Current Direct Neutrino Mass Experiments by G. Drexlin, V. Hannen, S. Mertens, C. Weinheimer

“…To do so, many technological challenges have to be solved related to source intensity and stability, as well as precision energy analysis and low background rate close to the kinematic endpoint of tritium β-decay at 18.6 keV. …”
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CORRELATION OF RADON AND SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN THE BAIKAL RIFT ZONE ACCORDING TO EMANATION MONITORING DATA by K. Zh. Seminsky, А. А. Bobrov

“…The comparison of the weekly averaged RVA values at different stations and the degree of dependence of this parameter on the logarithm of the total earthquakes energy (LgΣE) showed that during the periods of seismic activity the impact of tectonic forces makes significant corrections in the character of emanations, which in general is determined by non-tectonic factors. …”
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Gender Differences in Knowledge and Risk Perception towards HIV/AIDS among Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh by Shihabul Islam, Shah Ehsan Habib

“…Methods: A cross-sectional design was adopted to assess the level of risk perception towards HIV/AIDS. This analysis utilizes data from a survey of 130 Rohingya people through face-to-face interviews utilizing a 28-item HIV-Knowledge Questionnaire. …”
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Klynotron with using the open resonator and symmetric conical corrugated mirrors – goratron by A. A. Kurayev, V. V. Matveyenka

“…The electronic efficiency averaged over all layers is more than 30 %, which is 1.5 times higher than that obtained in the radial klynotron efficiency calculations.…”
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Rip Current Identification in Optical Images Using Wavelet Transform by Hsu-Min Wang, Dong-Jiing Doong, Jian-Wu Lai

“…The proposed program incorporates image augmentation, averaging, and frame aggregation to enhance generalization and accuracy. …”
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Variability of Fiber AFIS Length and Maturity within and Among Upland Cotton Cultivars by Yongliang Liu

“…Comparison of correlations between locule samples of a seed cotton and lint samples of diverse cultivars indicated statistically significant sampling method X ginning interactions for all AFIS length and maturity properties except for MR and Fineness. The analysis also implied the difficulties of evaluating AFIS length from AFIS maturity directly.…”
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The effects of three different type of exercises on aerobic and anaerobic power by Gorucu Alpaslan, Tokay Bekır, Badau Adela

“…Body weight, vertical jump and 20-meter shuttle running tests were measured for each group. Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS21.0: arithmetic averages and standard deviations; the Kruskal-Wallis H test was used to determine the differences between the groups; the Mann-Whitney U test was used to determine the group which result in the difference among the groups; Wilcoxon 's t test was used to determine pretest posttest differences within the groups. …”
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Probabilistic Evaluation of Tibetan Plateau Mesoscale Vortex on 18 July 2013 by Haiwen Liu, Kaijun Wu, Mengxing Du, Ning Fu

“…After the initial time, forecast for next 48 h of the geopotential height over the SCB can be viewed as a precursor of the subsequent time-averaged 90–108 h forecast of TPMV. TPMV had critical contributions to the heavy rainfall over the SCB on 18 July 2013.…”
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Water usage efficiency and productivity change: a non-convex metafrontier Malmquist index by Sebastián Lozano, María M. Borrego-Marin

“…A circular three-stage Network Data Envelopment Analysis (NDEA) production process is considered. The non-radial Directional Distance Function (DDF) is used to compute the system efficiency as well as that of the three stages. …”
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Accommodative Stimulus-Response Curve with Emoji Symbols by Robert Montés-Micó, José J. Esteve Taboada, Paula Bernal-Molina, Teresa Ferrer-Blasco

“…Results. A regression analysis was performed to fit the mean results obtained for each target. …”
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THE CURRENT STRESS OF EARTH'S CRUST IN THE TERRITORY OF UZBEKISTAN ACCORDING TO FOCAL EARTHQUAKE MECHANISMS by T. L. Ibragimova, R. S. Ibragimov, M. A. Mirzaev, Yu. L. Rebetsky

“…Stress reconstructions are based on the cataclastic analysis of displacements along fractures. For reconstructing the stress state at different depths of the crust in several seismically active regions of the study area, we consider a minimum number of earthquakes in a homogeneous sample equal to 6 and an averaging radius of 10 to 30 km within a single domain. …”
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Impact of Argumentation in the Chemistry Laboratory on Conceptual Comprehension of Turkish Students by Ali Riza Sekerci, Nurtac Canpolat

“…Data from the GCLCT were analyzed through predictive statistics method, while data from the open-ended questions, semi-structured interview and written feedback form were analyzed through the descriptive analysis method. It is concluded from this research, that there is statistically significant difference between the GCLC post-test averages of the experimental and control groups. …”
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High-Fidelity RANS CFD Simulations of Physicochemical Process of Combustion in Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers in ANSYS CFX by Masoud Hajivand

“…A thorough sensitivity analysis was performed utilizing fine, medium, and coarse unstructured computational meshes to improve the reliability and accuracy of the results. …”
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Review of the Influence of non-singular higher order terms on the stress field of thin welded lap joints and small inclined cracks in plates by F. Berto, M.R. Ayatollahi, S. Vantadori, A. Carpinteri

“…In stress analysis of cracked plates, alongside the stress intensity factor which quantifies the singular stress component perpendicular to the crack plane, the role played in crack growth by the constant term parallel to the crack plane, called the T-stress, has been widely investigated by many researchers. …”
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Molecular surface descriptors to predict antibody developability: sensitivity to parameters, structure models, and conformational sampling by Eliott Park, Saeed Izadi

“…Based on our benchmarking analysis, we propose six in silico developability risk flags and assess their effectiveness in predicting potential developability issues for a set of case study molecules.…”
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Medial plantar nerve: normative parameters of an electroneuromyographic study in adults by D. A. Grishina, N. A. Suponeva

“…At the same time, in groups 2 and 3, the magnitude of the amplitude from peak to peak of the sensory potential was significantly lower compared to group 1, and averaged 8.92 and 7.86 MV, respectively.Conclusion. …”
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Exposing privacy risks in indoor air pollution monitoring systems by Singh Krishna, Gujar Shreyash, Chaudhari Sachin, Kumaraguru Ponnurangam

“…In the practice of inferential analysis, it is not necessary to rely on data characterised by high frequency or granularity. …”
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The effect of liquid losses in trainings during competition period on some biochemical values of u18 male judokas ( age 15-17) by Nuri Muhammet Çelik, Malik Beyleroğlu, Mehmet Soyal, Vahit Çiriş

“…Results: As a result of the measurements made; it was found that the kg pre-test averages of the participant athletes were 67,82 ±17,87, post-test averages were 64,88±16,89, Urine Density pre-test averages were 1.017,94 ±7,08, post-test averages were 1.025±8,48, Urine pH pre-test averages were 6,15±0,70, post-test averages were 5,82±0,50, BUN pre-test averages were 15,65±3,14, post-test averages were 24,35±3,60, Creatine pre-test averages were 0,48±0,20, post-test averages were 0,93±0,41,  K Potassium pre-test averages were 4,16±0,35,  post-test averages were 4,95 ±0,64. …”
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MPicker: visualizing and picking membrane proteins for cryo-electron tomography by Xiaofeng Yan, Shudong Li, Weilin Huang, Hao Wang, Tianfang Zhao, Mingtao Huang, Niyun Zhou, Yuan Shen, Xueming Li

“…This method improves the visualization of proteins on and around membranes by generating a flattened tomogram that eliminates membrane curvature and reduces the spatial complexity of membrane protein analysis. In MPicker, we integrated approaches for automated particle picking and coarse alignment of membrane proteins for sub-tomogram averaging. …”
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Increased dependency of regional drought termination on landfalling tropical cyclones by Yaxin Liu, Xuezhi Tan, Xinxin Wu, Xuejin Tan, Chengguang Lai, Huabin Shi, Thian Yew Gan

“…Globally, tropical cyclone-terminated drought events averaged 1.12 annually and increased significantly by 1.92% per year. …”
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