OPTIMIZATION OF A WHOLE-BODY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING PROTOCOL FOR HODGKIN LYMPHOMA STAGING by A. I. Mikhaylov, V. O. Panov, I. E. Tyurin

“…WBMRI showed high sensitivity (99.2%) (97.6–100% confidence interval (CI)) and specificity (99.6%) (99.05–100% CI) in determining the foci of lesion in HL.Conclusion. The high sensitivity and specificity of WBMRI, which are similar to those of PET, may suggest that this method should be used to estimate the extent of the primary tumor in HL. …”
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Field Study on Prevalence and Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Selected Herds of Cattle by A. Balicka-Ramisz, A. Ramisz, Ł. Laurans, M. Piotrowski

“…The study was based on a quantitative method using the McMaster technique, which allowed the number of eggs to be determined in 1 g of feces.Results and discussion. …”
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Artificial intelligence assisted automated short answer question scoring tool shows high correlation with human examiner markings by H.M.T.W. Seneviratne, S.S. Manathunga

“…To validate the method, human examiners also graded the same answers, and the marks were compared to measure correlation. …”
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Susceptibility analysis of glacier debris flow by investigating glacier changes based on remote sensing imagery and deep learning: A case study by Shiying Yang, Gang Mei, Yuan Zhang

“…Eventually, according to the glacier ablation, the correction coefficient was determined, which modified the geomorphic information entropy theory, and further analyzed the susceptibility of glacier debris flow in Zelongnong ravine. …”
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Shallot-Peel Extract Supplementation Increases Glutathione Levels in Gastritis Rat Model by Zahrah Febianti, Bagas Wahyu Utama, Adelia Handoko

“…Gastric GSH levels were determined by the Ellman method. The data was analyzed by ANOVA and post hoc test. …”
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Motives for play activity and personality characteristics of adult players of real-life communication games by Svetlana T. Dzhaneryan, Darya I. Gvozdeva

“…Personal characteristics of the players were determined using the testing method.   Methods of mathematical statistics (binomial test, Friedman's rank test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, and Mann-Whitney's U test) were used to determine the dominance of indicators and the relationship between them.  …”
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Characterization of wildland-urban interfaces using LiDAR data to estimate the risk of wildfire damage by A. Robles, M. A. Rodríguez-Garrido, M. F. Alvarez-Taboada

“…The identification of forested areas was performed using an object-based classification method using the intensity image, the height model and an orthophotograph of the area, and a kappa coefficient of 0.82 was obtained in the validation. …”
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Aerial biomass allometric models for Prosopis affinis Spreng. in native Espinal forests of Argentina by Silvana M. J. Sione, Hernán J. Andrade-Castañeda, Silvia G. Ledesma, Leandro J. Rosenberger, José D. Oszust, Marcelo G. Wilson

“…Values of total aerial biomass and component biomass (trunk, branches larger than 5 cm in diameter and branches smaller than 5 cm + leaves, flowers and fruits) were determined using the destructive method. Different models were developed, and the best models were selected according to the adjusted coefficient of determination (R2adj), mean squared prediction error, the Akaike information and Bayesian information criteria and the Furnival index. …”
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Influence of Thermal Treatment on The Electronic Properties of ITO Thin Films Obtained by RF Cathodic Pulverization. Study of Solar Cells Based on Silicon/(RF Sputtered) ITO Juncti... by G. Campet, C. Geoffroy, S. J. Wen, J. Portier, P. Keou, J. Salardenne, Z. W. Sun

“…Free carriers concentration in the film were measured by Hall effect coefficient. Optical indices were determined by computer drawing of charts allowing to simplify Manifacier method.…”
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Psychometric Evaluation of the Persian PSSUQ Third Edition and Usability Assessment of a Library Website by Kowsar Eftekhari, Elahe Amouzadeh, Roya Nikbakht, Siavash Etemadinezhad

“…The present study aimed to localize and psychometrically evaluate the Persian version of the third edition of the PSSUQ and assess the usability of the library website at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Material and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study employed the Backward-Forward method for translating the questionnaire. …”
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Analysis of sunshine hours data and estimation of global solar radiation for Mychew Tabia Smret station, Northern Ethiopia by Amaha Kidanu Atsbeha, Gebrekiros Gebreyesus Gebremariam, Tsegay Hailu Gebreslassie

“…The quadratic model has a coefficient of determination of 98.23% R2 statistic, making it best alternative for predicting and estimating solar radiation distributions.…”
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Synthesis and characterization of SnS2 nanoparticles for enhanced photocatalytic and electrochemical sensing applications by Sumanjali Kota, Akshay Shivashankar, Tushvitha Dhayakaran, Uthkruthi Munegowda, Bharath K. Devendra

“…This study presents a straightforward, cost-effective method for synthesizing Tin Sulfide (SnS2) nanoparticles using magnetic stirring. …”
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Stability analysis of unsteady ternary nanofluid flow past a stretching/shrinking wedge by Ouyang Yun, Md Basir Md Faisal, Naganthran Kohilavani, Pop Ioan

“…Critical values are determined using the boundary value problem solver using 4th-order collocation method function in Matlab, and the effects of key parameters – such as the wedge parameter, Eckert number, suction/injection parameter (SS), and hybridity – are analyzed through graphical representations. …”
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Fretting corrosion characteristics of NC30Fe alloy in a sodium chloride solution by LI Fang, REN Ping-di, ZHANG Xiao-yu, XIANG Hong-xian, REN Si-cong, CAI Zhen-bing

“…As a result of lubrication action by the corrosion product film,the friction coefficient in the sodium chloride solution is smaller than that in pure water. …”
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Development and application of a TaqMan-MGB probe-based quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the rapid detection of Dictyocaulus filaria by Zheng-qin Gao, Jin Xing

“…It also exhibited high sensitivity, with both the lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) and the limit of detection (LOD) determined to be 1.5 copies per reaction. The assay exhibited excellent repeatability and reproducibility, with an intra-assay coefficient of variation (CV) of 0.11–0.58% and an inter-assay CV of 0.33–2.19%. …”
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Predicting Crown-width of Dominant Trees on Teak Plantation from Clonal Seed Orchards in Ngawi Forest Management Unit, East Java by Ronggo Sadono

“…The model selection was based on the highest coefficient of determination and the smallest standard error of the estimate and the significance of F test and T test. …”
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Simultaneous screening of 211 pesticide residues in date fruits in Iran and health risk assessments based on Mont Carlo simulation by Moslem Basij, Najmeh Sheibani Tezerji, Mahboube Shirani, Vahideh Mahdavi

“…The linearity of 0.015–0.30 mg kg−1 with the coefficient of determination (R2) values exceeding 0.9989 were achieved. …”
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Solution of the inverse problem of tracer tests interpretation results for oil reservoirs in the presence of low resistance channels by Konstantin M. Fedorov, Alexander Y. Gilmanov, Alexander P. Shevelyov, Aleksey A. Izotov, Alexander V. Kobyashev

“…The algorithm of numerical determination of the tracer dissipation coefficient by solving the optimization problem by the gradient descent is given. …”
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Temperature prediction for forging a large S355NL steel flange for offshore wind turbines using neural network and numerical simulation by Yu Chen, Jinfu Zhao, Ling Kong, Jianjun Zhang, Zhixin Huang, Dayong Li, Yuhui Wang

“…The contact heat transfer coefficient between S355NL low alloy steel and 5CrNiMo die steel was determined through experimental measurements using the steady-state heat flow method. …”
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Import-Substituting Food Additive E316 (Sodium Isoascorbate): Production Patterns by Kukin M.

“…The author also defined the influence of equilibrium concentrations of aqueous solutions of isoascorbic acid and sodium isoascorbate on temperature. The optimal method was to add a solution of sodium hydroxide into a solution of isoascorbic acid with a ratio between the masses of sodium hydroxide solution, crystalline isoascorbic acid, and prepared water, respectively, 1:2.11:6.13. …”
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