Universal calibration of a scintillation spectrometer with a NaI(Tl) detector when measuring 137Cs activity in counting samples of arbitrary density and volume by K. A. Sednev, V. A. Nekrasov, V. S. Repin

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Investigating the effect of land use type on surface water quality in the Talar watershed in Mazandaran by Fatemeh Shokrian, Karim solaimani, Aref Saberi

“…The kappa coefficient was also used to check the validity of land use. …”
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Determining the Validity and Reliability of ArtSci-S.P.D. Module On Year 5 Human Circulatory System by Kai Ling Ng, Syakirah Samsudin

“…Objectives. The study aimed to determine the validity and reliability of the developed art-integration in science learning module, named ArtSci-S.P.D. …”
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Global and regional impact of health determinants on life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy, 2000–2018: an econometric analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease s... by Kamran Irandoust, Rajabali Daroudi, Maryam Tajvar, Mehdi Yaseri

“…This study examines the impact of these determinants on life expectancy (LE) and health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) at both regional and global levels using econometric analysis.MethodsThis ecological study included all 194 WHO member countries from 2000 to 2018. …”
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NEW MEAT PRODUCTS WITH IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECT CREATION METHOD by I. V. Kaltovich, O. V. Dymar

“…New meat products with immunomodulatory effect creation method reflecting differential characteristics of technological stages of manufacture of those types of meat products, including issues on the selection of primary and secondary raw materials, guidelines for development of formulations and production technologies, legislative requirements towards its labeling, etc, has been developed for the first time. …”
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Establishment of an indirect ELISA method for detection of human cytomegalovirus by LI Xu, WANG Shan, HUANG Huan, WANG Bin, QIAN Dongmeng

“…An indirect ELISA method for HCMV was established by optimizing the detection conditions such as serum dilution ratio and the type of blocking solution, and the cut-off value of this method was determined; coefficient of variation (CV) was calculated to verify the repeatability of the method; the sensitivity and specificity of the method were assessed by detecting the serum samples from the patients with positive HCMV IgG, HSV-1, HSV-2, and EBV at various dilution ratios; the consistency rate between HCMV indirect ELISA and cytomegalovirus IgG ELISA kit was assessed by analyzing the serum samples of 349 healthy volunteers undergoing physical examination at the outpatient service. …”
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Designing and determining psychometric properties of the knowledge, attitude, and practice questionnaire for the use of medicinal plants among older adults by Samaneh Pourhadi, Tayebeh Mohammadzadeh, Reza Ghadimi, Parvin Sajadi Kaboudi, Abouzar Dashteban Namaghi

“…In the present study, the content ratio and content index were 0.79 and 0.8, respectively. The correlation coefficient calculations demonstrated the favorable status of the questionnaire based on the test–retest method. …”
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VIS/NIR Spectroscopy as a Non-Destructive Method for Evaluation of Quality Parameters of Three Bell Pepper Varieties Based on Soft Computing Methods by Meysam Latifi Amoghin, Yousef Abbaspour-Gilandeh, Mohammad Tahmasebi, Mohammad Kaveh, Hany S. El-Mesery, Mariusz Szymanek, Maciej Sprawka

“…Model performance was evaluated using root mean square error of cross-validation and coefficient of determination (R²). ANN consistently outperformed MLR and PLSR in predicting firmness, pH, soluble solids content, titratable acids, vitamin C, total phenols, and anthocyanins for all three varieties. …”
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The method of comprehensive assessment of working conditions in the foundry production by A. M. Lazarenkov, T. P. Kot

“…Correction coefficients for each production factor are determined, taking into account their impact on the human body.The equation for calculating the complex indicator was obtained, which made it possible to establish classes of foundries (sections) according to working conditions. …”
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Tolerance Design for RV Reducer based on the Method of Weighting by Gong Linhuan, Zuo Jianming

“…The mathematical model is established in the first step,the model is related to hysteretic errors and the input designed parameters. The method for determining the sensitivity and dimensions of the weight coefficient is introduced. …”
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Calculation of Residual Stress in Ships by the Method of the Fresnel Approximation by Semih Öztürk, Mustafa Kurt

“…In our proposed new method for determining theoretically the residual stress at the joint site of large plates in ships, the Lorentz-Drude model and the Fresnel approximation were used. …”
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Simple Determination of Gemifloxacin Levels in Human Plasma using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry by Gaeun Kang, Sang Heon Suh, Seong Kwon Ma, Jong-Keun Kim

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Determination of Haloacetic Acids in Bottled and Tap Water Sources by Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction and GC-MS Analysis by Mohsen A. Al-shatri, Abdulmumin A. Nuhu, Chanbasha Basheer

“…In this study, we developed a fast and efficient method for the determination of six species of these compounds in water using dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction followed by GC-MS analysis. …”
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A STUDY ON A MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING BULK DENSITY OF UNSATURATED SOILS BASED ON SOIL GAS PERMEABILITY by Shang Gao, Xianliang Wang, Yi-Jia Wang, Wenqi Zhao, Weifan Zhou

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Express method for contactless measurement of parameters of thermoelectric materials by A. A. Ashcheulov, I. A. Buchkovskii, I. S. Romanyuk

“…The basic expressions are obtained for determining the value of the Seebeck coefficient, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity and thermoelectric figure of merit. …”
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Determinants of Physical Activity Behaviors among People Aged 30 to 50 Years: An Application of the Trans-Theoretical Model by Somaye Jalali, Nasrin Roozbahani, Mohsen Shamsi

“…This study was conucted with the aim of investigating the determinants of Physical Activity (PA) behavior based on the TTM in 30-50-year-old individuals. …”
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Determining the distance patterns in the movements of future doctors in UK between 2002 and 2015: a retrospective cohort study by Jonathan M Read, Colin Melville, Luigi Sedda, Daniel Thomas Smith, Lucy Hitchings, Ben Fleet

“…Objective To determine and identify distance patterns in the movements of medical students and junior doctors between their training locations.Design A retrospective cohort study of UK medical students from 2002 to 2015 (UKMED data).Setting All UK medical schools, foundations and specialty training organisation.Participants All UK medical students from 2002 to 2015, for a total of 97 932 participants.Outcome measures Individual movements and number of movements by county of students from family home to medical school training, from medical school to foundation training and from foundation to specialty training.Methods Leslie matrix, principal components analysis, Gini coefficient, χ2 test, generalised linear models and variable selection methods were employed to explore the different facets of students’ and junior doctors’ movements from the family home to medical school and for the full pathway (from family home to specialty training).Results The majority of the movements between the different stages of the full pathway were restricted to a distance of up to 50 km; although the proportion of movements changed from year-to-year, with longer movements during 2007–2008. …”
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Key Indicators Determining the “quality of life” of a Patient with Visually Intense Work after Phacoemulsification of Bilateral Cataracts by V. V. Neroev, N. I. Ovechkin

“…Purpose: to study the main indicators determining the “quality of life” (QOL) of a patient engaged in visually intense work (VIW), from the standpoint of the medical and social health model) after phacoemulsification (PEC) of bilateral cataracts.Methods. …”
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Determination of tetraniliprole residues in animal derived foods by multi-plug filtration cleanup combined with HPLC-MS/MS by YUAN Liejiang, WANG Xiu, LI Zheng, ZHU Li, DENG Hang

“…The extracts were purified via m-PFC and analyzed using HPLC-MS with external standard calibration.ResultsThe method demonstrated a strong linear correlation between tetraniliprole concentration and response values over a range of 0.001 to 0.150 mg/L, with a coefficient of determination (R2) exceeding 0.999. …”
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Development of diagnostics method of electricalinsulating liquid of transformer equipment by G. A. Murataeva, I. A. Murataev

“…Instead, the oil begins to thicken and polymerize. The developed method of diagnosing of an insulating liquid is to determine a coefficient proportional to the growth rate of the number of polar molecules in oil. …”
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