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Mixed tree nuts (MTNs) are an excellent source of protein and healthy fat contributing to satiety. However, their relatively high caloric content might not be beneficial in a weight loss diet. The present study was designed to test whether including...

This study provides additional context to the literature regarding the social inequities that impact birth outcomes in Virginia using a decision tree analysis. Chi-squared automatic interaction detection data analysis (CHAID) was performed using data...

Oil detection technology improves the reliability of machinery or equipment. The physical and chemical indicators of the fluid can reflect the cause of the failure in various aspects, which can prevent major accidents to the greatest extent by settin...

Breast cancer remains a leading cause of death among women worldwide, underscoring the urgent need for practical diagnostic tools. This paper presents an advanced machine learning algorithm designed to improve classification accuracy in breast cancer...

Broiler weighing is essential in the broiler farming industry. Camera-based systems can economically weigh various broiler types without expensive platforms. However, existing computer vision methods for weight estimation are less mature, as they foc...

Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a gut microbiome metabolite linked to cardiovascular health, can be influenced by dietary factors like choline intake and diet quality. This study compared the effects of mixed tree nuts (MTNs) and pretzels, as part of...

The weighted Szeged index ( $wSz$ ) has gained considerable attention recently because of its unusual mathematical properties. Searching for a tree (or trees) that minimizes the $wSz$ is still going on. Several structural details of a m...

In this paper, an efficient algorithm for modeling the operation of a DDT (Deterministic Decision Tree) solving the problem of realizability of DRs (Decision Rules) is proposed and analyzed. For this problem, it is assumed that a DRS (Decision Rule S...

This paper presents an algorithm for effectively maintaining the minimum spanning tree in dynamic weighted undirected graphs. The algorithm efficiently updates the minimum spanning tree when the underlying graph structure changes. By identifying the...

This paper deals with the maximum weighted independent set (MWIS) problem. We consider several robust variants of the MWIS problem on trees and prove that most of them are NP-hard. We propose a heuristic for solving the considered robust MWIS variant...

As speech-coding standards have improved over the years, so complexity has increased, and less emphasis been placed on low encoding/decoding delay. We present a low-complexity, low-delay speech codec based on tree-coding with sample-by-sample adaptiv...

This article introduces a novel nature-inspired algorithm called the Plum Tree Algorithm (PTA), which has the biology of the plum trees as its main source of inspiration. The PTA was tested and validated using 24 benchmark objective functions, and it...

The maximum weighted independent set (MWIS) problem is important since it occurs in various applications, such as facility location, selection of non-overlapping time slots, labeling of digital maps, etc. However, in real-life situations, input param...

Network interdiction problems involving edge deletion on shortest paths have wide applications. However, in many practical scenarios, the complete removal of edges is infeasible. The minimum-cost shortest-path interdiction problem for trees with the...

Estimating tree height at the national to regional scale is crucial for assessing forest health and forest carbon storage and understanding forest ecosystem processes. It also aids in formulating forest management and restoration policies to mitigate...

The aim of the present study was to compare the predictive performance of decision trees, artificial neural networks, and logistic regression used for the classification of daily body weight gains in beef calves. A total of 680 pure-breed Simmental a...

The process from leaf sprouting to senescence is a phenological response, which is caused by the effect of temperature and moisture on the physiological response during the life cycle of trees. Therefore, detecting newly grown leaves could be useful...

Ancient trees play an important ecosystem service role in high-density cities, revealing the zonal distribution characteristics of vegetation under climate influence. The ancient trees in Guangzhou and Foshan in 2018 and 2023 were taken as study obje...

Anomalous patterns are common phenomena in time series datasets. The presence of anomalous patterns in hydrological data may represent some anomalous hydrometeorological events that are significantly different from others and induce a bias in the dec...

In forest resource plot surveys, tree relative positioning is a crucial task with profound silvicultural and ecological significance. However, traditional methods such as compasses and total stations suffer from low efficiency, high costs, or poor en...

Indoor position estimation has become an attractive research topic due to growing interest in location-aware services. Nevertheless, satisfying solutions have not been found with the considerations of both accuracy and system complexity. From the per...

Energy intense nature of cement kiln demands optimal operation to minimize the energy requirement. Optimal control of cement kiln is achieved by proper tuning of the model predictive controller (MPC), which is addressed in this work. Genetic algorith...

High-performance cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) is currently employed in ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) cables, with the electrical tree being an important cause of DC cable breakdown. The comparison of XLPE samples under different manuf...

The reliability of airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) for delineating individual trees and estimating aboveground biomass (AGB) has been proven in a diverse range of ecosystems, but can be difficult and costly to commission. Point clouds de...

Epidemiological studies have identified associations between mortality and changes in concentration of particulate matter. These studies have highlighted the public concerns about health effects of particulate air pollution. Modeling fine particulate...

A poor quality diet may be a common risk factor for both obesity and dental problems such as caries. The aim of this paper is to use classification tree analysis (CTA) to identify predictors of dental problems in a nationally representative cohort of...

Aimed at shortcomings, such as fewer risk rules for assisting decision-making in customs entry inspection scenarios and relying on expert experience generation, a dynamic weight assignment method based on the attributes of customs declaration data an...

For a vertex and edge weighted (VEW) graph $G$ with a vertex weight function $f_G$ let $W_{\alpha ,\beta }\left(G\right)=\sum _{\left\{u,v\right\}\subseteq V\left(G\right)}\left[\alpha f_G\left(u\right)\times f_G\left(v\right)+\beta (f_G\left(u\right)+f_G\left(v\right))\right]d_G\left(u,v\right)$ where, $\alpha ,\beta \in ℝ$ ...

The study aimed to assess the quality of spraying of ornamental conifer using a multi-rotor drone. We examined how the speed of drone movement and the propellers’ spin speed can affect the deposition quality of the sprayed liquid in the crown o...

It is well known that atmospheric mercury (Hg) contaminates air, water, soil, and living organisms, including trees. Therefore, tree bark can be used for the environmental assessment of atmospheric contamination because it absorbs heavy metals. This...

To understand the influence of competition indices and post-thinning effects in predicting individual tree mortality, we developed two models, one without the effect of thinning and another, with the effect of thinning for naturally occurring even-ag...

Hydraulic valves are used to determine the set values of hydraulic quantities (flow rate, pressure, or pressure difference) in a hydraulic system or its part. This is achieved through the appropriate throttling of the stream flowing through the valve...

There is a trend towards the commercialisation of strawberry tree fruit spirit (AUS) with wood ageing, motivated by its favourable sensory characteristics. Additionally, further studies are necessary to elucidate the optimal conditions regarding agei...

An RNA bi-structure is a pair of RNA secondary structures that are considered as arc-diagrams. We present a novel weighted homology theory for RNA bi-structures, which was obtained through the intersections of loops. The weighted homology of the inte...

Long-term studies with regular tree nut consumption have indicated positive outcomes for multiple health benefits. Here, we review the beneficial effects of tree nuts, highlighting the impact on glucose modulation, body weight management, cardiovascu...

A nonlinear equation system for individual tree diameter growth and mortality of natural Mongolian oak forests was developed based on 13,360 observations from 195 permanent sample plots in Northeast China. Weighted regression was used in a distance...

In recent years, there has been growing interest in automated tracking and detection of sports activities. Researchers have shown that providing activity information to individuals during their exercise routines can greatly help them in achieving the...

We developed aboveground biomass equations for poplar plantations in Jiangsu Province, China, both compatible with tree volume equations and additive systems. Biomass equations were fitted with 80 selected and previously harvested sample trees. Addit...

Dendrochronology serves as a vital tool for analyzing the long-term interactions between commercial timber growth and environmental variables such as soil, water, and climate. This study presents Dendro-AutoCount, an innovative image processing frame...

Cadmium (Cd) pollution is a widespread environmental problem. In this study, we explored the transcriptome and biochemical responses of goldenrain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm.) leaves and roots to Cd stress. Leaf and root growth decreased subs...

We recently demonstrated that the consumption of mixed tree nuts (MTNs) during caloric restriction decreased cardiovascular risk factors and increased satiety. Tryptophan (Trp) metabolism has been indicated as a factor in cardiovascular disease. Here...

Aiming at the problem of matching ambiguity and low disparity accuracy at the object boundary in stereo matching, a novel stereo matching algorithm with cost volume collaborative filtering is proposed. Firstly, for each pixel, two support windows are...

Image semantic segmentation is one of the key problems in computer vision. Despite the enormous advances in applications, almost all the image semantic segmentation algorithms fail to achieve satisfactory segmentation results due to lack of sensitivi...

With the high wind penetration in the power system, accurate and reliable probabilistic wind power forecasting has become even more significant for the reliability of the power system. In this paper, an instance-based transfer learning method combine...

Modern society’s very existence is tied to the proper and reliable functioning of its Critical Infrastructure (CI) systems. In the seismic risk assessment of an infrastructure, taking into account all the relevant uncertainties affecting the pr...

When drilling deep wells, it is important to regulate the formation pressure and prevent kicks. This is achieved by controlling the equivalent circulation density (ECD), which becomes crucial in high-pressure and high-temperature wells. ECD is partic...

Common nuts (tree nuts and peanuts) are energy-dense foods that nature has gifted with a complex matrix of beneficial nutrients and bioactives, including monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, high-quality protein, fiber, non-sodium mineral...

Tree species classification at individual tree crowns (ITCs) level, using remote-sensing data, requires the availability of a sufficient number of reliable reference samples (i.e., training samples) to be used in the learning phase of the classifier....

Diatoms have traditionally been used to assess water quality; however, current research suggests that physical factors, such as habitat and landscape, may be linked to the organization of diatom assemblages in streams. The aim of this study was to de...

In recent years, with the variety of digital objects around us becoming a source of information, the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have experienced very rapid development. Processing and converting the information a...