Widespread Striatal Delivery of GDNF from Encapsulated Cells Prevents the Anatomical and Functional Consequences of Excitotoxicity by Dwaine F. Emerich, Jeffrey H. Kordower, Yaping Chu, Chris Thanos, Briannan Bintz, Giovanna Paolone, Lars U. Wahlberg

“…Encapsulated cell-based delivery of GDNF produced widespread distribution of GDNF throughout the entire implanted striatum. Stereological estimates of striatal neuron number and volume of lesion size revealed that GDNF delivery resulted in near complete neuroprotection. …”
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Photoinduced Interactions in Thin Films of Azo Dyes and Planar-Aligned Nematic Liquid Crystal by Aleksey Kudreyko, Vladimir Chigrinov, Arina Perestoronina

“…By using the Onsager theory, we estimated the effect of excluded volume. Typical repulsive potentials between liquid crystal and azo dye molecules are displayed graphically. …”
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN THE BENUE STATE CIVIL SERVICE by HUNDU IORFA RAYMOND, A.A. HANGEIOR, O. AULE

“…The multiple regression analysis t-test was used alongside with Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) technique in estimation. The Findings revealed that that effect self-certification has significant relationship on employee retention of Benue State civil service and seminars has significant relationship on employee retention of Benue State civil service. …”
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An Ultrasound Assessed Extraction Combined with Ion-Pair HPLC Method and Risk Assessment of Nitrite and Nitrate in Cured Meat by Babiker Yagoub Abdulkair, Amin O. Elzupir, Abdulaziz S. Alamer

“…Further, the risk assessment and dietary exposure have been estimated for both NI and NA.…”
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An Analytical Method of Coulomb’s Active Earth Pressure Acting on Cohesion-Less Backfill Subject to Local Surcharge in Cold Regions by Li Liu, Zhen Yang, Pan Zhou, Hongwei Yang

“…In paper, analytical solutions for estimating the active thrust, critical wedge failure angle, and action position subject to a local surcharge in cold regions are proposed. …”
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Climatic study of dust phenomenon in Semnan province and calculation of vertical dust flux by using GOCART model by Sara Karami, Nasim Hossein Hamzeh, Abbas Ranjbar

“…Also, GOCART model has been used to estimate the amount of dust emissions from this region and to determine the vertical dust flux in Semnan province. …”
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Identifying Risk Factors of Upper Extremity Injuries in Collegiate Baseball Players: A Pilot Study by Robert Slowik, Christopher Morris, Matthew Hoch, Timothy Uhl

“…Participants were then followed during the course of the season to collect rate of individual exposure, estimated pitch volume, and rating of perceived exertion in order to determine if changes in workload contributed to risk of injury using an Acute-to-Chronic Workload ratio (ACWR)…”
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Integrated 3D reservoir modelling for the unconventional reservoir prospects: a case study of Upper Cretaceous Brown Limestone reservoir, South Geisum field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt by Mohamed Osman, Sherif Farouk, Mohammad A. Sarhan

“…The objective of the model is to enhance the precision of reserve estimates and provide crucial support for decision-making in the development planning of the South Geisum oilfield.…”
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Political determinants of centre-state transfers: An empirical analysis across Indian states by Deepti Kohli

“…The analysis has been done for three categories of centre-state transfers: loans, grants and tax devolution. The regression estimations include various political controls such as, electoral competition between political parties, voter participation rate, government’s ideological leaning, centre-state partisan affiliation, government incumbency and a control for political lobbying. …”
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Modeling of the COVID-19 Cases in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries Using ARIMA and MA-ARIMA Models by Rahmatalla Yagoub, Hussein Eledum

“…To compute the best parameter estimates, each model was fitted for 90% of the available data in each country, which is called the in-sample forecast or training data, and the remaining 10% was used for the out-of-sample forecast or testing data. …”
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AN ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR THE CONTROL SYSTEMS QUALITY by Г. І. Манко

“…For this, the amount of negative information (misinformation) caused by the imperfection of management methods and devices is calculated. The method of estimating the amount of misinformation is based on Bongard's concept of uncertainty. …”
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Hamstring Shortness among Undergraduate Students, Using Knee Extension Angle Test by Farhan Ishaque, Saira Bano, Hamna Khan, Suneel Kumar, Saeed Qaiser, Muhammad Asif Khan

“…Material and Methods: The subjects sample size (n=248) was estimated by open EPI software. Male and female both are included. …”
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ChirpArray: A low‐cost, easy‐to‐construct microphone array for long‐term ecoacoustic monitoring by Ryotaro Okamoto, Hiroyuki Oguma

“…The ChirpArray system features a four‐channel microphone array that estimates sound source directions, aids in identifying individual animals and provides a detailed behavioural analysis. …”
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Structural Analysis of Humic Acid in Soil at Different Corn Straw Returning Modes through Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Infrared Spectroscopy by JinFeng Gao, Sen Dou, ZhiGuo Wang

“…Based on the results, it was established that IR spectroscopy can estimate the complication and oxidation degree of soil HA and also evaluate its aliphaticity and aromaticity. …”
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Chronic abdominal pain and persistent disorder of nutritional status by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. A. Poluyektova

“…Treatment included drug therapy along with repeated conversations with the patient, that resulted in relative stabilization of her state.Conclusion. Estimating presented clinical case it is possible to draw conclusion on involvement of various departments of nervous system, including emotional component into the mechanism of abdominal pain. …”
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Genetic improvement of cooking time in common bean: the role of dominance by Rita Carolina de Melo, Jefferson Luís Meirelles Coimbra, Luan Tiago dos Santos Carbonari, Paulo Henrique Cerutti, Altamir Frederico Guidolin

“…Variance components were estimated based on the mixed model, and additive and non-additive fractions were calculated using the Cockerham method. …”
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Risk of eating disorder in Colombian women who go to the gym by Jorge Emiro Restrepo, Tatiana Castañeda Quirama

“…The EAT-26 Eating Attitude Test was used, a standardized procedure to estimate the frequency of physical exercise and a brief socio-demographic survey. …”
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Symbolic regression for strength prediction of eccentrically loaded concrete-filled steel tubular columns by Khaled Megahed

“…Previous studies have used two distinct approaches for estimating eccentric strength: explainable models based on theoretical derivations and black-box models derived from machine learning (ML) methods. …”
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Evaluating Railway Operation Safety Situation in China Based on an Improved TOPSIS Method: A Regional Perspective by Xu Yan, Qiyuan Peng, Yong Yin, Yongxiang Zhang, Qingwei Zhong

“…Game theory is then employed to determine a more reasonable combined weight, and the values of the parameters involved in the situation indicators are also estimated. The real-life statistical accident data in a regional area of China from 2016 to 2018 are chosen as a case study to verify the proposed method. …”
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Integrated algorithms in analysis of architecture and environment interaction- Case study: Stepped villages of Iran by Elham Zamani, Behshid Hosseini, Hossein Zabihi

“…By calculating the internal area of the identified boundary, the algorithm estimates the proportion of textures relative to the background. …”
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