Photocatalytic Enhancement for Solar Disinfection of Water: A Review by J. Anthony Byrne, Pilar A. Fernandez-Ibañez, Patrick S. M. Dunlop, Dheaya M. A. Alrousan, Jeremy W. J. Hamilton

“…It is estimated that 884 million people lack access to improved water supplies. …”
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Using Multivariate Geostatistics to Assess Patterns of Spatial Dependence of Apparent Soil Electrical Conductivity and Selected Soil Properties by Glécio Machado Siqueira, Jorge Dafonte Dafonte, Montserrat Valcárcel Armesto, Ênio Farias França e Silva

“…Ordinary and universal cokriging methods have improved the estimation of gravimetric soil water content using the data of ECa as secondary variable with respect to the use of ordinary kriging.…”
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GERD—Barrett—Adenocarcinoma: Do We Have Suitable Prognostic and Predictive Molecular Markers? by Romana Illig, Eckhard Klieser, Tobias Kiesslich, Daniel Neureiter

“…The GERD-Barrett-Adenocarcinoma sequence currently lacks well-defined diagnostic, progressive, predictive, and prognostic biomarkers (i) providing an appropriate screening method identifying the presence of the disease, (ii) estimating the risk of evolving cancer, that is, the progression from Barrett’s esophagus (BE) to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), (iii) predicting the response to therapy, and (iv) indicating an overall survival—prognosis for EAC patients. …”
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Nonsyndromic Bilateral Multiple Impacted Supernumerary Mandibular Third Molars: A Rare and Unusual Case Report by G. Siva Prasad Reddy, G. V. Reddy, I. Venkata Krishna, Shravan Kumar Regonda

“…A prevalence of less than 2% of cases occurring in this region has been estimated. Their occurrence presents a clinical problem for orthodontists and oral surgeons. …”
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Robust survival model for the prediction of Li-ion battery lifetime reliability and risk functions by Rasheed Ibraheem, Timothy I. Cannings, Torben Sell, Gonçalo dos Reis

“…Single-value prediction such as the End of Life and Remaining Useful Life is a common method of estimating the lifetime of Li-ion batteries. Information from such prediction is limited when the entire degradation pattern is needed for practical applications such as dynamic adjustment of battery warranty, improved maintenance scheduling, and battery stock management. …”
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Hydrogen Cyanide in Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) from 3.4 mm Wave Spectra by Juncen Li, Jianchun Shi, Yuehua Ma, Jixian Sun

“…The mean production rate of HCN is (8.30 ± 1.14) × 10 ^25 molec. ​s ^−1 in mid January and (3.91 ± 0.84) × 10 ^25 molec. ​​​s ^−1 in early February. we also estimated the upper limit of the production rate of HCO+. …”
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Effects of Polysaccharide Elicitors on Secondary Metabolite Production and Antioxidant Response in Hypericum perforatum L. Shoot Cultures by Sonja Gadzovska Simic, Oliver Tusevski, Stéphane Maury, Alain Delaunay, Claude Joseph, Daniel Hagège

“…The activities of phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) and chalcone-flavanone isomerase (CHFI) were monitored to estimate channeling in phenylpropanoid/flavonoid pathways of elicited shoot cultures. …”
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Transparent Graphene-Based RIS for 6G Communications in the THz Spectrum by I. Marasco, C. Cantore, G. V. Bianco, G. Bruno, A. D'Orazio, G. Magno

“…This aspect is crucial in the design of the RIS and cannot be overlooked, differently from other papers reported in the literature which analyze the RIS as an “ideal” structure evaluating only an analytical estimation of the array factor and neglecting the interaction among the unit cells. …”
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Enhanced CH4 emissions from global wildfires likely due to undetected small fires by Junri Zhao, Philippe Ciais, Frederic Chevallier, Josep G. Canadell, Ivar R. van der Velde, Emilio Chuvieco, Yang Chen, Qiang Zhang, Kebin He, Bo Zheng

“…Here we show that global fire CH4 emissions averaged 24.0 (17.7–30.4) Tg yr−1 from 2003 to 2020, approximately 27% higher (equivalent to 5.1 Tg yr−1) than average estimates from four widely used fire emission models. …”
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Modelling and Simulation of Distributed UAV Swarm Cooperative Planning and Perception by Haifeng Ling, Hongchuan Luo, Haisong Chen, Linyuan Bai, Tao Zhu, Yanjun Wang

“…To address the mentioned issues, this paper models the problem and proposes a simulation platform for distributed swarm cooperative perception, which addresses software engineering concerns and provides a set of extendable functionalities of a cooperative swarm, including communication, estimation, perception fusion, and path planning. The applicability of the proposed platform is verified by simulations with the real-world application. …”
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Modeling the Effects of Land-Cover Change on Rainfall-Runoff Relationships in a Semiarid, Eastern Mediterranean Watershed by Noa Ohana-Levi, Arnon Karnieli, Roey Egozi, Amir Givati, Aviva Peeters

“…The objective was to estimate the effects of 20 years of LCCs on rainfall-runoff relations in an extreme rainfall event. …”
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Enhanced DET-Based Fault Signature Analysis for Reliable Diagnosis of Single and Multiple-Combined Bearing Defects by In-Kyu Jeong, Myeongsu Kang, Jaeyoung Kim, Jong-Myon Kim, Jeong-Min Ha, Byeong-Keun Choi

“…In this paper, the proposed EDET specifically addresses shortcomings in the conventional distance evaluation technique (DET) by accurately estimating the sensitivity of each fault signature for each class. …”
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Characterization of single reed mouthpiece interaction in quasi-static regime by Gazengel Bruno, Dalmont Jean-Pierre, Gaillard Amélie, Brasseur Emmanuel, Taillard Pierre-André

“…Measurement leads to the estimation of the nonlinear characteristics, establishing the relation between pressure drop across the reed channel and the jet cross-section. …”
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Design Optimization of HANARO Irradiation Capsule for Long-Term Irradiation Testing by Kee Nam Choo, Man Soon Cho, Seong Woo Yang, Byung Hyuk Jun, Myong Seop Kim

“…The fracture surfaces were examined using microscopes and the maximal applied stresses were estimated. The combination of these stresses was proved to be sufficient to cause a fatigue failure of the rod tip of the capsule. …”
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Design Study for a Quasisynchronous CDMA Sensor Data Collection System: An LEO Satellite Uplink Access Technique Based on GPS by Yijun Chen, Sheng Ding, Zhouchen Xie, Zhuangping Qi, Xuwen Liang

“…A novel analysis method for the accuracy of clock synchronization and a novel method for the estimation of Doppler shift and propagation delay are presented. …”
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First true blood pressure measurement with micropulse detection of arterial opening achieved by Alan Murray, Dingchang Zheng, Clive J. Griffiths, Chengyu Liu, David J. Graham, Jeff Neasham, Adrian J. Cossor

“…Our solution avoids estimates, mathematical modelling, oscillometric algorithms, and inadequate calibration against numerous private clinical data sets. …”
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Development Evaluation and Optimization of Deep Shale Gas Reservoir with Horizontal Wells Based on Production Data by Wuguang Li, Hong Yue, Yongpeng Sun, Yu Guo, Tianpeng Wu, Nanqiao Zhang, Yue Chen

“…The main technical problems and key factors that restrict the gas well performance and estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) were clarified. Through the integrated study of geology and engineering, the optimization strategies for increasing gas production and EUR are provided. …”
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Burden of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the Middle East and North Africa Region, 1990–2021 by Saeid Safiri, Fikrettin Şahin, Reza Aletaha, Mark J. M. Sullman, Reza Shekarriz-Foumani, Ali-Asghar Kolahi

“…Results In 2021, the MENA region had an estimated 4.7 million prevalent cases of BPH, with an age-standardised prevalence rate of 2168.6 per 100,000. …”
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CURRENT POSSIBILITIES OF MAGNETIC – RESONANCE IMAGING IN DETECTION OF OVARIAN CANCER by N. A. Rubtsova, E. G. Novikova, I. Yu. Sychenkova

“…The opportunities of MRI show a lot of information necessary for the characterization of detected ovarian formations, estimates of the prevalence of primary ovarian cancer and its recurrence. …”
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Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Levels Are Correlated with the Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy by Yuan Lin, Ye-cheng Xiao, Hong Zhu, Qing-yan Xu, Lei Qi, Yu-bin Wang, Xiu-juan Li, Ma-li Zheng, Rui-sheng Zhong, Yi Zhang, Xiang-dong Xu, Bo-le Wu, Zhu-mei Xu, Xiang-hong Lu

“…Fasting blood glucose, serum total cholesterol, serum triglycerides, serum insulin, and serum FGF21 levels were estimated. FGF21 concentrations in the patients were significantly higher than those in control. …”
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