A privacy-preserving diffusion strategy over multitask networks by Wang, Chengcheng, Tay, Wee Peng, Wang, Yuan, Wei, Ye

“…In the proposed strategy, at each time instant, each agent sends a noisy estimate, which is its local intermediate estimate corrupted by a zero-mean additive noise, to its neighboring agents. We derive a sufficient condition to determine the amount of noise to add to each agent's intermediate estimate to achieve an optimal trade-off between the steady-state network mean-square-deviation and an inference privacy constraint. …”
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On the design of capacity-approaching error-correction codes for multi constrained systems by Zhang, Jiayu

“…A convergence to local optimum is guaranteed by the mean shift algorithm, which overcomes the limitations in greedy algorithms. …”
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Mendelian Randomization analysis of the causal effect of cigarette smoking on hospital costs by Dixon, P, Sallis, H, Munafo, M, Davey Smith, G, Howe, L

“…We followed individuals up for a mean of six years.</p> <br> <p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> Genetic liability to initiate smoking (ever versus never smoking) was estimated to increase mean per-patient annual inpatient hospital costs by £477 (95% confidence interval (CI): £187 to £766). …”

Testing Occupational Hazard Self-Evaluation Module (OHSEM) intervention among workers of SME (Manufacturing) in Northern Malaysia by Zulkifly, Syazwan Syah, Hasan, Nor Halim, Baharudin, Mohd Rafee

“…Results: The post-test results showed that safety KAB for the control group was moderate (mean = 2.11), while the mean score in the experimental group was high (m=4.17). …”
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Application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to determine free fatty acid contents in palm olein by Che Man, Y.B., Setiowaty, G.

“…For accuracy, the difference between the mean FFA determined by the chemical method and the mean FFA determined by the FTIR method (MD(a)) gave FFA contents of a value of 0.00016, with the FTIR method giving a higher prediction of palm olein than the AOCS method. …”
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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards athritis among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia by Yunus, Nurmutiah Mohd

“…The level of knowledge in this study showed that more participants experienced a high level of knowledge, with a mean score of 8.62 (SD = 2.36, range = 0–12). Besides, in this study mostly showed a high level of attitude, with a mean score of 22.14 (SD = 4.6, range = 0–24). …”
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Assessment Of Knowledge, Attitude And Practices Towards Arthritis Among Nursing Students In Universiti Sains Malaysia by Yunus, Nurmutiah Mohd

“…The level of knowledge in this study showed that more participants experienced a high level of knowledge, with a mean score of 8.62 (SD = 2.36, range = 0–12). Besides, in this study mostly showed a high level of attitude, with a mean score of 22.14 (SD = 4.6, range = 0–24). …”
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Exploring demographic disparities in the mastery of higher-order thinking skills among primary school pupils by Yee Mei Heong, Yee Mei Heong, Mahmad, Mohd Faisal, Tee Tze Kiong, Tee Tze Kiong, Kok Boon Ching, Kok Boon Ching, Azid, Nurulwahida, Nur Rahma Putra, Andika Bagus

“…T-test analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the mean scores of HOTS level between male and female pupils. …”
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Cost performace of road construction projects in Nigeria by Aligamhe, Victor Imohnikhe, Mustapa, Muzani, Patrick Ogbu, Chukwuemeka

“…Further, findings revealed that Nigeria’s federal highway projects have a mean cost overrun of 31.36%, and the probability of cost occurrence is 94.14%. …”
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Review and empirical analysis of machine learning-based software effort estimation by Rahman, Mizanur, Sarwar, Hasan, Abdul Kader, Md, Goncalves, Teresa C.F., Ting, Tin Tin

“…The performance of these techniques was evaluated using five widely adopted accuracy metrics: Mean Squared Error (MSE), Mean Magnitude of Relative Error (MMRE), R-squared, Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), and Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE). …”
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Statistical modeling reveals the effect of absolute humidity on dengue in Singapore by Xu, Hai-Yan, Fu, Xiuju, Lee, Lionel Kim Hock, Ma, Stefan, Goh, Kee Tai, Wong, Jiancheng, Habibullah, Mohamed Salahuddin, Lee, Gary Kee Khoon, Lim, Tian Kuay, Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah, Lim, Chin Leong, Ng, Lee Ching

“…From the correlation and DLNM regression modeling analyses of the studied period, AH was found to be a better predictor for modeling dengue incidence than the other unique weather variables. Whilst mean temperature (MeanT) also showed significant correlation with dengue incidence, the relationship between AH or MeanT and dengue incidence, however, varied in the three sub-periods. …”
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Lithological controls of the Mg isotope composition of the Lena River across seasons and its impact on the annual isotope flux to the Arctic Ocean by Mavromatis, V, Porcelli, D, Andersson, PS, Korets, MA, Pokrovsky, OS

“…This allows cost-effective assessment of mean riverine isotopic signatures of other elements in both small and large rivers to the Arctic Ocean.…”

Quantifying the average and the likelihood of increases in space weather indices and in situ measurements during Solar Cycles 20–23 by Lohmeyer, Whitney Q., Pang, Anthony, Cahoy, Kerry, Shprits, Yuri

“…We define increased activity as activity greater than two median absolute deviations (MADs) above the average activity for each phase. …”
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Autonomous UAV Navigation using Millimeter Wave Radar by Herrera, Joshua I.

“…Our system successfully achieved 7.9cm overall median error and had a 90th percentile error of less than 21cm.…”
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Development of SX chart for quality control by Ng, Charmaine Xue Ming.

“…Furthermore, while it is nearly as effective as, or slightly inferior to the CUSUM chart in detecting process mean shifts, the SX chart is much simpler in its operation.…”
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Distributed local linear parameter estimation using gaussian SPAWN by Leng, Mei, Tay, Wee Peng, Quek, Tony Q. S., Shin, Hyundong

“…We show that gSPAWN converges in mean and has mean-square stability under some technical sufficient conditions, and we describe an application of gSPAWN to a network localization problem in non-line-of-sight environments. …”
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The near wake of a sinusoidal wavy cylinder with a large spanwise wavelength using time-resolved particle image velocimetry by Bai, H. L., Zang, B., New, Tze How

“…Flow structures are documented in detail, in terms of time-mean flows, Reynolds stresses, and dominant structures. …”
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Testing the effect of ecolabels on the environmental impact of food purchases in worksite cafeterias: a randomised controlled trial by Luick, M, Stewart, C, Clark, M, Bateman, P, Biggs, E, Cook, B, Little, M, Wren, GM, Jebb, SA, Pechey, R

“…Results: There was no significant effect of the intervention on the environmental impact scores of meals sold (mean difference between control and intervention sites: -1.4%, 95%CI: -33.6%, + 30.8%). …”

Knowledge, attitude and practice in burn first aid among nursing student at school of health sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia by Munir, Muhammad Shafiq

“…The mean attitude score was 3.464, with 83 respondents (49.4%) showing a favourable attitude, while the mean practice score was 0.652, with 83 respondents (49.4%) displaying poor practice. …”
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A study on the application of discrete curvature feature extraction and optimization algorithms to battery health estimation by Goh, Hui Hwang, An, Zhen, Zhang, Dongdong, Dai, Wei, Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono, Goh, Kai Chen

“…The error evaluation metrics used are mean absolute error (MAE), mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), and root mean square error (RMSE). …”
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