Comparing the Accuracy and Reliability of Detecting the Intensity of Spinal Inflammation on STIR Sequence with Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Values in Axial Spondyloarthritis by Ho Yin Chung, Tommy Tsang Cheung, Vince Wing Hang Lau, Kam Ho Lee, Florence King Pui Chan

“…Materials and methods: Fifty active lesions in the STIR sequence of spinal MRI were identified. …”
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Effects of repeated etching cycles using 15% hydrochloric acid on enamel loss and relative attenuation coefficient in resin infiltration by Dayang Fadzlina Abang Ibrahim, Noren Nor Hasmun, Yih Miin Liew, Annapurny Venkiteswaran

“…However, anecdotal evidence suggests that favorable esthetics outcomes can be obtained by increasing the etching cycles. Aim: To determine the incremental and total enamel loss when enamel surfaces are exposed to multiple etching cycles and to assess the relative attenuation coefficient after multiple etching cycles and resin infiltration treatment. …”
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A fault section location method based on the slope similarity of zero-sequence current waveform for the non-effectively grounding system by Xinhui Zhang, Aiyu Guo, Changyong Hu, Shuyu Xie, Jinghua Wang

“…However, existing detection methods for high-resistance grounding faults suffer from low locating accuracy, and their reliability needs urgent improvement. …”
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Experimental Validation of an <i>In Vitro</i> Method for Assessing Insulin-Dependent Glucose Uptake by A. N. Afanasyeva, V. B. Saparova, I. E. Makarenko, R. V. Drai, T. A. Selmenskikh

“…However, at present, there is no single approach to validation of in vitro bioanalytical methods not involving the determination of active ingredient concentrations in biological fluids. …”
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Interrater Reliability among Endoscopists: Diagnosis of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Based on the Reflux Finding Score Determined by Upper Endoscopy by Seok Won Lee, Chang Seok Bang, Yeon Soo Kim, Gwang Ho Baik, Dong Kyu Kim, Young Don Kim, Koon Hee Han, Sang Jin Lee, Jong Kyu Park, Hyun Il Seo, Sung Chul Park, Sang Hyuk Lee, Kyong Joo Lee

“…Cohen’s and Fleiss’ kappa coefficients were used to determine the degree of interrater agreement in the diagnosis of LPR. …”
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Direct Extraction and Determination of Free Nicotine in Cigarette Smoke by Li Li, Jing Wen, Yuyang Deng, Juan Yang, Yue Yuan, Yi Shen, Guoce Liu, Yonghong Tian, Dean Lei

“…Currently, the determination of free nicotine in tobacco products primarily relies on methods such as pH calculation, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME), and traditional solvent extraction. …”
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Measurement of Roughness of Internal Surface of Measuring Pipeline in Real Time for Standard Orifice Plates by Bohdan Chaban

“…Methods for measuring the roughness of the internal surface of a measuring pipeline for projected rectilinear sections of a measuring pipeline and for rectilinear sections that are in operation have been determined. …”
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Evapotranspiration and Crop Coefficient for Haricot Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Using Nonweighing Lysimeter Under Semiarid Climate of Melkassa, Ethiopia by Tatek Wondimu Negash, Gobena Dirirsa Bayisa, Abera Tesfaye Tefera

“…The actual crop evapotranspiration and crop coefficient for the haricot bean were determined from nonweighing lysimeter studies. …”
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Rapid and Non-destructive Detection of Rice Protein Content Based on Near Infrared Spectroscopy by Siping TAN, Jicheng YUE, Ying CHEN, Cuihong HUANG, Danhua ZHOU, Huijuan ZHANG, Guili YANG, Hui WANG

“…The corrected correlation coefficients (R2) and standard deviations (SEP) of the near infrared detection model for determination of protein content in rice and brown rice were 0.882 and 0.926, and 0.239 and 0.213, respectively. …”
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Experimental investigation of indoor convective and radiative heat transfer coefficient for a thermally activated building system in tropical climate conditions by T. Vivek, C. Rakesh, K. Balaji, Ananth Pai

“…Thermally activated building systems (TABS) are one of the most commonly utilised structural cooling methods in construction industries. This method of structural cooling has pipes encapsulated in building surfaces. …”
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New Modified UPLC/Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for Determination of Risperidone and Its Active Metabolite 9-Hydroxyrisperidone in Plasma: Application to Dose-Dependent Pharmacok... by Essam Ezzeldin, Marwa Tammam, Nisreen F. Abo Talib

“…The method was linear in the concentration range of 0.2–500 ng/mL for risperidone and 9-OH-risperidone, with coefficients of determination greater than 0.998 and lower limit of quantitation of 0.2 ng/mL. …”
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A novel extraction model optimization with effective separation coefficient for rare earth extraction process using improve differential evolution by Fangping Xu, Hui Yang, Jianyong Zhu, Wenjia Chang

“…To rectify this issue, we introduce an effective separation coefficient, thereby enabling the creation of a model capable of accurately determining the concentration of rare earth elements (REE) within each extraction extractor. …”
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Online determination of phycocyanin in vivo in Galdieria sulphuraria by Philipp Scherhag, Michael Katzberg

“…Hence, a faster PC determination method, with the potential to become an online method, is needed. …”
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Portable potentiometric device for determining the antioxidant capacity by Elena Salimgareeva, Dinara Igdisanova, Daria Gordeeva, Elena Yarkova, Anatoly Matern, Elena Gerasimova, Alla Ivanova

“…The AOC of some beverage industry was determined using the microfluidic device. The correlation coefficient of the results, obtained in the microfluidic device and the laboratory cell, was 0.90, which indicates good data convergence and the possibility of using the potentiometric method implemented in the microfluidic device to assess the AOC of multicomponent objects.…”
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In-Situ Determination of Buildings’ Thermo- Physical Characteristics by Arash Rasooli

“…In summary, the in-situ determination of walls’ thermal resistance is conducted by two methods in this thesis. …”
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Determination of Time Management Skills of Nursing Students by Nimet Ateş, Beyza Çakar, İrem Yılmaz, Erol Oral, Yunus Emre Arzık, Muhammed Emin Kahkeci, Emre Uzun

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Strategy for Determining Country Ranking by Level of Cybersecurity by Hanna Yarovenko, Olha Kuzmenko, Mario Stumpo

“…The article proved that the existing method of determining the actual ranking of countries has a number of shortcomings, which are the lack of solutions to problems related to the dimensionality of data, determining the weights of the analyzed indicators, taking into account the diversity of indicators and their fundamental differences. …”
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Estimating the Grape Basal Crop Coefficient in the Subhumid Region of Northwest China Based on Multispectral Remote Sensing by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by Can Xu, Xiaotao Hu, Jia Tian, Xuxin Guo, Jichu Lei

“…The FAO-56 dual crop coefficient method was then employed to determine the soil evaporation coefficient (<i>K</i>_e) and the water stress coefficient (<i>K</i>_s), leading to the acquisition of the basal crop coefficient (<i>K</i>_cb). …”
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CASE-BASED REASONING PEMBERIAN REKOMENDASI PROFESI BERDASARKAN MINAT DAN BAKAT SISWA MENGGUNAKAN SIMPLE MATCHING COEFFICIENT SIMILARITY by Made Hanindia Prami Swari, Rahel Widya Arianti, Faisal Muttaqin

“…To match new cases with old cases stored on a case basis, the authors use the Simple Matching Coefficient similarity method. The system will recommend a suitable work after the user inputs his preferences and habits. based on the results of the tests conducted, it was found that the system had produced the same calculation between the values generated by the system and manual calculations. …”
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A rational estimation of volumetric thermal expansion coefficient of Al2O3-water nanofluid in thermo-fluid application by Nahid Hasan, Md. Sheikh Rasel, Sumon Saha

“…The present investigation compares different models for determining nanofluids’ volumetric thermal expansion coefficient with the experimental findings. …”
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