[18F]FDG PET/CT performs better than CT in determining the bone biopsy site : randomized controlled clinical trial by Yujie Chang, Yifeng Gu, Shunyi Ruan, Shengyu Xu, Jing Sun, Zhiyuan Jiang, Guangyu Yao, Zhiyu Wang, Hui Zhao

“…However, there is no clinical consensus regarding the optimal imaging test for determining the puncture site. Methods We compared the performance of [18F]FDG PET/CT with CT in detecting bone metastases to achieve the highest biopsy efficiency. …”
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STUDY THE EFFECT OF SHOT PEENING RESIDUAL STRESSES ON COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF STIFFENED PANEL by ZHANG ZiPeng, LIU Cun, YIN KaiJun

“…A simple determination method for influence coefficient of shot peening is given and the functions in engineering are amended. …”
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Electrosynthesis of coNi and FeNi LDHs and studying the effect of intercalated cobalt and iron on the electrocatalysis and determination of glucose in human salivary samples by Fatemeh Masoumi, Rahim Mohammad-Rezaei, Mahdi Golmohammadpour

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Investigation of Indirect Shear Strength of Black Shale for Urban Deep Excavation by Mintae Kim

“…The effects of experimental methods and diametric loading on the elastic constant determination were evaluated and analyzed, and the indirect shear strength of the black shale, considering anisotropy, was determined using the estimated stress concentration coefficient. …”
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Functional Analysis of Thyme Production in Denizli Province by Arif Semerci, Enver Ken

“…Among the variables in the production function, the variables with marginal efficiency coefficient above 1 were determined as the production area (3.20) and the fertilizer factor (1.33). …”
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Approaches to rational development of analytical methods for mineral raw materials and products of their processing by B. A. Ovezov

“…Russia occupies a leading position in the global extraction of minerals, meeting all the demands of Russian economy. The efficiency of resources development determines the efficiency of both the oil and gas industry, as well as related economic sectors. …”
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A New Proposal for Consumer Price Index (CPI) Calculation and Income Distribution Measurement by Income Groups by Esat Daşdemir

“…This study proposes an alternative method for the calculation of income distribution using the Gini coefficient. …”
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Investigation of the Kinetics of Heat and Moisture Exchange during Heat Treatment and Drying of Thin Wet Thermal Insulation Materials by A. I. Ol’shanskii, A. N. Golubev

“…The approximation of the drying rate curve by various methods is presented. When determining the duration of drying by zonal methods, the equation of the drying rate with the drying coefficient was used. …”
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Faulty feeder selection based on improved Hough transform in resonant grounded distribution networks by Xiaowei Wang, Xinyu Qu, Liang Guo, Zhihua Zhang, Yizhao Wang, Peng Wang

“…Due to the weak fault characteristics and inaccurate fault line selection during high impedance faults, this paper proposes a new method for fault line selection in resonant grounded distribution networks based on improved Hough transform. …”
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The potential energy impact of the suction tube of pumping facilities on the mark of pump axis installation and the power consumption of drive motors by Dmitriy S. Tsyplenkov, Irina N. Vinokurova, Ruslan R. Mazanov, Yulia S. Urzhumova

“…Purpose: to substantiate theoretically the impact of the potential energy of suction tube of pumping facilities on the installation mark of the pump axis and the drive motor power. Materials and methods. The theoretical studies were based on the substantiation of the impact of potential energy in the pump housing on head, on the analysis of dependence of hydraulic resistances coefficients in the suction tube on the installation height of the pump axis relative to the water source surface and on the impact of potential energy in the suction tube on the useful power of drive motors. …”
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Prediction of Poisson's ratio for a petroleum engineering application: Machine learning methods. by Fahd Saeed Alakbari, Syed Mohammad Mahmood, Mohammed Abdalla Ayoub, Muhammad Jawad Khan, Funsho Afolabi, Mysara Eissa Mohyaldinn, Ali Samer Muhsan

“…The best approach out of the published and proposed methods was GPR with a coefficient of determination (R2) and average-absolute-percentage-relative-error (AAPRE) of 0.95 and 2.73%. …”
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Rice Identification and Spatio-Temporal Changes Based on Sentinel-1 Time Series in Leizhou City, Guangdong Province, China by Kaiwen Zhong, Jian Zuo, Jianhui Xu

“…The results revealed that by analyzing SAR-intensive time series data, we were able to determine the backscattering coefficient of typical crops in Leizhou and use the threshold segmentation method to identify rice labels in SAR-intensive time series images. …”
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Electronic transport study for SF6 Plasma by A I Ahmed, N A Hamdoon

“… Determination the electron transport parameters, (drift velocity ( ) , mean electron en­ergy ( ), diffusion coefficient (D), mobility ( ) and ionization coeffi­cient ( ) ), in an at­tempt to show the influence of the presence of dust on their behavior in a direct cur­rent low pres­sure SF6 glow discharge .The Boltz­mann Transport Equation (BTE), using two-term approxima­tion are solved self-consistly. …”
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Is There Any Correlation Between Diffusion‐Weighted Imaging and Histopathologic Findings of Meningioma? A Retrospective Study by Mahrokh Sadat Vaziri, Fahimeh Zeinalkhani, Soroush Alaeddini, Vahid Soleimani, Jayran Zebardast, Peyman Kamali Hakim, Hadise Zeinalkhani, Fahime Azizinik, Sina Delazar

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Comparative Study of Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of Biocemented Sandy Soils Enhanced with Biopolymer: Evaluation of Mixing and Injection Treatment Methods by Mutlu Şimşek, Semet Çelik, Harun Akoğuz

“…SA contributed positively to the overall efficiency of the MICP process. The study highlights SA-assisted MICP as an alternative that enhances the microstructural integrity of treated soils and responds to the environmental limitations of conventional methods through sustainable innovation.…”
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A Holistic Assessment of Sustainable Energy Security and the Efficiency of Policy Implementation in Emerging EU Economies: A Long-Term Perspective by Jarosław Brodny, Magdalena Tutak, Wieslaw Wes Grebski

“…Multiple Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) methods, including COPRAS, EDAS, MAIRCA, and the Hurwicz criterion, were utilized to determine the SESI value. …”
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EfficientNet-B0 outperforms other CNNs in image-based five-class embryo grading: a comparative analysis by Vincent Jaehyun Shim, Hosup Shim, Sangho Roh

“…Artificial intelligence-powered grading systems offer a more objective and consistent approach by reducing human biases and enhancing accuracy and reliability. Methods: We evaluated the performance of five convolutional neural network architectures—EfficientNet-B0, InceptionV3, ResNet18, ResNet50, and VGG16— in grading blastocysts into five quality classes using only embryo images, without incorporating clinical or patient data. …”
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An Objective and Subjective Evaluation of Masticatory Efficiency in Periodontal Patients Before and After Basic Periodontal Therapy: A Case Series Study by María José Moya-Villaescusa, Claudia López-Lisón, José María Montoya-Carralero, Alfonso Jornet-García, Arturo Sánchez-Pérez

“…Thus, the aim of this case series study was to determine whether basic periodontal therapy improves masticatory ability and efficiency in patients with mild to moderate periodontitis. …”
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Efficiency of a combined peginterferon alpha-2a and ribavarin therapy in intravenous opiate substances abusers with chronic hepatitis C by Jovanović Maja, Konstantinović Ljiljana, Kostić Velimir, Vrbić Miodrag, Popović Lidija

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Thermoelectric installation for lifting objects from shallow reservoirs using the freezing method by O. V. Evdulov, D. V. Evdulov, I. A. Gabitov, M. U. Yakhyaev

“…The installation parameters have been determined: the number of TEMs of the DRIFT-1.2 type is 8, the operating power range of a single TEM of the DRIFT-1.2 type is from 14 to 40 W with an average temperature difference between the junctions of 45 K, the supply current is from 3.8 to 7 .6 A with power consumption from 50 to 200 W, coefficient of performance - from 0.1 to 0.45, minimum temperature of the cold wall of the TU - 248 K, a domestically produced thermal thermosyphon is used as a heat removal system from the hot junctions of the TEM.…”
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