Causal Inference for Hypertension Prediction With Wearable E lectrocardiogram and P hotoplethysmogram Signa... by Ke Gon g, Yifan Chen, Xinyue Song, Zhizhong Fu, Xiaorong Ding

“…We further fused the 6 causal graphs into 1 causal graph and identified features that were causally related to hypertension from the causal graph . Finally, we used these features to detect hypertension via machine learning algorithms. …”
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Enhancing CsSn0.5Ge0.5I3 Perovskite Solar Cell Performance via Cu2O Hole Transport Layer Integration by Abu Rayhan, M. A. Khan, Md. Rabiul Islam

“…The structure has been also compared with multiple electron transport elements and concluded that the proposed model functions superior due to the use of PC60BM as an electron transport layer and it has an improved electron extraction procedure. Finally, the proposed model has achieved the optimized values as Jsc of 31.56 mA/cm-2, Voc of 1.12 V, FF of 81.47%, and PCE of 27.72%. …”
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A Nation-Wide Survey of High School Baseball Coaches’ Perceptions Indicates their Arm Care Programs Play a Role in Injury Prevention by K A Matsel, E E Weiss, R J Butler, M C Hoch, P M Westgate, T R Malone, T L Uhl

“…The secondary objective sought to determine if the use of arm care programs is influenced by coaches’ age, education, and experience level. Finally, this study explored the potential barriers to arm care implementation and high school baseball coaches’ current awareness and beliefs of injury prevention…”
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PGTransNet: a physics-guided transformer network for 3D ocean temperature and salinity predicting in tropical Pacific by Song Wu, Senliang Bao, Wei Dong, Senzhang Wang, Xiaojiang Zhang, Chengcheng Shao, Junxing Zhu, Xiaoyong Li

“…The former two are the core components to leverage the physical information. Finally, to comprehensively evaluate PGTransnet, we conduct rich experiments in metrics RMSE, Anomoly Correlation Coefficients, Bias and physical consistency. …”
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Continuous Improvements and Future Challenges of Air Pollution Control at an Advanced Semiconductor Fab by Hsueh-Hsing Lu, Ming-Chun Lu, Thi-Cuc Le, Zhiping An, David Y. H. Pui, Chuen-Jinn Tsai

“…The challenges to removing derived fine PM and white smoke still remain which can be resolved by using efficient control devices in the pre- and post-treatment stages, such as wet electrostatic precipitators. Finally, the by-product NOx can be minimized by using low-NOx burners or de-NOx control technologies in the future.…”
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Another way? An investigation into an institution’s use of the Wayson stain in re-evaluating “no organisms seen” on Gram stain smears from positive blood cultures by Christopher C. Attaway, Jessica Smith, Daniel D. Rhoads

“…Of blood cultures that were positive by BACTEC with NOS Gram and Wayson stains (475), 414 were finalized as no growth and 61 had an isolate (false negatives) of which 49% (30) were yeasts. …”
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Changing role of security alliances in the post-Cold War era by I. A. Istomin, A. V. Levchenko

“…Secondly, the authors conclude that the key feature of the post-Cold War coalition-building is the so-called ritual alliance, when military and political commitments are included in the agenda of regional integration groupings as an addition to substantive issues of cooperation rather than the reverse. Finally, in the 1990s and 2010s, the range of formats of an alliance expanded: from the traditional priorities of territorial defense, the focus has shifted towards expeditionary operations as a part of coalitions, the latter including not only sovereign states but also non-state patronage networks. …”
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Co-optimising frequency-containment services from zero-carbon sources in electricity grids dominated by Renewable Energy Sources by Aimon Mirza Baig, Luis Badesa, Yi Wang, Goran Strbac

“…The results demonstrate that ancillary services costs can be reduced from 35% to 3.3% and 45% to 4.2% of the total system operating cost under wind scenarios of 70GW and 100GW respectively. Similarly, simulations demonstrate that the provision of ancillary services can significantly reduce emissions in the system.…”
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Identification of multicohort-based predictive signature for NMIBC recurrence reveals SDCBP as a novel oncogene in bladder cancer by Chen Zhang, Hubin Yin, Tinghao Li, Junrui Chen, Weiyang He, Ke Ren, Bo Li, Xudong Liu

“…We combined gene signature and clinicopathological factors to construct a clinical nomogram for estimating NMIBC recurrence in a local cohort. Finally. the biological functions and potential mechanisms of SDCBP in bladder cancer were investigated experimentally in vitro and in vivo.Results An 8-gene signature was developed, and its efficiency for predicting NMIBC recurrence was evaluated using Kaplan-Meier and time-dependent ROC curves in both training and validation datasets. …”
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Design of an Improved Method for Visual Rendering in the Metaverse Using CIEM and MSRANet by Janapati Venkata Krishna, Priyanka Singh, Regonda Nagaraju, Setti Vidya Sagar Appaji, Attuluri Uday Kiran, K. Spandana

“…Anticipatory Scene Rendering (ASR) utilizes predictive modeling in order to allow for the pre-rendering of scenes based on user behavior, in this way significantly reducing latency by 40% with an accuracy of 85% in seamless navigation. Finally, BEER, standing for Bioinspired Energy-Efficient Rendering, borrows from the energy-efficient way of visual processing in the human brain through a spiking neural network that reduces energy consumption by 35% without image quality degradation. …”
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A recurrence model for non-puerperal mastitis patients based on machine learning. by Gaosha Li, Qian Yu, Feng Dong, Zhaoxia Wu, Xijing Fan, Lingling Zhang, Ying Yu

“…A combination of four machine learning algorithms (XGBoost、Logistic Regression、Random Forest、AdaBoost) was employed to predict NPM recurrence, and the model with the highest Area Under the Curve (AUC) in the test set was selected as the best model. The finally selected model was interpreted and evaluated using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves, calibration curves, Decision curve analysis (DCA), and Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) plots.…”
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Experimental Study on Improving the Compressive Strength of UHPC Turntable by Jiawei Wang, Quansheng Sun

“…The compressive strength and mechanical characteristics of the UHPC structure meet the requirements of the turntable, and more importantly, the manufacturing process (on-site pouring) of the aforementioned UHPC turntable structures is relatively simple. Finally, the manufacturing cost of the turntables is expected to be reduced by more than 50% compared to those of traditional turntables.…”
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In-vitro simulation methods for mechanical plaque removal: a systematic scoping review of current techniques and future directions by Johannes Herzog, Jelena Karacic, Leonardo Svellenti, Philipp Sahrmann

“…Retrieved study titles and abstracts were screened for possible inclusion. Finally, data from included fulltexts was extracted by two independent reviewers. …”
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Cumbre de Sistemas Alimentarios de la ONU 2021: Desmantelando la democracia y restableciendo el control corporativo de los sistemas alimentarios by Matthew Canfield, Molly D Anderson, Philip McMichael

“… Este artículo analiza el desarrollo y la organización de la Cumbre de Sistemas Alimentarios de las Naciones Unidas (UNFSS), que está siendo convocada por el Secretario General de la ONU, António Guterres, a finales de 2021. Aunque pocas personas discutirán que los sistemas alimentarios globales necesitan transformación, ha quedado claro que la Cumbre es, en cambio, un esfuerzo de una poderosa alianza de corporaciones multinacionales, organizaciones filantrópicas y países orientados a la exportación para subvertir las instituciones multilaterales de gobernanza alimentaria y capturar la narrativa global de la “transformación de los sistemas alimentarios”. …”
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A microstructure-based numerical approach for uniaxial fatigue life-based non-uniaxial fatigue life prediction of hypo-eutectoid steels by Jonghoon Shin, Hyunki Kim, Minwoo Kang, Chungan Lee, Seunghyun Hong, Yoon Suk Choi

“…The proposed prediction procedure involves the generation of a statistically representative synthetic microstructure, the development of slip system-based fatigue constitutive models for the primary ferrite and pearlite phases constituting the hypo-eutectoid steel, the synthetic microstructure-based finite element simulations for uniaxial, torsional, and in-phase and out-of-phase axial plus torsional fatigue loading conditions using the developed constitutive models, the extraction of the cyclic increment of the fatigue indicator parameters (ΔFIP) from fatigue-simulated microstructures for the local fatigue damage quantification, the calibration of the uniaxial fatigue life prediction model by linking simulated uniaxial ΔFIPs to the uniaxial fatigue life data, and finally the prediction of the non-uniaxial fatigue life (through simulated non-uniaxial ΔFIPs) using the uniaxial fatigue-calibrated life prediction model. …”
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Dyskryminacja dzieci pozamałżeńskich w ustawodawstwie cywilnym w Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej i próby jej przezwyciężenia w projektach kodyfikacyjnych by Leonard Górnicki

“…The article points out that of the five coexisting systems of family law in independent Poland that originated in the partition era, which were treated as Polish district law (namely: the French-Polish legislation in the central lands, the Russian legislation in the eastern lands, the Austrian legislation in the southern lands, the provisions of the Austrian legislation in force together, as well as some Austrian marriage laws and the Hungarian Personal Marriage Law of 1894 in Spiš and Orava, and finally German legislation in the western lands of the Second Republic of Poland)— all discriminated against extramarital children, then known as “non-marital” and “illegitimate” or “natural” children. …”
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Associations among immunophenotype, plasma metabolites, and benign prostatic hyperplasia: a mediation Mendelian randomization study by FAN Jiuming, ZHAO Yiqiao, JIA Haichang, WANG Tiankun, HAN Yutong, QIN Zihao, CHEN Ping, ZENG Xiantao

“…The causal relationship between plasma metabolites and BPH was evaluated by the same method. Finally, the mediating effect of plasma metabolites between immune cells and BPH was further estimated. …”
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An optimized deep-forest algorithm using a modified differential evolution optimization algorithm: A case of host-pathogen protein-protein interaction prediction by Jerry Emmanuel, Itunuoluwa Isewon, Jelili Oyelade

“…Additionally, the optimized model predicted seven novel host-pathogen interactions. Finally, the model was implemented as a web application which is accessible at http://dfh3pi.covenantuniversity.edu.ng.…”
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Improvement in the Flux Uniformity of the Solar Dish Concentrator System through a Concave Quartz Window by Du-zhong Nie, You-duo Peng, Jian Yan, Cheng-ji Mi, Yong-xiang Liu, Yong Tian

“…Obviously, the concave quartz window was better than the plane quartz window in improving the flux uniformity. Finally, a further study on the sinusoidal quartz window scheme of all of the above optimal parameter schemes showed that when the installation position of the receiver relative to the dish concentrator was changed, the flux uniformity of the receiver could continue to improve. …”
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Covid-19 Salgınının Türkiye’de Finansal Yatırım Araçları Üzerindeki Etkisi by Sevim Nurbanu Yıldız, Üzeyir Aydın

“…COVID-19’a bağlı gelişen ekonomik belirsizlik, ekonomik birimlerin yatırım kararlarını etkileyerek finans piyasalarında dalgalanmaların ortaya çıkmasını beraberinde getirmiştir. …”
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