Accelerated Aging in Cancer Survivors: Cellular Senescence, Frailty, and Possible Opportunities for Interventions by Shuo Wang, Najla El Jurdi, Bharat Thyagarajan, Anna Prizment, Anne H. Blaes

“…Several aging measures, including measures based on clinical markers and biomarkers, have been proposed to estimate the aging process, and some of them have shown associations with mortality and frailty in cancer survivors. …”
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Combined wind measurements by two different lidar instruments in the Arctic middle atmosphere by J. Hildebrand, G. Baumgarten, J. Fiedler, U.-P. Hoppe, B. Kaifler, F.-J. Lübken, B. P. Williams

“…We have also performed vertical wind measurements and measurements of the same horizontal wind component using two independent lasers and telescopes of the RMR lidar and show how to use this data to calibrate and validate the wind retrieval. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Technology of Force Measurement Using a Distributed-sting-balance in Wind Tunnel by YAN Wanfang, ZHANG Chenkai, JIANG Kun, ZHANG Jiang

“…The twin-sting-balance system can obtain high stability of connection for each part and measurement. The measurement accuracy of both calibration methods is comparable,which can achieve the error level of single strain balance,and meet the precision requirement of the wind tunnel experiment. …”
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Assessment of Annual Erosion and Sediment Yield Using Empirical Methods and Validating with Field Measurements—A Case Study by Ehsan Shahiri Tabarestani, Hossein Afzalimehr, Jueyi Sui

“…Moreover, the accuracy of these empirical models was studied based on field measurements. Field measurements were conducted along two reaches of Babolroud River. …”
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Monitoring of mitochondrial oxygen tension in the operating theatre: An observational study with the novel COMET® monitor. by Floor A Harms, Lucia W J M Streng, Mark A Wefers Bettink, Calvin J de Wijs, Luuk H Römers, Rineke Janse, Robert J Stolker, Egbert G Mik

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>This study presents the feasibility of mitochondrial oxygenation measurements as measured by the COMET® monitor in the operating theatre and shows the parameter mitoPO2 to behave in a stable and predictable way in the absence of notable hemodynamic alterations. …”
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A Robust Color Image Watermarking Scheme using Chaos for Copyright Protection by Muhammad Asif Khan, Umar Ajaib Khan, Asim Ali, Fawad Hussain, Wasif Nisar

“…In this paper, various image quality analysis metrics such as homogeneity, contrast, entropy, PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise Ratio), UIQI (Universal Image Quality Index) and SSIM (Structural Similarity Index Measures) are measures to analyze proposed scheme. The proposed technique shows superior results against UIQI. …”
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A novel broadband monopole coplanar antenna configuration with circular polarization by Fatima Ouberri, Abdelali Tajmouati, Jamal Zbitou, Mohamed Latrach, Larbi El Abdellaoui

“…The final circuit of the circularly polarized CPW monopole antenna is fabricated and validated by measurements. The measured bandwidth concerning the return loss at -10 dB is about 1.30 GHz and for the axial ratio at 3 dB, it’s about 500 MHz.…”
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Evaluation a Hybrid Passive Cooling System for a Building Using Experimental and Commercial Software (Design Builder) by Mahnoosh Eghtedari, Abbas Mahravan

“…In the experimental section, air temperature, humidity, and airflow for the outdoor environment and the output of the evaporative cooling channel were measured. These measurements were tested in August from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM for six consecutive days. …”
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Comparison Between Physical Exercise and Alendronate Against Bone Calcium Levels and Body Weight In Wistar Rats Model Glucocorticoid-Induce Osteoporosis by Hanna Cakrawati, Minarma Siagian, Neng Tine Kartinah

“…Bone density will be measured by measuring the calcium level of the tibia bone using the AAS (Atomic Absorptions Spectrophotometer) method and the body weight of mice using scales. …”
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Modified Thermocouple Sensor and External Reference Junction Enhance Accuracy in Indoor Air Temperature Measurements by Hans Lundström, Magnus Mattsson

“…A special application of room temperature measurements involves measuring indoor air temperature. Here, errors, due to radiation influence on the sensor from surrounding surfaces, were surprisingly high. …”
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Impacts of gibberellin (GA3) on sensorial quality and storability of table grape (Vitis vinifera L.) by Denis RUSJAN

“…The grape quality was determined as individual and total carbohydrates and organic acids, but also the external skin colouration was measured. The measurement of polyphenol oxidases (PPO) activity was contributed to clearly understand storage potential. …”
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A Low-Noise Direct Incremental A/D Converter for FET-Based THz Imaging Detectors by Moustafa Khatib, Matteo Perenzoni

“…The cascade of the FET THz detector and readout chain is evaluated in terms of responsivity and Noise Equivalent Power (NEP) measurements. The measured readout input-referred noise of 1.6 &mu; V r m s allows preserving the FET detector sensitivity by achieving a minimum NEP of 376 pW/ Hz in the optimum bias condition, while directly providing a digital output. …”
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An experimental and numerical study on the modelling of fluid flow, heat transfer and solidification in a copper continuous strip casting process★ by Mahmoudi Jafar

“…The model has been tuned by experimental results (i.e. cooling water flow measurements, temperature measurements and metallographic analysis). …”
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An improved natural frequency based transmission line fault location method with full utilization of frequency spectrum information by Yuan Nie, Yu Liu, Dayou Lu, Binglin Wang

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Reliability of mechanical properties of the plantar flexor muscle tendon unit with consideration to joint angle and sex. by Evan D Crotty, Laura-Anne M Furlong, Andrew J Harrison

“…The reliability of mechanical parameters of maximal voluntary torque (MVT), rate of torque development (RTD), electromechanical delay, and tendon stiffness were assessed using absolute and relative reliability measures. MVT measures were reliable across ankle angles. …”
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Objective brow height measurements following pretrichial brow lift and upper lid blepharoplasty by Matthew Martin, Christopher T Shah, Payal Attawala, Keith Neaman, Melissa Meldrum, Adam S Hassan

“…Main outcome measures included measurements of brow lift at 3 months post-operatively, complications encountered, patient satisfaction and surgeon satisfaction. …”
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Self-Efficacy in Prevention of COVID-19 in Teenagers through Islamic-Based Animation Videos by Angga Wilandika, Fatiah Handayani, Suzana Yusof

“…Teenager self-efficacy measurements were measured using the 22-items Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Implementing the COVID-19 Prevention Protocol. …”
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How can we improve antidepressant adherence in the management of depression? A targeted review and 10 clinical recommendations by Marco Solmi, Alessandro Miola, Giovanni Croatto, Giorgio Pigato, Angela Favaro, Michele Fornaro, Michael Berk, Lee Smith, Joao Quevedo, Michael Maes, Christoph U. Correll, André F. Carvalho

“…Ten clinical recommendations include four points focusing on the patient (therapeutic alliance, adequate history taking, measurement of depressive symptoms, and adverse effects improved access to clinical care), three focusing on prescribing practice (psychoeducation, individually tailored antidepressant choice, simplified regimen), two focusing on mental health services (improved access to mental health care, incentivized adherence promotion and monitoring), and one relating to adherence measurement (adherence measurement with scales and/or therapeutic drug monitoring).…”
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Passive‐compensation clamp‐on two‐stage current transformer for online calibration by Haoliang Hu, Yan Xu, Xiong Wu, Fuchang Lin, Xia Xiao, Min Lei

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Single-Crystal Growth of a Cubic Laves-Phase Ferromagnet HoAl₂ by a Laser Floating-Zone Method by Naoki Kikugawa, Takashi Kato, Momoko Hayashi, Hitoshi Yamaguchi

“…The bulk physical properties, such as specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, isothermal magnetization, and thermal expansion measurements, were measured. Additionally, a magnetocaloric effect was evaluated by the magnetic entropy change. …”
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