Myofiber development during embryonic to neonatal development in duck breeds differing in muscle growth rates by Hui-fang LI, Jing-ting SHU, Yan-ju SHAN, Wen-feng CHEN, Chi SONG, Wen-juan XU

“…We investigated the developmental patterns in the lateral gastrocnemius muscles of Gaoyou and Jinding ducks differing in their muscle growth rates during the final stages of egg incubation and the first week after hatching. …”
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Acoustic emission and crack evolution characteristics of cemented tailings backfill under different loading rates by Shenghua YIN, Yun ZHOU, Xiaobing YANG, Wei CHEN, Junwei CHEN

“…To investigate the dynamic regulation mechanism of loading rate on crack evolution in cemented tailings backfill (CTB), uniaxial compression tests with acoustic emission (AE) monitoring were conducted at loading rates v of 0.002, 0.004, 0.008, and 0.010 mm/s. …”
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Subtyping Early Parkinson’s Disease by Mapping Cognitive Profiles to Brain Atrophy with Visual MRI Ratings by Tania Álvarez-Avellón, Carmen Solares, Juan Álvarez-Carriles, Manuel Menéndez-González

“…Methods: Eighty-one de novo PD patients (≤36 months from diagnosis) and twenty healthy controls underwent 3T MRI with visual atrophy ratings and completed an extensive neuropsychological battery. …”
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Neighborhood Variation in Rate of Revascularization among Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients in New York City by Abdissa Negassa, Jing Fang

“…To identify modifiable neighborhood factors and quantify their effect on the rate of revascularization among acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. …”
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Implied object direction from eye location enhances animacy ratings but not detection of chasing behavior by Takahiro Kawabe

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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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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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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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MODELING OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN KALIMANTAN ISLAND USING NONPARAMETRIC REGRESSION WITH FOURIER SERIES ESTIMATOR by Rahmania Rahmania, Sifriyani Sifriyani, Andrea Tri Rian Dani

“…Furthermore, based on the results of parameter significance testing either simultaneously or partially, it shows that all predictor variables have a significant effect on the open unemployment rate. The predictor variables include the labor force participation rate, the average length of schooling, the percentage of poor people, economic growth rate, and total population.…”
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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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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

“…The relationship between endplate morphology parameters and GBOR values was significant. The nonfusion rate was significantly higher in the superior endplate. …”
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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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Autoderm in Direct-to-implant Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction Decreases Perioperative Complication Rates and Improves Reconstructive Outcomes by Suphalerk Lohasammakul, MD, Mandy Flor, MD, Swetha Reddy, Sean Chaiyasate, Jesse C. Selber, MD, MPH, MHCM, FACS, Kongkrit Chaiyasate, MD, FACS

“…The test of 2 proportions was used to compare complications to published rates. Rate of delay wound healing showed no significant difference (P = 0.38), whereas the overall complication rate was lower (P < 0.05). …”
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A novel deep learning approach for predicting stone-free rates post-ESWL on uncontrasted CT by Ozgur Efiloglu, Muhammed Yildirim, Kadir Yildirim, Harun Bingol, Mustafa Kaan Akalin, Meftun Culpan, Bilal Alatas, Asif Yildirim

“…In our work, we sought to assess the efficacy of the artificial intelligence model developed using non-contrast computed tomography (CT) images in predicting stone-free rates for ESWL. The main difference between this study and other studies is that it proposes an artificial intelligence-based model that predicts the success of ESWL treatment using artificial intelligence methods. …”
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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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