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Dissolved gas analysis (DGA) is one of the regular routine tests accepted by worldwide utilities to detect power transformer incipient faults. While the DGA measurement has fully matured since the development of offline and online sensors, interpreta...

In this paper, we used data from publicly traded restaurant firms between 2000 and 2019 to test the effectiveness of multiple discriminant analysis (MDA) and logistic regression (logit) in predicting the probability of bankruptcy in the restaurant in...

According to the national railway network construction plan, Investment in railways has increased due to the need for environmentally friendly transportation, and the rail network is expanding throughout South Korea. Railway projects should be evalua...

Handwritten digit recognition has been used in many consumer electronic devices for a long time. However, we found that the recognition system used in current consumer electronics is sensitive to image or character rotations. To address this problem,...

Although the number of cyclist crashes is decreasing in Japan, the fatality rate is not. Thus, reducing their severity is a major challenge. We used a polytomous latent class analysis to understand their characteristics and bias-reduced logistic regr...

Medical institutions worldwide strive to avoid adverse medical events, including adverse medication-related events. However, studies on the comprehensive analysis of medication-related adverse events are limited. Therefore, we aimed to identify the e...

The objective of this study was to identify the areas that are most susceptible to landslide occurrence, and to find the key factors associated with landslides along Jinsha River and its tributaries close to Derong and Deqin County. Thirteen influenc...

Despite the rapid expansion of AI and machine-learning techniques in bankruptcy prediction, classical statistical methods such as discriminant analysis and logistic regression remain relevant because of their transparency and interpretability. These...

The site-suitability analysis (SSA) of parcel-pickup lockers (PPLs) is becoming a critical problem in last-mile logistics. Most studies have focused on the site-selection problem to identify the best site from given potential sites in specific areas,...

Background: This study assesses the relevance of several factors that the literature on the substance use of adolescents considers relevant. The factors embed individual variables, such as gender or age; factors linked with parental style; and variab...

Forward logistic regression and conditional analysis have been compared to assess landslide susceptibility across the whole territory of the Sicilian region (about 25,000 km²) using previously existing data and a nested tiered approach. These approac...

(1) Background: Previous data show that patients with idiopathic scoliosis (IS) can be classified into two groups according to pain intensity. This paper aims to determine which factors can independently predict the likelihood of belonging to a high-...

Background and Objectives: Metabolic and bariatric surgery is the most effective long-term intervention for severe obesity, associated with significant reductions in weight, associated medical problems, and cancer risk. While the overall safety profi...

Governments’ coronavirus disease (COVID-19) measures have forced the community to stay at home. During this period, youths have had time to think about their career paths. For some, a conventional eight-hour job in a private company is undesira...

This manuscript presents a new two-parameter unit stochastic distribution, obtained by transforming the Laplace distribution, using a generalized logistic map, into a unit interval. The distribution thus obtained is named the Laplace-logistic unit (a...

Unlike door crash accidents predominantly involving bicycles in Australia, the UK, and other Western countries, cases in Taiwan are far more fatal as they usually involve motorcycles. This is due to the unique anthropogeography and transportation pat...

Voice pathology diagnosis is essential for the timely detection and management of voice disorders, which can significantly impact an individual’s quality of life. This study employed logistic regression to evaluate the predictive power of varia...

Pavement condition prediction plays a vital role in pavement maintenance. Many prediction models and analyses have been conducted based on long-term pavement condition data. However, the condition evaluation for road sections can hardly support daily...

In recent years, new energy sources have ushered in tremendous opportunities for development. The difficulties to finance new energy enterprises (NEEs) can be estimated through issuing corporate bonds. However, there are few scientific and reasonable...

This study is an empirical analysis of sovereign credit ratings (SCR) in South Africa (SA) using Logistic Regression (LR) to identify their determinants and forecast SCRs. Data of macroeconomic indicators including SCRs from 1999 to 2020 in quarterly...

There has been a considerable amount of literature on binomial regression models that utilize well-known link functions, such as logistic, probit, and complementary log-log functions. The conventional binomial model is focused only on a single parame...

This paper examines the relationship between pedestrian density and space syntax measures in a university campus using ordinal logistic regression analysis. The pedestrian density assumed as the dependent variable of regression analysis was categoris...

Extensive research suggested that the core of how to use pesticides scientifically is the careful and accurate determination of the severity of crop diseases. The existing grading standards of plant leaf diseases have been excessively singular. Thus,...

The main goal of this work was to identify the areas that are most susceptible to desertification in a part of the Algerian steppe, and to quantitatively assess the key factors that contribute to this desertification. In total, 139 desertified zones...

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of logistic regression and nomogram models based on multimodal ultrasound in predicting sarcopenia in patients with peritoneal dialysis (PD). Methods: A total of 178 patients with PD admitt...

Landslides are a common geologic hazard that disrupts the social and economic balance of the affected society. Therefore, identifying zones prone to landslides is necessary for safe living and the minimal disruption of economic activities in the even...

Introduction: The objective of this cross-sectional study was to describe the main symptoms associated with COVID-19, and their diagnostic characteristics, to aid in the clinical diagnosis. Methods: An analysis of all patients diagnosed by RT-PCR for...

This study explores the comparative performance of cutting-edge AI models, i.e., Finaance Bidirectional Encoder representations from Transsformers (FinBERT), Generatice Pre-trained Transformer GPT-4, and Logistic Regression, for sentiment analysis an...

Breast cancer remains a leading cause of mortality among women worldwide, motivating the development of transparent and reproducible risk models for clinical decision making. Using the open-access SEER Breast Cancer dataset (November 2017 release), w...

Occupational exposure is a significant source of metal contact; previous studies have been limited regarding the effect of occupational metal exposure on the development of hypertension. This study was conducted to assess the levels of exposure of ce...

The article analyzes the impact of selected operational parameters of internal combustion engine vehicles on CO₂ emissions. The study was preceded by a detailed analysis of the issues related to CO₂ emissions in the EU, with a focus on Poland, where...

Urban development policies and planning schemes are essential drivers of urban expansion in the contemporary world. However, they are usually investigated by qualitative analysis and it is difficult to use them in spatial analysis models. Within the...

The aim of the present study was to develop an explanatory model of doping susceptibility among competitive track and field athletes using a logistic regression analysis accounting for some morality-related variables which were not explored in previo...

This paper aims to identity the significant impact factors (IFs) of the residential electricity consumption level (RECL) and to better understand the influence mechanism of IFs on RECL. The analysis of influence mechanism is commonly through regressi...

Flash floods in the Sinai often cause significant damage to infrastructure and even loss of life. In this study, the susceptibility to flash flooding is determined using hydro-morphometric characteristics of the catchments. Basins and their hydro-mor...

Rural households depend on forest resources for cash and subsistence needs. Thus, forests represent a valuable natural capital for the rural economy, particularly in developing countries. However, depending on various factors, there are dissimilariti...

Breast cancer remains one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers worldwide, and improving the accuracy and transparency of automated diagnostic tools is an ongoing clinical priority. This study examines whether three established machine-learning cl...

The NH 58 area in India has been experiencing an increase in landslide occurrences, posing significant threats to local communities, infrastructure, and the environment. The growing need to identify areas prone to landslides for effective disaster ri...

Landslides are one of the common natural disasters involving mostly movement of soil surfaces associated with gravitational attraction. Their adverse losses and significant damage, which always result in at least 17% of casualties and billions of dol...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that causes multi-articular synovitis. The illness is characterized by worsening inflammatory synovitis, which causes joint swelling and pain. Synovitis erodes articular cartilage and ma...

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is caused by severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), which has had a serious impact on public health in parts of Asia. There is no specific antiviral drug or vaccine for SFTSV and,...

Objective: In the context of an aging population, the prevention and control of cognitive impairment is a key public health priority. This study aims to investigate the association between proactive health behaviors and the risk of AD8 screening posi...

Background: Post-prostatectomy incontinence (PPI) is a major complication that can significantly decrease quality of life. Approximately 20% of patients experience consistent PPI as long as 1 year after radical prostatectomy (RP). This study develops...

This study investigates the relationship between the consumption of foods and eating locations (home, school/work and others) in British adolescents, using data from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey Rolling Program (2008–2012 and 2013&...

Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) poses a significant public health challenge, especially in populations with high HIV prevalence and limited healthcare access. Early detection and targeted interventions are essential to prevent the progression of...

The objective of this study was to identify influence factors on injury severity of traffic accidents and discuss the differences in urban functional zones in Beijing. A total of 3982 sets of accident data in Beijing were analyzed from the perspectiv...

According to previous research, participation in exercise training (ET) by South Korean firefighters varies with shift type, and the effect of shift type is greater in large cities than in small towns. However, shift types differ among regions, depen...

Background and Objectives: The double burden of malnutrition (DBM), characterized by the coexistence of malnutrition and overweight within the same household, has become a significant public health concern in low- and middle-income countries. Tanzani...

Parents place their youths in sport with the belief that doing so will produce developmental outcomes. However, it is unclear if parents enroll children in different sports based on different desired characteristics they wish their youth to develop....

In this paper, we present the attributes that influence the choice of an urban freight vehicle by using a systematic literature review and a survey conducted with logistics operators that perform urban deliveries in some of the biggest cities in Braz...