Well-being and obesity of rheumatoid arthritis patients by Longford, NT, Nicodemo, C, Núñez, M, Núñez, E

“…We apply the potential outcomes framework in the analysis of an observational study of rheumatoid arthritis patients, in which we compare the mean functional-health and well-being scores (SF-36) of patients who are overweight and who are not. …”

Experimental & simulation study of 16kWp photovoltaic (PV) system performance & the investigation of PV heat island effect by Devihosur, Shiddalingeshwar Channabasappa

“…The two equations were tested and validated with test data. The mean discrepancy between the actual and calculated module temperature was found to be 1.76°C while the mean variation between the actual and calculated PV heat island effect temperature was 1.67°C. …”
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An evidence-based serious game app for public education on antibiotic use and resistance: randomized controlled trial by Huang, Zhilian, Ow, Jing Teng, Tang, Wern Ee, Chow, Angela

“…Results: Participants (n=348; intervention: n=142, control: n=206) had a mean age of 36.9 years. Intervention group participants showed a statistically significant improvement in mean knowledge score (effect size: 0.58 [95% CI 0.28-0.87]) compared with controls after accounting for age, educational level, and exposure to advertisements on antibiotics and AMR. …”
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EEG-based attention recognition using machine learning by Sun, Haoqi

“…On the other hand, joint STDP has slightly larger root mean square error at 0.206 (±0.061), due to the trade-off between performance and sparseness. …”
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Effect of educational intervention on the intention to provide family-centered care among selected hospitals’ paediatric nurses in Tehran, Iran by Rostami, Forouzan

“…After the intervention, there was a significant increase in the mean score of attitude [mean i.e. M (pre) = 3.35%, M (post) = 3.97, P < 0.001)], subjective norms [M (pre) = 3.72, M (post) = 4.21, P < 0.001)], perceived behaviour control [M (pre) = 3.36, M (post) =3.75, P < 0.001)], and intention [M (pre) = 3.56, M (post) = 4.37, P < 0.001)], over the 3-month follow-up in the intervention group. …”
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Facebook as a Pedagogical Tool in Enhancing Students' Engagement and Stimulating Critical Thinking Skills (S/O 14517) by Abdul Majid, Jamaliah, Abu Bakar, Robiah

“…The findings showed that throughout the 14 weeks of the teaching period, the mean (median) number of times the students responded to the posting on the Facebook group is 36.55 (38.00). …”
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Perceptual coding of audio signals by Teh, Do Hui.

“…The results of the perceptual performance evaluation tool are compared with the mean opinion scores of the Stockholm subjective listening tests conducted by the ISO/MPEG members.…”
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Battery remaining useful life estimation based on particle swarm optimization-neural network by Zuriani, Mustaffa, Mohd Herwan, Sulaiman

“…In the evaluation of the proposed method, the effectiveness is assessed using the metrics of Mean Absolute Error (MAE) and Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE). …”
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Mapping the Unseen: In Vivo CEST-MRI of Creatine Reveals Improved Cardiac Energetics in Subjects with Obesity Following Bariatric Surgery by Yurista, Salva R., Chen, Shi, Eder, Robert A., Garrett, Thomas, Butsch, W. S., Aminian, Ali, Tang, W. H. W., Farrar, Christian T., Gee, Denise, Abel, E. D., Das, Saumya, Nguyen, Christopher T.

“…Results Thirteen subjects were enrolled, and 6 subjects [mean BMI 40.5 ± 2.6] had completed the second CMR (i.e. post-surgery), with a median follow-up of 10 months. …”
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A Soft Robotic Actuator System for In Vivo Modeling of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus by Flürenbrock, Fabian, Rosalia, Luca, Podgoršak, Anthony, Sapozhnikov, Katherina, Trimmel, Nina Eva, Weisskopf, Miriam, Oertel, Markus Florian, Roche, Ellen, Zeilinger, Melanie N., Korn, Leonie, Daners, Marianne Schmid

“…In the in vivo model, a cardiac-gated actuation volume of 0.125 mL at a heart rate of 62 bpm caused an increase of 205% in mean peak-to-peak amplitude but only an increase of 1.3% in mean ICP. …”
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Inferring passenger responses to urban rail disruptions using smart card data: A probabilistic framework by Mo, Baichuan, Koutsopoulos, Haris N, Zhao, Jinhua

“…A probabilistic model is proposed to estimate the mean and variance of the number of passengers in each of the 19 behavior groups using passengers’ smart card transactions. …”
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North Atlantic Heat Transport Convergence Derived from a Regional Energy Budget Using Different Ocean Heat Content Estimates by Meyssignac, B., Fourest, S., Mayer, Michael, Johnson, G. C., Calafat, F. M., Ablain, M., Boyer, T., Cheng, L., Desbruyères, D., Forget, G.

“…The mean oceanic heat transport convergence between these sections is 0.58 ± 0.25 PW, which agrees well with observed section transports. …”
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A new method for the control of size of pellets in the melt pelletization process with a high shear mixer by Heng, Paul Wan Sia, Wong, Tin Wui, Shu, Jian Jun, Wan, Lucy Sai Cheong

“…The effects of binder concentration, mean particle size of bulk material and post-melt impeller speed on the relationship of specific energy consumption and pellet growth were examined. …”
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Environmental and human data-driven model based on machine learning for prediction of human comfort by Mao, Fubing, Zhou, Xin, Song, Ying

“…The comparison results show that the SVR-RBF has the best performance for comfort prediction according to the mean squared error, mean absolute error and R-squared score.…”
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Gaussian message passing for overloaded massive MIMO-NOMA by Liu, Lei, Yuen, Chau, Guan, Yong Liang, Li, Ying, Huang, Chongwen

“…Second, the means of the traditional GMP will fail to converge when Nu/Ns (2-1-25.83. …”
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Hybrid finite element and machine learning approach for covered linkway sheltering factor assessment by Tok, Wei Sheng

“…The GP model achieved a Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) of 953, demonstrating its ability to predict energy absorption values with reasonable accuracy. …”
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Interannual coral Δ14C records of surface water exchange across the Luzon Strait by Ramos, R. D., Goodkin, N. F., Druffel, E. R. M., Fan, T. Y., Siringan, F. P.

“…The mean amount of water exchanged across the straitfrom 1970 to 1999 was 2.2 Sv, ranging from−13.4 to 16 Sv, where a positive (negative) value indicates netflow into (out of) the SCS. …”
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Increasing Dengue Incidence in Singapore over the Past 40 Years: Population Growth, Climate and Mobility by Struchiner, Claudio Jose, Rocklöv, Joacim, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Massad, Eduardo

“…We used multivariable Poisson regression models with the following predictors: Annual Population Size; Aedes Premises Index; Mean Annual Temperature; Minimum and Maximum Temperature Recorded in each year; Annual Precipitation and Annual Number of Air Passengers arriving from dengue-endemic South-East Asia to Singapore. …”
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NMDA receptor activation enhances inhibitory GABAergic transmission onto hippocampal pyramidal neurons via presynaptic and postsynaptic mechanisms by Xue, Jiu Gang, Masuoka, Takayoshi, Gong, Xian Di, Chen, Ken-Shiung, Yanagawa, Yuchio, Law, Alex Sai Kit, Konishi, Shiro

“…Here, we report that a brief application of NMDA could induce two distinct actions in CA1 pyramidal neurons in mouse hippocampal slices: 1) an inward current attributed to activation of postsynaptic NMDARs; and 2) fast phasic synaptic currents, namely spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs), mediated by GABAA receptors in pyramidal neurons. The mean amplitude of sIPSCs was also increased by NMDA. …”
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Landslide susceptibility assessment in Limbe (SW Cameroon) : a field calibrated seed cell and information value method by del Marmol, M.-A., Trefois, P., Jacobs, P., Suh, C. E., Che, Vivian Bih., Kervyn, Matthieu., Fontijn, Karen., Ernst, Gerald G. J.

“…Factors considered to be potential controls of slope failure within this area include slope gradient, rock type, distance from roads, slope orientation, mean annual precipitation, soil type, land cover type, stream density and distance from stream. 63 small to very small translational and rotational landslide scars were identified through extensive field work. …”
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