Blow-Up Analysis for a Quasilinear Degenerate Parabolic Equation with Strongly Nonlinear Source by Pan Zheng, Chunlai Mu, Dengming Liu, Xianzhong Yao, Shouming Zhou

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Shrinkage Methods for Estimating the Shape Parameter of the Generalized Pareto Distribution by Wilhemina Adoma Pels, Atinuke O. Adebanji, Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah, Richard Minkah

“…The generalized Pareto distribution is one of the most important distributions in statistics of extremes as it has wide applications in fields such as finance, insurance, and hydrology. …”
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The Optimization of Multimode Fiber Speckle Sensor for Microvibration by Haoyang Song, Feiyu Sun, Yunxu Sun, Wei Liu

“…At the same time, the sensing effect of different fibers depends on the speckle statistical algorithms. Accordingly, we use different statistical methods in theory and experiment to analyze the influence of fiber diameter and speckle statistical methods on the sensing performance. …”
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Associations and potential epigenetic changes between air pollution and osteoarthritis risk and survival: Insights from a prospective cohort study by Jing Qian, Jiahao Zhu, Yifan Wang, Ruoqi Dai, Jingyou Miao, Ye Yang, Wenxia Zhao, Jing Wang, Lilu Ding, Dan Zhou, Min Yu, Yingjun Li

“…Additionally, using genome-wide association statistics, we examined the potential causal associations between air pollution-related DNA methylation (DNAm) and OA risk. …”
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A vibration damping optimization algorithm to solve flexible job shop scheduling problems with reverse flows by Esmaeil Mehdizadeh, Fatemeh Soleimaninia

“…In this paper, the FJSP with reverse flow consisting of two flows of jobs (direct and reverse) at each stage is studied; the first flow initiates in Stage 1 and goes to Stage C (the last stage), and the second flow starts with Stage c and ends up in Stage 1. The aim is to minimize the makespan of the jobs (the maximum completion time). …”
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Evaluating Lateral Spreading Using Newmark Method Based on Liquefaction Triggering by Yanxin Yang, Junhua Chen, Zhenqiang Zhang, Jianlin Ma

“…The acceleration time history beneath the liquefied soil (starting from the triggering time of liquefaction) and the postliquefaction yield acceleration corresponding with the residual shear strength of liquefiable soil were used in the Newmark sliding block analysis. …”
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Presumed ocular tuberculosis in a developed country: a descriptive retrospective analysis of patients from a tertiary health care centre in the United Kingdom by Mariam M. Boshra, Amira Stylianidies, Hitesh Agrawal

“…The collected data were analyzed from the perspective of visual acuity at the presentation and the last visit, clinical presentation, treatment started, and the need for immune suppressive therapy. …”
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Increased Macular Pigment Optical Density and Visual Acuity following Consumption of a Buttermilk Drink Containing Lutein-Enriched Egg Yolks: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Co... by Sanne M. van der Made, Elton R. Kelly, Aize Kijlstra, Jogchum Plat, Tos T. J. M. Berendschot

“…MPOD, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA, logMAR), and dark adaptation were measured at the start of the study, after 6 months and after 12 months. …”
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Study of Clogging Phenomenon for a Conical Hopper: The Influence of Particle Bed Height and Hopper Angle by Muhammad Hammad Khalid, Yixian Zhou

“…In general, the clogging probability J increases with height h and starts to saturate when h is larger than a critical value. …”
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Curcumin dietary supplementation enhances serum carbohydrate-degrading enzyme activities in buffaloes by Maima Matin, Natalia Ksepka, Kamil Wysocki, Michel-Edwar Mickael, Alpana Pande, Jarosław Olav Horbańczuk, Artur Jóźwik, Olga Adamska, Artur Stolarczyk, Laszlo Barna Iantovics, Yordanka Ilieva, Pencho Penchev, Atanas G. Atanasov

“…Curcumin was supplemented at a dose of 50 g per animal, per day, and serum activities of the studied enzymes were determined at the start (day 0), middle (day 14), and end (day 28) of the supplementation period. …”
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Identifying a probe to visualize the variability of operating teams for supporting the human reliability analysis of nuclear power plants: An explanatory study by Jinkyun Park, Wasin Vechgama, Seung Ki Shin

“…The cultural characteristics of the operating teams were visualized using five Hofstede's cultural indices and compared with the number of unsafe acts observed from simulated off-normal conditions. As a result, a statistically significant correlation is found between the occurrence of unsafe acts and one of the Hofstede's indices. …”
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers Attending Private Pediatric and Child Clinics, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Laykewold Elyas, Amha Mekasha, Amha Admasie, Etagegnehu Assefa

“…Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 16. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were used. …”
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Optimizing long passing: a study on the relationship between waist flexibility in soccer players by Mardepi Saputra, Aldo Naza Putra, Sepriadi Sepriadi

“… Introduction. Starting from the shortcomings found from previous studies regarding the relationship between physical factors and technical abilities in football, so the background for us to make this research. …”
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Hubungan antara Dukungan Keluarga dengan Kepatuhan Konsumsi Tablet Fe pada Ibu Hamil di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Nanggalo Kecamatan Nanggalo by Esthika Ariany Maisa, Nelwati, Meri Neherta

“…Therefore, it is suggested that nurses or other health workers in order to start asking and taking the family members, especially for husbands, to join treatment toward pregnant women with anemia. …”
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Experiences of the Redesigning Daily Occupation programme – a qualitative study among persons with neurological diseases by Carina Sandström, Elin Mårtensson, Therese Hellman

“…Questionnaires and individual semi-structured interviews have been used and data analysed by descriptive statistics and thematic analysis.Results The findings indicated an increased participation in everyday life after the intervention. …”
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Accelerated Orthodontic Canine Retraction Using Minimally Invasive Orthocision by Omar Chawshli, Zana Omer, Omed Ikram

“…The contralateral side of each patient used as a control for the experimental side with vertical incisions and decortication of bone with piezo knife both mesial and distal to the retracted canine after alignment and before starting retraction with power chain on 0.017*0.025 inch stainless steel wire. …”
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Determination of Public Awareness on Water Stress, Water Scarcity and Water Saving: Akdeniz University Case Study by Aslı Gezer, Ayça Erdem

“…Due to the increasing water demand around the world, various measures are being taken starting from the local scale. In addition to these measures, the levels of awareness and perception of public on environmental issues are evaluated. …”
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Influence of Febrile Neutropenia Period on Plasma Viscosity at Malignancy by Ibrahim Tek, Selami Kocak Toprak, Efe Hasdemir, Samed Rahatli, Aysegül Yesilkaya

“…We have examined changes of blood rheology on plasma viscosity to put on probable following criteria for starting the treatment of febrile neutropenia immediately. …”
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Effect of fattening length, sex and feather colour on growth and fattening performance in native turkish geese by Mustafa Saatçi, Cavit Arslan, Yücel Ünal, Muammer Tilki, Ali Rıza Aksoy

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> There was not any statistical significance between the fattening groups (10 and 12 weeks) in term of weekly liveweight (p>0.05). …”
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Comparing the Linear and Quadratic Discriminant Analysis of Diabetes Disease Classification Based on Data Multicollinearity by Autcha Araveeporn

“…Linear and quadratic discriminant analysis are two fundamental classification methods used in statistical learning. Moments (MM), maximum likelihood (ML), minimum volume ellipsoids (MVE), and t-distribution methods are used to estimate the parameter of independent variables on the multivariate normal distribution in order to classify binary dependent variables. …”
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