average output power level，the scheme could achieve significant reduction in PAPR as well as an improved BER simultaneously.Moreover，by adaptively adjusting the transform parameters in the iterative process，more design flexibility in companding form and lower out-of-band radiation could also be given to satisfy various system requirements.The proposed scheme had a simple functional form and less computational complexity.The theoretical results regarding the transform gain and impact of companding distortion were derived.Simulation results show that this scheme can substantially offer better overall performances in terms of PAPR reduction，BER performance and bandwidth efficiency.…”
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Vignettes: a data collection technique to handle the differential operation of items in surveys by Antonio Sergio Silva, Wilerson Lucas Campos-Silva, Maria Aparecida Gouvea, Milton Carlos Farina

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N*-Iteration Approach for Approximation of Fixed Points in Uniformly Convex Banach Space by Raghad I. Sabri

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General Switch-and-Stay Combing for Space Diversity over Rayleigh Fading Channels by Yawgeng A. Chau, Yao-Hua Chen

“…Three multibranch switch-and-stay combining (MSSC) schemes are analyzed for Rayleigh fading channels, where different decision statistics for antenna switching (i.e., switch statistic) are used. …”
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Application of Adaptive Local Iterative Filtering and Fuzzy Entropy in Gear Fault Identification by Wenbin Zhang, Jie Jiang, Yasong Pu, Libin Yu, Dewei Guo, Jie Min

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Research on Fluid Viscous Damper Parameters of Cable-Stayed Bridge in Northwest China by Xiongjun He, Yongchao Yang, Xiang Xiao, Yulin Deng

“…To optimize the aseismic performance of nonlinear fluid viscous dampers (FVD) of cable-stayed bridge in the highly seismic zone, Xigu Yellow River Bridge in northwest China is taken as an example. …”
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Iterative Learning Control with Forgetting Factor for Linear Distributed Parameter Systems with Uncertainty by Xisheng Dai, Senping Tian, Wenguang Luo, Yajun Guo

“…Iterative learning control is an intelligent control algorithm which imitates human learning process. …”
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Modeling and 1 : 1 Internal Resonance Analysis of Cable-Stayed Shallow Arches by Jiangen Lv, Zhicheng Yang, Xuebin Chen, Quanke Wu, Xiaoxia Zeng

“…In this paper, an analytical model of a cable-stayed shallow arch is developed in order to investigate the 1 : 1 internal resonance between modes of a cable and a shallow arch. …”
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Cross-modal matching of monosyllabic and bisyllabic items varying in phonotactic probability and lexicality by Kauyumari Sanchez

“…Experiment 1 employed monosyllabic items, while experiment 2 employed bisyllabic items. …”
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Understanding the reliability of citizen science observational data using item response models by Edgar Santos‐Fernandez, Kerrie Mengersen

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AN EFFICIENT ALGORITHM FOR MINING FREQUENT ITEM-SETS CONTAINING A CONSTRAINT SUBSET by Dương Văn Hải, Trương Chí Tín

Subjects: “…Frequent item-sets…”
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Couple of the Variational Iteration Method and Legendre Wavelets for Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations by Fukang Yin, Junqiang Song, Xiaoqun Cao, Fengshun Lu

“…This paper develops a modified variational iteration method coupled with the Legendre wavelets, which can be used for the efficient numerical solution of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). …”
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On Some Iterative Methods with Memory and High Efficiency Index for Solving Nonlinear Equations by Tahereh Eftekhari

“…Based on iterative methods without memory of eighth-order convergence proposed by Thukral (2012), some iterative methods with memory and high efficiency index are presented. …”
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A Novel and Efficient Iterative Approach to Approximating Solutions of Fractional Differential Equations by Doaa Filali, Nidal H. E. Eljaneid, Adel Alatawi, Esmail Alshaban, Montaser Saudi Ali, Faizan Ahmad Khan

Subjects: “…iteration methods…”
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Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay among Patients with Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism by Li Wang, Onur Baser, Phil Wells, W. Frank Peacock, Craig I. Coleman, Gregory J. Fermann, Jeff Schein, Concetta Crivera

“…**Background:** Increased hospital length of stay is an important cost driver in hospitalized low-risk pulmonary embolism (LRPE) patients, who benefit from abbreviated hospital stays. …”
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The Savvy Survey #6b: Constructing Open-Ended Items for a Questionnaire by Jessica L. Gouldthorpe, Glenn D. Israel

“… This 4-page fact sheet provides an overview of constructing open-ended items for a questionnaire. It is part of the Savvy Survey Series. …”
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