Study of defects influence on chlorinated polyvinyl chloride pipes damage and analysis of their fracture by Fatima Gugouch, Meriem Meknassi, Mohamed Elghorba, Achraf Wahid, Houda Mouradi, Bouhsiss Hassan, Aziz Maziri

“…We used burst pressure tests to identify the limits of three damage progression phases and, in turn, to calculate the critical life fraction at which these flaws become harmful. …”
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Combining Bayesian Networks and MCDA methods to maximise information gain during reconnaissance in emergency situations by Daniel Lichte

“…This is done by discovering the location of fire and any hazardous materials through causal inferences automatically calculated by the Bayesian network. Route optimisation is facilitated by sequential MCDA using a parameter selection that meets the priorities of the specific application example.…”
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Generalized Propensity Score Matching with Multilevel Treatment Options by Onur Baser

“…Inverse probability weighting was applied to calculate risk adjusted costs. Results are compared with multivariate regression analysis, where the generalized linear model is used with gamma family and log link function. …”
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Dietary intake and risk assessment of nitrosamine in processed meat products among medical staff during their night shift by Dalia Ibrahim Tayel, Noorhan K. Farrag, Samar Mohamed Aborhyem

“…The Margin of Exposure (MOE) was calculated to assess risk, with a Benchmark Dose Lower Confidence Limit (BMDL)10 value of 29 µg/kg BW/day as the reference point. …”
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Correlation between Nasolabial Angle and Maxillary Incisors Inclination in 18–25-Year-Old Chhattisgarh Population Using Pre- and Post-Treatment Lateral Cephalograms: A Retrospectiv... by Preeti Paryani, Sunil S. Agrawal, Achint Chachada, Megha Jain, Samkit Bothra, Shreya Shrivastava, Heena Sahni

“…Their nasolabial angle and maxillary incisor inclination were calculated before and after orthodontic treatment. Result: The mean of pre- and post-treatment nasolabial angle was found to be 91.43° ± 14.008 and 97.93° ± 14.194, respectively. …”
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Unveiling the wind energy future of Türkiye with policies technologies and potential by Haci Sogukpinar, Ismail Bozkurt, Saadin Oyucu, Ahmet Aksoz

“…Offshore wind potential is calculated as 17,393 MWe, and these data are excluded from the land wind potential. …”
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Detection of Mild Moldy-Core Disease in Apples by Fusing Acoustic-Vibration Signals and Visible-Near-Infrared Transmission Spectroscopy by GU Jiahui, LAI Lisi, WANG Kai, ZHANG Hui

“…For the acoustic-vibration signals, 7 time-domain features were optimized by using the YSV engineering test and signal analysis software as well as calculating Pearson correlation coefficients. The spectral feature bands and time-domain features were then concatenated to form a fused feature vector. …”
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Comparison of Item Difficulty Analyses of Exams Used in Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language with Instructors’ Perceptions of Item Difficulty by Seçil Alaca, Funda Keskin

“…Accuracy of instructors' item difficulty estimates was calculated for each instructor using Error Matrix, and success rates determined. …”
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Productivity of Bottom gillnet fishing gear on fish landing results at Fish Landing Base (PPI) Ujong Seurangga by Rizki Purnama Nanda, Miswar Edy, Fitriani Riska, Maulinda Maulinda

“…Data analysis included calculation of production value per trip and per unit length of the net. …”
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A scenario-based alternative to conventional tools for choosing the strategy in turbulent environments by Ali Sorourkhah

“…In MADM methods, the problem of calculation complexity arises due to the increase in the number of elements. …”
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Stress Distribution in 5-Unit Fixed Partial Dentures with a Pier Abutment and Rigid and Nonrigid Connectors with Two Different Occlusal Schemes: A Three-Dimensional Finite Element... by Behnaz Ebadian, Amirhossein Fathi, Shivasadat Tabatabaei

“…The first and second molars (180 N), premolars (120 N), and canine (80 N) teeth were subjected to progressive vertical and oblique (12-degree) loads, and maximum von Mises stress and strain in teeth and connectors were calculated for each model. Results. The models had 73704 elements and 137732 nodes. …”
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Reentry Capsule Reachable Tube Boundary Prediction via Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization by Wen Zou, Zhanxin Cui, Genghui Li, Zhiwei Feng, Zhenkun Wang, Qingyu Gao, Qingbin Zhang, Tao Yang

“…This research serves as a valuable reference for calculating reachable tubes in practical engineering scenarios and can be effectively applied to spacecraft search and rescue operations during the reentry phase.…”
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Comparison of the CAMI-NSTEMI and GRACE Risk Model for Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Chinese Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients by Peng Wang, Hongliang Cong, Ying Zhang, Yujie Liu

“…For each patient, the predicted mortality was calculated according to GRM and CRM, respectively. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), Hosmer–Lemeshow (H–L) test, and net reclassification improvement (NRI) were used to assess the performance of models. …”
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Comparison of the Sorption of Trifluoromethane (R-23) on Zeolites and in an Ionic Liquid by Mark B. Shiflett, David R. Corbin, A. Yokozeki

“…Three different adsorption models [original Langmuir, multi-site Langmuir and BET equations] have been adopted to analyze the data, with a particular interest in calculating the heat of adsorption (–ΔH), which was found to be about 10, 30 and 40 kJ·mol −1 for zeolite 5A, LSX and 13X, respectively. …”
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Development and Validation of HPLC Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Five Food Additives and Caffeine in Soft Drinks by Bürge Aşçı, Şule Dinç Zor, Özlem Aksu Dönmez

“…Optimal values were found 6.0 pH, 1.0 mL/min flow rate, and 95% mobile phase ratio for the method which was validated by calculating the linearity (r2>0.9962), accuracy (recoveries ≥ 95.75%), precision (intraday variation ≤ 1.923%, interday variation ≤ 1.950%), limits of detection (LODs), and limits of quantification (LOQs) parameters. …”
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An Open-source Python Tool for Traction Force Microscopy on Micropatterned Substrates by Artur Ruppel, Vladimir Misiak, Martial Balland

“…Although not the focus of this protocol, the methods and software packages shown here also allow to perform monolayer stress microscopy (MSM), a method to calculate internal mechanical stress within the cells by modeling them as a thin plate with linear and homogeneous material properties. …”
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Analysis of Tennis Competitions on Different Court Surfaces by İhsan Doğan, Şükran Arıkan, Serkan Revan

“…SPSS 22.0 statistical package program was used to evaluate the data and find the calculated values. As the data showed normal distribution, One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used for comparisons of more than two sets. …”
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Instilling religious character values in elementary school students through Islamic religious education learning by Ika Kartika, Saepudin Saepudin, Efrita Norman, Wiwi Uswatiyah

“…Should they take do to prepare their children to face their environment. Calculation of religious character values since elementary school is expected to be one of the child's strongholds in facing change. …”
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Health-economic evaluation of the outpatient, inpatient, and public health sector in Germany: Insights from the first three COVID-19 waves. by Afschin Gandjour

“…Direct medical costs for each sector were calculated from a statutory health insurance perspective, utilizing reimbursement rates for both the inpatient and outpatient sectors. …”
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Performance Analysis of a Photovoltaic-Thermal Integrated System by Ewa Radziemska

“…., an energy analysis), is very useful for the improvement and cost-effictiveness of the system. Calculations were carried out for the tested water-cooled ASE-100-DGL-SM Solarwatt module.…”
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