Empirical Evaluation of NB-IoT and CAT-M Coverage for Underground Water System by Priit Roosipuu, Ivar Annus, Alar Kuusik, Nils Kandler, Ivo Muursepp, Muhammad Mahtab Alam

“…In this study, we conducted empirical measurements on NB-IoT and LTE CAT-M networks inside a street manhole. …”
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An empirical examination of the conceptualization of companion animals by Ruben Hoffmann, Carl Johan Lagerkvist, Malin Hagberg Gustavsson, Bodil S. Holst

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An Analysis of the Infections and Determination of Empiric Antibiotic Therapy in Cats and Dogs with Cancer-Associated Infections by Katie Curran, Haley Leeper, Kathy O’Reilly, Joelle Jacob, Luiz E. Bermudez

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Empirical antibiotic therapy in infectious diseases of small animals by А. Vyniarska, M. Kajpus M. Kajpus, D. Gufrij, А. Gamota

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Herding cats in a FOSS ecosystem: a tale of communication and coordination for release management by Germán Poo-Caamaño, Eric Knauss, Leif Singer, Daniel M. German

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A Comparison of Three Empirical Reliability Estimates for Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) Using a Medical Licensing Examination by Dong Gi Seo, Sunho Jung

“…Arithmetic mean, Harmonic mean, and Jensen equality were applied to marginalize observed standard errors (OSEs) to estimate CAT reliability. Based on different marginalization method, three empirical CAT reliabilities were compared with true reliabilities. …”
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Use of Local Antibiogram Data and Antimicrobial Importance Ratings to Select Optimal Empirical Therapies for Urinary Tract Infections in Dogs and Cats by Ri Scarborough, Kirsten Bailey, Bradley Galgut, Adam Williamson, Laura Hardefeldt, James Gilkerson, Glenn Browning

“…International and Australian veterinary antimicrobial use guidelines recommend amoxicillin or trimethoprim-sulfonamide (TMS) for the empirical treatment of sporadic urinary tract infections (UTIs) in dogs and cats. …”
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Six-Year Prescription Pattern of Antimicrobial Use in Cats at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the University of Pisa by Lucia De Marchi, Matilde Vernaccini, Valentina Meucci, Angela Briganti, Ilaria Lippi, Veronica Marchetti, Luigi Intorre

“…This study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the six-year pattern (2017–2022) of antimicrobial use in cats visiting the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) of the University of Pisa (Italy). …”
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Multistate matrix population model to assess the contributions and impacts on population abundance of domestic cats in urban areas including owned cats, unowned cats, and cats in s... by D T Tyler Flockhart, Jason B Coe

“…Using a case study from Guelph, Ontario, Canada, we compared model-predicted to empirical estimates of cat abundance in each subpopulation and used perturbation analysis to calculate relative sensitivity of vital rates to cat abundance to demonstrate how management or mismanagement in one portion of the population could have repercussions across all portions of the network. …”
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Cat Foster Program Outcomes: Behavior, Stress, and Cat–Human Interaction by Kristyn R. Vitale, Delaney H. Frank, Jocelyn Conroy, Monique A. R. Udell

“…This information could contribute to life-saving efforts by providing empirical evidence that cats can be safely moved into foster homes, even for short durations, when shelter space is limited. …”
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Comparing the Performance of GPR, XGBoost and CatBoost Models for Calculating Reference Crop Evapotranspiration in Jiangxi Province by LIU Xiaoqiang, DAI Zhiguang, WU Lifeng, ZHANG Fucang, DONG Jianhua, CHEN Zhiyue

“…All three models have a good applicability by using limited meteorological data, and are superior to the traditional empirical model. In particular, GPR and CatBoost were more accurate, and GPR was most stable. …”
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Predicting maximum scour depth at sluice outlet: a comparative study of machine learning models and empirical equations by Xuan-Hien Le, Le Thi Thu Hien

“…Performance statistics highlighted the efficacy of the ML algorithms over empirical formulas, with CAT and XGB leading the way. …”
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Cats just want to have fun: Associations between play and welfare in domestic cats by Julia Henning, Torben Nielsen, Eduardo Fernandez, Susan Hazel

“…Play is often considered an indicator and promotor of animal welfare and may facilitate closer cat-human relationships. However, few studies have empirically investigated these associations. …”
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Automated recognition of pain in cats by Marcelo Feighelstein, Ilan Shimshoni, Lauren R. Finka, Stelio P. L. Luna, Daniel S. Mills, Anna Zamansky

“…Abstract Facial expressions in non-human animals are closely linked to their internal affective states, with the majority of empirical work focusing on facial shape changes associated with pain. …”
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Application of FCEEMD-TSMFDE and adaptive CatBoost in fault diagnosis of complex variable condition bearings by Min Mao, Bingwei Xu, Yuhuan Sun, Kairong Tan, Yuran Wang, Chao Zhou, Chengjiang Zhou, Jingzong Yang

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Severe polycystic liver disease in a cat by Emily M King, Maria Pappano, Sarah K Lorbach, Eric M Green, Valerie J Parker, Megan E Schreeg

“…A 13-year-old female spayed cat presented with progressive icterus, abdominal distension, weight loss and elevated liver enzymes. …”
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panniculitis in a cat from northern California by Mary Ann Lee, Dennis J Woerde, Krystle L Reagan, Tatiana G Wolf, Jane E Sykes

“…Case summary A 9-year-old male castrated domestic shorthair cat from northern California was evaluated for a 12-month history of dermal and subcutaneous dermatitis in the inguinal region. …”
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Eosinophilic pericardial effusion and pericarditis in a cat by Meagan Alisa Wheatley, John Shamoun, Ricardo Maggi, Edward B Breitschwerdt, Samantha L Sommer, John M Cullen, Devorah Marks Stowe

“…Owing to the challenges of definitive Bartonella species exclusion, the cat was treated empirically with pradofloxacin and doxycycline, and a subtotal pericardectomy. …”
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Empire, rises, falls, returns and divergences by Sthephen Jacobson

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Empire, postcoloniality and diasporas: The Portuguese case by Bela Feldman-Bianco

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