Multi-Agent cubature Kalman optimizer: A novel metaheuristic algorithm for solving numerical optimization problems by Zulkifli, Musa, Zuwairie, Ibrahim, Mohd Ibrahim, Shapiai

“…MACKO is evaluated on the CEC 2014 benchmark suite with 30 optimization problems, and its performance is compared with nine existing metaheuristic algorithms. Simulation results demonstrate that MACKO is superior, outperforming the benchmark algorithms, as indicated by Friedman's test with a 5 % significance level.…”
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Decarbonizing airport using solar and wind farm: A case of Biratnagar, Nepal by Yadav, Bharosh Kumar, Yadav, Ramhit, Jahangiri, Mehdi, Priya, S. Shanmuga, Bajracharya, Tri Ratna, Sudhakar, Kumarasamy

“…The combined 15 kW wind turbine-grid scenario is superior to the grid scenario for wind speeds of more than nine m/s and interest rates of less than 10 %. These findings increase airport authorities' and stakeholders' confidence in the investment in greener airports.…”
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Centering Patient and Clinician Voices in Developing Tools to Address Pain Related School Impairment: A Phase I Study of a Virtual Reality School Simulation for Children and Adoles... by Logan, Deirdre E., Khanna, Karina, Randall, Edin, O’Donnell, Shealyn, Reks, Talis, McLennan, Logan

“…These themes guided the development of our vRS prototype. Nine patients and eleven treating clinicians then engaged with the vRS prototype and provided feedback via semi-structured interviews and validated self-report measures. …”
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Inter-laboratory comparison of eleven quantitative or digital PCR assays for detection of proviral bovine leukemia virus in blood samples by Pluta, Aneta, Jaworski, Juan P., Droscha, Casey, VanderWeele, Sophie, Taxis, Tasia M., Valas, Stephen, Brnić, Dragan, Jungić, Andreja, Ruano, María J., Sánchez, Azucena, Murakami, Kenji, Nakamura, Kurumi, Puentes, Rodrigo, De Brun, MLaureana

“…DNA samples were extracted from blood of BLV-seropositive cattle and lyophilized to grant a better preservation during shipping to all participants around the globe. Twenty nine out of 44 samples were correctly identified by the 11 labs and all methods exhibited a diagnostic sensitivity between 74 and 100%. …”
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Altmetrics : factor analysis for assessing the popularity of research articles on Twitter by Pandian, Nandhini Devi Soundara, Veeramachaneni, Bhargavi, Na, Jin-Cheon, Boothaladinni, Rashmi Vishwanath

“…Then we build a negative binomial regression model with the number of Twitter mentions of an article as a dependant variable, and nine Twitter related factors (the number of followers, number of friends, number of status, number of lists, number of favourites, number of retweets, number of likes, ratio of academic users, and ratio of expert users) and seven article related factors (the number of authors, title length, abstract length, abstract readability, number of institutions, citation count, and availability of research funding) as independent variables. …”
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Pumice cone eruptions at Aluto volcano, Ethiopia by Clarke, Ben, Calder, Eliza S., Fontijn, Karen, Desalegn, Firawalin, Tierz, Pablo, Yirgu, Gezahegn

“…Aluto volcano (Ethiopia) provides an unprecedented insight into the hazardous nature of these enigmatic eruptions. We investigate nine such pumice cones, and find that they are the product of moderate-intensity explosive eruptions that develop a sustained but unsteady eruption column, deposit lapilli- to block-sized tephra close to the vent forming pumice cones, can deposit distal tephra from an umbrella cloud, produce pyroclastic density currents by repeated partial column-collapse, and end with the emplacement of silicic lava. …”
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Molecular and biochemical characterisation of human casein kinase I alpha splice variants by Yong, Thomas Joon Kin.

“…Human CKkxT lacks the catalytic subdomains I to Vlb (as defined by Hanks et al., 1988)but contains a nine novel amino acids at the amino terminal, followed by the 28 amino acids identified as the insertion and the subdomains VII to XI of the catalytic domain. …”
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Rotator cuff tendons of the shoulder joint : anatomy and investigation of strain profile by Sheng, Jia-Min

“…The objective of this project is to investigate the effect of arm positions, tendon tears and surgical repair on the strain profile of the rotator cuff tendons. Nine fresh-frozen shoulders were tested using displacement variable reluctance transducers (DVRTs) to measure the strains of the supraspinatus, infraspinatus and subscapularis tendons simultaneously with the glenohumeral joint intact at various arm positions. …”
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Spoofing detection from a feature representation perspective by Tian, Xiaohai, Wu, Zhizheg, Xiao, Xiong, Chng, Eng Siong, Li, Haizhou

“…A fusion of them has been shown to achieve 0.0% the equal error rates for nine of ten attack types.…”
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Subretinal timrepigene emparvovec in adult men with choroideremia: a randomized phase 3 trial by MacLaren, RE, Fischer, MD, Gow, JA, Lam, BL, Sankila, E-MK, Girach, A, Panda, S, Yoon, D, Zhao, G, Pennesi, ME

“…In a key secondary endpoint, nine of 65 (14%), six of 35 (18%) and one of 62 (2%) participants in the high-dose, low-dose and control groups, respectively, experienced ≥10-letter ETDRS improvement from baseline BCVA at 12 months. …”

Identification of Southeast Asian Anopheles mosquito species with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry using a cross-correlation approach by Chaumeau, V, Sawasdichai, S, Min, TZMMM, Kularbkeeree, T, Jaruwan, N, Gloria, N, Lee, NY, Trackoolchengkaew, M, Phanaphadungtham, M, Rongthong, P, Inta, A, Watthanaworawit, W, Nosten, F

“…A subset of 403 specimens was selected for inclusion in either the reference or the test panel (270 and 133 specimens, respectively). Three hundred fifty-nine specimens could be identified with DNA barcodes and were assigned to 21 sensu stricto species and five sibling species pairs or complexes. …”

The UK Breast Cancer in Pregnancy (UKBCiP) Study. Incidence, diagnosis, management and short-term outcomes of breast cancer first diagnosed during pregnancy in the United Kingdom:... by Hardy, C, Brand, A, Jones, J, Knight, M, Banfield, P

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Results:</strong> The incidence was 5.4/100,000 maternities (95% CI 4.37, 6.70). Nine women (11%) had undergone in vitro fertilization (IVF), compared with an estimated 2.6% IVF pregnancies in the UK at that time. …”

Treatment of acute sore throat in Malaysia: a consensus of multidisciplinary recommendations using modified Delphi methodology by Abdullah, Baharudin, Koh, Kar Chai, Mohamed, Mohazmi, Tan, Vincent Eng Soon, Mohammad, Nurashikin, Sekawi, Zamberi, Periyasamy, Petrick, Ramadas, Anitha, Duerden, Martin

“…Methods: A multidisciplinary panel of nine experts reviewed published literature and discussed current practices in managing sore throat. …”
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Isolation, screening, identification, and characterization of arsenic resistant plant growth promoting rhizobacteria isolated from Pennisetum purpureum by Rahman, Md Ekhlasur, Shamsuzzaman, S.M., Mahmud, Khairil, Uddin, Md Kamal, Abd Ghani, Siti Salwa, Abd Shukor, Mohd Yunus, Chompa, Sayma Serine, Akter, Amaily, Nabayi, Abba, Sadeq, Buraq Musa, Halmi, Mohd Izuan Effendi

“…Based on the molecular identification, 9 bacterial isolates were confirmed which were two [28N A UPM (Bacillus subtilis) and 28N U UPM (Bacillus australimaris)] gram-positive and seven [28N H UPM (Burkholderia seminalis), 28N G UPM (Enterobacter cloacae), 28N D UPM (Pseudomonas stutzeri), 28N I UPM (Sphingobacterium thalpophilum), 28N M UPM (Proteus mirabilis), 28N K UPM (Neisseria perflava) and 28N S UPM (Pseudomonas boreopolis)] gram-negative bacteria. All the nine identified rhizobacteria showed excellent results in terms of PGP characters. …”
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Location Selection for Beekeeping in Optimizing Honey Production using Linear Programming Model (S/O 14038) by Abdul Rahman, Syariza, Benjamin, Aida Mauziah, Omar, Mohd Faizal

“…A set of questionnaires with nine criteria is distributed to meliponiculturists. …”
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Liquid immersion cooling with enhanced Al2O3 nanofluid for large-format prismatic battery pack: Numerical and statistical investigation by Yousefi, Elnaz, Talele, Virendra, Moralı, Uğur, Mishra, Dhananjay, D., Ramasamy, K., Kadirgama, Najafi Khaboshan, Hasan, Kanthale, Sarthak, Panchal, Satyam

“…The study compares two cooling configurations: (1) axial fluid flow (z-axis in line flow direction, front face A is the first contact) and (2) battery side axial flow (x-axis in line flow direction, face B is the first contact). …”
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Learning Model Predictive Control Parameters via Bayesian Optimization for Battery Fast Charging by Hirt, Sebastian, Höhl, Andreas, Schaeffer, Joachim, Pohlodek, Johannes, Braatz, Richard D, Findeisen, Rolf

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Small sample sizes reduce the replicability of task-based fMRI studies by Turner, Benjamin O., Paul, Erick J., Miller, Michael B., Barbey, Aron K.

“…Thus, our results join the existing line of work advocating for larger sample sizes. …”
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Clinical implementation of an oncology-specific family health history risk assessment tool by Fung, Si Ming, Wu, Ryanne R., Myers, Rachel A., Goh, Jasper, Ginsburg, Geoffrey S., Matchar, David, Orlando, Lori A., Ngeow, Joanne

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Information extraction from bibliography data by Leong, Kai Ling

“…Trend analysis was performed using line of best fit, correlations and Mann Kendall trend test. …”
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