THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL PROGRESS AND EDUCATION ON CORRUPTION: A CONTINGENCY THEORY PERSPECTIVE by Hatidža Jahić, Merima Činjarević

“…The data set for this study was obtained from secondary sources and it included the following measures: (1) the corruption perception index by Transparency International; (2) the social progress index provided by the non-profit organization the Social Progress Imperative; (3) the education index by United Nations Development Programme, and (4) the scores of Hofstede’s national culture dimensions. …”
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Modeling Dominant Height Growth in Planted Pinus pinea Stands in Northwest of Tunisia by Sghaier Tahar, Palahi Marc, Garchi Salah, Bonet José Antonio, Ammari Youssef, Pique Miriam

“…The relative error in site index predictions was used to select 30 years as the best reference age. …”
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Simulation and Test Study of Blast Crater in Deep Ore Body of Metal Mine Based on Lsdyna by Erhu Dong, Long An, Yuanhui Li, Jiahua Zhang

“…Second, by modulating the strength and damage parameters and defining the unit failure criterion, the damage volume and blast action index obtained from the dynamic calculation are consistent with the 3D scanning results of the on-site blast crater test. …”
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Investigation of Changes of Temperature and Rainfall Indicators in Kurdistan Province Based on Radiation Injection Scenarios (RCP) by Zahra Hejazizadeh, Sharifeh Zarei

“…This is while the cold extreme indexes had a decreasing and negative trend. This trend was significant only for the "cold days" index. …”
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Effects of two different cooling impact treatments on the thermal damage and mechanical properties of high-temperature granite by Xingchen Liu, Feng Huang, Aichen Zheng, Dong Yang

“…The energy storage limit Uel, energy storage efficiency η, pre-peak brittleness index Kpre, post-peak brittleness index Kpost, and whole-process brittleness index K‾a of the rock decreased as heating temperature increased. …”
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Positive association between the proinsulin-to-C-peptide ratio and prolonged hyperglycemic time in type 2 diabetes by Aika Miya, Akinobu Nakamura, Hiroshi Nomoto, Hiraku Kameda, Tatsuya Atsumi

“…The proinsulin-to-C-peptide (PI:C) ratio is an index applied during the early stage of pancreatic β-cell dysfunction. …”
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Probabilistic assessment of the cumulative risk from dietary heavy metal exposure in Chongqing, China using a hazard-driven approach by Jiahui Chen, Jingrong Chen, Mintao Li, Ping Feng, Mei Qin, Ting Chen, Shuquan Luo, Jian Zhao, Xiaofeng Yan, Jinyao Chen, Xuemei Lian, Huadong Zhang, Jiao Huo

“…The results indicated that combined dietary exposure to Pb, Cd, As, and Hg may pose risks of neurotoxicity and nephrotoxicity, with the combined exposure likely amplifying this risk compared to exposure to individual heavy metal elements. mRPI proves to be a more suitable index for cumulative risk assessment using a hazard-driven approach compared to other indexes, as it is derived based on specific studies and endpoints.…”
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Designing a terahertz optical sensor based on helically twisted photonic crystal fiber for toxic gas sensing by Vahid Sharif, Hana Saberi, Hassan Pakarzadeh

“…Key parameters such as refractive index sensitivity, relative sensitivity, resolution, and figure of merit (FOM) are evaluated. …”
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SOCIAL CAPITAL AND AIR POLLUTION: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY by Cuma Demirtaş, Munise Ilıkkan Özgür

“…Moreover a city-based social capital index is developed by utilizing the principal component analysis (PCA). …”
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Characteristics of the Bacterial Community in Alpine Meadows in Response to Altitude and Aspect in the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China by Qiang Li, Ying Zhang, Xiaoni Liu, Fan Yang

“…Our results indicate that altitude and aspect orientation significantly influences the diversity index and composition of soil bacterial communities. …”
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Polystyrene Microsphere Optical Properties by Kubelka–Munk and Diffusion Approximation with a Single Integrating Sphere System: A Comparative Study by Ali Shahin, Wesam Bachir, Moustafa Sayem El-Daher

“…Inverse Mie algorithm with scattering coefficient was also used to retrieve the real part of refractive index and absorption coefficient for calculating the imaginary part of refractive index. …”
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The Effect of Built-Up Area Density and Vegetation Density on Surface Temperature in Banjarmasin City by Sidharta Adyatma, Muhammad Muhaimin, Deasy Arisanty, Karunia Puji Hastuti

“…Built-up areas can be mapped using the Normalized Difference Built-Up Index (NDBI) algorithm, and vegetation density can be mapped using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) algorithm. …”
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Evaluation and Prediction Method of Rolling Bearing Performance Degradation Based on Attention-LSTM by Yaping Wang, Chaonan Yang, Di Xu, Jianghua Ge, Wei Cui

“…Compared with other models, the method proposed by this paper makes full use of the historical data and is more sensitive to the key information in the long time series, and the eRMSE index and the eMAE index of the two sets of experimental data are minimum, and the prediction accuracy of rolling bearing degradation performance is higher. …”
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Dysregulation of Kisspeptin and Leptin, as Anorexigenic Agents, Plays Role in the Development of Obesity in Postmenopausal Women by Andon Hestiantoro, Brilliant P. K. Astuti, Raden Muharam, Gita Pratama, Fiastuti Witjaksono, Budi Wiweko

“…Therefore, this study aimed at investigating the association between leptin, soluble leptin receptor (sOBR), free leptin index, kisspeptin concentrations, and body mass index (BMI) in postmenopausal women. …”
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Predictive nomogram for postoperative lower-limb deep vein thrombosis in patients undergoing endoscopic endonasal surgery during hospitalization: a retrospective cohort study by Hai Peng, Ruofei Yuan, Zhe Zhang, Ying Wang, Xingchao Wang, Bo Wang, Peng Li

“…The resulting nomogram was validated using an independent cohort and evaluated through concordance index (C-index), calibration plots, and decision curve analysis. …”
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The Conventional Non-Articulated SACH or a Multiaxial Prosthetic Foot for Hypomobile Transtibial Amputees? A Clinical Comparison on Mobility, Balance, and Quality of Life by Francesco Paradisi, Anna Sofia Delussu, Stefano Brunelli, Marco Iosa, Roberto Pellegrini, Daniele Zenardi, Marco Traballesi

“…Participants’ functional mobility, involving ambulatory skills in overground level walking, ramps, and stairs, was evaluated by performing Six-Minute Walking Test (6MWT), Locomotor Capability Index-5 (LCI-5), Hill Assessment Index (HAI), and Stair Assessment Index (SAI). …”
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Contamination Features and Source Apportionment of Heavy Metals in the River Sediments around a Lead-Zinc Mine: A Case Study in Danzhai, Guizhou, China by Rongguo Sun, Yue Gao, Jing Xu, Yang Yang, Yutao Zhang

“…Based on the combined evaluations of the single factor pollution index, geo-accumulation index, and potential ecological risk index, it indicated that the ecological risks of Hg, Cd, Zn, and Pb were high or extremely high, and of Mn, Cu, and As were slight or none in the sediments around this lead-zinc mine. …”
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Effectiveness of Space Spraying on the Transmission of Dengue/Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DF/DHF) in an Urban Area of Southern Thailand by Suwich Thammapalo, Supaporn Meksawi, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong

“…Of these, 25 were identified as secondary infections from 20 index cases. Where a secondary infection occurred, the mean attack rate was 2.7 per 1,000 population. …”
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Power Option Pricing Based on Time-Fractional Model and Triangular Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Numbers by Tong Wang, Pingping Zhao, Aimin Song

“…In addition, a numerical example is provided to illustrate that the power option means the value is decreasing with respect to the pessimistic-optimistic index and is fluctuating with respect to the possibility-necessity weight index.…”
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Investigation of changes in surface urban heat-island (SUHI) in day and night using multi-temporal MODIS sensor data products (Case Study: Tehran metropolitan) by Sirous Hashemi Darebadami, Ali Darvishi Boloorani, Seyed Kazem AlaviPanah, Mohammad maleki, Reza Bayat

“…Physical and biophysical surface properties such as: land cover/land use (LULC), elevation, albedo, vegetation index (NDVI) and impervious surfaces index (NDBI) were used to interpretation of the LST and SUHI changes. …”
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