‘What a perennial delight is in hearing the French language spoken!’: Class, Language and Taste in the Maison de Molière’s French Performances in London (1871–1893) by Ignacio Ramos Gay

“…Indeed, performances in the original linguistic version were sure to garner critical acclaim. …”
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Évaluation des facteurs d’influence des performances de reproduction après synchronisation des chaleurs et insémination artificielle des bovins au Cameroun by Justin Kouamo, Julie Sabine Nga’omgba Fouda, Camille Teitsa Zangue

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Immersion in Computer Games: The Role of Spatial Presence and Flow by David Weibel, Bartholomäus Wissmath

“…In addition, flow and presence enhanced performance as well as enjoyment.…”
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Iterative Linear Quadratic Optimization for Nonlinear Control: Differentiable Programming Algorithmic Templates by Roulet, Vincent, Srinivasa, Siddhartha, Fazel, Maryam, Harchaoui, Zaid

“…Furthermore, we present line-search strategies and regularized variants of these algorithms, along with a comprehensive analysis of their computational complexities. We study the performance of the aforementioned algorithms on various nonlinear control benchmarks, including autonomous car racing simulations using a simplified car model. …”
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The Implementation of Therapeutic Alliance in the Rehabilitation of an Elite Pediatric Athlete with Salter-Harris Fracture: A Case Report by Lucas VanEtten, Matthew Briggs, John DeWitt, Cody Mansfield, Christopher Kaeding

“…The subject demonstrated improved range of motion, strength and was able to return to hydroplane racing and won a national championship in his age group…”
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Evaluating Forelimb and Hindlimb Joint Conformation of Morna Racehorses (<i>Equus caballus</i>) by Israr Ahmad, Sahar Ijaz, Mirza M. Usman, Ayesha Safdar, Imdad U. Khan, Muhammad Zeeshan, Syed S. U. H. Bukhari

“…The elbow and stifle joint angles of Morna align well with characteristics associated with optimal racing performance. However, the hock and fetlock angles differ from jumping Thoroughbred and French trotters. …”
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VECTOR: Velocity-Enhanced GRU Neural Network for Real-Time 3D UAV Trajectory Prediction by Omer Nacar, Mohamed Abdelkader, Lahouari Ghouti, Kahled Gabr, Abdulrahman Al-Batati, Anis Koubaa

“…This performance outstrips existing state-of-the-art RNN models. …”
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Evaluations of Morphometric Traits and Body Conformation Indices of Horse Ecotypes Reared in the Highlands of Bale Eco‐Region, Ethiopia by Mesay Guyo, Melaku Tareke, Andualem Tonamo, Diriba Bediye, Girma Defar

“…It also determines the design of harnessing implements, physical injury level and working performance of the native horses. Thus, the study was conducted to evaluate morphometric traits and body conformation indices of horse ecotypes reared across four districts of Bale Zone, Ethiopia. …”
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Known and novel parvoviruses identified in domestic pigeons by Ewa Łukaszuk, Daria Dziewulska, Anthony Khalifeh, Joy M. Custer, Simona Kraberger, Arvind Varsani, Tomasz Stenzel

“…High-throughput sequencing was performed on samples testing positive in quantitative PCR with TaqMan probe and in digital droplet PCR. …”
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Running trends in Switzerland from 1999 to 2019: An exploratory observational study. by Anja Witthöft, Thimo Marcin, Mabliny Thuany, Volker Scheer, Pantelis T Nikolaidis, Matthias Wilhelm, Katja Weiss, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle

“…Athletes in 10 km races had the best performance within the five analyzed race distances. …”
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Les coulisses du sublime by Emmanuel Grimaud

“…Cinema is engaged from its origins in a frantic race to make physically impossible actions visually plausible by camouflaging their conditions of application. …”
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A Signal Based Triangular Structuring Element for Mathematical Morphological Analysis and Its Application in Rolling Element Bearing Fault Diagnosis by Zhaowen Chen, Ning Gao, Wei Sun, Qiong Chen, Fengying Yan, Xinyu Zhang, Maria Iftikhar, Shiwei Liu, Zhongqi Ren

“…The classification performance of the proposed method is evaluated by a set of bearing vibration signals with inner race, ball, and outer race faults, respectively. …”
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Assessing bias and computational efficiency in vision transformers using early exits by Seth Nixon, Pietro Ruiu, Marinella Cadoni, Andrea Lagorio, Massimo Tistarelli

“…This results in an uncertain, and often heavily unbalanced distribution of race, gender, age and other aspects of the subjects, which is then manifested in the decisions of the models trained on them. …”
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Development of a machine learning model related to explore the association between heavy metal exposure and alveolar bone loss among US adults utilizing SHAP: a study based on NHAN... by Jiayi Chen

“…Conclusion In this study, RF showed superior performance compared with the other five algorithms. …”
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Examining physical training versus physical and mental training programmes in Swimrun semi-professional athletes: A randomised, controlled, trial by Francesco Chirico, Giuseppe Ferrari, Giuseppina Rasà

“…Before a Swimrun competition, the EXP Group performed both physical and mental training programs, while the CON group only performed a physical training program. …”
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Predictive factors for the development of depression in children and adolescents: a clinical study by Hong Zhang, Peilin Yu, Xiaoming Liu, Xiaoming Liu, Ke Wang, Ke Wang, Ke Wang, Ke Wang

“…Area under the curve (AUC) and decision curve analysis (DCA) were used to compare the predictive performance and clinical utility of these models. In addition, calibration curves were used to assess calibration.ResultsMultivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that risk factors for depression included girls, higher age, treated/judged based on race/ethnicity, ever lived with anyone mentally ill, experienced as a victim of/witnessed violence, and ever had autism, ever had attention-deficit disorder (ADD), etc. …”
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Automation-aided construction and characterization of Bacillus subtilis PrsA strains for the secretion of amylases by Felix Hamburger, Niels Schlichting, Michael Eichenlaub, Paul Igor Costea, Christopher Sauer, Stefan Jenewein, Johannes Kabisch, Johannes Kabisch

“…Proteins face an obstacle race on their way to successful folding. Chaperones facilitate the proper folding of proteins by ensuring they remain on the correct path toward their final tertiary structure. …”
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Prebreeding research of near-isogenic lines of spring bread wheat with a combination of translocations from Agropyron elongatum (Host.) Р.В. and Aegilops ventricosa Tausch. by S. N. Sibikeev, A. E. Druzhin

“…Dobrynya determines high resistance to leaf rust and stem rust race Ug99 + Lr24 (TTKST), being neutral with regard to agronomic performance indices.…”
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Penalized landmark supermodels (penLM) for dynamic prediction for time-to-event outcomes in high-dimensional data by Anya H. Fries, Eunji Choi, Summer S. Han

“…However, challenges arise in selecting features to predict patient outcomes from high-dimensional data, aligning longitudinal measurements from multiple sources, and evaluating dynamic model performance. Methods We provide a framework for dynamic risk prediction using the penalized landmark supermodel (penLM) and develop novel metrics ( $$\:\overline{AUC}_{w}\:$$ and $$\:\overline{BS}_{w}\:$$ ) to evaluate and summarize model performance across different timepoints. …”
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Perceived Nuisance Caused by Air Pollution on Amateur Endurance Athletes/Exercisers: Development of a Psychometric Scale by George Koskinas, Ilias Mavroidis, Yiannis Giossos

“…For amateur endurance athletes/exercisers, air pollution can cause, apart from the common health issues, reduced performance capacity during training and races. The most significant inconveniences that these amateur athletes/exercisers have to deal with, are related to breathing difficulty, increased heart rate, cough or respiratory problems, and eye or nose discomfort. …”
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