Evaluating the Agreement of Risk Categorization for Fetal Down Syndrome Screening between Ultrasound-Based Gestational Age and Menstrual-Based Gestational Age by Maternal Serum Mar... by Pakorn Chaksuwat, Supatra Sirichotiyakul, Suchaya Luewan, Theera Tongsong

“…However, in places where ultrasonography is not readily available, gestational age estimation by menstrual age along with clinical examination that corresponds to the gestational age can be reliable.…”
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Effects of Green Mussel Shells (<i>Perna viridis</i>) and Chitosan Extracted from Milkfish (<i>Chanos chanos</i>) Scales on the Compressive Strength of Mortar and Concrete by Bernardo Lejano, Kenneth Jae Elevado, Lorenzo Martin Chua, Simon Rohi Cuartero, Vince Philip Fabian, Alyanna Ysabel Rase

“…It is estimated that in the construction industry, cement production contributes to 7% of global CO₂ emissions. …”
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Development of Macroscopic Cell-Based Logistic Lane Change Prediction Model by Christina Ng, Susilawati Susilawati, Md Abdus Samad Kamal, Irene Mei Leng Chew

“…This paper aims at developing a macroscopic cell-based lane change prediction model in a complex urban environment and integrating it into cell transmission model (CTM) to improve the accuracy of macroscopic traffic state estimation. To achieve these objectives, first, based on the observed traffic data, the binary logistic lane change model is developed to formulate the lane change occurrence. …”
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3GPP-Compliant Datasets for xG Location-Aware Networks by Andrea Conti, Gianluca Torsoli, Carlos A. Gomez-Vega, Alessandro Vaccari, Gianluca Mazzini, Moe Z. Win

“…This paper introduces xG-Loc, the first open dataset for localization algorithms and services fully compliant with 3GPP technical reports and specifications. xG-Loc includes received localization signals, measurements, and analytics for different network and signal configurations in indoor and outdoor scenarios with center frequencies from micro-waves in frequency range 1 (FR1) to millimeter-waves in frequency range 2 (FR2). Position estimates obtained via soft information-based localization and wireless channel quality indicators via blockage intelligence are also provided. …”
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Responsiveness, Minimal Clinically Important Difference, and Validity of the MoCA in Stroke Rehabilitation by Ching-Yi Wu, Shuan-Ju Hung, Keh-chung Lin, Kai-Hua Chen, Poyu Chen, Pei-Kwei Tsay

“…Anchor- and distribution-based methods were used to estimate the MCID. Criterion validity was measured with the Spearman correlation coefficient. …”
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Measurement of Degree of Compaction of Fine-Grained Soil Subgrade Using Light Dynamic Penetrometer by Junhui Zhang, Yongsheng Yao, Jianlong Zheng, Xiangqun Huang, Tian Lan

“…The on-site PR values, water contents, and degrees of compaction of slopes were obtained. The estimated degrees of compaction using the prediction equation were compared with measured values of the degree of compaction in field. …”
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Phylogeography of the woolly mammoth (<i>Mammuthus primigenius</i>) in the Minusinsk Depression of southern Siberia in the Late Pleistocene by S. A. Modina, M. A. Kusliy, D. G. Malikov, A. S. Molodtseva

“…Phylogeographic reconstructions revealed a genetic proximity of mitochondrial lineages of Late Pleistocene mammoths of the Minusinsk Depression and other regions of eastern Siberia and estimated their divergence time in the range of 100–150 thousand years ago, which indicates active migrations of woolly mammoths over vast territories of eastern Siberia in the late Middle Pleistoceneearly Late Pleistocene.…”
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L-Arginine Intake Effect on Adenine Nucleotide Metabolism in Rat Parenchymal and Reproductive Tissues by G. Kocic, J. Nikolic, T. Jevtovic-Stoimenov, D. Sokolovic, H. Kocic, T. Cvetkovic, D. Pavlovic, A. Cencic, D. Stojanovic

“…The aim of the present paper was to estimate the activity of the enzymes of adenine nucleotide metabolism: 5′-nucleotidase (5′-NU), adenosine deaminase (ADA), AMP deaminase, and xanthine oxidase (XO), during dietary intake of L-arginine for a period of four weeks of male Wistar rats. …”
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Iron(III) photoinduced degradation: Catalytic method for 4,4′-diaminostilbene-2,2′-disulfonic acid removal from water by Pascal Wong-Wah-Chung, Gilles Mailhot, Michèle Bolte

“…The half-lives of products 1 and 2 when submitted to such a process under solar irradiation were estimated to be respectively 12 and 11 min in the mixture with 100% of monomeric species [Fe(H2O)5(OH)]2+. …”
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Equiaxed growth of interacting Al–Cu dendrites in thin samples: a phase-field study at copper concentrations relevant for practical applications by Gong, Tong Zhao, Boukellal, Ahmed Kaci, Chen, Yun, Debierre, Jean-Marc

“…The new data obtained at higher copper concentrations lead to a more accurate estimate of $\Lambda $. Physical arguments are developed to specify the meaning of $\Lambda $ and the grounds of the scaling law $\Lambda =\mathrm{cst}$. …”
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Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia Are Common Epidemiological Conditions in Saudi Arabia: Report of the National Epidemiological Survey by Tarek Owaidah, Nouf Al-Numair, Ayman Al-Suliman, Mohammed Zolaly, Rana Hasanato, Faisal Al Zahrani, Mohameed Albalawi, Layla Bashawri, Khawar Siddiqui, Faisal Alalaf, Abdulkareem Almomen, Muhammad Raihan Sajid

“…Iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency worldwide. According to an estimate by the World Health Organization, up to 27% of the world’s population experience iron deficiency anemia (IDA). …”
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EFFECT OF FLANKING SEQUENCES ON THE ACCURACY OF THE RECOGNITION OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BINDING SITES by T. M. Khlebodarova, D. Yu. Oshchepkov, V. G. Levitsky, O. A. Podkolodnaya, E. V. Ignatieva, E. A. Ananko, I. L. Stepanenko, N. A. Kolchanov

“…The optimum lengths of DNA sequences including natural binding sites, at which they are recognized most accurately, were estimated by the weight matrix method. For approximately 80 % of the TFs studied, the optimum binding site length notably exceeded the lengths of the core sequences, as well as the lengths of in vitro selected sites. …”
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A Strength-Based Intervention to Increase Participation in Leisure Activities in Children with Neuropsychiatric Disabilities: A Pilot Study by Anna Ullenhag, Mats Granlund, Lena Almqvist, Lena Krumlinde-Sundholm

“…The participants succeeded in attaining their leisure goals as specified by the GAS by achieving +2 on one goal and +1 on the other two goals. They estimated higher performance ability and self-efficacy in their goal performance. …”
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The Global Burden of Road Injury: Its Relevance to the Emergency Physician by Sharon Chekijian, Melinda Paul, Vanessa P. Kohl, David M. Walker, Anthony J. Tomassoni, David C. Cone, Federico E. Vaca

“…In 1990, road traffic injuries ranked ninth in the ten leading causes of the global burden of disease. By 2030, estimates show that road traffic injuries will be the fifth leading causes of death in the world. …”
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Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Cardiovascular Disease by Caterina Oriana Aragona, Egidio Imbalzano, Federica Mamone, Valentina Cairo, Alberto Lo Gullo, Angela D’Ascola, Maria Adriana Sardo, Michele Scuruchi, Giorgio Basile, Antonino Saitta, Giuseppe Mandraffino

“…EPC count has been suggested for cardiovascular risk estimation in the clinical practice, since it is currently accepted that EPCs can work as proangiogenic support cells, maintaining their importance as regenerative/reparative potential, and also as prognostic markers. …”
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Factor Graph-Based Planning as Inference for Autonomous Vehicle Racing by Salman Bari, Xiagong Wang, Ahmad Schoha Haidari, Dirk Wollherr

“…By leveraging the duality between optimization and inference, a fast solution to the maximum a posteriori estimation of the factor graph is obtained via least-squares optimization. …”
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Antibacterial Activity of Sinularia sp. Against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review by Deka Prismawan, Monika Arvia Chiara, Shannen Ivanka Gunardi, Karmill Trinanda, Robby Sutedjo, Michael Michael

“…This study was conducted based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) statement to measure the effect size of the antibacterial activity from Sinularia sp. against E. coli and S. aureus. Estimated value of the effect size obtained is 2.52 (CI 95% 0.98 to 4.06) and 5.97 (CI 95% 3.18 to 8.77) towards E. coli and S. aureus. …”
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Performance of Coherent Optical MPSK in Underwater Turbulent Channels With Phase Errors by Jiashun Hu, Yuexiang Wu, Sunan Wang, Weiqiang Wu, Zaichen Zhang

“…Specifically, we first derive the average BER expressions for <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$M$</tex-math></inline-formula>-ary phase-shift keying (MPSK) under ideal carrier phase estimation. Then, we derive the exact average BER expressions for binary phase-shift keying and quadrature phase-shift keying, as well as tight approximations for MPSK, considering the influence of phase errors. …”
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Applied aspects of modern non-blind image deconvolution methods by O.B. Chaganova, A.S. Grigoryev, D.P. Nikolaev, I.P. Nikolaev

“…The paper proposes approaches to examine the influence of various effects on the quality of restoration, the robustness of models to errors in blur kernel estimation, and the violation of the commonly assumed uniform blur model. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) in Peruvian adolescents by Joel Figueroa-Quiñones, Miguel Ipanaqué-Zapata, Oriana Rivera-Lozada, Giusepi Zevallos Mayanga, Diana Gonzales Diaz

“…A confirmatory factor analysis was carried out to determine the structure and the structural invariance of the measures according to age was evaluated and the reliability was estimated by means of the Omega reliability coefficient.ResultsThe four--factor structure composed of 20 items was confirmed with optimal goodness-of-fit indices (CFI = 0.992; TLI = 0.991; SRMR = 0.053; RMSEA = 0.039). …”
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