Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the spiritual care competency scale in nursing practice: a methodological study by Fan Li, Yanli Hu, René Van Leeuwen

“…Objectives To determine the validity and reliability of the Spiritual Care Competency Scale (SCCS) among nurses in China.Design Methodological research.Methods After the SCCS was translated into Chinese, the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the SCCS (C-SCCS) were evaluated using a convenience sample of 800 nurses recruited from different healthcare centres. …”
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CONTROL OF MICROCONTROLLER UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE by G. A. Piskun, V. F. Alexeev

“…Effects caused by exposure to ESD MC were identified by dividing the test on the IC functional blocks and proposed methods of functional control of the MC. Procedure was developed for determining conservation performance IC, based on applying the most efficient model with optimized parameters. …”
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EFFECTS OF FOOD FACTORS ON FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATION OF THE MILITARY IN THE AREA OF LOCAL MILITARY CONFLICTS by Дмитрий Владимирович Чуркин, Дмитрий Олегович Ластков

“…The control group included 50 soldiers of the same military unit at the age of 30-39 years, living in the same localities, with comparable work experience without underground work in a coal mine. We determined the mean values, reliability was assessed using Student's t-test, relationships were determined using the Pearson’s correlation coefficient. …”
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Development of multiplex PCR system for identification of glyphosate-tolerant sugar beet by Л. М. Присяжнюк, Ю. В. Шитікова, О. О. Волчков

“…The optimum amount of matrix DNA (100–150 ng) for an efficient estimate of transgenic sugar beet plants for the presence of specific sequences was determined. …”
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Machine Learning-Based Normal White Blood Cell Multi-Classification Optimization by Taeyeon Gil, Sukjun Lee, Onseok Lee

“…Several studies have employed deep learning (DL) or machine learning (ML) methods; no significant difference in performance between the two methods has been demonstrated. …”
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The influence of some non-genetic factors on the production and quality of East Friesian sheep milk in Croatia by Neven Antunac, Boro Mioč, Nataša Mikulec, Samir Kalit, Marija Pecina, Jasmina Havranek, Vesna Pavić

“…The physical-chemical properties and the hygienic quality of milk were determined by reference and standard methods. The collected data were statistically analysed by the PROC ANOVA, SAS programme. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Breast Cancer by M. V. Egorov, V. E. Sinitsyn, A. V. Bakunovich

“…Objective. To evaluate the efficiency of magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the diagnosis and prognosis of breast cancer (BC).Material and methods. …”
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Evaluation of Wear Resistance of a Modified Radial Bearing Design Taking into Account Compressibility and Viscosity of the Lubricant by E. A. Bolgova, M. A. Mukutadze, V. M. Prikhodko, I. A. Kolobov

“…The new model predicted the bearing capacity of the part by 8–10% more accurately, and the coefficient of friction — by 7–9%. Fluctuations in the coefficient of friction up to 45 MPa (equivalent to a five-fold increase in load) were detected and explained. …”
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TSI modeling: A comparison of ground-based Ca II K-line data with space-based UV images from the SDO/AIA instrument by Chapman Gary A., Cookson Angela M., Choudhary Debi P.

“…These components are determined using two different methods, one based on feature identification and one based on photometric sum. …”
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Validation of the Thai short form of the Attitudes to Ageing Questionnaire. by Nattapat Khongsirisombat, Nareudee Limpuangthip, Pagaporn Pantuwadee Pisarnturakit

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 224 Thai community-dwelling older people aged 60 years or older were included. …”
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Quality of phytopathometric variables generated from a ranking scale for the CABMV-passionfruit pathosystem by Antonio Carlos Mota Porto, Mariana de Lima Santos, Antonio Carlos Oliveira

“…Experimental quality, for each phytopatometric variable (PV) was tested for calculated F (Fc), coefficient of determination (R²) and coefficient of variation (CV%). …”
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Analyzing and forecasting the dynamics of Internet resource user sentiments based on the Fokker–Planck equation by J. P. Perova, S. A. Lesko, A. A. Ivanov

“…The current state of the comment graph can be determined using text analysis methods.Conclusions. …”
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Variability of quantitative indicators of walnut fruits by Y. I. Sukhorukikh, S. G. Biganova, E. K. Pchikhachev

“…The variation coefficient, relative entropy, variability indices of Shannon, Sukhorukikh-Biganova, Margalef, Menkhinik, polydominance, Berger-Parker were determined by known methods with the replacement of the number of species by the number of classes of distribution of the trait. …”
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A comparison of measured and calculated values of air kerma rates from 137Cs in soil by V. P. Ramzaev, V. Yu. Golikov

“…A very good coincidence between the methods was observed (Spearman’s rank coefficient of correlation = 0.952; P&lt;0.01); on average, a difference between the kerma rates calculated with two methods did not exceed 3%. …”
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A hybrid deep learning framework for regional reference crop evapotranspiration estimation in the Hetao Irrigation District using limited meteorological data by Xiao Zhang, Yuxin Tao, Chenglong Zhang

“…New hydrological insights for the region: The results indicated that the mass transfer-based CNN-Informer3 model achieved the best estimation performance, with its average Determination Coefficient (R2), Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient (NSE), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Relative Root Mean Square Error (RRMSE), Mean Absolute Error (MAE) and Percentage Bias (PBIAS) of 0.9712, 0.9665, 0.3764 mm/d, 0.1192, 0.2591 mm/d and -3.8143 % for accuracy evaluation, significantly outperforming other models. …”
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Thermodynamic, Economic, and Environmental Multi-Criteria Optimization of a Multi-Stage Rankine System for LNG Cold Energy Utilization by Ruiqiang Ma, Yingxue Lu, Xiaohui Yu, Bin Yang

“…The optimal operating points of the system were determined using non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II and TOPSIS methods, while employing Gray Relational Analysis was applied to compute the gray relational coefficients of candidate working fluids at the optimal operating points. …”
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Predicting body weight in Ross 308 broiler chickens using a data mining algorithm approach by L Bila

“…The CART data mining algorithm was found to be the best model, as it had greater predictive accuracy, and higher Pearson’s correlation coefficient, coefficient of determination, and adjusted coefficient of determination test results, when predicting body weight in both male and female Ross 308 chickens. …”
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MECHANICAL CALCULATION OF FLEXIBLE WIRES WHEN THE CONCENTRATED FORCES ARE REPLACED BY A DISTRIBUTED LOAD by Yu. V. Bladyko

“…A relationship between the load factors, the increase of the sag and the coefficient of concentrated forces is established. The formula has been deduced for determining the error in the replacement of concentrated forces by a uniformly distributed load along the span as a function of the number of concentrated forces and the coefficient of concentrated forces. …”
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An integrated deep convolutional neural networks framework for the automatic segmentation and grading of glioma tumors using multimodal MRI scans by Otung John Peter Odong, Mohammed Abo-Zahhad, Moataz Abdelwahab

“…A thorough performance evaluation of CNN architectures based on pre-trained (ResNet50, EfficientNetB0, DensNet121, EfficientNetB2, and ResNet152V2) was conducted on a three-class dataset of glioma, meningioma, and pituitary tumors to determine the best model for tumor grading. …”
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Friction Performance Analysis of WC-Reinforced IN718 Composite Material Based on SLM Process by Xuejin Zhao, Xiaoyu Zhao, Youfan Xu, Yongjun Shi

“…The optimal molding process parameters of IN718/WC composites were determined using a combination of experimental and simulation methods. …”
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