Multiple centers based fuzzy clustering for imbalanced data by Liao, Hongda

“…Clustering for data mining is a useful technique in terms of identifying interesting distributions and discovering groups in the underlying data. K-means is a particular clustering technique that is world-renowned and widely spread for its low computational cost, which mainly includes the hard k-means clustering algorithms and the fuzzy k-means clustering algorithms. …”
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Monitoring and alerting system for epilepsy patients by Amandis Singh Dhillon

“…This developed system provides a non-invasive mean of monitoring and studying a possible seizure attack and an alert the caregivers via SMS to give the patient the necessary assistance. …”
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Queue time approximation for a production line with large variability by Chua, Kurtz Yuan Feng

“…Many approaches have been used to approximate the exact mean queue time in a tandem queue and this article will be focusing on one of the approximation approach by Wu and McGinnis (2012). …”
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Attacking stressed klebsiella pneumonia biofilm with Wi-Fi by Tay, Mavis Si Min

“…With reference to the thesis written by Najmah and Nicholas, this could possibly mean that non-motile bacteria are more susceptible to the exposure of Wi-Fi.…”
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Crypto-linguistics in Singapore : deciphering the Singapore Stone by Chua, Sock Hui

“…However, certain phonetic values of the Kawi script can be assigned to signs on the fragment, but reading does not mean understanding. The fieldwork showed that the legend associated with the landscape features is passed on although information on the Karimun Inscription remains unknown amongst the locals. …”
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Self-poisoning with paracetamol in England: short report of characteristics of individuals and their overdoses according to source of tablets by Brand, F, Bale, E, Tsiachristas, A, Hawton, K

“…Those who purchased paracetamol for the act took double the number of tablets compared with those who used paracetamol available in the home (37 v. 18), had higher suicidal intent (mean BSI: 11 v. 7) and more often required treatment with N-acetyl cysteine (71% v. 43%). …”

Financial optimization problems by Law, SL

“…Following that, we use the Pontryagin Maximum Principle to tackle the problem of dynamic mean-variance asset allocation and rediscover the doubling strategy. …”

What in the world is global health? A conceptual analysis by Giubilini, A

“…Thus, while public health ethics addresses the ethical and political issues that the different meanings of “public” allow to identify, global health ethics tends to leave ethical and political issues raised by the concept of ‘global health’ implicit and insufficiently analysed. …”

Fiber Bragg gratings with micro-engineered temperature coefficients by Song, Z, Wang, M, Payne, F, Salter, P, Liu, T, Elston, S, Booth, M, Morris, S, Fells, J

“…It has only ±3.5% reflectivity variation from the mean over this range and only 1.29 dB insertion loss.…”

Vitamin D in Gambian children with discordant tuberculosis (TB) infection status despite matched TB exposure: a case control study by Stockdale, L, Sambou, B, Sissoko, M, Egere, U, Sillah, AK, Kampmann, B, Basu Roy, R

“…Median ages of groups (infected; 10.0 years, uninfected 8.8 years) were not significantly different (p = 0.13). Mean vitamin D levels were 2.05 ng/mL (95% CI - 0.288 to 4.38) higher in 24 highly TB-exposed uninfected children compared with 24 matched highly TB-exposed infected children (p = 0.08). …”

Rationale and concerns for using JAK inhibitors in axial spondyloarthritis by Ahmed, S, Yesudian, R, Ubaide, H, Coates, LC

“…Lay Summary: What does this mean for patients? Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a lifelong disease that has a significant impact on quality of life. …”

Nonlinear regression approach to estimating Johnson SB parameters for diameter data by Abd Kudus, Kamziah, Ahmad, M I, Lapongan, Jaffirin

“…Results suggested that the nonlinear regression method was superior for estimating parameters of the Johnson S(B) distribution for diameter data in terms of bias, root mean square error, and goodness-of-fit tests.…”

Long-term results of tibialis posterior tendon transfer for drop-foot by Yeap, J.S., Birch, R., Singh, D.

“…Twelve patients with drop-foot secondary to sciatic or common peroneal nerve palsy treated with transfer of the tibialis posterior tendon were followed-up for a mean of 90 (24-300) months. In 10 patients the results were 'excellent' or 'good'. …”
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Attitude towards Online Shopping Activities in Malaysia Public University by Lim, Yi Jin, Osman, Abdullah, Romle, Abd Rahim, Haji-Othman, Yusuf

“…The final response rate was 83% and data was then analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. By referring to the mean score, this research recommended the overall score for attitude was of moderate level. …”
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Machine Learning For Dummies / by Mueller, John Paul, author 321669, Massaron, Luca, author 617095, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…While machine learning expertise doesn't quite mean you can create your own Turing Test-proof android - as in the movie Ex Machina- it is a form of artificial intelligence and one of the most exciting technological means of identifying opportunities and solving problems fast and on a large scale. …”
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Isotopes as a Tool for Exploring Exoplanet Atmospheres by Glidden, Ana

“…We will be able to evaluate specific atmospheric compositions such as a low mean molecular weight, primordial H₂-dominated atmosphere, and the presence of strong absorbers, such as CO₂ and CH₄. …”
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Exploring biomechanical variations in ankle joint injuries among Latin dancers with different stance patterns: utilizing OpenSim musculoskeletal models by Gao, Xiangli, Xu, Datao, Baker, Julien S, Teo, Ee-Chon, Liang, Minjun, Gu, Yaodong

“…Method: A group of 21 FT dancers (mean age 23.50 (S.D. 1.12) years) was compared to a group of 21 ET dancers (mean age 23.33 (S.D. 0.94) years), performing the kicking movements of the Jive in response to the corresponding music. …”
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Production and characterization of collagen and gelatin from edible jellyfish (Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny, 1934) for fabrication of biofunctional scaffold by Khong, Nicholas Mun Hoe

“…Proportional combination of jellyfish collagen into the ternary scaffolds was found to significantly (p < 0.05) increase mean pore size and porosity. All ternary scaffolds exhibited mean pore size in the range of 200-300 μm and porosity above 90%. …”
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Characterization of a semidiurnal eastward-propagating tide at high northern latitudes with Mars Global Surveyor electron density profiles by Cahoy, Kerri, Hinson, David, Tyler, G. Leonard

“…SE1 maintains a presence at amplitudes between 5 and 15% of the zonal mean at 125 ± 10 km altitude for most of the summer season. …”
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Noise cancellation algorithm for respiratory sound classification by Soh, Marianne Hui Ying

“…The objective of this project is to design an adaptive noise cancellation algorithm based on least mean square (LMS) filtering on MATLAB to improve the clarity of respiratory signals. …”
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