Pooled prevalence and associated factors of traditional uvulectom among children in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Solomon Demis Kebede, Kindu Agmas, Demewoz Kefale, Amare Kassaw, Tigabu Munye Aytenew

“…<h4>Objective</h4>This review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence and associated factors of TCU in some African countries.…”
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Correlation of irisin with lipid profile in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Wahengbam Diana Devi, Oinam Prabita Devi, Ursula Khwairakpam, Takhelmayum Paras Singh

“…Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was employed for the estimation of serum irisin level, estimation of FBS by glucose oxidase-phenol 4 amino phenazone method (GOD/PAP), and lipid profile by enzymatic colorimetric method. …”
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Determination of the quantitative content of chlorophylls in leaves by reflection spectra using the random forest algorithm by E. A. Urbanovich, D. A. Afonnikov, S. V. Nikolaev

“…The best results were obtained by models that used a two-point estimation of the derivative of the ref lection spectrum in the visible wavelength range as input data. …”
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Folic acid supplementation during preconception period in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Mekuriaw Nibret Aweke, Elsa Awoke Fentie, Muluken Chanie Agimas, Lemlem Daniel Baffa, Ever Siyoum Shewarega, Aysheshim Kassahun Belew, Esmael Ali Muhammad, Berhanu Mengistu

“…A random-effects model was used to estimate the pooled proportion of FA supplementation during the preconception period in sub-Saharan African countries.…”
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In-hospital costs of diabetic foot infection at a national referral hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia by Fitrianingsih, Rani Sauriasari, Em Yunir, Agusdini Banun Saptaningsih

“…The total costs were estimated at IDR 64.95 ± 50.89 million per patient. …”
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Sistem Pesantren Yang Telah Diterapkan Di Kalangan Pondok Pesantren Yang Sudah Ada Di Indonesia by Ngimadudin Ngimadudin, Muhamad Akip, Megi Andika, Muhammad Arsyad, Malikul sahan

“…(Mastuhu, 1994). It is estimated that the majority of Indonesia's Muslim population attended Islamic boarding schools when they were founded 300–400 years ago, particularly in Java (Religion, 1984/1985). …”
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Healthcare utilization and related costs among older people seeking primary care due to back pain: findings from the BACE-N cohort study by Danielle van der Windt, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Kjersti Storheim, Margreth Grotle, Zinajda Zolic-Karlsson, Ørjan Nesse Vigdal, Rikke Munk Killingmo, Lise Kretz

“…Healthcare utilization was self-reported and included: primary care consultations, medications, examinations, hospitalisation, rehabilitation stay, and operations. Costs were estimated based on unit costs collected from national pricelists. …”
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Turning green: the impact of changing to more eco-friendly respiratory healthcare – a carbon and cost analysis of Dutch prescription data by Evelyn A Brakema, johan Kooistra, Niels Chavannes, Paul Hagedoorn, Pieter ten Have, Peter van Hal, Iris Wichers, Pauline de Heer, Hans C Ossebaard

“…To help mitigate climate change, we assessed the potential emission reduction in CO2 equivalents when replacing pMDIs by non-propellant inhalers (NPIs) in Dutch respiratory healthcare and estimated the associated cost.Design We performed a descriptive analysis of prescription data from two national databases of two independent governmental bodies. …”
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Aetiology of vaginal discharge, urethral discharge, and genital ulcer in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-regression. by Julia Michalow, Magdalene K Walters, Olanrewaju Edun, Max Wybrant, Bethan Davies, Tendesayi Kufa, Thabitha Mathega, Sungai T Chabata, Frances M Cowan, Anne Cori, Marie-Claude Boily, Jeffrey W Imai-Eaton

“…This systematic review estimated the distribution, trends, and determinants of aetiologies for vaginal discharge, urethral discharge, and genital ulcer in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).…”
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A leap forward: exploring the advantages of single-step genome evaluation in Italian Mediterranean buffalo by Stefano Biffani, Mayra Gómez, Roberta Cimmino, Dario Rossi, Gianluigi Zullo, Riccardo Negrini, Alberto Cesarani, Giuseppe Campanile, Gianluca Neglia

“… Single-step genomic best linear unbiased predictor (ssGBLUP) is a method for jointly estimating breeding values (BV) for genotyped and non-genotyped animals. …”
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Neuronal density in the brain cortex and hippocampus in Clsnt2-KO mouse strain modeling autistic spectrum disorder by I. N. Rozhkova, S. V. Okotrub, E. Yu. Brusentsev, E. E. Uldanova, E. А. Chuyko, T. V. Lipina, T. G. Amstislavskaya, S. Ya. Amstislavsky

“…The current study aims to estimate neuronal density in the prefrontal cortex and four hippocampal subfields, i. e. …”
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Assessing national exposure to and impact of glacial lake outburst floods considering uncertainty under data sparsity by H. Chen, Q. Liang, J. Zhao, S. B. Maharjan

“…Bayesian models are employed to estimate a plausible range of glacial lake water volumes and the associated GLOF peak discharges while accounting for the uncertainty stemming from the limited sizes of the available data and outliers within the data. …”
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Noninvasive diagnostic methods of liver fibrosis in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis: role of indirect serological markers by A. F. Sheptulina, Ye. N. Shirokova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Considering prognostic value and dynamic nature of liver fibrosis in chronic cholestatic diseases: primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), severity assessment by liver biopsy and/or noninvasive methods should be obligatory component of the investigation plan during patient follow-up to estimate treatment response. The aim of the present study was to evaluate diagnostic value of noninvasive tests based on indirect liver fibrosis serological markers for the estimation of fibrosis severity in PBC and PSC. …”
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SuessR: Regional corrections for the effects of anthropogenic CO2 on δ13C data from marine organisms by Casey T. Clark, Mattias R. Cape, Mark D. Shapley, Franz J. Mueter, Bruce P. Finney, Nicole Misarti

“…The magnitude of the Suess effect calculated by SuessR aligns with published estimates, whereas the Laws effect is smaller than previously calculated, resulting from updated estimates of average community cell sizes, growth rates and permeability of phytoplankton plasmalemmas (the plasma membrane which bounds the cell) to CO2. …”
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Certain Analytic Functions Defined by Generalized Mittag-Leffler Function Associated with Conic Domain by Adel A. Attiya, T. M. Seoudy, M. K. Aouf, Abeer M. Albalahi

“…A number of coefficient estimates of the functions in these classes have been obtained. …”
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On Third Order Stable Difference Scheme for Hyperbolic Multipoint Nonlocal Boundary Value Problem by Ozgur Yildirim, Meltem Uzun

“…This paper presents a third order of accuracy stable difference scheme for the approximate solution of multipoint nonlocal boundary value problem of the hyperbolic type in a Hilbert space with self-adjoint positive definite operator. Stability estimates for solution of the difference scheme are obtained. …”
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Nonexistence results of solutions to systems of semilinear differential inequalities on the Heisenberg group by Abdallah El Hamidi, Mokhtar Kirane

“…Our results improve the known estimates of the critical exponent.…”
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High-Dimensional D. H. Lehmer Problem over Quarter Intervals by Tianping Zhang

“…By using the properties of character sum and the estimates of Dirichlet L-function, the previous result is improved to be the best possible in the case of q = p, an odd prime with p≡1(mod 4), which is shown by studying the mean square value of the error term.…”
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Adaptive integration algorithm for stiff ordinary differential equations by Raimondas Čiegis, Olga Suboč

“…The accuracy of the discretization is estimated by comparing the discrete and exact stability factors. …”
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Production of Biofuel Crops in Florida: Switchgrass by Yoana C. Newman, Curtis Rainbolt, Mary J. Williams, Joao Vendramini

“…This series of illustrated fact sheets introduces growers to several potential biofuel crops for Florida, with assessments of potential, description of biology, production, potential yields, production challenges and estimated costs, environmental concerns, and references. …”
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