Impact of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions on gender-specific school attendance and learning outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. by Dinaol Bedada Dibaba, Bezatu Mengistie Alemu, Sisay Abebe Debela

“…Based on the observed results, diversity will be checked among the outcomes of the study and based on that random-effect model will be used to estimate the pooled effect size. I will, therefore, make use of the Egger and Begg tests for checking statistical asymmetry. …”
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Association of anti-phospholipid antibodies and hepatitis B virus infection in Najaf Governorate by Ameer Mohammed Kadhim, Hawraa Ameer Mubark, Dhefaf Hameed Al-Mudhafar, Zainab Hayder Abdulmajeed

“…No previous study was done in Iraq regarding the relationship between these two. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of APLA in HBV-infected individuals in Najaf. …”
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Diclofenac Potassium in Acute Postoperative Pain and Dysmenorrhoea: Results from Comprehensive Clinical Trial Reports by R. Andrew Moore, Sheena Derry

“…CSRs provide useful information and increase confidence. Stable efficacy estimates with standard study designs reduce the need for updating reviews.…”
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Development of a PM2.5 Forecasting System Integrating Low-cost Sensors for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Nguyen Ky Phung, Nguyen Quang Long, Nguyen Van Tin, Dang Thi Thanh Le

“…The strong correlation (R2 = 0.8) between the measured and predicted concentrations indicates that the estimates delivered by the proposed forecasting system are consistent with the values obtained via monitoring.…”
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An Artificial Intelligence Mechanism for the Prediction of Signal Strength in Drones to IoT Devices in Smart Cities by Mohamad Reda A. Refaai, Vinjamuri S. N. C. H. Dattu, H. S. Niranjana Murthy, P. Pramod Kumar, B. Kannadasan, Abdi Diriba

“…The signal strength estimations are also utilized to forecast the drone’s flight patterns. …”
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ASD: Interaction and socialisation through an adapted social network by Filipe Costa Pereira, Maisa Folgueral, Cibelle Amato, Valéria Farinazzo Martins

“… Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a significant increase in the incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the population over the years. Estimates indicate that approximately 1% of children worldwide are diagnosed with autism, while in the United States, this ratio is 1 in every 36 children. …”
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An Analytical Solution for Non-Darcian Flow on a Constant Head Packer Test in the Interlayer Staggered Zone by Qi Shen, Zhifang Zhou, Meng Chen, Sijia Li, Zhe Wang, Yabing Li

“…The findings of this study reveal the non-Darcian flow during the constant head packer test and provide a simple and fast way to estimate parameters for more accurate seepage field simulation.…”
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Examination of Structures Built with Tunnel Formwork in Terms of Strength and Cost according to the Earthquake Regulations of 2007 and 2018 by Yilmaz Dilek, Abdulhalim Karasin

“…In addition to these results, an empirical formula that estimates m2 prices depending on the number of floors was obtained.…”
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The Comparative Mental Health Responses Between Post-Musculoskeletal Injury and Post-Concussive Injury Among Collegiate Athletes: A Systematic Review by Joseph Sabol, Cecelia Kane, Mark P Wilhelm, Jennifer C Reneker, Megan Burrowbridge Donaldson

“…# Background The average annual national estimate of injuries sustained by collegiate athletes is 210,674, which encompasses both those of a musculoskeletal and a concussive nature. …”
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Aging of Cross-Linked Polyethylene Insulation Cable Lines by I. V. Oleksyuk

“…When designing and operating cable lines, it is necessary to estimate the duration of the actual service life under various operating conditions. …”
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Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection Using Remote Geospatial Techniques: A Case Study of an Urban City in Southwestern, Nigeria by Adenike Olayungbo

“…In Nigeria, there is an estimated increase of 8.75 million ha of cropland and decrease of about 1.71 million ha of forest cover between 1995 to 2020, indicating that Nigeria has been undergoing a wide range of land use and land cover changes. …”
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Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland: A rare case report by Manisha Kamlesh Galani, Kamlesh Jamnadas Galani, Swati Nileshkumar Lakhani

“…Tuberculosis (TB) of the thyroid gland is exceedingly rare, even in regions like India, where tuberculosis is prevalent, with an estimated incidence of 0.1–0.4%. While tuberculosis can affect various organs, its involvement in the thyroid, pancreas, striated, and cardiac muscle is uncommon. …”
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Growth, Yield, and Sugar Content of Different Varieties of Sweet Corn and Harvest Time by St. Subaedah, Edy Edy, Kiky Mariana

“…Variables measured consisted of plant height, cob length, cob weight, estimation of cob weight per hectare, and sugar content. …”
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Simple assay quantifying sediment resuspension effects on marine carbon storage by Ines Bartl, Tegan Evans, Jenny Hillman, Simon Thrush

“…It is based on biochemical oxygen demand and compares sediment oxygen demand between undisturbed sediment cores and those subjected to resuspension, estimating resuspension‐induced CO₂ production. Oxygen demand in the resuspension treatment was 2.4–13.4 times higher than in the undisturbed cores, resulting in resuspension‐induced CO₂ production of 210–2064 μmol CO₂ m−2 h−1. …”
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Towards an unbiased jet energy loss measurement by Liliana Apolinário, Lénea Luís, José Guilherme Milhano, João M. Silva

“…The quantile matching procedure introduced by Brewer et al. directly estimates average fractional jet energy loss (Q AA ) and can thus mitigate this p T migration effect. …”
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Harmful Consequences of Proton Pump Inhibitors on Male Fertility: An Evidence from Subchronic Toxicity Study of Esomeprazole and Lansoprazole in Wistar Rats by Namra Mumtaz, Muhammad Furqan Akhtar, Ammara Saleem, Amjad Riaz

“…The level of hormones such as testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH) and oxidative status of testis tissue, such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, reduced glutathione, malondialdehyde (MDA), and nitric oxide (NO) were estimated. Results demonstrated a significant decline in sperm count, motility, morphology, testosterone, and catalase at 10 mg/kg/day and GSH at 2.5 mg/kg/day. …”
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Stated-preference research in HIV: A scoping review. by John M Humphrey, Violet Naanyu, Katherine R MacDonald, Kara Wools-Kaloustian, Gregory D Zimet

“…Discrete choice experiments (DCE), conjoint analysis (CA), and best-worst scaling (BWS) are quantitative techniques for estimating consumer preferences for products or services. …”
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Distributed Compressed Hyperspectral Sensing Imaging Incorporated Spectral Unmixing and Learning by Hua Xiao, Zhongliang Wang, Xueying Cui, Liping Wang, Hongsheng Yang, Yingbiao Jia

“…Then, the joint horizontal and vertical difference operators are proposed to enhance the estimation of the initial values of abundance. Finally, the CS band endmembers and residuals are updated in the reconstruction module to deal with the endmember and abundance mismatch. …”
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Effect of a high-fat diet and iron overload on erythropoiesis in mice by Joe Varghese, Jithu James Varghese, Molly Jacob

“…Hematological parameters were estimated in peripheral blood. Results: HFD-feeding of WT mice did not significantly affect erythroid precursors in the BM or hematological parameters. …”
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Measuring transducers for optical diagnostic system with multifunctional unitary photovoltaic converters by R. I. Vorobei, O. K. Gusev, A. I. Svistun, A. K. Tyavlovsky, K. L. Tyavlovsky, L. I. Shadurskaya

“…Modern measuring transducers for optical diagnostic system should perform automatic parameter estimation of optical signal and automatic switching between different energetic and optical sensitivity ranges. …”
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