For Good Reason: Analyzing How Students Define Difficulty in RateMyProfessor.com Comments by Alexis Teagarden, Michael Carlozzi

“…  Can student comments help solve a problem that student ratings helped create?  We argue that the comment section of student evaluations of teaching (SET) offers a rich site for studying student perspectives on teaching and learning, particularly how students define and value course and instructor difficulty. …”
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Dysphagia education in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: student self-competency ratings during their dysphagia course by Sana Smaoui, Sandhya Ganesan, Trish Williams

“…The objectives of this study were to explore patterns in self-perceived competency ratings for SLT students at AAU and determine the impact of clinical experiences during student training. …”
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Geographical patterns of tuberculosis notification rates and their association with socioeconomic factors in Nepal: a spatial cross-sectional study (2020–2023) by Vijay Sharma, Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Roshan Kumar Mahato, Kyaw Min Htike, Alex Bagas Koro, Kittipong Sornlorm, Alok Kafle, Dip Bahadur Singh, Wongsa Laohasiriwong

“…Objectives To identify the patterns of tuberculosis (TB) notification rates and examine their relationship with social and economic determinants in Nepal between 2020 and 2023.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Nepal.Participants All TB cases across all ages.Primary outcome Prevalence of TB cases.Methods This cross-sectional spatial analysis used the data set of the National Tuberculosis Control Centre, Nepal, covering the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020–2021 to 2022–2023. …”
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MODELING OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN KALIMANTAN ISLAND USING NONPARAMETRIC REGRESSION WITH FOURIER SERIES ESTIMATOR by Rahmania Rahmania, Sifriyani Sifriyani, Andrea Tri Rian Dani

“…Fourier series nonparametric regression is generally used when the pattern of the investigated data is unknown and there is a tendency for the pattern to repeat. …”
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The Effect of Pain on the Relationship Between Triage Acuity and Emergency Department Hospitalization Rate and Length of Stay by Yan-He Lin, Nai-Wen Ku, Chia-Hsin Ko, Eric H. Chou, Chih-Hung Wang, Tsung-Chien Lu, Chien-Hua Huang, Chu-Lin Tsai

“…Triage level 1 was associated with the highest rate of hospitalization (35%), with a gradual decrease in hospitalization rate from levels 2 to 4. …”
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Effect of Initial Scratch on Ship Bottom Plate Corrosion Rate and Structural Crashworthiness in Grounding Incidents by Ocid MURSID, Dean Nadhif ALFARIS, Tuswan TUSWAN, Ahmad Fauzan ZAKKI, Aulia WINDYANDARI, Karno R. MALAU, Haris NUBLI

“…Based on seawater corrosion experiments, the plate's corrosion rate increases quadratically with the scratch area, which is then used for grounding simulations. …”
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Assessment of Future Flood Loss in the Daqing River Basin Based on Flood Loss Rate Function by SHI Rongqing, HUANG Lingmei, LI Jia, SHEN Ao

“…The multiple regression function effectively captures the variation pattern of flood loss rates, with a coefficient of determination (<italic>R</italic>²) ≥ 0.89 and a root mean square error (RMSE) ≤ 0.047 3. …”
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Maximizing the Information Transfer Rate of a Myoelectric Classification System for Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury by Jonathan Eby, Jose Zariffa

“…The objectives of this study were: 1) demonstrate that optimizing the design parameters of a myoelectric control system (number of gestures, gesture rate) for each participant can increase the information transfer rate (ITR), and 2) characterize the relationship between the optimal design parameters and the pattern of impairment. …”
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Endplate morphology affects the risk of complications by changing the grafted bony occupancy rate in OLIF patients by Xiao Hu, Haiying Fu, Run Lin, Liyu Ran, Xingrui Peng, Tianhang Xie, Jiancheng Zeng

“…Abstract Background Large contact areas between the grafted bone and the bony endplate (BEP) can optimize the load transmission pattern and decrease the risk of non-union and cage subsidence. …”
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A spatiotemporal analysis of opioid prescriptions in Indiana from 2015 to 2019 by Paula A. Jaimes-Buitron, Nicole Adams, Nan Kong, Carolina Vivas-Valencia

“…These findings enhance the understanding of opioid prescription dynamics and identify patterns in opioid prescribing rates in terms of the proportion of patients receiving opioid prescriptions among urban vs. rural communities in Indiana.…”
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Mortality trends related to cardiogenic shock in heart failure patients aged 25 and older across the United States: A study utilizing the CDC WONDER database from 1999 to 2023 by Abdullah Naveed Muhammad, Sivaram Neppala, Himaja Dutt Chigurupati, Muhammad Omer Rehan, Hamza Naveed, Rabia Iqbal, Bazil Azeem, Ahila Ali, Mushood Ahmed, Prakash Upreti, Mobeen Zaka Haider, Yasar Sattar, Jamal S. Rana, Gregg C. Fonarow

“…This study investigates demographic patterns and trends in CS mortality among HF patients over 25 years. …”
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Single-seed sowing increased pod yield at a reduced seeding rate by improving root physiological state of Arachis hypogaea by Xiao-yan LIANG, Feng GUO, Ye FENG, Jia-lei ZHANG, Sha YANG, Jing-jing MENG, Xin-guo LI, Shu-bo WAN

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Fetal heart rate evolution patterns associated with umbilical cord abnormalities in term fetuses: a single center population-based study by Shota Saji, Yasuyuski Mima, Masaki Yahata, Masato Ishi, Junki Koike, Junichi Hasegawa

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to estimate population-based frequencies of various fetal heart rate (FHR) evolution patterns in cases with umbilical cord abnormalities and to identify particular FHR evolution patterns associated with different types of umbilical cord abnormalities. …”
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Understanding food loss patterns across developed and developing countries using a GDP, growth rate, and health expenditure-based typology by Buse Baykoca, Salim Yılmaz

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Dynamic Heart Rate Variability Vector and Premature Ventricular Contractions Patterns in Adult Hemodialysis Patients: A 48 h Risk Exploration by Gabriel Vega-Martínez, Francisco José Ramos-Becerril, Josefina Gutiérrez-Martínez, Arturo Vera-Hernández, Carlos Alvarado-Serrano, Lorenzo Leija-Salas

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Dynamics of Regional Business Cycles in Colombian Cities: Identification of Growth Rates, Recession Propagation, and Cluster Analysis by Juan David Valencia Beltrán

“…First, we find heterogeneous values by identifying expansion and recession growth rates using employment and economic covariables. …”
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A cross-national analysis of demographic variation in self-rated mental health across 22 countries by Chukwuemeka N. Okafor, Ducel Jean-Berluche, Jason Paltzer, Elizabeth Kwon, Nikolitsa Grigoropoulou, Tyler J. VanderWeele, Byron R. Johnson

“…However, other patterns, such as the distribution of self-rated mental health by marital status, vary by country. …”
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Temporal coding carries more stable cortical visual representations than firing rate over time by Hanlin Zhu, Fei He, Pavlo Zolotavin, Saumil Patel, Andreas S. Tolias, Lan Luan, Chong Xie

“…However, previous studies report varying degrees of gradual neural activity changes over time in slow dynamic (1-5 seconds) firing rate code. Here we show that temporal codes, which capture structures in visually evoked fast (tens of milliseconds) spiking patterns, support the stability of visual representations. …”
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MODELING TOTAL FERTILITY RATE IN INDONESIA: A COMPARISON OF FOURIER SERIES REGRESSION AND ELASTIC NET REGRESSION by Fadhilah Fitri, Melin Wanike Ketrin, Mawanda Almuhayar

“…The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) describes population growth and socioeconomic development of a country. …”
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Lethality level casualty assessment method for earthquake landslide hazards based on the expansion effect of the mortality rate by Xia Chaoxu, Qi Wenhua, Li Huayue, Nie Gaozhong

“…Through analysis of historical earthquake records, we determined the proportions of fatalities attributed to different causes, integrating seismic intensity data, population distribution information, to establish intensity-dependent mortality rates for earthquake-triggered landslides. We systematically compiled the spatial distribution patterns, occurrence frequency, and density characteristics of landslides induced by historical earthquakes through field surveys and literature analysis. …”
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