Conservation du lemur aux yeux turquoise (Eulemur flavifrons) by Brice Lefaux

“…Les recherches menées depuis 1989 par l’Association Européenne pour l’Etude et la Conservation des Lémuriens (AEECL) et les recensements effectués dans la péninsule de Sahamalaza au Nord-ouest de Madagascar ont permis d’estimer la population d’Eulemeur flavrifrons entre 2000 et 3000 individus. …”
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Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Low-Risk Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Taiwanese Cohort Study by Yuan-Ting C. Lo, Hsiu-Ying Ku, Cheng-Shyong Chang, Hui-Ju Ch’ang, Chih-Ming Ho, Tsang-Wu Liu, Shih-Min Lin

“…The overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were estimated with the Kaplan–Meier method. Results: DFS did not improve significantly for patients with FIGO stage IA/IB EOC receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, with a 10-year DFS rate of 98% and 88% for those with and without adjuvant chemotherapy, respectively (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.41, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.05–3.36). …”
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Assessing public support for air pollution mitigation and control policies: health, socioeconomic, and ideological predictors in an overburdened and vulnerable region of the U.S. by Gilda Zarate-Gonzalez, Paul Brown, Ricardo Cisneros

“…EuroQOL-5D-3L was utilized to estimate quality-of-life distribution equity and air pollution policy favorability. …”
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Soil Contamination with Toxocara Eggs in Public Schools in Rural Areas of Southern Thailand by Nonthapan Phasuk, Ratee Kache, Kanjana Thongtup, Saowalee Boonmuang, Chuchard Punsawad

“…This study aimed at estimating the soil contamination with Toxocara eggs in public schools in Nakhon Si Thammarat province in southern Thailand. …”
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A SuperLearner-based pipeline for the development of DNA methylation-derived predictors of phenotypic traits. by Dennis Khodasevich, Nina Holland, Lars van der Laan, Andres Cardenas

“…Analyses examining associations between relevant exposures and epigenetic age acceleration (EAA) produced more precise effect estimates when using predictions derived from SL PCA clocks.…”
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Prevalence and risk factors for childhood asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Weijun Zhou, Jia Tang

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to systematically review and perform a meta-analysis on epidemiological studies in order to estimate the global and regional prevalence and to identify risk factors associated with childhood asthma. …”
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Propensity Score Matching: should we use it in designing observational studies? by Fei Wan

“…Secondly, the largest estimate among numerous fitted models, because of uncertainty among researchers over the correct model, was used to determine statistical bias. …”
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Direct Intra-family Violence Perceived by Adolescents by Marioly Ruíz Hernández, Mario Alzuri Falcato, Laura Magda López Angulo, Yoan Hernández Cabrera, Yanara Calzada Urquiola

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> it is estimated that each year around 133-275 million adolescents are exposed to domestic violence in the world. …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of correlation between cough variant asthma and mycoplasma pneumonia in children by Luyan Jiao, Guoqing Zhang, Yi Yuan, Ling Cao

“…All the meta-analyses were conducted with Review Manager 5.2. To estimate the quality of each article, the risk of bias table was used. …”
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A lyophilised formulation of chimpanzee adenovirus vector for long-term stability outside the deep-freeze cold chain by Frédéric Mathot, Edwige Lefebvre, Bernard G. Francq, Delphine Guillaume, Erwan Bourlès

“…The potency loss over five years at 5 °C was estimated at 0.21 log10 (95%CI 0.10–0.30). This coincides with a 25% increase in the ratio of non-infectious particles/infectious particles. …”
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Immediate and short-term effects of neurodynamic techniques on hamstring flexibility: A systematic review with meta-analysis. by Sergio Núñez de Arenas-Arroyo, Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno, Ana Torres-Costoso, Sara Reina-Gutiérrez, Bruno Bizzozero-Peroni, Iván Cavero-Redondo

“…Therefore, our objectives were to estimate the effect of neurodynamic techniques on HF and to compare the effect of these techniques with static stretching.…”
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Modeling and Optimization of the BSCF-Based Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm by Minh-Vien Le, Tuan-Anh Nguyen, T.-Anh-Nga Nguyen

“…The cell voltage was estimated with cathode preparation temperature, cell operating temperature, and cell current as input parameters by the one-layer feed-forward neural network. …”
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Evaluation of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease in Intensive Care Units: A Cohort Study by Álvaro Réa-Neto, Bruna C. Dal Vesco, Rafaella S. Bernardelli, Aline M. Kametani, Mirella C. Oliveira, Hélio A. G. Teive

“…Parkinson’s disease affects approximately 1% of the worldwide population older than 60 years. This number is estimated to double by 2030, increasing the global burden of the disease. …”
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Comprehensive and Validated Computational Investigations of Structural Integrity, Aerodynamic Behavior, and Its Turbulence Characteristics on Agricultural Drone with and without Pa... by Beena Stanislaus Arputharaj, Shyam Sundar Jayakumar, Senthil Kumar Solaiappan, Vijayanandh Raja, Parvathy Rajendran, Maheswari Krishnamoorthy, Hari Prasath Jeyaraj, Senthil Kumar Madasamy, Ragavendra Thaiyan Rajendran, Ali Mahmood Ahmed

“…Velocity profiles of fluid variations over the AD are studied after estimating vertical takeoff, vertical landing, and forward speed conditions for various flexible payloads equipped with MRUAV models. …”
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Effect of Global ATGL Knockout on Murine Fasting Glucose Kinetics by Margarida Coelho, Patricia Nunes, Vera M. Mendes, Bruno Manadas, Arend Heerschap, John G. Jones

“…EGP was quantified by isotope dilution of [U-13C6]glucose while Cori cycling was estimated by analysis of glucose triose 13C-isotopomers. …”
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Utilization of Organic Fertilizer in Ghana: Implications for Crop Performance and Commercialization by John K. Bidzakin, Anil Graves, Dadson Awunyo-Vitor, Osei Yeboah, Iddrisu Yahaya, Esther Wahaga

“…The computed organic fertilizer use rate is 42% among farmers surveyed, and organic fertilizer is primarily used in vegetable and maize production. The estimated current demand for organic fertilizer is about 0.7 million t/annum with a potential to rise to about 2.7 million t/annum in the long term. …”
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Neural Network for Enhancing Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review by Nafizul Alam, Sk Hasan, Gazi Abdullah Mashud, Subodh Bhujel

“…CNNs improve motion intention estimation and control accuracy, while LSTM networks capture temporal muscle activity patterns for real-time rehabilitation. …”
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Retrospective observational study of the association between changes in physical activity and frailty in middle-aged and older adults: evidence from the Korean Longitudinal Study o... by Eun-Cheol Park, Ye Jun Jung, Junhyuk Kim, Yun Seo Jang

“…Logistic regression analysis using generalised estimating equations was conducted to assess the association between changes in physical activity and frailty.Results The persistently active group (OR=0.45, 95% CI: 0.40 to 0.50) showed a lower likelihood of frailty than did the persistently inactive group. …”
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The most comprehensive history of fire activity in the Pur-Taz interfluve over the last 11,000 years (Western Siberia, Russia) by Nikita V. Shefer, Sergey V. Loiko, Ivan V. Kriсkov, Artem G. Lim

“…In this study, we used five types of ancient fire proxies to estimate the number of fire events during the Holocene in the southern tundra of Western Siberia. …”
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Renal Dysfunction and Recovery following Initial Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma by Benjamin A. Derman, Jochen Reiser, Sanjib Basu, Agne Paner

“…A retrospective chart review was conducted of 690 patients with NDMM at Rush University Medical Center from 2005 to 2016. 118 patients (59 AA and 59 non-AA) with NDMM and an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 at the time of diagnosis were identified and analyzed. …”
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