Exploring multi-level motivations towards green design practices : a system dynamics approach by Li, Qing, Zhang, Lianying, Zhang, Limao, Jha, Sunil

“…Monte Carlo simulation is further used to assess the robustness of the model and understand the effects of changes in input parameters on output. …”
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Exploring dependence structures among European electricity markets: static and dynamic copula-GARCH and dynamic state-space approaches by Ly, Sel, Sriboonchitta, Songsak, Tang, Jiechen, Wong, Wing-Keung

“…Our findings provide useful information regarding the dependence, integration, risk management, and asset pricing for the European electricity markets.…”
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Empirical evidence of the relationship between regulatory efficiency, market openness, and bank productivity in economies at different income levels: evidence from selected Asian a... by Kamarudin, Fakarudin, Hussain, Hafezali Iqbal, Mohamad Anwar, Nazratul Aina, Michałek, Janusz, Ahmad Razimi, Mohd Shahril

“…Methods: A sample of 15 countries are included in the study from differing income levels. The study uses the data envelopment analysis (DEA) based Malmquist productivity index (MPI) approach to measure banks’ productivity. …”
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Combined application of biochar and silicon fertilizer for improved soil properties and maize growth by Abu Bakar, Muhammad Wasil, Uddin, M. K., Kasim, Susilawati, Zaibon, Syaharudin, Shamsuzzaman, S. M., Haque, A. N. A., Reza, A.

“…Biochar can be a good soil amendment to reduce the soil pH, increase crop growth rate, and improve the efficient use of fertilizer. Other than that, silicon fertilizer also would promote photosynthetic ability on plant development that would help to produce high yield. …”
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Solid-State P NMR, Far-IR, and Structural Studies on Two-Coordinate (Tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphine)copper(I) Chloride and Bromide by Bowmaker, Graham A., Cotton, John D., Healy, Peter C., Kildea, John D.

“…The spectrum for each complex shows an asymmetric quartet centered at -65 ppm with highly asymmetric line spacings of 1.40, 2.21, and 2.50 kHz and 1.48, 2.17, and 2.43 kHz, respectively. These data have been used to estimate copper nuclear quadrupole coupling constants for the two compounds.…”

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

“…A two-way ANOVA, multi-variable Cox regression, and random survival forest machine learning algorithm were used to conduct the statistical analysis. Results: Under free breathing, only the maximum POCR differed significantly between standing and prone positions, with prone positions showing higher stress (mean difference = 3.15, p < 0.001). …”
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An immune-competent human gut microphysiological system enables inflammation-modulation by Faecalibacterium prausnitzii by Zhang, Jianbo, Huang, Yu-Ja, Trapecar, Martin, Wright, Charles, Schneider, Kirsten, Kemmitt, John, Hernandez-Gordillo, Victor, Yoon, Jun Young, Poyet, Mathilde, Alm, Eric J., Breault, David T., Trumper, David L., Griffith, Linda G.

“…The integration of defined populations of immune cells in the gut microphysiological system demonstrated the usefulness of GuMI physiomimetic platform to study microbe-epithelial-immune interactions in healthy and disease conditions.…”
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Which surrogate insulin resistance indices best predict coronary artery disease? A machine learning approach by Mirjalili, Seyed Reza, Soltani, Sepideh, Meybodi, Zahra Heidari, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Firouzabadi, Danial Dehghani, Eshraghi, Reza, Restrepo, David, Ghoshouni, Hamed, Sarebanhassanabadi, Mohammadtaghi

“…The receiver operating curve (ROC) was employed to compare the predictive efficacy of these indices and their corresponding cutoff values for predicting CAD. We also used three distinct embedded feature selection methods: LASSO, Random Forest feature selection, and the Boruta algorithm, to evaluate and compare surrogate markers of insulin resistance in predicting CAD. …”
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Compressed sensing: a discrete optimization approach by Bertsimas, Dimitris, Johnson, Nicholas A. G.

“…On real world ECG data, for a given ℓ2 reconstruction error our approach produces solutions that are on average 9.95% more sparse than benchmark methods (3.88% more sparse if only compared against the best performing benchmark), while for a given sparsity level our approach produces solutions that have on average 10.77% lower reconstruction error than benchmark methods (1.42% lower error if only compared against the best performing benchmark). When used as a component of a multi-label classification algorithm, our approach achieves greater classification accuracy than benchmark compressed sensing methods. …”
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Adversarial Network Optimization under Bandit Feedback: Maximizing Utility in Non-Stationary Multi-Hop Networks by Dai, Yan, Huang, Longbo

“…Specifically, we propose meticulous analytical techniques to jointly balance online learning and Lyapunov arguments, which is used to handle the complex inter-dependency among queues in multi-hop networks. …”
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Titanium dioxide/agglomerated-free reduced graphene oxide hybrid photoanode film for dye-sensitized solar cells photovoltaic performance improvement by Abu Bakar Suriani, Muqoyyanah, Azmi Mohamed, Mamat, M. H., Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Mohd Khairul Ahmad, Abdul Khalil, H. P. S., Marwoto, Putut, Muhammad Danang Birowosuto

“…The produced TC14-rGO was also hybridized with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), which then coated by thin platinum (Pt) NPs (TC14-rGO_MWCNTs/Pt) and used as counter electrode (CE) thin film. Based on solar simulator measurements, the highest energy conversion efficiency (η) (1.559%) was achieved by TiO 2 NRs–NFs/TC14-rGO/TiO 2 NPs hybrid photoanode film with the short current density (J sc ), open circuit voltage (V oc ), and fill factor (FF) of 3.275 mA/cm 2 , 0.747 V, and 53.5, respectively as compared to others fabricated photoanode films; non-ann TiO 2 NRs–NFs/TiO 2 NPs (1.215%), ann TiO 2 NRs–NFs/TiO 2 NPs (1.462%), and TiO 2 NRs–NFs/TiO 2 NPs/TC14-rGO (0.525%). …”
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Phase transitions by an abundant protein in the anammox extracellular matrix mediate cell-to-cell aggregation and biofilm formation by Seviour, Thomas, Wong, Lan Li, Lu, Yang, Mugunthan, Sudarsan, Yang, Qiaohui, Chanda Segaran, Uma Shankari, Bessarab, Irina, Liebl, David, Williams, Rohan B. H., Law, Yingyu, Kjelleberg, Staffan

“…The disordered domains bound to the substratum and thereby facilitated the adhesion of negatively charged latex microspheres, which were used as a proxy for cells. The disordered domains and isolated whole surface protein also underwent liquid-liquid phase separation to form liquid droplets in suspension. …”
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Mechanical polishing of fan blade by a prototype random-orbital tool by Danaraj, Edgar Jeevan

“…It is therefore essential for the fan blade surface to pre-treated with appropriate surface conditions to promote good surface-to-surface adhesion at the end of the manufacturing cycle. The existing method uses a single-axis rotary polishing tool where an external water coolant source is performed ad-hoc. …”
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Nodal reliability and nodal price in deregulated power markets by Yi, Ding

“…The reliability techniques used in a conventional power system cannot be directly applied in the new environments. …”
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Soft tissue tumor imaging in adults: whole-body staging in sarcoma, non-malignant entities requiring special algorithms, pitfalls and special imaging aspects. Guidelines 2024 from... by Noebauer-Huhmann, I, Vanhoenacker, FM, Vilanova, JC, Tagliafico, AS, Weber, M, Lalam, RK, Grieser, T, Nikodinovska, VV, de Rooy, JWJ, Papakonstantinou, O, Mccarthy, C, Sconfienza, LM, Verstraete, K, Martel-Villagrán, J, Szomolanyi, P, Lecouvet, FE, Afonso, D, Albtoush, OM, Aringhieri, G, Arkun, R, Aström, G, Bazzocchi, A, Botchu, R, Breitenseher, M, Chaudhary, S, Mansour, RM

“…Materials and methods: A validated Delphi method based on peer-reviewed literature was used to derive consensus among a panel of 46 specialized musculoskeletal radiologists from 12 European countries. …”

Infection patterns of scabies and tinea between inland and resettled indigenous Negrito communities in peninsular Malaysia by Er, Yi Xian, Than, Leslie Thian Lung, Muslim, Azdayanti, Yap, Nan Jiun, Tee, Mian Zi, Abdull-Majid, Nurmanisha, Lee, Soo Ching, Shahrizal, Shezryna, Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian

“…Copyright: This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.…”
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Characterization of weathered and intact Limestone with FTIR analysis in Batu Caves, Malaysia by Kambakhsh, Hamasa, Nik Daud, Nik Norsyahariati, Inanch, Saifullah

“…Limestone, consisting mostly of calcium carbonate, experiences weathering processes that are impacted by environmental conditions, necessitating a thorough investigation. The study used Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) to thoroughly analyse six limestone samples from Batu Caves. …”
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Investigation of the effect of amine and thiol as functional groups on gold Nanobipyramids properties by Salsabiila, Natasya, Morsin, Marlia, Nafisah, Suratun, Razali, Nur Liyana, Mahmud, Farhanahani, Abdul Alip, Anwar

“…By employing amine groups, it is able to produce side peaks in the XRD pattern made up of amine atoms. The use of thiol groups, meanwhile, has an impact on the growth increase in the (111) direction. …”
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Metastatic pituitary tumors: an institutional case series by Yearley, Alexander G., Chalif, Eric J., Gupta, Saksham, Chalif, Joshua I., Bernstock, Joshua D., Nawabi, Noah, Arnaout, Omar, Smith, Timothy R., Reardon, David A., Laws, Edward R.

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Virtual reality as a countermeasure for astronaut motion sickness during simulated post-flight water landings by Lonner, T. L., Allred, A. R., Bonarrigo, L., Gopinath, A., Smith, K., Kravets, V., Groen, E. L., Oman, C., DiZio, P., Lawson, B. D., Clark, T. K.

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