Optimal experimental design for parameter estimation of a cell signaling model. by Samuel Bandara, Johannes P Schlöder, Roland Eils, Hans Georg Bock, Tobias Meyer

“…An essential task in building such representations is to infer the affinities, rate constants, and other parameters of a model from actual measurement data. …”
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Individual and familial factors influencing women’s reluctance to childbearing: A qualitative study by Leili Borimnejad, Saeideh Bazzazian, Fatemeh Barkhordari, Nasrin Rezaiee

“…Background & Aim: Iran currently experiences a fertility rate below the replacement level, with decisions regarding childbearing influenced by various factors. …”
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Global Secular Trend of Gonadal Size in Men: Review and Analysis of Publications by A. Yu. Seroukhov, A. A. Afoko, I. E. Mamaev

“…Notwithstanding the general increase in world population, there is a steady decline in birth rate. Studies have shown a tendency towards worsening of qualitative and quantitative indices of the ejaculate. …”
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ENSO Significantly Changes the Carbon Sink and Source Pattern in the Pacific Ocean with Regional Differences by Xue Tang, Xuhao Wan, Maohong Wei, Hongtao Nie, Wei Qian, Xueqiang Lu, Lin Zhu, Jianfeng Feng

“…Here, we used gridded FCO₂ data from 2003 to 2021 to elucidate the control processes and regional differences in the influence of the ENSO on FCO₂ in the mid–low latitude Pacific Ocean. …”
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Tribological, Thermal, Kinetic, and Surface Microtextural Characterization of Prime p-Type <100> Silicon Wafer CMP for Direct Wafer Bonding Applications by Michelle Yap, Catherine Yap, Yasa Sampurno, Glenn Whitener, Jason Keleher, Len Borucki, Ara Philipossian

“…In contrast, for silicon polish, the absence of a distinctive shear force threshold and the fact that, for the same set of consumables, rates were more than 200 times larger for silicon than for native oxide suggested a dominantly chemical process with an average apparent activation energy of 0.34 eV. …”
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Multimodal Communication in Virtual and Face-to-Face Settings: Gesture Production and Speech Disfluency by Burcu Arslan, Can Avcı, Demet Özer

“…Furthermore, the use of iconic gestures was found to negatively predict the overall disfluency rate, regardless of the setting. This finding suggests that using iconic gestures might facilitate cognitive processes, paving the way for a more fluent speech. …”
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Entropy analysis in magnetized blood-based hybrid nanofluid flow via parallel disks by Rupa Baithalu, Subhajit Panda, P.K. Pattnaik, S.R. Mishra

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DIFFERENCES IN INTERLEUKIN-23 SERUM LEVELS TOWARDS THE SEVERITY OF ACNE VULGARIS IN WOMEN by Wafi Banadzir Resya, Novi Kusumaningrum, Santoso Jaeri, Astika Widy Utomo

“…Conclusion: : There is no significant difference of IP-23 rate between the 3 groups of AV severites in women.…”
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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection reduction in critical care units: a bundled care model by Stephanie Grana Van Decker, Nicholas Bosch, Jaime Murphy

“…In the spring of 2013, Boston Medical Center (BMC) began an initiative to decrease CAUTI rates within its intensive care units (ICUs). A CAUTI taskforce convened and reviewed process maps and gap analyses. …”
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Features of tissue healing of laparotomy wounds after cesarean section in obesity by E.A. Davydova, A.P. Vlasov, A.E. Markina, T.I. Vlasova, D.G. Sardaeva

“…The obtained digital data were processed by the method of variational statistics using the Student's t criterion. …”

Progressive Conversion Model Applied to the Physical Activation of Activated Carbon from Palm Kernel Shells at the Pilot Scale in a Nichols Furnace and at the Industrial Scale in a... by Ernesto de la Torre, Alex S. Redrovan, Carlos F. Aragón-Tobar

“…The model’s predictions closely matched the experimental data, validating its applicability for process optimization at both the pilot and industrial scales. …”
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Quantification of evaporation water losses from nearly 5000 reservoirs in China by Yinuo Zhu, Aizhong Ye, Wei Tian

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Response Relationship Between Runoff and Meteorological Drought and Flood Characteristics in Jialing River Basin by LI Wen-hui, ZHANG Yang, CAO Hui, XING Long, REN Yu-feng, ZHAI Shao-jun, MA Yi-ming, LI Wen-da

“…This study aims to clarify the quantitative response relationship between meteorological drought and flood characteristics at the daily scale and runoff in the Jialing River Basin, and to effectively evaluate the impact of extreme meteorological drought and flood events on the flow process. [Methods] Based on long-term daily precipitation and flow data from 1989 to 2022, this study employed the SWAP index method and run theory to identify meteorological drought and flood events at the daily scale in the Jialing River Basin. …”
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ANCHOR-Grid: Authenticating Smart Grid Digital Twins Using Real-World Anchors by Mohsen Hatami, Qian Qu, Yu Chen, Javad Mohammadi, Erik Blasch, Erika Ardiles-Cruz

“…These findings highlight the importance of integrating real-world environmental data into authentication processes for critical infrastructure and lay the foundation for future research on leveraging physical world cues to secure digital ecosystems.…”
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Variation of Extreme Precipitation and Its Influence on Sediment Transport in Xiangjiang River Basin by KANG Zihan, MO Shuhong, WANG Jingjing, JIANG Kaixin, JIANG Yubo

“…The contribution rate was 18.1%, but the influence of extreme precipitation index on sediment transport reduction was less than 20%. …”
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Orbital Decay of the Ultra-hot Jupiter TOI-2109b: Tidal Constraints and Transit-timing Analysis by Jaime A. Alvarado-Montes, Mario Sucerquia, Jorge I. Zuluaga, Christian Schwab

“…We find that uncertainties in the age of TOI-2109 ( t _⋆,age ) significantly affect the rate of orbital evolution, as IWs and IGWs interact differently depending on t _⋆,age . …”
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IMPACT OF ENERGY PRICES ON PRICES OF BASIC TOURISM SERVICES IN THE EURO AREA by Lachezar Borisov

“…The results of the testing indicated that the highest correlation between the series of the annual inflation rate of energy products and the inflation rate of services provided by hotels and restaurants was observed when different lags were employed. …”
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Analysis of reasons and risk factors for non-completion of radiotherapy courses in patients with tumors by Meihua Chen, Kexin Li, Xuan Gao, Xia Ye, Yongjian Ju

“…Analyzing the reasons and risk factors for NCRC can lead to possible targeted measures to reduce the incidence rate. This six-year retrospective study will present a cohort analysis of NCRC from a single center.MethodsData from patients treated with IMRT between January 2018 and December 2023 were collected for analysis. …”
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Psychological and organisational aspects of age management in organisations by Witkowski Stanisław A., Bartosz Bogna

“…While in EU countries the employment rate for workers aged fifty years and older more than 50%. …”
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Algorithmically Enhanced Wearable Multimodal Emotion Sensor by Anand Babu, Getnet Kassahun, Isabelle Dufour, Dipankar Mandal, Damien Thuau

“…The recorded signals are processed using a long short‐term memory (LSTM) neural network, achieving over 91% classification accuracy in distinguishing different emotions through a data fusion approach, showing >9% enhancement in accuracy as compared to feature fusion. …”
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