Carbon Credits Through Wood Use: Revisiting the Maximum Potential and Sensitivity to Key Assumptions by Jari Niemi, Sampo Soimakallio, Elias Hurmekoski, Tanja Myllyviita, Janni Kunttu, Federico Lingua, Tord Snäll

“…We applied stochastic simulation and scenario analysis using Finnish market structure as a baseline to demonstrate the use of the TCC calculator created. The mean value of TCCs of wood use were between 0.2 and 0.5 tC/tC with an uncertainty range from 0.1 to 0.8 tC/tC, depending on the scenario. …”
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Numerical Simulation of CAARC Standard High-Rise Building Model Based on MRT-LBM Large Eddy Simulation by Rui Zhao, Zehua Feng, Danhui Dan, Yuhang Wu, Xianduo Li

“…The calculation of wind load of high-rise buildings depends on the wind pressure distribution data and wind pressure coefficient on the outer surface of the building, but the actual wind pressure measurement of high-rise buildings is difficult to carry out. …”
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Reliability of Goniometric Techniques for Measuring Hip Flexor Length Using the Modified Thomas Test by Kira Eimiller, Emma Stoddard, Briana Janes, Mason Smith, Andrew Vincek

“…Statistical analysis included calculating Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICCs) and Standard Errors of Measurement (SEMs) using SPSS software…”
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Preliminary In Vitro Evaluation of the Probiotic Potential of the Bacteriocinogenic Strain Enterococcus lactis PMD74 Isolated from Ezine Cheese by Başar Uymaz Tezel

“…The antimicrobial activity of the proteinaceous compound was calculated as 6400 AU·mL−1 by the critical dilution method against E. faecalis ATTC 29212. γ-Hemolytic PMD74 was observed to be sensitive to vancomycin, ampicillin, penicillin, gentamicin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and tylosin. …”
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Trends in sedentary behaviour and associated factors among adults in Mongolia: results from national cross-sectional surveys in 2009, 2013 and 2019 by Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer

“…Multinomial logistic regression calculated OR with 95% CI for moderate and high SB, with low SB as reference category.Results Across study years, the proportion of low (<4 hours) SB was 62.3%, moderate (4–<8 hours) SB was 26.4% and high (≥8 hours) SB was 11.3%. …”
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Sternal-Wound Infections following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: Could Implementing Value-Based Purchasing be Beneficial? by Dominique Brandt, Maximilian Blüher, Julie Lankiewicz, Peter J. Mallow, Rhodri Saunders

“…A feasible cost of intervention per patient for an intervention providing a 20% reduction in the SWI rate was calculated. **Results:** The SWI burden varied considerably between settings, with SWIs occurring in 2.8% (the United Kingdom) to 10.4% (the Netherlands) of CABG procedures, while the costs per SWI varied between US$8172 (Brazil) to US$54 180 (Japan). …”
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Some Surface and Catalytic Properties of VO–CrO/SiO, MoO–CrO/SiO and NiO–CrO/SiO Ternary Solid Catalysts by A.M. Youssef, A.I. Ahmed, S.E. Samra, N.B. El-Assy, E.A. El-Sharkawy

“…On the other hand, the Bassett–Habgood and Kiperman equations could be applied in a satisfactory manner to the generation of the various reaction products. The calculated activation energies for the catalytic conversion of isopropanol and cyclohexanol were compared.…”
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Astrology as Sacred Ecological Knowledge in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition by Yulia Yu. Erendzhenova

“…Astrologers draw prediction and natal charts, calculate favorable periods for rituals, healing practices, harvesting, weddings, funerals, etc. …”
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Microbiological Profile and Hygienic Quality of Foodstuffs Marketed in Collective Catering in Central Morocco by Rachid Amaiach, Sanae Lairini, Mouhcine Fadil, Moussa Benboubker, Rabia Bouslamti, Soukaina El Amrani, Abdelhakim El Ouali Lalami

“…The Chi2 statistical test was calculated to determine a relationship between non-conformity and the type of analyzed matrix (year, season, and food category). …”
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Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Suicide in Elder Adults by Wilfredo Valiente Morejón, Bárbara Junco Sena, Yoel Padrón Vega, Yisel de la Caridad Ramos Águila, Alina Rodríguez Méndez

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive research was done with the universe of 85 dead elder adults. The calculation was done on the bases of mortality data and typification survey of suicidal behavior of the non-transmissible diseases department of the Provincial Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology. …”
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Current prevalence and determinants of generalized anxiety disorder from a nationally representative, population-based survey of India by Pavithra Jayasankar, Satish Suhas, Lakshmi P. Nirisha, Sharad Philip, Narayana Manjunatha, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, NMHS National Collaborators Group

“…The treatment gap and disability in GAD also calculated. Results: The current weighted prevalence of GAD is 0.57%. …”
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Association between red blood cell distribution width and mortality in severe osteomyelitis patients by Yunlong Liu, Yan Zheng, Sheng Ding

“…Univariate and multivariate Cox models were used to determine the relationship between RDW and mortality rate in osteomyelitis patients, with hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) calculated. Kaplan–Meier survival curves were used to analyze patient survival status. …”
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Comparison of early warning scoring systems for predicting stroke occurrence among hospitalized patients: A study using smart clinical data warehouse. by Chulho Kim, Jae Jun Lee, Jong-Hee Sohn, Jong-Ho Kim, Dong-Ok Won, Sang-Hwa Lee

“…MEWS and NEWS were calculated based on vital signs and clinical parameters within four hours of stroke onset. …”
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Body mass index in relation to dental maturation of 10 to 14 years old school children in Erbil city. A cross-sectional prospective study by Omar Fawzi Chawshli, Yara Ismael Ameen

“…The height and the weight of each participant had been recorded in the college of dentistry / Hawler Medical University in order to calculate the body mass index of the following the guidelines of centers of disease control (CDC), at the same time an orthopantomography radiograph had been used to investigate the stage of the dental maturation using the Demirjian method, finally, the relationship between BMI and dental maturation were investigated using chi square test with P value of ≤ 0.05 was considered significant difference. …”
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Assessment of the Possibility of Transition Power Boilers to Alternative Solid Fuels by Modeling Combustion Processes by V. B. Prokhorov, V. S. Kirichkov, S. L. Chernov, M. V. Fomenko

“…Therefore, it is proposed to use the Watt - Fereday method with Bomkamp’s refinement for calculating the slagging index for ranking coals according to suitability as non-design fuels.…”
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Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Outpatient Antibiotic Use for Clostridioides difficile-Indicated Agents in British Columbia, from 2000 to 2018 by Ariana Saatchi, Sungeun Kim, Fawziah Marra

“…Consumption rates were calculated as prescriptions per 1000 population. Rates were examined overall and then stratified by medication, age, and sex. …”
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Smart grid stability prediction model using two-way attention based hybrid deep learning and MPSO by Umesh Kumar Lilhore, Surjeet Dalal, Magdalena Radulescu, Marinela Barbulescu

“…The performance of the proposed model and existing well-known deep learning models such as Recurrent Neural Network, Gated Recurrent Unit, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), Time Series Transformer, CNN-LSTM and various performance measuring parameters MAE, MSE, MAPE and RMSE are calculated on online UCI dataset (Electrical Grid Stability Simulated Dataset). …”
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Gleissberg Cycle Dependence of Inner Zone Proton Flux by Emily J. Bregou, Mary K. Hudson, Brian T. Kress, Murong Qin, Richard S. Selesnick

“…A phase lag during Solar Cycle 24 (January 2010 – June 2021) between the F10.7 minimum and proton flux maximum was determined to be ∼500 days, the same at all energies studied. A model calculation of the inner zone proton flux is found to generally confirm the long‐term trend examined both in absolute magnitude and phase lag. …”
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Practices of Healthcare Workers regarding Infection Prevention in Bale Zone Hospitals, Southeast Ethiopia by Demisu Zenbaba, Biniyam Sahiledengle, Daniel Bogale

“…Adjusted odd ratio (AOR) with a 95% confidence interval was calculated to determine the strength of association, and variables with a p value <0.05 in the final model were considered as statistically significant. …”
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Novel Derivatives of Phenylisoxazole-3/5-Carbaldehyde Semicarbazone: Synthesis, Characterization, and Computational Studies by Fernando Carrasco, Wilfredo Hernández, Oscar Chupayo, Rodolfo Pumachagua, Evgenia Spodine, Jackeline Mosquera, Olivio N. Castro, Jesus M. Rodilla, Celedonio M. Álvarez, Juan Z. Dávalos

“…The MEP descriptors indicate that the oxygen atom of the carbonyl group C=O is susceptible to electrophilic attack, while the hydrogen atoms of the amide and hydrazone fragments are sensitive to nucleophilic attack. The calculated HOMO-LUMO gap energies Eg indicate that 5 (in gas phase) and 6 (in liquid phase) are the most stable and less reactive compounds, while 1 is the less stable and the most reactive compound. …”
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