Determinants of change in timely first antenatal booking among pregnant women in Ethiopia: A decomposition analysis. by Melaku Yalew, Bezawit Adane, Yitayish Damtie, Bereket Kefale, Reta Dewau, Kefale Mektu, Mastewal Arefaynie, Assefa Andargie

“…Therefore, this study aimed to assess determinants of change in timely first antenatal booking among pregnant women in Ethiopia.…”
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Ranking mutual funds using Sortino method by Khosro Faghani Makrani, Behzad Zamanian

“…One of the primary concerns on most business activities is to determine an efficient method for ranking mutual funds. …”
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AN ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR CHEMICAL SPECIATION OF SELENIUM IN SOIL by Constantin Luca, Mihaela M. Aldea

“…In this work we present the results of methodological research on the extraction of sequential forms of selenium in the soil and the coupling of analytical methods capable of identifying very small amounts of selenium in soils An efficient scheme of sequential extractions forms of selenium (SES) consisting in atomic absorption spectrometry coupled with hydride generation (HGAAS) has been developed into five experimental steps, detailed in the paper. …”
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An Efficient Algorithm for Finding a Threshold of Useful Signals in the Analysis of Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms by Egor V. Kuzmin, Oleg E. Gorbunov, Petr O. Plotnikov, Vadim A. Tyukin

“…To ensure traffic safety of railway transport, non-destructive testing of rails is regularly carried out by using various approaches and methods, including magnetic and eddy current flaw detection methods. …”
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Are Negative Weights in Combining Forecasts So Bad? by A. A. Surkov

“…In this paper, we consider the problem of negativity of weight coefficients when combining forecasts. Combining forecasts as a method has long ago proved itself in practice as a good way to improve forecast accuracy. …”
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Determination of the total content of some secondary metabolites in various organs of the Dagestan samples of Capparis herbacea Willd. by F. A. Vagabova, G. K. Radjabov, A. M. Musaev, F. I. Islamova

“…The collected raw materials were divided into fractions (organs), dried in the shade to an air-dry mass, then subjected to further analysis to determine the total content of flavonoids, anthocyanins by the spertrophotometric method on SF-56; the total content of antioxidants by the amperometric method on the instrument of express analysis "Color-Yauza-001-AAA ".Results. …”
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Simultaneous determination of 80 veterinary drug residues in chicken by QuEChERS-UPLC-MS/MS by LI Hong, XIANG Jun, LI Dan, LI Li-juan, HE Qing-ke

“…<b>Objective:</b> This study aimed to establish a method for the simultaneous determination of 80 veterinary drugs including quinolones, sulfonamides, receptor agonists, glucocorticoids, macrolides, tetracyclines, antiviral drugs in chicken by QuEChERS-ultra high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS）. …”
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Excimer Laser Correction of Myopia in Patients with Visually Intense Work — Is It Necessary to Determine the Form of Accommodative Asthenopia? by E. I. Belikova, D. V. Gatilov, I. G. Ovechkin, E. N. Eskina

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Robust and Efficient Phase Estimation in Legged Robots via Signal Imaging and Deep Neural Networks by Kamyab Yazdipaz, Nooshin Kohli, Seyed Ali Golestaneh, Mohammad Shahbazi

“…This research highlights the efficiency, robustness, and adaptability of the proposed method, offering a reliable solution for phase estimation in diverse robotic platforms and environments.…”
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PRODUCT DEMAND FORECASTING: A SOLUTION TO DETERMINE RAW MATERIAL NEEDS FOR COCONUT OIL AGROINDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT by Siti Wardah, Wiwik Sudarwati

“…Effective agroindustrial development requires accurate determination of raw material needs to plan production capacity and ensure efficient operation. …”
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Design and Analysis of Additional Tendon Path for Determining Bending Shape in Hyper-Redundant Manipulator with Rolling Joints by Hansoul Kim

“…However, this approach complicates control and reduces both space and cost efficiency. This study proposed a conceptual method for adding a shaping tendon to control the bending shape and mathematically analyzed the effect of this shaping tendon, inserted along an arbitrary path in addition to the main driving tendons for constant curvature bending, on the bending shape of the hyper-redundant manipulator with rolling joints. …”
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Surfactant Cloud Point Extraction as a Procedure of Preconcentrating for Metoclopramide Determination Using Spectro Analytical Technique by maha Al-Tameemi

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Spectrophotometric Determination of Chloramphenicol by Oxidative Coupling Reaction with Naphthalene-1, 5-Diamine in the Presence of Potassium Iodate by Kameran Shukur Hussein, Abdul Majeed Khorsheed Ahmed, Fatimah Yunadi Mohammed

“… A simple, accurate, and sensitive method for the spectrophotometric determination of Chloramphenicol (CAP) in pharmaceutical preparations. …”
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Running Efficiency and Muscle Activation Are Unaffected by Knee Taping Techniques During Acute Treadmill Running by Andrew R. Moore, Amador J. Landaverde, Andrew Craig-Jones

“…Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of various muscle taping applications on running efficiency. …”
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Green first derivative synchronous spectrofluorimetric determination of lacidipine and its acid degradation product in plasma and mixtures by Khalid A.M. Attia, Mohamed A. Hasan, Abdalla M. El-Shanawany

“…The regression plot of the proposed first derivative synchronous spectrofluorimetric method was found to be linear over the range of 50–300 ng/mL with a determination coefficient equals 0.9997, limit of detection (LOD) was 14.51 ng/mL but limit of quantification (LOQ) was 43.97 ng/mL.…”
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Relevance of external factors in choosing a special vehicle for the perishable freight conveyance by T. I. Nabatcikova, A. V. Kostin, S. N. Naumenko

“…When choosing them, the shipper should know the estimated period of transportation of perishable food, where the temperature of the latter would remain within the range of established transportation and storage temperatures.Materials and methods. The calculation of the permissible transportation period uses the overall heat transfer coefficient of the body of a special vehicle determined by thermal tests using internal heating or cooling methods with mathematical dependencies that factor in the calculated change in the heat transfer coefficient during movement in train set.Results. …”
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Assessing the Accuracy of Cameriere’s Model for Dental Age Estimation on Seven Mandibular Teeth on the Right and Left Sides of Orthopantomogram by Rachana V. Prabhu, Prabhisha G. Nair, Prashanth Shenoy, Laxmikanth Chatra

“…Introduction: The present study aimed to determine the accuracy of Cameriere’s formula on both the right and left sides of the mandible in the Dakshina Karnataka population of South India and to identify which side is most efficient in determining age. …”
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Macroeconomic and firm-specific determinants of financial performance: Evidence from non-life insurance companies in Africa by Thabiso Sthembiso Msomi

“…Panel data of 1452 observations were examined using both ordinary least squares and two-step System Generalised Method of Moments estimators. The findings of this study show that lagged return on assets, equity capital, operational efficiency and leverage, investment capability and gross domestic product are the statistically significant determinants of financial performance in African non-life insurance companies even though equity capital, operational efficiency and leverage are inversely significant. …”
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Forecasting and Comparison of Mechanical Properties of Wooden Structure Models by Darius Albrektas, Ernestas Ivanauskas, Ugne Misiunaite

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Energy, Efficiency and Sustainability: Carbon Footprint Reduction in Industry Through the Implementation of the Iso 50001 Standard by Miguel W. Bernabe, Gina R. Gonzales, Margarita J. Egúzquiza, Rosario Lopez, Roger O. Lujan, Lino R. Rodríguez

“…Case studies were conducted in various industries that have implemented ISO 50001. Quantitative methods were used to measure CO2 emission reductions and energy efficiency improvements. …”
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