Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Contaminated Soils Using Vermicompost by Fazel Mohammadi-Moghadam, Ramazan Khodadadi, Morteza Sedehi, Mohsen Arbabi

“…Decontamination rates for PHE and PYR were estimated to be 89% and 83% over 45 days, respectively. …”
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Laboratory Evaluation of Time-Domain Reflectometry for Bridge Scour Measurement: Comparison with the Ultrasonic Method by Xinbao Yu, Xiong Yu

“…The results indicate that both TDR and ultrasonic methods can accurately estimate scour depth. TDR method, with the developed analysis algorithm, yields information on the river properties such as the electrical conductivity of river water and the density of sediments. …”
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Analysis of cyt0kine gene expression in stimulated T cells of small children by semi-quantitative PCR by H. Koning, M. R. M. Baert, R. de Groot, H. J. Neijens, H. F. J. Savelkoul

“…We present a combination of procedures to obtain an accurate estimation of the expression of the cytokines IL-4 and IFN-γ. …”
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Empirical Correlation of the Morphology of Coiled Carbon Nanotubes with Their Response to Axial Compression by Jabulani R. Barber, Jeffrey S. Boyles, Aldo A. Ferri, Lawrence A. Bottomley

“…The compression stiffness of each nanocoil was estimated from the resonant frequency of the cantilever at the point of contact with the substrate surface. …”
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Conversion of 10 min Rain Rate Time Series into 1 min Time Series: Theory, Experimental Results, and Application in Satellite Communications by Emilio Matricciani, Carlo Riva

“…., quasi-instantaneous rainfall—the latter to be used as input to the synthetic storm technique, which is a very reliable tool for calculating rain attenuation time series in satellite communication systems or for estimating runoff, erosion, pollutant transport, and other applications in hydrology. …”
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Prevalence of Temporomandibular Disorder-Related Pain among Adults Seeking Dental Care: A Cross-Sectional Study by Qoot Alkhubaizi, Mai E. Khalaf, Afnan Faridoun

“…The etiology and risk factors of these conditions have been extensively studied; however, the data available describing the epidemiology of TMD in the Middle East are scarce. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of TMD-related pain in a sample population of dental school clinic patients. …”
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Airline Overbooking Problem with Uncertain No-Shows by Chunxiao Zhang, Congrong Guo, Shenghui Yi

“…In this case, the airlines have to invite some domain experts to provide belief degree of no-shows to estimate its distribution. However, human beings often overestimate unlikely events, which makes the variance of belief degree much greater than that of the frequency. …”
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A method for analyzing the stability of the resting state for a model ofpacemaker cells surrounded by stable cells by Robert Artebrant, Aslak Tveito, Glenn T. Lines

“…In particular, we derive methods for estimating the principal eigenvalue of a linearized version of the Luo-Rudy I model close to an equilibrium solution. …”
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest in a Youth with Multiple Arrhythmic Substrates by James Ainsworth, Adrian Ionescu

“…Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a common condition with an estimated prevalence of 1-3%, in which there is systolic displacement of a morphologically redundant mitral valve towards the left atrium. …”
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Measuring Contagion of Subprime Crisis Based on MVMQ-CAViaR Method by Wuyi Ye, Kebing Luo, Shaofu Du

“…Comparing with the situations in precrisis period, if the estimated coefficients become significant or market risk increases during the crisis, it implies the existence of contagion from the angle of coefficient significance or risk. …”
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Constraints on Light Neutrino Parameters Derived from the Study of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay by Sabin Stoica, Andrei Neacsu

“…Our results may be useful to have an updated image on the present neutrino mass sensitivities associated with 0νββ measurements for different isotopes and to better estimate the range of values of the neutrino masses that can be explored in the future double beta decay (DBD) experiments.…”
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The role of the patients register in early diagnostics of familial adenomatosis coli by A. M. Kuzminov, A. V. Karpuhin, Yu. Yu. Chubarov, I. Yu. Sachkov, T. A. Savel’yeva

“…Aim of investigation. To estimate efficacy of the Register of patients with familial adenomatosis coli.Material and methods. …”
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On a class of p-valent starlike functions of order α by M. K. Aouf

“…In this paper we determine the bounds for |f(z)| and |argf(z)z| in S(A,B,p,α), we investigate the coefficient estimates for functions of the class S(A,B,p,α) and we study some properties of the class S(A,B,p,α).…”
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On Individual Repositioning Distance along Platform during Train Waiting by Fabien Leurent, Xiaoyan Xie

“…Maximum likelihood estimation is proposed and applied to a case study of commuter rail line in Paris: journeys between stations Vincennes and La Défense along line A of the Regional Express Railways. …”
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Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of New Product Diffusion considering Consumer Heterogeneity by Zhongjun Tang, Huike Zhu

“…Moreover, a pilot study is conducted to simulate this model and examine how to estimate the model’s parameters using aggregated data about film products. …”
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The Feasibility of Reducing and Measuring Sedentary Time among Overweight, Non-Exercising Office Workers by Sarah Kozey-Keadle, Amanda Libertine, John Staudenmayer, Patty Freedson

“…These data describe ST measurement properties from wearable monitors and self-report tools to inform sample-size estimates for future ST interventions.…”
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Preparation and Characterization of Alkaline and Acidic Heterogeneous Carbon-Based Catalysts and Their Application in Vegetable Oil Transesterification to Obtain Biodiesel by L. L. Díaz-Muñoz, H. E. Reynel-Ávila, D. I. Mendoza-Castillo, A. Bonilla-Petriciolet, J. Jáuregui-Rincón

“…Transesterification rates for biodiesel production were better estimated with the pseudo-order kinetic model, which ranged from 0.0004 to 0.038 L/mol⋅min for alkaline and acidic catalysts.…”
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Investigations of the Elongational Deformation Induced by Pins in Pin-Barrel Cold-Feed Extruders by Zhilin Wang, Yiren Pan, Yanchang Liu, Jing Huang, Ning Wang, Xuehua Hu

“…This study can be used to roughly estimate the elongational deformation induced by pins and establish the mixing theoretical model of the pin-barrel cold-feed extruder.…”
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ANALYSIS OF MARKET MARGINS AND MARKETING EFFICIENCY IN THE SOYBEAN SUPPLY CHAIN: EVIDENCE FROM BARUTEEN LGA, KWARA STATE by Hussaina Ummikhanni Mahmud, Nofiu Babatunde Nofiu, Aisha Mohammed Lafia

“…The study used cost-benefit analysis to estimate market margin and marketing efficiency of soybeans. …”
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Soil Test Based Fertilizer Calibration for Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Varieties of the Southern Ethiopia by Mesfin Kassa, Tadesse Kifle

“…Soil samples of the experimental plots were analyzed and used as blended fertilizer calibration to estimate soil nutrient supplies and recommend fertilizer. …”
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