A Novel Integrated Fuzzy-Rough MCDM Model for Evaluation of Companies for Transport of Dangerous Goods by Nikolina Vojinović, Siniša Sremac, Dragan Zlatanović

“…The improved fuzzy stepwise weight assessment ratio analysis (IMF SWARA) method was used to calculate the criterion weights, while transport companies were ranked based on Rough Measurement Alternatives and Ranking according to the COmpromise Solution (R-MARCOS). …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Identifying Patients With Undiagnosed Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis by Onur Baser, Gabriela Samayoa, Nehir Yapar, Erdem Baser

“…The best performing model was retrained on the full 80% training subset and applied to the 20% testing subset to calculate the performance metrics. **Results:** In total, 4 223 443 patients met the study inclusion criteria, of whom 4903 were positive for NASH and 35 528 were non-NASH patients. …”
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Research of Dosimetry Parameters in Small Electron Beams by Nazmiye Donmez Kesen, Aydin Cakir, Murat Okutan, Hatice Bilge

“…In this study, dose distributions and outputs of circular fields with dimensions of 5 cm and smaller, for 6 and 9 MeV nominal energies from the Siemens ONCOR Linac, were measured and compared with data from a treatment planning system using the pencil beam algorithm in electron beam calculations. All dose distribution measurements were performed using the GafChromic EBT film; these measurements were compared with data that were obtained from the Computerized Medical Systems (CMS) XiO treatment planning system (TPS). …”
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Structural Predictive Model of Presenilin-2 Protein and Analysis of Structural Effects of Familial Alzheimer’s Disease Mutations by Alejandro Soto-Ospina, Pedronel Araque Marín, Gabriel de Jesús Bedoya, Andrés Villegas Lanau

“…Molecular visualization was carried out with the Chimera 1.14 software, and the theoretical calculation with the hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics system from the semi-empirical method, with Spartan18 software and an AustinModel1 basis. …”
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Eliminating the Effect of Rating Bias on Reputation Systems by Leilei Wu, Zhuoming Ren, Xiao-Long Ren, Jianlin Zhang, Linyuan Lü

“…The objects’ quality is often calculated based on their historical information, such as selected records or rating scores. …”
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Results of the cystic and predominantly cystic thyroid nodules’ treatment by percutaneous ethanol injection by Lázaro Lorda Galiano, Jacinto Oscar Navas Igarza

“…Categorical variables were described by absolute frequencies and percentages; and for the numerical ones the mean and standard deviation were calculated. The changes between the initial and final volumes of the nodules were evaluated using the Student t test for related samples.…”
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Reconsidering the Reliance on Functional Load: The Role of Phonetic Distance in Predicting L2 Segmental Substitutions by Kate Challis, Zoë Zawadzki, Ewa Kusz

“…However, FL measures are not always easy to access and are often calculated according to different principles, whereas other more easily observable features exist, including Phonetic Distance (PD), or the degree of physiological similarity between phones in a phoneme pair. …”
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Stratification of Anatomical Imaging Features Between High-Risk and Non-High-Risk Groups in Neuroblastoma by Haoru Wang MD, Xin Chen MD, Ling He MD, Jinhua Cai MD, PhD

“…The diagnostic performance of these features was assessed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, and the areas under the ROC curves (AUCs) along with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Additionally, to internally validate their diagnostic performance, the bootstrap resampling method with 1000 bootstrap resamples was employed. …”
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Optimum Scheduling the Electric Distribution Substations with a Case Study: An Integer Gaining-Sharing Knowledge-Based Metaheuristic Algorithm by Said Ali Hassan, Khalid Alnowibet, Prachi Agrawal, Ali Wagdy Mohamed

“…This work is dedicated to the economic scheduling of the required electric stations in the upcoming 10-year long-term plan. The calculation of the required electric stations is carried out by estimating the yearly consumption of electricity over a long-time plan and then determining the required number of stations. …”
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Evaluation Performance of Ultrasonic Testing on Fruit Quality Determination by Fikret Yildiz, Ahmet Turan Özdemir, Selman Uluışık

“…Volume of the fruit was computed after horizontal and vertical distance of the fruit’s images captured. The calculated volume values by the computer vision system are validated with the theoretical values. …”
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Removal of Copper(II) Ions from Aqueous Solutions Using Natural Kaolinite by Xue-Song Wang, Jin Wang, Cheng Sun

“…The dynamics of the adsorption process were also studied and values of the adsorption rate constant and the rate constant for intraparticle diffusion calculated. The activation energy (ΔE a ) was found to be 19.84 kJ/mol in the present study, indicating a chemical adsorption process involving weak interactions between the adsorbent and the adsorbate. …”
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Semiautomatic Algorithm for Lymph Node Analysis Corrected for Partial Volume Effects in Combined Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography by Ralph A. Bundschuh, Markus Essler, Julia Dinges, Christian Berchtenbreiter, Jan Mariss, Axel Martínez-Möller, Gaspar Delso, Melanie Hohberg, Stephan G. Nekolla, Dominik Schulz, Sibylle I. Ziegler, Markus Schwaiger

“…Lesion volume was used for PVC and for calculating the multimodal SUV. The method was applied to 47 lymph nodes (30 patients) characterized as suspicious in 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET-CT. …”
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Vulnerability Assessment and Spatiotemporal Differentiation of Provinces Tourism Economic System Based on the Projection Pursuit Clustering Model by Xiaohong Yu, Haiyan Xu, Shengqiao Wang

“…According to the collected data, during 2014–2018 of the 31 provinces of China, of the tourism economy sensitivity and respondence, the improved comprehensive evaluation projection pursuit clustering (PPC) model is established, and the vulnerability indexes of the 31 provinces are calculated, thus expanding the tourism economic vulnerability assessment methods. …”
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Computational Behavior of Second Law Poiseuille Flow of Micropolar Fluids in a Channel: Analytical Treatment by Priya Mathur, S. R. Mishra, Mahesh Bohra, D. L. Suthar, S. D. Purohit

“…The volume flow rate is also calculated and presented via the tabular form. The major outcomes of the results are presented as the higher the Reynolds number, the rate increases significantly. …”
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Optimization Design and Experiment of Integrated Planetary Carrier Transplanting Mechanism for Vegetable Seedling by Zhang Pengfei, Liu Dongmei, Zhao Xiong, Xu Yadan, Liu Dong

“…According to the motion trajectory requirements of the pick-up mechanism of seedlings, the relation curve of the input shaft and the output shaft rotation angle is obtained based on the parameter fitting optimization, and the total transmission ratio of the non-circular gear planetary gear train and the non-circular gear pitch curve parameters are calculated. Secondly, the optimization goal of the digging mechanism are determined and the parameters of the digging mechanism are obtained. …”
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Standard of Crushing Value of Coarse Aggregates for Permeable Asphalt Mixture Based on Contact Stress between Aggregates by Tian Xiaoge, Wang Xiaofei, Yuan Huitong

“…By comparing the load-deformation curves obtained from the actual tests and virtual simulation, the values of the microscopic parameters of the two graded mixtures were obtained through trial calculation and adjustment. Then, the states of contact stress between aggregates in PA-13 and AC-13 mixtures under the standard crushing pressure (400 kN) were analyzed with PFC2D®. …”
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One-dimensional River Network Hydrodynamic Model Based on HLL Finite Volume Method: A Case Study of Jiaokou–Yinjiang Region by GU Weiwei, CHEN Longzan, ZHANG Jingsi, LI Weizheng, YANG Yanfei, ZHANG Weiguo

“…Meanwhile, the model features stable calculation with accurate results even under dry-bed situations. …”
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Systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with an increased risk of cervical artery dissection by Robert J. Trager, Benjamin P. Lynn, Anthony N. Baumann, Eric Chun-Pu Chu

“…We used propensity matching to control for confounding variables and calculated the risk ratio (RR) for CeAD occurring over four years’ follow-up, secondarily exploring cumulative incidence. …”
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Interchangeable drugs in Peru. A review study by Ericson Félix Castillo Saavedra, Franklin Jhony Julián Méndez, Verónica Yamilet Coronel Vega, Cecilia Elizabeth Reyes Alfaro, Rosa María Salas Sánchez

“…All the articles analyzed the dissolution profile by calculating the similarity factor f2, while, in other cases, they estimated parameters such as weight variation, friability, hardness, quantification, content uniformity, and dissolution profile. …”
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The Study of Key Stratum Location and Characteristics on the Mining of Extremely Thick Coal Seam under Goaf by Gaochuan Guo, Yongkang Yang

“…However, in the case of mining ultrathick coal seams underneath goaf, the traditional methods used for the calculation of key stratum position need to be improved in order to account for the additional coal seam thickness and the presence of an upper goaf. …”
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