Modeling Sports Engagement: A Game Refinement Theory Perspective on Game Length and Scoring Frequency by Muhammad Numan, Hiroyuki Iida, Mohd Nor Akma Khalid

“…Soccer, in contrast, exhibits a low scoring rate and a GR value above the ideal range, reflecting higher unpredictability and reduced fairness. …”
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Ensemble Learning-Based Metamodel for Enhanced Surface Roughness Prediction in Polymeric Machining by Elango Natarajan, Manickam Ramasamy, Sangeetha Elango, Karthikeyan Mohanraj, Chun Kit Ang, Ali Khalfallah

“…First, a classifier (Logistic Regression or XGBoost, selected based on performance) categorizes machining data into distinct regimes based on cutting Speed (Vc), feed rate (f), and depth of cut (ap) as inputs. This classification leverages output discretization to mitigate data imbalance and capture regime-specific patterns. …”
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Biogas Production Using Flexible Biodigester to Foster Sustainable Livelihood Improvement in Rural Households by Charles David, Venkata Krishna Kishore Kolli, Karpagaraj Anbalagan

“…The study focuses on optimizing critical parameters, including the input feed rate, gas production patterns, holding time, biodigester health, gas quality, and liquid manure yield. …”
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Predicted impact of mass drug administration on the development of protective immunity against Schistosoma haematobium. by Kate M Mitchell, Francisca Mutapi, Takafira Mduluza, Nicholas Midzi, Nicholas J Savill, Mark E J Woolhouse

“…A stochastic individual-based model describing levels of S. haematobium worm burden, egg output and protective parasite-specific antibody, which has previously been fitted to cross-sectional and short-term post-treatment egg count and antibody patterns, was used to predict dynamics of measured egg output and antibody during and after a 5-year MDA campaign. …”
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Cohort study to characterise surgical site infections after open surgery in the UK’s National Health Service by Julian F Guest, Graham W Fuller, Ben Griffiths

“…SSI onset reduced the 6 months healing rate by a mean of 3 percentage points and increased time to wound healing by a mean of 15 days per wound. …”
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AnimalAI: An Open-Source Web Platform for Automated Animal Activity Index Calculation Using Interactive Deep Learning Segmentation by Mahtab Saeidifar, Guoming Li, Lakshmish Macheeri Ramaswamy, Chongxiao Chen, Ehsan Asali

“…Monitoring the activity index of animals is crucial for assessing their welfare and behavior patterns. However, traditional methods for calculating the activity index, such as pixel intensity differencing of entire frames, are found to suffer from significant interference and noise, leading to inaccurate results. …”
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Improved Distributed Backdoor Attacks in Federated Learning by Density-Adaptive Data Poisoning and Projection-Based Gradient Updating by Jian Wang, Hong Shen, Wei Ke, Xue Hua Liu

“…On COCO dataset, our method achieves 92.44% main task accuracy with 91.68% attack success rate, outperforming DBA by +8.04% MTA and +10.29% ASR. …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose index and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus: a cohort-based study by Wenhui Xie, Minjie Li, Hong Huang, Yong Fan, Dai Gao, Jiaying Zhang, Zhuoli Zhang

“…Compared to tertile 1, tertile 3 participants exhibited 5.58-fold increased odds of atherosclerosis (95% CI 1.52–20.53; p for trend 0.021). Consistent patterns were observed for carotid plaque outcomes.ConclusionsElevated TyG index independently predicts carotid atherosclerosis risk in SLE populations beyond traditional cardiovascular and lupus-specific confounders. …”
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Dispersion Characteristics of Accidental LPG Release in Marine Engine Room by Phan Anh Duong, Hokeun Kang

“…To evaluate these risks, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed to simulate the dispersion behavior of LPG under various leak parameters (size, rate, and direction) and ventilation conditions in congested environments. …”
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Cholera-Related Hypochondriasis and Sleep Effort Among Lebanese General Population by Atifa Nazih Kamaleddine, Sondos Mohamad Naous, Sana Ahmad Tantawi, Lama Ali Alhajj, Nafez Nazih Kamaleddine, Sung Woo Joo, Seockhoon Chung

“…Additionally, we investigated how sleep disturbances, often intensified by outbreaks, might influence hypochondriac symptoms and cognitive patterns. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using an online questionnaire distributed through social media platforms from January 31 to February 18, 2023. …”
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Assessment of Tourism Development in Belarus: A Comprehensive Analysis of Infrastructure, Cultural Heritage and Natural Resources by Viktoryia Kauchun, Anna Michalska, Walery Zukow

“…Results: The findings indicate moderate tourism development in Belarus (39% rated it as average, 42% as high). Infrastructure quality shows significant regional variation (χ2(4)=31.50, p<0.001, V=0.56). …”
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Is guideline-driven prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism common practice in the South African private hospital setting? by Melissa van der Merwe, Marlene Julyan, Jesslee M. du Plessis

“…This study evaluated prescribing patterns of VTE prophylaxis in one of the largest South African (SA) private hospital groups. …”
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Understanding More about Vaping among Asian Adolescents Aged 14-15 Years Old in New Zealand: The ASH Year 10 Snapshot Survey Analysis (2014-2022) by Ko Ko, Christopher Bullen, Joanna Ting Wai Chu, Sally Frances Wong

“…Conclusion: Asian adolescents in New Zealand exhibited vaping behaviours comparable to those of their Non-Asian counterparts, with some unique patterns within subpopulations, highlighting the need for more in-depth ethnic- and gender-specific research to further examine their vaping behaviours for appropriate interventions, policies and regulations.…”
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Enhanced air quality prediction using adaptive residual Bi-LSTM with pyramid dilation and optimal weighted feature selection by R. Sudha, Ajith Damodaran, Gunaselvi Manohar

“…The accuracy and precision rate of the proposed model are 95.175% and 87.2%, which is better than traditional air quality prediction models. …”
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Clinical trial registration and publication in acupuncture studies: a systematic review by Yuto Matsuura, Naomi Takazawa Welch, Tomomi Sakai, Kiichiro Tsutani

“…However, the fully published papers rate is low at 10%. The publication of results of acupuncture clinical trials should also be rigorously mandated. …”
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Histological comparison between irradiated and non-irradiated breasts in breast reconstruction by Alberto Benedik, Ronan Caputi Silva Dias, Amanda Costa Campos, Carolina Oliveira Paranagua Castro, Marcela Caetano Cammarota, José Carlos Daher

“…Radiotherapy, an adjuvant strategy, provides favorable outcomes by reducing the rate of recurrence of the disease. This study aimed to compare histological differences between irradiated and non-irradiated breasts in the same patient. …”
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Muscle Activity Onset Prior to Landing in Patients after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Daniel Theisen, Isabel Rada, Amélie Brau, Paul Gette, Romain Seil

“…Muscle activation during landing is paramount to stabilise lower limb joints and avoid abnormal movement patterns. Delayed muscle activity onset measured by electromyography (EMG) has been suggested to be associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. …”
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Importance and Techniques of Water Harvesting Systems by Ali Kaan Yetik, Burak Şen

“…With the continuous increase in population and with climate change problems occur in terms of both consumption rate and usage patterns of water resources. It is becoming increasingly important to apply and research methods that can solve these problems all over the world. …”
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Classifying and Characterizing the Evolution of the Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance for Near-Earth Asteroids by Shoucun Hu, Yuanyuan Chen, Xinran Li, Xiuhai Wang, Xuefeng Wang

“…A database incorporating these parameters and the MEI values is therefore established for the cataloged NEAs, enabling the derivation of statistically constrained upper bounds for the secular MOID drift rate as a function of the semimajor axes. Finally, some special orbital configurations and dynamical mechanisms that may lead to a large deviation from the linear fit or multiple orbit crossings are also investigated, indicating the intricate nature in the patterns of MOID evolution for some NEAs.…”
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Agglomerations of The Stavropol Region: Comparison of Spatial and Demographic Dynamics by V. M. Eshrokov, A. A. Cherkasov, N. V. Sopnev

“…In the course of the study, the authors analyze the birth rate, mortality, natural population growth, migration processes, population dynamics, and the ethnic composition of the population of each agglomeration of the Stavropol Territory. …”
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