A Geometric Approach to Estimate Background in Astronomical Images by Pushpak Pandey, Kanak Saha

“…In a typical low-photon-count astronomical image, such as in the far- and near-ultraviolet wavelength ranges, conventional methods relying on 3 σ clipping and median or mode estimation often fail to capture the true background level accurately. …”
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Sprawl Angle in Simplified Models of Vertical Climbing: Implications for Robots and Roaches by Goran A. Lynch, Lawrence Rome, Daniel E. Koditschek

“…These results suggest that the potentially significant benefits of sprawled posture climbing may be distinctly different depending upon the details of the climbers sensorimotor endowment. They offer a cautionary instance against mere copying of biology by engineers or rote study of physical models by biologists through this reminder of how even simple questions addressed by simple models can yield nuanced answers that only begin to hint at the complexity of biological designs and behaviors.…”
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The importance of method selection when estimating diet composition with quantitative fatty acid signature analysis. by Jeffrey F Bromaghin, Todd C Atwood, Karyn D Rode

“…Prior QFASA estimates of SBS polar bear diet composition have most often been obtained using variations of the original QFASA model. …”
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2019–2020 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Decay Control of Florida Fresh Citrus by Mark A. Ritenour, Jiuxu Zhang, Liliana M. Cano, Megan M. Dewdney

“… Citrus fruit decay is one of the most important constraints that affect fresh citrus quality and marketing values. It is most often caused by fungal or oomycete pathogens that grow and develop in the hot and wet conditions typical of Florida. …”
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Unveiling the dynamics of organizational politics and their consequences on job performance in Thai local administrations by Waiphot Kulachai

“…Data were collected from 204 local administration officials in Suphan Buri, Thailand, and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling through JAMOVI software. …”
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Advanced point-of-care biomarker testing for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases by Wenjun Ming, Yidan Zhu, Wenjun Jiang, Jing Zhang, Jinxia Liu, Li Wu, Yuling Qin

“…As a result, POCT is increasingly recognized as an innovative diagnostic strategy for the management of CVD, achieving significant standing across a variety of healthcare scenarios. The present review offers a comprehensive overview of the prevailing categories of cardiovascular diseases and emphasizes the diagnostic application of cardiac biomarkers detected through blood tests. …”
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Insights into prescribing patterns for antidepressants: an evidence-based analysis by Hua Min, Farrokh Alemi

“…Paroxetine, venlafaxine, and sertraline more often prescribed to females, while bupropion and doxepin were commonly prescribed for patients with tobacco use disorder and opioid dependence. …”
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Geodesic Distance on Gaussian Manifolds to Reduce the Statistical Errors in the Investigation of Complex Systems by Michele Lungaroni, Andrea Murari, Emmanuele Peluso, Pasqualino Gaudio, Michela Gelfusa

“…On the other hand, they do not address an additional problem typical of the natural sciences, whose data are often the output of delicate measurements. The data can therefore not only be sampled from a nonnormal pdf but also be affected by significant levels of Gaussian additive noise of various amplitude. …”
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Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Mamey Sapote and Sapodilla by Mark A. Mossler, Olaf Norman Nesheim

“… This document is CIR 1414, one of a series of the Pesticide Information Office, Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Immune Response in Severe Infection: Could Life-Saving Drugs Be Potentially Harmful? by Maja Surbatovic, Jasna Jevdjic, Milic Veljovic, Nada Popovic, Dragan Djordjevic, Sonja Radakovic

“…Usage of antibiotics and catecholamines is often necessary, but it can compromise complex immune response to infection. …”
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Are Profit and Profitability the Same Thing? by Edward Evans

“… The terms “profit” and “profitability” are used quite frequently in everyday talk to mean the same thing. We often hear someone say “my business made a profit last year” or “my business was profitable.” …”
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Analysis the MCA method as a basis decision making value engineering in determining choice of clean water house connection to the house by Amin Mawardi, Dian Suwandari Yunita, binti Suratkon Azeanita

“…In Indonesia, NRW is also often referred to as Unbilled Water or ATR. Non-renewable water loss (NRW) is a known quantity that cannot be accounted for but can be monitored.The effects of NRW are increasing operation costs, water leaks, and impaired performance of PDAM. …”
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Spray vaccination with a safe and bivalent H9N2 recombinant chimeric NDV vector vaccine elicits complete protection against NDV and H9N2 AIV challenge by Xiaoquan Wang, Jing Dai, Wenhao Yang, Yao Yao, Jin Zhang, Kaituo Liu, Xiaolong Lu, Ruyi Gao, Yu Chen, Jiao Hu, Min Gu, Shunlin Hu, Xiufan Liu, Xiaowen Liu

“…Furthermore, spray vaccination with LX-OAI4S-NPU-HA showed protective efficacy against H9N2 AIV and NDV. This study offers a promising strategy for comprehensive protection in regions threatened by H9N2 AIV and NDV.…”
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Designing a general employee management model with an emphasis on performance management by Maryam Nasiri, Ameneh Firozabadi, Sanjar Slajagheh, Mahdi Mohamad Bagheri

“…Performance is also, in Mo'in Persian Glossory, synonymous with the result of work, amount of work, result or product. In the official definition of performance management, Daniels says: it is a practical data-oriented management system that consists of 3 main elements: measurement, feedback, and positive reinforcement. …”
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Differential impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol consumption between Scottish men and women: controlled interrupted time series analysis by Peter Anderson, Eileen F S Kaner, Jakob Manthey, Jürgen Rehm, Amy O'Donnell, Eva Jané Llopis

“…Objective To assess the immediate impact of the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) in Scotland on alcohol consumption and whether the impact differed by sex, level of alcohol consumption, age, social grade and level of residential deprivation of respondents.Design Primary controlled interrupted time series analysis and secondary before-and-after analysis of the impact of introducing MUP in Scotland using alcohol consumption data for England as control.Setting Data from Kantar Worldpanel’s Alcovision survey, a continuous retrospective online timeline follow-back diary survey of the previous week’s alcohol consumption.Participants 53 347 women and 53 143 men.Interventions Introduction of a minimum price of 50 pence per UK unit (6.25 pence/g) for the sale of alcohol in Scotland on 1 May 2018.Main outcome measures Number of grams of alcohol consumed per week, in total, in off-trade (eg, at home) and in on-trade (eg, in pubs, restaurants).Results Primary interrupted time series analyses found that the introduction of MUP was associated with a drop in reported weekly total alcohol consumption of 5.94 g (95% CI 1.29 to 10.60), a drop in off-trade consumption of 3.27 g (95% CI −0.01 to 6.56) and a drop in on-trade consumption of 2.67 g (95% CI −1.48 to 6.82). …”
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Fibrous Dysplasia of the Ethmoid Bone Diagnosed in a 10-Year-Old Patient by Zofia Resler, Monika Morawska-Kochman, Katarzyna Resler, Tomasz Zatoński

“…However, diagnostic errors often occur in imaging studies, leading to confusion. …”
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Dynamics of vegetation in Karun watershed within Khuzestan province in relation with Temperature factors and precipitation by Saman alimoradi, Asadollah : khoorani, Yahya esmaeilpoor

“…This spatial relation is stronger for LST, so that this coefficient is often upper than 0.6, while seldom is 0.4 for air temperature and precipitation. …”
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Emergence of a Snake-Like Structure in Mobile Distributed Agents: An Exploratory Agent-Based Modeling Approach by Muaz A. Niazi

“…As a result, not only these artificial structures are constrained by the dimensions of the constituent components but often also require relatively more computationally intensive algorithms to model and animate. …”
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HESS Opinions: Towards a common vision for the future of hydrological observatories by P. Nasta, G. Blöschl, G. Blöschl, H. R. Bogena, S. Zacharias, R. Baatz, G. De Lannoy, K. H. Jensen, S. Manfreda, L. Pfister, L. Pfister, A. M. Tarquis, I. van Meerveld, M. Voltz, Y. Zeng, W. Kustas, X. Li, H. Vereecken, N. Romano

“…Yet, hydrological monitoring programs have often produced limited outcomes due to the intermittent availability of financial resources and the substantial efforts required to operate observatories and conduct comparative studies to advance previous findings. …”
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Fallibilism and Givenness in Marx's Critique of Stirner by Lawrence Dallman

“…His criticisms of rival thinkers often turn not just on their getting things wrong, but on their being too little observant of this precept. …”
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