A statistical-based geospatial approach to prioritize the watersheds for soil erosion conservation in the Upper Awash Basin (Upstream Koka), Ethiopia by Pradeep Kamaraj, Immanuvel David Thangapandian, Shankar Karuppannan, Tola Garo

“…The drainage patterns were extracted from SRTM-DEM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission-digital elevation model), and ‘Stahler’s method’ was adopted to determine the stream order. …”
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Design and Enhancing Security Performance of Image Cryptography System Based on Fixed Point Chaotic Maps Stream Ciphers in FPGA by Ahmed Amir Salih, Zaid Abdulsattar Abdulrazaq, Harith Ghanim Ayoub

“…The system implemented using co-simulation method on the ZYNQ 7000 SoC ZC702 Evaluation Kit, with a key space of 2288 and a throughput of 269. 32 MB/sec. …”
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Occurrence of ESBL, AmpC-ESBL, and Carbapenemase Producer Organisms in Clinical Specimens: An Observational Prospective Study by Rajal Dave, Abhijeet Joshi

“…In this study, we aimed to determine ESBL, AmpC-ESBL, and carbapenemase producer occurrences from clinical specimens from December 1, 2023, to February 1, 2024. …”
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D → Pℓ + ℓ − decays assisted by QCD light-cone sum rules by Anshika Bansal, Alexander Khodjamirian, Thomas Mannel

“…Abstract We suggest a new method to analyse the rare D (s) → Pℓ + ℓ − decays (P = π, K), combining QCD light-cone sum rules (LCSR) with hadronic dispersion relations. …”
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Fusion of DS-InSAR and THPF-LSTM for monitoring and predicting surface deformation in closed mines by Jianyang ZHANG, Hongdong FAN, Xiangyang ZHU, Minghu SUN

“…The results show that: the density of DS-InSAR monitoring points is uniformly distributed, and the coefficient of determination between the measured deformation and the monitoring results reached 0.95; compared with the LSTM model, the maximum RMSE (root mean square error) of the THPF-LSTM model in the prediction points is 3.0, and the mean absolute error (MAE) is 2.4, and the maximum Adjusted R-Square was 0.9, which is better than 4.5, 3.9, and 0.6 of the traditional LSTM model, and the comprehensive prediction accuracy of the model is improved by more than 20%, and it can accurately reflect the trend and volatility of the surface deformation of the closed mine, and can effectively improve the prediction accuracy of mine settlement in the short term. …”
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Inequity in accessibility to urban parks in environmental gentrification areas based on Multi-G3SFCA: A case study of Wuhan’s main urban districts by Zixuan Deng, Ling Ning

“…An improved three-step floating catchment area(Multi-G3SFCA) method was used to assess the inequities in urban park accessibility across residential communities, and the Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve were used to quantify overall inequity in environmental gentrification areas. …”
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Performance of real-time polymerase chain reaction and Kato-Katz for diagnosing soil-transmitted helminth infections and evaluating treatment efficacy of emodepside in randomized c... by Christian N Lotz, Emmanuel C Mrimi, Pierre H H Schneeberger, Said M Ali, Jan Hattendorf, Jennifer Keiser

“…<h4>Conclusion/ significance</h4>Our study confirmed that qPCR is a sensitive diagnostic method for diagnosing STH infections compared to Kato-Katz and serves as a valuable tool for determining treatment efficacy in clinical trials. …”
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Epidemiology of body dysmorphic disorder in middle and high school students in Sanandaj city by Soliman Mohammadzadeh, Chiman MohammadiNasab, Sara Mohammadi, Reza Ghaneei gheshlagh, Hajar Kashefi

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Radiation shielding study of tungsten impact on tellurite-bismuth based glasses by Kh.A. Bashar, M.F.N. Jaafar, Y. Mansur, S.O. Baki, M.A. Mahdi

“…The MCNP5 stimulation code and theoretical XCOM software in addition to the other relevant equations are implemented to determine the mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) values where the other parameters are identified depending on its value such as mean free path (MFP), effective atomic number (Zeff) and half-value layer (HVL). …”
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Identification of Interannual Variation Frequency of Cropland Cropping Intensity Based on Remote Sensing Spatiotemporal Fusion and Crop Phenological Rhythm: A Case Study of Zhenjia... by Yaohui Zhu, Qingzhen Zhu, Yuanyuan Gao, Liyuan Zhang, Aichen Wang, Yongyun Zhu, Chunshan Wang, Bo Liu, Fa Zhao, Peiying Li, Xinhua Wei, Qi Song

“…To fill this knowledge gap, this study took Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, as a case study and proposed a method to determine the distribution and spatiotemporal change frequency of single- and double-season cropping patterns using spatiotemporal fusion and crop phenological rhythm. …”
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Fast Physical Random Bit Generation Based on a Broadband Chaotic Entropy Source Originated From a Filtered Feedback WRC-FPLD by Xi Tang, Guang-Qiong Xia, Can Ran, Tao Deng, Xiao-Dong Lin, Li Fan, Zi-Ye Gao, Gong-Ru Lin, Zheng-Mao Wu

“…Finally, by utilizing multi-bit post-processing method, PRBs is generated at a rate up to 240 Gbits&#x002F;s, which can pass all the 15 NIST statistics tests and meet the strict criteria of the statistical bias and the serial correlation coefficient.…”
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[Translated article] Isolated repair shows higher postoperative patellar height according to the Insall–Salvati index compared to biological augmentation in acute patellar tendon r... by R. Olivieri, J.T. Muñoz, J.I. Laso, J. Ugarte, N. Franulic, P. Innocenti

“…A fourth blind evaluator analysed the measurement results, determining the average PH and the intraclass correlation coefficient for absolute agreement among the three evaluators. …”
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La reparación aislada presenta mayor altura patelar postoperatoria según el índice de Insall-Salvati en comparación con la aumentación biológica en roturas agudas del tendón rotuli... by R. Olivieri, J.T. Muñoz, J.I. Laso, J. Ugarte, N. Franulic, P. Innocenti

“…A fourth blind evaluator analyzed the measurement results, determining the average PH and the intraclass correlation coefficient for absolute agreement among the three evaluators. …”
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Combination of Spectral Representation and Wavelet Packets for Generating Long-Period Ground Motions by Minghui Dai, Yingmin Li

“…This paper proposes a method for generating long-period motions by combining long-period components synthesized by spectral representation with high-frequency components simulated by wavelet packets. …”
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IT Diagnostics of Parkinson’s Disease Based on the Analysis of Voice Markers and Machine Learning by U. A. Vishniakou, Xia YiWei

“…Then the parameters of the processed spectrum of speech data were determined: average value, maximum and minimum, peak, wavelet coefficients, MFCC and TQWT. …”
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In-Plane Vibration Analysis of Annular Plates with Arbitrary Boundary Conditions by Xianjie Shi, Dongyan Shi, Zhengrong Qin, Qingshan Wang

“…All the unknown expansion coefficients are treated as the generalized coordinates and determined using the Rayleigh-Ritz technique. …”
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DBSCAN ALGORITHM FOR CLUSTERING STUNTING PREVALENCE TYPOLOGY IN WEST JAVA, CENTRAL JAVA, AND EAST JAVA REGIONS by Bagus Sumargo, Kadir Kadir, Dena Safariza, Munawar Asikin, Dania Siregar, Nilam Novita Sari, Danu Umbara, Rizky Hilmianto, Robert Kurniawan, Irman Firmansyah

“…The validation test used is the silhouette coefficient to determine the goodness of the cluster results. …”
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Optimasi dan Validasi Metode Penentuan Kadar Asam Glikolat dan Asam Laktat Dalam Krim Menggunakan Kromatografi Cair Kinerja Tinggi by Devi Wulandari, Gusrizal Gusrizal, Titin Anita Zaharah

“…Optimization and Validation of Determination Methods of Glycolic Acid and Lactic Acid in Cream Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. …”
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Constitutive modeling and workability characterization of pre-deformed AZ31 magnesium alloy during hot shear-compression deformation by Junsong Jin, Fangtao Chai, Jinchuan Long, Chang Gao, Shaolei Wang, Pan Zeng, Xuefeng Tang, Pan Gong, Mao Zhang, Lei Deng, Xinyun Wang

“…The results show that the proposed method can accurately determine the Mises coefficients, describing the mechanical response of SCS at high temperatures. …”
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Validation of a handheld electrocardiogram 6 lead recorder to obtain chest lead equivalents: An Africa Heart Rhythm Association study by Thomas A. Slater, PhD, Redemptar Kimeu, MD, Mohamed Jeilan, MD, Kamilu M. Karaye, PhD, Reuben K. Mutagaywa, PhD, Isiaka Alfa, BMBCh, Vincent Y. Shidali, MBBS, Emmanuel Gushi, MBBS, Julius C. Mwita, MD, Omphemetse Mocheko, RN, Lamyaa Allam, PhD, Okechukwu S. Ogah, PhD, Bashir G. Ahmad, MBBS, Ashley Chin, MPhil, Razeen Gopal, MD, Philip Durkin, BSc, Robert Bowes, BSc, Lucy Leese, BSc, Marcus Ngantcha, MSc, Berthold Stegemann, PhD, Muzahir H. Tayebjee, MD

“…Hypertension was the primary indication for ECG (28%). The coefficient of determination for QT interval in leads V2 and V4 was 0.59 and 0.61, respectively, within the prespecified limit of agreement. …”
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