Solar Energy Modelling over a Residential Community in the City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada by Quazi K. Hassan, K. Mahmud Rahman, Anis S. Haque, Ahad Ali

“…In this paper, we presented a modelling framework of estimating solar energy over a portion of a residential community of Sandstone in the northwest of Calgary, Canada. …”
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Random Vibration Analysis of Train Moving over Slab Track on Bridge under Track Irregularities and Earthquakes by Pseudoexcitation Method by Zhiping Zeng, Kunteng Zhu, Xianfeng He, Wentao Xu, Lingkun Chen, Ping Lou

“…The time-dependent power spectral densities (PSDs) of the random vibration of the system are obtained by step-by-step integration method, and the corresponding dynamic reliability is estimated based on the first-passage failure criterion. …”
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Immunoinformatic Analysis of Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 7 (CDPK7) Showed Potential Targets for Toxoplasma gondii Vaccine by Ali Taghipour, Sanaz Tavakoli, Mohamad Sabaghan, Masoud Foroutan, Hamidreza Majidiani, Shahrzad Soltani, Milad Badri, Ali Dalir Ghaffari, Sheyda Soltani

“…The aliphatic index with 68.78 and grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY) with -0.331 score were estimated. The outcomes of current research showed that the CDPK7 protein included 502 alpha-helix, 1311 random coils, and 320 extended strands with GOR4 method. …”
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Identification of DLEC1 D215N Somatic Mutation in Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Melanoma and Melanocytic Nevi Specimens by Ricardo Vieira, Maria José Simões, Susana Carmona, Conceição Egas, Carlos Faro, Américo Figueiredo

“…The aim of this study was to genotype DLEC1 D215N mutation in melanoma tissue and melanocytic nevi samples to confirm its occurrence and to estimate its prevalence. Primary melanomas (n=81) paired with synchronous or asynchronous metastases (n=21) from 81 melanoma patients and melanocytic nevi (n=28) were screened for DLEC1 D215N mutation. …”
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Development of a New Modified Sonar Inspired Optimization based on Machine Learning Methods for Evaluating Compressive of High-Performance Concrete by Ali Nikkhoo, Amin Moshtagh, Mehri Mehrnia

“…Comparison with previous studies validates the accuracy of the proposed system, demonstrating that the SIO-ANN hybrid model offers finer estimation of high-performance concrete properties. …”
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Ultrahigh Resolution ISAR Imaging of a Target With Unknown and Complex Motion Using SA-NCS Algorithm by Yuexin Gao, Hanwen Yu, Min Xue, Jianlai Chen

“…In each block, a modified NCS algorithm is applied to estimate the rotation parameters. The modified NCS algorithm takes the residual phase errors arising from NCS processing into consideration. …”
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A Swarm Robotic Exploration Strategy Based on an Improved Random Walk Method by Bao Pang, Yong Song, Chengjin Zhang, Hongling Wang, Runtao Yang

“…Therefore, by analyzing the characteristics of swarm robotic exploration, this paper proposes an improved random walk method in which each robot adjusts its step size adaptively to reduce the number of repeated searches by estimating the density of robots in the environment. …”
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Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on Runoff and Sediment Load of the Xiliugou Basin in the Upper Yellow River by Haifang Yao, Changxing Shi, Wenwei Shao, Jianbin Bai, Hui Yang

“…Using data of temperature, wind, precipitation, water discharge, and sediment load, the changes in runoff and sediment load of the Xiliugou basin in the upper Yellow River were investigated and the contributions of climate change and human activities to these changes were quantitatively estimated. Results show that the runoff and sediment load of the stream declined gradually in 1960–2012. …”
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Variations in Community Prevalence and Determinants of Recreational and Utilitarian Walking in Older Age by Elizabeth Procter-Gray, Suzanne G. Leveille, Marian T. Hannan, Jie Cheng, Kevin Kane, Wenjun Li

“…We analyzed walking habits among participants of a prospective cohort study of 745 community-dwelling men and women, mainly aged 70 years or older. We estimated community variations in utilitarian and recreational walking, and examined whether the variations were attributable to community differences in individual and environmental factors. …”
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Understanding the spread of agriculture in the Western Mediterranean (6th-3rd millennia BC) with Machine Learning tools by Maria Elena Castiello, Emmanuele Russo, Héctor Martínez-Grau, Ana Jesus, Georgina Prats, Ferran Antolín

“…This approach facilitates calculating the pace of spread of farming in the Western Mediterranean area, modelling and estimating the potential areas suitable for settlement location, and discriminating distinct types of crop cultivation under changing climatic conditions that characterized the period 5900 – 2300 cal. …”
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Azelastine and suplatast shorten the distribution half-life of IgE in rats by Kazuhiko Hanashiro, Yoshihiro Tokeshi, Toshiyuki Nakasone, Masanori Sunagawa, Mariko Nakamura, Tadayoshi Kosugi

“…The level of DNP-specific rat IgE in the serum was estimated by IgE-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and the turnover of IgE was analyzed from its pharmacokinetic parameters. …”
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Planetary Mass Determinations from a Simplified Photodynamical Model—Application to the Complete Kepler Dataset by Aviv Ofir, Gideon Yoffe, Oded Aharonson

“…We demonstrate consistency with literature results over 2 orders of magnitude in mass, and for the planets that already had literature mass estimations, we were able to reduce the relative mass error by ∼22% (median value). …”
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Comparative analysis of fuel wood consumption of improved mud stove and three stone fire stove: a case study by Junejo, Awais, Kumar, Sanjay, Harijan, Khanji, Jeguirim, Mejdi

“…Furthermore, the fuel wood consumption of the study area is also estimated. The fuel wood characteristics are determined by proximate and ultimate analysis. …”
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International Course to Support Nuclear Licensing by User Training in the Areas of Scaling, Uncertainty, and 3D Thermal-Hydraulics/Neutron-Kinetics Coupled Codes: 3D S.UN.COP Semi... by Alessandro Petruzzi, Francesco D'Auria, Tomislav Bajs, Francesc Reventos, Yassin Hassan

“…This paper describes a systematic approach to training code users who, upon completion of the training, should be able to perform calculations making the best possible use of the capabilities of best estimate codes. In other words, the program aims at contributing towards solving the problem of user effect. …”
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Levels and Profile of Tetrodotoxins in Spawning <i>Cephalothrix mokievskii</i> (Palaeonemertea, Nemertea): Assessing the Potential Toxic Pressure on Marine Ecosystems by Grigorii V. Malykin, Peter V. Velansky, Timur Yu. Magarlamov

“…For the first time, the quantity and profile of TTXs that these nemerteans released into the environment during spawning were estimated. We showed that the spawning <i>C. mokievskii</i> females released significant amounts of TTX and 5,6,11-trideoxyTTX with their eggs; these levels were sufficient for the potential toxification of marine bioresources. …”
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A cost-effective and sensitive TLC-densitometric identification of meloxicam by Parys Wioletta, Pyka-Pająk Alina, Dołowy Małgorzata

“…The influence of different chromatographic conditions and the process of spot visualization on determining the limit of detection as well as quantification (LOD and LOQ) of meloxicam by TLC-densitometric technique was estimated. Of all chromatographic conditions tested, the lowest limiting values, thus the best sensitivity, in the NP-TLC system was achieved on silica gel 60F254 and neutral aluminum oxide plates developed with the mobile phase consisting of ethyl acetate/toluene/n-butylamine (2:2:1, V/V/V). …”
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A Computer Vision-Based Framework for Snow Removal Operation Routing by Mohamed Karaa, Hakim Ghazzai, Yehia Massoud, Lokman Sboui

“…We offer an artificial intelligence-based image-based approach for estimating snow depth and traffic volume on roads. For segments monitored by CCTV cameras, we exploit images and supervised learning models to perform this task. …”
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Maximum elongation degradation model and service life prediction for HTPB propellant under constant strain and chemical aging effects by Tingjing Geng, Hongfu Qiang, Heyang Miao, Xueren Wang, Zhejun Wang, Huimin Zhang

“…The prediction results of the improved model were more consistent with the natural storage estimated results compared to the traditional model, with a relative error of only 7.5 % and an accuracy improvement of 75 %. …”
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Ultrasound, Echocardiography, MRI, and Genetic Analysis of a Fetus with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Partial 11q Trisomy by Yolanda Fernández-Perea, Lutgardo García-Díaz, Javier Sánchez, Guillermo Antiñolo, Salud Borrego

“…Moreover, it is expectable that the use of new techniques for prenatal diagnosis will reveal novel CNVs associated with CDH and will help us to estimate the recurrence risk for this defect as well as for other associated anomalies.…”
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A Hidden Markov Model Applied to the Daily Spring Precipitation over the Danube Basin by Constantin Mares, Ileana Mares, Heike Huebener, Mihaela Mihailescu, Ulrich Cubasch, Petre Stanciu

“…The main goal of this study is to obtain an improvement of the spring precipitation estimation at local scale, taking into account the atmospheric circulation on the Atlantic-European region, by a statistical downscaling procedure. …”
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