Chronic Lack of Investment — a German Disease by Felix Rösel, Julia Wolffson

“…In Germany, public investment was significantly lower with 2.1% of GDP on average. This German investment gap of more than one percentage point persists when controlling for various economic, fiscal, demographic and institutional factors in regression analyses. …”
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Experimental Study on Performance of Semiconductor Cooling Device for Communication Cabinet Cooling by Yang Wansheng, Chen Shilin, Bi Yin

“…The performance parameters were obtained according to test-based analyses of the refrigerating capacity, cooling efficiency, and other factors. …”
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Maritime arbitrations by Jovanović Nebojša

“…., collision, general average). At the first place, the author analyses the basic cases where maritime arbitration is contracted, such as charter party, construction of ship, sale of ship, collision, salvage or general average. …”
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Is the growth of the fetus of a non-smoking mother influenced by the smoking of either grandmother while pregnant? by Laura L Miller, Marcus Pembrey, George Davey Smith, Kate Northstone, Jean Golding

“…Study children were weighed and measured at birth. Analyses to test effects of grandmaternal prenatal smoking used multiple regression allowing for several potential confounders; analyses were restricted to births to non-smoking study mothers.…”
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Price Analysis of Systemic Therapies and Transarterial Radioembolization for Treatment of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Abimbola O. Williams, Nicholas Anderson, Young-Gwan Gwon, Wendy Wifler

“…Median prices were calculated from Medicare Average Sales Price (ASP), provider Wholesale Acquisition Cost (WAC), and Average Wholesale Price (AWP). …”
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An Empirical Analysis of Anti-Cancer Drug Lags in South Korea by Sung Kyung Lee, Jong Hyuk Lee

“…Multivariate linear regression and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed to conduct quantitative analyses. …”
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Effect of moyamoya disease on the basilar artery and adjacent arteries on CTA by Han Su, Jinlu Yu

“…The relevant parameters were measured. Statistical analyses included the t-test, chi-squared test, and linear regression analysis. …”
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Early pandemic associations of latitude, sunshine duration, and vitamin D status with COVID-19 incidence and fatalities: A global analysis of 187 Countries. by Reagan M Mogire

“…Univariate and multivariate regression analyses were conducted to determine the associations between COVID-19 cases and latitude, average hours of sunshine from January to June, and mean 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels. …”
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Evaluation of Favorable Shale Gas Intervals in Dawuba Formation of Ziyun Area, South Qian Depression by Kun Yuan, Wenhui Huang, Xinxin Fang, Ting Wang, Tuo Lin, Rong Chen

“…Furthermore, the shale gas in the first member was chiefly composed of methane (average: 83.63%), while that in the third member mainly consisted of nitrogen (average: 79.92%). …”
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Effect of African swine fever on genetic diversity in Black Slavonian pig by Dubravko Škorput, Ivan Stupnišek, Marija Špehar, Danijel Karolyi, Ana Kaić, Zoran Luković

“…Genetic diversity parameters, including the average inbreeding coefficient, average relatedness, and effective population size, were estimated under two scenarios: one assuming no ASF-related culling and another excluding animals culled due to ASF. …”
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Association between life’s simple 7 and peripheral neuropathy among U.S. adults, a cross-sectional study by Xi Gu, Fanfan Zhu, Ping Gao, Ying Shen, Leiqun Lu

“…The LS7 score was treated as a continuous variable and divided into three groups: inadequate (0–7), average (8–10), and optimal (11–14). Subgroup analyses were also performed. …”
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Assessment of MgO and captured CO2 in deep mixing applications: Electrical properties and environmental impacts by Yizhao Liu, Songyu Liu, Guangyin Du, Yong Yang

“…Microstructural analyses identify nesquehonite, dypingite/hydromagnesite, and magnesite as significant contributors to strength enhancement. …”
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Variability Identification and Uncertainty Evolution Characteristic Analysis of Hydrological Variables in Anhui Province, China by Xia Bai, Jinhuang Yu, Yule Li, Juliang Jin, Chengguo Wu, Rongxing Zhou

“…In this study, based on the evolution trend and characteristic analyses of historical precipitation and temperature sequences from monthly, annual, and interannual scales through the Linear Tendency Rate (LTR) index, as well as its variability point identification using the M–K trend test method, we further utilized three cloud characteristic parameters comprising the average <i>Ex</i>, entropy <i>En</i>, and hyper-entropy <i>He</i> of the Cloud Model (CM) method to quantitatively reveal the uncertainty features corresponding to the diverse cloud distribution of precipitation and temperature sample scatters. …”
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Association between long-term exposure to PM2.5 and thyroid nodules in school-aged children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Eastern China by Mao Liu, Pei-hua Wang, Yun-jie Ye, Li Shang, Yu-ting Xia, Yang Wang, Zhen Ding, Yan Xu

“…Following covariates adjustment, the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) linked to thyroid nodules were 1.515 (1.199, 1.915) for per standard deviation (SD) increase in two-year average PM2.5 concentrations (> 39.7 µg/m3). The sex-specific associations found among adults were not observed in our stratified analyses. …”
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Development of Problem-Based Learning Model Learning Module To Improve Mathematical Communication and Curiosity of Grade 5 Students by Aunurrokhim Munawir, YL Sukestiyarno M.S., Sugilar Sugilar

“…The module’s effectiveness was further supported by post-test results, where the control group achieved an average score of 66.11, while the experimental group attained a higher average of 79.85. …”
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Evaluation of Seawater Quality of Kuwait Bay Using Physio-Chemical Parameters by Haider Liri, Dhary Saad AlKandary, Jasem M. Al-Awadhi

“…Fifty-two seawater samples were collected from 1-meter depth, between April and May 2017, for lab analyses. The results of this study reveal that: (1) average level of physio-chemical parameters: temperature, salinity, conductivity, turbidity, Dissolved Oxygen and pH in Kuwait Bay water were 27.8 0C, 40.2 ppt, 60.2 µs/cm, 5.9 NTU, 6 mg/l and 8.2, respectively; (2) average level of nutrients; silicate, nitrate, nitrite and ammonia were 333 µg/l, 83 µg/l, 235 µg/l and 43.5 µg/l, respectively; (3) average level of elements found in Kuwait Bay’s seawater were 14.7 mg/l for Barium (Ba), 380 mg/l for Calcium (Ca), 9727 mg/l for Sodium (Na), 411 mg/l for Potassium (K) and 1432 mg/l for Magnesium (Mg); (4) The total suspended solids (TSS) had an average of 25.3 mg/l; (5) mean concentrations of the elements in TSS decrease in the order of Cr (15.6), Zn (5.4), Se (4.5), Ni (3.3), As (1.2), Co (0.2) and Hg (0.1mg/kg) and they are 1.6 to 22 times lower than their soil background values in, while Pb was detected in 2 samples only with average concentration of 0.7 mg/kg; and (6) Cr shows maximum enrichment relative to the upper continental crustal component (Mn). …”
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Application of Historical Comprehensive Multimodal Transportation Data for Testing the Commuting Time Paradox: Evidence from the Portland, OR Region by Huajie Yang, Jiali Lin, Jiahao Shi, Xiaobo Ma

“…Our study indicates that the average commuting time, along with the average commuting distance, increased slightly, as the mode share shifted away from driving during the examined period. …”
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An attention-based multiscale few-shot network for water body extraction from GF-2 satellite imagery by Shenghua Jin, Tao Jiang, Jiamin Jiang, Qingguo Wu, Long Huang, Yongtao Yu

“…Quantitative evaluation on test dataset shows that our method achieves average precision of 94.01%, average recall of 90.81%, average IoU of 90.14%, and average Fscore of 91.31%. …”
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Economic analysis of triclosan-coated versus uncoated sutures at preventing surgical site infection in patients undergoing abdominal surgery by Dmitri Nepogodiev, Aneel Bhangu, Bryar Kadir, Raymond Oppong, Sivesh K Kamarajah, Maria Picciochi, Mwayi Kachapila

“…Deterministic sensitivity analyses examined variations in suture cost, hospital stay costs, and effect size, with best and worst-case scenario analyses.Results SSI-related cost differences per patient ranged from −$466 to $171 in high-HDI, −$23 to $18 in middle-HDI, and −$34 to $22 in low-HDI countries when triclosan-coated sutures were used. …”
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Spatial associations of Hansen's disease and schistosomiasis in endemic regions of Minas Gerais, Brazil. by Jessica L Stephens, Lucia A O Fraga, José A Ferreira, Laura De Mondesert, Uriel Kitron, Julie A Clennon, Jessica K Fairley

“…<h4>Results</h4>The average annual incidence of HD in the study area was 35.3 per 100,000 while Schistosoma mansoni average annual incidence was 26 per 100,000. …”
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