Influence of Excitation on Dynamic System Identification for a Multi-Span Reinforced Concrete Bridge by M. Alwash, B. F. Sparling, L. D. Wegner

“…As such, the ability to obtain reliable estimates of modal parameters, particularly natural frequencies and mode shapes, is of critical importance. …”
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Impact of Cooking Temperature on In Vitro Starch Digestibility of Rice Varieties with Different Amylose Contents by Guillén Sofía, Oria Rosa, Salvador María Luisa

“…Cooking rice at 95ºC instead of 100ºC reduced the estimated glycemic index by approximately 10% for the varieties tested.…”
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Avaliando impactos econômicos do programa “Reflorestar” de pagamentos por serviços ambientais by Renato Nunes de Lima Seixas, Pablo Medeiros Jabor

“…This article aims to estimate the economic impacts of the “Reflorestar” pro-gram for payments for environmental services implemented in the state of Espíri-to Santo in 2014. …”
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Willingness to pay for vaccines in China: A systematic review and single-arm Bayesian meta-analysis by Yi Li, Ziwei Liu, Liangru Zhou, Ruifeng Li

“…The point estimates and 95% Credible Interval of pooled WTP for influenza and HPV (9-valent) vaccine were $27.409 (23.230, 31.486), $464.707 (441.355, 489.456). …”
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Indoor Mobile Localization in Wireless Sensor Network under Unknown NLOS Errors by Long Cheng, Hao Wu, Chengdong Wu, Yunzhou Zhang

“…Simulation results show that the LC-MKHF algorithm has higher estimate accuracy in comparison with no-filter, Kalman filter, and H -infinity filter methods. …”
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Enhancing cybersecurity via attribute reduction with deep learning model for false data injection attack recognition by Faheed A.F. Alrslani, Manal Abdullah Alohali, Mohammed Aljebreen, Hamed Alqahtani, Asma Alshuhail, Menwa Alshammeri, Wafa Sulaiman Almukadi

“…FDIA creates a significant risk to these estimation strategies by adding malicious information to the measurement obtained. …”
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Credit Cycles: Econometric Analysis and Evidence for Russia by N. V. Artamonov, D. V. Artamonov, V. A. Artamonov

“…In present paper "causality" always means "Granger causality". All estimations are made in gretl, an open-source multiplatform econometric software.…”
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Diversity and Abundance of the Species of Arboreal Mammals in a Tropical Rainforest in Southeast Mexico by J. Vladimir Rojas‐Sánchez, Rosamond Ione Coates, Víctor Sánchez‐Cordero, Mario C. Lavariega, José J. Flores‐Martínez

“…Spatial and seasonal alpha‐diversity and community evenness patterns were estimated using Hill's numbers, and Sørensen's dissimilarities were used as a proxy to estimate beta‐diversity. …”
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Understanding the impact of racism on surgical outcomes in settler nation-states USA and Canada: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mary Brindle, Oluwatomilayo Daodu, Tyara Marchand, Saffa Aziz, Ifeoluwa Adedipe, Mirna Matta

“…Heterogeneity in these estimates will be examined using subgroup analyses and meta-regression.Ethics and dissemination This study uses secondary data and, therefore, does not require ethics approval. …”
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Gastrointestinal Bleeding in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis by Giovanni Marasco, Marcello Maida, Gaetano Cristian Morreale, Massimo Licata, Matteo Renzulli, Cesare Cremon, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Giovanni Barbara

“…The aim of this meta-analysis is to estimate the rate of gastrointestinal bleeding in COVID-19 patients and its association with mortality. …”
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Emission Rate of Particulate Matter and Its Removal Efficiency by Precipitators in Under-Fired Charbroiling Restaurants by Jun-Bok Lee, Ki-Hyun Kim, Heung-Joo Kim, Seog-Ju Cho, Kweon Jung, Shin-Do Kim

“…Emission factors (g kg-1) for those PM fractions were also estimated as 3.23/4.08/4.80 (B), 3.07/3.82/3.87 (P), 8.12/8.22/8.99 (C), and 6.59/6.59/6.59 (I). …”
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Determination of the Selected Heavy Metal Content and Its Associated Health Risks in Selected Vegetables Marketed in Bahir Dar Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Biset Asrade, Gebremariam Ketema

“…The concentrations of copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), and lead (Pb) were determined, and their health risks were estimated using estimated daily intake (EDI), target hazard quotient (THQ), hazard index (HI), and target cancer risk (TCR) for selected heavy metals by using flame atomic absorption spectrometry. …”
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Cardiometabolic deaths in black and white men: Tracing the risks from early- to mid-adulthood by Rebecca Arden Harris, Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, Judith A. Long

“…Objective: This study aimed to estimate and compare cardiometabolic disease (CMD) mortality in U.S. …”
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Performance Enhancement of NavIC With Low-Cost MEMS-IMU, Barometer, and Magnetometer by Saraswathi Sirikonda, Laxminarayana Parayitam, Hari B. Hablani

“…However, their navigational performance degrades quickly, and their attitude estimation is poor. Therefore, other auxiliary sensors such as barometer, odometer and magnetometer have been used with integrated GNSS/INS to improve the accuracy of position, velocity and attitude estimates. …”
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Temperature measurements with a temporal scanner: systematic review and meta-analysis by Ruzan Udumyan, Håkan Geijer, Georg Lohse, Ylva Nilsagård

“…Pooled difference and limits of agreement (LoA) were estimated with an inverse variance weighted approach. …”
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The winding road to health: A systematic scoping review on the effect of geographical accessibility to health care on infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries. by Fleur Hierink, Emelda A Okiro, Antoine Flahault, Nicolas Ray

“…Additionally, disease risk estimates could be used in turn to optimize the allocation of health services in the prevention and detection of infectious diseases.…”
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Comparing Prednisone and Methotrexate to Off-label Biologic Infliximab for Management of Ocular Uveitis: A Cost-minimization Analysis by William V. Padula, Miguel Cordero-Coma, Taygan Yilmaz, William V. Padula, Michéal J. Gallagher, Jonathan D. Campbell

“…We conducted univariate sensitivity analyses and a Bayesian multivariate probablistic sensitivity analysis to estimate uncertainty in results. Outcomes were measured in terms of costs ($US, 2010) and effects (qualityadjusted life years; QALYs) discounted at 3% per year were estimated for each simulated treatment. …”
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Impact of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 on mortality risk, ICU admission rate, and hospitalization length in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional study by Behnam Maleki, Amir M. Sadeghian, Mitra Ranjbar

“…Older age independently predicted higher mortality (OR: 1.062, 95%CI: 1.030–1.095), ICU admission (OR: 1.047, 95%CI: 1.027–1.068), and longer hospital stays (estimate: 0.027, 95%CI: 0.012–0.043). Multiple comorbidities were associated with higher mortality and longer hospitalization (OR: 1.794, 95%CI: 1.244–2.587; estimate: 0.395, 95%CI: 0.142–0.648). …”
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Tone or tissue? A comparison of trends and risk factors of severe postpartum hemorrhage according to uterine atony or retained tissue in a hospital setting. by Silje Pettersen, Ragnhild Sørum Falk, Siri Vangen, Lill Trine Nyfløt

“…Severe PPH was defined as an estimated blood loss of ≥1500 ml or a blood transfusion. …”
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Forage harvesting using branch pruning compromises sustainable use and conservation of Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir., an endangered species by Bossila Séraphin Hien, Loyapin Bondé, Mohamed Mahamoud Charahabil, Sié Sylvestre Da, Joseph Issaka Boussim, Oumarou Ouédraogo

“…The potential leaf biomass estimated at 15.09 ± 6.58 kg per tree is reduced by 35.98% when using branch pruning for forage harvesting. …”
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