Global glucose metabolism rate as diagnostic marker for disorder of consciousness of patients: quantitative FDG-PET study by Liu, D, Wang, N, Song, M, Chai, X, He, Q, Cao, T, Kong, D, Song, Z, Zhang, G, Liu, L, Wang, X, Chen, G, Yin, S, Yang, Y, Zhao, J

“…Also, the mean of cortical metabolic index was significantly different between MCS and healthy group (M = 7.88, SD = 0.80,p < 0.001). …”

Wind characteristics of Oman by Sulaiman, M.Yusof, Akaak, Ahmed Mohammed, Abd Wahab, Mahdi, Zakaria, Azmi

“…Weibull parameters are derived from the empirical cumulative function and used to calculate the mean wind speed and variance of the theoretical distribution. …”
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Collective Pitch Control of Wind Turbines using Stochastic Disturbance Accommodating Control by Girsang, Irving Paul, Dhupia, Jaspreet S.

“…Performance of the presented control scheme is investigated through simulations on two different wind turbine configurations under turbulent wind conditions with different mean wind speeds and turbulence intensities using FAST (Fatigue, Aerodynamics, Structures, and Turbulence) aero-elastic tool. …”
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Periodontal disease and serum uric acid levels in the absence of metabolic syndrome: is there a link? A study on a sample of Cameroonian adults by Nkeck, JR, Ndjoh, JJ, Meyo Mvondo, GF, Eko Ondoa, M, Takam, O, Mbouna, SFM, Tcheutchoua Nzokou, D, Tchuisseu-Kwangoua, LA, Momo, CBY, Ekouelkoum Ngoude, JX, Chemgne, MI, Ama Moor, VJ

“…Results: One hundred and seventy-four participants were included (57.5% women, mean age 29 (10.39) years). The frequencies of PD were 75.9%, gingivitis (59.1%) and periodontitis (40.1%). …”

Production risk and technical efficiency of Thai Koi (Anabas testudineus Bloch) farming in some selected areas of Bangladesh by Sarker, Md. Al Amin

“…Floating feed showed better performance in terms of the mean daily weight gain of fish, feed conversion ratios and mean weight of table fish with less culture days as opposed to sinking and mixed feeds. …”
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Physical characteristics and occurrence rates of meteoric plasma layers detected in the Martian ionosphere by the Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Experiment by Withers, Paul, Mendillo, Michael, Hinson, David, Cahoy, Kerri

“…The mean width of the meteoric layer is 10.3 +/- 5.2 km. …”
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A comparative study on faecal short-chain fatty acids concentration in lean, overweight and obese school children by Saipudin, Nurul Ain, Suhairom, Nornazira, Abd. Wahid, Nur Husna

“…The fecal SCFAs concentration of propionic acid (Mean=43.08 µmol/g, SD= 37.14) was the highest and followed by acetic acid (Mean= 29.73 µmol/g, SD= 23.30) and butyric acid (Mean= 23.19 µmol/g, SD= 17.75) with the overweight and obese children reported a higher concentration of butyrate (52%) and propionate (38%) as compared to lean children (p>0.05). …”
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Intracranial volume post cranial expansion surgery using 3D CT scan imaging in children with craniosynostosis by Sulong, Shukriyah

“…The mean preoperative ICV was 880 mL (range, 641-1234 mL) while the mean postoperative ICV was 1081 mL(range,811-1385 mL) The difference was 201 mL which was statistically significant (P<0.001). …”
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Preferences of camp activity among secondary school students in west coast division of Sabah by Japial, Jcrechi

“…In addition, this study found that activities such as photography became the primary choice in camping, where it reached an average of 3.68 of mean score, followed by treasure hunt (3.67), birdwatching (3.60), handicraft camp (3.57), talent show (3:53) and the last is the view of the sunset with an average of 3.50 of mean score. …”
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Fear of childbirth among pregnant mothers at Hospital USM, Kelantan by Yi, Ong Yi

“…The Childbirth Fear Questionnaire (CFQ) and socio-demographic data were used to collect data, and a p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The mean age of the participants was 31.23 years (SD = 4.980), and the mean gestational age at enrolment was 33.51 weeks (SD = 5.967). …”
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Assessment of fluid responsiveness using pulse pressure variation, stroke volume variation, plethysmographic variability index, central venous pressure, and inferior vena cava vari... by Chaves, Renato C. F., Barbas, Carmen S. V., Queiroz, Veronica N. F., Serpa Neto, Ary, Deliberato, Rodrigo O., Pereira, Adriano J., Timenetsky, Karina T., Silva Júnior, João M., Takaoka, Flávio, de Backer, Daniel, Celi, Leo A., Corrêa, Thiago D.

“…The plethysmographic variability index (PVI) was studied in 17 studies, mean threshold = 13.8 (12.3–15.3)%, and AUC was 0.88 (0.82–0.94). …”
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The critical success factors of an ERP implementation in a chemical company by Kong, Keat Wai.

“…In this dissertation, references to "Dow" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, while "Dow CP" mean Dow Chemical Pacific (Singapore) Private Limited.…”
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A privacy-preserving diffusion strategy over multitask networks by Wang, Chengcheng, Tay, Wee Peng, Wang, Yuan, Wei, Ye

“…In the proposed strategy, at each time instant, each agent sends a noisy estimate, which is its local intermediate estimate corrupted by a zero-mean additive noise, to its neighboring agents. We derive a sufficient condition to determine the amount of noise to add to each agent's intermediate estimate to achieve an optimal trade-off between the steady-state network mean-square-deviation and an inference privacy constraint. …”
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Exploring demographic disparities in the mastery of higher-order thinking skills among primary school pupils by Yee Mei Heong, Yee Mei Heong, Mahmad, Mohd Faisal, Tee Tze Kiong, Tee Tze Kiong, Kok Boon Ching, Kok Boon Ching, Azid, Nurulwahida, Nur Rahma Putra, Andika Bagus

“…T-test analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the mean scores of HOTS level between male and female pupils. …”
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Testing Occupational Hazard Self-Evaluation Module (OHSEM) intervention among workers of SME (Manufacturing) in Northern Malaysia by Zulkifly, Syazwan Syah, Hasan, Nor Halim, Baharudin, Mohd Rafee

“…Results: The post-test results showed that safety KAB for the control group was moderate (mean = 2.11), while the mean score in the experimental group was high (m=4.17). …”
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Application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to determine free fatty acid contents in palm olein by Che Man, Y.B., Setiowaty, G.

“…For accuracy, the difference between the mean FFA determined by the chemical method and the mean FFA determined by the FTIR method (MD(a)) gave FFA contents of a value of 0.00016, with the FTIR method giving a higher prediction of palm olein than the AOCS method. …”
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Cost performace of road construction projects in Nigeria by Aligamhe, Victor Imohnikhe, Mustapa, Muzani, Patrick Ogbu, Chukwuemeka

“…Further, findings revealed that Nigeria’s federal highway projects have a mean cost overrun of 31.36%, and the probability of cost occurrence is 94.14%. …”
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Statistical modeling reveals the effect of absolute humidity on dengue in Singapore by Xu, Hai-Yan, Fu, Xiuju, Lee, Lionel Kim Hock, Ma, Stefan, Goh, Kee Tai, Wong, Jiancheng, Habibullah, Mohamed Salahuddin, Lee, Gary Kee Khoon, Lim, Tian Kuay, Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah, Lim, Chin Leong, Ng, Lee Ching

“…From the correlation and DLNM regression modeling analyses of the studied period, AH was found to be a better predictor for modeling dengue incidence than the other unique weather variables. Whilst mean temperature (MeanT) also showed significant correlation with dengue incidence, the relationship between AH or MeanT and dengue incidence, however, varied in the three sub-periods. …”
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On the design of capacity-approaching error-correction codes for multi constrained systems by Zhang, Jiayu

“…A convergence to local optimum is guaranteed by the mean shift algorithm, which overcomes the limitations in greedy algorithms. …”
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Mendelian Randomization analysis of the causal effect of cigarette smoking on hospital costs by Dixon, P, Sallis, H, Munafo, M, Davey Smith, G, Howe, L

“…We followed individuals up for a mean of six years.</p> <br> <p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> Genetic liability to initiate smoking (ever versus never smoking) was estimated to increase mean per-patient annual inpatient hospital costs by £477 (95% confidence interval (CI): £187 to £766). …”