Application of Peaks Over Threshold Method in Flood Frequency Analysis in Seyhan Basin by Gülay Onuşluel Gül, Ali Gül

“…In this study, flood frequency analysis was performed for the station numbered 1801 and located in Seyhan Basin by using peak values over an assigned threshold. …”
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University sport events and environmental management in the global south: Prospects and challenges for sustainability by Thandazani CHINHANGA, Martin MTHEMBU, Siyabulela NYIKANA

“…This is in spite of the popularity, and the large numbers associated with university sports. This study critically analyses the relationship between university sporting events and environmental management. …”
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Distributed delays in a hybrid model of tumor-Immune system interplay by Giulio Caravagna, Alex Graudenzi, Alberto d’Onofrio

“…By its nature, tumor growth is an ideal object of hybrid modeling where discrete stochastic processes model low-numbers entities, and mean-field equations model abundant chemical signals. …”
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Exploring the mental well-being of Ekurhuleni primary healthcare clinic managers during COVID-19 by Sanele E. Nene, Siyabulela N. Wopula

“…Their workload was increased, and they also had to deal with the grief of losing colleagues, family members and patients in large numbers as a result of the pandemic. Aim: This study sought to explore and describe the mental well-being of Ekurhuleni primary healthcare clinic managers during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Cytokine and eicosanoid regulation by Schistosoma mansoniduring LSE penetration by A. C. Fusco, B. Salafsky, T. Shibuya

“…Cercarial penetration, in low to moderate numbers, does not cause a normal skin inflammatory response; therefore, the authors sought to determine whether cercariae can down-regulate keratinocyte activation and thus the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and eicosanoids. …”
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A New Default Probability Calculation Formula and Its Application under Uncertain Environments by Liang Wu, Xian-bin Mei, Jian-guo Sun

“…Using random analysis and fuzzy numbers, one can think of even more uncertain sources at play than the processes of looping default and investor subjective judgment on the financial markets, and this broadens the scope of possible credit spreads. …”
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Spectroscopic Method for Detection of Soluble Solid Content in Cherry Tomato Using Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Network-Based Data Augmentation by WU Zhijing, LIU Fuqiang, LI Zhigang, CHEN Hui

“…Considering insufficient sample numbers in the practical detection of soluble solid content (SSC) in cherry tomato, we proposed a deep convolutional generation adversarial network (DCGAN) model to expand spectral data and SSC label data, and established a one-dimensional convolutional neural network regression (1D-CNNR) model to improve the prediction accuracy and generalization capability of the DCGAN model. …”
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Computer-Based Clinical Examination (CCE) in Surgery: Would It Complement or Replace the OSCE in the Post-COVID-19 Era? by Gamal E H A El Shallaly, Mudather M Bafadni, Hozifa M A Abdelmaged, Maysa H A Hamza

“… Objectives: Surgical clinical assessment of medical students is confronted by many challenges particularly the increasing numbers of students with limited resources, and pandemics. …”
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Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase-to-Platelet Ratio Predicts Significant Liver Fibrosis of Chronic Hepatitis B Patients in China by Tianyi Ren, Huan Wang, Ruihong Wu, Junqi Niu

“…Of these 160 CHB patients, the numbers of F0, F1, F2, F3, and F4 are 34 (21.3%), 62 (38.8%), 18 (11.3%), 24 (15%), and 22 (13.8%), respectively. …”
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The disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), prevalence and incidence of scabies, 1990-2021: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. by Jiajia Li, Zehu Liu, Xiujiao Xia

“…From 1990 to 2021, global age-standardized rates (ASRs) of DALYs, prevalence, and incidence for scabies declined, while the absolute numbers increased. These ASRs showed an upward trend in high and high-middle SDI regions, with significant increases in Central Latin America and high-income North America. …”
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Understanding excess mortality during COVID in Belgium: the influence of pre-existing health status and social factors by Laura Van den Borre, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Sylvie Gadeyne, Katrien Vanthomme, Didier Willaert

“…Results DSMRs show that persons with no previous disease experienced significant excess mortality in 2020, like men with one, two or three diseases and women with various numbers of pre-existing diseases. Results by specific disease show heterogenous results. …”
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Effects of facades positioned at different angles on building thermal performance and flow behaviors by Majid Amani-Beni, Mahdi Tabatabaei Malazi, Besir Sahin, Ahmet Selim Dalkılıç

“…The objective was to identify the optimal placement of segmented cladding materials with desired gaps between segments to allow airflow to influence temperature variations when exposed to wind at 293 K and a heat flux of 500 W/m2 at wind speeds of 1, 2, and 4 m/s (Reynolds numbers of 5.2 × 10³, 10.4 × 10³, and 20.8 × 10³). …”
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Detection of VLF Attenuation in the Earth‐Ionosphere Waveguide Caused by X‐Class Solar Flares Using aGlobal Lightning Location Network by T. S. Anderson, M. P. McCarthy, R. H. Holzworth

“…Very low frequency (VLF) propagation studies have previously been performed to assess the impact of space weather on the EIWG; however, these studies are typically limited by small numbers of fixed VLF transmitters and receivers and observe only the region of the EIWG along propagation paths between transmitters and receivers. …”
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Simulating Performance of a Dual Angle Particle Monitor for Atmospheric Particulate Matter by Charles D. Litton, Aranya Venkatesh, Jill Andersen, Dömötör Gulyás, Sara Longo, Chris Bartley, Illah Nourbakhsh

“…., below 0.1 µm) would exclude significant numbers of still very small particles. The focus of simulating a novel particle monitor in this study, is to address limitations in current inexpensive particle monitors, and to realize a particle monitor that may be more relevant to adverse health outcomes by measuring both PM0.3 and PM2.5. …”
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Footprint of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India: A Study of Immune Landscape and Other Factors Shielding Mortality by Noura Al-Dayan, Divya Venugopal, Sugapriya Dhanasekaran

“…The exponentially increasing numbers of infection and mortality have made preventive measures challenging. …”
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Birth cohort studies using symptom diaries for assessing respiratory diseases-a scoping review. by Susan Langer, Bianca Klee, Cornelia Gottschick, Rafael Mikolajczyk

“…We identified 22 birth cohort studies that collect(ed) data on respiratory symptoms using a symptom diary starting at birth. Numbers of participants ranged from 129 to 8677. Eight studies collected symptom diary information only for the first year of life, nine for the first two years or less and six between three and six years. …”
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Inflammatory Mediator Profiling Reveals Immune Properties of Chemotactic Gradients and Macrophage Mediator Production Inhibition during Thioglycollate Elicited Peritoneal Inflammat... by Derek Lam, Devon Harris, Zhenyu Qin

“…Our results showed that concentrations of most mediators in exudates and plasma reached peak levels on day 1 and were significantly reduced on day 3. Conversely, MΦ numbers started to increase on day 1 and reached peak levels on day 3. …”
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An Improved Micropropagation Protocol by Ex Vitro Rooting of Passiflora edulis Sims. f. flavicarpa Deg. through Nodal Segment Culture by Mahipal S. Shekhawat, M. Manokari, C. P. Ravindran

“…Subculturing of these multiple shoots on the MS medium augmented with 1.0 mgL−1 of each BAP and Kinetin (Kin) was successful for the multiplication of the shoots in vitro with maximum numbers of shoots (25.73±0.06) within four weeks of incubation. …”
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Efficacy of PPV Combined with Air Tamponade for Treatment of Inferior Retinal Breaks by Yong Zhang, Xin Li, Guiping Pan, Zhen Tian, Siwei Liu, Jun Yuan

“…Preoperative examinations included BCVA, IOP, anterior segment, fundus and locations, numbers, and sizes of retinal breaks and ocular B-mode ultrasonography. …”
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Performance Assessment of Multiple Classifiers Based on Ensemble Feature Selection Scheme for Sentiment Analysis by Monalisa Ghosh, Goutam Sanyal

“…In recent years, an enormous research work is being performed in these fields by applying various numbers of methodologies. Feature generation and selection are consequent for text mining as the high-dimensional feature set can affect the performance of sentiment analysis. …”
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