Field Observations During the Tenth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-10): from March 1, 2011 through January 5, 2012 by Tara Bongiovanni, Pang-Wei Liu, Karthik Nagarajan, Daniel Preston, Patrick Rush, Xueyang Duan, Guanbo Chen, Robert Terwilleger, Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Roger De Roo, Jasmeet Judge, Ruzbeh Akbar, Mary Morris, Olivia Williams, Lindsey Marks, Courtnay Cardozo, Mahta Moghaddam, Anthony England

“…Most current models capture the biophysics of moisture and energy transport and of crop growth and development pretty well. However, model estimates of soil moisture in the root zone diverge from reality due to accumulated errors in initialization, forcings, and computation. …”
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Minimal-Sensing, Passive Force Identification Techniques for a Composite Structural Missile Component by Nick Stites, Jonathan White, Douglas E. Adams, Matt Triplett

“…Therefore, there is a need to develop load and damage identification techniques that utilize only one sensor. Two passive force estimation techniques are investigated in this work. …”
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Modelling Blast Effects on a Reinforced Concrete Bridge by Markellos Andreou, Anastasios Kotsoglou, Stavroula Pantazopoulou

“…The proposed methodology provides an immediate first estimation of the structural behavior under blast loads, based on familiar engineering procedures. …”
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The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertension among the Urban Population in Southeast Asian Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Azmawati Mohammed Nawi, Zulkefley Mohammad, Kavita Jetly, Mohamad Aznuddin Abd Razak, Nur Suhada Ramli, Wan Abdul Hannan Wan Ibadullah, Norfazilah Ahmad

“…We performed database searches of PubMed and Web of Science and performed meta-analysis to determine the pooled prevalence estimate. The overall pooled prevalence estimate of hypertension for Southeast Asian urban population was 33.82%. …”
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Statistical and Physical Descriptions of Raindrop Size Distributions in Equatorial Malaysia from Disdrometer Observations by Hong Yin Lam, Jafri Din, Siat Ling Jong

“…Moreover, the parameters of the Gamma distribution and the normalized Gamma model are also derived by means of method of moment (MoM) and maximum likelihood estimation (MLE). Their performances are subsequently validated using the rain rate estimation accuracy: the normalized Gamma model with the MLE-generated shape parameter µ was found to provide better accuracy in terms of long-term rainfall rate statistics, which reflects the peculiarities of the local climatology in this heavy rain region. …”
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Assessment of Durability of Concrete Structure Subject to Carbonation with Application of Safety Factor by Seung-Woo Pack, Min Sun Jung, Jun Won Kang, Ki Yong Ann, Janghwan Kim

“…The safety factor proposed in this paper can be used to estimate the service life of RC structures subject to carbonation. …”
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On uniform controllability of 1D transport equations in the vanishing viscosity limit by Laurent, Camille, Léautaud, Matthieu

“…We give upper and lower bounds on the minimal time needed to control to zero, uniformly in the vanishing viscosity limit.We assume that the vector field varies on the whole interval except at one point. The upper/lower estimates we obtain depend on geometric quantities such as an Agmon distance and the spectral gap of an associated semiclassical Schrödinger operator. …”
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Reduced contribution of sulfur to the mass extinction associated with the Chicxulub impact event by Katerina Rodiouchkina, Steven Goderis, Cem Berk Senel, Pim Kaskes, Özgür Karatekin, Michael Ernst Böttcher, Ilia Rodushkin, Johan Vellekoop, Philippe Claeys, Frank Vanhaecke

“…Here we empirically estimate the amount of impact-released S relying on the concentration of S and its isotopic composition within the impact structure and a set of terrestrial K-Pg boundary ejecta sites. …”
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ANTi-JAM solutions for smart roads: Ant-inspired traffic flow rules under CAVs environment by Marco Guerrieri, Nicola Pugno

“…The macroscopic traffic flow variables of interest were estimated using the deep learning method and the YOLO detection algorithm. …”
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Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination by Kentaro Miyamoto, Caroline Harbison, Shiho Tanaka, Marina Saito, Shuyi Luo, Sara Matsui, Pranav Sankhe, Ali Mahmoodi, Mingming Lin, Nadescha Trudel, Nicholas Shea, Matthew F. S. Rushworth

“…Abstract When we collaborate with others to tackle novel problems, we anticipate how they will perform their part of the task to coordinate behavior effectively. We might estimate how well someone else will perform by extrapolating from estimates of how well we ourselves would perform. …”
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Newly discovered vital population of the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis in Prilipe oxbow lakes (SE Slovenia) by Marijan Govedič, Gregor Lipovšek, Nino Kirbiš, Tea Bizjak Govedič, Melita Vamberger

“…The population size was estimated at 125 individuals. According to the age structure and confirmed reproduction, the population is recognized as viable. …”
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Seagrass communities on the North Coast of Aceh by Khairunnisa Khairunnisa, Zuhilma Dewi Arie, Ramadhani Pitri, Farahisah Harum

“…The data analyzed include density, biomass, and carbon estimates. Three species of seagrass have been identified in the northern waters of Aceh, include Halodule pinifolia Halophila ovalis, and Halophila minor. …”
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Experimental Implementation of an Algorithm for Real Time Compensation of Phase Current Sensors DC Offset in Field Oriented Controlled PMSM Drives by Ciro Attaianese, Matilde D'Arpino, Mauro Di Monaco, Luigi Pio Di Noia

“…This paper presents the experimental implementation of an algorithm for the real time estimation and compensation of these faults in PMSM drives controlled by Field Oriented Control (FOC). …”
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A Study of Chained Stochastic Tracking in RGB and Depth Sensing by Xuhong Liu, Shahram Payandeh

“…In the first layer, the prior estimate of the state of the object is distributed based on the novel expected motion constraints approach associated with the movements. …”
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The Empirical Cressie-Read Test Statistics for Longitudinal Generalized Linear Models by Junhua Zhang, Ruiqin Tian, Suigen Yang, Sanying Feng

“…Although a working correlation matrix is assumed, there is no need to estimate the nuisance parameters in the working correlation matrix based on the quadratic inference function (QIF). …”
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Near-Field Hierarchical Localization for Integrated Sensing and Communication by Giorgos Stratidakis, Sotiris Droulias, Angeliki Alexiou

“…The results are presented with the empirical CDF for both static and mobile users, and the probability of successful estimation for static users.…”
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Predicting Pumpability and Shootability of Crushed Aggregate Wet-Mix Shotcrete Based on Rheological Properties by Kyong-Ku Yun, Pangil Choi, Jung Heum Yeon

“…This study aims to estimate the pumpability and shootability of wet-mix shotcrete (WMS) made with crushed aggregates and various admixtures such as silica fume, fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS), metakaolin, and steel fiber based on rheological properties. …”
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Iron Limitation Drives the Globally Extreme Fluorescence/Chlorophyll Ratios of the Southern Ocean by Christina Schallenberg, Robert F. Strzepek, Sophie Bestley, Bozena Wojtasiewicz, Thomas W. Trull

“…Radiometers on biogeochemical (BGC)‐Argo floats allow for an independent estimate of Chl concentration that is based on the light attenuation coefficient, Kd. …”
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Field Observations During the Tenth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-10): from March 1, 2011 through January 5, 2012 by Tara Bongiovanni, Pang-Wei Liu, Karthik Nagarajan, Daniel Preston, Patrick Rush, Xueyang Duan, Guanbo Chen, Robert Terwilleger, Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Roger De Roo, Jasmeet Judge, Ruzbeh Akbar, Mary Morris, Olivia Williams, Lindsey Marks, Courtnay Cardozo, Mahta Moghaddam, Anthony England

“…Most current models capture the biophysics of moisture and energy transport and of crop growth and development pretty well. However, model estimates of soil moisture in the root zone diverge from reality due to accumulated errors in initialization, forcings, and computation. …”
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Conceptual Design of an Unmanned Fixed-Wing Aerial Vehicle Based on Alternative Energy by Alan G. Escobar-Ruiz, Omar Lopez-Botello, Luis Reyes-Osorio, Patricia Zambrano-Robledo, Luis Amezquita-Brooks, Octavio Garcia-Salazar

“…In order to achieve the preliminary design, an estimation of aerodynamic coefficients, along with computational fluid dynamics analysis, is performed.…”
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