Inference and Optimal Design on Partially Accelerated Life Tests for the Power Half-Logistic Distribution Under Adaptive Type II Progressive Censoring by Hanan Haj Ahmad, Mahmoud M. El-Awady

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Unlocking Sustainable Financing Practices for Energy Efficiency Projects: A Multi-Country Analysis by Charikleia Karakosta, Alice Corovessi, Isaak Vryzidis

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Traffic-Adaptive Inter Wavelength Load Balancing for TWDM PON by Kamran Ali Memon, Qi Zhang, Rizwan Aslam Butt, Khalid Hussain Mohammadani, Muhammad Faheem, Noor ul Ain, Feng Tian, Xiangjun Xin

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Identification of novel drug targets for Helicobacter pylori: structure-based virtual screening of potential inhibitors against DAH7PS protein involved in the shikimate pathway by Narjes Noori Goodarzi, Narjes Noori Goodarzi, Mahshid Khazani Asforooshani, Mahshid Khazani Asforooshani, Behzad Shahbazi, Nayereh Rezaie Rahimi, Nayereh Rezaie Rahimi, Farzad Badmasti

“…The DAH7PS protein as a promising drug target was evaluated using a computer-aided drug design. 6,8-Dihydroxyisocoumarin-3-carboxylic acid and Epicatechin demonstrated desirable properties and stable interactions, highlighting their potential to inhibit DAH7PS as an essential protein. …”
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Can the degree of ureteral stone impaction better predict surgical success and complications? a new classification system by Emre Şam, Mustafa Yağmur, Muhammed Çağrı Akkuş, Deniz Öztürk Koçakgöl, Büşra Emir, Mehmet Sefa Altay, Fatih Akkaş, Ekrem Güner

“…Patient characteristics, preoperative non-contrast computed tomography (CT) findings, laboratory values, and intraoperative and postoperative outcomes were analyzed. …”
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Associations of green and blue spaces with visual acuity in youths from Shandong Province, China: A large population-based study by Xiaoyun Ma, Gaohui Zhang, Xue Liu, Min Zhao, Bo Xi

“…To explore potential interactions, an interaction term for green and blue spaces was incorporated. Quantile g-computation (Qgcomp) models were applied to evaluate their combined effects. …”
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Machine Learning–Based Prediction for In‐Hospital Mortality After Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage Using Real‐World Clinical and Image Data by Koutarou Matsumoto, Kazuaki Ishihara, Katsuhiko Matsuda, Koki Tokunaga, Shigeo Yamashiro, Hidehisa Soejima, Naoki Nakashima, Masahiro Kamouchi

“…METHODS AND RESULTS ML‐based models were developed to predict in‐hospital mortality in 527 patients with ICH using raw brain imaging data from brain computed tomography and clinical data. The models' performances were evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves and calibration plots, comparing them with traditional risk scores such as the ICH score and ICH grading scale. …”
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Risk assessment of thyroid nodules with a multi-instance convolutional neural network by Da Yu, Tingting Song, Yancheng Yu, Hebin Zhang, Feng Gao, Zirong Wang, Jiacheng Wang

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Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic against Some elements of Modern Political Philosophy by bahram akhavan kazemi, javad salehi, Hosain Mohseni

“…Therefore, attempts to prevent or resolve the riddle of pandemics require something more than the calculative and computational knowledge of modernity.…”
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Phytobioinformatics screening of ayurvedic plants for potential α-glucosidase inhibitors in diabetes management by Hira Khalid, Muhammad Hassan Butt, Aziz ur Rehman Aziz, Iqra Ahmad, Farzana Iqbal, Amen Shamim, Umar Nishan, Riaz Ullah, Mohamed A. Ibrahim, Arlindo Alencar Moura, Mohibullah Shah, Wenwen Sun

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Video-based estimation of blood pressure. by Ananyananda Dasari, Laszlo A Jeni, Conrad S Tucker

“…We demonstrate the robustness of V-BPE by evaluating the efficacy of blood pressure estimation in demographically diverse, outside-the-lab conditions. …”
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η-ensemble path integral Monte Carlo approach to the free energy of the warm dense electron gas and the uniform electron liquid by Tobias Dornheim, Panagiotis Tolias, Zhandos A. Moldabekov, Jan Vorberger

“…We explore the recently introduced η-ensemble approach to compute the free energy directly from ab initio path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) simulations [T. …”
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Imaging and printing in plastic and reconstructive surgery part 1: established techniques by Michael P Chae, David J Hunter-Smith, Warren M Rozen

“…In the first of a two-part series, we evaluate established three-dimensional (3D) imaging and printing techniques based on CT and MRI used in plastic and reconstructive surgery. …”
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An egonet based approach to effective weighted network comparison by Carlo Piccardi

“…In short, they are based on the distributions, on the graph, of a few egonet features which are easily defined and computed: the distance between two graphs is then the distance between the corresponding distributions. …”
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Prediction of porosity, hardness and surface roughness in additive manufactured AlSi10Mg samples. by Fatma Alamri, Imad Barsoum, Shrinivas Bojanampati, Maher Maalouf

“…On the basis of the computational results, the artificial neural network outperformed in predicting relative density, surface roughness, and hardness. …”
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A mobile robot safe planner for multiple tasks in human-shared environments. by Jian Mi, Xianbo Zhang, Zhongjie Long, Jun Wang, Wei Xu, Yue Xu, Shejun Deng

“…FSARS is verified through a series of comparative simulations involving seven types of environmental settings, each with distinct task number, grid size, and human number. We evaluate FSARS based on several metrics, including conflict number, conflict distribution, task success rate, reward, and computational time. …”
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A Multi-Period Optimization Framework for Portfolio Selection Using Interval Analysis by Florentin Șerban

“…A nonlinear multi-objective formulation ensures computational tractability while preserving decision realism. …”
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Bathymetric survey and volumetric analysis of Bakolori dam reservoir North West Nigeria by Ahmad Mahi Shuaibu

“…ArcGis 10.0 was used to analyze the acquired data. In order to evaluate the reservoir capacity loss during the Bakolori reservoir's operating period as of 1983, the designed computed reservoir capacity was compared with the current bathymetry survey. …”
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Model for the peptide-free conformation of class II MHC proteins. by Corrie A Painter, Anthony Cruz, Gustavo E López, Lawrence J Stern, Zarixia Zavala-Ruiz

“…The model for the peptide-free conformation was evaluated using conformationally-sensitive antibody and superantigen probes predicted to show no change, moderate change, or dramatic changes in their interaction with peptide-free DR1 and peptide-loaded DR1. …”
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Transpedicular Decompression And Spinal Fixation In Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures by Ahmed Tashfeen Ashraf

“… Objective: To evaluate the results of transpedicular decompression and single stage pedicle screw fixation in burst fractures of thoracolumbar spine. …”
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