Analysis of the concordance between the estimated values of creatinine clearance using the Cockcroft-Gault equation and the real value determined in patients from the Hospital Cl... by Jose Miguel Chaverri-Fernández, Esteban Zavaleta-Monestel, Jose Pablo Díaz-Madriz, Angie Ortiz-Ureña, Monica Ramírez-Hernández, Karina Trejos- Morales

“…The real and estimated values of creatinine clearance were determined, and their concordance was measured by applying the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient; a descriptive analysis of data was also conducted. …”
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Influence of temperature on optical properties of thin films Cu2ZnSnSe4 by E. V. Maystruk, I. P. Koziarskyi, D. P. Koziarskyi, P. D. Maryanchuk

“…Optical coefficients were determined by a method based on independent measurement of reflection and transmission coefficients. …”
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New High Efficiency and Strength Bending Strain Sensor Based on Piezoelectric Stacks by Vladimir Sidorov, Nelly Rogacheva, Yulia Zheglova

“…Piezoelectric laminated stacks have a periodic structure, and we will use the mathematical homogenization method to correctly determine their effective moduli (physical constants). …”
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Determination of Ventilation Openings Ratio in Greenhouses under Mediterranean Climate Conditions by Abdullah Nafi Baytorun, Sait Üstün, Adil Akyüz, Derya Önder

“…Temperature differences like air change coefficient can be regarded as a criterion to determine efficiency of ventilation in the greenhouses. …”
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Automatic vein measurement by ultrasonography to prevent peripheral intravenous catheter failure for clinical practice using artificial intelligence: development and evaluation stu... by Hiromi Sanada, Toshiaki Takahashi, Gojiro Nakagami, Ryoko Murayama, Mari Abe-Doi, Masaru Matsumoto

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Estimation of the equivalent conicity of wheel treads with worn rolling surface by A. Ya. Kogan

“…The method is based on calculating the coefficients of a polynomial over even grades of the lateral oscillations amplitude of a single freely moving wheelset in the tangent segment of the track. …”
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Research on subway settlement prediction based on the WTD-PSR combination and GSM-SVR model by Miren Rong, Chao Feng, Yinping Pang, Hailong Wang, Ying Yuan, Wensong Zhang, Lanxin Luo

“…By comparing the prediction accuracy of the seven models, the results show that the Grid Search Method optimized SVR model performs the best in the light of prediction accuracy, with a Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of 2.96%, a Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of 0.028 mm, a Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of 0.032 mm, and a coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.995. …”
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Development of High Throughput Rapid Turbidimetric Assay for Potency Determination of Gramicidin by Mostafa Essam Eissa, Engy Refaat Rashed, Dalia Essam Eissa

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Fast screening of gold in rock samples using polyurethane foam extraction and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry determination by Jalal Hassan, Naeemeh Zari, Mohammad-Hadi Karbasi

“…The equation of linear calibration curve was obtained with regression coefficient better than 0.9997, and the detection and quantification limit of the gold in aqueous and soil sample obtained 0.25 and 0.8 µg kg −1, respectively. • This method is inexpensive and fast for determination of gold in various samples. • This method has high thought of sample determination. • This method is green chemistry method.…”
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Validity and Reliability Determination of the Persian Version of the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System by Farin Soleimani, Zahra Nobakht, Nadia Azari, Adis Kraskian, Fatemeh Hassanati, Zahra Ghorbanpor

“…Materials & Methods The translation and adaptation were carried out based on the international quality of life instrument project protocol. …”
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DETERMINANTS OF BANK LENDING AND CREDIT ACCESSIBILITY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES by Adeshola Olunuga

“…Aim: The aim of the study is, besides other things, to establish the extent in which determinants of bank lending are implemented in association with the performance of micro, small and medium enterprises in Nigeria.Method: The study applied the econometrics method of data analysis. …”
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Structural model of determinants of medication adherence in elderly individuals with tuberculosis in Iran by Somayeh Hassani, Farahnaz Mohammadi Shahboulagi, Mahshid Foroughan, Payam Tabarsi, Gholamreza Ghaedamini Harouni, Hamidreza Jamaati, Mohammad Varahram, Seyed Mohammad Seyedmehdi, Niloufar Alizadeh, Seyed Alireza Nadji

“…According to the results of the sequential logistic regression test (simultaneous type), the variables studied predicted medication adherence behavior to a very acceptable level. The coefficient of determination values ​​obtained from the three statistics McFadden (0.603), Nagel kerke (0.888), and Cox and Snell (0.849) indicated the high explanatory power of the model by the predictor variables. …”
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Distance measure of picture fuzzy sets and its application in multi-criteria decision making problem by Amal Adak, Manish Gunjan, Aliakbar Haghighi

“…The options are ranked using the revised index technique and the relative closeness coefficient method. An illustrative numerical example is provided to demonstrate the feasibility and practicality of the proposed distance measure for PFSs.…”
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Determination of the inter-repair cycle of production boreholes for underground uranium leaching by Yu. А. Arsentiev, A. P. Nazarov, N. V. Soloviev, D. А. Ivanov, А. G. Ivanov

“…This work is an attempt to analytically develop the main indicator of the duration of the overhaul cycle of the operation of technological wells to determine the frequency of repair and restoration work (RVR) depending on the intensity of the decline in the productivity of borehole in situ leaching (IIL) wells and the coefficient for selecting an effective type of complexes of technical means and technological methods for carrying out RVR.Materials and methods. …”
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Determinants of Food Prices in Türkiye: Fourier Engle-Granger Cointegration Test by Veysel İnal, Şerif Canbay, Mustafa Kırca

“…It is the first study on this subject for Türkiye in terms of the period and the method. According to the FEG cointegration test results, it was determined that consumer interest rates, real effective exchange rates, and food production index significantly affected food prices in the long run. …”
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Definition of Optimal Structure of Power Network by Kimstach O.Yu.

“…The purpose of the paper is to form a method for finding the optimal structure of the power network. …”
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High-precision coiling temperature control model for heavy gauge strip steel by SONG Yong, JING Feng-wei, YIN Shi, LIN Feng-qin

“…Based on the condition characteristics of the laminar cooling process of heavy gauge strip steel, improvement methods were proposed for the temperature field calculating model and the heat transfer coefficient model, and a new similarity-based adaptation model was developed to improve the feed forward control effect of coiling temperature. …”
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Site Selection Evaluation of Pumped Storage Power Station Based on Multi-Energy Complementary Perspective: A Case Study in China by Hui Zhao, Yanqi Xu

“…The VIKOR method was used to evaluate the pre-selected sites, determine the best scheme, and verify the stability of the results. …”
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WORLD OIL PRICE FORECAST ON BASIS OF EXPERT NON-NUMERIC KNOWLEDGE by Yu. A. Nazarova

“…As the weighting coefficients we have taken the degree of compliance of analysts’ forecasts for 2013 to reality calculated based on the error variance.The result of the study is to determine the probabilities of each of the alternative outcomes and to identify the most likely range of prices for Brent crude oil for 2015. …”
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Determination of cardinal temperature of Euphorbia maculata and its hydrothermal model of germination by Shayesteh Salehi, مرجان دیانت, Ghorban Noormohammadi

“…The best model for estimating the cardinal temperatures in E.maculata was intersected-line model with respect to coefficient of determination and mean square error. …”
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