Advanced Skeletal Muscle Mass Reduction (Sarcopenia) Secondary to Neuromuscular Disease by G. R. Pesola, V. Terla, M. Pradhan

“…Using 24-hour urinary creatinine excretion data, we calculated an estimate of skeletal muscle (SM) mass. …”
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A Thermodynamics Study on the Tetrahydrofuran Effect in Exfoliated Graphite Nanoplatelets and Activated Carbon Mixtures at Temperatures between 293.15 and 308.15 K by Florinela Sirbu, Alina Catrinel Ion, Luiza Capra, Ion Ion

“…The identified possible molecular interactions between the edges and the surface of exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets and tetrahydrofuran molecules, which include modifications in the structure of exfoliated nanostructured materials in tetrahydrofuran solvent and the influence of the temperature, and of the solute concentration have been calculated based on the obtained experimental values.…”
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Simultaneous Pose and Correspondence Estimation Based on Genetic Algorithm by Haiwei Yang, Fei Wang, Zhe Li, Hang Dong

“…With the presented initialization method, the proper initial guess could be first calculated and then the simultaneous pose and correspondence estimation problem could be solved easily. …”
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Estimating the Radiation Dose to the Fetus in Prophylactic Internal Iliac Artery Balloon Occlusion: Three Cases by Kentaro Kai, Tomohiro Hamada, Akitoshi Yuge, Hiro Kiyosue, Yoshihiro Nishida, Kaei Nasu, Hisashi Narahara

“…Based on the simulated value, we calculated the fetal radiation dose as the absorbed dose. …”
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The Adjustment of Covariates in Cox’s Model under Case-Cohort Design by Guocai Rong, Luwei Tang, Wenting Luo, Qing Li, Lifeng Deng

“…The proof of consistency and being asymptotically normal is completed. For calculating the maximum likelihood estimates of the regression coefficients subject in Cox’s model, a minorization-maximization (MM) algorithm is developed. …”
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Crystal Structure of Ruthenium Phthalocyanine with Diaxial Monoatomic Ligand: Bis(Triphenylphosphine)Iminium Dichloro(Phthalocyaninato(2-))Ruthenium(III) by Derrick Ethelbhert Yu, Akira Kikuchi, Tetsuya Taketsugu, Tamotsu Inabe

“…Ab initio theoretical calculations showed that substitution of ruthenium into the phthalocyanine complex would result in a significant increase in the π-d interaction of the system, potentially intensifying GNMR. …”
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Variable Topology Structure Design and Topology Analysis of a Variable-degree-of-freedom Single-loop Mechanism by Li Xia, Shen Huiping, Meng Qingmei, Li Ju, Yang Tingli

“…Then, the three main topological characteristics of the mechanism, such as position and orientation characteristic, degree of freedom and coupling degree, are analyzed and calculated in three motion modes, and the stability and transferability of the topological structures of the three mechanisms are analyzed. …”
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Development of Difference Spectroscopic Method for the Estimation of Balsalazide in Bulk and in Formulation by K. Anandakumar, Nageswararao Pacha, J. Saminathan, R. Subathrai, Kumarasamy Gandla

“…Difference in absorbance between these maxima and minima was calculated to find out the amplitude. This amplitude was plotted against concentration. …”
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Investigation of the Efficiency of Photovoltaic Thermal (PV/T) Hybrid Collector as Solution for Water Desalination Needs of Rural Areas in Niger by Mariama Alı Garba, Bulent YESILATA

“…Also, the daily freshwater yield and overall thermal efficiency of the system are calculated. As a result, the maximum electrical and thermal efficiencies of this structure at noon are found to be 14% and 58.09% respectively. …”
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Prediction of Concrete Compressive Strength by Evolutionary Artificial Neural Networks by Mehdi Nikoo, Farshid Torabian Moghadam, Łukasz Sadowski

“…Water-cement ratio, maximum sand size, amount of gravel, cement, 3/4 sand, 3/8 sand, and coefficient of soft sand parameters were considered as inputs; and using the ANN models, the compressive strength of concrete is calculated. Moreover, using GA, the number of layers and nodes and weights are optimized in ANN models. …”
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Second-order optical differentiation of a 3D light beam at oblique incidence using a multilayer metal-dielectric structure by A.I. Kashapov, L.L. Doskolovich, E.A. Bezus, N.V. Golovastikov, D.A. Bykov

“…Using the presented theoretical description, layered metal-dielectric structures for computing the second derivative with respect to one of the spatial coordinates and for computing the Laplace operator of the profile of a three-dimensional linearly polarized light beam are calculated. The presented numerical simulation results demonstrate high-quality computation of these operators.…”
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Aluminum in Effluents and Sludges from the Preliminary Coagulation in Dairy Factory Aerated Balancing Tanks: An Analytical and Sorption Study by Michał Sadowski, Piotr Anielak, Wojciech M. Wolf

“…Hence, a simple, cost effective, and rapid method for the determination of aluminum content in the sludge is essential for calculation of the appropriate coagulant dose at the sludge pretreatment process. …”
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Features of the study contamination of sediments by the trace elements by Gleb Yu. Tolkachev, Boris I. Korzhenevskiy, Nikolay V. Kolomiytsev

“…Describes or provides references to methods used in conducting nature and laboratory studies, as well as calculations of pollution levels. To systematize the research, objects of various hierarchical levels were identified on the basis of long-term experimental work within the Volga basin. …”
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Therapeutic effectiveness of three commercial anthelmintics against strongylids in buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis) by David Uzcátegui, Víctor Gutiérrez, María Rodríguez, Andrea González, Alfredo Sánchez

“…The FEC reduction percentage was calculated for each anthelmintic. Moreover, the lower limit of the 95% confidence interval was calculated for each anthelmintic (low-CI95%). …”
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Pengembangan Automated Image Analysis untuk Menentukan Jumlah Bakteri Tahan Asam (BTA) pada Kasus Tubercolosis by Safri Adam, Puji Astuti, Puspa Amalia, Fadli Sukandiarsyah

“…However, in practice, manual calculations with a limited field of view on a microscope require a fairly long processing time. …”
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Inflammatory Indices and MAFLD Prevalence in Hypertensive Patients: A Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Analysis from China by Shen D, Cai X, Hu J, Song S, Zhu Q, Ma H, Zhang Y, Ma R, Zhou P, Yang W, Hong J, Zhang D, Li N

“…The diagnostic performance of these indices was analyzed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and area under the curve (AUC) calculations.Results: Patients with MAFLD exhibited significantly elevated levels of all inflammatory indices compared to those without. …”
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China’s cultivated land threshold from the perspective of food security by ZHAO Xiaoyu, SUN Chunqiang, CUI Rongguo, CHEN Jing, ZHANG Xiaoyu, CAO Tingyu, LI Chao

“…On this basis, a cultivated land threshold calculation model was constructed, taking into account factors such as population, per capita grain demand, food self-sufficiency rate, and grain yield per unit cultivated area. …”
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MODIFICATION OF STUDENT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA AS A CONDITION OF MOTIVATION INCREASING FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION LESSONS by E. M. Revenko

“…The general physical development of each student is calculated by transferring the absolute values of the test points in the program «Presidential race». …”
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Health and economic cost estimates of short-term total and wildfire PM2.5 exposure on work loss: using the consecutive California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data 2015–2018 by Michael Jerrett, Yu Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Diane Garcia-Gonzales, Mohammad Z Al-Hamdan, Miriam E Marlier, Joseph L Wilkins, Ninez Ponce

“…Updating the current BenMAP-CE calculations for work-loss days will be essential in quantifying the current health impacts of PM2.5 to help inform the policies and regulations to protect public health.…”
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Concordance of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Cytology with Respect to Histological Diagnosis of Cancer: A Cross-sectional Study by Richa Singh, Krachi Agarwal, Preeti Agarwal, Madhu Kumar, Malti Kumari Maurya, Riddhi Jaiswal, Ajay Kumar Singh, Anand Srivastava

“…The sensitivity, specificity, Negative Predictive Value (NPV) and Positive Predictive Value (PPV) of BAL cytology were calculated with reference to the identification of malignancy. …”
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