Geodesic Distance on Gaussian Manifolds to Reduce the Statistical Errors in the Investigation of Complex Systems by Michele Lungaroni, Andrea Murari, Emmanuele Peluso, Pasqualino Gaudio, Michela Gelfusa

“…Robust statistical methods have been developed, which can provide much more reliable estimates. On the other hand, they do not address an additional problem typical of the natural sciences, whose data are often the output of delicate measurements. …”
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Diagnosis and Classification of Tuberculosis Chest X-ray Images of Children Less Than 15 years at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Using Deep Learning. by Kawuma, Simon, Kumbakumba, Elias, Mabirizi, Vicent, Nanjebe, Deborah, Mworozi, Kenneth, Mukama, Adolf Oyesigye, Kyasimire, Lydia

“…Tuberculosis (TB) is an underestimated cause of death in children, with only 45% of cases correctly diagnosed and reported. It is estimated that 1.12 million TB cases occurred among newborns, children, and adolescents aged less or equal 14 years. …”
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Prevalence of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax in Lira District, Uganda by Aziz, Katabazi, Adamu, Almustapha Aliero, Sarah, Gift Witto, Martin, Odoki, Simon Peter, Musinguzi

“…It was thus important to estimate the burden of trypanosomiasis in the region. …”
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Child mortality in England after national lockdowns for COVID-19: An analysis of childhood deaths, 2019-2023. by David Odd, Sylvia Stoianova, Tom Williams, Peter Fleming, Karen Luyt

“…Limitations include that the population at risk was estimated at a mid-point of the study, and changes may have biased our estimates. …”
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Pegilated interferon alpha 2b «Pegaltevir» chronic hepatitis C treatment (randomized clinical trial) by Marina V. Mayevskaya, Ye. N. Bessonova, P. O. Bogomolov, N. I. Geyvandova, K. V. Zhdanov, V. G. Morozov, V. D. Pasechnikov, I. Yu. Khomenko, A. V. Yagoda, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The response rate at the moment of secession of antiviral therapy, the sustained virologic response (SVR), histologic response (comparison of paired liver biopsies) served as secondary efficacy criteria and were estimated in 129 patients who completed treatment. …”
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Wetland birds of middle Vistula River during breeding season: the impact of human activities on the distribution, abundance and richness of species by Dariusz Bukaciński, Monika Bukacińska, Arkadiusz Buczyński

“…The yearly surveys of birds in the years previous to and after beginning of a gravel and sand mining from the river bottom allowed to estimate if the development had changed somehow the status of riparian bird populations. …”
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Investigating the Effects of Debt Convergence of Companies on the Speed of Capital Structure Adjustment Considering the Time Horizon by Sayed Mojtaba Ahmadi, Mehdi Agha Beik Zadeh, Afsaneh Soroushyar

“…First, the converged and non-converged companies were identified using the Phillips and Sul’s (2007) method. Then, the estimation results were analyzed using the generalized method of moments regression. …”
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Julius Kruopis – the pioneer of applied statistics in Lithuania by Vilijandas Bagdonavičius, Vydas Čekanavičius, Rūta Levulienė, Pranas Vaitkus

“…Kruopis became evident through  mathematical and statistical modeling of real processes. PhD thesis ``Estimation of Markov processes parameters'' by J. Kruopis, defended in 1969 in Moscow (supervised by prof. …”
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Reactive nitrogen in and around the northeastern and mid-Atlantic US: sources, sinks, and connections with ozone by M. Huang, M. Huang, G. R. Carmichael, K. W. Bowman, I. De Smedt, A. Colliander, M. H. Cosh, S. V. Kumar, A. B. Guenther, S. J. Janz, R. M. Stauffer, A. M. Thompson, N. M. Fedkin, R. J. Swap, J. D. Bolten, A. T. Joseph

“…The estimated Nr concentrations and deposition fluxes are related to ozone (O<span class="inline-formula">₃</span>) in terms of spatiotemporal variability and its key drivers as well as possible ecosystem impacts. …”
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Topographie et restitution du chantier de l’aqueduc d’Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône) by Robert Fabre, Philippe Leveau, Vincent Dumas

“…Its 34 m level difference corresponds to an average slope of 0.68 m/km, significantly greater than that of the Nîmes aqueduct which has a level difference of 12.27 m over an equivalent distance, i.e. an average slope estimated at 0.248 m/km. However, these figures do not take into account adaptations to the topography. …”
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Análisis de los datos del Registro Español de Cirugía Cardiaca (RECC) 2021-2023 by Lourdes Montero-Cruces, Manuel Carnero-Alcázar, Rafael Rodríguez-Lecoq, José C. Sureda-Barbosa, Jorge Rodríguez-Roda-Stuart, Fabrizio Sbraga, Juan J. Legarra-Calderón, Juan M. Gracia-Baena, Alejandro Adsuar-Gómez, Félix Gómez-Blasco, José F. Valderrama-Marcos, Nuria Arce-Ramos, Carlos E. Martín-López, Stefano Urso, José A. Hernández-Campos, Nora García-Borges, Álvaro Pedraz-Prieto, Marta Matamala-Adell, Jorge Rivas Oyarzabal, Diego Macías-Rubio, Enrique Pérez-de la Sota, Alejandro Crespo-de Hubsch, Pilar Gascón-García-Verdugo, José López-Menéndez

“…The information has been analyzed anonymously at the patient, hospital and province level. To estimate risk-adjusted mortality, the EuroSCORE II preoperative risk estimation scale was used. …”
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ITER NBI operational window and power availability constraints due to shine-through losses by P. Vincenzi, M. Schneider, P. Veltri, J.F. Artaud, A. Loarte, S. Nicolici, C. Poggi, A.R. Polevoi, A. Snicker

“…In light of recent ITER blanket design changes, our analysis refines previous estimates of the maximum acceptable ST power on PFCs. …”
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Prediction of Winter Wheat Parameters with Planet SuperDove Imagery and Explainable Artificial Intelligence by Gabriele De Carolis, Vincenzo Giannico, Leonardo Costanza, Francesca Ardito, Anna Maria Stellacci, Afwa Thameur, Sergio Ruggieri, Sabina Tangaro, Marcello Mastrorilli, Nicola Sanitate, Simone Pietro Garofalo

“…This study investigated the application of high-resolution satellite imagery from SuperDove satellites combined with machine learning algorithms to estimate the spatiotemporal variability of some winter wheat parameters, including the relative leaf chlorophyll content (RCC), relative water content (RWC), and aboveground dry matter (DM). …”
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RSM-Based Optimization of the Parameters Affecting TiO2-Mediated UV Photocatalysis of Vehicular Emissions in Enclosed Parking Garages by Sandeep Singh, Parteek Thind, Manpreet Kaur Verma, Dapinder Deep Singh, Arjun Sareen, Dheeraj Ahuja, Jasgurpreet Singh Chohan, Raman Kumar, Shubham Sharma, Nima Khalilpoor, Alibek Issakhov

“…Therefore, in the present investigation, efforts were made to estimate the applicability of TiO2-mediated UV photocatalysis in degrading the concentration of vehicular emissions, viz., NOx and SO2, in the enclosed parking garages (EPGs). …”
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Contrast quality control for segmentation task based on deep learning models—Application to stroke lesion in CT imaging by Juliette Moreau, Juliette Moreau, Laura Mechtouff, Laura Mechtouff, David Rousseau, Omer Faruk Eker, Omer Faruk Eker, Yves Berthezene, Yves Berthezene, Tae-Hee Cho, Tae-Hee Cho, Carole Frindel, Carole Frindel

“…Contrast measurement relies on the Fisher's ratio, estimating how well the stroke lesion is contrasted from the background. …”
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Association between diabetes mellitus and tinnitus: A meta-analysis by Shi Luo, Jianxue Wen, Qilong Bao, Haibo Ou, Shuting Yi, Peng Peng

“…Subgroup analyses showed no significant differences by geographical region, mean age, sex distribution, tinnitus diagnosis method, or model used for association estimation. Publication bias was not detected (Egger’s test P = 0.29). …”
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Association between frailty index and mortality in depressed patients: results from NHANES 2005–2018 by Xiaoqiang Liu, Yubin Wang, Yingxuan Huang, Chanchan Lin, Boming Xu, Yilin Zeng, Peizhong Chen, Xiaobo Liu, Yisen Huang

“…Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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A LASSO-derived clinical score to predict severe acute kidney injury in the cardiac surgery recovery unit: a large retrospective cohort study using the MIMIC database by Qi Guo, Jingjing Huang, Yuewei Li, Hongwei Li, Jingfeng Wang, Yong Xie, Tucheng Huang, Wanbing He, Wenyu Lv, Jieping Huang, Yangxin Chen

“…Decision curve analysis demonstrated that the model could achieve a net benefit.Conclusion A clinical score built by using LASSO regression and logistic regression to screen multiple clinical risk factors was established to estimate the probability of severe AKI in CSRU patients. …”
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Vulnerability and adaptation in flood-prone ecosystems of Bangladesh: a case study of rice farming households by Mohammad Chhiddikur Rahman, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar, Md. Jahangir Kabir, Md. Shajedur Rahaman, Jatish C. Biswas, Md. Abdullah Aziz, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Niaz Md. Farhat Rahman, Andrew M. McKenzie

“…Importantly, whereas floods prior to 2007 often resulted in substantial rice shortages, the post-2007 era, despite frequent and severe flooding, has witnessed a surplus in rice production. We estimated that despite five flood events in 2020, the country maintained a surplus of 2.9 million tons with minimal reliance on imports. …”
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Variation in APOL1 Contributes to Ancestry-Level Differences in HDLc-Kidney Function Association by Amy Rebecca Bentley, Ayo P. Doumatey, Guanjie Chen, Hanxia Huang, Jie Zhou, Daniel Shriner, CongQing Jiang, Zhenjian Zhang, Guozheng Liu, Olufemi Fasanmade, Thomas Johnson, Johnnie Oli, Godfrey Okafor, Benjamin A. Eghan, Kofi Agyenim-Boateng, Jokotade Adeleye, Williams Balogun, Clement Adebamowo, Albert Amoah, Joseph Acheampong, Adebowale Adeyemo, Charles N. Rotimi

“…Low levels of high-density cholesterol (HDLc) accompany chronic kidney disease, but the association between HDLc and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in the general population is unclear. …”
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