A new approach to estimate neighborhood socioeconomic status using supermarket transactions and GNNs by Eduardo Cruz, Monica Villavicencio, Carmen Vaca, Lisette Espín-Noboa, Nervo Verdezoto

“…This work is a data-driven study to analyze the digital traces left by humans in supermarket transactions and model the relationship between consumption behavior and the average per capita income, proposing a proxy to estimate socioeconomic status at the urban neighborhood level. …”
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Fatigue Driving Prediction on Commercial Dangerous Goods Truck Using Location Data: The Relationship between Fatigue Driving and Driving Environment by Shifeng Niu, Guiqiang Li

“…The driver’s yawn data are used as a proxy for ground truth for the classification algorithm. …”
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TT‐seq captures enhancer landscapes immediately after T‐cell stimulation by Margaux Michel, Carina Demel, Benedikt Zacher, Björn Schwalb, Stefan Krebs, Helmut Blum, Julien Gagneur, Patrick Cramer

“…Our results indicate that enhancer transcription is a good proxy for enhancer regulatory activity in target gene activation, and establish TT‐seq as a tool for monitoring the dynamics of enhancer landscapes and transcription programs during cellular responses and differentiation.…”
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Do Macroeconomic Factors Significantly Affect Economic Growth? Evidence from Ghana by Evans Yeboah, Dastan Bamwesigye

“…The outcome of the OLS indicated that external debt, FDI, and trade openness had a positive impact, whereas inflation and unemployment rates had a negative effect using GDP as a proxy for economic growth. The outcome also showed that real exchange has no significant effect on the economy of Ghana. …”
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The Impact of Stokvel and Banking Sector Efficiency: an Econometrics Model using (ARDL) Approach to Cointegration by Ngcobo, Lindiwe

“…Aim: The aims are to attempts to capture the relationship between stokvel and banking sector development across its proxy of banking sector efficiency. The aim is to determine the relative attractiveness of the needs of low- and middle households saving with banking sector/financial institutions. …”
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Clinic Attendance for Medication Refills and Medication Adherence amongst an Antiretroviral Treatment Cohort in Uganda: A Prospective Study by Setor Kunutsor, John Walley, Elly Katabira, Simon Muchuro, Hudson Balidawa, Elizabeth Namagala, Eric Ikoona

“…Where human resource constraints do not allow pill counts or other time-consuming measures, then monitoring clinic attendance and acting on missed appointments may be an effective proxy measure.…”
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On the Financial Determinants of the Piotroski F-Score: An Analysis of Borsa İstanbul Firms by Sinan Aytekin, Nida Abdioğlu

“…This study investigates the factors effective on Piotroski F-score which is a proxy for financial health of the firms. Manufacturing firms operate in Borsa İstanbul are considered in the analyses with using the time period of 2017:Q1-2024:Q3. …”
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Investigation of the Geomagnetically Induced Current Index Levels in the Mediterranean Region During the Strongest Magnetic Storms of Solar Cycle 24 by A. Z. Boutsi, G. Balasis, S. Dimitrakoudis, I. A. Daglis, K. Tsinganos, C. Papadimitriou, O. Giannakis

“…Here, we exploit data from the HellENIc GeoMagnetic Array, which is deployed in Greece, complemented by magnetic observatories in the Mediterranean region (Italy, France, Spain, Algeria, and Turkey), to calculate values of the GIC index, that is, a proxy of the geoelectric field calculated entirely from geomagnetic field variations. …”
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Improving agricultural sustainability through farm mergers: an energy efficiency perspective by Amar Oukil, Ahmed Nourani, Ahmed Amin Soltani, Mohamed-Rachid Boulassel, Abdelaali Bencheikh

“…Through the utilization of energy consumption as a proxy, we propose a novel methodology that evaluates the impact of farm consolidations on agricultural sustainability while accounting for resource preferences. …”
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Research on the impact of urban innovation on public health by Liang Zhao, Chen Li, Yaosen Qian

“…The study aims to provide scientific evidence for policymakers by analyzing how technological innovation affects urban public health levels.MethodsThe study used a panel model for empirical analysis which based on panel data from 15 sub provincial cities across the country, using the number of doctors per 10,000 people and per capita financial medical and health expenditure as proxy variables for urban public health, and using the level of technological development as the core explanatory variable for regression analysis.ResultsThe research results show that: (1) for public health quantified by the number of doctors per 10,000 people in cities, innovation does not have a significant promoting effect on urban public health; (2) Compared to the number of doctors per 10,000 people in a region, the per capita financial expenditure on healthcare can better measure the level of urban public health; (3) Innovation has a significant impact on urban public health, measured by per capita fiscal expenditure on healthcare.DiscussionIn order to transform technological innovation into a driving force for the development of urban public health, efforts must be made from multiple aspects. …”
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Comparison of Low‐Latitude Ionospheric Scintillation Forecasting Techniques Using a Physics‐Based Model by L. D. Nugent, S. Elvidge, M. J. Angling

“…Abstract The temporal change in height of a specific electron density can be used as a proxy for vertical plasma drift (PVPD) at the magnetic equator. …”
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Migration and Residual Trapping of Immiscible Fluids during Cyclic Injection: Pore-Scale Observation and Quantitative Analysis by Haejin Ahn, Seon-Ok Kim, Minhee Lee, Sookyun Wang

“…For the purpose, a series of injection experiments with five sets of drainage-imbibition cycles were performed using 2D transparent micromodels and a pair of proxy fluids, n-hexane, and deionized water. The multiphase flow and immiscible displacement phenomena during drainage and imbibition processes in pore networks were visually observed, and the temporal and spatial changes in distribution and saturation of the two immiscible fluids were quantitatively estimated at the pore scale using image analysis techniques. …”
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The effect of nature on creativity through mental imagery. by Aaron C Drake, Fiza Hasan, Arianna Gibson, Julia W Y Kam

“…However, a walk in nature is not always feasible, and whether a proxy for nature immersion via a mental walk in nature can elicit the same benefits as a physical walk remains largely unknown. …”
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Tipping point-induced abrupt shifts in East Asian hydroclimate since the Last Glacial Maximum by Fuzhi Lu, Huayu Lu, Yao Gu, Pengyu Lin, Zhengyao Lu, Qiong Zhang, Hongyan Zhang, Fan Yang, Xiaoyi Dong, Shuangwen Yi, Deliang Chen, Francesco S. R. Pausata, Maya Ben-Yami, Jennifer V. Mecking

“…Here we present an ensemble reconstruction of East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) rainfall since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) using nine statistical and machine learning methods based on multi-proxy records from a maar lake in southern China. …”
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The Effect of Water Chemistry on Thermochemical Sulfate Reduction: A Case Study from the Ordovician in the Tazhong Area, Northwest China by Hongxia Li, Chunfang Cai, Lianqi Jia, Chenlu Xu, Ke Zhang

“…The aim is to elucidate the effects of geochemical composition of formation water on thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR) and potential usage of SO4/Cl ratios as a new proxy for TSR extents in areas, where H2S and thiaadamantanes (TAs) data are not available. …”
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Loudness dependence of the auditory evoked potential: temporal stability, associations to sociodemographic variables, and functional significance—implications for clinical research... by Stein Andersson, Stein Andersson, Trine Waage Rygvold, Christoffer Hatlestad-Hall

“…IntroductionThe loudness dependence of the auditory evoked potential (LDAEP) has been suggested as a biomarker for central serotonergic function, and as such a proxy for serotonin related psychiatric symptomatology and intervention outcome, particularly in depression. …”
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On Explainability of Reinforcement Learning-Based Machine Learning Agents Trained with Proximal Policy Optimization That Utilizes Visual Sensor Data by Tomasz Hachaj, Marcin Piekarczyk

“…Our approach is based on the solid theoretical foundation of Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping (GradCAM) and Classification and Regression Tree with additional proxy geometry heuristics. It excels in the explanation process in a virtual simulation system based on a video system with relatively low resolution. …”
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Robust Optimization of Planar Constrained Mechanical System with Varying Joint Clearance Size Based on Sensitivity Analysis by Yong Gao, Fang Zhang, Yuanyuan Li

“…The first-order sensitivity analysis based on the response surface proxy model is performed. Then, a multiobjective robust optimization algorithm based on sensitivity analysis is carried out to reduce the undesirable effects of joint clearances and random parameters. …”
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LENDING RATE AND COMMERCIAL BANK LENDING IN NIGERIA by Lateef Adewale Yunusa, Mayowa Ebenezer Ariyibi, Kehinde Isiaq Olaiya, Tolulope Oyakhilome Williams

“…The analysis included the macroeconomic variable growth of bank lending, which is a proxy for bank lending, and the independent variables: lending rate, deposit growth, foreign exchange rate, liquidity rate, money supply, and GDP growth. …”
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Organic ligands in whale excrement support iron availability and reduce copper toxicity to the surface ocean by Patrick J. Monreal, Matthew S. Savoca, Lydia Babcock-Adams, Laura E. Moore, Angel Ruacho, Dylan Hull, Logan J. Pallin, Ross C. Nichols, John Calambokidis, Joseph A. Resing, Ari S. Friedlaender, Jeremy Goldbogen, Randelle M. Bundy

“…Here we measured high concentrations of dissolved iron and copper in five baleen whale fecal samples and characterized micromolar levels of organic metal-binding ligands as a proxy for their availability. The iron-ligand pool consisted of weakly-binding ligands and intermediate-binding ligands which enhanced iron stability and potential bioavailability. …”
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