Data mining and socio-spatial patterns of COVID-19: geo-prevention keys for tackling the pandemic by Olga De Cos Guerra, Valentín Castillo Salcines, David Cantarero Prieto

“…To that end the research is based on data mining methods (3D bins and emerging hot-spots) and exploratory geo-statistical analysis (Global Moran’s Index, Nearest Neighbourhood and Ordinary Least Square analyses, among others). …”
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Performance on a Motor Control Test in an Asymptomatic Adolescent Population by Kari Lindegren, Kristin Bastian, Christopher Kovacs, Robyn McHugh, Catherine Quatman-Yates, Mark Paterno

“… # Study Design Cross-Sectional Study # Methods Four licensed physical therapists administered the SDLLT with a Stabilizer pressure biofeedback cuff and inclinometer in 90 adolescents without low back pain (females = 41, males = 49) from three schools in a mid-western metropolitan area. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-tests, two-way analysis of variance, and Pearson correlation coefficients were utilized to analyze the data…”
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The leadership and supervisory practices of principals in public secondary schools of the State of Amhara, Ethiopia, as perceived by teachers by Melaku Mengistu Gebremeskel, Demeke Wolie Ambaye

“…Data collected through a questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariate analyses of variance revealed that teachers perceived the leadership and supervisory practices of principals were weak. …”
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CHANGES IN HOUSEHOLD AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT CONSUMPTION AND SAVINGS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE EUROPEAN UNION by Boris Crnković, Juraj Rašić, Sofija Turjak

“…This paper uses univariate statistical methods to define the differences between the EU member states and their private and public consumption expenditure and net savings. …”
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Effect of different surface treatments on the roughness of porcelain layer for all ceramic restoration. by Maryam Jawad Challo, Shatha Abdulla Salih

“…Result: There was a greater surface roughness for the laser group (6.24 um) than for sandblasting surface treatments (2.59 um) and hydrofluoric acid, which shows a similar result with no statistically significant difference from sandblasting (2,14 um). …”
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Assessment of Staff’s Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Radiation Protection Measures in Mazandaran Province, Iran by Danial Seifi, Alireza Khorrami

“…Results: There were statistically significant differences in the level of staff KAP radiation protection with gender (p<0.05), practicing age KAP level and radiation protection (p<0.05), and there is no significant relationship between educational age and staff KAP level of radiation protection (p>0.05). …”
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Accelerated Orthodontic Canine Retraction Using Minimally Invasive Orthocision by Omar Chawshli, Zana Omer, Omed Ikram

“…The pre- and post- treatment photographed cast superimpositions were used to quantify the canine distalization and molar anchorage loss and Muhelmans index was used for evaluating pre- and post- retraction tooth mobility in this study. Results: Statistical analysis showed a highly significant difference between the control side and orthocision side regarding canine distalization distance and time duration and molar anchorage loss. …”
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ECP-IEM: Enhancing seasonal crop productivity with deep integrated models. by Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Ali Moazzam, Asif Nawaz, Tariq Ali, Deema Mohammed Alsekait, Ahmed Saleh Alattas, Diaa Salama AbdElminaam

“…The existing Machine Learning (ML) methods are using statistical measures as regression, correlation and chi square test for predicting crop yield, all such model's leads to low accuracy when the number of factors (variables) such as the weather and soil conditions, the wind, fertilizer quantity, and the seed quality and climate are increased. …”
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Primer reporte de Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) y Steno bredanensis (Lesson, 1828) en la costa de la Región del Biobío, Chile by Felipe Oyarzún-Cordova, Richard Muñoz, Camila Calderón-Quirgas, Andrea Cisterna-Concha

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FARMERS RELUCTANCE TO USING PROTECTED CULTIVATION IN BAGHDAD PROVINCE AND WAYS TO ADDRESS IT by A. H. Ali, S. O. Fayyadh

“…Data was collected from farmers during December 2023 and January 2024, and the data was analyzed using the statistical program (SPSS). The results revealed  that the reasons for farmers’ reluctance to continue using the protected agriculture for vegetables were of high importance, as the areas of reasons received weighted averages of 2.785-3.50, and this score exceeds the hypothesized mean of 2.5 degrees, With a percentage weight of 69.62 - 87.5%. …”
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Random Tree Algorithm to Analyse the Relation between Type of Traumatic Dental Injuries and Its Demographic and Predisposing Factors - A Cross-Sectional Study by Mohammad Kamran Khan, Mahendra Kumar Jindal

“…This study was done with the aim to analyse the association of 'type of TDI' with its demographic and various predisposing factors in children by an advanced statistical method of machine learning (ML) of artificial intelligence (AI). …”
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Improving the selection of object-analogues of oil and gas fields in designing reservoir engineering by Alexander V. Karsakov, Pavel N. Zyatikov, Kirill V. Sinebriukhov, Irina V. Sharf

“…Evaluation and analysis of the necessary data to define the degree of similarity of reservoir development by the methods of mathematical statistics and machine learning. Results. The authors describe the problem in the selection of objecvt-analogues and the existing approaches to its solution. …”
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INTERNAL AUDIT PRACTICES AND ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS: INSIGHTS FROM SMES IN KWARA STATE by Saheed Lawal, Abdulkadri Toyin Alabi

“…As of 31st January 2022, the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) had four hundred and fifty (460) registered SMEs in the manufacturing/agro-allied sector. The statistical procedure developed by Yamane (1967) was used to determine the study's sample size of (279) respondents. …”
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AUDIT FEE, AUDITOR’S EXPERIENCE, AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM LISTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by Muhammed Kamaldeen Usman, Adeoluwa Victoria Adekanye

“…Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed in the analysis of the data collected from the annual reports and accounts of the chosen companies for the period of five years (2013-2017). …”
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Use of Vaginal Packing in the Management of Lower Uterine Segment Atony by Ihsan Bagli, Selami Erdem

“…It was found to occur in the repeated cesarean group more than other groups, but this difference was not statistically significant (p=0.157). Any complications were occurred related to packing. …”
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Estimating the Prevalence of Opioid use Disorder in the Cincinnati Region using Probabilistic Multiplier Methods and Model Averaging by Peter J. Mallow, Nila Sathe, Michael Topmiller, Jennifer Chubinski, Dillon Carr, Roni Christopher

“…**Methods:** Three individual probabilistic simulation models were developed to estimate the number of OUD individuals in the Cincinnati Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA). The models used counts of overdose deaths, non-fatal overdoses, and treatment admissions as benchmark data. …”
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Driving Motivation in Irish Language Learning: An analysis of variation in post-primary pupil attitudes to Irish in the Growing Up in Ireland study by Emily Barnes, Joe Condon, Ann Devitt, Noel Ó Murchadha

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Enhanced cloud removal via temporal U-Net and cloud cover evolution simulation by Qingwei Tong, Leiguang Wang, Qinling Dai, Chen Zheng, Fangrong Zhou

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Effect of Two Different Ultrafast Curing Exposure Durations on the Surface Hardness of Bulk Fill Composite - An In-Vitro Study by Shekar Shobana, Anandavelu Sujareetha, Sundaresan Balagopal, Sarath Kumar, Sriganesh Angusamy, Sebatni Anisha

“…Vicker’s microhardness measurement was done on both the curing and non-curing sides of the specimen using a motorised diamond-faced micro-indenter (Wilson Wolpwert, Germany) using a load of 50 gram and a dwell time of 30 second. Statistical Analysis: Kruskal Wallis ANOVA was used to test for difference between the three groups followed by Mann–Whitney U test for post-hoc analysis. …”
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Reliability analysis of new jointly Type-II hybrid NH censored data and its modeling for three engineering cases by Maysaa Elmahi Abd Elwahab, Ahmed Elshahhat, Ohud A. Alqasem, Mazen Nassar

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