The application of statistical methods to monitor a process is critical to ensure its stability. Statistical process control aims to detect and identify abnormal patterns that disrupt the natural behaviour of a process. Most studies in the literature...
The detection and identification of non-random patterns is an important task in statistical process control (SPC). When a non-random pattern appears on a control chart, it means that there are assignable causes which will gradually deteriorate the pr...
Background/Objectives: Digital technologies are increasingly used in audiological assessment; however, evidence supporting clinically evaluated mobile tools for temporal auditory processing screening based on Frequency Pattern Test (FPT) and Duration...
19 October 2011
“Behavioral addictions” share biological mechanisms with substance dependence, and “drug interactions” have been observed between certain substances and self-reinforcing behaviors. This study examines correlates of patterns of and motivations for pla...
Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a 12-week concurrent training (CT) (i.e., aerobic plus resistance exercise) on short–term blood pressure variability (BPV) and BP values in hypertensive pati...
Control chart pattern recognition was initially focused on single patterns with the assumption of normal, independent, and identical distribution. In practice, though, these assumptions are rarely valid in manufacturing processes, due to numerous inf...
27 February 2022
More recurrent heat waves and extreme ozone (O3) episodes are likely to occur during the next decades and a key question is about the concurrence of those hazards, the atmospheric patterns behind their appearance, and their joint effect on human heal...
Current global conditions and challenges in industrial manufacturing, marked by dynamism, competition, and the need for responsible resource management, have increased the demand for sustainable manufacturing practices. The integration of Industry 4....
Sequential pattern mining (SPM) is a data mining technique used for identifying common association rules in multiple sequential datasets and patterns in ordered events. In this study, we aimed to identify the relationships between commonly occurring...
This paper systematically examines Chinese academic discourse that concurrently addresses Indonesia and Timor-Leste, analysing 137 articles from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and indexed by the Chinese Social Sciences Citation In...
6 January 2016
Concern regarding the potential for developmental health risks associated with certain chemicals (e.g., phthalates, antibacterials) used in personal care products is well documented; however, current exposure data for pregnant women are limited. The...
Background, Clinical Significance: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common, however the occurrence of concurrent gastrocnemius muscle tears is exceptionally rare. Given this, the diagnosis and management of this pattern of injury is poor...
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly those receiving hemodialysis (HD), may be more vulnerable to exposure to micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) and bisphenol A (BPA) because of impaired renal clearance and frequent contact to plastic...
Background: Consolidation systemic therapy (ST) given after concurrent radiotherapy (RT) and ST (RT-ST) is frequently practiced in locally advanced inoperable nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Little is known, however, about the fate of patients ach...
The combined use of cannabis and tobacco is frequent in Europe. Few studies have nonetheless explored this pattern of consumption and its relationship with academic achievement in Spanish population. The aim of the present study was to analyze (1) th...
An increasing number of driver genomic alterations with potential targeted treatments have been identified in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Much less is known about the incidence and different distribution of concurrent alterations, as identifi...
18 December 2023
Background: Video game playing (VGP) is an increasingly common leisure activity among children and adolescents, although in some cases, it is accompanied by problems due to misuse. Method: A sample of 2884 children and adolescents aged between 12 and...
Global warming and its associated changes in temperature and precipitation have significantly affected the ecosystem in Southwest China, yet studies that integrate temperature and precipitation changes are inadequate for quantitatively assessing the...
The article deals with interaction in concurrent systems. A calculus able to express specific communication patterns is defined, together with its abstract control structures. A hypergraph model for these structures is presented. The hypergraphs are...
Evidence supports the implementation of concurrent strength and running training, within the same mesocycle, to improve performances in middle- and long-distance events. However, very little is known about the effects of concurrent training cessation...
Background: Actionable driver mutations account for 40–50% of NSCLC cases, and their identification clearly affects treatment choices and outcomes. Conversely, non-actionable mutations are genetic alterations that do not currently have establis...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may occur with concurrent infections caused by bacterial and fungal microorganisms. This systematic review evaluated studies reporting concomitant COVID-19 and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). We found 39 pa...
Psychotic symptoms are rarely concurrent with the clinical manifestations of depression. Additionally, whether psychotic major depression is a subtype of major depression or a clinical syndrome distinct from non-psychotic major depression remains con...
FPGA has recently played an increasingly important role in heterogeneous computing, but Register Transfer Level design flows are not only inefficient in design, but also require designers to be familiar with the circuit architecture. High-level synth...
This study aimed to compare the Italian Spine Youth Quality of Life Questionnaire (ISYQOL-PL) versus the Scoliosis Research Society-22 (SRS-22) questionnaire scores evaluating the validity of the concurrent and known-groups. Eighty-one girls (mean ag...
The goal of this study was to evaluate inflammatory and oxidative stress responses in human subjects (9 females and 15 males) (age [29.6 ± 11.5 years old (mean ± SD)], height [172.0 ± 10.05 cm], and weight [67.8 ± 12.4 kg]...
We propose a convex optimization approach for an array synthesis pattern to enhance the electromagnetic field in the gap region of a dielectric bow-tie antenna. This method allows the induction of the desired antenna modes by exploiting the concurren...
Major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder are the leading causes of global disability. Approximately 50% of patients fail to attain remission, prompting a pronounced focus on the significance of dietary patterns and specific nutrients within the...
Neutron dark-field imaging is a powerful tool for the spatially resolved characterization of microstructural features of materials and components. Recently, a novel achromatic technique based on a single absorption grating for the concurrent measurem...
As a crucial task for disease diagnosis, existing semi-supervised segmentation approaches process labeled and unlabeled data separately, ignoring the relationships between them, thereby limiting further performance improvements. In this work, we intr...
To facilitate the successful achievement of the goals outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is imperative to accelerate the advancement of green technological innovation effectiveness (GTIE). This study aims to synthesize three...
Breast cancer is the most common female malignancy in Taiwan, while conventional clinical and pathological factors fail to provide full explanation for prognostic heterogeneity. The aim of the study was to evaluate the feasibility of targeted sequenc...
In this paper, we propose a simple approach for sparse array synthesis. We employ a modified generalized alternate projection algorithm using
Nicotine vaping has surged in recent years, particularly among young adults, and is strongly linked with concurrent alcohol use. Separately, chronic excessive alcohol use drives hypertension and cardiomyopathy, while nicotine vaping is linked to a mo...
Background: How exercise intensity affects working memory during concurrent motor-cognitive tasks remains unclear. This study examined working memory during dual-task cycling at the first and second ventilatory thresholds (VT1, VT2). Methods: Eleven...
Structured concurrency treats multiple tasks running in different threads as a single unit, thereby improving reliability and enhancing observability. The existing IDE (Integrated Development Environment) does not provide sufficient support to levera...
Background: Concurrent use of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) and medicines with anticholinergic activity is a clinically important medication safety concern in dementia care because these medicines may pharmacologically oppose dementia trea...
Background: Glioblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in adults. Even after maximal safe resection and adjuvant chemoradiotherapy, patients normally relapse after a few years or even months. Standard treatment for recurrent glioblastoma i...
This study examined the longitudinal patterns of concurrent aerobic and resistance training in young elite rowers to address the limited understanding of how training volume, modality, and periodisation interact across a season, and to introduce a no...
Dental trauma resulting in permanent tooth avulsion commonly affects the young population. The prognosis of replantation after avulsion depends on the natural history of inflammatory and replacement resorption. Several risk factors for type and onset...
Background/Objectives: Maternal and neonatal intensive care unit (ICU) admissions are markers of severe perinatal morbidity, yet their co-occurrence within the same birth remains poorly characterized at the population level. The objective of this stu...
Background/Objectives: Digital media use is integral to the daily lives of children and adolescents, intensifying concerns regarding potential associations with mental health. However, much of the literature linking gaming and depression is based on...
The proportions and similarities of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing K. pneumoniae (ESBL-KP) and E. coli (ESBL-EC) carrying multiple ESBL genes is poorly known at our setting. This study investigated the existence of multiple ESBL genes...
The high prevalence of falls and the enormous impact they have on the elderly population is a cause for concern. We aimed to develop a walking-monitor gait pattern (G-STRIDE) for older adults based on a 6-axis inertial measurement (IMU) with the appl...
Background and Objectives: To assess whether country-level changes in major cardiometabolic risk factors were associated with concurrent changes in age-standardized death rates (ASDR) from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke between 2000 and 201...
Background/objective: Cybersex addiction and hypersexual behavior represent escalating challenges in global mental health. This study analyzed the sociodemographic and clinical profiles of a cohort of males undergoing treatment, examining the concurr...
Targetable gene alterations have become increasingly important in the treatment of cancers. Thirty STK11-mutated lung cancers from 199 cases with molecular profiling performed during 2016–2024 were studied for clinical, morphologic, immunohisto...
Background and Objectives: The vasoactive-inotropic score (VIS) is associated with adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery, but most studies have evaluated a single VIS value. We aimed to describe early VIS patterns across three perioperative time poi...
Dual mycorrhizal symbiosis, i.e., the association with both arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts, is an ambiguous phenomenon concurrently considered as common among various genetic lineages of trees and a result of bias in data analyses. R...
People use their hands for intricate tasks like playing musical instruments, employing myriad touch sensations to inform motor control. In contrast, current prosthetic hands lack comprehensive haptic feedback and exhibit rudimentary multitasking func...
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