The characterization of quality brand meat products, such as “Chorizo Zamorano” dry fermented sausages, involves a wide range of data which makes it necessary to use alternative statistical methodologies. In this study, the feasibility of...
30 November 2018
This study identifies the critical factors that affect motorcycle crash severity based on Korean motorcycle crash data in 2009. Motorcyclists, the environment, roadways, other vehicles involved in the crashes, and traffic flow characteristics were us...
In Brazil, the sheep market, including lamb meat consumption, is regionalized, and the consumption of lamb meat is higher in production areas; yet, consumption of lamb still remains below that of other meat livestock. The aim of this study was to ide...
Ecologically sound natural resources management is still the backbone of rural livelihoods in many regions of the world. The Altai-Dzungarian region between China and Mongolia constitutes an ideal site to study how political, economic, infrastructura...
In deep engineering, rockburst hazards frequently result in injuries, fatalities, and the destruction of contiguous structures. Due to the complex nature of rockbursts, predicting the severity of rockburst damage (intensity) without the aid of comput...
Women’s reproductive decisions and life trajectories are shaped by an interplay of biological, social, and ecological factors. While Life History Theory (LHT) has traditionally been applied in biological sciences to examine reproductive trade-o...
Implementing linear appraisal systems (LAS) may reduce time, personnel and resource costs when performing large-scale zoometric collection. However, optimizing complex zoometric variable panels and validating the resulting reduced outputs may still b...
25 September 2019
A chronic disease diabetes mellitus is assuming pestilence proportion worldwide. Therefore prevalence is important in all aspects. Researchers have introduced various methods, but still, the improvement is a need for classification techniques. This p...
We used 256 apple germplasm resources for a thorough examination of the genetic diversity associated with 26 phenotypic traits (i.e., genetic diversity analysis, cluster analysis, correlation analysis, principal component analysis, and membership fun...
Drug-induced pruritus triggers a desire to scratch, thereby diminishing one’s quality of life. Certain instances of this phenomenon follow complex mechanisms of action that diverge from histamine-mediated pathways, known contributors to pruritu...
To elucidate the mechanism of large-scale transcriptional changes dependent on sulfide in Escherichia coli, a large-scale RNA-sequencing analysis was performed on wild-type and sulfide-responsive transcription factor YgaV deletion mutants grown under...
Adzuki beans are an important food legume crop in East Asia. A large number of adzuki bean accessions are maintained in the Chinese national seed genebank. A collection of 59 elite cultivars, 389 landraces, and 27 wild adzuki beans were selected and...
The grain moisture content of maize inbred lines at maturity is one of the most important indicators for mechanical harvesting of kernels. In this study, 116 maize inbred lines from a wide range of sources were used as research materials and 30 trait...
To better understand the growth adaptability of various maize varieties to the climate of the Alar region in Southern Xinjiang Province, an experiment was conducted using seven distinct maize varieties as test materials. A one-way randomized block de...
This study employed hydrochemical data, traditional hydrogeochemical methods, inverse hydrogeochemical modeling, and unsupervised machine learning techniques to explore the hydrogeochemical traits and origins of groundwater in the Changbai Mountain r...
This research paper focused on tourists’ experiences after engaging in a rural tourism experience, the activities developed during that period, and the relevant factors they considered when planning the holidays. We collected data in the Azores...
In this study, the flavor compounds of Camellia seed oils obtained by four processes were characterized by headspace solid phase microextraction/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (HS-SPME/GC/MS). A variety of about 76 volatile flavor compounds wer...
China prioritizes ensuring drinking water safety, particularly in the water-scarce northwest region. This study, utilizing water quality data from 52 village and town water sources since August 2022, assesses water quality, with a specific focus on k...
Experimental data from viscosity measurements of 124 glassy slags were used to drive and develop machine learning models that could be used for direct or indirect viscosity prediction. Samples were categorized according to the content of chemical com...
This article attempts to introduce a simple and robust way for the classification of soft magnetic material by using multivariate statistics. The six magnetic properties including coercive magnetic field, relative magnetic permeability, electrical re...
Convolution neural networks have received much interest recently in the categorization of hyperspectral images (HSI). Deep learning requires a large number of labeled samples in order to optimize numerous parameters due to the expansion of architectu...
The negative effects and the continuation of cyberbullying seem to depend on the coping strategies the victims use. To assess their coping strategies, self-report questionnaires (SRQs) are used. However, these SRQs are often subject to several shortc...
The double-stranded B-form and A-form have long been considered the two most important native forms of DNA, each with its own distinct biological roles and hence the focus of many areas of study, from cellular functions to cancer diagnostics and drug...
For the first time, chemometrics was applied to the recently reported microwave-driven cyanide polymerization. Fast, easy, robust, low-cost, and green-solvent processes are characteristic of these types of reactions. These economic and environmental...
There are now a wide variety of global indicators that measure different economic, political and social attributes of countries in the world. This paper seeks to answer two questions. First, what is the degree of overlap between these different measu...
This study aimed to understand how genetics and environment influence organic winter naked barley composition and functionality, and to identify traits that might effectively categorize basic physicochemical functionality of food barley. Across three...
The severe water quality pollution of the Bohai Sea impacts both the ecosystem and the economy of the region. This study assesses the water quality of the Bohai Sea using a two-year (2020–2021) dataset to investigate the spatial distribution an...
To screen the high-quality germplasm resources of vegetable fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.), 133 fennel accessions were systematically evaluated. Eleven agronomic traits were comprehensively analyzed using variation analysis, correlation analysis,...
New approaches for assessing wood durability are needed to help categorize decay resistance as timber utilization shifts towards plantations or native forest regrowth that may be less durable than original native forest resources. This study evaluate...
We used statistical methods to study the classification of high-potassium glass and lead–barium glass and analyzed the correlation between the chemical composition of different types of glass samples. We investigated the categorization methodol...
Interest is increasing in what information companies disclose regarding the social aspects of their operations. This research therefore develops an index to analyze the social disclosure of companies from various countries and geographical regions in...
This study evaluated 362 chickpea accessions by analyzing the phenotypic variation of 17 major traits. The main agronomic traits and quality traits were comprehensively evaluated using principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis. The resu...
Rapid expansion of commercial horticulture production and related activities contribute to declining surface water quality. The study sought to understand the impacts on select rivers in Laikipia and Meru, production hotspots. The specific aims were...
Decades of academic discussion on social resilience have led to the development of indicators, indexes, and different approaches to assessing it at national and local levels. The need to show real-world applications of such assessments is evident sin...
Condition monitoring (CM) is an important application in industry for detecting machine failures in an incipient stage. Based on sensor data, computational intelligence methods provide efficient solutions for the analysis of high dimensional process...
We develop Categorical Exploratory Data Analysis (CEDA) with mimicking to explore and exhibit the complexity of information content that is contained within any data matrix: categorical, discrete, or continuous. Such complexity is shown through visib...
One of the main problems faced in coastal management is the loss or destruction of beaches due to erosion. A considerable diversity of factors is involved in coastal erosion, which makes it a complex system to study. The quality of the material that...
Only 35% of the Ecuadorian population consumes drinking water of “assured quality”. One of the causes is related to the deficiencies in the technical ability of the operators due to their lack of education, technical training, and experie...
The ecology of functional features highlights the importance of the leaf economic spectrum (LES) in understanding plant trade-offs between conservative and commercial resource use. However, it is still unclear whether changes in the plant attributes...
Accurate assessment of the aging state of transformer oil-barrier insulation is crucial for ensuring the safe and reliable operation of power systems. This study presents the development of indoor accelerated thermal aging experiments to simulate the...
High-altitude arid regions are characterized by concurrent water scarcity, low temperatures, and intense solar radiation. However, the adaptive mechanisms of desert shrubs to these combined stressors remain poorly understood. To address this gap, we...
Soil quality assessment is the first step towards precision farming and agricultural management. In the present study, a multivariate analysis and geographical information system (GIS) were used to assess and map a soil quality index (SQI) in El-Fayo...
This study establishes the Construction Embodied Energy and Emissions Index (CEEEI) to assess the comprehensive environmental impacts of construction work in 148 countries from 2000 to 2023. The index combines data on material, energy, and carbon int...
In this study, we address the structural coherence of the Sustainable Society Index (SSI) from a multidimensional perspective, focused on revealing underlying sustainability patterns by regional categorization of countries. Standardization and polari...
Papaya fruit (Carica papaya) has different degrees of ripening within each fruit, affecting its commercial market value. The fruit characteristics of “Tainung No. 2” Red papaya were investigated at the stem-end, middle, and calyx-end acro...
Drought assessment in any region primarily hinges on precipitation deficiency, which is subsequently propagated to various components and sectors, leading to different drought types. In countries such as India, an intricate relationship between vario...
Taihu Lake is the third largest freshwater lake in China and serves as a drinking water source for ~30 million residents. Tiaoxi River is one of the main rivers connected to this lake and contributes >60% of the source water. Taihu Lake has been f...
Earthquakes are cataclysmic events that can harm structures and human existence. The estimation of seismic damage to buildings remains a challenging task due to several environmental uncertainties. The damage grade categorization of a building takes...
Analyzing student performance in Introductory Programming courses in Higher Education is critical for early intervention and improved learning outcomes. This study explores the potential of a cognitive test for student success in an Introductory Prog...
This paper analyzes the smart strategies of European cities through the dynamic capabilities approach. We develop a clustering of smart cities based on the activities implemented by the cities. Our methodology considers three steps. First, we establi...
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