Equalizer Design: HBOA-DE-trained radial basis function neural networks by Santosh Kumar Das, Satya Ranjan Pattanaik, Pradyumna Kumar Mohapatra, Saroja Kumar Rout, Abdulaziz S. Almazyad, Muhammed Basheer Jasser, Guojiang Xiong, Ali Wagdy Mohamed

“…Based on a suitable network topology and transfer function, the presented work proposes an algorithm for training radial basis function neural networks (RBFNNs) that is applied to the problem of channel equalization. …”
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Green’s Functions for Heat Conduction for Unbounded and Bounded Rectangular Spaces: Time and Frequency Domain Solutions by Inês Simões, António Tadeu, Nuno Simões

“…This paper presents a set of fully analytical solutions, together with explicit expressions, in the time and frequency domain for the heat conduction response of homogeneous unbounded and of bounded rectangular spaces (three-, two-, and one-dimensional spaces) subjected to point, line, and plane heat diffusion sources. …”
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Harassment in Universities through the Eyes of Students by N. A. Yastreb, K. A. Koryakina

“…Within the framework of this research, domestic and foreign studies of harassment in the academic environment were analyzed and a questionnaire was developed to identify the ideas of university students about the essence and practices of harassment. In total, 250 full-time students from one of the Russian universities took part in the survey.The conducted research has shown that in the students’ view, harassment is not limited to sexual harassment and at the same time includes many practices that were previously fully or partially acceptable for the field of education. …”
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UTILIZACIÓN DEL COMERCIO ELECTRÓNICO EN LAS MEDIANAS EMPRESAS DE PALMIRA - VALLE DEL CAUCA - COLOMBIA - 2010 by José Luis Montaño Hurtado, Julio Cesar Montoya Rendón

“…Como recomendación, se propone que el gobierno y los gremios económicos divulguen, apoyen y capaciten a los empresarios palmiranos para que capitalicen todo el potencial del comercio electrónico a su favor.…”
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Implementation of the Fuzzy Logic Controlled 31-Level Diode Switched Multilevel Inverter with Optimal Components for Solar PV-Fed System by Paneti Anjaneya Vara Prasad, C. Dhanamjayulu

“…This topology requires fewer total components, lower cost, and smaller size. …”
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An updated checklist of the extant freshwater ostracods (Podocopida, Ostracoda, Crustacea) of Slovenia by Nataša Mori, Ali Šalamun

“…The updated checklist contains a total of 70 valid species names. The species belong to 3 superfamilies, 9 families and 32 genera. …”
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The influence of language and culture on a South African corporate by Nirvana Bechan, Ronelda Visser

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Vascular Endhothelial Growth Factor levels in medium-intensity versus low-intensity exercise with blood flow restriction in elderly women by Nanda Aulya Ramadhan, Damayanti Tinduh, Nuniek Nugraheni, Imam Subadi, Inggar Narasinta, Soenarnatalina Melaniani

“…Elderly people have many limitations in strengthening exercises for increasing muscle mass, especially in safety and tolerance. Low-intensity strengthening exercise combined with blood flow restriction can be an alternative to increase muscle strength to the same extent as high-intensity strengthening exercise. …”
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The influence of exogenous melatonin treatment on quality, nutritional profile, and antioxidant system of fresh-cut carambola during cold storage by Farah Anum Mohd Yusof, Ezzat Mohamad Azman, Noranizan Mohd Adzahan, Noor Liyana Yusof

“…Upon four days of storage, malondialdehyde content and hydrogen peroxide content decreased compared to untreated carambolas, resulting from the upregulated antioxidant system. Higher total phenolic, total flavonoid, catalase, and peroxidase activities recorded upon MT treatment were reflected by greater DPPH and ABTS scavenging activities. …”
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Evaluation of double-balloon enteroscopy in the management of type 1 small bowel vascular lesions (angioectasia): a retrospective cohort study by Suleyman Dolu, Mehmet Emin Arayici, Soner Onem, Ilker Buyuktorun, Huseyin Dongelli, Goksel Bengi, Mesut Akarsu

“…Methods This retrospective study focused on adult patients who underwent endoscopic management for small bowel vascular lesions (SBVLs). A total of 67 patients were included in the study, all of whom were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Prehospital management of earthquake crush injuries: A collective review by Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Kamal Idris, Arif Alper Cevik

“…Earthquakes are natural disasters which can destroy the rural and urban infrastructure causing a high toll of injuries and death without advanced notice. …”
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A novel regional forecastable multiscalar standardized drought index (RFMSDI) for regional drought monitoring and assessment by Aamina Batool, Veysi Kartal, Zulfiqar Ali, Miklas Scholz, Farman Ali

“…The research findings include the following: 1) K-CGMD is a better fitting approach for standardizing RFMSDI and SPI based on reduced BIC values. 2) RFMSDI has superior performance over SPI based on the lower values of RMSE and MAE. 3) Both machine learning and classical methods reveal that RFMSDI outperforms SPI in predicting droughts. 4) SPI shows localized advantages with the ELM training set at 1- and 6-month time scales but RFMSDI offers a more comprehensive and consistent tool for drought prediction, especially when tested on unseen data. …”
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Lithuanian exile press during five decades of soviet ban by Silvija Vėlavičienė

“…The article presents two different views. Some took the position that any relations with organizations in occupied Lithuania were impossible. …”
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COMPARISON OF THE EFFICIENCY OF VARIOUS GAS INDUSTRY SCHEMES BY THE MATHEMATICAL MODELING by M. Kuternin

“…It has been established, that allocation of the competitive making sector can give small increase in total amount of gas production and the same reduction of price for the end user, but can lead to decrease in investments into the development of the industry. …”
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The war inside your mind: unprotected brain battlefields and neuro-vulnerability by Robert McCreight

“…The engineered convergence of advanced technology such as cutting-edge medical technology frontiers of cognitive dynamics, decoding key neural functions, explaining brain biochemistry, and exploring excursions into neuromodulation and plasticity research make the brain a prime object of sustained scientific desire. Today it has become a covert contentious battlefield. …”
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Deep learning powered single-cell clustering framework with enhanced accuracy and stability by Yi Zhang, Xi Feng, Yin Wang, Kai Shi

“…This method incorporates two key innovations: (1) Dual-topology adjacency graph: scG-cluster integrates information about node distribution into the traditional adjacency graph used by GCNs. …”
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Combined characterization of pore structurein deep medium-rank coal using mercury intrusion and liquid nitrogen adsorption methods and its pore fractal characteristics by Qi LI, Yong WU, Lei QIAO

“…Micropores accounted for more than 70% of the total specific surface area, while the proportions of mesopores and macropores were minimal, indicating that micropores had the strongest adsorption capacity, which was negatively affected gas management in deep coal seams. …”
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Subthreshold Micropulse Laser (577 nm) Therapy with an Individual Approach for Power Titration in Patients with Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy (Pilot Study) by Taras Kustryn, Oleg Zadorozhnyy, Illia Nasinnyk, Nataliya Pasyechnikova, Andrii Korol

“…The secondary outcome measures were as follows: central retinal thickness (CRT) and maximum subretinal fluid height (SRFH) according to optical coherence tomography, number of laser sessions, and treatment safety at 6-month follow-up. …”
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The Predictive and Prognostic Factors in Patients with Gastric Cancer Accompanied by Gastric Outlet Obstruction by Hongliang Zu, Huiling Wang, Chunfeng Li, Wendian Zhu, Yingwei Xue

“…A retrospective review of 1564 individuals with distal gastric cancer from 2002 to 2010 was performed. In total, 157 patients had GOO. The clinicopathological features of the patients with GOO were compared with those of the patients without GOO. …”
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Application of Improved SMOTE and XGBoost Algorithm in the Analysis of Psychological Stress Test for College Students by Wei Du

“…In the process of processing a large amount of data, there will be too little data. Therefore, this paper applies the improved SMOTE method to the data preprocessing, which can reduce the difficulty of collecting psychological stress test data while ensuring the amount of data. …”
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