Association between Uric Acid and Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China: A Cross-Sectional Inpatient Study by Xin Zhao, Xiaofeng Yu, Xiaomei Zhang

“…The level of estimated glomerular filtration rate and uric acid levels were not independent effect factors for osteoporosis in menopausal women. …”
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Assessment of Aerosol Radiative Impact over Oceanic Regions Adjacent to Indian Subcontinent Using Multisatellite Analysis by S. K. Satheesh, V. Vinoj, K. Krishnamoorthy

“…High as well as seasonally invariant aerosol single scattering albedos (~0.98) were observed over the southern Indian Ocean region far from continents. The ARF estimates based on direct measurements made at a remote island location, Minicoy (8.3∘N, 73∘E) in the southern Arabian Sea are in good agreement with the estimates made following multisatellite analysis.…”
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Prevalence, Associated Risk Factors, and Economic Loss of Ovine Hemonchosis at Jimma Town Municipal Abattoir, Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia by Fuad Zenu Abagero, Teshita Edaso Beriso, Tilaye Shibbiru Mengistu

“…A total of 374 animals were chosen by systematic random sampling over the study period, and prevalence was estimated based on coprological and postmortem examination for the presence or absence of the parasite according to standard procedures. …”
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Alcohol consumption and allergic diseases: Mendelian randomization evidence from China by Chen Zhu, Timothy Beatty, Yingxiang Li, Gang Chen, Qiran Zhao, Qihui Chen

“…This method was used to estimate the causal effect of alcohol consumption on the incidence of allergic diseases. …”
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The interplay of uncertainty, relevance and learning influences auditory categorization by Janaki Sheth, Jared S. Collina, Eugenio Piasini, Konrad P. Kording, Yale E. Cohen, Maria N. Geffen

“…Conversely, participants’ poor estimates of task-relevant tones or high-sensory uncertainty adversely impacted category choice. …”
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ON IMPROVING THE ENERGY SUPPLY OF BATCH DYEING APPARATUSES IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRY ENTERPRISES by V. N. Romaniuk, D. B. Muslina

“…Pinch analysis employment not only allows verifying the estimation results but also points out the problem spots demanding cardinal changes and modernization. …”
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CFD simulation of water diffusion in fruit drying: Case of apricot hemispheres by Sempou Alkistis, Lentzou Diamanto, Athanasiou Athanasios, Boudouvis Andreas, Xanthopoulos Georgios

“…The estimated activation energy was 59.6, 59.9 and 60.8 kJ/mol at 45, 55 and 65 °C. …”
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SYSTEMATIC RISK ASSESMENT USING OLS METHOD - THE CASE OF THE CAPITAL MARKET OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Azra Zaimović

“…Special attention is dedicated to estimating efficient beta coefficients that may be considered as reliable in a wide use of the CAPM model in financial practice. …”
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions as Affected by Alternative Long-Term Irrigation and Tillage Management Practices in the Lower Mississippi River Valley by S. F. Smith, K. R. Brye

“…Contrary to what was expected, there was no interactive effect of irrigation and tillage on estimated season-long CO2 emissions. Understanding how long-term agricultural management practices affect soil respiration can help improve policies for soil and environmental sustainability.…”
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Metallicity and α-abundance for 48 Million Stars in Low-extinction Regions in the Milky Way by Kohei Hattori

“…We estimate ([M/H], [ α /M]) for 48 million giants and dwarfs in low-dust extinction regions from the Gaia DR3 XP spectra by using tree-based machine learning models trained on APOGEE DR17 and a metal-poor star sample from Li et al. …”
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Evaluating the Potential of High-Resolution Visible Remote Sensing to Detect Shiraz Disease in Grapevines by Yeniu Mickey Wang, Bertram Ostendorf, Vinay Pagay

“…The projected leaf area (PLA) of individual grapevines was estimated from the images. Virus-infected vines had significantly lower PLA than healthy vines in the early season but fewer difference after veraison. …”
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Reservoir Characterization and Volumetric Analysis of “Lee” Field, Onshore Niger Delta, Using 3D Seismic and Well Log Data by P. Adigwe, S. Inichinbia

“…The objectives among others include  identification and delineation of the reservoirs and estimating the petrophysical parameters from the well logs available, generating time and depth structure maps of horizons from the seismic section, and a volumetric analysis in order to estimate hydrocarbon in place. …”
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FIRM SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS AND DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO: AN INSIGHT OF QUOTED COMPANIES ON THE NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE by Oluwaseyi Ayodele Adedipe, Sunday Azeita Okoughenu

“…Data collated from secondary source were analysed on the basis of POLS, FE and RE estimates. For the purpose of consistency and efficiency, the study further carried out post estimation test which include restricted F-test and Hausman test. …”
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A Coupling Method of New EMFE and FE for Fourth-Order Partial Differential Equation of Parabolic Type by Yang Liu, Hong Li, Zhichao Fang, Siriguleng He, Jinfeng Wang

“…We derive the optimal a priori error estimates in L2 and H1-norm for both the scalar unknown u and the diffusion term γ and a priori error estimates in (L2)2-norm for its gradient λ and its flux σ (the coefficients times the negative gradient). …”
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SYSTEMATIC RISK ASSESMENT USING OLS METHOD - THE CASE OF THE CAPITAL MARKET OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Azra Zaimović

“…Special attention is dedicated to estimating efficient beta coefficients that may be considered as reliable in a wide use of the CAPM model in financial practice. …”
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A Statistical Approach to Model the H-Index Based on the Total Number of Citations and the Duration from the Publishing of the First Article by Mohammad Reza Mahmoudi, Marzieh Rahmati, Zulkefli Mansor, Amirhosein Mosavi, Shahab S. Band

“…Also, the determination of coefficient for this equation to estimate h was 93.6%. Finally, to model and estimate the h-index, as a function of NC and D1, multiple nonlinear quartile regression was used. …”
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Empirical Analysis of African Aubergine (Solanum gilo) – Marketing and Income Disparity among Traders in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria by Godfrey C. Onuwa

“…The estimated coefficients of Ordinary Least Square regression (R2) were 0.773. …”
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Variation in energetic balance among free-ranging polar bears during the spring mating and foraging season by Anthony M. Pagano, Stephen N. Atkinson, Louise C. Archer

“…On average, estimated intake was 57 MJ/day. Estimated daily mass-specific body mass changes exhibited greater variation relative to previous measures in polar bears or brown bears (U. arctos Linnaeus, 1758). …”
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Reservoir Characterization and Volumetric Analysis of “Lee” Field, Onshore Niger Delta, Using 3D Seismic and Well Log Data by P. Adigwe, S. Inichinbia

“…The objectives among others include  identification and delineation of the reservoirs and estimating the petrophysical parameters from the well logs available, generating time and depth structure maps of horizons from the seismic section, and a volumetric analysis in order to estimate hydrocarbon in place. …”
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The History of a Hospital and Challenge of Expansion: CostEffectiveness and Surgical Coverage by Abdulrahman Hama Amin Hussein, Sanoor kadir Mahmood, Salah Qadir Mahmood, Sakar Abdulkarim Nidhamaddin

“…The aims of this study are to estimate the cost-effectiveness of ophthalmic procedures that were performed after expansion at Shahid Aso Eye Hospital, to analyze how much cost the expansion and rebuilding this hospital can save to the local community and to estimate the expansion of ophthalmic surgical coverage after rebuilding of Shahid Aso Eye hospital. …”
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