Treatment-related toxicity, utility and patient-reported outcomes of head and neck cancer patients treated with proton therapy: A longitudinal study by Yi Hsuan Chen, Michiel Kroesen, Mischa Hoogeman, Matthijs Versteegh, Carin Uyl-de Groot, Hedwig M. Blommestein

“…This study further provided the estimation of the disutility of each radiation related toxicity. …”
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Modeling of peatland fire risk early warning based on water dynamics by B. Kartiwa, . Maswar, A. Dariah, . Suratman, N.L. Nurida, N. Heryani, P. Rejekiningrum, H. Sosiawan, S.H. Adi, I. Lenin, S. Nurzakiah, Ch. Tafakresnanto

“…Consequently, this study found that soil moisture was the suitable parameter to estimate peat fire risk owing to its predictability. …”
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Personalised Lung Cancer Screening (PLuS) study to assess the importance of coexisting chronic conditions to clinical practice and policy: protocol for a multicentre observational... by Yi Guo, Dongyu Zhang, Rafael Meza, Jihyoun Jeon, Dejana Braithwaite, Gerard A Silvestri, Michael K Gould, Jiang Bian, Bruno Hochhegger, Shama D Karanth, Christopher G Slatore, Martin Tammemagi, Mattthew Schabath, Meghann Wheeler, Frederic J Kaye

“…We will also estimate the cumulative risk of LCS outcomes using discrete-time survival models. …”
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Health Economic Evaluation of Patients With Colorectal Liver Metastases Randomized to ALPPS or TSH: Analysis From the LIGRO Trial by Kristina Hasselgren, MD, PhD, Martin Henriksson, PhD, Bård I. Røsok, MD, PhD, Peter N. Larsen, MD, PhD, Ernesto Sparrelid, MD, PhD, Gert Lindell, MD, PhD, Nicolai A. Schultz, MD, PhD, Bjorn A. Bjørnbeth, MD, PhD, Bengt Isaksson, MD, PhD, Magnus Rizell, MD, PhD, Anna Lindhoff Larsson, RN, Per Sandström, MD, PhD, Bergthor Björnsson, MD, PhD

“…QALYs were estimated by combining survival and HRQoL data, the latter being assessed with EQ-5D 3L. …”
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Sources of PM2.5 exposure and health benefits of clean air actions in Shanghai by Yixuan Gu, Daven K. Henze, Hong Liao

“…Estimating PM2.5 exposure and its health impacts in cities involves large uncertainty due to the limitations of model resolutions. …”
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The Response of Radiative Forcing to High Spatiotemporally Resolved Land‐Use Change and Transition From 1982 to 2010 in China by Xiaohu Jian, Xiaodong Zhang, Yijie Liu, Xinrui Liu, Kaijie Chen, Linfei Wang, Jixiang Li, Yuan Zhao, Jinmu Luo, Ruiyu Zhugu, Jianmin Ma

“…Results were compared with the RF estimated using a low spatiotemporally resolved LUC inventory employed previously. …”
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Determination of optical fiber varieties and early diagnosis of their physical condition based on the analysis of Mandelstam–Brillouin backscatter parameters by I. V. Bogachkov

“…Conclusions about the accuracy of the estimates obtained by various algorithms, based on the accumulated experience in working with the presented programs are drawn.…”
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Biphasic Equilibrium Dialysis of Poly(N-Isopropyl Acrylamide) Nanogels Synthesized at Decreased Temperatures for Targeted Delivery of Thermosensitive Bioactives by Witold Musial, Jiri Michálek, Janusz Pluta, Anna Jaromin, Magdalena Pietka-Ottlik, Martin Pradny

“…The aim of the study was to estimate the influence of composition and reaction conditions during synthesis of poly-N-isopropyl acrylamide cross-linked by polyethylene glycol diacrylate on the purification rates of the polymer. …”
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Genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance in chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora) genotypes evaluated for loose flower production by K. Vandana1*, V. Vijaya Bhaskar2, A.V.D. Dorajeerao3, P. Subbaramamma4, M. Paratpara Rao5 and V. Sekhar6

“…High (>20%) PCV and GCV were noticed for all the traits evaluated in the present study. Heritability estimates ranged from a low 29.78% (stem diameter) to as high as 99.968% (flower diameter). …”
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Diagnosis of Protected Agriculture in Imbabura—Ecuador, Period 2016–2023 by Luis Marcelo Albuja-Illescas, Andrés Manolo Carrión-Burgos, Rafael Jiménez-Lao, María Teresa Lao

“…To minimize biases in estimation, manual verification was also conducted. …”
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Robust Onboard Orbit Determination Through Error Kalman Filtering by Michele Ceresoli, Andrea Colagrossi, Stefano Silvestrini, Michèle Lavagna

“…This method is designed to continuously estimate and propagate a spacecraft’s orbital state, leveraging real-time sensor measurements from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver and an inertial navigation system (INS). …”
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Conductometric, physico-chemical, and biological activity investigations of a copper–indometacin complex by AbdulAziz A. Alayyafi, Kholoud Z. Ghanem, Modhi S. Almarri, Shereen E. Salem, Esam A. Gomaa, Elsayed M. AbouElleef

“…Three stoichiometric complexes of copper–indometacin (1/2), (1/1), and (2/1) (M/L) were detected and their formation constants (Kf) were estimated by using the conductometric method and the Gibbs free energy change (ΔGf) was also estimated. …”
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Identification of Unknown Parameters and Orders via Cuckoo Search Oriented Statistically by Differential Evolution for Noncommensurate Fractional-Order Chaotic Systems by Fei Gao, Xue-Jing Lee, Heng-qing Tong, Feng-xia Fei, Hua-ling Zhao

“…In this paper, a non-Lyapunov novel approach is proposed to estimate the unknown parameters and orders together for noncommensurate and hyper fractional chaotic systems based on cuckoo search oriented statistically by the differential evolution (CSODE). …”
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Baseband Transceiver Design of a High Definition Radio FM System Using Joint Theoretical Analysis and FPGA Implementation by Chien-Sheng Chen, Chyuan-Der Lu, Ho-Nien Shou, Le-Wei Lin

“…Content includes data format allocation, constellation mapping, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation of the transmitter, timing synchronization, OFDM demodulation, integer and fraction carrier frequency (integer carrier frequency offset (ICFO) and fractional CFO (FCFO)) estimation, and channel estimation of the receiver. …”
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Back Analysis of Rock Hydraulic Fracturing by Coupling Numerical Model and Computational Intelligent Technology by Shaojun Li, Hongbo Zhao, Xiating Feng, Quan Jiang, Qiancheng Sun

“…The proposed method provides a good estimate of the relationship between the in situ stress and borehole pressure and predicts the maximum horizontal in situ stress with high precision while considering the influence of pore pressure without the need to estimate Biot’s coefficient and other parameters.…”
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An Evaluation of Leaf Biomass : Length Ratio as a Tool for Nondestructive Assessment in Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) by Hector Echavarria-Heras, Elena Solana-Arellano, Kun-Seop Lee, Shinya Hosokawa, Ernesto Franco-Vizcaíno

“…We argue that the use of allometric scaling for the representation of leaf biomass in terms of length provides a more reliable approach for estimating eelgrass biomass.…”
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Changes in soil water content and lateral flow exert large effects on soil thermal dynamics across Alaskan landscapes by Xiangyu Liu, Qianlai Zhuang, Chang Liao, M Torre Jorgenson

“…Our coupled model improves soil temperature (ST) estimates by 43.5% in comparison with observational data. …”
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Response Analysis of Deep Foundation Excavation and Dewatering on Surface Settlements by Xian Li, Tingguo Zhou, Yixian Wang, Junling Han, Yanqiao Wang, Fang Tong, Delong Li, Jinmei Wen

“…The study is aimed at revealing the coupling ground response to the two factors and developing empirical correlations for estimating ground deformations. Taking a deep foundation pit of a metro station as an example, surface settlement estimations were calculated by analytical formulas and numerical models. …”
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Deficiencies causes in road construction scheduling: Perspectives from construction professionals by Karen Castañeda, Omar Sánchez, Rodrigo F. Herrera, Guillermo Mejía

“…The causes with the greatest impact on deficiencies in road construction scheduling were poor estimation of labor performance, poor estimation of workforce quantity, and deficient coordination with public utilities. …”
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Revisiting pangenome openness with k-mers by Parmigiani, Luca, Wittler, Roland, Stoye, Jens

“…In the present study, we investigate the use of k-mers to estimate the openness as an alternative to genes, and compare the results. …”
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