Theoretical Old-Age Pension Benefits and Replacement Rates in the Baltic States: A Retrospective Simulation by Rajevska Olga

“…The author presents a comparative analysis of old-age pension systems in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania using a method of retrospective simulation run on a self-developed model. …”
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Molecular bases of muscular definition: the role of myostatin and proteinkinase β in progression of protein-energy waste in patients on hemodialysis by A. S. Kuzyarova, M. Z. Gasanov, M. M. Batyushin, O. V. Golubeva

“…All patients had CKD 5D stages with chronic hemodialysis treatment for an average duration of 33.5 (0.5; 236) months. All patients were carried out a detailed clinical and anamnestic examination, we estimated the anthropometric measurement, muscular strength were using the hand dynamometry method. …”
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Harmful working conditions as a risk factor for the development of occupational morbidity in auxiliary professions workers by A. I. Sevalniev, L. P. Sharavara

“…The purpose of the work was to assess the occupational health risk for workers exposed to harmful conditions at the auxiliary workshop. Materials and methods. The hygienic assessment of working environment at 48 workplaces of mechanical shop turners was conducted. 611 researches of chemical and physical factors of the working environment and 448 analyses of workplace air for fine dust concentrations of PM4 and PM10 fractions were performed. …”
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Descriptive Phenomenology from Instances of Dishonesty in Psychotherapy by Psychotherapists by Hossein Alipour, Mahdi Akbari

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Hierarchical quantitative prediction of photovoltaic power generation depreciation expense based on matrix task prioritization considering uncertainty risk by Yinming Liu, Wengang Wang, Xiangyue Meng, Yuchen Zhang, Zhuyu Chen

“…In practical application, the test results show that this method can complete the risk quantitative analysis of uncertain factors, and the tracking ability and fitting degree of prediction are good; An ordered list of solutions of each objective function can be generated; The method in this paper is used to predict the depreciation expense of photovoltaic power generation in the first 10 solutions of priority ranking, and the maximum deviation of the prediction result is -0.65 million yuan.…”
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Hesitant bi-fuzzy multi-attribute information fusion with expert reliability by Shshank Chaube, Anuj Kumar, Manoj Kumar Singh, Chandan Singh Ujarari, Sawan Kumar Rawat

“…Initially, the impression of expert reliability in the decision-making process is examined, and a reliability metric is constructed based on the degree of similarity among expert opinions. The power average (PA) operator is then used with expert reliability to aggregate expert preferences while preserving as much of the original data as feasible. …”
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Optimal geometrical selection of skin mesh: experimental analysis and numerical optimization by Mehdi Khayami, Aisa Rassoli, Alireza Feizkhah

“…A rectangular mesh, measuring 1.939 mm in length and 1.698 mm in width, was identified as the best design with an average stress of 0.0757 MPa. These findings have potential applications in clinical burn research, contributing to the development of improved treatment methods.…”
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COMBINING ABILITY AND RECIPROCAL EFFECT FOR YIELD AND ITS COMBONENTS IN F2 FABA BEAN(Vicia faba L.) by Wiam Y. Rasheed Al-Shakarchy

“…Broad sense heritability was high for all the studied characters except no. of days to flowering , while narrow sense heritability was higher for pod setting and no. of days to maturity which indicate additive gene action for these characters. Average degree of dominance was more than one higher for the all studied characters except no. of days to maturity and no. of seed per pod , indicating over dominance control for these characters.…”
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A scientometric assessment of research productivity on Child Maltreatment from Web of Science database by Dinakaran Munnu, Gomathi Palanisamy

“…Furthermore, we employed scientometric statistic measurements to analysis of child maltreatment productivity. Method: The scientometric qualitative method was used for this study, and the required data was retrieved from the Web of Science database. …”
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MICROPERIMETRY AND MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF OPTIC NERVE HEAD AND MACULAR AREA IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA by B. M. Aznabaev, A. Sh. Zagidullina, A. A. Alexandrov

“…Purpose: To study by using microperimetry a degree of functional disorders of retinal peripapillary area in patients with initial stage of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), to analyze correlation relationship of the microperimetry parameters and the main morphometric parameters of the optic nerve head (OND).Patients and methods. …”
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The evaluation of hyperglycemic crises in patients with ischemic heart disease by V. A. Korolev, M. O. Makarova, A. A. Makarov

“…An average age of ill people was 65 years. The condition of carbohydrate exchange in the people who were ill was controlled by way of determining the HbAlc by immunochemical method and the level of an empty stomach glucose plasm - by glucose oxidase way. …”
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Structural myocardial changes in chronic heart failure of II functional class based on overweight and abdominal obesity by V. Z. Netyazhenko, P. P. Bidzilya

“…Research objective: to establish the structural changes of CHF of II functional class depending on the availability of overweight and abdominal type of obesity various degrees. Material and methods: 153 patients with CHF of II functional class were examined. …”
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POTENTIOMETRIC PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH NON-REMOVABLE ORTHOPEDIC STRUCTURES AND INTRAORAL HALITOSIS by O.A. Udod, A.O. Hlivynska

“…In 33 patients (67.4%) I degree of halitosis was detected, in 16 patients (32.6%) – II degree. …”
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Rough-and-Refine Model for Scene Graph Generation by Li Junliang, Lv Shirong, Li Wei

“…The TQG and EPR modules also provide a degree of improvement, with average decreases of 4.7% and 5.2% when removed. …”
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Geostatistics and Artificial Intelligence Applications for Spatial Evaluation of Bearing Capacity after Dynamic Compaction by Rodney Ewusi-Wilson, Junghee Park, Boyoung Yoon, Changho Lee

“…This study employs geostatistical and artificial intelligence (AI) methods to estimate the degree of ground improvement after dynamic compaction. …”
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On the Combination of Harmonics and Polynoms in Econometric Modeling of RUB/AZN Exchange Rate by L. M. Mamedova

“…The official statistics of the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan were used; classical methods of mathematical analysis and economic analysis; methods of econometrics, harmonic (Fourier) analysis, statistical spectral analysis, “Fourier analysis” of the MS Excel add-in, tools of the Eviews 8 application package with the standard deviation and average approximation error being taken into account, the necessary statistical procedures required for identifying and estimating the parameters of the model and checking its adequacy and accuracy.Results. …”
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Sustainability of opioid agonist therapy programmes in Belarus, the Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan and Ukraine in the context of transition from Global Fund support during 2020–20... by Raminta Stuikyte, Ivan Varentsov, Naimdzhon Malikov, Sergii Dvoriak, Myroslava Filippovych, Alisher Latypov, Aleksei Kralko, Ala Iatco, Catherine Cook

“…The study used a comparative country case study design with qualitative methods and two data points in 2020 and 2022–2023. …”
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The wintertime brown adipose tissue thermogenesis of New York City residents amidst climate change by Stephanie B. Levy, Shelby Pirtle, Ruthbernick Bastien, Kandra Cruz, Jahnae Vernon

“…The degree to which NYC residents exhibit metabolic adaptations to cold stress is currently unclear.Aim This study quantified variation in brown adipose tissue (BAT), energy expenditure (EE), and ambient temperature among NYC residents.Subjects and methods We recruited 46 adults (31 females; 15 males) and quantified anthropometrics, change in EE, and BAT thermogenesis after a cooling condition in the lab. …”
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Rheumatologists in Ecuador: Results of a Survey by Genessis Maldonado, Maria Intriago, Roberto Guerrero, Carlos Rios

“…The average working hours per week were 40.35 ± 25.72. …”
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Genomic diversity characteristics of sheep populations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro by Gábor Mészáros, Birgit Fürst-Waltl, Johann Sölkner, Hana Vostrá-Vydrová, Jan Calta, Milena Đokić, Božidarka Marković, Dragan Stanojević, Vladan Bogdanovic

“…Overall, the software showed comparable results for 10 out of 16 breeds, and significantly different results for at least one software for at least one of the methods for 6 out of 16 breeds. These differences show a degree of uncertainty in Ne estimations for certain breeds. …”
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