Dynamic shimming in the cervical spinal cord for multi-echo gradient-echo imaging at 3 T by E. Alonso-Ortiz, D. Papp, A. D'Astous, J. Cohen-Adad

“…Obtaining high quality images of the spinal cord with MRI is difficult, partly due to the fact that the spinal cord is surrounded by a number of structures that have differing magnetic susceptibility. …”
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Can socioeconomic factors and the availability of medicinal plant resources influence people's perception of risk in relation to diseases? by Cecilia de Fatima Castelo Branco Rangel de Almeida, Maria Lorena da Silva, Washington Soares Ferreira Junior, Taline Cristina da Silva

“…The data were analyzed with Generalized Linear Models using R software. Results Age was the only socioeconomic factor with a significant influence on the perception of risk of disease, being higher among individuals aged between 51 and 70. …”
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Impact of interface roughness correlation on resonant tunnelling diode variation by Pranav Acharya, Naveen Kumar, Ankit Dixit, Jaehyun Lee, Vihar Georgiev

“…For each correlation length, 25 RTD device structures with IR were randomly generated. Device variation was quantified as the standard deviation of the resonant peak current ( $$I_r$$ ) and the corresponding bias voltage ( $$V_r$$ ), both extracted from the non-linear RTD current-voltage (IV) characteristics. …”
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Maternity care providers' perspectives on late-term gestation management (LATE-study): A cross-sectional survey. by Anna E Seijmonsbergen-Schermers, Fatima Hammiche, Hannah de Klerk, Judit K J Keulen, Caroline J Bax, Lilian L Peters, Corine J Verhoeven

“…Descriptive analyses and data visualisation were performed. Linear regressions were performed to assess the association between characteristics and agreement with and adherence to the recommendations. …”
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Correlation between salivary dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) levels and cervical vertebral maturation in Saudi individuals by Sarah Z. Al Meshari, AlJazi H. Aldweesh

“…Biochemical biomarkers have an association with bone metabolism and produce signals which stimulate the growth and development of various craniofacial structures. Steroid dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) plays a major role in the initiation of growth hormone actions which has a significant role in promoting and accelerating skeletal maturation during puberty. …”
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Three-dimensional integral dry friction model for the motion of a rectangular body by M. S. Salimov, I. V. Merkuriev

“…The body motion occurs under the conditions of combined dynamics when, in addition to the longitudinal movement, the body participates in twisting.Materials and Methods. Linear fractional Pade approximations are proposed, which replaced the cumbersome analytical expressions that most accurately describe the motion of bodies on rough surfaces. …”
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An Effective Feature Extraction Method for Tomato Leafminer - Tuta Absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Classification by Tahsin Uygun, Serhat Kiliçarslan, Cemil Közkurt, Mehmet Metin Ozguven

“…Among the methods evaluated, SVM-Linear achieved the highest accuracy with 97.83%, outperforming other classifiers such as Random Forest with 96.14%, Rotation Forest with 95.89%, and SVM-RBF with 90.70%. …”
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Modélisation des objets historiques selon la fonction, l’espace et le temps pour l’étude des dynamiques urbaines dans la longue durée by Xavier Rodier, Laure Saligny

“….- Space, the most formalized of the three sets, is structured on the model of a planar topological graph without isthmi.- Time, always considered as continuous and linear, will be modelled by analogy with space using temporal topology defined in the field of artificial intelligence.The relationships between these three sets each characterize an interaction (social use-space, social use-time, time-space, or function-space-time). …”
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INTERNAL AUDIT EFFICIENCY AND PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF SELECTED MDAs IN KWARA STATE by Aminat Arike ARIYO-EDU, Ibrahim Ayodeji WOLI-JIMOH, Muhammed Lawal SUBAIR

“…Primary data was sourced through the administration of well-structured questionnaire using five-points Likert scale to measure the question items. …”
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Determinants of Nurses’ Compliance with Infection Prevention and Control Practices in Critical Care Units by Raghad Batran, Ahmad Ayed, Ahmad Batran, Moath Abu Ejheisheh, Bahaa Alassoud, Mohammed F. Hayek, Ali Batran

“…Statistical analyses, including multiple linear regression, were performed to assess predictors of compliance with IPC practices. …”
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Exploitation of OCO-3 Satellite Data to Analyse Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Mt. Etna Volcano by Vito Romaniello, Gaetana Ganci

“…Atmospheric CO₂ concentrations are examined as a function of distance from the summit, and assuming a linear decreasing trend, the angular coefficient is computed. …”
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Comparing factor mixture modeling and conditional Gaussian mixture variational autoencoders for cognitive profile clustering by Matteo Orsoni, Sara Giovagnoli, Sara Garofalo, Noemi Mazzoni, Matilde Spinoso, Mariagrazia Benassi

“…Conversely, CGMVAE reveals subtle, non-linear variations in cognitive profiles, potentially reflecting complex developmental pathways. …”
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Association between physical activity level and cardiovascular disease: An empirical analysis based on CHARLS data in 2018. by Haiwei Li, Liang Luo, Jing Zhang, Yanhao Zhao, Peipei Cheng, Dan Liu, Liwei Guo

“…Furthermore, restricted cubic spline analysis revealed a significant linear relationship between PAL and CVD (nonlinear P > 0.05), indicating that the OR for CVD decreased with higher levels of PAL.…”
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Passive social media use and depression among college students during public health emergencies: a chain mediation approach by Lin Wang, Shuhe Li, Yajing Liu, Lu Cheng

“…This study investigates the impact of passive social media use on depression among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically examining the mediating roles of vicarious traumatization and fear of missing out (FoMO).MethodsA structured survey was conducted among 322 college students. …”
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Optimization of geometry forms for wind mill mouth of the “rotor-in-socket” type by Vladimir A. Kostyukov, Mikhail Yu. Medvedev, Andrey N. Maevskiy, Nikolay K. Poluyanovich, Vasily V. Savchenko

“…Such wind power plants meet and exceed, at any rate upon the average, the corresponding classical vertical axis structures.…”
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Fish Diversity Patterns in Rivers Receiving Ecological Water Supplement Driven by Riparian Land Use by LIU Han, LI Lu-dan, GUO Wei-jie, QIAO Qiang-long, GONG Dan-dan, DU Qi, LI Hang, ZHAO Wei-hua

“…Statistical analyses included: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA) to test interannual differences; Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS) to visualize community structure; Pearson correlation analysis to examine relationships among diversity indices; and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) models to quantify the driving effects of riparian land use on fish diversity. …”
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Electrosoliton dynamics in a thermalized molecular chain by V. N. Kadantsev, A. N. Goltsov, M. A. Kondakov

“…The suggested mechanism of emergent of macroscopic dissipative structures in the form of electrosolitons in α-helical proteins is discussed in connection with recent experimental data on long-lived collective protein excitation in the terahertz frequency region.…”
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Chasing environmental sustainability in healthcare organizations: insights from the Italian experience by Michela Bobini, Americo Cicchetti

“…The analysis also revealed a positive association between the number of sustainability domains addressed and the number of actions implemented, suggesting that broader engagement supports more structured implementation. Conclusions The findings suggest that organizations do not necessarily follow a linear or formalized pathway in adopting environmental sustainability practices. …”
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Optimising complexity and learning for photonic reservoir computing with gain-controlled multimode fibres by Giulia Marcucci, Luana Olivieri, Juan Sebastian Totero Gongora

“…In our approach, RC is implemented by structuring the pump and probe beams using phase-only spatial light modulators. …”
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High-Frequency Ultrasonography As An Innovative Diagnostic Method in Dermatology by Aneta Rasińska, Piotr Rzyczniok, Anna Rzyczniok, Weronika Rasińska, Justyna Jachimczak, Filip Grydź, Joanna Filipow, Anna Rebizak, Paulina Bala, Aneta Rostkowska, Sebastian Kupisiak, Natalia Pasierb, Justyna Matusik, Mateusz Kopczyński

“…The physical conditions of  HFU make it possible  to estimate the parameters of the skin structure, such as thickness and echogenicity (a feature related to the center) of its layers in relation to the surrounding tissues. …”
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