The Fractal Dimension of Nuclear Chromatin as a Prognostic Factor in Acute Precursor B Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Randall L. Adam, Rosana C. Silva, Fernanda G. Pereira, Neucimar J. Leite, Irene Lorand-Metze, Konradin Metze

“…Goodness-of-fit of FD was estimated by the R2 values in the log-log plots. Whereas FD presented no prognostic relevance, patients with higher R2 values showed a prolonged survival. …”
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Tumor budding is a prognostic marker for overall survival and not for lymph node metastasis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma – Systematic Review Update and Meta-Analysis by Gouri S. Panchannavar, Punnya V. Angadi

“…Meta-analysis revealed a pooled estimate i.e odds ratio of 2.10 (CI - 0.00 - 4.20) for TB and LNM while for overall survival, it was 2.29 (CI-1.81–2.76). …”
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Species identification based on the fecal DNA samples of the Caprinae by Abdurakhim E. Kuchboev, Oybek O. Amirov, Makhamadi B. Abramatov, Bakhtiyor H. Ruziev, Mehmonjon Kh. Egamberdiyev, Rokhatoy R. Karimova

“…We believe that noninvasive genetic sampling is emerging as one of the most effective and accurate methods for estimating the population size of animals, and we recommend considering this approach for endangered and rare species. …”
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Longterm temporal analysis of vegetation cover and soil use on Ilha de Mosqueiro, Belém, Pará, Amazonian Brazil by Larissa de Carvalho Lima, Alberto Bentes Brasil Neto, Cassio Rafael Costa dos Santos, Aline Nascimento Braga, Suany Couto Teixeira Nunes

“…Assessing the dynamics of land use is important in providing quantified estimates of the extent of ecosystem change, and so and structured planning to reduce its environmental and social impacts. …”
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Combining Passive Infrared and Microwave Satellite Observations to Investigate Cloud Microphysical Properties: A Review by Mariassunta Viggiano, Domenico Cimini, Maria Pia De Natale, Francesco Di Paola, Donatello Gallucci, Salvatore Larosa, Davide Marro, Saverio Teodosio Nilo, Filomena Romano

“…Recent advancements in spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions of satellite-borne measurements and the increasing variety of orbits and observing geometries offer the opportunity for more efficient and sophisticated retrieval procedures, leading to the more accurate estimation of cloud parameters. However, despite the availability of near-coincident observations of the same atmospheric state, the synergy between the whole set of acquired information is still largely underexplored. …”
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Determination of Arctiin and Arctigenin Contents in Arctium Tomentosum Mill. by HPLC Method by Xiaoying Zhou, Haoke Zhang, Liang Ge, Haiyan Gong, Shuge Tian

“…Therefore， the developed HPLC method can be applied to both in vitro studies of arctiin and arctigenin formulations as well as drug estimation in biological samples.…”
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Asymmetries in global building envelope air infiltration and tightness data: Exploring knowledge gaps for accurate energy analyses by Rana Raafat, Sherif Goubran, Nahla N. Makhlouf, Mohsen Aboulnaga

“…Additionally, climate data estimates the average energy burden of infiltration across various climate zones. …”
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Subtoxic Concentrations of Hepatotoxic Drugs Lead to Kupffer Cell Activation in a Human In Vitro Liver Model: An Approach to Study DILI by Victoria Kegel, Elisa Pfeiffer, Britta Burkhardt, Jia L. Liu, Katrin Zeilinger, Andreas K. Nüssler, Daniel Seehofer, Georg Damm

“…Kupffer cells (KC) sense hepatic tissue stress/damage and therefore could be a tool for the estimation of consequent effects associated with DILI. …”
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Static Output-Feedback Path-Tracking Controller Tolerant to Steering Actuator Faults for Distributed Driven Electric Vehicles by Miguel Meléndez-Useros, Fernando Viadero-Monasterio, Manuel Jiménez-Salas, María Jesús López-Boada

“…Furthermore, it only uses information from sensors, avoiding estimation stages. This controller can operate in two modes: a no-fault mode where only the steering is controlled to follow the reference path and a fault mode where the controller manages both the steering and torque vectoring. …”
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Lamb Waves-Based Computation of Impact Echo Thickness Resonant Frequency: Theory Development and Case Study by Yujin Wang, Gang Zhang, Shibin Lin, Yong Cheng, Xi Liu, Yan Zhu, Zexiang Qin, Hajin Choi, Guochen Zhao

“…Results of case studies indicate that the new equations can significantly improve the accuracy of the estimated frequencies with their errors one order of magnitude less than those from the traditional equation.…”
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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of a Threatened African Tree Species, Milicia excelsa, Using Nuclear Microsatellites DNA Markers by Christine Ouinsavi, Nestor Sokpon, Damase P. Khasa

“…To accurately estimate the genetic diversity and population structure for improved conservation planning of Milicia excelsa tree, 212 individuals from twelve population samples covering the species' range in Benin were surveyed at seven specific microsatellite DNA loci. …”
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Development and Validation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for Dietary Antioxidant Intake among Prediabetic Individuals in the South Indian Population by Sowmya R, Supriya V, Rajkumar M, Silambuselvi K

“…Conclusion: The results indicated good agreement between the FFQ and DR, validating the developed FFQ as a reliable tool for estimating antioxidant intake in prediabetic individuals. …”
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Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distribution in Typhoon Nida (2016) before and after Landfall in Southern China from 2D Video Disdrometer Data by Lu Feng, Xiantong Liu, Hui Xiao, Liusi Xiao, Feng Xia, Xiao Hao, Haiqi Lu, Chenxian Zhang

“…This investigation of the microphysical characteristics of Typhoon Nida before landfall and after landfall may improve radar quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) products and microphysical schemes by providing useful information.…”
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Fatigue property evaluation of 7075/6061 aluminum alloy TIG welded overlap joints by LIAO Xiangyun, WANG Ruijie, LIU Guoshou, ZHAO Pinglin, CHANG Yaguang, WANG Zhongde

“…By combining the results of finite element stress-strain analysis with the S-N curve recommended by the International Institute of Welding (IIW)，the fatigue lives of the weld joints under various loadings were estimated. Testing revealed that specimens primarily fractured at the weld toes on the 7075 side. …”
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Investigation of Morphological and Biomechanical Properties of the Scapula for Shoulder Joint by Nilgun TUNCEL CINI, Nazan GUNER SAK, Serdar BABACAN, Ilknur ARI

“…Results: According to the results of the correlation analysis, the highest correlation value of (R=0.957) was found to be the distance between the superior angle (angulus superior)-top of the glenoid plane and the inferior angle (angulus inferior)-the top of the glenoid plane. To estimate the glenopolar angle, we applied linear regression analysis and developed the following formula: Glenopolar angle =115.589 – (6.401 x the distance between the coracoid process and the top of the glenoid cavity) – (0.368 x angle between the glenoid plane and the lateral edge of the scapula extending towards the endpoint of the glenoid plane) (Adjusted R2=0.667). …”
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An Assessment of City Council Performance in Improving Urban Management and Development Process from Citizen\'s Perspective: Case Study Tabriz Metropolitan by Abolfazl Ghanbari

“…Also, the average of all indicators of empowerment of Islamic city councils in the field of empowerment of Islamic councils is lower than numerical utility 3 and their t-statistic is negatively estimated. Finally, the performance of the Islamic councils in the economic dimension (employment, income and investment) has had the greatest effect with an overall effect of 0.608 and the least effect in the physical dimension with an overall effect of 0.210 in the realization of sustainable development. …”
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Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Identify Undiagnosed Patients with Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency by Bruce Pyenson, Maggie Alston, Jeffrey Gomberg, Feng Han, Nikhil Khandelwal, Motoharu Dei, Monica Son, Jaime Vora

“…The best-performing model estimated that the number of patients likely to have EPI was about 12 times the number of patients directly identified as EPI-positive through a claims analysis in the study population. …”
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Sex Differences in Lung Cancer Characteristics at Diagnosis: A Nationwide Register‐Based Study From the Faroe Islands (2015–2020) by Annika H. Lindenskov, Halla Potts, Marnar F. Kristiansen, Maria S. Petersen, Marin Strøm

“…Sex‐based differences were analyzed and overall survival rates were estimated using Kaplan–Meier plots. Results Significant sex differences were observed in cancer staging at diagnosis (p = 0.03), with 25.8% of women diagnosed at Stage I compared to 8.8% of men. …”
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Platoon-Based Assessment of Two-Way Two-Lane Roads Performance Measure: A Classification Method by Hossein Samadi, Iman Aghayan, Amir Saman Abdollahzadeh Nasiri, Omid Rahmani, Mehrzad Hasanvand

“…Finally, a method for estimating the level of service (LOS) based on the number of followers per capacity (NFPC) and LOS classification using the KNN method was presented. …”
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Bulgarian tourism and the problem of poverty alleviation in Bulgaria by Preslav Mihaylov Dimitrov, Rouska Kraseta, Boiko Dimitrov

“…The study examines the question about the ability of Bulgarian tourism to solve the problems with the widespread poverty in Bulgaria in the context of the two main issues such as: (i) the degree of association (in terms of Pearson’s Product-moment coefficients) of the Bulgarian tourism with the economic performance of the EU tourism emitting economies, and whether this association in particular contributes for “transmission of poverty”, and (ii) what will be the estimated volume of the average month salary of the employees on labor contracts in Bulgarian tourism for the next ten years by the HoltWinters exponential smoothing method. …”
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