Applying System Dynamics of Discrete Supported Track to Analyze the Rail Corrugation Causation on Curved Urban Railway Tracks by Xianxian Yin, Xiukun Wei, Haichao Zheng

“…The results show that the practical prediction model for the rail corrugation growth proposed in this paper is able to estimate the occurrence possibility of rail corrugation on a specific track, and the superharmonic resonance of the track directly excited by passing vehicles eventually leads to rail corrugation. …”
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Singleton-based species names and fungal rarity: Does the number really matter? by Jonathan Cazabonne, Allison K. Walker, Jonathan Lesven, Danny Haelewaters

“…Abstract Fungi are among the least known organisms on earth, with an estimated number of species between 1.5 and 10 million. …”
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Contribution of Ternary Reaction to Pd Sorption on MX-80 in Na-Ca-Cl Solution at High Ionic Strength by Shinya Nagasaki, Justin Riddoch, Joshua Racette

“…In this study, we first examined the sorption of Pd on MX-80 in Na-Ca-ClO4 solution as a function of pHc (3–9) and ionic strength (0.1 M–4 M) and confirmed that the experimentally derived Kd values could be fitted by a 2-site protolysis nonelectrostatic surface complexation and cation exchange (2SPNE SC/CE) model using three binary surface complexation constants previously estimated. Then, we investigated the sorption of Pd on MX-80 in Na-Ca-Cl-ClO4 solution as a function of pHc (3–9) and Cl-/ClO4- molar concentration ratio (0–∞) at the ionic strength = 4 M. …”
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Posttraumatic stress disorder and associated factors in the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Prayash Paudel, Asutosh Sah, Anil Khanal

“…We aimed to estimate the pooled incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal based on available literature and highlight the psychological effects of natural disasters that can hamper the recovery process in the aftermath of disaster. …”
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Prediction of Blood Donations Using Data Mining Based on the Decision Tree Algorithms KNN, SVM, and MLP by Arash Fahmihassan, Mohammadreza Moghari, Omidmahdi Ebadati

“…In this paper, we try to use data mining and machine learning techniques in decision making levels at mentioned field, to use this mechanism for prediction that how much blood will be donate to blood transfusion centers and blood banks in different period time, to estimate and supply the required blood volume of blood banks in different areas. …”
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A mathematical model for the spread of west nile virus in migratory and resident birds by Louis D. Bergsman, James M. Hyman, Carrie A. Manore

“…Increased research on the these factors would allow for better estimates of these important model parameters, which would improve the quality of future WNV forecasts.…”
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Improving Energy Adaptivity of Constructive Interference-Based Flooding for WSN-AF by Dapeng Cheng, Yanyan Mao, Yin Wang, Xiangrong Wang

“…EACIF proposes a distributed active nodes selection algorithm (ANSA) to reduce redundant transmissions, thereby significantly reducing energy consumption and flooding latency. We estimate the performance of EACIF both with real data traces and with uniformly distributed topology. …”
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Regularized Multiframe Super-Resolution Image Reconstruction Using Linear and Nonlinear Filters by Mahmoud M. Khattab, Akram M. Zeki, Ali A. Alwan, Belgacem Bouallegue, Safaa S. Matter, Abdelmoty M. Ahmed

“…As a result, we propose new approaches that firstly rely on estimating the initial high-resolution image through preprocessing of the reference low-resolution image based on median, mean, Lucy-Richardson, and Wiener filters. …”
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Assessing the Causes of Time Overrun in Building and Road Construction Projects: The Case of Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia by Adamu Beyene Negesa

“…The top four most influential factors identified were reluctance of consultants, inaccurate estimation of contract duration, delay in approvals and late decision making, and slow mobilization of labor whereas inadequacy of allocated funds, low motivation, and absence of incentives to contractors were the three least significant causes identified. …”
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Ship-Borne Phased Array Radar Using GA Based Adaptive α-β-γ Filter for Beamforming Compensation and Air Target Tracking by J. Mar, Chen-Chih Liu, M. B. Basnet

“…The genetic algorithm (GA) and the particle swarm optimization (PSO) methods are applied to estimate the gain parameters of adaptive α-β-γ filters, while achieving the optimum objective of minimum root mean square error (RMSE). …”
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An Examination of Psychometric Properties of Positive Functional Attitudes Scale by Saide Umut ZEYBEK, Ayse Rezan CECEN EROGUL

“…The CFA results showed that standardized item estimates of the CAS ranged between 0.45 and 0.47. …”
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Unsupervised data imputation with multiple importance sampling variational autoencoders by Shenfen Kuang, Yewen Huang, Jie Song

“…In the imputation step, missing data is estimated using conditional expectation through multiple importance resampling. …”
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An Analysis of the Determinants of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Scores at the Firm level on Borsa İstanbul Companies by Sinan Aytekin, Nida Abdioğlu

“…This study employs fixed-effect panel data analysis utilizing the Driscoll and Kraay (1998) estimators. According to the results of the analyses, it is found that the variables LEV, ROCE, YS, and SIZE have positive impacts on ESG scores. …”
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Is the Iron Silk Road Really So Important? Rail Freight Use on China’s “Silk Road Economic Belt” by P. Bucsky, T. Kenderdine

“…This article provides numerous data sources and estimates on China–Europe rail freight traffic and demonstrates that the actual transported quantity of goods is probably lower than anticipated or reported. …”
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NATURAL RESOURCE ENDOWMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM SOME SELECTED SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES by Felix Gbenga Olaifa, Ebenezar Adesoji Olubiyi, Oluwasegun Olawale Benjamin Benjamin, Philip Olugbenga Adebayo Adebayo

“…Using the Pedroni Panel cointegration estimation, result showed that overall, natural resource endowment does not translate to growth as is expected. …”
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Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding Cardiac Catheterization at General Hospital in Rania City by Bayan O. Sharif, Shara H. Salih, Niga A. Sailh, Bahar I. Salim

“…Coronary angiography is that invasive procedure which assumed as the golden standard for the diagnosis, estimation, and curing of heart diseases. There is a shortage of research of undergraduate students. …”
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The Effects of Catheter Ablation Therapy on Medication Use and Expenditures in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation by Matthew R. Reynolds, Guy David, Candace Gunnarsson, Jamie L. March, Steven C. Hao

“…**Objective:** The objective of this study was to estimate the impact of catheter ablation on antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) utilization and total drug expenditures among AF patients. …”
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Development of a Numeracy Assessment Instrument for Vocational High School (VHS) Students by Jumini Jumini, Kana Hidayati

“…Based  on  Total Information Function (TIF) and Standard Error of Measurement (SEM), the instrument is reliable in estimating the numeracy skills of the students with the ability ranging from -3.2 to 3.3 logit or covering the ability categories of low, medium, and high. …”
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The role of force and torque in friction stir welding: A detailed review by Mostafa Akbari, Milad Esfandiar, Amin Abdollahzadeh

“…This review explores methodologies for estimating these parameters—analytical, numerical, and experimental—and discusses measurement techniques, including direct and indirect methods. …”
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The contribution of hydroisostasy to modern changes in sea level and vertical displacements of the solid surface of the Earth in the Far Eastern seas by Bulgakov, Rustam F.

“…This study provides the estimated contribution of residual displacements associated with the consequences of the last global glaciation to the modern rise in sea level and vertical displacements of the solid surface of the Earth in the Far Eastern seas, which was obtained by numerical modeling. …”
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