Investigating the Impact of Spatial Habitat and Environmental Quality on Improving Satisfaction of Citizens from Localities (Case study: Keshavarz District 6th District of Tehran) by Elmira Azimi, hosin Mobara, maryam farzadmanesh

“…The research method was descriptive-analytic, data collection method, library and survey, sample size was estimated 315 by Cochran formula. In order to test the hypotheses presented in this study, structural equation modeling was used in Lisrel software environment. …”
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Prevalence of CagA-positive Helicobacter pylori strain and H. pylori-associated gastritis activity in Tuva schoolchildren of different age groups by Tamara V. Polivanova, Vitaly A. Vshivkov

“…To study the prevalence of CagApositive Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) strain and to estimate activity of gastritis associated to this infection in schoolchildren presenting their dyspeptic complains in indigenous and extraterrestrial populations of Tuva republic. …”
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HIV RNA Suppression and Immune Restoration: Can We Do Better? by Marilia Rita Pinzone, Michelino Di Rosa, Bruno Cacopardo, Giuseppe Nunnari

“…Several methods, including 2-LTR HIV DNA and unspliced HIV RNA measurement, have been developed to estimate residual viremia and predict the outcome of antiretroviral therapy. …”
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Comparison of Dynamic Responses of Parallel-Placed Adjacent High-Rise Buildings under Wind and Earthquake Excitations by Huaxiao Wu, Qinhua Wang, Nayan Deep Tiwari, Dario De Domenico

“…The present research first identifies an opposite-sign response factor to estimate the time ratio of opposite-sign responses. …”
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Impact of moving target on underwater positioning by using state measurement by Tippireddy Srinivasa Reddy, Rajeev Arya

“…A moving target state estimation (MTSE) algorithm is proposed to eliminate the false measurements from the moving targets and to measure the localization of moving targets with the help of the propagation speed of targets. …”
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Ethylene Glycol Poisoning: An Unusual Cause of Altered Mental Status and the Lessons Learned from Management of the Disease in the Acute Setting by R. Singh, E. Arain, A. Buth, J. Kado, A. Soubani, N. Imran

“…A validated equation can be used to estimate necessary duration of hemodialysis, and even if direct measurements of ethylene glycol are not available, monitoring for the closure of the anion, lactate, and osmolal gaps can guide treatment. …”
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Evaluation and measurement of urban viability and factors affecting it (case study of Bojnourd city) by Mohammad Saghebi, Ezatollah mafi, Mehdi Watanparast

“…The statistical population of the study consists of citizens living in Bojnourd, the sample size was estimated 384 people using Cochranchr('39')s formula. …”
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A Bicriteria Model to Determine Pareto Optimal Pulse Vaccination Strategies by Funda Samanlioglu, Nauman Tabassum, Tolga Kudret Karaca, Ayse Humeyra Bilge

“…The burden of the epidemic is estimated in terms of Rf and Vf; two criteria are simultaneously minimized: vaccination cost and treatment cost of infected individuals and other economic losses due to sickness that are assumed to be proportional to Vf and Rf, respectively. …”
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Industrial wastewater treatment and reuse: Heckman probit sample selection model by Urgessa Tilahun Bekabil, M.K. Jayamohan, Amsalu Bedemo Beyene

“…. • Implementing wastewater treatment solutions is crucial for minimizing water shortages in urban areas of emerging economies. • The estimated model highlights the essential actions to be taken for achieving a sustainable environment.…”
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Adaptive Constant False Alarm Detector Based on Composite Fuzzy Fusion Rules by Yuyao Yang, Chunbo Xiu

“…The average detection probability of CFVI-CFAR is 3.66% higher than that of the variability index heterogeneous clutter estimate modified ordered statistics CFAR (VIHCEMOS-CFAR) in a multiple-target environment, while in a clutter edge environment, the average false alarm probability of CFVI-CFAR is only 1.65% of that of VIHCEMOS-CFAR. …”
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Species Diversity, Structure, and Regeneration Status of Woody Plants in Saleda Yohans Church Forest, South Wollo, Ethiopia by Amare Bitew Mekonnen, Ali Seid Mohammed, Aster Demissew

“…Tree height and diameters at the breast height of plants were also measured and estimated. Moreover, frequency, basal area, diversity, evenness, and other vegetation data were analyzed. …”
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Parameter Selection Guidelines for a Parabolic Sliding Mode Filter Based on Frequency and Time Domain Characteristics by Shanhai Jin, Ryo Kikuuwe, Motoji Yamamoto

“…The presented parameter selection guidelines state that the values of the parameters should be chosen according to some estimated characteristics of the input and some desired characteristics of the output. …”
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The effect of Clostridium difficile infection on the course of liver cirrhosis by A. A. Driga, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Aim of investigation. To estimate the frequency of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection and its effect on severity and pattern of complications at the compensated liver cirrhosis (LC). …”
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Online Self-Supervised Learning for Accurate Pick Assembly Operation Optimization by Sergio Valdés, Marco Ojer, Xiao Lin

“…However, a key challenge is in-hand error, where discrepancies between the actual and estimated positions of an object in the robot’s gripper impact not only the grasp but also subsequent assembly stages. …”
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Spatial Patterns and Temporal Variability of Drought in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Areas in China by Wanyuan Cai, Yuhu Zhang, Qiuhua Chen, Yunjun Yao

“…The modified Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) was applied to capture the drought patterns and to estimate the drought severity at 33 meteorological stations. …”
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Carbon pricing in agriculture: a systematic literature review by Daniela Tatiane de Souza, Fernando Antônio de Pádua Paim, Lauro Rodrigues Nogueira Júnior, Carlos Cesar Ronquim, Pedro Gilberto Cavalcante Filho

“…There was also positive relationship between nitrogen fertilizer use per capita and carbon price. In 2021, the estimated carbon value for Brazilian agriculture using quantile regression was USD 11.54/tCO2e. …”
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Cloud Update of Geodetic Normal Distribution Map Based on Crowd-Sourcing Detection against Road Environment Changes by Chansoo Kim, Sungjin Cho, Myoungho Sunwoo, Paulo Resende, Benazouz Bradaï, Kichun Jo

“…LiDAR-based localization has been widely used for the pose estimation of autonomous vehicles. Since the localization requires a sustainable map reflecting environment changes, a map update framework based on crowd-sourcing measurements has been researched. …”
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Motor control method using single-sensor phase current reconstruction by Yin Lu, Yuntian Huang, Hao Guo

“…Simultaneously, optimization algorithms like neural networks are employed to learn from historical data to predict and estimate the current values of the three phases. Software tools such as MATLAB and LabVIEW are used for data processing and analysis in the implementation process. …”
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Structure preserved ordinal unsupervised domain adaptation by Qing Tian, Canyu Sun

“…However, the scenario of ordinal regression (OR) is rarely researched in UDA, and the traditional UDA methods cannot preferably handle OR since they do not preserve the order relationships in data labels, like in human age estimation. To address this issue, we proposed a structure-oriented adaptation strategy, namely, structure preserved ordinal unsupervised domain adaptation (SPODA). …”
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The Brécy depocenter as part of a new northern Massif Central Carboniferous–Permian Basin (France) by Beccaletto, Laurent, Bourquin, Sylvie

“…The present-day geometry of the Brécy depocenter is controlled by several eastward dipping normal faults, some of which possibly connected to deep detachments that were active during the late Carboniferous–Permian history. It is estimated that the maximum thickness of the Brécy depocenter is 3900 m. …”
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