Integrated analysis of cellulose structure and properties using solid-state low-field H-NMR and photoacoustic spectroscopy by Levente Csóka, Worakan Csoka, Ella Tirronen, Ekaterina Nikolskaya, Yrjö Hiltunen, Bunsho Ohtani

“…Our findings suggest that RDB-PAS is a feasible method for estimating the electron trap distribution, serving as a potential measure of the density of crystalline cellulose defects. …”
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Regionalización de sequías a partir del SPI en la Demarcación Hidrográfica del Segura y Mancomunidad de los Canales del Taibilla (sureste de España) by Víctor Ruiz Álvarez, María Manuela Portela, Luis Ángel Espinosa, Ramón García Marín, Francisco Belmonte Serrato, Marcos Ruiz Álvarez

“…A partir de estas regiones se ha identificado el porcentaje de área afectada por sequías de diferente severidad, y la frecuencia de ocurrencia de sequías (basado en el método Kernel Ocurrence Rate Estimation-KORE). Se observa un incremento de la frecuencia de ocurrencia de sequías y del área afectada por las mismas en prácticamente todas las regiones, lo que conlleva importantes repercusiones territoriales, sociales y económicas en un ámbito territorial semiárido que presenta un déficit hídrico destacado. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of the most common multimorbidity among Canadian adults. by Obed Mortey, Gerald Mugford, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Hensley H Mariathas, Ugochukwu Odimba, Zhiwei Gao

“…<h4>Findings</h4>Overall, co-occurrence of osteoarthritis and hypertension was identified as the MCM among Canadian adults aged 45+ with an estimated prevalence of 16.5%. The results from multivariate analysis showed that seven factors were significantly associated with increased odds of the MCM, which included increasing age, being retired from work (retired vs not retired), poorer rating of perceived health, (very good, good, poor vs excellent), increasing problems with sleep quality (satisfied, dissatisfied vs neutral), and abnormal body-mass index (underweight, overweight, obese vs normal). …”
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Current prevalence and determinants of generalized anxiety disorder from a nationally representative, population-based survey of India by Pavithra Jayasankar, Satish Suhas, Lakshmi P. Nirisha, Sharad Philip, Narayana Manjunatha, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, NMHS National Collaborators Group

“…The current weighted prevalence of GAD was estimated. Association between GAD and socio-demographic factors was done using Firth's penalized logistic regression. …”
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Optimization of Extraction of Compound Flavonoids from Chinese Herbal Medicines Based on Quantification Theory and Evaluation of Their Antioxidant Activity by Xu Yang, Dongli Cao, Haiyu Ji, Yingying Feng, Juan Yu, Anjun Liu

“…L9 (34) orthogonal design, level effect and engineering average estimation, and quantification theory were utilized to improve the extraction method of CFs, and the predictive model for CFs yield was constructed. …”
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Body mass index in relation to dental maturation of 10 to 14 years old school children in Erbil city. A cross-sectional prospective study by Omar Fawzi Chawshli, Yara Ismael Ameen

“… Background and Objectives: Estimation of dental age is based upon the rate of development and calcification of tooth buds and their progressive sequence of eruption in the oral cavity. …”
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Germany-Iran Relations in Political-Military Sphere: The Impossible Unlocking of Potential? by V. S. Мirzekhanov, Ph. O. Trunov

“…Because of the Yemen conflict with active participation of Saudi Arabia Germany has imposed arms embargo for the Kingdom.Germany attempted to keep the Iranian nuclear deal after Trump`s administration withdrawal from the agreement. The authors try to estimate the probable position of Germany towards possible military-political crisis in the region involving Iran and especially towards a potential US war against Iran.What result will Germany strive for in the Iranian direction? …”
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Outdoor Performance Assessment of New and Old Photovoltaic Panel Technologies Using a Designed Multi-Photovoltaic Panel Power Measurement System by Mehmet Karabulut, Huseyin Kusetogullari, Sinan Kivrak

“…Average monthly panel efficiencies are estimated as 8.46%, 8.11%, 5.65%, and 3.88% for new Mono, new Poly, new CIS, and new CdTe PV panels, respectively. …”
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Upregulated Solute Carrier SLC39A1 Promotes Gastric Cancer Proliferation and Indicates Unfavorable Prognosis by Dan Yu, Yong Chen, Ming Luo, Yanjin Peng, Shengen Yi

“…After SLC39A1 overexpression or knockdown, proliferation and invasion assays were conducted for proliferation and invasion estimation, respectively. Xenograft in nude mice was used as the in vivo strategy to validate in vitro findings. …”
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Assessing Groundwater Connection/Disconnection to Waterholes Along the Balonne River and in the Barwon–Darling River System in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, for Waterh... by Harald Hofmann, Jonathan Marshall

“…The assessment of groundwater connectivity or the lack of is necessary from water balance modelling and estimation of persistence of these waterholes. As expected, the results indicate consistently low radon concentrations in the waterholes and very small deviation in stable isotopes <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi>δ</mi><mn>18</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>O and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi>δ</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>H. …”
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Cumulative Energy Demand and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Potato and Tomato Production in Southeast Brazil by Breno de Jesus Pereira, Newton La Scala, Arthur Bernardes Cecílio Filho

“…The aim of this study was to estimate the cumulative energy demand (CED), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon footprint in industrial potato and tomato production systems in the Southeast region of Brazil, identifying mitigation strategies in different scenarios. …”
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Associations between the Global Diet Quality Score and risk of type 2 diabetes: Tehran lipid and glucose study. by Shahrzad Daei, Firoozeh Hosseini-Esfahani, Azam Ildarabadi, Parvin Mirmiran, Fereidoun Azizi

“…Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to estimate the progression of T2D in association with the GDQS.…”
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Sources and Radiative Impact of Carbonaceous Aerosols Using Four Years Ground-Based Measurements over the Central Himalayas by Priyanka Srivastava, Manish Naja, T. R. Seshadri

“…Monthly variations in mean diurnal amplitudes of eBCff and eBCbb reveal that the differences in their amplitudes (9–32%) is smallest during April–May, depicting the relative importance of biomass emissions at the diurnal scale during spring. The estimated daily radiative forcing shows that eBCff contributes more (16.4%) atmospheric forcing than eBCbb. …”
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The Association between Noncommercial Partnerships and Risk of HIV among Female Sex Workers: Evidences from a Cross-Sectional Behavioral and Biological Survey in Southern India by Renuka Pulikallu Somanath, Ram Manohar Mishra, Niranjan Saggurti, Prabhakar Parimi

“…Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated to measure the associations between variables of interest. …”
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Perinatal intimate partner violence and breastfeeding practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. by Zelalem Nigussie Azene, Catherine MacPhail, Lisa Gaye Smithers

“…The aims of this systematic review and meta-analysis are therefore to 1) estimate the prevalence of perinatal intimate partner violence and, 2) examine the relationship between perinatal intimate partner violence and breastfeeding outcomes.…”
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The influence of gender and waist circumference in the association of body fat with cardiometabolic diseases by Milad Bagheri, Mehran Nouri, Ali Kohanmoo, Reza Homayounfar, Masoumeh Akhlaghi

“…Conclusion Strategies to decrease body fat may be effective in ameliorating the risk of milder metabolic diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, but interventions to decrease abdominal fat (estimated by waist circumference) may be more effective in preventing more serious metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes and myocardial infarction.…”
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Levetiracetam Induced Behavioral Abnormalities in a Patient with Seizure Disorder: A Diagnostic Challenge by Oluwaseun Ogunsakin, Terence Tumenta, Scarlet Louis-Jean, Ayesha Mahbub, Peterson Rabel, Tolu Olupona, Shaheen Alam

“…The prevalence rate of development of psychosis in these patients is estimated to be about 1.4%. A review of literature has demonstrated a relative correlation between Levetiracetam use and the development of neurobehavioral symptoms which is increased in predisposed individuals. …”
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Elliptical Fourier analysis of molar outlines in Late Pliocene Parapapio whitei from Makapansgat Limeworks, South Africa by Alexander C. Kim, Frank L’Engle Williams

“…Molar shape is captured using elliptical Fourier analysis of occlusal outlines and molar size dimensions are estimated from measuring software. Results: MP 223 is larger than MP 221 in occlusal area and the minimum buccolingual length of M1 although the variability between the two Parapapio whitei fossils is commensurate with that observed in Papio anubis. …”
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Water Quality Variations in the Lower Yangtze River Based on GA-RF Model From GF-1, Landsat-8, and Sentinel-2 Images by Wentao Hu, Shuanggen Jin, Yuanyuan Zhang

“…The results indicate that the three-satellite GA-RF joint model shows the best estimation performance from the in-situ measurements: TP with MAE 0.0108 and RMSE 0.0132, and TN with MAE 0.32 and RMSE 0.40. …”
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Computational predictions of magnetic resonance acoustic radiation force imaging for breast cancer focused ultrasound therapy by Chloe K. Nelson, Michelle Kline, Allison Payne, Christopher R. Dillon

“…Tools developed in this study could be used to streamline MRgFUS treatment planning and optimization, for biomechanical property estimation, and in developing phase aberration correction techniques.…”
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