Cross-Sectional Survey to Assess Dental Students’ Perception of the Utilization of a Case Difficulty Assessment Form during Various Stages of Root Canal Therapy by Lubna E. Hamadah, Maha M. Algofaily, Ali T. Alaqla, Naif A. Alrubaiq, Ghaida A. Aljammaz

“…Several endodontic difficulty assessment forms are available to help dental students and general dentists estimate the difficulty of the case before initiating the endodontic treatment. …”
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A Meta-Analysis of Studies Evaluating Visual and Anatomical Outcomes in Patients with Treatment Resistant Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration following Switching to Treatm... by Sophie Seguin-Greenstein, Sue Lightman, Oren Tomkins-Netzer

“…Weighted mean difference (WMD) and 95% CI were estimated using the standardized mean change method. …”
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Translation, psychometric evaluation, and network analysis of the parental acceptance and action questionnaire (PAAQ) among Arab parents of children with and without specific learn... by Norah Alkhateeb

“…Cronbach's alpha was used to estimate internal consistency. Finally, the centrality measures are derived from network theory (betweenness, closeness, and strength). …”
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Identifying and prioritizing the factors affecting the increase of earthquake risk in worn-out urban areas with a combined approach of fuzzy Delphi technique and BMW model by Ehsan Arkani, Hossein Hatami Nejad, Soheil Qare

“…The statistical population of the study consisted of experts and specialists in the field of urban planning, and the sample size was estimated at 30 people. In order to achieve the goals considered in this study, fuzzy Delphi technique and BMW model were used. …”
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Association between Vitamin D Status and Mortality among Adults with Diabetic Kidney Disease by Feng Xu, Hongyu Lu, Tianwen Lai, Ling Lin, Yongsong Chen

“…Cox and competing-risks regression were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs for associations between 25(OH)D concentrations and survival. …”
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THE MODERN PRACTICES OF CORPORATE SOCIAL POLICY IN RUSSIAN COMPANIES by I. V. Dolgorukova

“…During research the priority directions of development of corporate social policy at the modern Russian enterprises were analysed, the comparative analysis of estimates of employees and heads of the enterprises was carried out. …”
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3 years survival of patients with multiple myeloma. by Julio Dámaso Fernández Águila, Alexander García Blay, Luis Alberto Corona Martínez, Maritza Cabrera Zamora, Leovaldo Prieto Jiménez., Tamara Guerra Alfonso

“…The socio-demographic characteristics were studied, as well as the clinic-humoral state, type of treatment and response to it, the over life curves were calculated by the estimates of Kaplan-Meier. A uni-varied analysis was made for which the patients were stratified in groups, that were compared through the long-rank method. …”
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Influence of amplitude and phase imbalance of quadratures on the noise immunity of coherent reception of signals with quadrature amplitude modulation by G. V. Kulikov, A. A. Lelyukh

“…Using the methods of statistical radio engineering the parameters of the distributions of processes in the receiver are obtained, and the probability of a bit error is estimated. The dependences of the bit error probability on the amplitude unbalance factor, on the phase error of quadrature formation and on signal-to-noise ratio are obtained. …”
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Kinetic Modelling of Betalain Stability and Color Changes in Yogurt During Storage by Onur Guneser

“…Assessment of the storage stability of betalains added to food during processing is crucial to estimate the shelf-life of colored food products and the potency of natural food colorants. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Automated Vehicles on the Safety and Operation of Low-Speed Urban Networks by Amir Hossein Karbasi, Nan Zheng, Steve O’Hern

“…To assess traffic performance, the macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) relationships were estimated, specifically focusing on speed-density correlations. …”
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Frequency and prescription patterns of laboratory investigations in evaluating physical morbidity among psychiatric inpatients – A cross-sectional study by Gargi Pushpalal, Sivaprakash Balasundaram, Karthick Subramanian, Mohamed Hanifah

“…The most frequent blood biochemistry test, hematological test, and imaging were the estimation of glycemic indices, complete blood count, and ultrasound abdomen, respectively. …”
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Carboxypeptidase B1 in dialyzed chronic kidney disease patients by Matej Stančík, Marián Grendár, Marián Mokáň

“…Linear mixed model regression revealed that dialysis regimen that represents number of dialyses per one week-long cycle is a significant predictor of Carboxypeptidase B1 concentration. Exploration of the estimated marginal means of Carboxypeptidase B1 revealed that the Carboxypeptidase B1 concentration was significantly higher among patients on twice per week dialysis regimen than among those treated with three dialysis sessions per week.…”
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Dietary Habits in Patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: Evaluation of Food as Trigger of Symptoms Exacerbation by Jorge Sánchez, Andres Sánchez, Ricardo Cardona

“…To explore the diet habits of CSU patients and estimate the clinical impact of the foods most frequently reported to be suspect. …”
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Probabilistic Optimal Active and Reactive Power Dispatch including Load and Wind Uncertainties considering Correlation by Mahmmadsufiyan Shaik, Dattatraya N. Gaonkar, Ramakrishna S. S. Nuvvula, Polamarasetty P. Kumar, Baseem Khan

“…This paper presents a probabilistic optimal active and reactive power dispatch (POARPD) based on the point estimate method (PEM), considering the uncertainties associated with load variation and wind power generation. …”
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Coronary Embolism despite CHA₂DS₂-VASc Score of Zero: Should We Reconsider Anticoagulation? by Ammar Ahmed, Andrew Assaf, Aditi Shankar, Marcel Zughaib

“…Various studies have estimated the prevalence of coronary embolism; however, diagnosis is challenging. …”
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UPFC Subsynchronous Oscillation Suppression Strategy Based on Linear Active Disturbance Rejection Control by LIU Yiqi, HUANG Xu, WANG Tianhao, ZHENG Junyuan

“…The approach involves the design of a decoupled linear active disturbance rejection controller （LADRC） that uses a linear state observer to estimate the subsynchronous disturbances in the system in real time. …”
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The current problems of the digital reflection of social reality: rethinking scientific concepts by M. Kibakin, S. Grishaeva

“….); representation of the distorted virtual image for communications, hyperactivity in the appeal to various resources (“Internet surfing”) and also prevalence of motivators and estimated means – anonymous comments, “likes”, posts, reposts, symbolical encouragement and awards. …”
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Seasonal Prevalence of Helminthic Infections in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Sheep in Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran by Alireza Salehi, Mahsa Razavi, Nasrollah Vahedi Nouri

“…The eggs per gram of feces was also estimated, and it showed that a significant number of sheep are infected with a moderate number of parasites. …”
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Development of a pressure acquisition system for detecting mandibular movements in ruminants by Geraldo Loyola Baiôco, Fábio Luiz Bertotti, André Luis Finkler da Silveira, João Ari Gualberto Hill

“…Livestock farming is responsible for producing much of the animal protein that humans consume. Estimates of significant growth in the world population over the years highlight a demand not only for the expansion of animal production but also for an increase in livestock efficiency. …”
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Experimental and analytical study of the residual performance of reinforced concrete deep beams with circular web openings by Mohammad Shabanlou, Zeinab Meghdadi, Seyed Hamidreza Ghaffar

“…In addition, for the first time, based on the strut-and-tie approach, a method was developed to estimate the ultimate capacity of deep beams with openings after exposure to fire with acceptable accuracy. …”
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