Serum Creatinine in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease Is of Limited Value for Identification of Moderate Renal Dysfunction: Are the Equations for Estimating Renal Function Bette... by Jillian MacAulay, Kara Thompson, Bryce A Kiberd, David C Barnes, Kevork M Peltekian

“…The aim of the present study was to compare calculations of GFR, using published formulas (excluding those requiring urine collections) with standard radionuclide measurement of GFR in patients with ALD.…”
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Optimal control applied to vaccination and treatmentstrategies for various epidemiological models by Holly Gaff, Elsa Schaefer

“…Mathematical models provide a powerful tool for investigating thedynamics and control of infectious diseases, but quantifying theunderlying epidemic structure can be challenging especially for newand under-studied diseases.Variations of standard SIR, SIRS, and SEIR epidemiologicalmodels are considered to determine the sensitivity of these models tovarious parameter values that may not be fully known when the models areused to investigate emerging diseases. …”
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METHOD OF PROCESSING THE WIND TURBINE TIME HISTORY LOADS BASED ON 6 DEGREES OF FREEDOM by LI JinKu, LIU Wei

“…A method of simply wind turbine time history loads have been studied in the article,it can be converted the time history loads into some number of load duration distribution. It is based on the standard of ISO6336 by considering 6 degrees of freedom. …”
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Modeling and Application of Pedestrian Safety Conflict Index at Signalized Intersections by Wei Cheng, Ning Zhang, Wei Li, Jianfeng Xi

“…In order to provide a solution for evaluating intersection safety for vulnerable road users, this paper first determines the most important factors in analyzing pedestrian-vehicle conflict and puts forward a pedestrian safety conflict index (SCI) model to establish a quantitative standard for safety evaluation of two- or multiphase intersections. …”
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A scoping review of privacy and utility metrics in medical synthetic data by Bayrem Kaabachi, Jérémie Despraz, Thierry Meurers, Karen Otte, Mehmed Halilovic, Bogdan Kulynych, Fabian Prasser, Jean Louis Raisaro

“…However, there is still no consensus on a standardized approach for systematically evaluating the privacy and utility of synthetic data, impeding its broader adoption. …”
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Les institutions et les acteurs en santé au travail au Québec et en France : regard croisé by Nathalie Ferre

“…Work inspection comes into play to ensure compliance with standards. Social security organizations, which take charge of occupational injuries, encourage employers to do prevention. …”
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Low-complexity despreading scheme with repetition code for wireless body area networks by Yu CHI, Lan CHEN, Chao LV

“…To improve the reliability of data transmission and reduce the complexity of the narrow band receiver for wireless body area networks(WBAN),spreading with repetition code is used in IEEE 802.15.6 standard.A despreading structure in which the metrics of reliability were calculated selectively according to the dynamic threshold was designed.Combined with hard decision,hard threshold-combine and hard threshold-delete despreading methods by simplifying maximal ratio combining and generalized minimum distance principle respectively were proposed,which had low complexity and near-optimal performance.The theoretical analysis and simulation results show that compared to despreading based on maximum likelihood method,the spreading gain of the proposed methods is close to the theoretical value and the computational complexity can be reduced by 86% at most under high SNR circumstances.…”
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Sturgeon Aquaculture--Specialized Techniques: Determining the Sex of Sturgeon by Direct Examination of the Gonad Using a Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedure by Frank A. Chapman, Joel P. Van Eenennaam

“…This 5-page fact sheet describes the standard method and tools for determining the sex of sturgeon by direct examination of the gonad using a minimally invasive surgical procedure. …”
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Alignment Detection Technology of Chang’e-6 Primary Package Container by Guanyu Wang, Shenyi Jin, Xiangjin Deng, Yufu Qu

“…The effectiveness of this approach is demonstrated by an average alignment distance of 0.28 mm with a standard deviation of 0.03 mm in lunar surface images, underscoring its accuracy and reliability.…”
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Sports guidance as an indicator for social development in Morocco : a socio-educational approach. by Brahim MAZZAL

“…Moreover, it allows poor families to improve their income and raise the standard of living towards a higher social class. …”
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Shock Protection of Portable Electronic Products: Shock Response Spectrum, Damage Boundary Approach, and Beyond by Suresh Goyal, Jim M. Papadopoulos, Paul A. Sullivan

“…Underlying assumptions are carefully reviewed and the central message of the SRS is highlighted, particularly as it relates to standardized drop testing. Shortcomings of these methods are discussed, and the results are extended to apply to more general systems. …”
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Postsurgical Prosthetic Rehabilitation after Mandibular Ameloblastoma Resection: A 7-Year Follow-Up Case Report by C. Moreno-Soriano, A. Estrugo-Devesa, P. Castañeda-Vega, E. Jané-Salas, J. López-López

“…Ameloblastomas are benign but locally invasive odontogenic tumors most frequently located in the mandible. The gold standard of treatment is the surgical resection of the tumor with safety margins. …”
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“Professional Qualities” of Players, Coaches and Termination of the just cause Employment Contract by A. A. Kashaeva

“…The author considers the problem of termination of employment contracts with players and coaches due to non-compliance of their professional qualities with the standards declared by clubs, and the application of sanctions to players on the basis of this. …”
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Preposterous Preservation. Postmodern Paradoxes by Pablo von Frankenberg

“…The preservation of postmodern listed buildings presents a paradox: how can we maintain structures designed for a transient existence using the rigorous standards of historical monument protection? This challenge is exemplified by Berlin’s circulation tank, the UT2, which serves as a case study in navigating the complexities of conserving non-durable materials. …”
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Value engineering and its impact on construction projects using building information modeling by Hadi Faghihmaleki, Saman Rahimireskati, Mohamamd Darbandi

“…This study examines the role of BIM in reducing time, cost savings, quality improvement, monitoring, control, estimating time and cost, comparing current conditions with standards, and reporting. We also compared the two projects, one using BIM and the other using the traditional method. …”
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Safety Calculation and Testing of Falling Protector based on Passive Technology by Han Yukun, Li Junmin, Zhang Yunzhen, Lü Guobin

“…The falling distance of four position less than the specified value in national standards. The falling protector can effectively brake,which is safe and has a wide popularization and application prospect.…”
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Mutual Authentication Scheme Based on Lattice for NFC-PCM Payment Service Environment by Sung-Wook Park, Im-Yeong Lee

“…In addition, related groups from the Republic of Korea have enhanced safety in communication by using standard techniques for activating NFC services. However, various security threats are still present in electronic payment methods that use NFC. …”
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Chronic Urticaria: Indian Context—Challenges and Treatment Options by Sujoy Khan, Anirban Maitra, Pravin Hissaria, Sitesh Roy, Mahesh Padukudru Anand, Nalin Nag, Harpal Singh

“…Long-acting nonsedating antihistamines at higher than the standard doses is safe and effective. Quality of life is affected adversely in patients with chronic symptomatic urticaria and some may require multidisciplinary management.…”
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Geometrical optics methods for moving anisotropic media: a tool for magnetized plasmas by Braud, Aymeric, Langlois, Julien, Gueroult, Renaud

“…This formalism is illustrated by considering the low frequency Alfvén waves and the standard ordinary and extraordinary modes in a magnetized plasma at rest.…”
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Herd Behavior and Financial Crashes: An Interacting Particle System Approach by Vincenzo Crescimanna, Luca Di Persio

“…By analogy with physical models, we consider the temperature parameter of the system, assuming that it evolves with memory of the past, hence considering how former news influences realized market returns. We show that a standard Ising potential assumption is not sufficient to reproduce the stylized facts characterizing financial markets; this is because it assigns low probabilities to rare events. …”
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