Enhanced Gold Ore Classification: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques with Textural and Chemical Data by Fabrizzio Rodrigues Costa, Cleyton de Carvalho Carneiro, Carina Ulsen

“…In the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) and Area Under the Curve (AUC) curves, the results showed that XGBoost/scenario C1 obtained the highest AUC of 0.985, indicating that the algorithm had the best performance in ore/gangue classification of the sample set. The logistic regression algorithm together with AdaBoost had the worst performance, also varying between scenarios.…”
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Study of morphology, phase composition, optical properties, and thermal stability of hydrothermal zirconium dioxide synthesized at low temperatures by Yuriy Garanin, Rafael Shakirzyanov, Daryn Borgekov, Artem Kozlovskiy, Natalia Volodina, Dmitriy Shlimas, Maxim Zdorovets

“…Analysis of visible and UV spectroscopy data reveals that the experimental samples have pronounced absorption in the middle UV range (200–260 nm) and have an energy band gap Eg varying from 4.8 to 5.1 eV. …”
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Religion, anthropocentrism, and animal ethics: an investigation in higher education by José Gómez-Galán

“…Innovative survey and interview techniques were applied to a large sample (n = 315), and statistical tests were employed to ensure objectivity in data analysis. …”
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Cohort profile: Swedish families of the 1990s (SWIFT90) by Josephine Jackisch, Viviane S. Straatmann, Tanishta Rajesh, Ylva B. Almquist

“…The children are linked to both (adoptive or biological) parents and their siblings, so the total number of individuals in the SWIFT90 yields a total sample of n=3 292 417. These families are followed through multiple national registers including information on income, education, inpatient care, mortality and criminal offences. …”
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Pix2Pix-Based Modelling of Urban Morphogenesis and Its Linkage to Local Climate Zones and Urban Heat Islands in Chinese Megacities by Mo Wang, Ziheng Xiong, Jiayu Zhao, Shiqi Zhou, Qingchan Wang

“…The research framework comprises four key components: (1) acquisition of LCZ maps and urban form samples from selected Chinese megacities for training, utilizing datasets such as the World Cover database, RiverMap’s building outlines, and integrated satellite data from Landsat 8, Sentinel-1, and Sentinel-2; (2) evaluation of the Pix2Pix algorithm’s performance in simulating urban environments; (3) generation of 3D urban models to demonstrate the model’s capability for automated urban morphology construction, with specific potential for examining urban heat island effects; (4) examination of the model’s adaptability in urban planning contexts in projecting urban morphological transformations. …”
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Artificial Intelligence With Neural Network Algorithms in Pediatric Astrocytoma Diagnosis: A Systematic Review by Floresya K. Farmawati, Della W.A. Nurwakhid, Tifani A. Pradhea, Rayyan Fitriasa, Hutami H. Arrahmi, Muhana F. Ilyas, Fadhilah T. Nur

“…Data was assessed using the Effective Public Health Practice Project tool.Results: Of 454 articles screened, 6 met inclusion criteria. …”
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A genome wide meta-analysis study for identification of common variation associated with breast cancer prognosis. by Sajjad Rafiq, Sofia Khan, William Tapper, Andrew Collins, Rosanna Upstill-Goddard, Susan Gerty, Carl Blomqvist, Kristiina Aittomäki, Fergus J Couch, Jianjun Liu, Heli Nevanlinna, Diana Eccles

“…Phenotypic heterogeneity and relatively small sample sizes may explain the lack of genome wide significant findings. …”
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Effect of the loss on ignition on the unconfined compressive strength of residual clays from Bogotá-Colombia stabilized with cement by Liliana Carolina Hernández García, Henry A. Colorado Lopera

“…A total of 153 cylindrical samples were manufactured using a monotonic compression compaction technique with different cement and water dosages. …”
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Cloud-to-cloud Velocity Dispersions Across a Local Arm Segment by Lixia Yuan, Ji Yang

“…Using a large sample of 9617 molecular clouds (MCs) from the Milky Way Imaging Scroll Painting survey, we mainly measure one-dimensional cloud-to-cloud velocity dispersions across a 450 deg ^2 segment of the Local Arm in the Galactic second quadrant. …”
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Care for post-COVID-19 condition in Germany from the perspectives of patients, informal caregivers and general practitioners: Study protocol for a mixed methods study. by Melanie Brinkmann, Maike Stolz, Annika Herr, Christoph Herrmann-Lingen, Imke Koch, Christiane Müller, Frank Müller, Uta Sekanina, Jona Theodor Stahmeyer, Martina de Zwaan, Christian Krauth, Nils Schneider

“…in their statutory health insurance claims data in 2022 ("AOK survey") and (2) a self-selected sample of adult individuals with a proven SARS-CoV-2 infection in 2023 and persistent symptoms ("public survey"). …”
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A pilot study of twice-weekly group-based written exposure therapy for veterans in residential substance use treatment: effects on PTSD and depressive symptoms by Natalia Van Doren, Fang-Hsi Chang, Amanda Nguyen, Kevin R. McKenna, Derek D. Satre, Shannon Wiltsey-Stirman

“…Results Over 5 months, 76.2% of the target population were successfully enrolled. Of the enrolled sample, 48 participants, 92% (n = 44) completed 3 sessions, while 56% (n = 28) completed 5 sessions. …”
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From Transformative Agency to AI Literacy: Profiling Slovenian Technical High School Students Through the Five Big Ideas Lens by Stanislav Avsec, Denis Rupnik

“…This study situates a sample of 425 Slovenian secondary technical students within a three-tier framework that maps psychological empowerment onto AI literacy outcomes within a cultural–historical activity system. …”
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Testing General Relativity Using Large-scale Structure Photometric Redshift Surveys and the Cosmic Microwave Background Lensing Effect by Shang Li, Jun-Qing Xia

“…In this study, we constrain the E _G statistic using photometric redshift data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) MagLim sample in combination with the Planck 2018 cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing map. …”
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Investigating the role of KARS in lung adenocarcinoma via single-cell RNA sequencing by Huafang Hu, Yan Zhong, Guangbiao Li, Ru Deng, Jingfu Lin, Wenkun Wu, Yonghong Li

“…Results Our investigation found that KARS expression was markedly elevated in LUAD tissue samples compared to normal controls. Genomic analysis indicated a robust association between increased copy number of the KARS gene and its overexpression. …”
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Understanding barriers and facilitators to non-pharmaceutical chronic pain research engagement among people living with chronic pain in the UK: a two-phase mixed-methods approach by Daniel Baker, Kirralise Hansford, Anna E Crossland, Catherine Preston, Kirsten J McKenzie

“…Seven participants could not attend their focus group or a subsequent session, leaving a final sample size of 29 participants (83% female, 17% male; age=20–78 years, M=44.3 years). …”
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Evaluating the performance of Moroccan social incubators: an SFA analysis of youth platforms under the national initiative for human development by Younes El Maaqili, Mariam Tlemcani Mhandez, Abdessamad Ouchen

“…Research methodology – Based on a sample of 40 NIHD youth platforms, the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) method was applied to measure their technical efficiency (TE), and then the  determinants of the TE obtained were analysed by a regression using the Tobit model.  …”
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Linkage to HIV care following diagnosis in the WHO European Region: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2006-2017. by Sara Croxford, Zheng Yin, Fiona Burns, Andrew Copas, Katy Town, Sarika Desai, Andrew Skingsley, Valerie Delpech, OptTEST project

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Integrated multiomics and Mendelian randomization identify CHIT1 as a novel sepsis biomarker and therapeutic target by Guorui Li, Yunlong Mao, Jiaxiang Liao, Yuquan Zhou

“…Data for MR analysis were sourced from the eQTLGen Consortium and IEU OpenGWAS project. Prognostic biomarkers and potential drug targets for sepsis were identified through univariate Cox regression and MR analysis. …”
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Sun-dried tomato powder reduces blood sugar levels and improves the lipid profile among people with type-2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial by Dr Altaf Ahmed, Prashanth Shetty, Geetha B Shetty

“…One cohort provided blood samples daily for 10 consecutive days for laboratory analysis. …”
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“Schmallenberg” virus: Analysis of the Epidemiological Data and Assessment of Impact by European Food Safety Authority

“…In terms of transmission routes, recent entomological investigations have identified SBV in field samples of biting midges of the Culicoides obsoletus group. …”
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