Energy efficiency as a driver of the circular economy and carbon neutrality in selected countries of Southern Europe: a soft computing approach by Alma Ramčilović Jesih, Goran Šimić, Ljubiša Konatar, Zoran Brljak, Polona Šprajc

“…The research was carried out on a sample of seven Balkan countries and their surrounding areas. An initial qualitative analysis was followed by a quantitative analysis based on a combination of statistical methods and soft computing. …”
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Development of the destination branding model based on tourism industry nostalgia by parinaz masoumi, vahidreza mirabi, jalal HaghighatMonfared, Ahmad Vedadi

“…In the quantitative part, the statistical population includes all tourists of Tehran province in 1401, from which a sample of 384 people was selected. …”
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Experimental Research on Axial Compression of Reinforced Concrete Short Circular Columns Strengthened with Prestressed Semicircular Steel Plates by Zhenhua Ren, Yaqian Shen, Xiantao Zeng, Yuantian Sun

“…According to the statistics of relevant departments, the total area of various existing buildings in China is at least 10 billion m2, of which about one-third of the houses have reached the design life and the safety reserve is insufficient. …”
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Assessment and analysis of the sensitivity of different methods for estimating of the reference crop evapotranspiration in a cold and moderate climate (Case study: Saqez catchment) by Najmeh Daneshvar-Marvast, Somayeh Soltani-Gerdefaramarzi, Samaneh Poormohammadi

“…Sunshine hours, maximum temperature and wind speed were the most effective factors for evapotranspiration in this area by sensitivity analysis.…”
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Modelling climate change and aridity for climate impact studies in semi-arid regions: The case of Giba basin, northern Ethiopia by Atsbha Brhane Gebru, Tesfamichael Gebreyohannes, Gebrerufael Hailu Kahsay

“…Analysis: of long-term and future climate variability is crucial for impact assessment studies in drought-prone areas like the Giba basin in northern Ethiopia. This study has applied the statistical downscaling model (SDSM) and (De Martonne and Pinna combinative) aridity index methods to evaluate the climate system of the Giba basin. …”
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Neuropathic Pain Management: Prescription Strategies in a Tertiary Care Setting by Chethan Kumar JK, Jason Fernandes Jokem, Chandralekha N, Padmaja Udaykumar

“…Understanding prescription patterns in a tertiary care setting can provide insights into current clinical practices and highlight areas for improvement. Objective: prospective study of prescription pattern among neuropathic pain and its management. …”
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River Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images Based on Composite Attention Network by Zhiyong Fan, Jianmin Hou, Qiang Zang, Yunjie Chen, Fei Yan

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Clinical utility of hematological parameters in aplastic anemia by Lizhong Zhang, Xiaonan Han, Qiujuan Zhu, Yu Qin, Yanan Jia

“…The retrospective study included 146 patients with aplastic anemia and 150 normal controls matched in age and gender, where clinical characteristics and hematological parameters were classified and statistically analyzed. The study showed a statistical difference in the hematological parameters between aplastic anemia patients and controls. …”
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Performance Evaluation of a Communication Protocol for Vital Signs Sensors Used for the Monitoring of Athletes by George Kiokes, Clio Vossou, Panagiotis Chatzistamatis, Stelios M. Potirakis, Savvas Vassiliadis, Kleanthis Prekas, Gurkan Tuna, Kayhan Gulez

“…A wireless sensor network (WSN) combines embedded computing technology with communication technology in order to collect information of the network coverage area and send it to the observer. …”
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A Landscape-Clustering Zoning Strategy to Map Multi-Crops in Fragmented Cropland Regions Using Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 Imagery with Feature Selection by Guanru Fang, Chen Wang, Taifeng Dong, Ziming Wang, Cheng Cai, Jiaqi Chen, Mengyu Liu, Huanxue Zhang

“…However, in complex agricultural regions, such as China’s Huang-Huai-Hai region, the high crop diversity and fragmented cropland in localized areas present significant challenges for accurate crop mapping. …”
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Consequences of changing regional integration on environmental development, agricultural markets, and food security by L.A. Omarbakiyev, S.M. Kantarbayeva, A.K. Nizamdinova, S.T. Zhumasheva, G.Zh. Seitkhamzina, A. Saulembekova

“…Due to the geographical features of Kazakhstan’s location, it is necessary to develop areas that are primarily focused on the internal capabilities of the country. …”
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New methods of local medical treatment of purulent wounds by A. Yu. Grigoryan, A. I. Bezhin, T. A. Pankrusheva, L. V. Zhilyaeva

“…All test combinations showed high growth retardation areas for all test strains of microorganisms. …”
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Detection of the Optimal Temporal Windows for Mapping Paddy Rice Under a Double-Cropping System Using Sentinel-2 Imagery by Li Sheng, Yuefeng Lv, Zhouqiao Ren, Hongkui Zhou, Xunfei Deng

“…Through verification in the study area of Yiwu, China, the discrepancies between mapping results and agricultural statistics were within 5%, demonstrating the rationality and efficiency of the proposed framework.…”
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IDENTIFICATION OF THE UNCERTAIN EVENTS IMPACTING ON CONSTRUCTION TIME OF SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHWAY PROJECTS by Alireza MOGHAYEDI, Abimbola WINDAPO

“…Also, it was found that each factor contains several uncertain events, which impact on construction time differently, through a combination of the uncertain events of the individual construction activities. …”
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Micro/Nanostructures and Mechanical Properties of Trabecular Bone in Ovariectomized Rats by Shidi Hu, Jin Li, Lu Liu, Ruchun Dai, Zhifeng Sheng, Xianping Wu, Xiqiao Feng, Xuefeng Yao, Eryuan Liao, Evan Keller, Yebin Jiang

“…AFM images showed lower roughness Tb surfaces with loosely packed large nodular structures and less compacted interfibrillar space in OVX than in SHAM. However, no statistically significant changes were in the Tb intrinsic material properties—nanoindentation hardness, elastic modulus, and plastic deformation—nanoindentation depths, and residual areas. …”
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Pure additive contribution of genetic variants to a risk prediction model using propensity score matching: application to type 2 diabetes by Chanwoo Park, Nan Jiang, Taesung Park

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Identifying Key Factors towards Highly Reflective Silver Coatings by Bo Zheng, Lai Peng Wong, Linda Y. L. Wu, Zhong Chen

“…It was observed that the development surface area ratio, Sdr, is a better roughness indicator in predicting the reflectance of polycrystalline silver films than the arithmetic average roughness, Ra.…”
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Copula-Driven Learning Techniques for Physical Layer Authentication Using Multimodal Data by Sahana Srikanth, Sanjeev Gurugopinath, Sami Muhaidat

“…The collective multimodal data is considered as an attribute vector, which is used as a test statistic for the underlying multi-level hypothesis testing problem of PLA. …”
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Dual-Channel Deepfake Audio Detection: Leveraging Direct and Reverberant Waveforms by Gunwoo Lee, Jungmin Lee, Minkyo Jung, Joseph Lee, Kihun Hong, Souhwan Jung, Yoseob Han

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The Effect of Strength Training on the Quality of Life and Cognitive Functions of Elderly People by Ernesta Klimavičiūtė, Sandra Naujalė, Lina Mickevičienė, Erika Krasinskė, Margarita Drozdova – Statkevičienė, Vida Janina Česnaitienė

“…The results of the quality of life assessment deteriorated statistically significantly in all the groups: in the areas of physical health, social relations and environment (p <.001), and in the area of psychological health (p=0.001). …”
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