Descriptive epidemiology of muscle-strengthening activities in Japanese middle-aged and older adults: the Hisayama Study by Jun Hata, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Takanari Kitazono, Takanori Honda, Mao Shibata, Satoko Sakata, Emi Oishi, Yoshihiko Furuta

“…The prevalence of muscle-strengthening activities according to sex and age groups was estimated using a modified Poisson regression model. …”
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Chronic Liver Disease in Ethiopia with a Particular Focus on the Etiological Spectrums: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Behailu Terefe Tesfaye, Temesgen Mulugeta Feyissa, Azmeraw Bekele Workneh, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Mengist Awoke Yizengaw

“…Thus, this systematic review and meta-analysis is intended to provide the pooled estimates of CLD etiologies and mortality rate in CLD patients in Ethiopia. …”
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Ensemble machine learning-based extrapolation of Penman-Monteith-Leuning evapotranspiration data by Vahid Nourani, Ramin Ahmadi, Yongqiang Zhang, Dominika Dąbrowska

“…PML-V2 improves canopy conductance estimation and incorporates carbon dioxide effects on transpiration via gross primary production. …”
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Using informative priors to account for identifiability issues in occupancy models with identification errors by Monchy, Célian, Etienne, Marie-Pierre, Gimenez, Olivier

“…Site occupancy models estimate species occurrence patterns, accounting for the possibility that the target species may be present but unobserved. …”
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Linking the past, present and future scenarios of soil erosion modeling in a river basin by C. Loukrakpam, B. Oinam

“…The current study focuses on the estimation of soil erosion rate for the year 2011 to 2019 and projection for the years 2021, 2023 and 2025. …”
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Maximum Mixture Correntropy Criterion-Based Variational Bayesian Adaptive Kalman Filter for INS/UWB/GNSS-RTK Integrated Positioning by Sen Wang, Peipei Dai, Tianhe Xu, Wenfeng Nie, Yangzi Cong, Jianping Xing, Fan Gao

“…Simultaneously, variational Bayesian estimation is employed to adaptively adjust noise statistical characteristics, thereby enhancing the robustness and accuracy of the integrated system’s state estimation. …”
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Assessing swidden land use in Myanmar by decision tree-based detection method using landsat imagery by Nyein Chan, Khin Nilar Swe, Khin Thu Wint Kyaw, La Minn Ko Ko, Kyaw Win, Nway Nway Aung, Thet Oo, Zwe Maung Maung, Zar Zar Win Thein

“…Using the best-fit pair, we estimated the extent of swidden at national level. …”
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Trial Characteristics and Appropriateness of Statistical Methods Applied for Design and Analysis of Randomized School-Based Studies Addressing Weight-Related Issues: A Literature R... by Moonseong Heo, Singh R. Nair, Judith Wylie-Rosett, Myles S. Faith, Angelo Pietrobelli, Nancy R. Glassman, Sarah N. Martin, Stephanie Dickinson, David B. Allison

“…Overall, only a minority (21.5%) of studies incorporated ICC values for power analysis, fewer studies (8.3%) reported the estimated ICC, and 68.6% of studies applied appropriate multilevel models. …”
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Attraction points: A new sampling design method to quantify common finches’ population by Lorenzo Marazuela Pinela, Ángel Julián Martín Fernández, Pablo-Luis López-Espí

“…Due to the fact that these methodologies do not use unbiased statistical estimators, the accurate estimation of bird densities or obtaining measures of abundance is often based on indirect counts, such as, detection probability versus distance, or assumptions, such as the homogeneous distribution of all individuals, which are then correlated with bird density. …”
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Using causal diagrams and superpopulation models to correct geographic biases in biodiversity monitoring data by Robin J. Boyd, Marc Botham, Emily Dennis, Richard Fox, Collin Harrower, Ian Middlebrook, David B. Roy, Oliver L. Pescott

“…Estimating a time trend in the variable of interest is achieved by fitting models for multiple time‐periods and, if the drivers of bias are suspected to change over time, by constructing per period causal diagrams. …”
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HDNLS: Hybrid Deep-Learning and Non-Linear Least Squares-Based Method for Fast Multi-Component T1ρ Mapping in the Knee Joint by Dilbag Singh, Ravinder R. Regatte, Marcelo V. W. Zibetti

“…To address this, the number of NLS iterations in HDNLS can act as a regularization, stabilizing the estimation to obtain meaningful solutions. Thus, in this work, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the impact of NLS iterations on HDNLS performance and proposed four variants that balance estimation accuracy and computational speed. …”
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Rooftop Photovoltaic for Residential Electricity Self-Sufficiency: Assessing Potential Benefits in Major Japanese Cities by Samuel Matthew G. Dumlao, Chuyue Yan, Seiichi Ogata

“…To project the penetration rate, a logistic curve is utilized to estimate the timeline for achieving a 100% installation rate in detached houses. …”
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Outcomes for Dostarlimab and Real-World Treatments in Post-platinum Patients With Advanced/Recurrent Endometrial Cancer: The GARNET Trial Versus a US Electronic Health Record-Based... by Scott Goulden, Qin Shen, Robert L. Coleman, Cara Mathews, Matthias Hunger, Ankit Pahwa, Rene Schade

“…Kaplan-Meier curves were constructed and OS/TTD was estimated (Cox regression model was used to estimate the OS-adjusted hazard ratio). …”
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Florida's Citrus Canker Eradication Program (CCEP): Summary of Annual Costs and Benefits by Marisa L. Zansler, Thomas H. Spreen, Ronald P. Muraro

“… In the analysis presented in this paper, the benefits of the Citrus Canker Eradication Program (CCEP) are estimated through an analysis of the Florida citrus industry under the scenario that citrus canker has become established. …”
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Bayesian Inference on the Shape Parameter and Future Observation of Exponentiated Family of Distributions by Sanku Dey, Sudhansu S. Maiti

“…The risk functions of these estimators have been studied. We have also considered the highest posterior density (HPD) intervals for the parameter and the equal-tail and HPD prediction intervals for future observation. …”
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A Stabilized Mixed Finite Element Method for Single-Phase Compressible Flow by Liyun Zhang, Zhangxin Chen

“…., the P1−P1 pair). An optimal error estimate in divergence norm for the velocity and suboptimal error estimates in the L2-norm for both velocity and pressure are obtained. …”
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Analytical Solutions of the Balance Equation for the Scalar Variance in One-Dimensional Turbulent Flows under Stationary Conditions by Andrea Amicarelli, Annalisa Di Bernardino, Franco Catalano, Giovanni Leuzzi, Paolo Monti

“…These solutions represent both analytical tools for preliminary estimations of the concentration variance and upwind spatial reconstruction schemes for CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)—RANS (Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes) codes, which estimate the turbulent fluctuations of reactive scalars.…”
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Analisis Perbandingan Simulasi Injeksi Plastik Terhadap Hasil Produk Dalam Software Autodesk Moldflow Pada Produk Air Filter by Zacky Fahd Mustafa, Oleh, Iwan Nugraha Gusniar

“…Simulations are carried out to estimate the presence of production defects in objects, without having to produce the object first. …”
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Global existence and uniqueness of classical solutions for a generalized quasilinear parabolic equation with application to a glioblastoma growth model by Zijuan Wen, Meng Fan, Asim M. Asiri, Ebraheem O. Alzahrani, Mohamed M. El-Dessoky, Yang Kuang

“…This local solution can be continuedfor all positive time by employing the methods of energy estimates, $ L^{p} $-theory, and Schauder estimate of linear parabolic equations. …”
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Convexity of the Set of Fixed Points Generated by Some Control Systems by Vadim Azhmyakov

“…If convexity of the set of trajectories is established, this can be used to estimate and approximate the reachable set of dynamical systems under consideration. …”
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