Scales to Assess Knowledge, Motivation, and Self-Efficacy for HIV PrEP in Colombian MSM: PrEP-COL Study by Héctor F. Mueses-Marín, Beatriz Alvarado-Llano, Julián Torres-Isasiga, Pilar Camargo-Plazas, Maria C. Bolívar-Rocha, Ximena Galindo-Orrego, Jorge L. Martínez-Cajas

“…Correlations and confidence interval-based estimation of relevance analyses were conducted to correlate the scales with willingness and intention to use PrEP. …”
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Analysis of mechanical losses in the working chamber of rotary vane machines by N. A. Raikovsky, V. L. Yusha, K. I. Kuznetsov, V. A. Korenev, V. S. Karpus

“…Unexpectedly large values of friction power losses are obtained when oil is used as a lubricant, which is primarily due to high hydromechanical losses, which, according to preliminary estimates, can reach 70%. The analysis of the ratio «friction power/indicator power» in rotary vane compressor machines shows that the use of the water as a lubricant can significantly increase the speed of machines without a significant decrease in their energy characteristics. …”
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Large-Scale Forest Modeling: Deducing Stand Density from Inventory Data by Oskar Franklin, Elena Moltchanova, Florian Kraxner, Rupert Seidl, Hannes Böttcher, Dimitry Rokityiansky, Michael Obersteiner

“…Here a forest growth model was combined with a newly developed generic thinning model to estimate stand density and site productivity based on widely available inventory data (tree species, age class, volume, and increment). …”
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Influence of the digital economy on economic growth: empirical study of a region in Indonesia by Indra Suhendra, Navik Istikomah, Cep Jandi Anwar, Apip Supriadi, Ali Abdul Wakhid, Eka Purwanda, Agus Salim

“…This research seeks to explore how the digital economy affects economic growth in 34 provinces in Indonesia by analyzing quarterly data from 2017 to 2022 using dynamic panel GMM estimation techniques. The findings indicated a lasting connection between the economy and economic growth along with a beneficial influence on economic development. …”
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Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Jeanne Houtchens, Douglas Martin, James R. Klinger

“…Once the disease is suspected, echocardiography is used to estimate the pulmonary arterial (PA) pressure and to exclude secondary causes of elevated PA pressures such as left heart disease. …”
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Dynamic Application Model for Scheduling with Uncertainty on Reconfigurable Architectures by Ismail Ktata, Fakhreddine Ghaffari, Bertrand Granado, Mohamed Abid

“…This model will be used for a predictive scheduling based on an early estimation of our application dynamicity. A vision system of a mobile robot application has been used to validate the presented model and scheduling approach. …”
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Numerical Simulations for a Typical Train Fire in China by W. K. Chow, K. C. Lam, N. K. Fong, S. S. Li, Y. Gao

“…The mass lost rate of fuel vapor of other combustibles was estimated to predict the resultant heat release rates by the combustion models in the software. …”
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Exocrine Pancreatic Function Tests: A Review by Yuyuan Li, Stephen G. Chiverton, Richard H. Hunt

“…Radioisotope tests are now outdated. Estimation of pancreatic markers in serum, urine and body fluids are useful when abnormal hut miss mild disease. …”
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Analysis of a cancer dormancy model and control of immuno-therapy by Ben Sheller, Domenico D'Alessandro

“…By using Lyapunov stability theory we estimate the region of attraction of this equilibrium and propose two control laws which are able to stabilize the system effectively, improving the results of [16]. …”
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Video Denoising Based on a Spatiotemporal Kalman-Bilateral Mixture Model by Chenglin Zuo, Yu Liu, Xin Tan, Wei Wang, Maojun Zhang

“…To take full advantage of the strong spatiotemporal correlations of neighboring frames, motion estimation is first performed on video frames consisting of previously denoised frames and the current noisy frame by using block-matching method. …”
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The Necessary Modification of the Regional Development Methods Regarding to Climate Change Along the Nile River by Somaya Aboelnaga

“…Despite, Africa being rated the least among the continents contributing to the atmospheric pollution, it continues to be responsible for the least global emissions (estimated at 4%). Although they contributed to anthropogenic emission slightly, African continent is one of the highly vulnerable to impacts of long-term climate variability and extreme weather events, especially on the Nile. …”
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Removal of Cadmium Ions from Water by Synthetic Niobia by Érika S. Melo, Kele T.G. Carvalho, Luiz C.A. Oliveira

“…At an initial pH value of 4.5, the Cd 2+ ion adsorption capacity of synthetic niobia at 298 K was estimated as 182 mg/g. The Freundlich adsorption isotherm model gave the better fit to the equilibrium adsorption data for Cd 2+ ions. …”
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Development and validation of HPLC and CE methods for simultaneous determination of amlodipine and atorvastatin in the presence of their acidic degradation products in tablets by Hassan Said A., Elzanfaly Eman S., El-Zeany Salem Badr A., Salem Maissa Y.

“…The methods were successfully applied to estimation of AML and ATV in combined tablets.…”
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Modelling the Influence of Manufacturing Process Variables on Dimensional Changes of Porcelain Tiles by Dolly Santos-Barbosa, Dachamir Hotza, Juan Boix, Gustavo Mallol

“…The final size and thickness were estimated, and the influence of the main process variables was analysed.…”
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Evaluating Ecological and Economic Benefits of a Low-Carbon Industrial Park Based on Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Framework by Bin Chen, Guoxuan He, Jin Yang, Jieru Zhang, Meirong Su, Jing Qi

“…The total economic value of this industrial park per year is estimated to be 1.37×108 RMB yuan, where the accommodating and social cultural services are the largest two contributors. …”
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Acceptance Tendency of High-Level Taxis: From the Passengers’ Perspective by Rong-Chang Jou, Ke-Hong Chen

“…The results of comparison between the models ultimately revealed that the PPO model statistically had a better explanatory power. In the model estimation results, the key explanatory variables included the ability to recognize the appearance, seating space, honorable service, the development of user payment concepts, and demographic grouping, all of which could increase acceptance. …”
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Models for Predicting Quality of Solar-Dried Shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) during Storage Based on Protein Oxidation by Yuye Fu, Yaqiong Liu, Wenxiu Wang, Ran Suo, Jie Wang

“…Verification of shrimp quality prediction models revealed that the relative errors of the models based on SH and carbonyl contents were below 10%, indicating that these protein oxidation parameters can be used for reliable estimation of quality changes in dried shrimp during storage.…”
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Adaptive Fuzzy Path Tracking Control for Mobile Robots with Unknown Control Direction by Qifei Du, Lin Sha, Wuxi Shi, Liankun Sun

“…The Nussbaum-type functions are integrated into the robust controller to estimate the unknown control direction. It is proved that all the signals in the closed-loop system are bounded, and the tracking error converges to a small neighborhood of the origin in a limited time. …”
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Brand equity and competitive advantage in alcoholic beverage products by Emenike O., Kalu, Moses, Agaba

“…The study employed descriptive and multiple regression analyses. The estimates from the multiple regression model indicated that brand equity has significant effect on competitive advantage among alcoholic beverages products and producers. …”
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Analysis and Synthesis March Memory Tests by V. N. Yarmolik, V. A. Levantsevich, D. V. Demenkovets

“…Mathematical models of memory device faults and the efficiency of their detection, in particular, complex pattern sensitive faults of the PNPSFk type, based on classical march memory tests are presented. Limit estimates are given for the completeness of coverage of such faults depending on the number of memory cells involved in the fault. …”
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