Parameter Identification of the 2-Chlorophenol Oxidation Model Using Improved Differential Search Algorithm by Guang-zhou Chen, Jia-quan Wang, Ru-zhong Li

“…To verify the effectiveness of the improved algorithms, the optimization performance of improved DS in kinetic parameter estimation is studied and compared with that of the basic DS algorithm, differential evolution, artificial bee colony optimization, and quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization. …”
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Copula-Based Probabilistic Hazard Assessment Model for Debris Flow Considering the Uncertainties of Multiple Influencing Factors by Mi Tian, Yuan Shen, Long Fan, Xiao-Tao Sheng

“…Results show that the developed V–RI–AL probabilistic model can provide reasonable estimates of debris-flow volume in Taiwan for a specific probability level of 0.94, and show better predictive performance than the empirical relationships by using an independent debris-flow dataset in Taiwan for validation. …”
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Time Series Forecasting for Regional Development Composite Index Using Real-Time Floating Population Data by Jungyeol Hong, Jieun Na, Youjeong Kang, Dongho Kim

“…This study used the floating population estimated from smartphone data that can be collected in real-time to analyze how floating population patterns affect regional economic situations to compensate for these limitations. …”
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The Destruction and Reconstruction of North Korea, 1950 - 1960 by Charles Armstrong

“…The physical destruction and loss of life on both sides was almost beyond comprehension, but the North suffered the greater damage, due to American saturation bombing and the scorched-earth policy of the retreating UN forces.1 The US Air Force estimated that North Korea's destruction was proportionately greater than that of Japan in the Second World War, where the US had turned 64 major cities to rubble and used the atomic bomb to destroy two others. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 and its prevention among medical and dental students in an educational institution in Telangana by Preeti U. Deshpande, Anuradha Basavaraju, Nagapraveen Veerapu, Ashish Akula

“…Aims: This study aimed to estimate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among medical and dental students toward COVID-19 and to identify factors influencing them. …”
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Mining Community-Level Influence in Microblogging Network: A Case Study on Sina Weibo by Yufei Liu, Dechang Pi, Lin Cui

“…Existing models focus on the individual influence analysis, but few studies estimate the community influence that is ubiquitous in online social network. …”
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Stochastic User Equilibrium Assignment in Schedule-Based Transit Networks with Capacity Constraints by Wangtu Xu, Lixin Miao, Wei-Hua Lin

“…The proposed model can simultaneously predict how passengers choose their transit vehicles to minimize their travel costs and estimate the associated costs in a schedule-based congested transit network. …”
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Predicting Tunnel Squeezing Using Multiclass Support Vector Machines by Yang Sun, Xianda Feng, Lingqiang Yang

“…More importantly, one could estimate the severity of potential squeezing problems based on the predicted squeezing categories/classes.…”
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Review of Factors Controlling Skid Resistance at Tire-Pavement Interface by Abhinav Kumar, Ankit Gupta

“…Evaluation of skid resistance over time and estimation of factors influencing it are important for pavement maintenance and rehabilitation planning. …”
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Appraisal of Total Phenol, Flavonoid Contents, and Antioxidant Potential of Folkloric Lannea coromandelica Using In Vitro and In Vivo Assays by Tekeshwar Kumar, Vishal Jain

“…The aim of this study was to determine the impending antioxidant properties of different extracts of crude methanolic extract (CME) of leaves of Lannea coromandelica (L. coromandelica) and its two ethyl acetate (EAF) and aqueous (AqF) subfractions by employing various established in vitro systems and estimation of total phenolic and flavonoid content. …”
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Pre-service teachers’ beliefs about teaching English to older adults: The case of motivation by Agata Słowik-Krogulec

“…However, at the same time, it is estimated that in Poland older adults represent approximately 24% of the population and it is expected to increase to 40.4% by 2050. …”
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Synaptic motility and functional stability in the whisker cortex by Nimrod Sherf, Maoz Shamir

“…The azimuthal position of a whisker can be estimated from the activity of whisking neurons that respond selectively to a preferred phase along the whisking cycle. …”
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Monte Carlo Alpha Iteration Algorithm for a Subcritical System Analysis by Hyung Jin Shim, Sang Hoon Jang, Soo Min Kang

“…However, the α-k iteration method for the deep subcritical system analysis suffers from a gigantic number of neutron generations or a huge neutron weight, which leads to an abnormal termination of the MC calculations. In order to stably estimate the prompt neutron decay constant (α) of prompt subcritical systems regardless of subcriticality, we propose a new MC alpha-static calculation method named as the α iteration algorithm. …”
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THE ALGORITHM OF THE CASE FORMATION DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL DISCIPLINES IN MEDICAL SCHOOL by Andrey A. Garanin, Reseda M. Garanina

“…While developing the case study of medical character the teacher needs to pay special attention to questions of pathogenesis and pathological anatomy for students’ formation of the fundamental clinical thinking allowing to estimate the patient’s condition as a complete organism, taking into account all its features, to understand the relationships of cause and effect arising at development of a concrete disease, to master new and to improve the available techniques of statement of the differential diagnosis. …”
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Data normalization in machine learning by V. V. Starovoitov, Yu. I. Golub

“…To select the most accurate function, it is reasonable to normalize several functions and to compare their estimates on a single scale. The rules for separating features of tree-like classifiers are invariant to scales of quantitative features. …”
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Analysis of Ageing Effect on Li-Polymer Batteries by Simone Barcellona, Morris Brenna, Federica Foiadelli, Michela Longo, Luigi Piegari

“…Consequently, the ageing due to any cycle can be estimated starting from the knowledge of simpler cycles.…”
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Obesity as a Major Risk Factor for Cancer by Giovanni De Pergola, Franco Silvestris

“…The number of cancer cases caused by being obese is estimated to be 20% with the increased risk of malignancies being influenced by diet, weight change, and body fat distribution together with physical activity. …”
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Assessing Sensitivity of Hyperspectral Sensor to Detect Oils with Sea Ice by Bingxin Liu, Ying Li, Qiang Zhang, Liang Han

“…In conjunction with estimated noise thresholds of the sensor environment, the theoretical potential to identify oil is assessed for the hyperspectral Hyperion. …”
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A Review of Healthcare Challenges in the UK and the US: Medical Errors, Aging, Private Healthcare and Governance by John S. Bolwell

“…The most common medical errors are failure to diagnose, misdiagnoses, failure to treat, surgical and anesthetic errors, negligent postoperative care, medication errors, failure to order, or act on, laboratory tests, and birth injuries (mother and baby). Estimated numbers of deaths vary widely, for example 22,000 to 40,000 in the UK and 98,000 to 251,000 in the US which attests to the complexity of accurate quantification. …”
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Evaluation of the ratcheting behavior of Cr-Mo steel used in CNG tank by Karim Aliakbari, Shahab Kamel Abbasnia, Mahmoud Shariati

“…The novelty of this research is that the hardening coefficients of 25CrMo4 steel were estimated by particular innovative mathematical equations. …”
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