Global minimum variance portfolio : an application to the Singapore stock market by Lim, Ching Jie, Walker, Cheryl Chia, Cheng, Paul Shin Wee, Ng, Nicolson Bowen

“…Furthermore, the look-back periods have no significant impact on the mean returns of the portfolio within each model.…”
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An investigation of finite wings with leading edge protuberances by Gan, Christopher De Hao

“…This is confirmed by the streamline and mean vorticity plots further downstream on the airfoil. …”
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Lane formation and aggregation spots in a model of ants by Bruna, M, Burger, M, de Wit, O

“…Remarkably, the mean-field PDE not only supports aggregation spots and lane formation but also unveils a bistable region where these two behaviors compete. …”

Laser speckle flowgraphy derived characteristics of optic nerve head perfusion in normal tension glaucoma and healthy individuals : a Pilot study by Mursch-Edlmayr, Anna Sophie, Luft, Nikolaus, Podkowinski, Dominika, Ring, Michael, Schmetterer, Leopold, Bolz, Matthias

“…Parameters for the characterization of pulse-waveform of the mean blur rate were calculated. It was shown that the mean blur rate was significantly lower in the glaucoma group compared to the control group (P < 0.001). …”
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React based web-application for stock price forecasting with a novel stacking algorithm by Mittal, Madhav

“…The models are evaluated using three error metrics –Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) and Mean Absolute Error (MAE). …”
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Prediction of neutralising antibodies for novel coronavirus with machine learning by Kho, Jordon Junyang

“…The best performing models were mean pooling models trained using SMOTE-N with accuracies of up to 82% and F1 scores of up to 84% after hyper-parameter tuning. …”
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Dynamic and regression modeling of ocean variability in the tide-gauge record at seasonal and longer periods by Hill, Emma M., Davis, James L., Ponte, Rui M.

“…Comparison of monthly mean tide-gauge time series to corresponding model time series based on a static inverted barometer (IB) for pressure-driven fluctuations and a ocean general circulation model (OM) reveals that the combined model successfully reproduces seasonal and interannual changes in relative sea level at many stations. …”
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中国成年人文化程度与体格指标的长期变化关系 by Tan, Y, Shen, Z, Yu, C, Guo, Y, Bian, Z, Pei, P, Du, H, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Lyu, J, Li, L

“…From age 25 years to baseline survey (mean age 45.2±6.5), the mean weight change per 5-year was (1.70±2.63) kg for men and (1.27±2.10) kg for women. …”

Cost-utility analysis of molnupiravir plus usual care versus usual care alone as early treatment for community-based adults with COVID-19 and increased risk of adverse outcomes in... by Png, ME, Harris, V, Grabey, J, Hart, ND, Jani, BD, Butler, D, Carson-Stevens, A, Coates, M, Cureton, L, Dobson, M, Dorward, J, Evans, P, Francis, N, Gbinigie, OA, Hayward, G, Holmes, J, Hood, K, Khoo, S, Ahmed, H, Lown, M, McKenna, M, Mort, S, Nguyen-Van-Tam, J, Rahman, N, Richards, DB, Thomas, N, van Hecke, O, Hobbs, FR, Little, P, Yu, L-M, Butler, CC, Petrou, S

“…<p><strong> Results </p></strong>In the base-case analysis, molnupiravir had higher mean costs of £449 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 445 to 453) and higher mean QALYs of 0.0055 (95% CI = 0.0044 to 0.0067) than usual care (mean incremental cost per QALY of £81 190). …”

Association between breakfast consumption pattern with body mass index (bmi) and physical activity among undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang... by Zulkifflee, Iwani Afifah

“…More than half of respondents, 58.6%, spent between RM10 to RM15 on their daily food budget, with a mean of RM14.66 ± 6.03 and received between RM500 to RM1000 for their monthly allowance, with mean of RM553.73 ± 261.78. …”
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Persepsi antara etnik dan impaknya terhadap hubungan etnik dalam kalangan belia Melayu dan Cina di Semenanjung Malaysia by Maula Mokhatar, Harmiza

“…Namun, Malaysia tetap menghadapi halangan-halangan yang telah timbul seperti rusuhan kaum yang pernah tercetus, iaitu peristiwa 13 Mei dan insiden Kampung Medan 2001. Salah satu cabaran pada ketika itu adalah bagaimana untuk mengelakkan identifikasi rakyat Malaysia berdasarkan etnik. …”
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Spatio temporal traffic pediction for a large-scale road network by Krishnamoorthy, Nardana

“…The performance of the optimal hybrid model was then compared with LSTM and CNN models, which showed that the hybrid model performed better in terms of MAPE (Mean Absolute Percentage Error) and MSE (Mean Squared Error). …”
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FedCBO: reaching group consensus in clustered Federated learning through Consensus-Based Optimization by Carrillo, JA, Trillos, NG, Li, S, Zhu, Y

“…Our model is motivated by rigorous mathematical reasoning, including a mean field analysis describing the large number of particles limit of our particle system, as well as convergence guarantees for the simultaneous global optimization of general non-convex objective functions (corresponding to the loss functions of each cluster of users) in the mean-field regime. …”

Aeration slab study volume 2 by Rahardjo, Harianto, Indrawan, I Gde Budi, Fakhrur, Rozy Harnas

“…Temperatures under the turf cover were relatively stable and always lower as compared to those under the asphalt pavement and aeration slab. The mean temperatures for soil underneath the aerations slab were 32.3"C for both 0.125 m and 0.25 m depths whereas the mean temperatures for soil underneath the asphalt pavement were 36.2"C and 35.7°C for 0.125m and 0.25 m depth, respectively. …”
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State-space-varied moving horizon estimation for real-time PPP in the challenging low-cost antenna and chipset by Liu, Peng, Ling, Keck Voon, Qin, Honglei, Lu, Jun

“…As to the mean accuracy, there is a 9.8% increase, while to the mean precision, the increase, which is relatively larger, is 28.7%. …”
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Food choice motivations and perceptions of healthy eating: a cross-sectional study among consumers in the UAE by Cheikh Ismail, L, Osaili, TM, Obaid, RS, Hashim, M, Ahmed, M, Al-Fayadh, F, Farah, A, Sad, H, Alghanem, H, Mohamad, MN, Saleh, ST, Al Daour, R, Masuadi, E, Stojanovska, L, Ali, HI, Al Dhaheri, AS

“…Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) and K-means cluster analysis were used to identify and determine the optimal number of clusters. …”

Cognitive impairment at older ages among 8000 men and women living in Mexico City: a cross-sectional analyses of a prospective study by González-Carballo, C, Kuri-Morales, P, Chiquete, E, Rojas-Russell, M, Santacruz-Benitez, R, Ramirez-Reyes, R, Garcilazo-Ávila, A, Berumen, J, Trichia, E, Friedrichs, LG, Orellana, P, Ochoa-Rosales, C, O’Donovan, G, Emberson, JR, Tapia-Conyer, R, Aguilar-Ramirez, D, Alegre-Díaz, J

“…Results: Of the 9,288 participants aged 50–89 years at the 2015–2019 resurvey with complete data, 8,197 reported having at least some years of formal education. Among these (mean age 66 years; 31% men), their mean MMSE score was 26.2 (SD 3.6) points, 1,941 (24%) had cognitive impairment, their mean body-mass index (BMI) was 28.6 (SD 5.5) kg/m2, 3,008 (37%) had hypertension and 2,467 (30%) had diabetes. …”

Genetic relatedness of Candida strains isolated from women with vaginal candidiasis in Malaysia by Chong, Pei Pei, Lee, Yee Lean, Tan, Boon Chong, Ng, Kee Peng

“…The range of mean S AB values for intergroup comparisons for C. albicans isolates alone was 0.50-0.56, suggesting that there was no significant relatedness between strains from different groups. …”

The Impact of Starting Positions and Breathing Rhythms on Cardiopulmonary Stress and Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption after High-Intensity Metabolic Training: A Randomized Crossove... by Li, Yuanyuan, Wang, Jiarong, Li, Yuanning, Li, Dandan

“…Specifically, exercises initiated from prone positions under regulated breathing recorded a significantly higher maximum and average PHR than those from standing positions (maximum PHR: mean difference = 13.40, p < 0.001; average PHR: mean difference = 6.45, p < 0.001). …”
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Temporal disruption in tuberculosis incidence patterns during COVID-19: a time series analysis in China by Zhang, Jiarui, Sun, Zhong, Deng, Qi, Yu, Yidan, Dian, Xingyue, Luo, Juan, Karuppiah, Thilakavathy, Joseph, Narcisse, He, Guozhong

“…Additionally, we compared the fitting and forecasting performance of the SARIMA, Prophet, and LSTM models using RMSE (root mean squared error), MAE (mean absolute error), and MAPE (mean absolute percentage error) indexes prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. …”
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