An Analysis of Stakeholder Management in Project Performance: A Case of Lusaka 400 Road Construction Projects by Dalisani Phiri, Kelvin Chimbomba

“…However, numerous studies have reported high failure rates in managing cost overruns and project delays during the implementation of the Lusaka 400. …”
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Modeling of Systematic Errors and Precision Optimization Methods for Workpiece Clamping and Alignment System in Aeroengine Gearbox Automated Line Machining by DU Xueming, XIANG Yang, LIU Shun, JIN Sun

“…Afterwards, it defines a precision loss quantification function, incorporating both output distribution deviations and tolerance violation rates. By optimizing the bases structure of the alignment system, the precision loss is reduced from 11.53% to 2.33%. …”
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Evolutionary Links Between Skull Shape and Body Size Suggest Allometric Forces and Selection at Work in a Generalist Group of Lizards by Julio A. Rivera, Jesualdo A. Fuentes‐G., Emília P. Martins

“…We also found strong links to overall body size, with evolutionary shifts to larger bodies being associated with more compact skulls and slower evolutionary rates. This is the opposite of the pattern in most mammals in which larger bodied species have longer snouts, and more like the pattern in frogs in which function has played a more important evolutionary role. …”
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Neighborhood environment and incident diabetes, a neighborhood environment-wide association study ('NE-WAS'): Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCH... by Cara M Smith, Elizabeth W Spalt, Linda C Gallo, Jordan Carlson, Matthew Allison, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Christina Cordero, Qibin Qi, Earle C Chambers, Martha Daviglus, Amber Pirzada, Gregory A Talavera, Robert Kaplan, Joel D Kaufman, Stephen J Mooney

“…Type 2 diabetes incidence rates vary between neighborhoods, but no single aspect of the neighborhood environment is known to cause type 2 diabetes. …”
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Demographics of colonic health: Unveiling sex- and age-driven trends in a cross-sectional retrospective analysis of 2523 colonoscopy procedures by Arwa F Flemban, Saeed M Kabrah, Mohammad Aldabagh, Hanan M Abd Elmoneim, Samah Alharbi

“…Older patients exhibited a higher prevalence of diverticular disease and bleeding; younger individuals (20–39 years) had higher rates of inflammatory changes. Conclusion Colonic abnormalities were prevalent in this Saudi population, with distinct age- and sex-specific patterns. …”
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Epidemiology and Prognosis of Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Literature Review by Ignacio Español Montero, Fernanda Hernandez-Gonzalez, Jacobo Sellares

“…Several ILDs other than idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) may exhibit a progressive fibrotic phenotype, with diverse clinical presentation, histopathological and radiological patterns, as well as varying rates of disease progression and uncertain epidemiology, but with a similar prognosis of untreated idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with irreversible lung function deterioration, substantial worsening of quality of life and early mortality. …”
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Development of several machine learning based models for determination of small molecule pharmaceutical solubility in binary solvents at different temperatures by Mohammed Alqarni, Ali Alqarni

“…The Polynomial model yielded a lower test R² of 0.8200 and higher error rates, indicating its limitations in unravelling the underlying relationships for the solubility variations. …”
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Impacts of Aerosol Particle Size Distribution and Land Cover Land Use on Precipitation in a Coastal Urban Environment Using a Cloud-Resolving Mesoscale Model by Nathan Hosannah, Jorge E. Gonzalez

“…Results suggest that LCLU provides the dominant forcing for urban precipitation, affecting precipitation rates, rainfall amounts, and spatial precipitation patterns. …”
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Mechanistic evidence of widespread insecticide resistance among the Illinois West nile virus vectors Culex pipiens and Culex restuans by Kylee R. Noel, Chang-Hyun Kim, Chris M. Stone

“…These findings highlight population differences in kdr mutation rates and metabolic resistance, underscoring the importance of ongoing insecticide resistance monitoring for effective management strategies.…”
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Comprehensive analysis of the clinical and biological significances of polyamine metabolism in glioma by Fei Bai, Kexin Zhai, Tiantian Yao, Yuxia Zhou, Yongxiang Zhao, Guanghui Yang

“…The nomogram exhibited excellent performance in predicting the survival rates of glioma patients. Enrichment analysis showed that the characteristics of genes related to polyamine metabolism affected glioma in many ways, especially related to tumor inflammation, hypoxia and IL6/JAK/STAT3 pathway. …”
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A hybrid ensemble framework with particle swarm optimization for network anomaly detection by Narinder Verma, Neerendra Kumar, Gourav Kumar, Kuljeet Singh

“…Empirical evaluations demonstrate that the ensemble model achieves superior detection accuracy and reduced false positive rates, thereby advancing the efficacy of intrusion detection methodologies.…”
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EU Wine Exporters Competing in Changing International Markets by Roberto Henke, Anna Carbone

“…It combines the use of traditional trade indicators—such as export quotas, penetration rates, and the average unit value of exports (AUV) with an innovative indicator, called C-Consy, aimed at measuring the sophistication levels of the destination markets. …”
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Optimizing dance motion reconstruction using a two-dimensional matrix approach with hybrid genetic and fuzzy logic differential evolution by Lin Wang, Yutong Liu, Yucong Geng, Mohammad Khishe

“…We develop the Two-Dimensional Matrix-Calculation (TDMC) model, combined with the Hybrid Genetic Algorithm with Fuzzy Logic Differential Evolution (HGA-FLDE), which aims to optimize the reconstruction of complex dance movements by leveraging Riemannian geometry and adaptive optimization for biomechanical nonlinear motion patterns and missing joint data. Furthermore, accuracy is achieved through other approaches, such as the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), Support Vector Regression (SVR), Kinect Sensors (KS), and Evolved Deep Gated Recurrent Unit (EDGRU) models, which were all thoroughly tested against one another. …”
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Clinical Outcome and Molecular Profile in Patients with <i>DDX41</i> Mutation Hot-Spots by Nadia Toumeh, Yazan Jabban, Ahmad Nanaa, Rong He, David Viswanatha, Dragan Jevremovic, James M. Foran, Cecilia Y. Arana Yi, Antoine N. Saliba, Mehrdad Hefazi Torghabeh, William J. Hogan, Mithun V. Shah, Abhishek A. Mangaonkar, Mrinal M. Patnaik, Hassan B. Alkhateeb, Aref Al-Kali

“…We completed unadjusted comparisons using continuous or categorical variables, and survival rates were assessed using the Kaplan–Meier method and cox regression analysis. …”
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Trend analysis and epidemiological forecasting of colorectal Cancer mortality among reproductive-age women in sub-Saharan Africa by Jiefeng Zhao, Daxing Miao, Tao Yang, Jiang Chen, Xiangquan Lai

“…This study aimed to analyze CRC mortality trends, identify key driving factors, and predict future mortality patterns among women of childbearing age in SSA. Methods: We assessed CRC mortality among women of childbearing age across four SSA subregions and 46 countries, calculating age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR) and estimated annual percentage change (EAPC). …”
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Differential inhibitory effects of endocannabinoids on neuronal firing of mouse meningeal afferents by Georgii Krivoshein, Adriana Della Pietra, Juha Savinainen, Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg, Rashid Giniatullin

“…Cluster analysis revealed that the transient activation by AEA involved fibers with small-amplitude spikes fired at rates of 1–2 Hz, whereas the persistently suppressed fibers consisted of high-amplitude spikes fired at rates exceeding 10 Hz. …”
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TRNSYS-Based Performance Study of Solar-Assisted Single-Effect Absorption Cooling in Peshawar, Pakistan by Abid Hussain, Asnaf Aziz, Afzal Khan, Nadeem Ur Rehman, Hamza Pervez, Altaf Husain

“…Under variable load conditions, the auxiliary heater responded through frequent pulsed flow patterns, achieving peak flow rates up to 49,000 kg/hr without compromising outlet temperature. …”
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High prevalence of penicillin-resistant group B Streptococcus among pregnant women in Northwest Ethiopia by Getaneh Alemayehu, Alene Geteneh, Mesfin Dessale, Efrem Ayalew, Geberselasie Demeke, Alemayehu Reta, Mulugeta Kiros

“…In Ethiopia, reported GBS colonization rates among pregnant women range from 7.2 to 25.5%. …”
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Male Date Palm Chlorotype Selection Based on Fertility, Metaxenia, and Transcription Aspects by Hammadi Hamza, Mohamed Ali Benabderrahim, Achwak Boualleg, Federico Sebastiani, Faouzi Haouala, Mokhtar Rejili

“…Pollen viability varied significantly among cultivars, with P8 and B25 exhibiting the highest germination rates and pollen tube elongation, while C22 showed the lowest. …”
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Malaria morbidity, mortality and associated costs in Indonesia: analysis of the National Health Insurance claim dataset by Angela Devine, Ric Price, Ery Setiawan, Kamala Thriemer, Helen Dewi Prameswary, J Kevin Baird

“…The aim of this study was to understand the current malaria service delivery in Indonesia, including referral rates to hospitals, mortality outcomes and malaria-related costs at hospitals, using data from National Health Insurance claims.Methods Data were gathered from the recent Indonesian National Health Insurance dataset for claims made between 2015 and 2020. …”
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