Mechanical Properties and Statistical Damage Constitutive Model of Rock under a Coupled Chemical-Mechanical Condition by Yun Lin, Feng Gao, Keping Zhou, Rugao Gao, Hongquan Guo

“…The damage variable correction coefficient and chemical damage variable which was determined by porosity were also considered in the model. …”
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Relationship between Internet Addiction and Depression among Secondary School Students in Kordkuy, Iran, with an Emphasis on the Type of Virtual Network by Ebrahim Salehi Omran, Meymanat Abedini baltork, Mostafa Azizi Shomami, Kosar Keshavarz

“…The sample size was determined as 288 cases based on the Morgan sampling table. …”
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Evaluation of telemedicine in the management of dentogenous infections by Miladinović Milan, Mladenović Dragan, Mihailović Branko, Tošić Goran, Đinđić Boris, Mladenović Sanja, Hadžibeti Mervan, Vujičić Biljana

“…The agreement was determined using the Cohen’s kappa (k) coefficient, as well as diagnostic sensitivity (SE), specificity (SP), and efficacy (EFF). …”
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THE VARIATION OF A WHEAT QUALITY INDEX IN RELATION TO MINERAL FERTILIZATION; CASE STUDY ON STARCH by Alina Laura AGAPIE, Florin SALA

“…The starch content (ST, %) was determined by the non-destructive method (NIR), PERTEN INFRAMATIC 9200 device. …”
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Measurement and Analysis of Local Average Power According to Averaging Length Changes of 3, 6, 10, and 17 GHz in an Indoor Corridor Environment by Seong-Hun Lee, Byung-Lok Cho

“…We used the close-in (CI) path loss model for the analysis according to changes in the averaging length. The coefficient of determination (R-squared) was applied using a linear regression equation to verify the measurement accuracy. …”
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Influence of Corrupt Practices on Students’ Moral and Spiritual Development in Taraba State Institutions of Higher Learning by Salama Bako, Godswill Moses

“…Data were gathered using a questionnaire titled “Corrupt Practices, Student’s Moral and Spiritual Development Questionnaire (CPSMDQ),” which had a reliability coefficient of 0.69 as determined by the Cronbach alpha method. …”
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Analytical Solutions for the Mechanical Responses of Shallow Double-Arched Tunnel Subjected to Symmetric Loads by Song Yang, Rui Dai, Zubin Ai, Xiaochang Li, Chao Zhang, Xin Huang

“…The internal forces within a double-arched tunnel are difficult to be determined due to its special geometry and complex interactions with surrounding rock masses. …”
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Comparison of clinical data and computed tomography semiotics of the lungs in COVID-19 by S. S. Petrikov, K. А. Popugaev, T. G. Barmina, O. А. Zabavskaya, F. А. Sharifullin, L. S. Kokov

“…Patients were divided into 4 groups, depending on the degree of the lungs damage detected by CT during the primary examination, their clinical state was assessed at each subsequent CT scan. To determine the relationship between the degree of pulmonary changes and the clinical status of patients, a correlation analysis was performed using the rank correlation method, significance was assessed using the Student's coefficient. …”
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Numerical Simulation and Optimization of Coupled Hot-Air Anti-Icing Characteristics for a Nacelle Lip by Ning Guan, Qiankun Zhu, Weijian Chen, Feng Chen

“…By integrating numerical simulations with Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) and Kriging optimization methods, the most severe icing condition within the flight envelope was identified and determined. …”
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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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