In-Depth Analysis Based on Occupant Behaviour: A Support-Decision Method for Energy-Efficient Retrofitting of 20th Century Buildings by Antonella Mastrorilli, Roberta Zarcone

“…One aimed to shed light on residents’ habits in order to include diagnostic profiles in the simulations; the second aimed at estimating the residents’ satisfaction levels with regard to the proposed intervention measures. …”
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Spectrophotometric Determination of Zidovudine in Pharmaceuticals Based on Charge-Transfer Complexation Involving N-Bromosuccinimide, Metol and Sulphanilic Acid as Reagents by K. Basavaiah, U. R. Anil Kumar

“…The method is based on the oxidation of ZDV by a known excess of oxidant N-bromosuccinimide (NBS), in buffer medium of pH 1.5, followed by the estimation of unreacted amount of oxidant with metol and sulphanilic acid. …”
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Pile-Raft Settlements Prediction under Coupled Static-Dynamic Loads Using Four Heuristic Regression Approaches by Mosbeh R. Kaloop, Jong Wan Hu, Emad Elbeltagi

“…Four advanced heuristic regression methods are developed and applied in this study to estimate raft foundations’ settlement, namely, multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS), M5 model tree (M5Tree), generalized regression neural networks (GRNN), and support vector regression (SVR) techniques. …”
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Effects of Taxon Sampling in Reconstructions of Intron Evolution by Mikhail A. Nikitin, Vladimir V. Aleoshin

“…Here, we present the first attempt of a systematic evaluation of the effects of taxon sampling on popular intron evolution estimation algorithms. Using the “taxon jackknife” method, we compared the effect of taxon sampling on the behavior of intron evolution inferring algorithms. …”
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The Influence of Wheelchair Users on Movement in a Bottleneck and a Corridor by Paul Geoerg, Jette Schumann, Stefan Holl, Anja Hofmann

“…Particularly, the capacity estimation is a crucial performance criterion for assessment of pedestrians’ safety in built environments. …”
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Genetic polymorphism of hepatitis C virus and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma by S. N. Mammayev, A. M. Karimova

“…The aim of review. To estimate effect of genetic polymorphism of hepatitis C virus on risk of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC).Key points. …”
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Global Well-Posedness and Determining Nodes of Non-Autonomous Navier–Stokes Equations with Infinite Delay on Bounded Domains by Huanzhi Ge, Feng Du

“…Then, by accurately estimating the number of determining nodes, we reveal the asymptotic behavior of the solution. …”
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Energy-Efficient Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Quantized Measurement Fusion Framework by Yan Zhou, Dongli Wang, Tingrui Pei, Yonghong Lan

“…Then, the quantized messages are fused and sequential importance resampling (SIR) particle filtering is employed to estimate the target state. In the FC, quantized measurement fusion via both augmented approach and weighted approach is investigated. …”
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Online Model Learning of Buildings Using Stochastic Hybrid Systems Based on Gaussian Processes by Hamzah Abdel-Aziz, Xenofon Koutsoukos

“…Experimental results show that the proposed model estimates the thermal load level correctly and predicts the thermal behavior with good performance.…”
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Controlling Transformer Magnetizing Offset Current in Isolated Phase-Shift Full-Bridge Converters Using a Luenberger Observer by Angelika Neumann, Sönke Meynen, Ahmad Rahmoun, Daniel Ziegler, Thomas Kirchartz

“…In contrast to common methods the novel control scheme uses a Luenberger observer to estimate the magnetizing current requiring only simple measurement of transformer voltages without additional and lossy auxiliary networks. …”
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ADDRESSING DESERTIFICATION TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE PEACE BETWEEN FARMERS AND HERDSMEN IN NIGERIA by Sani Sani Ibrahim

“… Desertification is the reflection of the environmental problem facing Nigeria today, it is estimated that the country is losing about 350,000 hectares to desertification annually, affecting almost the northern part of the country.Series of government efforts were made to address the issue but due to the gap between policy and implementation, the situation keep advancing to southwards at the rate of 1.5 km per year.Thus, desertification is a growing ecological problem, causing economic losses, threatening national unity, as well undermining the country’s national security. …”
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Adaptive and Resilient Flight Control System for a Small Unmanned Aerial System by Gonzalo Garcia, Shahriar Keshmiri

“…The real-time artificial neural network parameter identification is done using the sliding mode learning concept and a modified version of the self-adaptive Levenberg algorithm. Numerically estimated stability and control derivatives are obtained by delta-based methods. …”
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FIRM-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS, MARKET RISKS AND ASSET QUALITY OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Toluwa Celestine Oladele, Peters Ade Sanni

“…Static panel regression was employed as the estimation technique. Results showed that diversification, capital adequacy, profitability and leverage are the bank-specific factors that determine asset quality. …”
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Mapping the road ahead: understanding social factors that shape vehicle residents’ information grounds by Kaitlin E. Montague

“…Introduction. An estimated one million people currently inhabit vehicles as their primary method of housing in publicly accessible areas across the United States. …”
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Proton internal pressure from deeply virtual Compton scattering on collider kinematics by H. Dutrieux, T. Meisgny, C. Mezrag, H. Moutarde

“…In addition, we provide an estimate of the reduction in uncertainty that could stem from the extended kinematic range relevant for the future Electron Ion Collider. …”
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Stabilization to Exponential Input-to-State Stability of a Class of Neural Networks with Delay by Observer-Based Aperiodic Intermittent Control by Mengyue Li, Biwen Li, Yuan Wan

“…Furthermore, the minimum activation time rate (MATR) of the observer-based T-APIC and the observer-based E-APIC is estimated, respectively. Finally, a numerical example is given, which not only verifies the effectiveness of our results but also shows that the observer-based E-APIC is superior to the observer-based T-APIC and the observer-based periodic intermittent control (PIC) in control times and the minimum activation time rate, and the function of the observer-based T-APIC is also better than the observer-based PIC.…”
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EVALUATION OF WATER POLLUTION STATUS IN BAHLUI RIVER (IASI TOWN AREA) DUE TO DOMESTIC AND URBAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT ACTIVITIES by CARMEN ZAHARIA

“…The real water pollution state of Bahlui river (Iasi town area) is estimated by the global pollution index (I*GP), and corresponds to values of 2.80-2.929 (Valea Lupului-Iasi control section), and 3.030-3.196 (Holboca control section, i.e. downstream of Dancu wastewater treatment plant). …”
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IMPACT OF GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC FACTORS ON INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT IN WEST AFRICA by Oluwaseun Isiaka Adekoya, Musa Ilias Biala

“…Using panel dataset collected on 16 West African countries for the period of 2010-2020, the study estimated the fixed and random effects regressions of the model. …”
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Determination of the best time series model for forecasting annual rainfall of selected stations of Western Azerbaijan province by Somayeh Soltani gerdfaramarzi, Aref Saberi, Morteza Gheisouri

“…In next step, stochastic models to estimate the annual rainfall average were used. With regard to the evaluation criterion such as T, P-VALUE < 0.05 and Bayesian Information Creterion (BIC), ARIMA (1,0,0), ARIMA (0,1,1) and ARIMA (0,1,1) models was determined as a suitable model for predicting annual rainfall in the three selected stations at Uromiya, Makoo and Mahabad. …”
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Is musical ability related to second-language acquisition? A meta-analysis by Rachel M. Thompson, Lauren K. Salig, L. Robert Slevc

“…Thus, we synthesized 184 effects across 57 independent studies (n =3181) with a robust variance estimation multivariate meta-analysis, and we narratively summarized partial correlation effects across 12 studies. …”
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