An optimized CFD-DEM method for fluid-particle coupling dynamics analysis by Yao, L. M., Xiao, Zhongmin, Liu, J. B., Zhang, Q., Wang, M.

“…The improved CFD-DEM method can automatically adjust the CFD time steps according to the convergence criteria. …”
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First nosocomial cluster of COVID-19 due to the Delta variant in a major acute care hospital in Singapore: investigations and outbreak response by Lim, Wei Yen, Tan, Glorijoy Shi En, Htun, Htet Lin, Phua, Hwee Pin, Kyaw, Win Mar, Guo, Huiling, Cui, Lin, Mak, Tze Minn, Poh, Bee Fong, Wong, Judith Chui Ching, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Ang, Brenda Sze Peng, Chow, Angela Li Ping

“…Among patients, vaccination was associated with a 79% lower odds of infection with COVID-19 (adjusted odds ratio 0.21, 95% confidence interval 0.05–0.95). …”
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Inflammatory biomarkers and motoric cognitive risk syndrome: multicohort survey by Groeger, Justina L., Ayers, Emmeline, Barzilai, Nir, Beauchet, Olivier, Callisaya, Michele, Torossian, Maral R., Derby, Carol, Doi, Takehiko, Lipton, Richard B., Milman, Sofiya, Nakakubo, Sho, Shimada, Hiroyuki, Srikanth, Velandai, Wang, Cuiling, Verghese, Joe

“…Associations were reported as odds ratios adjusted for sex, age, education, depressive symptoms, body mass index, and vascular diseases (aOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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Data-driven distributionally robust CVaR portfolio optimization under a regime-switching ambiguity set by Pun, Chi Seng, Wang, Tianyu, Yan, Zhenzhen

“…Specifically, applying the proposed framework to portfolio selection problems helps investors respond promptly to the regime change in financial markets and adjust their portfolio allocation accordingly.…”
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Data-driven brain emotional learning-based intelligent controller-PID control of MIMO systems based on a modified safe experimentation dynamics algorithm by Shahrizal, Saat, Mohd Ashraf, Ahmad, Mohd Riduwan, Ghazali

“…The MSEDA introduces a dynamic probability coefficient that decreases with each iteration. The adjustment improves the balance between exploration and exploitation phases, which enhances control accuracy. …”
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Experimental and AI-driven enhancements in gas-phase photocatalytic CO2 conversion over synthesized highly ordered anodic TiO2 nanotubes by Hossen, Md. Arif, Hasan, Md. Munirul, Ahmed, Yunus, Azrina, Abd Aziz, Nurashikin, Yaacof, Leong, Kah Hon

“…Future investigations should concentrate on the integration of ML predictions with real-time monitoring systems to facilitate process automation, adaptive adjustments, and improved scalability for practical applications.…”
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Re-evaluating GPT-4’s bar exam performance by Martínez, Eric

“…Finally, the paper investigates the effect of different hyperparameter combinations on GPT-4’s MBE performance, finding no significant effect of adjusting temperature settings, and a significant effect of few-shot chain-of-thought prompting over basic zero-shot prompting. …”
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Investigation of ionic doping in all-solid-state organic electrochemical transistors by Hou, Kunqi

“…Additionally, tunable transistor performance is also realized by adjusting the gate capacitance, resulting in nonvolatile SSOECT-based synaptic devices by scaling down the gate geometry. …”
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Three essays in finance by Qian, Shuoge

“…Our analysis indicates that gambling amplifies trading volume and mitigates excess return co-movement caused by overconfidence. Further, risk-adjusted returns decrease in the strength of the affect heuristic, but this negative relationship attenuates when the gambling propensity is high. …”
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Studies on high-frequency noise characteristics in deep submicron NMOSFETs by Zeng, Rong

“…The reduction of minimum noise figure with the increase in body bias may provide a possible methodology to finely adjust the device high-frequency noise performance for circuit design.…”
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Digital watermarking for audio content protection by Lei, Baiying

“…The designed optimization technique employs PSO to search for the optimal watermark strength by continuously adjusting the fitness values so that the conflicting requirements of robustness and imperceptibility of the watermark are satisfied optimally. …”
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Financial forecasting using meta-cognitive fuzzy neural networks by Singh Akhand Pratap

“…The setback identified in the project for the above stated problem is the way the prediction variables are calculated and the lack of automated mechanisms to adjust certain thresholds. Some potential ways to address the above issues could be usage of synthetic data through time-series models to train the model till the test date; usage of manual inferences drawn from the indicators to make judgements about the present day; usage of multiple machine learning models and combining the results from all; usage of dynamic feature selection mechanism to make improvements to the prediction; and usage of dynamic thresholds that are dependent on the market conditions. …”
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On strong semismoothness and superlinear convergence of complementarity problems over homogeneous cones by Nguyen, Hai Ha

“…The next parts of Chapter 2 discuss the application of the method for adjusting the strong semismoothness of projection onto second-order cones, then give a couple of counter examples to see the important things we need to notice when doing this method. …”
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Potential of kaolin-palm oil fuel ash mixture as sustainable landfill liner material by Brown, Oyeleke Raifu

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Application of artificial intelligence based on state grid ESG platform in clean energy scheduling optimization by Zhu, Tianyi, Guan, Xin, Chen, Chuan, Cao, Xiaojing, Wang, Caimeng, Liao, Jiarong

“…Among this architecture, DQN is responsible for adjusting the PSO initially optimized scheduling plan based on real-time data during the actual scheduling process, adapting it to the instantaneous change demand and renewable energy output characteristics. …”
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A community-based intervention (the Omama Project) improves neurodevelopment in impoverished 2-year-old Roma children: a quasi-experimental observational study by Fernandes, M, Matuskova, O, Babelova, R, Santosa, WB, Shaw, O, Hrica, P

“…Compared with RC, RI had higher 2-year cognitive (B = 0.15; 95% CI, 0.04, 0.25), language (B = 0.25; 95% CI, 0.11, 0.38) and fine motor (B = 0.08; 95% CI, 0.01, 0.16) scores. After adjustment for covariates, cognitive delay decreased by 88% in RI compared with RC (aOR, 0.12; 95% CI, 0.03, 0.53). …”

Gametocyte carriage in uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria following treatment with artemisinin combination therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual pat... by Abdulla, S, Achan, J, Yeka, A, D'Alessandro, U, Adam, I, Alemayehu, B, Allan, R, Temu, E, Allen, E, Barnes, K, Anvikar, A, Valecha, N, Arinaitwe, E, Ashley, E, Carrara, V, McGready, R, Nosten, F, Lee, S, White, N, Asih, P, Awab, G, Dondorp, A, Fanello, C, Woodrow, C, Dahal, P, Guerin, P, Humphreys, G, Moreira, C, Nsanzabana, C, Price, R, Sibley, C, Stepniewska, K, Bassat, Q, Gonzalez, R, Baudin, E, Checchi, F, Espie, E, Grandesso, F, Nabasumba, C, Schramm, B, Björkman, A, Bompart, F, Lameyre, V, Bonnet, M, Borrmann, S, Bousema, T, Cenci, F, Cot, M, Faucher, J, Kapulu, M, Marsh, K, Mayxay, M, Newton, P, Roper, C, Deloron, P, Djimde, A, Fofana, B, Doumbo, O, Sagara, I, Dorsey, G, Rosenthal, P, Drakeley, C

“…The appearance of gametocytaemia was lowest after AS-MQ and AL and significantly higher after DP (adjusted hazard ratio (AHR), 2.03; 95 % CI, 1.24–3.12; P = 0.005 compared to AL) and AS-AQ fixed dose combination (FDC) (AHR, 4.01; 95 % CI, 2.40–6.72; P  </p><p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p> <p>AS-MQ and AL are more effective than DP and AS-AQ FDC in preventing gametocytaemia shortly after treatment, suggesting that the non-artemisinin partner drug or the timing of artemisinin dosing are important determinants of post-treatment gametocyte dynamics.…”

Associations between violence in childhood, depression and suicide attempts in adolescence: evidence from a cohort study in Luwero district, Uganda by Akunzirwe, R, Carter, DJ, Hanna, L, Zinke-Allmang, A, Akim, A, Datzberger, S, Parkes, J, Knight, L, Atuhaire, L, Nakuti, J, Mirembe, A, Allen, E, Naker, D, Devries, K, Bhatia, A

“…Mental health outcomes, depression symptoms in the past two weeks, and lifetime suicide attempts were measured at Wave (2) We used logistic regression models, stratified by sex, to estimate adjusted odds ratios with an interaction term to test for effect modification by peer and family connectedness at Wave 1. …”

Contraceptive experience and factors associated with desire for postpartum family planning among pregnant women of the nkongsamba health district, Littoral Region, Cameroon by Ajong, AB, Yakum, MN, Mangala, FN, Bekolo, CE, Agbor, VN, Waffo, LM, Kenfack, B

“…Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (AORs) for the factors associated with desire for postpartum family planning. …”

E-cigarette (EC) and heated tobacco product (HTP) use in the United Arab Emirates, an emerging EC and HTP market: a cross-sectional analysis of the International Tobacco Control (I... by Leinberger-Jabari, A, Ahmad, A, Lindson, N, Oke, J, Hartmann-Boyce, J, Fong, G, El-Shahawy, O, Raghib, A, Sherman, S

“…Of 521 people providing data on HTP, 30% reported ever using them. After adjusting for age, sex, education, perceived harms and perceived addictiveness of EC, current EC use was associated with baseline combustible tobacco smoking (aOR = 27.63, 95% confidence interval [CI] 14.39, 53.06), users of a younger age (aOR=0.91, 95%CI 0.88, 0.95), and users of male sex (OR = 2.15, 95% CI 1.21, 3.81). …”