Determination of Heating Value of Estonian Oil Shale by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy by M. Aints, P. Paris, M. Laan, K. Piip, H. Riisalu, I. Tufail

“…The study is the first where the oil shale heating value is determined on the basis of LIBS spectra. The method for selecting the optimal number of spectral lines for ordinary multivariate least squares regression model is presented. …”
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Automated chick gender determination using optical coherence tomography and deep learning by Jadsada Saetiew, Papawit Nongkhunsan, Jiraporn Saenjae, Rapeephat Yodsungnoen, Amonrat Molee, Sirichok Jungthawan, Ittipon Fongkaew, Panomsak Meemon

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Adaptive Clinical Trials and Sample Size Determination in the Presence of Measurement Error and Heterogeneity by Hassan Farooq, Sajid Ali, Ismail Shah, Ibrahim A. Nafisah, Mohammed M. A. Almazah

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Deciphering the microbial communities in ticks of Inner Mongolia: ecological determinants and pathogen profiles by Chunfu Li, Rui Ma, Ai Gao, Na Jiang, Chunli Sang, Yanli Zhang, Haoqiang Tian, Jian Li, Wei Hu, Xinyu Feng

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Exact differential transform method and semi-analytic Chebyshev collocation method for ordinary differential equations by A. S. Mohamed

“…On the other hand, the Chebyshev collocation method transforms the differential equation into a system of equations involving unknown coefficients, which must be determined by solving the system. …”
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Determination of the effects of the diameters of the throttle holes on the fluid flow of an inertial hydrodynamic installation by Б.Р. Нусупбеков, М.С. Овчаров, Е.З. Ошанов, У.Б. Есбергенов, М.С. Дуйсенбаева, А.А. Тишбеков, М.К. Аманжолова

“… In the article, in order to solve environmental problems associated with heating buildings and structures, the methods of converting electrical energy into thermal energy and the processes occurring at the same time are considered. …”
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Fluorimetric determination of quinine using a portable system and digital image processing by Cheilane T. de Souza, Kaewta Danchana, Sergio L. C. Ferreira, Victor Cerdà

“…The proposed device was used for the determination in situ of quinine in water and beverage samples, respectively. …”
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Ultrasound-based Eigenfrequency Analysis to Determine Material Parameters of Tissue Mimicking Phantoms by Heim Christian, Huber Christian M., Ullmann Ingrid, Lyer Stefan, Rupitsch Stefan J.

“…In this contribution, we describe an ultrasound-based eigenfrequency analysis combined with an iterative inverse simulation-based method to determine the mechanical parameter Young's modulus of tissue mimicking phantoms. …”
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High-Frequency Flow Rate Determination—A Pressure-Based Measurement Approach by Faras Brumand-Poor, Tim Kotte, Marwin Schüpfer, Felix Figge, Katharina Schmitz

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Salinization characteristics and its determinants of cultivated and uncultivated lands in the Hetao Irrigation District by HU Zhiyuan, SHI Haibin, MIAO Qingfeng, HOU Cong, YU Cuicui, MU Yunfang, ZHANG Hua, SHANG Hailing, WEI Zengming

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The Application of 2k Factorial Design to Determine the Luminance in Truck Parking Lots by Kandananond Karin

“…To carry out the empirical study, a statistical design method, 2k full factorial design, was utilised to determine the relationship between design parameters and two responses, average luminance (Lav) and overall uniformity ratio (Uo). …”
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Criteria for determining breeding‐pair status of male mallards captured in decoy traps by Michael G. Brasher, J. Brian Davis, Matthew R. Kaminski, Robert B. Emery, Richard M. Kaminski, Guy A. Baldassarre

“…ABSTRACT Methods for accurately determining pair status of male ducks during the breeding season are necessary for further understanding the roles of paired and unpaired males in waterfowl breeding populations. …”
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Factors determining homocysteine levels in Russian patients with stable coronary heart disease by O. O. Shakhmatova, A. L. Komarov, D. V. Rebrikov, M. A. Turchaninova, T. I. Kotkina, A. V. Bolvacheva, A. D. Deev, A. B. Dobrovolsky, E. V. Titaeva, E. A. Panchenko

“…Material and methods. The study included 506 patients (388 men; mean age 59,4±12,2 years) with stable CHD. …”
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Evaluation of the Accuracy of Cameriere, Modified Cameriere and Willems and Blenkin-Evans Methods for Turkish Children by Tuğçe Nur Şahin, Melike Güleç

“…Kruskal-Wallis test was used to evaluate the appropriateness of the methods, and intra- and interobserver agreement was statistically evaluated using the Intra-Interclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) (p < .05). …”
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ODIASP: An Open‐Source Software for Automated SMI Determination—Application to an Inpatient Population by Katia Charrière, Antoine Ragusa, Béatrice Genoux, Antoine Vilotitch, Svetlana Artemova, Charlène Dumont, Paul‐Antoine Beaudoin, Pierre‐Ephrem Madiot, Gilbert R. Ferretti, Ivan Bricault, Eric Fontaine, Jean‐Luc Bosson, Alexandre Moreau‐Gaudry, Joris Giai, Cécile Bétry

“…Agreement between cross‐sectional muscle area (CSMA) values obtained using ODIASP and the reference methodology (i.e., manual determination) was evaluated using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). …”
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Impact of main idiosyncratic and exogenous factors on cost Efficiency: The case of MENA banking industries - SFA approach by Samar Rizk

“…By using this method, SFAW versus SFAWO, we compare between the efficiency frontiers and scores obtained and understand the effect of the integration of main determinants on efficiency of banks in the MENA region. …”
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Empirical Evidence on Pro-Environmental Activities of Companies in Times of Energy Transformation: A Case Study of Poland by Beata Bal-Domańska, Elżbieta Stańczyk, Mirosława Szewczyk

“…For large enterprises, the key determinants were incentives, reputation, and law requirements. …”
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Balanced mineral nutrition and application of growth regulators determine productivity and quality of potato by K. V. Vladimirov, A. A. Mostyakova, L. M. Egorov, V. P. Vladimirov

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The Role and Forming of Internal Control Over the Economic Stability of Business Entities by A. N. Ryakhovskaya, M. V. Melnik

“…The authors identified the major areas of internal corporate control and leading control points, as well as determined the methods and procedures of this area of control, emphasizing the role of each participant in the production process, ensuring its greatest potency and efficiency.…”
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DETERMINATION OF THE BEST OPTIMIZER FOR A NEURONETWORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATIC IMAGE TAGGING SYSTEMS by Andrian Kozynets

“…Choosing the best optimizer is an important step in developing efficient automatic image classification systems. In particular, for neural networks based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs), the choice between popular optimization methods such as Adam (Adaptive Moment Estimation) and SGD (Stochastic Gradient Descent, SGD) can significantly affect their performance. …”
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