Linguistic Ratification and Validation of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 3.0 Cardiac Module by V. V. Chernikov, I. V. Vinyarskaya, K. A. Soboleva, Ye. N. Basargina, O. P. Zharova

“…Objective: On the basis of international requirements to create a Russian version of the international instrument Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 3.0 Cardiac Module, used for assessment of the quality of life in children with cardiovascular diseases.Methods: In a prospective study it was assessed the reliability of the questionnaire (calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient), its validity — by comparing the responses of patients who had a different ejection fraction (construct validity), and comparing the responses on the scales of PedsQL Cardiac Module questionnaire with the scales of the common PedsQL Generic Core Scale questionnaire (convergent validity). …”
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Modern epidemiological features of viral acute intestinal infections in children and adolescents of Sakhalin region by E. Yu. Sapega, L. V. Butakova, O. E. Trotsenko

“…Index of seasonality, coefficient of seasonality, and index of seasonal growth were determined.Results and discussion. …”
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Design and Evaluation of Bisoprolol Fumarate Transdermal Film: A Promising Approach for Cardiovascular Therapy by H. N. Shivakumar, Anilkumar Reddy, Dhruti Avlani, Prajila Alayadan, Avichal Kumar

“…Background: The study aimed to prepare and evaluate the transdermal film of bisoprolol fumarate (BF) for chronic management of hypertension as an alternative to conventional oral dosage form. Materials and Methods: The partition coefficient of BF was determined in n-octanol buffer systems. …”
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Federated deep reinforcement learning-based urban traffic signal optimal control by Mi Li, Xiaolong Pan, Chuhui Liu, Zirui Li

“…The proposed method effectively optimizes intersection access efficiency with excellent robustness under various traffic flow settings.…”
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Pod Hardness, Porosity, and Seed Viability Levels of Several Peanut Varieties by Siti Muzaiyanah, Trustinah Trustinah, Sutrisno Sutrisno

“…The second factor was the length of storage, consisting of 1, 2, 3, and 4 months, in quadruplicates, and the hardness of the pods was measured using a digital grain hardness tester meter. Porosity (P) was determined using the volume method. Viability testing includes germination viability (GV), germination rate (GR), and germination rate index (GRI). …”
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Design of highly sensitive refractive index biosensor with cobalt-glass materials for detection of glucose concentration in blood by Trupti Kamani, Shobhit K. Patel, Sana Ben Khalifa, Saleh Chebaane, Om Prakash Kumar, Ishwar Bhiradi, Ammar Armghan

“…The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor has emerged as currently the most sophisticated method for determining glucose levels. The blood glucose biosensor performance is determined by the refraction coefficient of the substance containing glucose in the form of molecules. …”
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A cross-sectional evaluation of binge-eating behavior and its correlation with anxiety disorders among adolescents in Northern Saudi Arabia: implications for future generations by Ahmed M. Alhuwaydi

“…The Spearman correlation test determined the strength and direction of the correlation between BES and HAM-A scores. …”
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Use of Activated Carbon from Vegetable Residual Biomass with SiO2 Nanoparticles for the Removal of Organic Compounds in Wastewater from the Hydrocarbon Sector by Adan Leon-Bermudez, Michell A. Jimenez-Caballero, Sergio F. Castellanos-Amador, Dario Pena-Ballesteros, Miller H. Salas-Rondon

“…The impregnation treatment of the activated carbons was performed using the coprecipitation method at the laboratory scale, employing ethanol solutions with 5,400 mg/L of SiO2 nanoparticles. …”
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Investigating the Relationship Between Anxiety and Depression With Disease-related Lifestyle in Elderly Patients With Prostate Cancer by Reyhane Karegar-Niavol, Zahra Fotokian, Fatemeh Ghaffari, Ali Saravi, Farzan Kheirkhah

“…Methods & Materials This descriptive study was conducted during 2021 and 2022. …”
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Seismic Energy Response of SDOF Systems Subjected to Long-Period Ground Motion Records by Yu Cheng, Yao-Rong Dong, Li Qin, Yuan-Yuan Wang, Ye-Xue Li

“…If the ratio of hysteretic energy to input energy (RHEIE) is determined, the hysteretic energy which must be dissipated by a structure would be derived by the method of energy-based design. …”
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The development and validation of an easy to use automatic QT-interval algorithm. by Ben J M Hermans, Arja S Vink, Frank C Bennis, Luc H Filippini, Veronique M F Meijborg, Arthur A M Wilde, Laurent Pison, Pieter G Postema, Tammo Delhaas

“…T-wave end was defined per individual lead and scalar ECG using an automated tangent method. A median of all T-wave ends was used as the general T-wave end per beat. …”
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Assessment of Exogenous Effects on Spermatogenesis in Rats Based on the Level of Middle Molecules by Aleksandr A. Nikolaev, Pavel V. Loginov, Ayman K. Pameshova

“…Index of the nature of the effect was determined in rat testis and epididymis homogenates based on the levels of middle molecules using a patented method. …”
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Convective Heat Exchange of Single-Row Bundles from Tubes with Rolled Aluminum Fins of Various Height at a Low Values of the Reynolds Number by A. B. Sukhotski, Е. S. Danil’chik

“…The research was carried out by the method of full thermal modeling at a specially designed experimental stand with electric heating of tubes and an exhaust shaft installed above the bundle. …”
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Gamma radiation shielding effectiveness of PbO2 doped borosilicate glasses by Mohamed Elsafi, Mohamed Y. Hanfi, Shoaa M. Al-Balawi, M. I. Sayyed

“…The radiation attenuation factors were experimentally determined at 0.059, 0.662, 1.173 and 1.333 MeV, using HPGe detector. …”
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An Effective Approach to Input Variable Selection for Preliminary Cost Estimation of Construction Projects by Meseret Getnet Meharie, Zachary C. Abiero Gariy, Raphael Ngumbau Ndisya Mutuku, Wubshet Jekale Mengesha

“…First, the factor analysis is used to classify and reduce the input variables and their variable coefficients are determined. Second, fuzzy AHP based on the geometric mean method is employed to determine the weights of input variables in a fuzzy environment where the subjectivity and vagueness are handled with natural language expressions parameterized by triangular fuzzy numbers. …”
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Growth Stages Discrimination of Multi-Cultivar Navel Oranges Using the Fusion of Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Vision with Deep Learning by Chunyan Zhao, Zhong Ren, Yue Li, Jia Zhang, Weinan Shi

“…Finally, growth stages are determined via the fusion of features. To validate the availability of the proposed method, various machine-learning and deep-learning models are compared for single-modal and multi-modal data. …”
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Assessment of the hydrocarbon potential of the Bering Sea by E. A. Lavrenova, S. A. Guryanov, V. Yu. Kerimov

“…In this paper, an experience of assessing the hydrocarbon potential of the Bering Sea using the method of basin modelling is demonstrated.Aim. To assess the hydrocarbon potential of the Bering Sea and to identify prospective areas on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of factual data and the results of modelling sedimentary basins and hydrocarbon systems.Materials and methods. …”
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Investigation and Control of the Blasting-Induced Ground Vibration under Cold Condition by Yingguo Hu, Zhaowei Yang, Erlei Yao, Meishan Liu, Yu Rao

“…The equivalent freezing simulation method was proposed and verified with the site experiment data. …”
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IMPACT PROFILE OF ENSO AND DIPOLE MODE ON RAINFALL AS ANTICIPATION OF HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DISASTERS IN THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH SUMATRA by Melly Ariska, Hamdi Akhsan, Muhammad Muslim

“…In this study, an analysis of the effect of ENSO and DM on rainfall in the South Sumatra Region from 1981 to 2020 was carried out using a simple linear regression method and the correlation coefficient using Niño 3.4 index data and Dipole Mode with rainfall data and consecutive rainy days data. …”
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Predicting the effect of thread density on the physical and thermal properties of plain-woven fabric by using a soft computing system by Shah Md. Maruf Hasan, Md. Kamrul Hassan Chowdhury, Shamima Akter Smriti, Elias Khalil, Mahmuda Akter, Kaniz Farhana

“…Predicting production might be a more beneficial approach for industrial practitioners than using the current trial-and-error method. The root mean square, mean absolute error percentage, and coefficient of determination (R 2 ) of CLO, thermal conductivity, and thermal transmittance between the expected and experimental values were determined to be, respectively, 0.002, 0.001, 0.802; 0.857%, 2.642%, 2.359%; and 0.994, 0.969, and 0.955. …”
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