Dynamic Model Identification for 6-DOF Industrial Robots by Li Ding, Hongtao Wu, Yu Yao, Yuxuan Yang

“…The artificial bee colony algorithm is introduced to estimate the unknown parameters. And we validate the dynamical model according to torque prediction accuracy. …”
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The Morse Index of Sacks–Uhlenbeck α-Harmonic Maps for Riemannian Manifolds by Amir Shahnavaz, Nader Kouhestani, Seyed Mehdi Kazemi Torbaghan

“…Second, the instability of nonconstant α-harmonic maps is studied with regard to the Ricci curvature criterion of their codomain. Then, we estimate the Morse index for measuring the degree of instability of some particular α-harmonic maps. …”
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Effect of Electronic Acceptor Segments on Photophysical Properties of Low-Band-Gap Ambipolar Polymers by Yuanzuo Li, Jingang Cui, Jianing Zhao, Jinglin Liu, Peng Song, Fengcai Ma

“…The effects of electronic acceptor strength on the structure, energy levels, electron density distribution, ionization potentials, and electron affinities were also obtained to estimate the transporting ability of hole and electron. …”
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General Results for the Transmuted Family of Distributions and New Models by Marcelo Bourguignon, Indranil Ghosh, Gauss M. Cordeiro

“…We investigate the asymptotes and shapes and obtain explicit expressions for the ordinary and incomplete moments, quantile and generating functions, mean deviations, Rényi and Shannon entropies, and order statistics and their moments. We estimate the model parameters of the family by the method of maximum likelihood. …”
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Solvation-Assisted Young’s Modulus Control of Single-Crystal Fullerene C𝟕𝟎 Nanowhiskers by Tokushi Kizuka, Kun'ichi Miyazawa, Takayuki Tokumine

“…The Young’s modulus of the NWs was estimated to be 0.3–1.9 GPa, which was 2–7% of the moduli of fullerene NWs with similar diameters synthesized using other solvents, that is, toluene and pyridine. …”
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Designing the Powertrain of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to Carry a 40 Kg Payload at Kabale University. by Nalumansi Moureen

“…This is achieved by estimating the total weight and required power of the UAV, designing the motor and propeller unit parameters, and sizing the solar and battery system. …”
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Evaluating reproduction traits in a crossbreeding program between indigenous and exotic sheep in semi-arid lands by E. Oyieng, J.M.K. Ojango, M. Gauly, R. Mrode, R. Dooso, A.M. Okeyo, C. Kalinda, S. König

“…Overall heritability estimates of AFL (0.09 ± 0.04) and LI (0.00 ± 0.01) were not significant from zero while the heritability estimates for EBWT (0.38 ± 0.04), EWWT (0.23 ± 0.03), LBWT (0.19 ± 0.03) and LWWT (0.09 ± 0.02) were significant (P < 0.05). …”
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Clinicopathological characteristics and predictors of renal outcomes in diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis : a retrospective single-center study from Western China by Shan Wen, Shasha Chen, Yingying Lin, Guisen Li, Ping Zhang, Wei Wang

“…A significant association between the risk of ESKD development and several factors was revealed by a multivariate Cox regression analysis: estimated glomerular filtration rate (P = 0.004), initial kidney replacement therapy (KRT) at presentation (P = 0.002), global glomerulosclerosis (P<0.001). …”
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Predicting the environmental suitability for onchocerciasis in Africa as an aid to elimination planning. by Elizabeth A Cromwell, Joshua C P Osborne, Thomas R Unnasch, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Katherine M Gass, Kira A Barbre, Elex Hill, Kimberly B Johnson, Katie M Donkers, Shreya Shirude, Chris A Schmidt, Victor Adekanmbi, Olatunji O Adetokunboh, Mohsen Afarideh, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Muktar Beshir Ahmed, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Ziyad Al-Aly, Fahad Mashhour Alanezi, Turki M Alanzi, Vahid Alipour, Catalina Liliana Andrei, Fereshteh Ansari, Mustafa Geleto Ansha, Davood Anvari, Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah, Jalal Arabloo, Benjamin F Arnold, Marcel Ausloos, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Atif Amin Baig, Maciej Banach, Aleksandra Barac, Till Winfried Bärnighausen, Mohsen Bayati, Krittika Bhattacharyya, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Sadia Bibi, Ali Bijani, Somayeh Bohlouli, Mahdi Bohluli, Oliver J Brady, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Zahid A Butt, Felix Carvalho, Souranshu Chatterjee, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Soosanna Kumary Chattu, Natalie Maria Cormier, Saad M A Dahlawi, Giovanni Damiani, Farah Daoud, Aso Mohammad Darwesh, Ahmad Daryani, Kebede Deribe, Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne, Daniel Diaz, Hoa Thi Do, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Maha El Tantawi, Demelash Abewa Elemineh, Anwar Faraj, Majid Fasihi Harandi, Yousef Fatahi, Valery L Feigin, Eduarda Fernandes, Nataliya A Foigt, Masoud Foroutan, Richard Charles Franklin, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohialdeen Gubari, Davide Guido, Yuming Guo, Arvin Haj-Mirzaian, Kanaan Hamagharib Abdullah, Samer Hamidi, Claudiu Herteliu, Hagos Degefa de Hidru, Tarig B Higazi, Naznin Hossain, Mehdi Hosseinzadeh, Mowafa Househ, Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Milena D Ilic, Irena M Ilic, Usman Iqbal, Seyed Sina Naghibi Irvani, Ravi Prakash Jha, Farahnaz Joukar, Jacek Jerzy Jozwiak, Zubair Kabir, Leila R Kalankesh, Rohollah Kalhor, Behzad Karami Matin, Salah Eddin Karimi, Amir Kasaeian, Taras Kavetskyy, Gbenga A Kayode, Ali Kazemi Karyani, Abraham Getachew Kelbore, Maryam Keramati, Rovshan Khalilov, Ejaz Ahmad Khan, Md Nuruzzaman Nuruzzaman Khan, Khaled Khatab, Mona M Khater, Neda Kianipour, Kelemu Tilahun Kibret, Yun Jin Kim, Soewarta Kosen, Kris J Krohn, Dian Kusuma, Carlo La Vecchia, Van Charles Lansingh, Paul H Lee, Kate E LeGrand, Shanshan Li, Joshua Longbottom, Hassan Magdy Abd El Razek, Muhammed Magdy Abd El Razek, Afshin Maleki, Abdullah A Mamun, Ali Manafi, Navid Manafi, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo, Mohsen Mazidi, Colm McAlinden, Birhanu Geta Meharie, Walter Mendoza, Endalkachew Worku Mengesha, Desalegn Tadese Mengistu, Seid Tiku Mereta, Tomislav Mestrovic, Ted R Miller, Mohammad Miri, Masoud Moghadaszadeh, Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Reza Mohammadpourhodki, Shafiu Mohammed, Salahuddin Mohammed, Masoud Moradi, Rahmatollah Moradzadeh, Paula Moraga, Jonathan F Mosser, Mehdi Naderi, Ahamarshan Jayaraman Nagarajan, Gurudatta Naik, Ionut Negoi, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Huyen Nguyen, Rajan Nikbakhsh, Bogdan Oancea, Tinuke O Olagunju, Andrew T Olagunju, Ahmed Omar Bali, Obinna E Onwujekwe, Adrian Pana, Hadi Pourjafar, Fakher Rahim, Mohammad Hifz Ur Rahman, Priya Rathi, Salman Rawaf, David Laith Rawaf, Reza Rawassizadeh, Serge Resnikoff, Melese Abate Reta, Aziz Rezapour, Enrico Rubagotti, Salvatore Rubino, Ehsan Sadeghi, Abedin Saghafipour, S Mohammad Sajadi, Abdallah M Samy, Rodrigo Sarmiento-Suárez, Monika Sawhney, Megan F Schipp, Amira A Shaheen, Masood Ali Shaikh, Morteza Shamsizadeh, Kiomars Sharafi, Aziz Sheikh, B Suresh Kumar Shetty, B Suresh Kumar Shetty, Jae Il Shin, K M Shivakumar, Biagio Simonetti, Jasvinder A Singh, Eirini Skiadaresi, Amin Soheili, Shahin Soltani, Emma Elizabeth Spurlock, Mu'awiyyah Babale Sufiyan, Takahiro Tabuchi, Leili Tapak, Robert L Thompson, Alan J Thomson, Eugenio Traini, Bach Xuan Tran, Irfan Ullah, Saif Ullah, Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Olalekan A Uthman, Natalie V S Vinkeles Melchers, Francesco S Violante, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Tewodros Eshete Wonde, Tomohide Yamada, Sanni Yaya, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Paul Yip, Naohiro Yonemoto, Hebat-Allah Salah A Yousof, Chuanhua Yu, Yong Yu, Hasan Yusefzadeh, Leila Zaki, Sojib Bin Zaman, Maryam Zamanian, Zhi-Jiang Zhang, Yunquan Zhang, Arash Ziapour, Simon I Hay, David M Pigott

“…Using boosted regression tree models with optimised hyperparameter selection, we estimated environmental suitability for onchocerciasis at the 5 × 5-km resolution across Africa. …”
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Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Advanced Colorectal Liver Metastasis: A Survival Analysis from the Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial LIGRO by Dennis Björk, MD, Kristina Hasselgren, MD, 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, Anna Lindhoff Larsson, RN, Magnus Rizell, MD, PhD, Bergthor Björnsson, MD, PhD, Per Sandström, MD, PhD

“…In total, 16 patients were alive at the end of the follow-up period. The estimated median follow-up time was 93 months. Estimated median overall survival times were 45 months in the ALPPS group and 27 months in the TSH group (P = 0.057), with 5-year survival rates of 31% and 20%, respectively. …”
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Chemical effects on ecological interactions within a model-experiment loop by Lamonica, Dominique, Charles, Sandrine, Clément, Bernard, Lopes, Christelle

“…Then, we get back from modelling to experimentation in order to identify which of the collected data have really been necessary and sufficient to estimate model parameters in order to propose a more efficient experimental design for further investigations. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery versus Medication Therapy for Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in China: A Markov Analysis by Bin Wan, Nan Fang, Wei Guan, Haixia Ding, Ying Wang, Xin Ge, Hui Liang, Xin Li, Yiyang Zhan

“…Aims/Introduction. The present study estimated the cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery versus medication therapy for the management of recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in obese patients from a Chinese health insurance payer perspective. …”
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Impairment of Microcirculation Parameters in Patients with a History of Diabetic Foot Ulcers by Julien Vouillarmet, Audrey Josset-Lamaugarny, Myriam Moret, Christine Cugnet-Anceau, Paul Michon, Emmanuel Disse, Dominique Sigaudo-Roussel

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: According to the International Working Group on Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) risk classification, the estimated risk of developing a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is much higher in patients with a history of DFUs (Grade 3) compared to those with a peripheral neuropathy but without a history of DFUs (Grades 1 and 2). …”
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Pharmacological Evaluation of Secondary Metabolites and Their Simultaneous Determination in the Arabian Medicinal Plant Plicosepalus curviflorus Using HPTLC Validated Method by Raha Orfali, Shagufta Perveen, Nasir Ali Siddiqui, Perwez Alam, Tawfeq Abdullah Alhowiriny, Areej Mohammad Al-Taweel, Sami Al-Yahya, Fuad Ameen, Najwa Majrashi, Khulud Alluhayb, Bandar Alghanem, Hayat Shaibah, Shabana Iqrar Khan

“…The PCME and the isolated compounds were subjected to pharmacological assays to estimate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors PPARα and PPARγ agonistic, anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic, and antimicrobial activities. …”
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A Bayesian analysis of birth pulse effects on the probability of detecting Ebola virus in fruit bats by Pleydell, David R.J., Ndong Bass, Innocent, Mba Djondzo, Flaubert Auguste, Meta Djomsi, Dowbiss, Kouanfack, Charles, Peeters, Martine, Cappelle, Julien

“…Weeks 30 to 31 of each year were estimated to be the most likely period for isolating the circulating virus in Cameroon. …”
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Short-term outcomes of open versus laparoscopic surgery in patients with metachronous colorectal cancer by Jiyun Li, Ruoxi Tian, Hengchang Liu, Haipeng Chen, Zhaoxu Zheng

“…Conclusion Laparoscopic surgery for MCRC patients is a safe and less invasive alternative to open surgery, resulting in reduced estimated blood loss, faster recovery of bowel function, and shorter postoperative hospitalization.…”
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Patient and Hospital Characteristics Associated with Admission Among Patients With Minor Isolated Extremity Firearm Injuries: A Propensity-Matched Analysis by Arielle C. Thomas, MD, MPH, MS, Regina Royan, MD, MPH, Avery B. Nathens, MD, PhD, Brendan T. Campbell, MD, MPH, Susheel Reddy, MPH, Sarabeth Spitzer, MD, Doulia Hamad, MD, Angie Jang, BA, Anne M. Stey, MD, MSc

“…Admitted patients were propensity score matched to nonadmitted patients on age, extremity Abbreviated Injury Score, and Elixhauser Comorbidity Index with exact matching within hospital to adjust for selection bias. A general estimating equation logistic regression estimated the association between insurance and odds of admission in the matched cohort while controlling for sex, race, injury intent, injury type, hospital profit type, and trauma center designation with observations clustered by propensity score-matched pairs within hospital. …”
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Effect of Laryngeal Mask Airway Insertion on Intraocular Pressure Response: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mohammed Suleiman Obsa, Zewde Zema kanche, Robera Olana Fite, Tilahun Saol Tura, Bulcha Guye Adema, Aseb Arba Kinfe, Melkamu Worku kercho, Kebreab Paulos chanko, Getahun Molla Shanka, Atkuregn Alemayehu Lencha, Gedion Asnake Azeze, Lolemo Kelbiso Hanfore, Nefsu Awoke Adulo, Blen Kassahun Dessu, Getahun Dendir Wolde, Shimelash Bitew Workie

“…A random-effect model was employed to estimate the pooled standard mean differences due to severe heterogeneity (I2 79.45,  p ≤ 0.001). …”
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Vertical Profile of Wind Diurnal Cycle in the Surface Boundary Layer over the Coast of Cotonou, Benin, under a Convective Atmosphere by Hagninou E. V. Donnou, Aristide B. Akpo, Clément A. Kouchadé, Basile B. Kounouhewa, Guy H. Hounguè, Gbènoukpo F. Nonfodji, Julien Djossou

“…The annual mean value of the wind shear coefficient is estimated at 0.20 and that of the ground surface roughness length and friction velocity are, respectively, of 0.007 m, 0.38 m·s−1. …”
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Genotype-environment interactions on growth and inner shell color variation in Hyriopsis cumingii cultured in different iron-level substrates by Xuefeng Lv, Zhiyan Wang, Quanzhi Bao, Changzhi Li, Tingting Lu, Yuyang Wu, Chuntong Liu, Zhiyi Bai

“…The findings revealed that H. cumingii demonstrated significantly enhanced growth under the Iron 3 condition (4.75 %), while individuals cultivated under Iron 4 (5.95 %) exhibited a deeper purple pigmentation in their inner shell. Heritability estimates for growth and inner shell color traits ranged from 0.07 to 0.25 across the experimental population. …”
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