Gender Differences in Real-Home Sleep of Young and Older Couples by Butt, Maryam, Quan, Stuart F., Pentland, Alex, Khayal, Inas

“…Participants: Ten heterosexual young couples (male mean age: 28.2 1.0[SD] years /female mean age: 26.8 0.9 years) and 14 older couples (male mean age: 59.3+ 9.6 years/female mean age: 58.8+ 9.1 years). …”
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Design of EWMA control chart for minimizing the proportion of defective units by Shamsuzzaman, Mohammad, Wu, Zhang

“…of the chart in an optimal manner in order to minimize the mean number of defective units (denoted as MD) produced per out-of-control case. …”
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Heuristic control of multiple batch processors with incompatible job families and future job arrivals by Tajan, John Benedict C., Sivakumar, Appa Iyer., Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…We analyse the problem of minimising the mean cycle time of a batch processing stage containing K > 1 batch processors in parallel with incompatible job families and future job arrivals. …”
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Inducing System-1-type diagnostic reasoning in second-year medical students within 15 minutes by Rosby, Lucy Victoria, Rotgans, Jerome Ingmar, Tan, Gerald, Low-Beer, Naomi, Mamede, Silvia, Zwaan, Laura, Schmidt, Henk

“…During the test phase, students responses were significantly more accurate and faster for cases which had been seen repeatedly during the training phase (mean score¼3.56/4, mean time¼2.34 s) com- pared with cases which had been seen only twice (mean score¼1.59/4, mean time¼7.50 s). …”
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The effect of customised plantar pressure accommodated 3D printed insoles on footwear cushioning during walking by Seet, Nicholas Wenhan

“…In addition, the pressure accommodated insole for one participant resulted in lower mean peak plantar pressures than that of a commercially available orthotic insole.…”
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Optimal allocation of monthly water withdrawals in reservoir systems by Ali, M.D. Hazrat, Shui, Lee Teang

“…The mean annual optimal water withdrawals from the reservoir systems were found to be 1223 MCM (Million cubic meters). …”
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Development of single seedling nursery tray for the System of Rice Intensification by Zubairu, Usman Bashar

“…Likewise, M1 indicated a drop on SH with mean value of 14.53cm and also LL with the mean value of 10.03 cm but reported a mean value of 9.23 cm on RL after M3.…”
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A comparison between cannulated and non-cannulated cancellous screws used in the fixation of simulated femoral neck fracture by Tan, Daren Teng Yeow.

“…The mean maximum load to failure as well as stiffness was higher for the non-cannulated screw fixation with statistical significance.…”
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Host susceptibility to Lernaea cyprinacea L. and its treatment in a large aquarium system by Shariff, M., Kabata, Z., Sommerville, Christina

“…Approximately 17% carried a mean of less than 10 parasites and 22% carried a mean of more than 10 parasites. …”

An ensemble deep learning model for vehicular engine health prediction by Joseph Chukwudi, Isinka, Zaman, Nafees, Abdur Rahim, Md, Arafatur Rahman, Md, Alenazi, Mohammed J.F., Pillai, Prashant

“…We assessed the performance of the developed vehicular engine health monitoring systems using a deep learning model based on essential measures like root mean square error, root mean square deviation, mean absolute error, accuracy, confusion matrix, and area under the curve. …”
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Long-term visual outcomes in spasmus nutans by Hennein, Lauren, Heidary, Gena, Gaier, Eric D., Gise, Ryan

“…All 32 patients had nystagmus, 31 (97%) had head nodding and 16 (50%) had ocular torticollis. Mean follow-up was 66 months (range 185 months). …”
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Global glucose metabolism rate as diagnostic marker for disorder of consciousness of patients: quantitative FDG-PET study by Liu, D, Wang, N, Song, M, Chai, X, He, Q, Cao, T, Kong, D, Song, Z, Zhang, G, Liu, L, Wang, X, Chen, G, Yin, S, Yang, Y, Zhao, J

“…Also, the mean of cortical metabolic index was significantly different between MCS and healthy group (M = 7.88, SD = 0.80,p < 0.001). …”

Body composition, body mass, and cardiovascular health in mid-childhood and midlife: a compositional data analysis by Liu, M, Dumuid, D, Olds, T, Burgner, D, Ellul, S, Juonala, M, Wang, Y, Ranganathan, S, Cheung, M, Baur, L, Dwyer, T, Kerr, JA, Lycett, K, Wake, M

“…</p><p> <br> </p><p><strong>Results:</strong> Mean BMI z-score was 0.3 in children [standard deviation (SD) 1.0, 4.5% obese], and mean BMI was 27.9 in parents (SD 6.1, 28.8% obese). …”

Survivorship and field growth characteristics of four selected bamboo species for the development of bamboo industry in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo by Perumal, Mugunthan, Mohd Hassan, Nurul Husna, Abdullah, Nizam, Omar, Latifah, Zainudin, Johari, Wasli, Mohd Effendi

“…However, the lowest mean culm diameter was observed in G. levis at 2.66 cm, and the highest was in B. vulgaris at 4.51 cm. …”
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The musical descriptor using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT): examples in P Ramlee songs by Musib, Ahmad Faudzi, Hamdan, Sinin, Kuryati, Kipli, Sinin, Aaliyawani Ezzerin, Johari Abdullah, Johari Abdullah

“…Keywords: Affinity, Sharpness, Harmonicity, Monotony, Mean Affinity and Mean Contrast…”
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Nutritional assessment of rural villages and estates in peninsular Malaysia: total blood cholesterol values in children, adolescents and adults by Wai, Tony Ng Kock, Lin, Khor Geok, Siong, Tee E., Hashim, Normah

“…In adults (≥ 18.0 years), there was marked disparity in mean TC values among the functional groups; males and females from rice households had the lowest mean TC values (4.58 and 4.99 mmol/L, respectively). …”

Wind characteristics of Oman by Sulaiman, M.Yusof, Akaak, Ahmed Mohammed, Abd Wahab, Mahdi, Zakaria, Azmi

“…Weibull parameters are derived from the empirical cumulative function and used to calculate the mean wind speed and variance of the theoretical distribution. …”
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Production risk and technical efficiency of Thai Koi (Anabas testudineus Bloch) farming in some selected areas of Bangladesh by Sarker, Md. Al Amin

“…Floating feed showed better performance in terms of the mean daily weight gain of fish, feed conversion ratios and mean weight of table fish with less culture days as opposed to sinking and mixed feeds. …”
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Effects of contrast enhanced positron emission tomography/computed tomography in cancer imaging by Mahmud, Mohd Hafizi

“…The mean SUVmax of all observed lesions was determined and the SUVmax of liver was statistically associated with several biological and procedural related factors. …”
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Intracranial volume post cranial expansion surgery using 3D CT scan imaging in children with craniosynostosis by Sulong, Shukriyah

“…The mean preoperative ICV was 880 mL (range, 641-1234 mL) while the mean postoperative ICV was 1081 mL(range,811-1385 mL) The difference was 201 mL which was statistically significant (P<0.001). …”
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