Screening and marker trait association for salinity tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by P. Hima Bindu1*, G. Shiva Prasad2, R.M. Sundaram3, K. Sumalini1 and C.H. Damodar Raju4

“…Microsoft Excel’s regression-based Single Marker Analysis (SMA) was used to estimate this association. Nine of the 16 polymorphic markers RM3412, RM10843, RM562, RM10793, RM 10748, RM8094, RM10694, RM1287 and RM493 showed statistically significant marker-trait relationships, suggesting the presence of important putative genetic loci linked to chromosome 1 with ability to withstand salinity. …”
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When the heart deceives: a case report of hyperthyroidism disguised as STEMI in female pregnant patient by Kevin Wibawa, Lidia Debby Wiyono, Raditya Dewangga, Arief Sumarna, Wizhar Syamsuri, Yandi Ariffudin, Suhendiwijaya Suhendiwijaya, Pangeran Akbar Syah

“…ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is dominating the clinical presentation. It is estimated that 29% of the patients had normal coronary arteries, and hyperthyroidism may be associated with coronary vasospasm. …”
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Sulfur Dioxide and Emergency Department Visits for Stroke and Seizure by Mieczysław Szyszkowicz, Eugeniusz Porada, Neil Tremblay, Eric Grafstein

“…Conditional logistic regression models were applied to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) and their respective 95% confidence intervals (CIs). …”
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Identification of Legionella by MALDI Biotyper through three preparation methods and an in-house library comparing phylogenetic and hierarchical cluster results by Luna Girolamini, Paolo Caiazza, Federica Marino, Maria Rosaria Pascale, Laura Caligaris, Simona Spiteri, Carlo Derelitto, Maria Luisa Simone, Antonella Grottola, Sandra Cristino

“…This technique is still poorly applied in Legionella surveillance with estimation occurring only at the genus level. The aim of this study was to compare three sample preparation methods: direct smear (DS), extended direct smear (EDS), and full extraction (E), using MALDI Biotyper, developing an in-house library. …”
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Laparoscopic and open surgery with D3-lymphadenectomy in patients with left-sided colon cancer: clinical and pathological parallels by P. V. Tsarkov, I. V. Reshetov, I. A. Tulina, A. Yu. Kravchenko, D. N. Fedorov, A. V. Leontyev

“…However, further studies are required to estimate long-term oncological results.…”
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The role of viral interaction in household transmission of symptomatic influenza and respiratory syncytial virus by Jessica C. Ibiebele, Elie-Tino Godonou, Amy P. Callear, Matthew R. Smith, Rachel Truscon, Emileigh Johnson, Marisa C. Eisenberg, Adam S. Lauring, Arnold S. Monto, Sarah Cobey, Emily T. Martin

“…We utilized multivariable mixed effects regression to estimate transmission risk when index cases were coinfected with multiple viruses and when viruses cocirculated within households. …”
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Identifying Key Biomarkers and Immune Infiltration in Female Patients with Ischemic Stroke Based on Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis by Haipeng Xu, Kelin He, Rong Hu, YanZhi Ge, Xinyun Li, Fengjia Ni, Bei Que, Yi Chen, Ruijie Ma

“…Moreover, the “Cell type Identification by Estimating Relative Subsets of RNA Transcripts (CIBERSORT)” was used to examine the distribution pattern of immune subtypes in female patients with IS and normal controls, revealing a new potential target for clinical treatment of the disease.…”
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Alpha-Fetoprotein as a Predictive Marker for Patients with Hepatitis B-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure by Xiaoping Wang, Caifei Shen, Jianjiang Yang, Xianjun Yang, Sen Qin, Haijun Zeng, Xiaoling Wu, Shanhong Tang, Weizheng Zeng

“…AFP concentrations were estimated on admission. To make statistical comparisons, we used chi-squared test, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, survivorship curve analysis, and Cox proportional-hazards model. …”
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Reconstruction of the Time-Dependent Volatility Function Using the Black–Scholes Model by Yuzi Jin, Jian Wang, Sangkwon Kim, Youngjin Heo, Changwoo Yoo, Youngrock Kim, Junseok Kim, Darae Jeong

“…We propose a simple and robust numerical algorithm to estimate a time-dependent volatility function from a set of market observations, using the Black–Scholes (BS) model. …”
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Applying Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) to Fishing Vessels: An Analysis of Occupational Injuries on Korean Trap Boats by Su-Hyung Kim, Seung-Hyun Lee, Kyung-Jin Ryu, Yoo-Won Lee

“…The research followed the five stages of the FSA framework: hazard identification, risk estimation, identification of risk control options, cost-benefit assessment, and recommendations for decision-making. …”
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Analysis of ACAM Data for Trace Gas Retrievals during the 2011 DISCOVER-AQ Campaign by C. Liu, X. Liu, M. G. Kowalewski, S. J. Janz, G. González Abad, K. E. Pickering, K. Chance, L. N. Lamsal

“…From the standard deviations of the fitting residuals, the SNRs of ACAM nadir measurements are estimated to vary from ~300 at 310 nm to ~1000 in the blue spectral region; the zenith data are noisier due to reduced levels of illumination and lower system throughput and also show many more pixels with abrupt anomalous values; therefore, a new method is developed to derive a solar irradiance reference at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) from average nadir measurements, at instrument spectral resolution and including instrument calibration characteristics. …”
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The Eastern Mediterranean Sea mean sea level decadal slowdown: the effects of the water budget by Federica Borile, Nadia Pinardi, Nadia Pinardi, Vladyslav Lyubartsev, Mahmud Hasan Ghani, Antonio Navarra, Antonio Navarra, Jacopo Alessandri, Emanuela Clementi, Giovanni Coppini, Lorenzo Mentaschi, Giorgia Verri, Vladimir Santos da Costa, Enrico Scoccimarro, Francesco Misurale, Antonio Novellino, Paolo Oddo

“…This paper analyses the decadal variability of the Mean Sea Level (MSL) trend for the Mediterranean Sea and three subregions using a combination of satellite altimetry, tide gauges and reanalyses datasets for the past 30 years (1993–2022). These estimates indicate a decadal variability of the MSL across the analysed period, and a trend slowdown in the 2013–2022 decade compared to previous periods. …”
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Mapping the social-ecological suitability of agroforestry in the US Midwest by Sarah E Castle, Daniel C Miller, Chloe B Wardropper

“…Using COMET-Planner, we estimated that expanding agroforestry to the top 5% most suitable land from our analysis (totaling 18.3 million acres) has the potential to store 43 [29–58] Mt of CO _2 e per year over the business-as-usual scenario. …”
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Factors in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Predicting the Needs for Insulin Therapy by Ya Zhang, Jiashen Shao, Feifei Li, Xianming Xu

“…The probability of insulin therapy can be estimated in pregnant women with GDM based on fasting and 2 h glucose values during OGTT and HbA1c value at diagnosis of GDM.…”
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The Extraction and Validation of Low-Frequency Wind-Generated Noise Source Levels in the Chukchi Plateau by Zhicheng Li, Yanming Yang, Hongtao Wen, Hongtao Zhou, Hailin Ruan, Yu Zhang

“…For 200–500 Hz, the wind-generated NSLs are highly consistent with Wilson’s (1983) estimated curve. The 50–300 Hz results closely match those of Chapman and Cornish (1993) from vertical line array (VLA) measurements. …”
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Development of BRS-Pontal beans growing with treated domestic wastewater in protected environment by Raimundo Gomes Filho, Silvaneide Silva, Clayton Carvalho, Gregorio Faccioli, Tatiana Nunes, Simone Feitosa, Leonaria Carvalho

“…Method The experiment was carried out in a protected environment using an experimental design arranged in randomized blocks with a 3 x 4 factorial scheme, in which the bean crop was submitted to different concentrations of 0, 50 and 100% of the treated domestic wastewater and four irrigation levels corresponding to 50%, 75%, 100% and 125% of crop evapotranspiration and four replications. The data to estimate crop evapotranspiration using the FAO 56 Penman-Monteith method were obtained from a meteorological station installed inside the protected environment. …”
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Measuring the Cytochrome c Nitrite Reductase Activity—Practical Considerations on the Enzyme Assays by Célia M. Silveira, Stéphane Besson, Isabel Moura, José J. G. Moura, M. Gabriela Almeida

“…Due to the fast kinetics of ccNiR, electron delivering from reduced electron donors is rate-limiting in all spectrophotometric assays, so the estimated kinetic constants are apparent only. Nevertheless, this limitation could be overcome by using a direct electrochemical approach which shows that the binding affinity for nitrite decreases whilst turnover increases with the reductive driving force.…”
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Degree and Rate of Growth Discordance in Dichorionic Twins Conceived by In Vitro Fertilization by Amira S. Egic, Donka V. Mojovic, Zagorka M. Milovanovic, Aleksandar B. Jurisic, Ljubomir P. Srbinovic, Suzana P. Krsmanovic, Natasa T. Karadzov-Orlic

“…Our objective was to estimate degree and rate of discordant growth and its impact on perinatal outcome in dichorionic twin pregnancies conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) compared to those conceived spontaneously. …”
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Performance Analysis of Homogeneous On-Chip Large-Scale Parallel Computing Architectures for Data-Parallel Applications by Xiaowen Chen, Zhonghai Lu, Axel Jantsch, Shuming Chen, Yang Guo, Shenggang Chen, Hu Chen

“…Finally, three data-parallel applications are performed on our cycle-accurate homogenous OLPC experimental platform to validate the analytic results and demonstrate that our study provides a feasible way to estimate and evaluate the performance of data-parallel applications onto homogenous OLPCs.…”
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Integration of Kinetic Analysis of Reaction Curve with a Proper Classical Approach for Enzymatic Analysis by Xiaolan Yang, Gaobo Long, Hairong Jiang, Pu Liao, Fei Liao

“…To quantify an enzyme after optimizations of initial substrate concentration and reaction duration, the classical initial rate method works when an estimated initial rate locates within the linear range; otherwise, kinetic analysis of reaction curve applies after the conversion of the quantification index with optimized parameters. …”
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