Audience Preferences and Popular Program Patterns on News Channels in Karachi by Erum Hafeez

“…One-on-one interviews reflect the mindset and viewing patterns of news channels’ audience. It is also instrumental to highlight the factors that hinder Express-News ratings against its competing channels. …”
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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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Firing rates in visual cortex show representational drift, while temporal spike sequences remain stable by Boris Sotomayor-Gómez, Francesco P. Battaglia, Martin Vinck

“…Summary: Neural firing-rate responses to sensory stimuli show progressive changes both within and across sessions, raising the question of how the brain maintains a stable code. …”
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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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Quantifying age-related rates of social contact using diaries in a rural coastal population of Kenya. by Moses Chapa Kiti, Timothy Muiruri Kinyanjui, Dorothy Chelagat Koech, Patrick Kiio Munywoki, Graham Francis Medley, David James Nokes

“…The objective of this study was to quantify an age-specific matrix of contact rates for a predominantly rural low-income population that would support transmission dynamic modeling of respiratory viruses.…”
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Strain rate sensitivity metrics of PSU and PPSU high-performance polymers in extrusion-based additive manufacturing by Nectarios Vidakis, Markos Petousis, Nikolaos Mountakis, Maria Spyridaki, Ioannis Valsamos, Emmanuel Kymakis

“…Besides the thermal evaluation of the filaments, the samples were examined through scanning electron microscopy to document and identify their failure patterns. The findings indicate that both PSU and PPSU exhibit remarkable strain rate sensitivity. …”
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Validity of smartwatch-derived estimates of lactate threshold heart rate and pace compared to graded exercise testing by Changda Lu, Wei Cui, Zheng Zhu, Yiwei Wu, Qingjun Xing, Bingyu Pan, Bingyu Pan, Yanfei Shen, Yanfei Shen

“…One hundred healthy recreational runners underwent indoor graded exercise tests followed by outdoor tests using Huawei (n = 100), Garmin (n = 23), and Coros (n = 17) smartwatches to compare differences in testing protocols and LT HR and LT Pace.ResultsThe success rates for a single test were 78% for Huawei®, 65.22% for Garmin®, and 47.06% for Coros®. …”
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Urban-rural differences in age-specific mortality rates for breast cancer in China from 2009 to 2021 by Menglong Li, Jinlei Qi, Yaqi Ma, Wen Shu, Huidi Xiao, Lijun Wang, Peng Yin, Haoyan Guo, Sten H. Vermund, Maigeng Zhou, Yifei Hu

“…As socio-economic development and urbanization progress, differences in risk factors such as dietary patterns, lifestyles, and physical activity have become less pronounced nationwide, leading to a gradual reduction in the gap of breast cancer mortality rates between urban and rural women. …”
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Development of an Experimental Method Using a Portable Photosynthesis-Monitoring System to Measure Respiration Rates in Small-Sized Insects by Bi-Yue Ding, Qin-Qin Xu, Yu-Jing Liu, Yu-Hong Zhong, Yan Zhou

“…The system exhibited high sensitivity and reproducibility rates, revealing stage-specific respiration patterns. …”
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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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Effect of Different Vane Combinations on Fertilizer Distribution Uniformity with Various Flow Rates in Spinning Disc Broadcasters by Mazhar Kara, Yıldıran Yıldırım

“…The circular orifices of 30, 40, and 50 mm diameters were used at the bottom of hopper to obtain the different flow rates of the fertilizer. The results of the study showed that the combination of the different shaped vanes on the spinning disc had a significant effect on fertilizer distribution uniformity. …”
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Classification and spatial characteristics of different development stages in China: Evidence from the contribution rate of production factors. by Zijie Li, Xiangnan Liu, Lingfeng Xu, Qun Wu

“…This paper aims to reveal the changing characteristics of the contribution rates of different production factors in China since the reform and opening up from two dimensions: stage and space. …”
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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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Yield Performance and Nutrient Uptake of Red Rice Variety (MRM 16) at Different NPK Fertilizer Rates by Z. Masni, M. E. Wasli

“…The results showed that yield was not significantly affected by the increment of the NPK fertilizer added at a rate of more than 60 kg/ha N, 35 kg/ha P, and 40 kg/ha K (T2). …”
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Modeling inflation rate factors on present consumption price index in Ethiopia: threshold autoregressive models approach by Alebachew Abebe, Aboma Temesgen, Belete Kebede

“…Conclusion The superiority in performance of nonlinear models was attributed to their ability to capture the stochastic nature of the monthly rates as evident in the pattern of the forecast errors. …”
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The Canine Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR): Evaluation of a Point-of-Care Testing Device (MINIPET DIESSE) by Carlo Militello, Anna Pasquini, Anyela Andrea Medina Valentin, Petra Simčič, Giulia De Feo, George Lubas

“…The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in canine medicine has been replaced by the evaluation of a few sensitive markers of the acute-phase proteins. …”
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