Are Koreans Prepared for the Rapid Increase of the Single-Household Elderly? Life Satisfaction and Depression of the Single-Household Elderly in Korea by Mi-Ra Won, Yun-Jung Choi

“…In Korea, it has been estimated that the number of the single-household elderly increased 45% from 2005 to 2010. …”
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Potential Source Density Function: A New Tool for Identifying Air Pollution Sources by In Sun Kim, Yong Pyo Kim, Daehyun Wee

“…The PSDF model can identify source areas quantitatively and provide information on the reliability of the estimation, while the PSCF model cannot. To verify and evaluate the capability of the PSDF model, tests are carried out using three scenarios based on ambient trajectory analysis data and simulated source distributions. …”
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Recent progress in the security evaluation of multivariate public‐key cryptography by Yasuhiko Ikematsu, Shuhei Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Takagi

“…In this paper, the authors first explain efficient algorithms for solving the MQ problem and the research methodology for estimating their complexity in MPKC. Then, the authors survey some recent results related to the security analysis of the Rainbow scheme. …”
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Machine Learning-Driven Resilient Modulus Prediction for Flexible Pavements Across Mountainous and Other Regions by Rauf Ayesha, Asif Usama, Javed Muhammad Faisal

“…Accurate estimation of the elastic modulus (Mr) in the com- pacted subgrade soil is essential for the design of flexible pavement systems that are both reliable and environmentally friendly. …”
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Hydrodynamic performance assessment of emerged and sub-merged semicircular breakwaters under random waves: An experimental and empirical study. by Faris Ali Hamood Al-Towayti, Hee Min Teh, Zhe Ma, Idris Ahmed Jae, Agusril Syamsir

“…The main objectives encompass understanding the behavior of the SBW model, developing empirical equations to estimate hydraulic characteristics, and enhancing coastal protection structures to facilitate the preservation and expansion of mangrove ecosystems. …”
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Multifractal-Multiscale Analysis of Cardiovascular Signals: A DFA-Based Characterization of Blood Pressure and Heart-Rate Complexity by Gender by Paolo Castiglioni, Davide Lazzeroni, Paolo Coruzzi, Andrea Faini

“…The method optimizes data splitting in blocks to reduce the DFA estimation variance and to evaluate scale coefficients with Taylor’s expansion formulas and maps the scales from beat domains to temporal domains. …”
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CHANGES IN PLASMA LEVELS OF STEROID HORMONES DURING SEXUAL MATURATION OF MALE HELICOPTER CATFISH (WALLAGO ATTU) IN CAPTIVITY by Duc Nghia Vo, Thi Thu An Le, Ngoc Phi Chau, Van Huy Nguyen

“…In order to provide reliable indicators of the spawning season of captive helicopter catfish (Wallago attu), this study evaluated the temporal variation in gonadosomatic index (GSI), plasma levels of testosterone (T), and 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT) in male broodstock in captivity. GSI was estimated as the percentage of the relative weight of testis to total body weight. …”
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Sclerostin Antibody Therapy for the Treatment of Osteoporosis: Clinical Prospects and Challenges by Claire MacNabb, D. Patton, J. S. Hayes

“…It is estimated that over 200 million adults worldwide have osteoporosis, a disease that has increasing socioeconomic impact reflected by unsustainable costs associated with disability, fracture management, hospital stays, and treatment. …”
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Earnings Management and Valuation of Biological Assets by Ricardo Luiz Menezes da Silva, Paula Carolina Ciampaglia Nardi, Maisa de Souza Ribeiro

“…The Mann-Whitney test of the means was applied and revealed evidence of greater earnings management for companies that use discounted cash flow, and the ones that least meet CPC 29 disclosure requirements, considering the KS model estimates. Regarding the other proposals, testing did not offer enough evidence of differences in discretionary accruals. …”
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Advances to Electrode Pullback in Cochlear Implant Surgery by Ingo Todt, Dietmar Basta, Rainer Seidl, Arne Ernst

“…The change of the intracochlear electrode position was investigated under various conditions of an electrode pullback (N=54) in 9 radiologically, size-estimated temporal bones (TBs). Those TBs were prepared by removal of the cochlear scalar roof to apply digital video capture procedures to monitor the pullback procedures. …”
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Factors Associated with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage by Masood Abdulkareem Abdulrahman, Arazoo Issa Taher

“…S. aureus is a common commensal of the skin and mucosal membranes of humans, with estimates of 20% (range from 12% to 30%) of healthy people are persistent  S.  …”
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Reliability Prediction of Ontology-Based Service Compositions Using Petri Net and Time Series Models by Jia Li, Yunni Xia, Xin Luo

“…The framework includes the following steps: obtaining the historical response times series of individual service components; fitting these series with a autoregressive-moving-average-model (ARMA for short) and predicting the future firing rates of service components; mapping the OWL-S process into a NMSPN model; employing the predicted firing rates as the model input of NMSPN and calculating the normal completion probability as the reliability estimate. In the case study, a comparison between the static model and our approach based on experimental data is presented and it is shown that our approach achieves higher prediction accuracy.…”
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Optimization of an On-Grid Inverter for PV Applications Using Genetic Algorithms by Anis Ammous, Abdulrahman Alahdal, Kaiçar Ammous

“…The nonlinear average model is adopted to model the conversion stage in order to accurately evaluate and quickly estimate the power losses of the power devices. The hysteresis current control that guarantees a quasi-sinusoidal output current is applied to generate the inverter control signals. …”
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Response Time Analysis With Cause-Effect Chain Considering DAG Structure and High-Load Tasks by Tomoya Kobayashi, Ryo Okamura, Takuya Azumi

“…Furthermore, the proposed response time bound for the DAG can estimate response times that are shorter than existing bounds.…”
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Modeling Groundwater Resources in Data-Scarce Regions for Sustainable Management: Methodologies and Limits by Iolanda Borzì

“…It underscores the value of combining multiple data sources and modeling techniques to provide robust estimates for sustainable groundwater management. The choice of method ultimately depends on the specific objectives, scale of the study, and available data in the region of interest. …”
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Torsional Oscillations in Automotive Transmissions: Experimental Analysis and Modelling by Enrico Galvagno, Mauro Velardocchia, Alessandro Vigliani

“…The frequency response of the system is estimated from the experimental data and compared with the results of a 5-degree-of-freedom lumped parameter model, which proves to be adequate to describe the dynamic behaviour of the system up to a frequency of 200 Hz. …”
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Improving farm households’ economic status to address food security in Ghana: The role of participation in nonfarm activities by Eli Andrew Akosikumah, Hamdiyah Alhassan, Paul Adjei Kwakwa

“…Multinomial Endogenous Treatment Effect was used to estimate the determinants of households' decision to engage in nonfarm activities and household food security. …”
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Analysis of Flexural Buckling Capacity of Stainless Steel Columns under Axial Compression by Yong Liang, Gapi Shu, Shaohua Li

“…The comparison with the test data shows that the three kinds of curves can well estimate the stability bearing capacity of members, and the discreteness is small. …”
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Integrated Navigation Method of Aerospace Vehicle Based on Rank Statistics by Jun Kang, Zhi Xiong, Rong Wang, Xinrui Zhang

“…In combination with the rank filter algorithm as well as the determined weights, sampling points are calculated and nonlinearly propagated through the transition matrix to achieve an accurate estimation about the predicted values of the state quantities and measurement quantities and the covariance matrix. …”
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The hematinic effect of some medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of anemia: A narrative review by Huda Ahmed Abuaraki, Samia Mohamed Ali Elbadawi, Hatim Ali Elsheikh, Ayman Ragab Baiuomy

“…A high percentage of the world’s population uses medicinal plants to treat diseases, and in African countries, this rate is much higher. It has been estimated that in many developing countries, a large proportion of the population depends primarily on medicinal plants and traditional practitioners to address their primary healthcare needs, including the prevention and treatment of anemia, despite the availability of modern medicines. …”
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