Effect of Lycium barbarum Polysaccharide on Decreasing Serum Amyloid A3 Expression through Inhibiting NF-κB Activation in a Mouse Model of Diabetic Nephropathy by Fengqi Wan, Fulin Ma, Jiaxin Wu, Xinyu Qiao, Minxue Chen, Wenjian Li, Liang Ma

“…Blood glucose was assessed before and after 8-week administration of LBP, and the homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index was calculated for evaluating the antidiabetic effect of LBP. …”
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Modeling Acceleration and Deceleration Rates for Two-Lane Rural Highways Using Global Positioning System Data by Vinayak Malaghan, Digvijay S. Pawar, Hussein Dia

“…The speed profiles were used to locate the speeds at the beginning and end of deceleration/acceleration on the successive road geometric elements to calculate the deceleration/acceleration rate. The influence of different geometric design variables on the acceleration/deceleration rate was analysed to develop regression models. …”
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Effects of Emotional States on Reproducibilities of Rest Position, Social and Spontaneous Smiles, and Speech by Işıl Bulut, İlke Şahin, Furkan Dindaroğlu

“…The Friedman test, One-Way ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis test was performed for statistical evaluations, and intra-observer correlation coefficients and Bland-Altman Limits of Agreement were calculated. Results: In spontaneous smiles, there were significant differences between amusing and sadness in the smile height (p=0.020); amusing and sadness in the lower lip thickness (p=0.029). …”
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New frequency stability assessment based on contribution rates of wind power plants by SungHoon Lim, KangWon Seo, Jung-Wook Park, Kwang Y. Lee

“…The proposed index is then calculated using a multiple linear regression model that incorporates these factors. …”
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Mathematical Modeling of Tuberculosis Transmission Dynamics With Reinfection and Optimal Control by Francis Oketch Ochieng

“…Employing the next‐generation matrix approach, a basic reproduction number R0 of 1.005341 was calculated, suggesting that without robust public health interventions, TB disease may persist in Kenya. …”
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A Study on the Clinico-serological Features of Nail Psoriasis by Ratnika, Mohammad Adil, Syed Suhail Amin

“…Clinical characteristics, Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI), Nail Psoriasis Severity Index (NAPSI), Nail Psoriasis Quality of Life Index 10 (NPQ10) scores and serological markers, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), and Rheumatoid Arthritis factor (RA factor) were documented, calculated, and assessed to study their correlation. …”
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Association between Urinary N-Acetyl-Beta-D-Glucosaminidase and Microalbuminuria in Diabetic Black Africans by Francis Patrick Udomah, Udeme Ekpenyong Ekrikpo, Emmanuel Effa, Babatunde Salako, Ayodeji Arije, Solomon Kadiri

“…We measured the urinary excretion of N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG), NAG/creatinine ratio, urinary protein-creatinine ratio and calculated eGFR in 30 recently diagnosed nonhypertensive diabetics and 67 controls. …”
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Use of BP Neural Networks to Determine China’s Regional CO2 Emission Quota by Yawei Qi, Wenxiang Peng, Ran Yan, Guangping Rao

“…Later, we used the model to calculate the quotas for other regions, provided they implement the carbon emission trading policy. …”
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Big Data Analytics for the ATLAS EventIndex Project with Apache Spark by Álvaro Fernández Casaní, Carlos García Montoro, Santiago González de la Hoz, José Salt, Javier Sánchez, Miguel Villaplana Pérez

“…An algorithm and implementation for the calculation of overlap matrices of events across different datasets are presented. …”
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Static assessment of brittle/ductile notched materials: an engineering approach based on the Theory of Critical Distances by R. Louks, H. Askes, L. Susmel

“…Each data set was assessed and the prediction error was calculated. The failure predictions were on average 30% conservative, whilst the non-conservative predictions account for less than 10% of the tested data and less than 2% of the non-conservative error results exceed -20%. …”
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Application of Remote Sensing Image Data Scene Generation Method in Smart City by Yuanjin Xu

“…Because different scenes have different radiation characteristics, therefore, when using MATLAB to write a program generated by 3D scenes, 3D scenes must be saved as different text files according to different scene types, and then extension program of the scene is written to solve the defect that the calculation efficiency is not ideal due to the huge amount of data. …”
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PHYSICAL FIELDS OF CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL PIEZOCERAMIC RECEIVER IN PRESENCE OF A FLAT ACOUSTIC SOFT SCREEN by A. V. Derepa, A. G. Leiko, O. N. Pozdniakova

“…As an example of the application of the obtained relations, a calculation was made and an analysis of the dependences of the electric fields of the system under consideration for various parameters of its construction on the direction of arrival on the plane wave system was conducted.…”
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Copper Adsorption Using Hydroxyapatite Derived from Bovine Bone by Lingchang Kong, Xin Liu, Guocheng Lv, Tianming Liu, Peijun Zhang, Yuxin Li, Bin Chen, Libing Liao

“…Furthermore, systematic analyses demonstrated that surface adsorption was responsible for the copper removal by hydroxyapatite based on experimental analysis and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. This work provides an alternative strategy as filling material for in situ remediation of copper-contaminated groundwater and enriches relevant theoretical references.…”
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Portable and Cost-Effective Handheld Ultrasound System Utilizing FPGA-Based Synthetic Aperture Imaging by Wenping Wang, Ziliang Feng

“…In addition, to optimize the FPGA resources, the auto delay calculation and segmented apodizations are employed for 4 parallel beamforming lines. …”
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Réflexions sur les variations, dans le temps et dans l'espace, des ressources alimentaires de deux espèces sympatriques de semnopithèques by Claude Marcel Hladik, Annette Hladik

“…A low-altitude aerial photograph was clear enough to identify and measure all food-producing trees, and one could outline the territories of the different groups studied from observations a year earlier by a Smithsonian team. We calculated the food resources available to each territorial group of primates. …”
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FGF-23 Levels before and after Renal Transplantation by Domniki Economidou, Spyros Dovas, Aikaterini Papagianni, Panagiotis Pateinakis, Dimitrios Memmos

“…Renal threshold phosphate concentration (TmPO4/GFR) was also calculated at 3, 6, and 12 months posttransplantation. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Adults in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by M. D. Sangeetha, P. K. Sreenath Menon, Bhalangki Kupar Kharmawphlang, Darshan Hoysanahalli Shivashankarappa, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja

“…Pooled prevalence estimates were calculated using a random-effects model. A total of 265 articles were identified, of which 21 full-text articles were included in the review. …”
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Estimating the trend of COVID-19 in Norway by combining multiple surveillance indicators. by Gunnar Rø, Trude Marie Lyngstad, Elina Seppälä, Siri Nærland Skodvin, Lill Trogstad, Richard Aubrey White, Arve Paulsen, Trine Hessevik Paulsen, Trine Skogset Ofitserova, Petter Langlete, Elisabeth Henie Madslien, Karin Nygård, Birgitte Freisleben de Blasio

“…Using a meta-analysis framework, we calculated overall growth rates and reproduction numbers including assessments of the heterogeneity between indicators. …”
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Investigation of Strong Strata Behaviors in the Close-Distance Multiseam Coal Pillar Mining by Hongwei Mu, Yongsheng Bao, Dazhao Song, Dongfang Su

“…This method could provide a reference for the quantitative calculation of stress distribution under similar conditions and the identification of the danger zone of strata behaviors.…”
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Multiobjective Optimization of Hard Turning on OHNS Steel Using Desirability and TOPSIS Approaches by C. Manikandan, B. Rajeswari, Dhanesh G. Mohan, R. M. Aravind

“…RSM solution with 81.3% desirability, the cutting speed of 60 m/min, feed rate of 0.08 mm/rev, and depth of cut 1 mm as the optimal cutting parameters; similarly, TOPSIS algorithm calculation identifies the cutting parameter combinations, such as 40 m/min cutting speed, 0.09 mm/rev feed rate, and 1 mm depth cut to enrich the quality of the machined steel; however, the desirability approach cutting parameter setting is better for the surface finish achievement, while TOPSIS solution is better to obtain significant MRR. …”
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