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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Monitoring a keystone species (Alosa pseudoharengus) with environmental effects: A comparison with direct capture and environmental DNA. by Matthew M Dougherty, Andrew MacDonald, Geneva York, David M Post

“…Another method, environmental DNA (eDNA), has emerged as a more cost and time efficient supplement to traditional monitoring methods. …”
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SELECTION OF DESIGN SERVO-DISTRIBUTOR PARAMETERS USING MULTI-FACTOR CALCULATIVE EXPERIMENT by S. L. Goravski, E. Y. Strok, L. D. Belchik

“…The paper considers improvement of dynamic properties of servo-distributor using mathematical modeling method.  Design parameters of  the  distributor  that  ensure  its  high  efficient operation have been determined with the help of  multi-factor calculative for non-linearity criteria of velocity characteristic.…”
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Optimization of Roll Configuration and Investigation of Forming Process in Three-Roll Planetary Rolling of Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes by Chuanchuan Ma, Tuo Li, Chun Xue, Ri Jin, Zhibing Chu, Meirong Shuai, Leifeng Tuo

“…The optimal parameter combination is determined as follows: a friction coefficient of 0.3, roll speed of 120 rpm, and roll deflection angle of 9°. …”
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Impact of the volume and the profile of volatile fatty acids in the rumen fermentation on cow productivity and milk composition by Katarzyna Mikołajczyk, Ewa Pecka-Kiełb, Andrzej Zachwieja

“…The herd’s milk production was assessed using the A4 method and the milk analyses were obtained from the milk recordings. …”
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Nonlinear Diffusion-Based Multifield Coupling Model for Thermally Enhanced CBM Recovery by Rui Yang, Weiqun Liu, Jiakun Lv

“…However, previous studies either neglected the nonlinear diffusion process of gas or only assumed that the diffusion coefficient varies with production time. However, considerable experimental results indicate that the gas diffusion coefficient is not only determined by time but also by temperature, which strongly impacts multifield interaction during gas recovery. …”
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Standardization of Safety Separation for Multi-Category Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Low-Altitude Airspace Operations by Hua Xie, Xiaohui Ji, Jianan Yin, Yongwen Zhu, Yuhang Wu, Shuang Dai

“…Aiming at the problems of the imprecise safety distance standards for low-altitude UAVs within complex low-altitude environments and the difficulty of managing heterogeneous vehicles, a UAV safety interval calibration method based on random heading is proposed. Firstly, a UAV clustering model based on K-Means++ was established for the performance characteristics of UAVs, using evaluation indexes such as contour coefficient, sum of squares of errors, Davidson–Bourdain index, etc. …”
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Presenting and evaluating a new empirical relationship for estimating the rate of infiltration in trenches by Mojtaba Hassanpour, Hossein Khozeymehnezhad, Abalfazl Akbarpour

“…In addition, the Pearson correlation coefficient was determined to be 0.981 and the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) was 0.381, demonstrating the strong predictive performance of the equation. …”
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Adaptation of Application-Based Smartphone Addiction Scale to Turkish Cultures by Alperen Yandı, Ali Ünal, Yunus Altundağ

“…The aim of this study is to adapt the Application Based SmartphoneAddiction Scale, which has been developed to determine the smart phoneaddiction, which is becoming a common problem every day. …”
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SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND WOMEN IN PSTO; STRATEGY TO AMELIORATE 21ST CENTURY SKILLS UPGRADE CHALLENGES by Ijeoma Madonna Onwusuru, Mohammed Adamu Auta, Nnaemeka Martin Agbo

“…The reliability was established using the split half method and the coefficient of 0.9 was determined using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. …”
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Can Waste Heat of a Thermal Power Plant Be a Key For Absorption Cooling Systems? by Erdal Kacan, Erkan Kacan

“…LiBr-H2O ACS is designed and optimum working parameters of system elements are determined by both considering single effect of the parameter and interacted effect of the temperature and concentration ratio parameters on Coefficient of Performance (COP) and Exergetic Coefficient of Performance (EPC) of the system. …”
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RESEARCH ON FUZZY CONTROL SIMULATION OF CVT RATIO BASED ON ENGINE SPEED REGULATION CHARACTERISTICS by GUO Wei, JIA GaoXiang, ZHANG Wu, CHEN Ya

“…According to the load characteristics and speed regulation characteristics of the engine,the steady-state torque model is established and the optimum power and economy curves of engine are determined. Then the engine target speed is obtained by using the economic weighting coefficient method. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of Stanford health assessment questionnaire 8-item disability index (HAQ 8-item DI) in elderly people by Zahra Tagharrobi, Khadije Sharifi, Zahra Sooky

“…Objective: Survey the reliability and validity of the HAQ 8-item DI in older people residing in Kashan Golabchi nursing home. Methods: In this methodological study, samples were chosen by census method (n=100). …”
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Adrenal venous sampling criteria for chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay as a preferable alternative to radioimmunoassay in primary aldosteronism by Kazuki Nakai, Yuya Tsurutani, Koki Irie, Kyoko Teruyama, Sachiko Suematsu, Seishi Matsui, Kohzoh Makita, Jun Saito, Masao Omura, Tetsuo Nishikawa

“…PAC conversion formulas were determined for each AVS sample assay. PAC measured using CLEIA was significantly correlated with that measured using RIA (correlation coefficient = 0.971). …”
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Wilms or non-Wilms tumors? Imaging features of renal tumors in pediatrics by Mónica Rocío Royero-Arias, Luis Carlos Salazar-Díaz, Luz Ángela Moreno-Gómez

“…In addition, the level of agreement between radiological and histological diagnosis was determined using the Cohen’s kappa coefficient. Results: A significant association was found between histological diagnosis of Wilms tumor and the presence of necrosis, tumor enhancement, pseudocapsule, rupture signs, tumor volume and tumor size (OR: 21.6, 15.17, 14.57, 8.21, 7.93, and 4.37, respectively; p<0.05). …”
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Comparison of the MOSFET Response at Exposed of the X-Ray and Gamma Radiation by S. A. Mokrushina, N. M. Romanov

“…The study allows one to determine the coefficients for dose dependences of threshold voltage changes. …”
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Unveiling the Texture Secrets of <i>Morchella</i> Germplasm: Advanced Grading and Quality Assessment Through Texture Profile Analysis (TPA) by Jialiang Li, Ying Chen, Xuelian Cao, Jie Tang, Liyuan Xie, Lixu Liu, Yan Wan, Rongping Hu

“…By comparing three different methods, the ‘probability grading method’ was determined to be the most suitable evaluation method for the texture quality characteristics of <i>Morchella</i>. …”
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Sympathetic reactivity to physiological stress is associated with expanded cardiac extracellular volume in humans by Hazel C. Blythe, Zoe H. Adams, Katrina A. Hope, Richard P. Baker, Melanie J. Hezzell, M. Saadeh Suleiman, Ana Paula Abdala Sheikh, Nathan Manghat, Konstantina Mitrousi, Angus K. Nightingale, Emma C. Hart

“…We determined associations between ECV and MSNA variables using liner regressions, with ECV as the dependent variable. …”
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