Risk Assessment of Non-Point Source Pollution Based on the Minimum Cumulative Resistance Model: A Case Study of Shenyang, China by Yongxin Wang, Jianmin Qiao, Yuanman Hu, Qian Zhang, Xiulin Han, Chunlin Li

“…Compared with the traditional risk index method, the method proposed in this study could accurately estimate the risk of urban NPS pollution and provide a new reference for risk assessments of urban NPS pollution.…”
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Stratifications and foliations in phase portraits of gene network models by V. P. Golubyatnikov, A. A. Akinshin, N. B. Ayupova, L. S. Minushkina

“…In the preparation of numerical experiments with such mathematical models, it is useful to start with studies of qualitative behavior of ensembles of trajectories of the corresponding dynamical systems, in particular, to estimate the highest likelihood domain of the initial data, to solve inverse problems of parameter identification, to list the equilibrium points and their characteristics, to localize cycles in the phase portraits, to construct stratification of the phase portraits to subdomains with different qualities of trajectory behavior, etc. …”
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Prioritization of the effective factors in reducing energy consumption in a residential building using computer simulation by N. Amani, F. Tirgar Fakheri, K. Safarzadeh

“…METHODS: In the first step, the amount of energy consumption in the cooling and heating section was estimated in the base conditions, and in the next step, the amount of energy consumption was calculated. …”
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Exploring the path to optimal diabetes care by unravelling the contextual factors affecting access, utilisation, and quality of primary health care in West Africa: A scoping review... by Abdul-Basit Abdul-Samed, Ellen Barnie Peprah, Yasmin Jahan, Veronika Reichenberger, Dina Balabanova, Tolib Mirzoev, Henry Lawson, Eric Odei, Edward Antwi, Irene Agyepong

“…<h4>Background</h4>The prevalence of diabetes in West Africa is increasing, posing a major public health threat. An estimated 24 million Africans have diabetes, with rates in West Africa around 2-6% and projected to rise 129% by 2045 according to the WHO. …”
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Preoperative risk assessment and optimization integrating surgical and anesthetic principles and practices: a national survey for internists by Marc-Antoine Lepage, Annie Lecavalier, Gabriele Baldini, Ning-Zi Sun, Amal Bessissow

“…Participants generally estimated surgery duration and procedure-specific cardiac risk adequately. …”
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ADOPTERs of Innovation in a Crisis: The History of Vera Gedroits, Kanehiro Takaki and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 by Pratik Raichurkar, BMed, Devesh Kaushal, MBBS, MS, FRACS, Robert Beaumont Wilson, MBBS (Hons 1), BSc, FRACS, FACS

“…During the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War, an estimated 250,000 Japanese soldiers developed beriberi, of whom 27,000 died. …”
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Cost and cost-effectiveness of BPaL regimen used in drug-resistant TB treatment in the Philippines by D. Evans, K. Hirasen, D.J. Casalme, M.T. Gler, A. Gupta, S. Juneja

“…BACKGROUND: In 2022, the WHO announced that the 6-month BPaL/M regimen should be used for drug-resistant TB (DR-TB). We estimate the patient and provider costs of BPaL compared to current standard-of-care treatment in the Philippines.METHODS: Patients on BPaL under operational research, or 9–11-month standard short oral regimen (SSOR) and 18–21-month standard long oral regimen (SLOR) under programmatic conditions were interviewed using the WHO cross-sectional TB patient cost tool. …”
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SC-ResNeXt: A Regression Prediction Model for Nitrogen Content in Sugarcane Leaves by Zihao Lu, Cuimin Sun, Junyang Dou, Biao He, Muchen Zhou, Hui You

“…To address these issues, a novel regression prediction model for estimating the nitrogen content of sugarcane, named SC-ResNeXt (Enhanced with Self-Attention, Spatial Attention, and Channel Attention for ResNeXt), has been proposed in this study. …”
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Modeling the impact of extreme weather events and future climate on the radiologically contaminated sites of Enewetak Atoll by Lakshitha Premathilake, Saikat Ghosh, Rajiv Prasad, Sourav Taraphdar, Taiping Wang, Tarang Khangaonkar, Bruce Napier, Tracy Ikenberry, Lai-yung Leung

“…This study uses a numerical modeling approach to estimate the potential elevated radionuclide concentrations that can be distributed during storm events under current and future climates. …”
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Cancer Risk in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Anders M Ekbom

“…There is great variation in the risk estimates in different studies worldwide. Different treatment strategies could be an explanation, a hypothesis that was substantiated in a study of 102 cases of colorectal cancer among patients with ulcerative colitis compared with 196 controls. …”
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Evaluating Producer Welfare Benefits of Whole-Farm Revenue Insurance by Moharram Ainollahi Ahmadabadi, Mohammad Ghahremanzadeh, Ghader Dashti, Seyed-Ali Hosseini-Yekani

“…This study employed historical farm-level and county-level data from 1982 to 2021 to estimate yield and price density functions and predict future values. …”
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Assessment of Radionuclide Concentration in Surface Soil and Human Health Risk Associated with Exposure in Two Higher Institutions of Esan land, Edo State, Nigeria by F.A. Popoola, O.D. Fakeye, Q.B. Basiru, D.A. Adesina, M.A. Sulola

“…The total mean values for radiation dose estimation for Radium Equivalent Activity, Absorbed Dose, Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk, Outdoor and Indoor Annual Effective Dose Equivalent are 13.20 BqKg-1, 6.03 nGy/ℎ, 0.026, 7.40 µSτ/γ and 29.60 µSτ/γ respectively. …”
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Determinants of Dropping Out of Remote Patient-Reported Outcome–Based Follow-Up Among Patients With Epilepsy: Prospective Cohort Study by Sofie Bech Vestergaard, Mette Roost, David Høyrup Christiansen, Liv Marit Valen Schougaard

“…Patients with poor health ratings had an odds ratio of 2.17 (95% CI 1.65-2.85) for dropout. Similar estimates were identified for the remaining determinants in question. …”
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Disposition to pediatric intensive care unit post supraglottoplasty repair: a systematic review by Esther ShinHyun Kang, Sena Turkdogan, Jeffrey C. Yeung

“…Age at time of surgery ranged from 19 days to 15.7 years with mean age of 5.65 months. A weighted pooled estimate suggested that 19% (95% CI 14–24%) of patients who underwent supraglottoplasty required PICU-admission. …”
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Hybrid metaheuristic artificial neural networks for stock price prediction considering efficient market hypothesis by Milad Shahvaroughi Farahani, Hamed Farrokhi-Asl, Saeed Rahimian

“…In addition to indicator selection, PSO and HS are utilized to fine-tune the Neural Network (NN), minimizing network errors and optimizing weights and the number of hidden layers simultaneously. We employ eight estimation criteria for error assessment to evaluate the proposed model's performance and select the best model based on error criteria. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of anxiety and depression among patients with hypothyroidism in Southern Iran by Tania Dehesh, Mohammad Amin Mosleh-Shirazi, Paria Dehesh

“…The prevalence of depression and anxiety was estimated using the Beck Depression Inventory and the Hamilton Anxiety questionnaires, respectively. …”
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Previous Intestinal Resection Is Associated with Postoperative Complications in Crohn’s Disease: A Cohort Study by Yantao Duan, Yifan Liu, Yousheng Li

“…Patients who had previous surgery had a longer duration of operation (P=0.003), greater estimated blood loss (P=0.001), and longer hospital stay (P<0.001) and were more inclined to develop postoperative complications (P=0.047), particularly anastomotic leak (P=0.021) and severe (Clavien–Dindo grade III/IV) complications (P=0.038). …”
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Risk-factor Model Derivation and Validation for the Detection of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders among General Population of Towns in Pune District, Maharashtra, India by Khushboo Thakkar, Sahana Hegde Shetiya, Dipti Agarwal, Sudhir L. Jadhav

“…Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to obtain the effect estimates of the potential risk factor on OPMD. Receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted to produce a cutoff point considered as highest Youden’s index for the presence of OPMD. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Level in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Addisu Tadesse Sahile, Girma Demissie Gizaw, Tennyson Mgutshini, Zewdu Minwuyelet Gebremariam, Getabalew Endazenaw Bekele

“…A random-effects meta-analysis model with a 95% confidence interval was computed to estimate the pooled prevalence. Furthermore, subgroup analysis based on the study area and sample size was done. …”
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How does BMI correlate with menarche onset? Evidence from the Italian HBSC cross-sectional study by Domitilla Marconi, Dario Lipari, Andrea Pammolli, Paola Dalmasso, Paola Nardone, Alessio Vieno, Rita Simi, Giacomo Lazzeri

“…Median age at menarche and 95% confidence intervals were estimated through Kaplan–Meier analysis. Hierarchical models assessed the relationship between BMI and age at menarche; Results Region-level median age at menarche ranged between 12 years/5 months and 13 years/4 months. …”
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