A Simulation-Based Approach to Teach Interaction Effects in Postgraduate Biostatistics Courses by Nicola Orsini, Robert Thiesmeier, Karin Båge

“…We conclude that a simulation-based approach can be a useful and interactive tool to create a valuable learning experience. The materials provided in this article can serve as a starting point for teachers who wish to implement such a method.…”
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Compressed Sensing of Vibration Signal for Fault Diagnosis of Bearings, Gears, and Propellers Under Speed Variation Conditions by Yuki Kato, Masayoshi Otaka

“…This represents a novel approach for efficiently capturing the essential features of vibration signals under rotational speed variations. The proposed method was validated through numerical experiments. …”
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Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Parameter Optimized VMD and ELM with Improved SSA by Yang Sen, Wang Hengdi, Cui Yongcun, Li Chang, Tang Yuanchao

“…Finally, through the screening of coefficients of the variation method, the root mean square value and peak value are constructed as the two-dimensional eigenvalue vector of the first layer, and the sample entropy, kurtosis and root mean square are constructed as the three-dimensional eigenvalue vector of the second layer, which are respectively sent to the limit learning machine ELM for the training and classification of rolling bearing faults.The experiment results show that the proposed algorithm has good fault diagnosis performance,ultimately achieving a classification accuracy of 98.25% and an actual diagnostic accuracy of 93.36%.…”
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How Well Do Simulated Population Samples with GPT-4 Align with Real Ones? The Case of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised-Abbreviated Personality Test by Gregorio Ferreira, Jacopo Amidei, Rubén Nieto, Andreas Kaltenbrunner

“…Methods: This paper explores the potential of LLMs to simulate population samples mirroring real ones, as well as the feasibility of using personality questionnaires to assess the personality of LLMs. …”
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A hybrid Structural Equation Modeling and Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis framework for using limited samples to relate cycling performance to behavioral traits by Mahsa Jafari, Bhagwant Persaud, Carmelo D'Agostino

“…The motivation for the study is the recognition that traditional statistical methods have limitations related to the model structure and the type of variables they can analyze, especially where sample sizes are limited. …”
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Parents’ experiences on the management of the process after sexual abuse of their children in northern region of Turkey: Qualitative study by Nurten G. Bayrak, Sevda Uzun

“…Criterion sampling method, one of the purposive sampling methods, was used to reach the sample group. …”
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ADWTune: an adaptive dynamic workload tuning system with deep reinforcement learning by Cuixia Li, Junhai Wang, Jiahao Shi, Liqiang Liu, Shuyan Zhang

“…We conduct extensive experiments on various workloads. The experimental results demonstrate that ADWTune is better suited for dynamic environments than other methods based on reinforcement learning.…”
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A qualitative study on the real experience of discharging patients with urinary catheter placement after radical prostatectomy by LIU Yuping, GAI Qiongyan, ZHONG Weiqin, LI Ping

“…Objective To explore the real experiences of patients discharged with indwelling urinary catheters after radical prostatectomy, and to propose targeted nursing interventions and continuous care recommendations.Methods A purposive sampling method was used to select patients who underwent radical prostatectomy discharged from a urology department at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital in Nanjing from June 2023 to October 2023. …”
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MFF-Net: A Lightweight Multi-Frequency Network for Measuring Heart Rhythm from Facial Videos by Wenqin Yan, Jialiang Zhuang, Yuheng Chen, Yun Zhang, Xiujuan Zheng

“…Remote photo-plethysmography (rPPG) is a useful camera-based health motioning method that can measure the heart rhythm from facial videos. …”
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Examining auditory modulations on detecting and pooling visual global motion by Yi-Chuan Chen, Ang-Ke Ku, Pi-Chun Huang

“…In this study, we adopted the method of constant stimuli and the equivalent noise paradigm to investigate whether and how auditory motion influences the perception of visual global motion.MethodsThe visual stimuli consisted of dots moving either up-left or up-right, with motion directions sampled from a normal distribution at five levels of standard deviation. …”
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Committed care in the shadow of fear: The experiences of emergency medical services staff encountering with COVID-19 patients by Mehdi Amirkhani, Mahmoudreza Peyravi, Camellia Torabizadeh, Mohammad T. Iman, Majid N. Kalyani

“…Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive qualitative study conducted on 14 EMSs staff selected by purposive sampling from August 2021 to September 2022. …”
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Deep deterministic policy gradient algorithm based on dung beetle optimization and priority experience replay mechanism by Hengwei Zhu, Chuiting Rong, Haorui Liu

“…Then, we design a criterion for determining the priority of sample data. The experience replay mechanism sampling is improved, and sample data in the experience replay mechanism are stored in three replay mechanisms based on importance for subsequent sampling training to then improve the algorithm’s convergence speed. …”
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Performance Comparative Study of Machine Learning Classification Algorithms for Food Insecurity Experience by Households in West Java by Khusnia Nurul Khikmah, Bagus Sartono, Budi Susetyo, Gerry Alfa Dito

“…This study aims to compare the classification performance of the random forest, gradient boosting, rotation forest, and extremely randomized tree methods in classifying the food insecurity experience scale in West Java. …”
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Innovative chips for coral cultivation: Enhanced flexibility and experimental applications by Po‐Shun Chuang, Wei‐Chen Kao, Zhao‐Rong Yu, Tzu‐Cheng Lin, Kai‐Ning Shih, Wen‐Yuan Yang, Yuen‐Yi Leung, Ming‐Tsung Hsu, Tsai‐Yen Chen, Shinya Shikina, Sen‐Lin Tang, Ji‐Yen Cheng

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A conceptual framework to develop a patient-reported experience measure of the quality of mental health care: a qualitative study of the PREMIUM project in France by S Fernandes, G Fond, X Zendjidjian, P Michel, C Lançon, F Berna, F Schurhoff, B Aouizerate, C Henry, B Etain, L Samalin, M Leboyer, D Misdrahi, PM Llorca, M Coldefy, P Auquier, K Baumstarck, L Boyer

“…Methods: This study used an exploratory qualitative approach to examine the subjective experience of adult patients (18–65 years old) with SMIs, including schizophrenia (SZ), bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). …”
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How do work in oncology unit nurses experience hospice care provision in China? A descriptive phenomenological study by Yingjuan Huang, Qianping Zhang, Cui Wang, Huifen Wang, Jing Zhao, Jianfei Chen, Qing Zhang, Jinbing Bai, Zhijie Zou, Juying Hu, Yanqun Liu

“…Methods A descriptive phenomenological research method was utilized to describe experience of hospice care among oncology nurses. …”
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Is sports-branded screening effective in identifying adults at greatest risk of developing cardiovascular disease: a convergent parallel mixed-methods design to identify adults at... by Gregory Y H Lip, Deborah Fitzsimmons, James Yates, Paula Carroll, Massirfufulay Kpehe Musa, Ian David Jones, Emma Johnston Smith, Miriam Clowes, Jess Carr, Andrew Fulstow

“…Objectives To establish whether sports-branded screening is effective in identifying adults at risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD); to determine whether the public would engage with sports-branded health screening and what their experiences were.Design Convergent parallel mixed methods.Setting Mass screening at Liverpool Football Club Foundation events at four community centres.Participants 100 participants (mean age 46.6 years (SD 14.7), range 20–84 years) were recruited, and their risk factors were identified. …”
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Investigating the impact of variety of e-retail delivery service options on customer retention by Soheila Zarinjoy alvar, shahin raz, Ali Tavakolifar

“…These numbers were selected based on the available random sampling method. The collection tool in this research included a questionnaire used to confirm its validity, face validity and Cronbach's alpha were used for its reliability. …”
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Sensory Shelf Life of Pasteurized Orange Juice Stored Under Different Temperature Levels Using Inverse Time Sampling and a Balanced Incomplete Block Design by Theofilos Frangopoulos, Antonios Koliouskas, Dimitrios Petridis

“…The sensory acceptability rate of pasteurized orange juices stored at different temperature levels was evaluated using a large-scale experiment with untrained consumers and an accelerated shelf-life testing method. …”
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Seamless multi-skill learning: learning and transitioning non-similar skills in quadruped robots with limited data by Jiaxin Tu, Peng Zhai, Yueqi Zhang, Xiaoyi Wei, Zhiyan Dong, Lihua Zhang

“…Our experiments highlight potential issues with baseline methods when imitating incomplete expert datasets and demonstrate the superior performance of the SMSL framework. …”
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