Contemporary approaches to reducing scale formation in heat-exchange equipment by V. A. Golovin, S. A. Tyurina, V. A. Shchelkov

“…The purpose of the present work is to analyze methods for reducing scale formation and the rate of corrosion processes, as well as to study the efficiency of modification of paints and coatings by introducing microencapsulated corrosion inhibitors.Methods. …”
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Distinguishing novel coronavirus influenza A virus pneumonia with CT radiomics and clinical features by Lianyu Sui, Huan Meng, Jianing Wang, Wei Yang, Lulu Yang, Xudan Chen, Liyong Zhuo, Lihong Xing, Yu Zhang, Jingjing Cui, Xiaoping Yin

“…Abstract Objectives To differentiate novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) with influenza A virus (IAV) pulmonary infection based on computed tomography (CT) radiomics features combined with clinical feature. Methods A total of 292 patients were enrolled, as NCP determined with reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and abnormal chest CT findings and IAV pulmonary infection confirmed by nucleic acid test with pneumonia lesion in the chest CT, retrospectively. …”
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Reliability control of final vibration strengthening of part processing in steel balls medium by Mikhail A. Tamarkin, , Elina Tishchenko, Alexander V. Gordiyenko, Roman V. Grebenkin

“…Factors affecting the output parameters of a (process) control object from the point of view of its reliability, and indicators for estimating the process reliability are determined. Materials and Methods. As an object for the reliability research, the vibration finishing-strengthening processing in the steel balls medium is selected. …”
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The problem of high water cut in the products of horizontal wells by K. O. Shcherbakova

“…The anticipated cumulative production of a well was determined by continuing the linear dependence to its economic limit. …”
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Features of power consumption of electrical installations with a DC link by A. V. Petrov, V. E. Martusenko, K. K. Fidiyov, D. I. Sidel'nikov

“…The presence in low-voltage electrical networks of a significant number of electrical appliances with rectifiers determines a sufficiently high level of non-sinusoidality of currents and voltages. …”
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Formation of the system of strategic control as a direction of ensuring the financial security of the enterprise by I.V. Saukh, N.G. Vyhovska

“…It is noted that the efficiency of business entities is determined by the state of its finances, which leads to the need to consider the problem of ensuring the financial security of the enterprise. …”
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Instruments reliability to measure the skill development to prevent leprosy in postgraduate studies by Tania Alemán Martínez, Onesio Esteban de León Gutiérrez, Daniela María Hernández Alemán

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> the specific skills of the profession are oriented to the professional mode of action through the application of the clinical and epidemiological method that allows diagnosing, treating, rehabilitating, promoting health and preventing diseases. …”
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Surface Roughness Prediction of Bearing Ring Precision Grinding Based on Feature Extraction by Chaoyu Shi, Bohao Chen, Yao Shi, Jun Zha

“…A prediction model based on Support Vector Regression (SVR) was established to achieve regression prediction of the grinding surface roughness. The proposed method for predicting the surface roughness of precision cylindrical grinding of bearings demonstrated that the determination coefficient (R²), mean absolute error (MAE), root mean square error (RMSE), and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) were 0.9953, 0.0020, 0.0050, and 0.0187, respectively. …”
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Assessment of mental health in adults of the northern part of the city of Kosovska Mitrovica by Mirković Momčilo, Simić Snežana, Trajković Goran

“…Statistical analysis included the methods of descriptive statistics, multivariate regression analysis and calculation of the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of internal consistency of the questionnaire. …”
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Body Mass Index and its relation to menopausal women’s quality of life by Azar Golmakany, Mansooreh Shariati Sarcheshmeh, Parviz Marouzi, Tayebeh Rezaie Sani

“…Menopause is the sign of elderly and it s a biologic and inevitable milestone with noticeable effect on quality of life and knowing the effective factors on quality of life is very important issues in menopausal women s life Objective: The present study aimed to determine the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Quality Of Life (QOL) of menopausal women in Neyshabur city Methods: This descriptive co relational study was conducted on 375 women aging 40-65years from Neyshabur city in 2010 who were chosen by random multiple stage method and had no history of hysterectomy, oophorectomy or hormone replacement therapy. …”
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Effects of Diffusion and Delays on the Dynamic Behavior of a Competition and Cooperation Model by Hassan Y. Alfifi

“…The stability and Hopf bifurcation for variants with two, one, and no delays are considered by examining a system of delay ODE equations analytically and numerically, applying the Galerkin method. A condition is obtained that helps characterize the existence of Hopf bifurcation points. …”
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Characterizing changes in the rate of protein-protein dissociation upon interface mutation using hotspot energy and organization. by Rudi Agius, Mieczyslaw Torchala, Iain H Moal, Juan Fernández-Recio, Paul A Bates

“…However, while most studies have concentrated on the determination of association rate constants, dissociation rates have received less attention. …”
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Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version of the Regret Scale in Iranian Elderly by Arefe Eskandari, Hojjatollah Farahani, Parviz Azadfallah, Forough Esrafilian

“…The present study was designed to assess the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the regret scale in the Iranian elderly.Methods: The research method was a descriptive evaluation type. …”
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Prediction of mental health among cadet football players based on the emotional intelligence and perfectionism by Miroljub Ivanović, Uglješa Ivanović

“…During the process of data analysis, metric characteristics of the measuring instruments were first tested using the method of internal consistency which was based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient. …”
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Development and validation of a new anthropometric equation to predict skeletal muscle mass in a heterogeneous caucasian population by Daniel Rojano-Ortega, Heliodoro Moya-Amaya, Antonio Molina-López, Antonio Jesús Berral-Aguilar, Francisco José Berral-de la Rosa

“…Accuracy was assessed by mean differences, coefficient of determination, standard error of the estimate (SEE), concordance correlation coefficient (CCC), and Bland–Altman plots. …”
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Analysis of the Effect of Energy Consumption on Current Account Deficit Using Panel Data: Evidence from the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation by Emre Kılıç, Ersin Yavuz, Şevket Pazarcı, Alican Umut

“…This study extends existing research in terms of the sample group and the econometric method applied.…”
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Patients' Health Related Quality of Life after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention i n Baghdad City. by Ayad Majid Mousa, Huda Baqer Hassan

“…Reliability of the questionnaires was determine by calculating Cronbach s' Coefficient alpha = .882. …”
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Safety Performance Functions for Low-Volume Roads by Gianluca Dell’Acqua, Francesca Russo

“…A residuals analysis was subsequently developed to assess the adjusted coefficient of determination and p-value for each assessable coefficient of the prediction model. …”
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Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Women Over 50 Years of Age: Preventive and Therapeutic Management Skills by Enrique Rodríguez Reyes, Carlos Alberto Valverde González, Walter Alberto Vayas Valdiviezo

“…For significant points, a normalization of the coefficient using Cramer's V coefficient was included. …”
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A lightweight hybrid model for accurate ammonia prediction in pig houses by Jacqueline Musabimana, Qiuju Xie, Hong Zhou, Ping Zheng, Honggui Liu, Tiemin Ma, Jiming Liu

“…It also outperforms the standard transformer in accuracy and efficiency, with Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE), and coefficient of determination R² of 0.3994, 0.0225, and 0.9260, respectively, compared to 0.4250, 0.0227, and 0.9162 for the standard model, reducing RMSE by 5.99 %, MAPE by 0.88 %, and increasing R² by 1.08 %. …”
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