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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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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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

“…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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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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Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the patterns of chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes by Vadim V. Klimontov, Anton I. Korbut, Olga N. Fazullina, Ilya V. Vinogradov, Vyacheslav V. Romanov

“…BACKGROUND: A growing body of evidence demonstrates increasing prevalence of normoalbuminuric chronic kidney disease (NA-CKD) in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D), while proportion of albuminuric pattern is decreasing. AIMS: To determine the clinical and laboratory parameters associated with different patterns of CKD in patients with T2D. …”
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Emptying villages, overflowing glasses: Out-migration and drinking patterns in Rural China by Yaxin LAN, Lei JIN

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Investigating employment patterns and determinants in the European Union through panel data insights by Vasilescu Maria Denisa, Stănilă Larisa, Crivoi Silvana, Belu Maria Berta

“…This article investigates recent trends, patterns, and employment determinants in the European Union (EU) member states. …”
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Fertility dynamics in Russia: assessment and forecast by D. K. Sopov

Subjects: “…birth rate…”
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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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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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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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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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Insights from a multiscale framework on metabolic rate variation driving glioblastoma multiforme growth and invasion by Meitham Amereh, Shahla Shojaei, Amir Seyfoori, Tavia Walsh, Prashant Dogra, Vittorio Cristini, Ben Nadler, Mohsen Akbari

“…Among these zonal cellular properties, metabolic rates strongly affect the overall growth and invasion of tumors. …”
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Estimated Glucose Disposal Rate: A Potential Determinant for Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes by Ehsan Bahrami Hezaveh, Rana Hashemi, Mohammadamin Noorafrooz, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Amirhossein Yadegar, Sahar Karimpour Reyhan, Manouchehr Nakhjavani, Alireza Esteghamati, Soghra Rabizadeh

“…ABSTRACT Objective This study investigates the association between estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR), a measurement of insulin resistance, and microvascular and macrovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). …”
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