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In a few years, hesitant fuzzy sets (HFSs) have had an impact on several different areas of decision science. However, a number of researches have utilized the Elimination and choice translating reality (ELECTRE) methods to determine the multi-criter...

Linguistic variables play a vital role in several qualitative decision environments, in which decision-makers assume several feasible linguistic values or criteria instead of a single term for an alternative or variable. The motivation for the use of...

The fuzzy linguistic approach provides favorable outputs in several areas, whose description is relatively qualitative. The encouragement for the utilization of sentences or words instead of numbers is that linguistic characterizations or classificat...

In the present article, we introduce the m-consecutive-k-out-of-n:F structures with a single change point. The aforementioned system consists of n independent components, of which the first n₁ units are identically distributed with common reliability...

Fuzzy graph theory is a conceptual framework to study and analyze the units that are intensely or frequently connected in a network. It is used to study the mathematical structures of pairwise relations among objects. An m-polar fuzzy (mF, for short)...

Uterine fibroid tissues are often compared to their matched myometrium in an effort to understand their pathophysiology, but it is not clear whether the myometria of uterine fibroid patients represent truly non-disease control tissues. We analyzed th...

The m-polar fuzzy sets (mF sets) have a representative and fundamental role in several fields of science and decision-making. The fusion of mF sets with several other theories of mathematics has become a favorable practice for depicting numerous type...

The structures, electron affinities and bond dissociation energies of BrO₄F/BrO₄F⁻ species have been investigated with five density functional theory (DFT) methods with DZP++ basis sets. The planar F-Br…O₂…O₂ complexes possess ³A' electronic state fo...

Sisal purple leafroll disease (SPLD) is currently the most destructive disease affecting sisal in China, yet its aetiology remains unclear. In our previous research, it was verified to be associated with phytoplasmas, and nested PCR based on the 16S...

Continuous Sign Language Recognition is a task that involves the recognition of complete sequences of Sign Language videos and translating them into spoken or written language. This task is particularly challenging due to the complex temporal structu...

Early diagnosis of degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is desirable, as delayed treatment can cause irreversible spinal cord injury and subsequent activity of daily living (ADL) impairment. We attempted to develop a straightforward and accurate di...

Massive and high-quality in situ data are essential for Earth-observation-based agricultural monitoring. However, field surveying requires considerable organizational effort and money. Using computer vision to recognize crop types on geo-tagged photo...

In patients with gliomas, isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutation status has been studied as a prognostic indicator. Recent advances in machine learning (ML) have demonstrated promise in utilizing radiomic features to study disease processes in th...

Background and Objectives: The implementation and monitoring of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) performance measures for colonoscopy are suboptimal in clinical practice. Electronic reporting systems may play an important rol...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and joint hypermobility (JH) are considered two different etiological and clinical entities that most often appear in childhood. Despite growing increased research showing a co-occurrence for both conditions, a link bet...

Accurate surface defect extraction of apples is critical for their quality inspection and marketing purposes. Using multi-band images, this study proposes a detection method for apple surface defects with a combination of machine vision and deep lear...

In a real-life scenario, it is undoable and unmanageable to solve a decision-making problem with the single stand-alone decision-aid method, expert assessment methodology or deterministic approaches. Such problems are often based on the suggestions o...

Cucumber plants (Cucumis sativus) displaying symptoms of phyllody, sterility, and flower virescence were observed in fields located in the Dianbai district of Guangdong province, China. Total DNA was extracted from the symptomatic plants; this was fo...

We aimed to make an exhaustive assessment of circumstances of bites by exotic reptiles bred in France. A retrospective observational study was conducted in all the reported cases from 2000 to 2020 in French poison control centers (PCCs). Two hundred...

Amid the widespread impact of COVID-19, mobile financial services (MFS) have experienced extensive requests due to the failure to perform physical installments and the need for secure transactions. This trend cannot end the utility of cash but it may...

In this work, various tunable sized spinel ferrite MnFe₂O₄ nanoparticles (namely MF20, MF40, MF60 and MF80) with reduced graphene oxide (RGO) were embedded in a polypropylene (PP) matrix. The particle size and structural feature of magnetic filler Mn...

Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) has been demanded for the assessment of appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) in clinical and epidemiological settings. This study aimed to validate BIA equations for predicting ASM in the standing and supine positions;...

In this paper, we present and describe a new type of fuzzy open sets, called fuzzy $(\mathfrak{n},\mathfrak{m})$-e-open sets in double fuzzy topological spaces (DFT Ss,) based on Šostak’s approach. This type belongs to the group of fuzzy $(\mathfrak{n},\mathfrak{m})$-$\delta$-$\beta$-op...

The goal of the study was to evaluate the pollen spectrum, antioxidant capacity and mineral content of four Hungarian honey types, using multivariate statistical analysis. The light colored honeys were represented by milkweed honey and a multifloral...

Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a family of sets in ${\mathbb{R}}^d$ (always $d\ge 2$). A set $M\subset {\mathbb{R}}^d$ is called $\mathcal{F}$-convex, if for any pair of distinct points $x,y\in M$, there is a set $F\in \mathcal{F}$, such that $x,y\in F$ and $F\subset M$. A set of four points $\{w,x,y,z\}\subset {\mathbb{R}}^d$ is called a rectangula...

Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a family of sets in ${\mathbb{R}}^d$ (always $d\ge 2$). A set $M\subset {\mathbb{R}}^d$ is called $\mathcal{F}$-convex, if for any pair of distinct points $x,y\in M$, there is a set $F\in \mathcal{F}$, such that $x,y\in F$ and $F\subset M$. A thin right triangle is the boundary of a non-degenerate ri...

The question is still open as to whether there exist infinitely many Fermat primes or infinitely many composite Fermat numbers. The same question concerning Mersenne numbers is also unanswered. Extending some recent results of Megrelishvili and the a...

The morphologic changes in early-stage mycosis fungoides (MF) might overlap with benign inflammatory dermatitis (BID). Previous studies have described altered expression patterns of several proteins in MF, but their diagnostic significance is uncerta...

This paper is concerned with invariance $({\mathcal{F}}_1,{\mathcal{F}}_2)$ -scrambled sets under iterations. The main results are an extension of the compound invariance of Li–Yorke chaos and distributional chaos. New definitions of $({\mathcal{F}}_1,{\mathcal{F}}_2)$ -s...

The prognosis of patients affected by myelofibrosis (MF) is usually dismal and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains the only cure. The number of HSCTs in MF patients has recently increased. However, a major obstacle is st...

The introduction of the so-called immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) substantially changed the history of cancer therapy. On the other hand, they can induce the development of rheumatic immune-related adverse events (Rh-irAEs). In the scenario of a...

In this paper, we propose a new hybrid model, multi Q-hesitant fuzzy soft multi-granulation rough set model, by combining a multi Q-hesitant fuzzy soft set and multi-granulation rough set. We demonstrate some useful properties of these multi Q-hesita...

Aim: This study evaluated the effects of plyometric training with different set configurations on sprint speed, change of direction (COD), jump performance, and perceived exertion in youth football players. Method: Twenty-four U-19 players were rando...

Cylindrical liquid storage tanks are vital lifeline structures, playing a critical role in industry and human life. Damages to these structures during previous earthquakes indicate their vulnerability against seismic events. A novel strategy to reduc...

In this study, the Method of Fundamental Solutions (MFSs) is adopted to model Chemical Vapor Infiltration (CVI) in a fibrous preform. The preparation of dense fiber-reinforced silicon carbide composites is considered. The reaction flux at the solid s...

Sexually dimorphic traits such as growth and body size are often found in various crustaceans. Methyl farnesoate (MF), the main active form of sesquiterpenoid hormone in crustaceans, plays vital roles in the regulation of their molting and reproducti...

The ability of the MF3 protein from Pseudomonas fluorescens to protect plants by inducing their resistance to pathogenic fungi, bacteria, and viruses is well confirmed both in greenhouses and in the field; however, the molecular basis of this phenome...

The velocity and trajectory of particles moving along the corrugated (rough) surface under the action of gravity is obtained by a modified Method of Fundamental Solutions (MFS). This physical situation is found often in biological systems and microfl...

A regular matroid M on a finite set E is represented by a totally unimodular matrix. The set of vectors from ${\mathbb{Z}}^E$ orthogonal to rows of the matrix form a regular chain group N. Assume that $\psi$ is a homomorphism from N into a finite additive Abelian g...

In the framework of finitely supported atomic sets, by using the notion of atomic cardinality and the T-finite support principle (a closure property for supports in some higher-order constructions), we present some finiteness properties of the finite...

An element a of a semigroup S is called a left [right] magnifier if there exists a proper subset M of S such that $aM=S$ $(Ma=S).$ Let $T\left(X\right)$ denote the semigroup of all transformations on a nonempty set X under the comp...

Many effective tools in fuzzy soft set theory have been proposed to handle various complicated problems in different fields of our real life, especially in decision making. Molodtsov’s soft set theory has been regarded as a newly emerging mathematica...

Background: Intermediate frequency magnetic fields (IF-MFs) at around 85 kHz are a component of wireless power transfer systems used for charging electrical vehicles. However, limited data exist on the potential health effects of IF-MFs. We performed...

The notion of a semiring-valued fuzzy set is introduced for special commutative partially pre-ordered semirings, including basic operations with these fuzzy structures. It is showed that many standard $MV$-algebra-valued fuzzy type structures with stan...

Background: Cluster sets (CSs) maintain velocity and power in compound movements by employing similar propulsion strategies or maintaining impulse through different mechanisms. This study aimed to explore the effect of four CS conditions on back squa...

Let $(M,\delta )$ be a metric space, $f:M\to M$, and $g:M\to [0,+\infty )$. In this paper, we obtain sufficient conditions under which the set of fixed points of f is g-admissible, i.e., $\mathrm{Fix}\left(f\right)\ne \varnothing$ and $\mathrm{Fix}\left(f\right)\subset g^{-1}\left(\left\{0\right\}\right)$. Some special cases of our main results are discussed and some...

In current seasonal influenza vaccines, neutralizing antibody titers directed against the hemagglutinin surface protein are the primary correlate of protection. These vaccines are, therefore, quantitated in terms of their hemagglutinin content. Addin...

Student grade prediction (SGP) is an important educational problem for designing personalized strategies of teaching and learning. Many studies adopt the technique of matrix factorization (MF). However, their methods often focus on the grade records...

In a simple connected undirected graph G, an ordered set R of vertices is called a resolving set if for every pair of distinct vertices u and v, there is a vertex $w\in R$ such that $d(u,w)\ne d(v,w)$. A resolving set F for the graph G is a fault-toler...

Myelofibrosis (MF) is a hematologic neoplasm arising as a primary disease or secondary to other blood malignancies. Both primary and secondary MF develop progressive fibrosis of bone marrow, displacing normal hematopoietic cells to other organs and d...