Preserving, improving and rediscovering: The role of the Research Centre of Viticulture and Enology in safeguarding grapevine genetic resources in Italy by Maria Antonietta Palombi, Vittorio Alba, Marco Ammoniaci, Noemi Bevilacqua, Angelo Raffaele Caputo, Roberto Carraro, Stefano Favale, Simone Garavelloni, Massimo Gardiman, Massimo Morassut, Marina Niero, Roberto Nuti, Giuseppina Pipitone, Sergio Puccioni, Alessandra Zombardo

“… Grapevine is one the most cultivated species worldwide, with 8,000 estimated varieties. Protecting this biodiversity is of utmost importance, especially in countries historically devoted to viticulture, such as Italy. …”
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A Probe-Compensated Helicoidal NF-FF Transformation for Aperture Antennas Using a Prolate Spheroidal Expansion by Amedeo Capozzoli, Claudio Curcio, Giuseppe D'Elia, Flaminio Ferrara, Claudio Gennarelli, Rocco Guerriero, Angelo Liseno

“…Experimental results on connected and disconnected radiating aperture antennas, including sum and difference patterns, show the effectiveness of the approach and, in particular, how it enables a serious reduction of the measurement points without impairing the FF estimation accuracy.…”
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Distributed high-dimensional similarity search approach for large-scale wireless sensor networks by Haifeng Hu, Jiefang He, Jianshen Wu, Kun Wang, Wei Zhuang

“…Furthermore, the sink transmits the compressed hash code set to the cluster heads. Finally, the estimated similarity score is compared with a specified threshold to filter out irrelevant sensed data. …”
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Changes of the colon and rational choice of drug for treatment of chronic constipation in senile patients by S. G. Burkov, E. V. Kasimtseva, L. Yu. Agafonova

“…Clinical and endoscopical investigation of the large intestine in patients of senile age with chronic constipation and estimation of rational treatment.Material and methods. …”
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Enumeration of rooted 3-connected bipartite planar maps by Noy, Marc, Requilé, Clément, Rué, Juanjo

“…We deduce from it an asymptotic estimate for the number of 3-connected bipartite planar maps of the form $t\, n^{-5/2}\gamma ^n$, where $\gamma = \rho ^{-1} \approx 2.40958$ and $\rho \approx 0.41501$ is an algebraic number of degree $10$.…”
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Controlling the causative agents of coccidiosis in domestic chickens; an eye on the past and considerations for the future by Elizabeth Attree, Gonzalo Sanchez-Arsuaga, Michelle Jones, Dong Xia, Virginia Marugan-Hernandez, Damer Blake, Fiona Tomley

“…These losses were recently estimated to cost chicken producers approximately £10.4 billion worldwide annually. …”
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Research on Adaptive Friction Compensation of Digital Hydraulic Cylinder Based on LuGre Friction Model by Shouling Jiang, Kun Zhang, Hui Wang, Donghu Zhong, Jinpeng Su, Zengkai Liu

“…First, a mathematical model of a digital hydraulic cylinder based on the LuGre friction model was established, and then a dual-observer structure was designed to estimate the unobservable state variables in the friction model. …”
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Efficient Option Pricing in Crisis Based on Dynamic Elasticity of Variance Model by Congyin Fan, Kaili Xiang, Peimin Chen

“…In addition, Kalman filtering method is employed to estimate the volatility term of our model. Our main finding is that the prices of European call option under our model are more accurate than those calculated by Black-Scholes model and CEV model in financial crashes.…”
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Datasets for quantifying association between short-term exposure to maximum temperature and heatstroke-related ambulance dispatches in Japan: A time-stratified case-crossover desig... by Keita Wagatsuma

“…These datasets are well-suited for time-series regression analyses to estimate location-specific maximum temperature-HSAD associations in Japan. …”
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Stochastic variational inference improves quantification of multiple timepoint arterial spin labelling perfusion MRI by Thomas F. Kirk, Thomas F. Kirk, Georgia G. Kenyon, Georgia G. Kenyon, Martin S. Craig, Martin S. Craig, Michael A. Chappell, Michael A. Chappell

“…Simulations showed that the method is more accurate, particularly for estimating arterial transit time, and more robust to noise than existing techniques. …”
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A Rapid Target Searching Scheme for a Small Satellite with Device Limits by Shuo Mu, Yang Chen, Nan Zhang

“…In order to solve this problem, a backward integral strategy used to estimate the initial attitude and a target searching method intended to ensure the satellite acquires the target rapidly are included in the scheme. …”
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Optimization of Wireless Communication Coverage in Underground Tunnels Based on Zone Division by Yu Huo, Qingsong Hu, Yanjing Sun, Xiwang Guo, Liang Qi, Xiaohu Zhao, Enjie Ding

“…A multimodal method is used to estimate the effect of antenna polarization on the wireless propagation. …”
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Florida Pest Management Industry Economic Contributions Report by Hayk Khachatryan, Xuan Wei, Christa D. Court

“…Most operators are midsize or small and strategically located near densely populated areas. To estimate economic contributions of the Florida pest management industry for the most recent fiscal year, we sent survey questionnaires to more than 3,500 pest control firms and received responses from 764 of them. …”
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Experiment and modeling of submarine emergency rising motion using free-running model by Jooho Lee, Seonhong Kim, Jihwan Shin, Jaemoon Yoon, Jinheong Ahn, Minjae Kim

“…Furthermore, the system parameters that comprise the emergency rising model are estimated using the collected test data. The identified model is verified by comparing emergency rising simulation with the free-running model test results.…”
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Application of a Cohesive Zone Model for Simulating Fatigue Crack Growth from Moderate to High ΔK Levels of Inconel 718 by Huan Li, Jinshan Li, Huang Yuan

“…Based on the reasonable estimation for the model parameters, the fatigue crack growth from moderate to high ΔK levels can be reproduced under the small-scale yielding condition, which is in fair agreement with the experimental results.…”
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The influence of contradictions in existing specifications and technical documentation on decision-making at design of compressor stations of objects of oil and gas industry by A. D. Vanyashov, A. V. Zherelevich, E. M. Vasenko

“…Based on the carried-out analysis of possible circuit and arrangement decisions, taking into account the greatest possible satisfaction to requirements of the operating specifications and technical documentation, introduction to estimated practice of the new offered techniques, the choice of an ancillary technology equipment and configuration of compressor station is done. …”
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Time series analysis of dengue incidence in Bandung City, Indonesia using a ARIMA model by Agung Sutriyawan, Martini Martini, Dwi Sutiningsih, Farid Agushybana, Nur Endah Wahyuningsih, Victor Eneojo Adamu, Hairil Akbar, Matheus Aba

“…Based on the model, the peak of dengue cases is estimated to occur in September 2024 (320 cases). …”
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Sensorless Direct Torque Control of the Six-Phase Induction Motor by Fast Reduced Order Extended Kalman Filter by Asghar Taheri, Hai-Peng Ren, Chun-Huan Song

“…In low speed, not only the motor speed measurement but also the DTC of machine is difficult. The EKF model can estimate speed, flux, load torque, and stator resistance in low speed; thus, optimization can be performed in all loads and speed range. …”
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MEMS Inertial Sensor for Strata Stability Monitoring in Underground Mining: An Experimental Study by Kaizhi Zhang, Songtao Ji, Yang Zhang, Jie Zhang, Ruikai Pan

“…Further analysis of each stage, a strategy to estimate the deformation and stability of strata, can be reached: the duration of each vibration stage and complete stage with rising trend indicates that the deformation of strata is growing to the ultimate state. …”
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Quantifying the impact of early-stage contact tracing on controlling Ebola diffusion by Narges Montazeri Shahtori, Tanvir Ferdousi, Caterina Scoglio, Faryad Darabi Sahneh

“…Notably, we propose an activity driven network approach to contact tracing, and estimate the basic reproductive ratio of the epidemic growth in different scenarios. …”
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