Determinants of construction project delay and its effect on project beneficiaries: evidence from the Gurage Zone, Ethiopia by Endalkachew Kabtamu Mekonen, Tasew Shedaga, Matiyos Sahle

“…Poorly defined project scope, project control, and management, an incorrect estimate of project cost and schedule, bad economic conditions, political instability, lack of construction inputs, and inadequate communication have contributed to project delays. …”
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Predicting Bank Operational Efficiency Using Machine Learning Algorithm: Comparative Study of Decision Tree, Random Forest, and Neural Networks by Peter Appiahene, Yaw Marfo Missah, Ussiph Najim

“…Machine learning algorithms have also been viewed as a good tool to estimate various nonparametric and nonlinear problems. …”
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Assessing climate sensitivity of the Upper Indus Basin using fully distributed, physically-based hydrologic modeling and multi-model climate ensemble approach by Hamna Hasan, Muhammad Zia ur Rahman Hashmi, Syed Imran Ahmed, Muneer Anees

“…In this study, the hydrology of these areas is studied to estimate variability in water resources under changing climate. …”
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Cost and health effects of case management compared with outpatient clinic follow‐up in a Dutch heart failure cohort by Henk vanVoorst, Alfred Ernest Reiner Arnold

“…QALYs in different health states of heart failure patients were retrieved from the literature, and costs were estimated with data from the financial department of the Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep and public cost sources. …”
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Comparison of Chest-to-Back Skin-to-Skin Contact and Chest-to-Chest Skin-to-Skin Contact on the Risk of Oxygen Desaturation and Change in Heart Rate in Low Birth Weight and/or Prem... by Sisay Gere, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku

“…We applied a generalized estimating equation model to analyze the data. No statistically significant difference was observed between babies kept in CB SSC compared to babies kept in CC SSC in either blood oxygen saturation or heart rate (P>0.05). …”
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Characterization of Acoustic Emission Parameters during Fracture Process of Siltstone with Prefabricated Void by Xiaorong Liu, Lulin Zheng, Hengyi He, Qing Qiu, Ziqi Liu, Xuefeng Li, Lin Yan, Gang Huang

“…The research results show that there are multiple stress drops before the deformation and failure of the rock sample with prefabricated drill holes; there is a positive correlation between the diameter of the drill hole and the power law index of the stress drop distribution; the acoustic emission activity of the rock during the deformation and failure process can be indirectly reflected the evolution of microfractures; the energy probability density function under different borehole diameters conforms to the power law distribution; the critical exponent obtained by the maximum likelihood estimation has an optimal plateau value, which can accurately characterize the power exponent of the energy distribution; the launch waiting time and aftershock sequence have a good power-law distribution in logarithmic coordinates. …”
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Exponential function LMS and fractional order pid based voltage power quality enhancement in distribution network by Prashant Kumar, Sabha Raj Arya

“…The proposed techniques derive the fundamental component using learning factor which is dependent on exponential error function and minimizes the error to estimate the reference load voltage. Secondly, the voltage ripples and fluctuation of DC and AC link are stabilized with a controller called Fractional-Order Proportional-Integral-Derivative (FOPID). …”
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Multi-Step-Ahead Prediction of Chaotic Time Series: Self-Healing Algorithm for Restoring Values at Non-Predictable Points by Vasilii A. Gromov, Korney K. Tomashchuk, Alexey Rukavishnikov A.

“…We have studied new publications of parameter estimates, importance monitoring, and predictive features with more views and size objectives. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Green Innovation Practices on Competitiveness (Case Study: Aref Daroo Co.) by Parvin Pourkermanian, Sanaz Shafiee, Maryam Haerinasab

“…The statistical sample of this research was estimated to be 92 employees of this company using the random sampling method. …”
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The role of Anatolia between Asia and Europe: A case study of oak gall wasp species, Cynips quercus (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) by Serdar Dinç, Serap Mutun

“…Times of divergence analysis estimated that the Turkish lineage split from the Iranian lineage around 4,67 million years ago, and Hungarian and Spanish lineages diverged from each other about 3 million years ago. …”
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Severity of Burn Injury and the Relationship to Socioeconomic Status in Nova Scotia, Canada by Jeffrey Le, Sarah Alyouha, Lihui Liu, Michael Bezuhly, Jason Williams

“…Nova Scotia residents admitted to the Queen Elizabeth II burn unit in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1995 to 2012, were included in the study. SES was estimated by linking the subject’s postal code to median family household income via Canadian population census data at the level of dissemination areas. …”
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Net buffer load during regional citrate anticoagulated continuous renal replacement therapy. by Innas Forsal, Dominique Pouchoulin, Viktoria Roos, Jorge Echeverri, Marcus Ewert Broman

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Algorithms for estimating the net buffer load were developed. Hourly clinical data from electronic medical records from 60 patients' continuous renal replacement treatments at the Adult Intensive Care Unit, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden was used to simulate net buffer load. …”
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Assessing the effectiveness of the SOLIO Alfa Cure Plus device in treating low back pain: a randomized controlled study by Hadari Yotam, Pesah Galia, Goor-Aryeh Itay, Ungar Lior

“…Abstract Background Nonspecific low back pain (LBP) has become a significant worldwide public health problem. It is estimated that 84% of people present it at some point in their lives, in which 23% experience its chronic form, negatively affecting their daily lives. …”
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The Clinical Outcome of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Laminectomy for Single-level Lumbar Canal Stenosis with Grade 1 and 2 Spondylolisthesis by Ashok Sharma, Tarachand Suthar, Mudit Mathur, Vishnu Mittal, Shiv Bhagwan Sharma, Gaurav Mehta

“…Results: In this study, we also noted estimated amount of blood loss, procedure time, time taken for ambulation, length of hospitalization, and demography. …”
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Centrifuge Model Tests of the Effect of the Ground Motion Coherence Function on the Amplification of a Saturated Soil–Water Site by Xijun Song, Juan Liu, Jingyan Lan, Ting Wang

“…It was shown that the overlying water, as part of a complex medium system, could be ignored in the site response and basic cycle estimation.…”
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The impact of polypharmacy on health outcomes in the aged: A retrospective cohort study. by Irene Boateng, Carlos Rodriguez Pascual, Paul Grassby, Zahid Asghar, Kinda Ibrahim

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>To estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy among community-dwelling adults in the UK and determine its association with mortality, hospitalization, adverse drug reactions and falls at one and five years. …”
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Mathematical modeling and simulation of hepatitis B transmission dynamics with passive immunity and control strategies by James Khobocha Mirgichan, Cyrus Gitonga Ngari, Stephen Karanja, Robert Muriungi

“…We employ the NGM technique to estimate the control reproduction number Rc and also study the stability of the IFE. …”
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Quantitative study on the environmental impact of Beijing’s urban rail transit based on carbon emission reduction by Cai Jia, Xudong Wang, Chengyang Qian, Zini Cao, Long Zhao, Luzhou Lin

“…Through this model, the study calculates the potential congestion times across various scenarios, employing a bottom-up approach to carbon emission estimation to analyze the impact on carbon emissions. …”
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A European Approach to Irritable Bowel Syndrome Management by Michel Delvaux, Jacques Frexinos

“…The results of large surveys estimated the yearly cost of such treatments to be around US$850. …”
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THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON BANK PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA by Ibrahim Yinka Agbeyinka

“…The data was subjected to panel regression analysis to estimate the parameters of the model. The findings revealed that CSR have a significant and positive impact on net profit margin, suggesting that firms actively engaged in corporate social responsibility initiatives tend to experience better profitability. …”
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