Seasonal Changes in Climate Variables in Rainfed Crop Areas in the Lerma-Chapala-Santiago Basin, Mexico by Raymundo Ordoñez-Sierra, Miguel A. Gómez-Albores, Carlos Díaz-Delgado, Luis Ricardo Manzano-Solís, Angel Rolando Endara-Agramont, Carlos Alberto Mastachi-Loza

“…Climate surfaces were generated by interpolation using the thin-plate smoothing spline algorithm in the software ANUSPLIN. Climate data were Fourier-transformed and fitted to a sinusoidal curve model, and changes in amplitude (increase) and phase were analyzed. …”
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Validation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease recording in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD-GOLD) by John R Hurst, Jennifer K Quint, Hana Müllerova, Liam Smeeth, Harriet Forbes, Susan Eaton, Rachael L DiSantostefano, Kourtney Davis

“…After quality control, 696 (73.2%) patients were included in the final analysis. All four algorithms including a specific COPD diagnostic code performed well. …”
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Validation of the Model of End-Stage Liver Disease for Liver Transplant Allocation in Alberta: Implications for Future Directions in Canada by Kelly W. Burak, Glenda A. Meeberg, Robert P. Myers, Gordon H. Fick, Mark G. Swain, Vincent G. Bain, Norman M. Kneteman, Robert J. Hilsden

“…In Canada, livers were allocated by the CanWAIT algorithm. The aim of this study was to compare the abilities of MELD, Child-Pugh (CP), and CanWAIT status to predict 3-month and 1-year mortality before LT in Canadian patients and to describe the use of MELD in Canada. …”
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Tropical cyclone intensity estimation based on YOLO-NAS using satellite images in real time by Priyanka Nandal, Prerna Mann, Navdeep Bohra, Ghadah Aldehim, Asma Abbas Hassan Elnour, Randa Allafi

“…This research presents a novel method for forecasting the strength of tropical storms using the You Only Look Once-Neural Architecture Search (YOLO-NAS) algorithm, leveraging real-time satellite imagery from the INSAT-3D platform. …”
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Combined detection of inflammatory proteins is beneficial for diagnosing the papillary thyroid carcinoma and nodular goiter by Yongqin Pan, Mingxi Xu, Tsz Hong Chong, Siping Xie, Kunsong Huang, Guanghao Wang, Yuhua Ma, Jinyi Li, Wah Yang

“…The combination derived from the LASSO algorithm outperforms logistic regression.…”
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Sustainable synthesis and advanced optimization of Prosopis juliflora biomass catalyst for efficient biodiesel production and environmental impact assessment by Thota S S Bhaskara Rao, Manikandaraja Gnanaprakasam, Rajayokkiam Manimaran, Dhinesh Balasubramanian, Utku Kale, Artūras Kilikevičius

“…Abstract The present research focuses on developing an innovative biochar-based heterogeneous catalyst from Prosopis Juliflora biomass waste using response surface methodology and genetic algorithm (GA) to optimize pyrolysis parameters, achieving a 46.31% PJBC yield from 60 mg of biomass at 790 °C for 60 min. …”
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Sustainability metrics targeted optimization and electric discharge process modelling by neural networks by Muhammad Sana, Muhammad Asad, Muhammad Umar Farooq, Mehdi Tlija, Rodolfo Haber

“…Moreover, multi-response optimization through the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) has also been performed. The magnitudes of MRRCT, SRCT, and SECCT obtained by multi-response optimization are 64.82%, 27.45%, and 46.60% are better than the values obtained by un-optimized settings of CT brass electrodes. …”
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Detecting Freezing of Gait in Parkinson Disease Using Multiple Wearable Sensors Sets During Various Walking Tasks Relative to Medication Conditions (DetectFoG): Protocol for a Pros... by Sébastien Cordillet, Sophie Drapier, Frédérique Leh, Audeline Dumont, Florian Bidet, Isabelle Bonan, Karim Jamal

“…There is no consensus on the number and location of IMU, type of algorithm, and method of triggering and scoring the FoG episodes. …”
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Development of metastasis and survival prediction model of luminal and non-luminal breast cancer with weakly supervised learning based on pathomics by Hui Liu, Linlin Ying, Xing Song, Xueping Xiang, Shumei Wei

“…These features served as the foundational input for developing a machine learning algorithm for metastasis analysis and a Cox regression model for survival analysis. …”
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Advanced characterization of deforestation frontiers in Nigeria utilizing deep learning and Bayesian approaches with sentinel-1 SAR imagery by Isiaka Lukman Alage, Yumin Tan, Ahmed Wasiu Akande, Agus Suprijanto

“…Our method includes: (1) evaluating a spatiotemporal deep learning algorithm, particularly U-Net and DeepLab3, with various ResNet backbones across eight temporal datasets for delineating deforestation; (2) employing a Bayesian temporal advancing approach to combine deforestation detection from the Sentinel-1 and (3) conducting frontier analysis based on biannual results to assess patch size distribution and formation speed from 2020 to 2023. …”
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Fatty Acids of European Sardine (<i>Sardina pilchardus</i>) White Muscle Can Discriminate Geographic Origin Along the Iberian Atlantic Coast by Ricardo Calado, Marcos Palma, Maria Rosário Domingues, Fernando Ricardo, Felisa Rey

“…While 35 FAs were identified using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry in the white muscle of <i>S. pilchardus</i>, the following, as determined by the Boruta algorithm, were key for sample discrimination: 14:0, 22:6<i>n</i>-3, 22:5<i>n</i>-3, 18:0, 20:5<i>n</i>-3, 16:1<i>n</i>-7, 16:0, and 18:1<i>n</i>-7 (in increasing order of relevance). …”
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A comparative approach of analyzing data uncertainty in parameter estimation for a Lumpy Skin Disease model by Edwiga Renald, Miracle Amadi, Heikki Haario, Joram Buza, Jean M. Tchuenche, Verdiana G. Masanja

“…The assessment of the uncertainties is determined with the help of Adaptive Metropolis Hastings algorithm, a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) standard statistical method. …”
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Towards a Noninvasive Intracranial Tumor Irradiation Using 3D Optical Imaging and Multimodal Data Registration by R. Posada, Ch. Daul, D. Wolf, P. Aletti

“…Tests performed with human data proved that the registration algorithm is accurate (0.1 mm mean distance between homologous points) and robust even for facial expression changes.…”
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Deteksi Cepat Kadar Alkohol Pada Minuman Kopi dengan Metode Dielektrik dan Jaringan Syaraf Tiruan by Sucipto Sucipto, Yuyun Rohmawati, Dyah Ayu Widyaningrum, Danang Triagus Setiyawan

“…The back propagation algorithm was used to connect the input of bioelectric properties and output of prediction of alcohol content and pH in liqueur coffee. …”
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Optimization of Urban Rail Transit Train Stock Utilization under Re-coupling Operation Mode by DENG Chengyuan, LU Jinsheng, ZHU Changfeng, SUN Yuanguang, MA Bin

“…Moreover, a MOFA (multi-objective firefly algorithm) based on MCS (multiply cooperative strategies) is designed. …”
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Creation of a Strategically Oriented Social Responsibility Management System in a Georgian Organization by Maia Chechelashvili, Nino Chikviladze, Irina Iashvili, Tamar Kajaia, Khatuna Kharkhelauri, Elisabed Malania

“…The actions, the implementation of which constitutes an adaptive algorithm for the formation of a strategically oriented system of social responsibility management, capable of ensuring the organization’s competitiveness in the long term, are defined. …”
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Balanced operation strategies of district heating systems based on dynamic hydraulic-thermal modeling by Xiaojie Lin, Ning Zhang, Zheng Luo, Encheng Feng, Wei Zhong

“…The heating supply imbalance of the primary side return temperatures among different heating substations is defined and optimized based on the dynamic hydraulic-thermal model and the particle swarm optimization algorithm. In the case analysis, the results of heating supply imbalance before and after optimization are 0.81 K and 0.47 K, respectively, with a 42.0 % reduction in heating imbalances after optimization. …”
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RDAU-Net: A U-Shaped Semantic Segmentation Network for Buildings near Rivers and Lakes Based on a Fusion Approach by Yipeng Wang, Dongmei Wang, Teng Xu, Yifan Shi, Wenguang Liang, Yihong Wang, George P. Petropoulos, Yansong Bao

“…The encroachment of buildings into the waters of rivers and lakes can lead to increased safety hazards, but current semantic segmentation algorithms have difficulty accurately segmenting buildings in such environments. …”
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Multiresolution Data Assimilation for Auroral Energy Flux and Mean Energy Using DMSP SSUSI, THEMIS ASI, and An Empirical Model by Haonan Wu, Xiyan Tan, Qiong Zhang, Whitney Huang, Xian Lu, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Yongliang Zhang

“…The inherent smoothing effect of the fitting, which causes an unrealistic spreading of the aurora, is mitigated by a post processing step: the K Nearest Neighbor (KNN) algorithm. KNN identifies the probability of a region with significant aurora and thereby eliminates those regions with low values. …”
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Multi-Spectral Point Cloud Constructed with Advanced UAV Technique for Anisotropic Reflectance Analysis of Maize Leaves by Kaiyi Bi, Yifang Niu, Hao Yang, Zheng Niu, Yishuo Hao, Li Wang

“…We proposed a novel maize point cloud generation method that combines an advanced UAV cross-circling oblique (CCO) photography route with the Structure from the Motion-Multi-View Stereo (SfM-MVS) algorithm. A multi-spectral point cloud was then generated by fusing multi-spectral imagery with the point cloud using a DSM-based approach. …”
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