Complex Analysis of the Epidemiological Situation of Tuberculosis used as an Additional Tool for Determining the «Risk Areas»on the Siberian Federal District by P. A. Khromova, V. V. Sinkov, E. D. Savilov, O. B. Ogarkov

“…The essence of the method consists in ranking the statistical indicators used from the minimum values to the maximum values for the entire study period, and further summing the ranks for each indicator. …”
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Rapid Determination of Mercury Ions in Environmental Water Based on an N-Rich Covalent Organic Framework Potential Sensor by Jinjin Tian, Yulin Zhu

“…The proposed method can be successfully applied to the determination of Hg2+ in 3 typical environmental water samples, with a recovery rate of 98.6–101.8%. …”
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Determination of 10 organic acid contents in tea using high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector by WANG Lili, YANG Junguo, LIN Qingxia, XIANG Lihui, SONG Zhenshuo, ZHANG Yinggen, CHEN Lin

“…It is appeared that the newly developed method can yield fine linear relationship, desirable precision, repeatability and separability for determinations of 10 organic acids in tea.…”
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Determination of Methomyl Residue in Tobacco Samples by Heart-Cutting Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry by Shihao Shen, Min Chen, Tiannan Wang, Ting Fei, Dianhai Yang, Miaoling Cao, Da Wu

“…A dynamic range of 2.5 ng/mL to 500 ng/mL was achieved with correlation coefficient (r2) greater than 0.9995. The limit of detection and limit of quantification were determined to be 0.69 and 2.30 ng/mL, respectively. …”
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Determination of Total Iron in Carbon-Containing Iron Ore by Perchloric Acid-Assisted Digestion and Potassium Dichromate Titration by Shiyuan REN, Yunfeng WANG, Chunying GAO, Nan WANG, Lin WANG, Zaizheng DONG

“…Rapid and accurate determination of total iron content in iron ore is crucial for mineral processing research and improving iron-making efficiency. …”
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Objective determination of initiation stress and damage stress in rock failure using acoustic emission and digital image correlation by Peng Liang, Yanbo Zhang, Xulong Yao, Guangyuan Yu, Qiang Han, Junling Liu

“…The research aimed to explore a method for determining rock characteristic stresses by integrating acoustic emission monitoring with the DIC method. …”
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Application of methods of system analysis for modeling the process of distance learning by S. Ya. Zhukovich

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Factor selection techniques based on partial least squares for classification to determine the risk factors of sexually transmitted infections by Zhiping Liu, Maryam Sadiq, Zhiguang Li

“…This study focused on improving factor selection techniques based on partial least squares for classification and therefore, traditional, recent, and proposed approaches are evaluated by means of efficiency. All considered techniques are executed on a real data set of sexually transmitted infections among men belonging to Balochistan (Pakistan) using the Monte Carlo simulation method. …”
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Environmental Profile of a Community's Health (EPOCH): an instrument to measure environmental determinants of cardiovascular health in five countries. by Clara K Chow, Karen Lock, Manisha Madhavan, Daniel J Corsi, Anna B Gilmore, S V Subramanian, Wei Li, Sumathi Swaminathan, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Alvaro Avezum, Scott A Lear, Gilles Dagenais, Koon Teo, Martin McKee, Salim Yusuf

“…This report describes the design and reliability of an instrument to measure environmental determinants of CV risk factors.<h4>Method/principal findings</h4>THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH (EPOCH) INSTRUMENT COMPRISES TWO PARTS: (I) an assessment of the physical environment, and (II) an interviewer-administered questionnaire to collect residents' perceptions of their community. …”
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Mono- and Binuclear Complexes in a Centrifuge-Less Cloud-Point Extraction System for the Spectrophotometric Determination of Zinc(II) by Kiril B. Gavazov, Petya V. Racheva, Antoaneta D. Saravanska, Fatma Genc, Vassil B. Delchev

“…The method developed is characterized by simplicity, convenience, profitability, sensitivity, and ecological friendliness. …”
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Determination of Residual Behavior of Flufenacet in Wheat and its Dietary Risk Assessment by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry by Jing YANG, Xin-ju WEI, Xiao-long MA, Li JI, Xiao-jing WANG

“…A method of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed for the determination of flufenacet and its metabolites in wheat. …”
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Direct analysis of algae for determination of major and minor elements using energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) by Sewgil Saaduldeen Anwer

“…There are very few studies that determine the elements in microalgae with EDXRF, which is a rapid, easy method to determine what components and in what quantities they are contained to be used (no chemical pre-treatments are required). …”
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Determining the Optimal Level of Service of the Airport Passenger Terminal for Low-Cost Carriers Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process by Jelena Pivac, Igor Štimac, Dajana Bartulović, Andrija Vidović

“…A hierarchical AHP decision-making model with associated criteria and sub-criteria was developed to determine the optimal level of service for low-cost carriers. …”
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Evaluation of mechanical properties and determination of the optimal concentration of a new carbonyl-rich graphene oxide in cementitious composites by Aldo Ribeiro de Carvalho, Marcela Martins Carrara, Gabriela dos Santos Pacífico, Natany Pinho Rosa, Letícia Lopardi Leal, Marina Costa Totti, Nayton Claudinei Vicentini, Alessandro Henrique de Lima, Welber Gianini Quirino, Thaís Mayra de Oliveira

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Implementasi Peraturan Presiden Nomor 104 Tahun 2007 Tentang Penyediaan, Pendistribusian Dan Penetapan Harga Liquified Petroleum Gas Tabung 3 Kilogram by Neni Suryanti, Muhammad A Rauf

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Optimisation of bioaerosol sampling using an ultralight aircraft: A novel approach in determining the 3-D atmospheric biodiversity by Maria P. Plaza, Athanasios Charalampopoulos, Vivien Leier-Wirtz, Pia Viuf Ørby, Mathilde Kloster, Michael Dines Christiansen, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Athanasios Damialis, Ulrich Gosewinkel

“…Three campaigns were made, where the comparability, efficiency and accuracy of different sampling devices were determined, namely of the abovementioned impactor, and of the mobile conventional Hirst-type pollen sampler. …”
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Development and application of sex-specific indel markers for Hippophae salicifolia based on third-generation sequencing by Zhefei Zeng, Shutong Zhang, Xin Tan, Norzin Tso, Zhuo Shang, Jifeng Zhang, Wei Li, Junwei Wang, Wenju Zhang, La Qiong

“…Cross-species validation revealed limited applicability of Hsa09 in closely related Hippophae species, suggesting notable divergence in sex determination mechanisms within the genus. This study establishes the first molecular tool for early sex identification in H. salicifolia, overcoming the dependence on reproductive organ development in traditional methods. …”
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Economic Analysis of Strip and Pit Cultivation Methods in Desertification Projects by Reza Barzegar Ardakani, Saeideh Kalantari, Mohamadreza Fazelpour, Mahdi Tazeh

“…From an economic standpoint, the best method can be determined by comparing the estimated and actual costs of implementing both strip and pit cultivation methods. …”
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Performance of methods for estimation of table beet water requirement in Alagoas by Daniella P. dos Santos, Célia S. dos Santos, Leiliane M. da Silva, Márcio A. L. dos Santos, Cícero G. dos Santos

“…Beet ETc showed a cumulative demand of 202.11 mm for a cumulative reference evapotranspiration of 152.00 mm. Kc values determined using the Penman-Monteith-FAO 56 and Hargreaves-Samani methods were overestimated, in comparison to the Kc values of the FAO-56 standard method. …”
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Control of Tribological Characteristics of Wear-Resistant AlCrBN Coatings by Nanoscratch Testing by V. A. Lapitskaya, T. A. Kuznetsova, B. Warcholinski, A. V. Khabarova, T. V. Hamzeleva, A. Gilewicz, S. A. Chizhik

“…The use of this method made it possible to perform multi-cycle tribotesting of the AlCrBN coatings, determine the average values of the friction coefficient, and completely eliminate the influence of microparticles (the characteristic defects for coatings deposited by the cathodic arc method) on the measurements. …”
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