Risk and determinant factors for obstructive sleep apnea in patients with epilepsy by Monique Venturi, Gisele Schenkel Leite Moura Neves, Igor Monteiro Pontes, Andre Valois, Marleide da Mota Gomes

“…OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of risk of having obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and its determinants in patients with epilepsy (PE). METHOD: 98 adult PE were prospectively screened for risk of OSA by Berlin questionnaire. …”
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Advancing Taxonomy with Machine Learning: A Hybrid Ensemble for Species and Genus Classification by Loris Nanni, Matteo De Gobbi, Roger De Almeida Matos Junior, Daniel Fusaro

“…Machine learning offers a promising alternative by utilizing computational power to detect subtle distinctions more quickly and accurately. This technology can classify both known (described) and unknown (undescribed) species, assigning known samples to specific species and grouping unknown ones at the genus level—an improvement over the common practice of labeling unknown species as outliers. …”
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Towards Improved Turbomachinery Measurements: A Comprehensive Analysis of Gaussian Process Modeling for a Data-Driven Bayesian Hybrid Measurement Technique by Gonçalo G. Cruz, Xavier Ottavy, Fabrizio Fontaneto

“…The Multi-Fidelity GP, therefore, stands as a reliable data fusion method for the proposed hybrid measurement technique, offering a potential reduction in instrumentation effort and testing times.…”
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Study on Mechanical Behavior of Jurassic Frozen Sandstone in Western China Based on NMR Porosity by Maoyan Ma, Yishun Huang, Guangyong Cao, Jian Lin, Shiliang Xu

“…Study of frozen rock mechanical properties is necessary for safe application of the artificial ground freezing method in excavation of Chinese western water-rich soft rock layers. …”
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Segmentation of Portuguese customers’ expectations from fitness programs by Ricardo Gouveia Rodrigues, Paulo Pinheiro, Ana Gouveia, Rui Miguel Marques Brás, Kelly de Lemos Serrano O’Hara, Paulo Alexandre de Oliveira Duarte, Maria Dulce Leal Esteves

“…Factor analysis and cluster analysis with Ward’s cluster method with squared Euclidean distance were used to analyse the data obtained. …”
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The influence mechanism of environmental regulations on food security: the mediating effect of technological innovation by Ming Xu, Jiahui Zhao, Ting Lei, Lidong Shi, Yuntao Tan, Liping He, Rui Ai

“…This paper selects 31 provinces in China from 2010 to 2022 as the sample interval to explore the impact of environmental regulations on food security and selects the entropy method to conduct a comprehensive measurement of food security. …”
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TRANSESTERIFICATION OF PALM OIL USING THE TiO2/nano-MONMORILLORITE (nano-MMT) COMPOSITE CATALYST FROM ACEH TAMIANG BENTONITE IN THE PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL by Teuku Andi Fadlly, Ida Ratna Nila, Nirmala Sari

“…Biodiesel is proven to be more environmentally friendly in reducing hydrocarbon and sulfur emissions. …”
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The Effect of Experimental Marketing on the Intention to Repurchase Sports Customers by Nasrin Azizian Kohan, Saeed Yarmohamadi, Farshid Panahi

“…The statistical sample was selected based on Cochran's formula of 234 people. …”
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From pixels to perspectives: exploring perceptions of representation in character design by Nani Le Tang, Erin Eungyo Moon, Jose De Jesus Garrido Iniguez, Daniel Raul Mena Ramirez, Daniel L. Gardner

“…Method. We analysed 198 responses to a survey that asked participants questions about how they felt about short videos of character introductions and captured open-ended responses about the roles these characters occupied. …”
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The Effect of Improper Packaging on Moisture and Fatty Acid Composition in Frozen Bluefin Tuna (Thynnus Thynnus) by Abdullah Öksüz, Şenay Burçin Alkan, Elif Didem Örs

“…Moisture content of the frozen tuna slices dropped significantly on the surface compared to the inner part unaffected by freezer burn. Direct methylation method was successfully achieved on the sample without any lipid extraction. …”
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A fuzzy recurrent neural network for driver fatigue detection based on steering-wheel angle sensor data by Zuojin Li, Qing Yang, Shengfu Chen, Wei Zhou, Liukui Chen, Lei Song

“…The study of the robust fatigue feature learning method for the driver’s operational behavior is of great significance for improving the performance of the real-time detection system for driver’s fatigue state. …”
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The Effects of Perceptions of Illness on Anxiety Specific to Surgery Levels of Patients Who Are Planned for Open Heart Surgery: A Descriptive and Correlational Study from Turkey by Hazal Onbaşıoğlu, Sevcan Avcı Işık

“…Objective: To determine the effect of illness perception on surgery-specific anxiety levels among patients scheduled for open heart surgery. Method: This study was conducted as a descriptive and correlational study in the cardiovascular surgery intensive care unit and ward of a university hospital in the capital city of Turkey in 2022. …”
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Explanatory AI Predicts the Diet Adopted Based on Nutritional and Lifestyle Habits in the Spanish Population by Elena Sandri, Germán Cerdá Olmedo, Michela Piredda, Lisa Ursula Werner, Vincenzo Dentamaro

“…Vegans and vegetarians consumed less junk food, and intermittent fasters were more physically active. The model effectively predicts the Mediterranean diet but struggles with others due to sample imbalance, highlighting the need for larger studies on plant-based and intermittent fasting diets.…”
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Has contract farming improved the green technology efficiency of vegetable growers? Empirical evidence from rural areas in Shandong Province, China by Qi Li, Zixuan Wang

“…This paper investigates the impact of contract farming participation on farmers' green technology efficiency using data from a sample of 627 vegetable growers in Shandong, China and employs the propensity score matching method. …”
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Assessing the Readability of Renewable Energy Education Material from Geothermal Resources in Vocational High School Textbooks: A Case Study in Indonesia by Nugroho Agung Pambudi, Windah Yuniar, Desita Kamila Ulfa, Iksan Riva Nanda, Indah Widiastuti

“…The descriptive quantitative method was used, conducted in 19 Vocational High School with a study program in Technology and Engineering in Surakarta. …”
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Creating National Weights for a Patient-level Longitudinal Database by Onur Baser, Li Wang, Jon Maguire

“…# Objective To create a nationally-representative estimate from longitudinal data by controlling for sociodemographic factors and health status. # Method The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Medicare Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS) was used as the basis for adjustment methodology. …”
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Natural Resource Rent and Bank Stability in the MENA Region: Does Institutional Quality Matter? by Abdelaziz Hakimi, Hichem Saidi, Mohamed Ali Khemiri

“…To achieve these goals, we used a sample of 68 conventional banks located in the MENA region between 2005 and 2020 and performed the System Generalized Method of Moments (SGMM) as an econometric approach. …”
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Much ado about refugee entrepreneurship? Refugees vs. economic migrants’ entrepreneurial intention in Poland by Alexandra David, Jolanta Maj, Maciej Filipowicz, Judith Terstriep, Sabina Kubiciel-Lodzińska

“…The study employed decision tree analysis with the CRT (classification and regression) method on the 2023 sample data for data analysis. …”
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Detecting SARS-CoV-2 cryptic lineages using publicly available whole genome wastewater sequencing data. by Reinier Suarez, Devon A Gregory, David A Baker, Clayton A Rushford, Torin L Hunter, Nicholas R Minor, Clayton M Russ, Emma E Copen, David H O'Connor, Marc C Johnson

“…Wastewater sequence datasets were screened for individual sequence reads that contained combinations of mutations frequently found in cryptic lineages but not contemporary circulating lineages. Using this method, we identified 18 cryptic lineages that appeared in multiple (2-81) samples from the same sewershed, including 12 that were not previously reported. …”
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A Powerful Approach in Visualization: Creating Photorealistic Landscapes with AI by Gusztáv Jakab, Enikő Magyari, Benedek Jakab, Gábor Timár

“…The article, which primarily presents a methodological description, does not contain numerical results. To test the method, we applied a procedure: we ran the algorithm on a current topographic map of a sample area and compared the resulting image with the view model provided by Google Earth.…”
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