A fast registration method for multi-view point clouds with low overlap in robotic measurement by Chuangchuang Li, Xubin Lin, Zhaoyang Liao, Hongmin Wu, Zhihao Xu, Xuefeng Zhou

“…Subsequently, the features are sampled through unanimous voting and fed into the RANSAC (Random Sample Consensus) algorithm for pose estimation, enabling multi-view point cloud registration. …”
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Automated White Matter Hyperintensity Detection in Multiple Sclerosis Using 3D T2 FLAIR by Yi Zhong, David Utriainen, Ying Wang, Yan Kang, E. Mark Haacke

“…The automated algorithm estimates the number, volume, and category of WMH.…”
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Performance of Surgical Stress Index during Sevoflurane-Fentanyl and Isoflurane-Fentanyl Anesthesia by S. Mustola, T. Parkkari, K. Uutela, M. Huiku, M. Kymäläinen, J. Toivonen

“…The performance of recently introduced Surgical Stress Index (SSI), based on heart rate and photoplethysmography, was estimated during sevoflurane-fentanyl and isoflurane-fentanyl anesthesia during surgical procedures. …”
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Multiple action sites of ultrasound on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus by Xinyu Liao, Jiao Li, Yuanjie Suo, Shiguo Chen, Xingqian Ye, Donghong Liu, Tian Ding

“…In this study, the action modes of ultrasound on both Gram-negative and Gram-positive microorganisms were estimated. From colony results, ultrasound acted as an irreversible effect on both Eshcerichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus without sublethal injury. …”
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Molecular Analysis of the Bacterial Communities in Crude Oil Samples from Two Brazilian Offshore Petroleum Platforms by Elisa Korenblum, Diogo Bastos Souza, Monica Penna, Lucy Seldin

“…The sequences were further analyzed by MOTHUR, yielding 81 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) grouped at 97% stringency. Richness estimators also calculated by MOTHUR indicated that oil samples with high-water content were the most diverse. …”
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Evaluation of Geomembrane Effect Based on Mobilized Shear Stress due to Localized Sinking by Weihua Lu, Yongxing Zhang, Weizheng Liu, Cheng Liu, Haibo Wang

“…In routine design work, the geomembrane effect must be well estimated and the tensile strain should be precisely predicted. …”
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Nasal Adenocarcinoma in a Horse with Metastasis to Lung, Liver, and Bone and Review of Metastasis in Nine Horses with Sinonasal Tumors by Ashley Hanna, Susanne M. Stieger-Vanegas, Jerry R. Heidel, Melissa Esser, John Schlipf, Jacob Mecham

“…Additionally, the prevalence of sinonasal neoplasia and their incidence of distant metastasis among horses that presented to the Oregon State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (OSU-VTH) were estimated. Of 5,558 equine patients who presented to the OSU-VTH in the last nine years, 1.4% were diagnosed with sinonasal disease and 10.3% of these cases had sinonasal neoplasia with only one having confirmed distant metastasis. …”
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Genetic ancestry concordant RNA splicing in prostate cancer involves oncogenic genes and associates with recurrence by Muthana Al Abo, Wen-Chi Foo, Lauren E. Howard, Shannon McGue, Bonnie Lacroix, Julie Kephart, Angela Clayton, Blair Thornburg, Monika Anand, Michael B. Rothberg, Shannon J. McCall, Jiaoti Huang, Thomas A. Esther, Judd W. Moul, Michael N. Ferrandino, Thomas J. Polascik, Cary N. Robertson, Brant A. Inman, Andrew J. Armstrong, Yuan Wu, Terry Hyslop, Daniel J. George, Steven R. Patierno, Jennifer A. Freedman

“…Herein, we conducted transcriptomic analysis of prostate tumors and paired tumor-adjacent normals from self-reported Black and White PCa patients and estimated patient genetic ancestry. Clinical follow-up revealed increased biochemical recurrence (BCR) among Black patients compared to White patients with high-grade PCa. …”
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Revisiting the Flaring Activity in Early 2015 of BL Lacertae Object S5 0716+714 by Zhihao Ouyang, Hubing Xiao, Marina Manganaro, Shangchun Xie, Jingyu Wu, Jianzhen Chen, Rui Xue, Gege Wang, Shaohua Zhang, Junhui Fan

“…The size of the γ -ray emission region was estimated based on the variability timescale. To explore the multiwavelength properties of S5 0716+714, we employed three one-zone models: the synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) model, the SSC plus external Compton (EC) model, and the SSC plus pp interactions model, to reproduce the SEDs. …”
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Klebsiella pneumoniae Biofilms and Their Role in Disease Pathogenesis by Maria Eduarda Souza Guerra, Giulia Destro, Brenda Vieira, Alice S. Lima, Lucio Fabio Caldas Ferraz, Anders P. Hakansson, Michelle Darrieux, Thiago Rojas Converso

“…The ability to form biofilms is a crucial virulence trait for several microorganisms, including Klebsiella pneumoniae – a Gram-negative encapsulated bacterium often associated with nosocomial infections. It is estimated that 65-80% of bacterial infections are biofilm related. …”
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Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Mortality in Diabetics and Nondiabetic Subjects: A Population-Based Study (Italy) by Paola Ballotari, Sofia Chiatamone Ranieri, Ferdinando Luberto, Stefania Caroli, Marina Greci, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Valeria Manicardi

“…The age-adjusted death rates were estimated as well as the incidence rate ratios using Poisson regression model. …”
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Detecting Unauthorized Movement of Radioactive Material Packages in Transport with an Adam-Optimized BP Neural Network Model by Panpan Jiang, Xiaohua Yang, Yaping Wan, Tiejun Zeng, Mingxing Nie, Chaofeng Wang, Yu Mao, Zhenghai Liu

“…The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) estimates that approximately 20 million shipments of radioactive materials occur annually. …”
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Sparse Aperture Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging for Maneuvering Targets With Migration Through Resolution Cells Correction by Jiaxing Yang, Yong Wang

“…The translational parameters are estimated by optimizing the image entropy of the range–Doppler based ISAR image. …”
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Lactobacillus acidophilus Endocarditis Complicated by Pauci-Immune Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis by Vivian O. Chukwurah, Comfort Takang, Chinelo Uche, David B. Thomas, Waguih El Masry, Hakan R. Toka

“…Renal manifestations have an estimated prevalence of ∼20%. Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) is a nephrological emergency manifested by autoimmune-mediated progressive loss of renal function over a relatively short period of time. …”
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High Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Infection among Brazilian Pregnant Women with and without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 by Emilia Moreira Jalil, Geraldo Duarte, Patrícia El Beitune, Renata Toscano Simões, Patrícia Pereira dos Santos Melli, Silvana Maria Quintana

“…Objective. To estimate HPV prevalence among pregnant women from Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, and the possible influence of HIV-1 infection on this prevalence. …”
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Oxygen‐Doped 2D In2Se3 Nanosheets with Extended In‐Plane Lattice Strain for Highly Efficient Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting by Ji Yeon Kim, Woohyun Hwang, Seo Yeon Han, Ye Seul Jung, Fengyi Pang, Wenhu Shen, Cheolmin Park, Sang‐Woo Kim, Aloysius Soon, Yong Soo Cho

“…As a result, the optimal harvester with a 0.9% in situ strain and 10 min plasma exposure achieves the highest piezoelectric energy harvesting values of ≈13.5 nA and ≈420 µW cm−2 under bending operation, outperforming all previously reported 2D materials. Theoretical estimation of the structural changes and polarization with gradual oxygen substitution supports the observed dependence of the electromechanical performance.…”
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Measurement Report: Changes in ammonia emissions since the 18th century in south-eastern Europe inferred from an Elbrus (Caucasus, Russia) ice-core record by M. Legrand, M. Legrand, M. Vorobyev, D. Bokuchava, S. Kutuzov, S. Kutuzov, A. Plach, A. Stohl, A. Khairedinova, V. Mikhalenko, M. Vinogradova, S. Eckhardt, S. Preunkert

“…Emission inventories indicate that NH<span class="inline-formula">₃</span> was predominantly emitted by agriculture over the 19th and 20th centuries but, up to now, these estimates have not been compared to long-term observations. …”
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Diagnosis of Columnar Metaplasia of the Esophageal Mucosa in Patients with Complicated Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by E. D. Fedorov, A. V. Shidii-Zakrua, L. M. Mikhaleva, K. S. Maslenkina, A. A. Lindenberg, D. E. Seleznev, V. O. Kaybysheva, T. A. Partenadze

“…Then to reveal the signs of dysplasia we used specifying endoscopic methods: the structure of pitted and microvascular pattern was estimated in narrow spectral mode using BING classification system. …”
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Modeling Seed Longevity and Percentile Prediction: A Sigmoidal Function Approach in Soybean, Maize, and Tomato by Felipe Souza Carvalho, Brunna Rithielly Rezende, Amanda Rithieli Pereira dos Santos, Maria Márcia Pereira Sartori

“…The Logistic model proved to be superior, with an accuracy of 83% in estimating the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>85</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>25</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> percentiles, while the Boltzmann model achieved an accuracy of 54%. …”
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Comparative analysis of clinical efficacy of unilateral biportal endoscopic and open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in the treatment of lumbar degenerative by Tao Ma, Xiaoshuang Tu, Junyang Li, Yongcun Geng, Yongcun Geng, Jingwei Wu, Senlin Chen, Dengming Yan, Dengming Yan, Ming Jiang, Ming Jiang, Gongming Gao, Luming Nong

“…Perioperative indicators such as estimated blood loss, operation time, postoperative hospital stay, and complications were observed in both groups. …”
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