Development and validation of a single latent variable self-reported periodontal disease scale based on the disease’s common signs and symptoms in Saudi adults by Yasmine N. Alawaji, Mohamed H. Alqasoumi, Saleh N. Alwatban, Abdulaziz M. Halwani, Lamya A. Aljnoubi, Bayan K. Alshehri, May K. Alenezi

“…The aim of this study was to develop and validate a self-reported periodontal disease screening scale (SRPDSS) in Saudi adults and to identify the association of periodontal disease with sociodemographic determinants and oral health behaviors. Methods The data was collected digitally from Saudi adults (≥ 18 years) in Riyadh city using a questionnaire that inquired about sociodemographic characteristics, oral health behaviors and self-reported periodontal disease. …”
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Distance Constrained Sparse Representation Approach for Scene Based Nonuniformity Correction in Infrared Imaging by Zhe Liu, Hongtao Deng, Xun Zhu, Longxiang Li

“…This new learning rate is determined by the pixel-wise distance between the input image and the desired image, integrating a new motion detection criterion to synchronize the update of correction coefficients across pixels. …”
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Dynamic Motion of a Vane in Six Degrees of Freedom and Its Effect on Wear in a Rotary-Vane Compressor Considering Fluid Lubrication by Gwanghee Hong, Youngjun Park, Gunhee Jang

“…The proposed method overcomes the limitations of the previous three-degrees-of-freedom analyses of the vane and will contribute to developing a robust and efficient rotary-vane compressor.…”
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Desymmetric esterification catalysed by bifunctional chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes provides access to inherently chiral calix[4]arenes by Vojtěch Dočekal, Ladislav Lóška, Adam Kurčina, Ivana Císařová, Jan Veselý

“…However, their use is hindered by their limited synthetic accessibility, primarily due to the lack of enantioselective methods for preparing chiral calix[4]arenes with an ABCC substitution pattern. …”
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Comparative Pharmacokinetic Study of 5 Active Ingredients after Oral Administration of Zuogui Pill in Osteoporotic Rats with Different Syndrome Types by Jiawei Qiu, Yaoyao Zhu, Jing Xing, Ling Wang, Jianhua Zhang, Hua Yin

“…Zuogui Pill is a kidney-yin-tonifying formula in traditional Chinese medicine that is widely used to manage osteoporosis with kidney-yin-deficiency in China. Herein, an efficient and accurate high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method was developed to determine the concentrations of 5 bioactive compounds in rat plasma following oral administration of Zuogui Pill. …”
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Functional assessment of disease-associated regulatory variants in vivo using a versatile dual colour transgenesis strategy in zebrafish. by Shipra Bhatia, Christopher T Gordon, Robert G Foster, Lucie Melin, Véronique Abadie, Geneviève Baujat, Marie-Paule Vazquez, Jeanne Amiel, Stanislas Lyonnet, Veronica van Heyningen, Dirk A Kleinjan

“…While technological advances have led to easy identification of disease-associated CRE variants, robust methods for discerning functional CRE variants from background variation are lacking. …”
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Enhancement of the Quality of Onion Drying Using Tray Dryer by Siska Nuri Fadilah, Achri Isnan Khamil, Maktum Muharja, Rizki Fitria Darmayanti, Viqhi Aswie

“…This indicates that the method can be an effective and efficient solution to optimize the drying of the commodity. …”
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A Suggested Point Search Algorithm for Circle Detection in Binary Images by Sundus Ebraheem

“…The proposed algorithm was more efficient, where the average ratio of the running time for the proposed algorithm to HT method was 1:646, and the accuracy of the proposed algorithm was 100% for circles detection. …”
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ARV Nonlinear Disturbance Estimation Based on Extended State Observer by Xiaohan LIU, Chenhao ZHAO, Haomiao NIE, Feng XIANG, Chenguang LI, Min ZHAO

“…Secondly, a dynamic gain compensation mechanism was introduced to address nonlinear system observation, effectively overcoming limitations in conventional methods such as the difficulty in determining Lipschitz function coefficient and empirical dependence in parameter tuning. …”
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A model for identifying project sprint tasks based on their description by Marina Grinchenko, Mykyta Rohovyi

“…The article solves the following tasks: analyzing research on the classification and visualization of project tasks, developing an algorithm that can automatically classify text descriptions of sprint tasks, collecting and preparing a training sample of text descriptions of sprint tasks for training and testing the classification model, applying natural language processing methods to improve classification and ensure the accuracy of the results, validating the model on real data to assess the efficiency and accuracy of classification, and analyzing the results. …”
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A model for identifying project sprint tasks based on their description by Марина Гринченко, Микита Роговий

“…The article solves the following tasks: analyzing research on the classification and visualization of project tasks, developing an algorithm that can automatically classify text descriptions of sprint tasks, collecting and preparing a training sample of text descriptions of sprint tasks for training and testing the classification model, applying natural language processing methods to improve classification and ensure the accuracy of the results, validating the model on real data to assess the efficiency and accuracy of classification, and analyzing the results. …”
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Autonomous Maneuver Decision-Making for Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle Based on Modified Marine Predator Algorithm and Fuzzy Inference by Yuequn Luo, Dali Ding, Mulai Tan, Yidong Liu, Ning Li, Huan Zhou, Fumin Wang

“…First, the weight coefficients determined by the fuzzy inference method are combined with air combat superiority functions that consider the current missile attack zone and then the objective function is obtained, which is to be optimized at the current moment. …”
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Evaluating vaccination and quarantine for measles intervention strategy in Jakarta, Indonesia through mathematical modeling by Dipo Aldila, Abdullah Hasan Hassan, Chidozie Williams Chukwu, Stephane Yanick Tchoumi, Muhamad Hifzhudin Noor Aziz

“…Next, we conduct a global sensitivity analysis using the Partial Rank Correlation Coefficient (PRCC) method integrated with Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS). …”
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Phosphorus loss in surface runoff from soils with different soil test phosphorus ratings by Anjan Bhatta, Rishi Prasad, Debolina Chakraborty, Dexter B. Watts, Henry A. Torbert

“…This research evaluated the relationship between P concentration in runoff and STP concentrations determined by different methods (water‐soluble P, Mehlich‐1 [M1], and Mehlich‐3 [M3]) and quantified the differences in P loads in runoff from soils having distinct STP levels. …”
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Is China Growing Dirty? A Cointegration Analysis with Structural Breaks by Mustafa Naimoğlu, Sefa Özbek

“…Estimates for the short- and long-term coefficients were analyzed using the FMOLS and CCR methods. …”
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Current epidemiological characteristics of pertussis in the Russian Federation by A. V. Stepenko, A. Ya. Mindlina

“…A correlation analysis of the relationship between the timeliness of vaccination coverage and the incidence of pertussis was carried out by calculating the Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The significance of differences in the incidence rates was determined by estimating the confidence intervals and calculating the t-test.Results. …”
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Evaluation of the Selected Parameters of Inflammation in Patients with Haemorrhagic Stroke by Piotr Rajewski, Adam Wiśniewski, Magdalena Nowaczewska

“…Non-parametric statistical methods were used in the analysis: the Mann–Whitney test, the Kruskal–Wallis test and the Spearman correlation coefficient. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the adult chronic kidney disease self-management instrument in the Iranian population by Simin Alasvand, Mehrnaz Ahmadi, Hamid Sharif-Nia, Marziyeh Asadizaker

“…Furthermore, the scales exhibited strong stability, as evidenced by an overall Intraclass Correlation Coefficient result of 0.961. The absolute reliability, as determined by Standard Error of Measurement results, was 3.16. …”
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The results of hemostasis assessment using thromboelastography in patients with COVID-19 by V. N. Gorodin, D. L. Moysova, A. D. Surkova

“…To assess the relationships between continuous variables, the Spearman direct linear correlation coefficient (r) was determined.Results. 53% of patients had hypocoagulation, 31% had normocoagulation, and 16% had hypercoagulation. …”
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Study on Color Detection of Korla Fragrant Pears by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Combined with PLSR by Yifan Xia, Yang Liu, Hong Zhang, Jikai Che, Qing Liang

“…The optimal detection models were determined. The results indicated that pre-processing and characteristic extraction improved the accuracy of the PLSR model. …”
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