A Performance Analysis Model for Corporate Human Resource Management Based on Extenics Theory by Mingyan Li, Tiantian Gao, Jianxue Wang, Huanyu Wang

“…First, a novel corporate HRMPA index system was established under the principle of comprehensiveness. …”
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Nonlinear Fluctuation Behavior of Financial Time Series Model by Statistical Physics System by Wuyang Cheng, Jun Wang

“…From this financial model, we study the statistical behaviors of return time series, and the corresponding behaviors of returns for Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index (SSECI) and Hang Seng Index (HSI) are also comparatively studied. …”
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Identifying User Interaction Patterns in E-Textbooks by Santeri Saarinen, Tomi Heimonen, Markku Turunen, Mirjamaija Mikkilä-Erdmann, Roope Raisamo, Norbert Erdmann, Sari Yrjänäinen, Tuuli Keskinen

“…We introduce a new architecture for e-textbooks which contains two navigational aids: an index and a concept map. We report results from an evaluation in a university setting with 99 students. …”
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Optical Properties of GaAs Nanowires with an Electric Potential That Varies Inversely with the Square of the Radial Distance by Moletlanyi Tshipa

“…The properties studied were optical absorption coefficient (AC) and change in refractive index (CRI) of the quantum wire. In particular, effect of an inverse parabolic potential on the optical properties of CQWs was investigated. …”
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Adaptive Dynamic Programming-based Tracking Controls of Multi-Motor Driven Systems by LYU Yongfeng, JIAN Long

“…On the basis of the approximated dynamics, the optimal performance index is defined and the optimal tracking controls are designed. …”
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Attribute Analysis of Aridity Variability in North Xinjiang, China by Yanfeng Wu, Guangxin Zhang, Hong Shen, Y. Jun Xu, Batur Bake

“…This study investigated the spatiotemporal aridity variability in North Xinjiang, China, from 1961 to 2013, based on the UNESCO aridity index (precipitation/potential evapotranspiration), and analyzed its association with meteorological factors. …”
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Damage Evaluation for Rock Burst Proneness of Deep Hard Rock under Triaxial Cyclic Loading by Shuang You, Hongguang Ji, Zijian Zhang, Chenghan Zhang

“…The correlation between elastic energy index and damage evolution is built, and rock burst proneness in each status is analyzed; furthermore, the dissipation energy in the failure process of deep rocks is explicated. …”
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Effect of Monotherapy and Combination Therapy of Pantoprazole and Aprepitant in Gastric Esophageal Reflux Disease in Albino Rats by Kamleshwar Shukla, Prince Raj, Arun Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Gaurav Kaithwas

“…Animals were sacrificed after 8 h and evaluated for the gastric pH, volume of gastric juices, total acidity, esophagitis index, and free acidity. Esophageal tissues were further subjected to estimations of TBARS, GSH, catalase, and SOD. …”
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Experimental Study of Composite Members in Spatial Grid Structure Subjected to Ultralow-Cyclic Axial Force by Jie Zhang, Haiwang Li, Xiayun Song

“…The deformation patterns, hysteretic characteristics, skeleton curves, bearing-capacity degradation features, cumulative energy dissipation, and cumulative damage index of the assembly were obtained and analysed. …”
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THE CALCULATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PERSONNEL ELEMENT OF THE POTENTIAL INTANGIBLE ASSETS OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES by I. Buzurnaya

“…In the article the analysis of features of calculation of index of potential intangible assets of the industrial enterprise as linear combinations of the quantitative values of each object of potential intangible assets and their weights.…”
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Positive Solutions for a System of Hadamard-Type Fractional Differential Equations with Semipositone Nonlinearities by Youzheng Ding, Jiqiang Jiang, Donal O’Regan, Jiafa Xu

“…In this paper, we use the fixed-point index and nonnegative matrices to study the existence of positive solutions for a system of Hadamard-type fractional differential equations with semipositone nonlinearities.…”
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IMPROVEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC MECHANISM OF STABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTERPRISE OF THE REGION METALLURGICAL BRANCH by V. E. Sidorchuk, Yu. N. Masalsk, D. L. Konovalov

“…The special attention is paid to the methods of integral assessment of development stability by overall index.…”
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The use of radar-optical remote sensing data and geographic information system–analytical hierarchy process–multicriteria decision analysis techniques for revealing groundwater rec... by Wang Yuxia, Han Yanzhong, Guo Yujiao, Wang Jingwei, Wang Nana, Abdelkareem Mohamed

“…To investigate the combined impact of the model, 13 input thematic maps, including elevation, slope, curvature, depression, drainage density, Topographic Wetness Index, distance to river, Stream Power Index, Terrain Roughness Index, geology, lineaments, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, and rainfall factors, were created, and employed in the model, which was subsequently merged through GIS techniques to reveal prospective zones. …”
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Paediatric Contacts of Adult COVID-19 Patients: Clinical Parameters, Risk Factors, and Outcome by Ammara Farooq, Taimur Khalil Sheikh, Fibhaa Syed, Tehmina Mustafa

“…There were 137 paediatric contacts of 100 adult COVID-19 index cases. The index cases were predominantly males (67%) and belonged to the middle socioeconomic class (89%), and 14% succumbed to the disease. …”
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Rice genotypes (Oryza sativa) respond to varying planting dates and environmental conditions by 1Asif Ali Kaleri, 1Danish Manzoor,1Rabia Laghari,2Muzamil Awan, 3Bina Khanzada, 4Hafsa Munir, 2Saba Solangi, 2Tameer Hyder Shah.5Ameer Jan, 6Laiba Ashfaq, 2Ghulam Sajjad Kaleri Kaleri

“…The interaction of genotype and sowing date was found to significantly influence plant height, panicle length, number of shoots per plant, seed index, biological yield, grain yield, and harvest index. …”
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Location or size? A finite element analysis study of necrotic lesion impact on femoral head collapse by Shun Lu, Tianye Lin, Longfei Han, Ziqi Li, Mingcong He, Qiushi Wei

“…Results (1) In models with the same necrotic volume, when APA was 60.5°, the indexes of the LPA < 60.5° models were significantly higher than those of the LPA ≥ 60.5° models (P < 0.05); the differences of the indexes among the LPA ≥ 60.5° models were not statistically significant (P > 0.05). (2) When LPA was 60.5°, the indexes of models with APA < 60.5 ° and APA ≥ 60.5 ° show the same trend as the former. (3) In the models with the same PAs, there was no statistically significant difference in the indexes (P > 0.05). …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Healthcare Resource Use, Treatment Patterns, and Treatment-related Events in Patients with Huntington’s Disease–associated Chorea Initiated on Tetrabenazi... by Victor W. Sung, Sanjay K. Gandhi, Victor Abler, Brian Davis, Debra E. Irwin, Karen E. Anderson, Ravi G. Iyer

“…The first diagnosis date during the study period was considered the index date, with ≥6 months of continuous medical and prescription coverage before and after the index date. …”
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Indicators of Glucose Metabolism in Children and Adolescents Characterized as Having “Metabolically Healthy” and “Metabolically Unhealthy” Obesity by Maria Baltogianni, Niki Dermitzaki, Vasileios Giapros, Foteini Balomenou, Chrysoula Kosmeri, Fani Ladomenou, Evanthia Kantza, Anastasios Serbis

“…All participants underwent an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and a comparative analysis was performed on HOMA-IR, QUICKI, insulin sensitivity index (ISI), insulinogenic index (IGI), disposition index (DI), and oral disposition index (oDI). …”
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Epicardial Fat Tissue: A Potential Marker for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction by Waiel Abusnina, Ilan Merdler, Matteo Cellamare, Kalyan R. Chitturi, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Irwin M. Feuerstein, Cheng Zhang, Sevket Tolga Ozturk, Teshome Deksissa, Vaishnavi Sawant, Kassandra Lopez, Lior Lupu, Dan Haberman, Itsik Ben‐Dor, Lowell F. Satler, Ron Waksman, Hayder D. Hashim, Brian C. Case

“…We measured epicardial fat volume (EFV) and calculated the EFV index. Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the association between EFV and EFV index to CMD. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Motahare Shabestari, Forouzan Salari, Reyhaneh Azizi, Akram Ghadiri-Anari, Nasim Namiranian

“…Results In the COVID-19 positive group, significant reductions were observed in triglycerides (TG) (P = 0.001), total cholesterol (TC) (P = 0.028), body mass index (BMI) (P = 0.034), atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) (P = 0.027), triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index (P = 0.001), and triglyceride-glucose-BMI (TyG-BMI) index (P < 0.001) during the six months following infection compared to pre-pandemic levels. …”
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