Rao-Blackwellized Gaussian Sum Particle Filtering for Multipath Assisted Positioning by Markus Ulmschneider, Christian Gentner, Thomas Jost, Armin Dammann

“…As the locations and clock offsets of the virtual and physical transmitters are in general unknown, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) schemes can be applied to simultaneously localize a user and estimate the states of physical and virtual transmitters as landmarks. …”
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Noise Cancellation Method for Mud Pulse Telemetry Based on Discrete Fourier Transform by Jingchen Zhang, Zitong Sha, Xingbin Tu, Zhujun Zhang, Jiang Zhu, Yan Wei, Fengzhong Qu

“…The method employs DFT to estimate the noise spectrum, subtracts noises from the received signal, and performs an inverse transformation to reconstruct the original signal estimation. …”
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Field Observations During the Eighth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-8): from June 16 through August 24, 2009 by Tara Bongiovanni, Heather Enos, Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Blaire Colvin, Karthik Nagarajan, Jasmeet Judge, Pang-Wei Liu, Juan Fernandez-Diaz, Roger De Roo, Yuriy Goykhman, Xueyang Duan, Daniel Preston, Ramesh Shrestha, Clint Slatton, Mahta Moghaddam, Anthony England

“…This 68-page report presents the observations of an experiment using remotely sensed microwave observations with a view towards incorporating the findings into the models used to estimate energy and moisture fluxes and improve root zone soil moisture estimates. …”
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The basic reproduction number $R_0$ and effectiveness of reactive interventions during dengue epidemics: The 2002 dengue outbreak in Easter Island, Chile by Gerardo Chowell, R. Fuentes, A. Olea, X. Aguilera, H. Nesse, J. M. Hyman

“…We estimated $R_0$ at $27.2$ ($95 \%$CI: $14.8$, $49.3$). …”
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Oculomotor Plant Mathematical Model in Kalman Filter Form With Peak Velocity-Based Neural Pulse for Continuous Gaze Prediction by Dmytro Katrychuk, Dillon J. Lohr, Oleg V. Komogortsev

“…Such models typically relied on the neural pulse control being estimated from intended saccade amplitude - a property that becomes fully observed only after a saccade already ended, which greatly limits the model’s prediction capabilities. …”
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A multi-frequency altimetry snow depth product over Arctic sea ice by Alice Carret, Sara Fleury, Alessandro Di Bella, Jack Landy, Isobel Lawrence, Nathan Kurtz, Antoine Laforge, Jérome Bouffard, Tommaso Parrinello

“…Abstract Sea ice thickness is an essential variable to understand and forecast the dynamic ice cover and can be estimated by satellite altimetry. Nevertheless, it is affected by uncertainties especially from snow depth, a key parameter to derive it from ice freeboard. …”
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Field Observations During the Eighth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-8): from June 16 through August 24, 2009 by Tara Bongiovanni, Heather Enos, Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Blaire Colvin, Karthik Nagarajan, Jasmeet Judge, Pang-Wei Liu, Juan Fernandez-Diaz, Roger De Roo, Yuriy Goykhman, Xueyang Duan, Daniel Preston, Ramesh Shrestha, Clint Slatton, Mahta Moghaddam, Anthony England

“…This 68-page report presents the observations of an experiment using remotely sensed microwave observations with a view towards incorporating the findings into the models used to estimate energy and moisture fluxes and improve root zone soil moisture estimates. …”
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The Essential Thrombocythemia, Thrombotic Risk Stratification, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Salvatrice Mancuso, Vincenzo Accurso, Marco Santoro, Simona Raso, Angelo Davide Contrino, Alessandro Perez, Florinda Di Piazza, Ada Maria Florena, Antonio Russo, Sergio Siragusa

“…In our study, we compared different risk models to estimate the thrombotic risk of 233 ET patients and the role of specific driver mutations and evaluated the impact that conventional cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, cigarette smoking, diabetes, obesity, and dyslipidaemia) have on thrombotic risk in patients with ET. …”
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Regional Frequency Analysis of Extremes Precipitation Using L-Moments and Partial L-Moments by Said Arab Khan, Ijaz Hussain, Tajammal Hussain, Muhammad Faisal, Yousaf Shad Muhammad, Alaa Mohamd Shoukry

“…The results show that PL-moments perform better than L-moments for estimating large return period events.…”
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The role of geographic information systems (GIS) in decision-making for the localization of industrial areas and the evaluation of existing industrial areas (an applied study in th... by El Monhim Bilal, Sbai Abdelkader, Arabi Mourad, Makkaoui Mohamed, Hlal Mohammed, Benrbia Khadija

“…The ideal areas for manufacturing, estimated to cover approximately 1,469 hectares, represent 0.5% of the province's total area. …”
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Prognosis of Elderly Japanese Patients Aged ≥80 Years Undergoing Hemodialysis by Shingo Hatakeyama, Hiromi Murasawa, Itsuto Hamano, Ayumu Kusaka, Takuma Narita, Masaaki Oikawa, Daisuke Noro, Kazuhisa Hagiwara, Hirofumi Ishimura, Takahiro Yoneyama, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Takuya Koie, Hisao Saitoh, Tomihisa Funyu, Chikara Ohyama

“…The median survival time and estimated life-shortening period in the patients were 2.6 years and −5.3 years, respectively. …”
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Psychometrics of an Elo-based large-scale online learning system by Hanke Vermeiren, Joost Kruis, Maria Bolsinova, Han L.J. van der Maas, Abe D. Hofman

“…The Elo rating system (ERS), an intuitive and computationally efficient algorithm, offers a means to effectively update estimates of item difficulties and learner abilities as they evolve. …”
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Safety evaluation of changed use levels of the food enzyme triacylglycerol lipase from the non‐genetically modified Limtongozyma cylindracea strain AE‐LAYH (B) by EFSA Panel on Food Enzymes (FEZ), Holger Zorn, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Francesco Catania, Gabriele Gadermaier, Ralf Greiner, Baltasar Mayo, Alicja Mortensen, Yrjö Henrik Roos, Marize L. M. Solano, Monika Sramkova, Henk Van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Roos Anna deNijs, Magdalena Andryszkiewicz, Daniele Cavanna, Yi Liu

“…Based on the new data, the revised exposure estimation and the previous evaluation, the Panel concluded that this food enzyme does not give rise to safety concerns under the revised intended conditions of use.…”
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MethylBERT enables read-level DNA methylation pattern identification and tumour deconvolution using a Transformer-based model by Yunhee Jeong, Clarissa Gerhäuser, Guido Sauter, Thorsten Schlomm, Karl Rohr, Pavlo Lutsik

“…MethylBERT identifies tumour-derived sequence reads based on their methylation patterns and local genomic sequence, and estimates tumour cell fractions within bulk samples. …”
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A new trigonometric-oriented distributional method: Model, theory, and practical applications by Omalsad Hamood Odhah, Olayan Albalawi, Huda M. Alshanbari

“…The maximum likelihood estimators for the parameters of the weighted tan-Weibull distribution are obtained. …”
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Transition of clinical biomarker status from childhood into adolescence-A prospective study in children from eight European countries. by Anna Floegel, Paola Russo, Toomas Veidebaum, Michael Tornaritis, Dénes Molnár, Lauren Lissner, Stefaan De Henauw, Luis A Moreno, Wolfgang Ahrens, Manuela Marron, Claudia Börnhorst

“…Latent transition analysis was used to estimate biomarker statuses and transition probabilities; determinants of biomarker status were estimated using mixed-effects models.…”
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Integrating Remote Sensing and Soil Features for Enhanced Machine Learning-Based Corn Yield Prediction in the Southern US by Sayantan Sarkar, Javier M. Osorio Leyton, Efrain Noa-Yarasca, Kabindra Adhikari, Chad B. Hajda, Douglas R. Smith

“…Therefore, the objective of our study was to determine the best combination of vegetation indices and abiotic factors for predicting corn yield in a rain-fed, production-scale area, identify the most suitable corn growth stage for yield estimation using machine learning, and identify the most effective machine learning model for corn yield estimation. …”
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Using remote sensing and machine learning to generate 100-cm soil moisture at 30-m resolution for the black soil region of China: Implication for agricultural water management by Liwen Chen, Boting Hu, Jingxuan Sun, Y. Jun Xu, Guangxin Zhang, Hongbo Ma, Jingquan Ren

“…To fill this gap, we propose a novel framework for estimation high spatial resolution multi-layer soil moisture data. …”
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Systematic review on the compliance of WHO guidelines in the management of patients with advanced HIV disease in Africa: The case of cryptococcal antigen screening. by Zuhura Mbwana Ally, Jackline Vicent Mbishi, Mariam Salim Mbwana, Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Swalehe Mustafa Salim, Zarin Nudar Rodoshi, Muhidin Ibrahim Hundisa, Rebecca Mesfin Sileshi, Biruk Demisse Ayalew, Rahma Musoke, Lynn Moshi, Yousef Elias Fakhoury, Haji Mbwana Ally, Habib Omari Ramadhani

“…Overall, the pooled estimate of CrAg screening uptake was 57.1% (95% CI: 41.4-72.7). …”
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Associations between lipid-lowering drugs and urate and gout outcomes: a Mendelian randomization study by Min Liu, Na Yin, Yuhang Zhu, Aili Du, Chunyuan Cai, Pengyuan Leng

“…Causal effects were estimated using the inverse variance weighting (IVW) method, while the Summary Data-based Mendelian Randomization (SMR) method, leveraging pooled data, was applied to compute effect estimates. …”
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