Prediction of body fat through body adiposity index and bioelectrical impedance analysis in a sample of physically active Mexican students (Predicción de grasa corporal mediante e... by Paulina Yesica Ochoa-Martinez, Javier Arturo Hall-López, Ileana Solano-Pineda, Luis Roberto Monreal Ortiz, Yamileth Chacón-Araya, José Moncada-Jiménez

“…Objective: To compare the body fat percentage %BF predicted through the body adiposity index (BAI) BAI in a sample of physically active Mexican college students, using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) as reference method. Methods: 78 volunteered university students (20.67 ± 1.69 yrs.) partake in study considered as highly active; the %BF determined by BIA was performed using Inbody 720; BAI was calculated by anthropometric assessment from hip and height measures calculated as follows: BAI=[hip circumference (cm)/height (m)1.5]–18. …”
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Effect of the time factor on the hydraulic activity of mechanically activated saponin-containing powder by Marina V. Morozova, Maria A. Frolova

“…It is shown that potentiometric method of determination of sorption capacity to calcium oxide is effective as express method for evaluation of hydraulic activity of mechanically activated saponite-containing powder and influence of time. …”
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Spectral Reflectance Recovery from Tristimulus Values under Multi-Illuminants by Guangyuan Wu, Linyong Qian, Guichun Hu, Xiaozhou Li

“…An efficient procedure for recovering spectral reflectance using an object’s tristimulus values under multi-illuminants is proposed by adapting with the characteristics of the testing sample to obtain the transformation matrix of pseudoinverse. …”
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Optimization of Parameters of a Vertical Ground Heat Exchanger in a Geothermal Heating System by Walery Jezierski, Piotr Rynkowski

“…Only factor <i>T</i>_w (<i>X</i>₄), with such a change, caused a decrease in the thermal efficiency of the tested heat exchanger by 44.22%. The parameters of the tested element of the geothermal heating system were also optimized according to the energy criterion using a numerical method in the Matlab environment. …”
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Evaluating the Thermohydraulic Performance of Microchannel Gas Coolers: A Machine Learning Approach by Shehryar Ishaque, Naveed Ullah, Sanghun Choi, Man-Hoe Kim

“…State-of-the-art heat transfer and pressure drop correlations were used to determine the air and refrigerant side heat transfer coefficients and friction factors. …”
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UAV deployment and caching scheme based on user preference prediction by Jiazhi REN, Hui TIAN, Shaoshuai FAN, Yuanzhuo LIN, Gaofeng NIE, Jilong LI

“…In order to design an efficient edge caching policy considering spatial heterogeneity and temporal fluctuations of users’ content requests,a proactive caching scheme was proposed with UAV’s deployment location design based on user preference prediction.Firstly,each user’s preference characteristics were predicted based on file similarity and user similarity,and the request time and user location were also predicted when a content request occurs.Thereafter,on the basis of the predicted geographical location,request time and user preference,each UAV’s deployment location and the corresponding content placement were determined by virtue of clustering method based on SOM and AGNES.Simulation results show that the proposed scheme outperforms other three comparison schemes in terms of hit ratio and transmission delay.Furthermore,the results also reveal that content preference is correlated with different user features by different weights.Accordingly,different impact weights should be matched with different user features.…”
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Design of New Generation Low-Cost Dip Coating Device and Performance Tests in ZnO Thin Film Production by Eda Günel, Fatih Bulut

“…In this study, a dip coating device was designed using low-cost materials and performance tests were performed. The dip coating method is an efficient coating technique used to dip samples into chemical solutions and produce thin films. …”
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Facile Preparation of Silver Halide Nanoparticles as Visible Light Photocatalysts by Linfan Cui, Tifeng Jiao, Qingrui Zhang, Jingxin Zhou, Qiuming Peng

“…In this study, highly efficient silver halide (AgX)-based photocatalysts were successfully fabricated using a facile and template-free direct-precipitation method. …”
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Methodological Approaches to the Integrated Evaluation of Brand Strength Based on the System of Indicators and Modeling of Generalized Results of the Consumer Survey by O. A. Shikhova

“…Mathematical and statistical methods were used as the basis for transferring the results of the respondents’ answers into the coefficient form, their standardization and generalization. …”
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Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Worsening of the University of California San Diego Shortness of Breath Questionnaire in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Wit... by Kerri I. Aronson, MD, Ganesh Raghu, MD, Sachin Gupta, MD, Jinnie Ko, PhD, Jacob Devine, MA, Jeffrey Swigris, DO

“…Anchors that correlated with UCSD-SOBQ scores for at least 1 measurement (correlation coefficient ≥ 0.3) were included for MCID determination in a receiver operating characteristics approach. …”
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Identification of Cotton Defoliation Sensitive Materials Based on UAV Multispectral Imaging by Yuantao Guo, Hu Zhang, Wenju Gao, Quanjia Chen, Qiyu Chang, Jinsheng Wang, Qingtao Zeng, Haijiang Xu, Qin Chen

“…By comparing the traditional investigation method with the unmanned aerial vehicle multispectral technology, 15 cotton materials sensitive to defoliants were determined, with a defoliation rate of over 85%, a lint percentage ranging from 76.67% to 98.04%, and a PSRI value ranging from 0.1607 to 0.1984. (4) Conclusions: The study found that the vegetation index with sensitive response can be used as an effective indicator to evaluate the sensitivity of cotton breeding materials to defoliants. …”
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Redox forms of glutathione in malignant lesions of the stomach with varying aggressiveness degrees by I. A. Goroshinskaya, E. I. Surikova, E. M. Frantsiyants, I. V. Neskubina, L. A. Nemashkalova, D. E. Medvedeva, A. A. Maslov

“…To study the levels of reduced and oxidized glutathione (GSH and GSSG, respectively), as well as the thiol status in gastric cancer (GC) tumors of various histological types and grades.Materials and methods. The indicators were determined by ELISA methods in tumor, peritumoral and visually intact tissues obtained during surgery from 52 patients with GC: 18 patients had a G1-2 adenocarcinoma (AC), 8 with G3 AC, 6 with signet ring cell cancer (SRCC), 14 with combined gastric lesions (CGL) – AC with signet ring cell fragments, 6 with patients with a component of undifferentiated cancer, G4.Results. …”
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Rheological blood properties in psoriatic arthritis: relationship with inflammation and cardiovascular risk by T V Korotaeva, E Y Loginova, D S Novikova, K V Esakova, N V Klimova, A A Novikov, E N Alexandrova, E L Nasonov, N N Firsov

“…Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen concentration was measured with standard methods. Correlation analysis was performed with Spearman range correlation coefficient (R), Mann-Whitney (U) test was used for groups comparison and p&lt;0,05 was considered as statistically significant level. …”
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Features of the epidemic process and epidemic risks of COVID-19 in the subjects of the Northern Caucasus by V. V. Makhova, O. V. Maletskaya, A. N. Kulichenko

“…The peculiarities of the course of the COVID-19 epidemic process in the regions of the world, as a rule, are determined by the epidemic risks characteristic of them. …”
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Evaluation weather conditions for growing sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in the northern part of the Left-bank Forest Steppe of Ukraine by С. М. Каленська, А. С. Риженко

“…We calculated and analyzed the sums of active, effective temperatures for two biological minima - 5 and 10 ° C; the sum of thermal units according to the method of Brown and Bootsma, 1993; coefficients of materiality of elements deviations of the agrometeorological mode of the current year from long-term averages; plasticity and yield stability according to the method of Eberthart S.A., Russel W.Q. (1966). …”
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EVALUATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL CHANGES OF BREAST CARCINOMAS AFTER NEOADJUVANT SYSTEMIC THERAPY by V. О. Bashlyk, V. F. Semiglazov, A. G. Kudaybergenova, A. S. Artem’eva, T. Yu. Semiglazova, V. S. Chirskiy, A. V. Komyakho, P. V. Krivorot’ko, V. V. Klimenko, Sh. M. Khadzhimatova, A. I. Tseluyko, S. S. Ereschenko

“…Complete clinical response (determined by palpation, instrumental methods, and macroscopic examination) does not always imply the achievement of pathologic complete response. …”
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Decentralization and Public Health Services Delivery in Kabale Municipality, Kabale District, Uganda by Boaz, Mubangizi

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An Assessment of Task-Oriented Leadership on Employee Performance in Uganda: A Case Study of Buhoma Mukono Community Development Association (BMCDA) in Kanungu District. by Elli, Orikyiriza

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ESTIMATING THE LEVEL OF TROPOSPHERIC ABSORPTION AT MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES AND OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS OF PERTINENT AERONOMIC AND RADIO ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE "MAXIMUM CONFID... by V. V. Myshenko, O. M. Korolev, Yu. V. Karelin, A. V. Antyufeyev, D. L. Chechotkin, D. V. Shulga, O. G. Turutanov, A. A. Poladich

“…The method proposed makes it possible evaluating the absorption coefficient in the troposphere and current basic parameters of the measuring system. …”
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Effect of Technical Parameters of Electric Low Voltage Devices of the Shop Power Supply Systems on their Reliability Characteristics by Gracheva E.I., Ivshin I.V., Gorlov A.N., Alimova A.N.

“…They also prevent the development of defects in the switching equipment and failures and make it possible to use the developed criterium for the supplemental regulation pe-riods of investigations of switching devices. An algorithm and a method have been elaborated for a comprehensive assessment of the functioning efficiency of the switching low-voltage de-vices, which allows establishing a relationship between the probability of uptime and the contact resistance of devices considering the number of switching cycles. …”
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