Age group classification based on optical measurement of brain pulsation using machine learning by Martti Ilvesmäki, Hany Ferdinando, Kai Noponen, Tapio Seppänen, Vesa Korhonen, Vesa Kiviniemi, Teemu Myllylä

“…Performance with increasing sample size was estimated using learning curve method. The best mean balanced accuracies for each feature set were over 75% (75.9%, 76.4%, 79.3%, 76.9%), indicating the pulse features containing age related information. …”
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Left Ventricular Longitudinal Function Assessed by Speckle Tracking Ultrasound from a Single Apical Imaging Plane by Thomas Bagger, Erik Sloth, Carl-Johan Jakobsen

“…Speckle tracking ultrasound (STU) has proven valid in estimating left ventricular systolic deformation. The aims of the study were to compare conventional and automated STU and to determine whether left ventricular systolic deformation could be estimated from one single imaging plane. …”
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Fuzzy Approach in Rail Track Degradation Prediction by Mostafa Karimpour, Lalith Hitihamillage, Najwa Elkhoury, Sara Moridpour, Reyhaneh Hesami

“…An accurate model can play a key role in the estimation of the long-term behaviour of rail tracks. …”
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Soil Properties Mediated by Topography Influence Carbon Stocks in a Teak Plantation in the Deciduous Forest Zone of Ghana by Jones Agyei Kumi, Michael Ansong, Winston Asante, Boateng Kyereh

“…Recent estimates indicate that over 291 million hectares of the Earth’s land area are occupied by forest plantations, representing 7% of the world’s forest area and 2% of the world’s land area. …”
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Zero-TCE: Zero Reference Tri-Curve Enhancement for Low-Light Images by Chengkang Yu, Guangliang Han, Mengyang Pan, Xiaotian Wu, Anping Deng

“…Addressing the common issues of low brightness, poor contrast, and blurred details in images captured under conditions such as night, backlight, and adverse weather, we propose a zero-reference dual-path network based on multi-scale depth curve estimation for low-light image enhancement. Utilizing a no-reference loss function, the enhancement of low-light images is converted into depth curve estimation, with three curves fitted to enhance the dark details of the image: a brightness adjustment curve (LE-curve), a contrast enhancement curve (CE-curve), and a multi-scale feature fusion curve (MF-curve). …”
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Research on optimal arrangement strategy of top coal caving support sensors based on vibration characteristics of coal and gangue by WANG Yao, YANG Shanguo, WU Mingke, MENG Bin, YANG Zheng, LIU Houguang

“…Finally, the probability density functions of target features were estimated by the kernel density estimation method. …”
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The Economic Burden of Infective Endocarditis due to Injection Drug Use in Australia: A Single Centre Study—University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Victoria by Ohide Otome, Alexander Wright, Vanika Gunjaca, Steve Bowe, Eugene Athan

“…The cost of medical treatment was estimated based on diagnosis-related groups (DRG) and weighted inlier equivalent separation (WIES). …”
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Health Equity and Its Economic Determinants (HEED): protocol for a pan-European microsimulation model for health impacts of income and social security policies by Alastair H Leyland, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Anna Pearce, Mikael Rostila, Matteo Richiardi, Daniel Kopasker

“…The Health Equity and Its Economic Determinants project aims to assess the potential impacts of different taxation and social security policies across Europe on population health and health inequalities using a computer-based simulation that provides projections over multiple health domains.Methods and analysis In the first phase, key input parameters for the model will be estimated using estimation techniques that control for the effects of prior exposure on time-varying confounders and mediators (g-methods). …”
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Study on clinically manifested reproductive health problems of dairy cows managed under intensive and semi-intensive production systems in Wondo Genet district, Southern Ethiopia by Amene Fekadu, Yifat Denbarga, Tesfaye Belay, Desie Sheferaw, Fufa Abunna, Kebede Amenu, Rahmeto Abebe, Mesele Abera, Berhanu Mekibib

“…The study was conducted to identify and estimate the prevalence of clinically manifested postpartum reproductive disorders, to identify the associated risk factors and to estimate the sero-prevalence of brucellosis in dairy cows kept under intensive and semi-intensive dairy farms in Wondo Genet district from November 2019 to September 2020. …”
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Optimizing Pile Bearing Capacity Prediction Using Specific Random Forest Models Optimized by Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for Enhanced Geomechanically Applications by Nengyuan Chen

“…The synergistic combination of specific RF models with meta-heuristic algorithms yields auspicious outcomes, paving the way for real-time PBC estimation across a broad spectrum of geological scenarios. …”
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A quantitative analysis of Koopman operator methods for system identification and predictions by Zhang, Christophe, Zuazua, Enrique

“…We give convergence and cost estimates for a data-driven system identification method: given an unknown dynamical system, the aim is to recover its vector field and its flow from trajectory data. …”
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Identifying unrecognised risks to life from debris flows by M. Bloomberg, T. Davies, E. Moltchanova, T. Robinson, D. Palmer

“…</p> <p>Using four Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) studies, we estimate a 95 % credible interval range for the ARIs of life-threatening debris flows of between 100 and 500 years. …”
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Optimal nonlinear filtering of MPSK signals in the presence of a Doppler frequency shift by G. V. Kulikov, T. T. Do, R. R. Usmanov

“…One of them is a discrete symbol estimation unit, at the output of which a decision on the received symbol is issued, and the other is a phase-lock circuit. …”
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Evaluation of serum Ferritin level in patients presenting with dysphagia: A hidden marker to diagnose Plummer Vinson syndrome by Rukhsana Tumrani, Afshan Qayum, Kashif Munir, Ahmad Ijlal, Mehvish Sana

“…Patients between 20 to 60 years of age, both genders, presenting with dysphagia in outdoor were included and subjected to the estimation of serum ferritin level and barium swallow to diagnose Plummer Vinson syndrome. …”
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A review of studies assessing the benefits of clean air and climate mitigation policies for child and adult health by Frederica Perera, Kathleen Lau

“…We include the findings of 26 studies of the health benefits of clean air or climate policies, presenting estimates of the numbers of avoided cases of mortality or morbidity in infants, children, and/or adolescents, as well as adult illness or mortality when included in the same study. …”
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Optimal sigmoid function models for analysis of transspinal evoked potential recruitment curves recorded from different muscles. by Andreas Skiadopoulos, Maria Knikou

“…A comparison between different sigmoidal models to fit the transspinal evoked potentials recruitment curve and estimate the parameters of physiological importance has not been performed. …”
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The Kidney Transplant Evaluation Process in the Elderly: Reasons for Being Turned down and Opportunities to Improve Cost-Effectiveness in a Single Center by Beatrice P. Concepcion, Rachel C. Forbes, Aihua Bian, Heidi M. Schaefer

“…Statistical analysis was performed to estimate the association between clinical predictors and listing status. …”
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Relative Contributions of Intracranial Pressure and Intraocular Pressure on Lamina Cribrosa Behavior by Junfei Tong, Deepta Ghate, Sachin Kedar, Linxia Gu

“…LCD and LC peak strains at various ICP and IOP levels were estimated using full factorial experiments. Multiple linear regression analyses were then applied to estimate LCD and LC peak strain using ICP and IOP as independent variables. …”
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Development of Downscaled Climate Projections: A Case Study of the Red River Basin, South-Central U.S. by Darrian Bertrand, Renee A. McPherson

“…After applying the users’ inputs to develop the datasets, results for this example estimate an increase in mean daily precipitation in the eastern portion of the basin and as much as a 15% decline in the west by the end of the century. …”
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Pulse2AI: An Adaptive Framework to Standardize and Process Pulsatile Wearable Sensor Data for Clinical Applications by Sicong Huang, Roozbeh Jafari, Bobak J. Mortazavi

“…For respiration rate (RR) estimation, Pulse2AI boosted performance by 19.69&#x0025;, from 1.47 to 1.18 breaths per minute (BrPM) in mean-absolute-error (MAE). …”
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