A Novel Method to Evaluate the Effect of Slope Blasting under Impact Loading by Wenhai Zhou, Zhenbao Li, Xin Wu, Shujiang Wang, Yaru Lv, Xiaoming Lou, Chaofei Du, Rui Liang

“…Additionally, the influencing factors can be ranked by the importance degrees according to the calculated value of the evaluation index.…”
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Risk of second primary malignancies among survivors of cutaneous melanoma: A nationwide population-based study in the Republic of Korea by Joon Min Jung, Do Hyung Kim, Ye-Jee Kim, Ik Jun Moon, Woo Jin Lee, Sung Eun Chang, Mi Woo Lee, Chong Hyun Won

“…Independent risk factors for overall SPM development included a Charlson Comorbidity Index ≥ 1 (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 1.41; 95% CI, 1.07–1.87), and a body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2 (aHR, 1.47; 95% CI, 1.04–2.08). …”
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An Analytical Solution for Non-Darcian Flow on a Constant Head Packer Test in the Interlayer Staggered Zone by Qi Shen, Zhifang Zhou, Meng Chen, Sijia Li, Zhe Wang, Yabing Li

“…Moreover, the hydraulic head is more sensitive to the power index n compared to other parameters at late times. …”
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Soil health of bananas cultivated in Ribeira River Valley – the major producing region of Brazil by Cavalieri-Polizeli Karina Maria Vieira, da Silva Anderson Lucas, Cremonesi Marcus, Lima Juliana Domingues, Cipriano Patriciani Estela, Cherubin Maurício Roberto, Rozane Danilo Eduardo

“…A slight decrease, but still adequate, of physical indicators, primarily related to soil aeration and similar results in biological indicators. All soil quality indexes tested here can be used to verify soil health; however, soil quality index-2 was the best for a total dataset, and soil management assessment framework was the best for a minimum dataset, demonstrating no statistical difference in soil health between banana and forest soil systems.…”
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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension among Chinese First-Generation Migrants and Italians in Prato, Italy: The CHIP Study by Pietro A. Modesti, Maria Calabrese, Ilaria Marzotti, Hushao Bing, Danilo Malandrino, Maria Boddi, Sergio Castellani, Dong Zhao

“…Associations with exposures (including age, gender, body mass index, waist, education level, total cholesterol, and triglycerides) were examined using logistic regression. …”
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Tree Species Diversity, Richness, and Similarity in Intact and Degraded Forest in the Tropical Rainforest of the Congo Basin: Case of the Forest of Likouala in the Republic of Cong... by Suspense Averti Ifo, Jean-Marie Moutsambote, Félix Koubouana, Joseph Yoka, Saint Fédriche Ndzai, Leslie Nucia Orcellie Bouetou-Kadilamio, Helischa Mampouya, Charlotte Jourdain, Yannick Bocko, Alima Brigitte Mantota, Mackline Mbemba, Dulsaint Mouanga-Sokath, Roland Odende, Lenguiya Romarick Mondzali, Yeto Emmanuel Mampouya Wenina, Brice Chérubins Ouissika, Loumeto Jean Joel

“…The values of this index vary from 0.23 to 0.95 in plots P11 and P15, respectively. …”
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Financial inclusion and inflation in Southeast European countries by Kokorović-Jukan Meldina, Kozarević Emira, Zukić Vesna

“…Study design/methodology/approach: The financial inclusion index was constructed using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). …”
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Research on the Construction Effect Evaluation System of Smart CBD: A Case Study in Jiangbei New District, Nanjing, China by Min Hong, Caihong Peng, Mi Niu, Zhao Xu

“…Exploring the construction model of the CBD through the establishment of an evaluation index system of construction effect is of great significance for CBD’s future development. …”
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Timeliness metrics for screening and preventing TB in household contacts of pulmonary TB patients in Kenya by D. Nair, P. Thekkur, I. Mbithi, M. Khogali, R. Zachariah, S. Dar Berger, S. Satyanarayana, A. M. V. Kumar, I. Kathure, J. Mwangi, A. F. Bochner, A. McClelland, J. M. Chakaya, A. D. Harries

“…METHODS: A longitudinal cohort study conducted among index patients and their HHCs in 12 health facilities, Kiambu County, Kenya. …”
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The Efficiency of China’s Hub Economy and Its Influencing Factors: A Two-Stage Analysis Based on the Super SBM-Malmquist-Tobit Model by Xueru Fan, Guanxin Yao, Yang Yang

“…The empirical results of 30 provinces and cities in China from 2012 to 2021 show that (1) the technical efficiency (TE), pure technical efficiency (PTE), and scale efficiency (SE) of China’s hub economy are 0.585, 0.740, and 0.820, respectively, which do not reach the effective state; (2) the technical efficiency change index (Effch), technical progress change index (Techch), and total factor productivity change index (Tfpch) of China’s hub economy are 0.994, 0.945, and 0.939, respectively, indicating that the corresponding efficiencies show a downward trend; and (3) industrial structure, innovation, and technology are significantly and positively correlated with the efficiency of the hub economy; policy and enterprises are significantly negatively correlated with the efficiency of the hub economy; and education does not correlate with the efficiency of the hub economy.…”
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Mapping hippocampal glutamate in healthy aging with in vivo glutamate-weighted CEST (GluCEST) imaging by Maggie K. Pecsok, Heather Robinson, Ally Atkins, Monica E. Calkins, Monica E. Calkins, Mark A. Elliott, Arianna Mordy, Jacquelyn Stifelman, Ruben C. Gur, Ruben C. Gur, Paul J. Moberg, Ravi Prakash Reddy Nanga, Kosha Ruparel, Kosha Ruparel, Russell T. Shinohara, David A. Wolk, Ravinder Reddy, David R. Roalf, David R. Roalf

“…HOA had lower GluCEST than HYA in the right hippocampus. GluCEST asymmetry index confirmed significant left asymmetry in HOA. …”
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Climate variability, population growth, and globalization impacting food security in Pakistan by Sohail Abbas, Ahtisham Haider, Shazia Kousar, Heli Lu, Siqi Lu, Fang Liu, Huan Li, Changhong Miao, Wanfu Feng, Muhammad Irfan Ahamad, Muhammad Sajid Mehmood, Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain

“…All indexed components explained more than 50% of the variance, resulting in a food security eigenvalue of 3.603 with a 0.901 proportion. …”
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Evaluation of Arterial Stiffness for Predicting Future Cardiovascular Events in Patients with ST Segment Elevation and Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Oguz Akkus, Durmus Yildiray Sahin, Abdi Bozkurt, Kamil Nas, Kazım Serhan Ozcan, Miklós Illyés, Ferenc Molnár, Serafettin Demir, Mücahit Tüfenk, Esmeray Acarturk

“…Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV), aortic augmentation index (AI), systolic area index (SAI), heart rate, and pulse pressure were higher; ejection fraction, the return time (RT), diastolic reflex area (DRA), and diastolic area index (DAI) were significantly lower in patients with major cardiovascular events. …”
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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal and aromatic plants used by the population of Settat Province, Morocco by Manal Lahyaoui, Nadia Dakka, Naoual El Menyiy, Mansour Sobeh, Pakhrur Razi, Khang Wen Goh, Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi, Muhammad Junaid Farrukh, Abdelhakim Bouyahya

“…The calculated Familiarity Index indicated that the most commonly used species were Verbena, Pimpinella anisum L., and Origanum vulgare, with Familiarity Index of 0.22, 0.22, and 0.18, respectively. …”
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Comparative Forecasting of Some Key Economic Indicators Using Artificial Neural Networks and Ordinary Differential Equations: A Case Study of the Turkish Economy by Bahatdin Daşbaşı, Murat Taşyürek

“…This study explores the relationships between the USD opening exchange rate, the annual change rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the housing loan interest rate in Turkish lira, and the residential construction cost index from January 2015 to May 2024 using data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). …”
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Using machine learning to study the population life quality: methodological aspects by E. V. Shchekotin, В. Л. Гойко, P. A. Basina, B. B. Bakulin

“…The results of the study can be used to calculate the online activity index in the VKontakte social network of users from various Russian regions, on the basis of which the subjective life quality index will be calculated in the future. …”
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Final assessment tool quality of the subject Cell, Tissues and Integumentary System by Marlen Llanes Torres, Roxana Gómez Vilela, Galia Ibis Pérez Rumbaut, Laura Naranjo Hernández, Zulema Tamara Mesa Montero, Grey Alicia Crespo Lechuga

“…The exam was rated as highly easy with an index of 0.88. 85.71% of the questions presented an excellent discrimination as well as the exam in general with an index of 0.57.…”
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Associations of Salivary BPIFA1 Protein in Chronic Periodontitis Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Yue Guo, Lin-Na Guo, Jun-Fei Zhu, Chen-Yi Tang, Yun-Zhi Feng, Hou-De Zhou

“…Additionally, demographic data and general health parameters, including fasting blood glucose (FBG) and body mass index (BMI), were collected. We also detected full-mouth clinical periodontal parameters including probing pocket depth (PPD), clinical attachment level (CAL), bleeding index (BI), and plaque index (PLI). …”
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Relation of left atrial overload indices with prognostic endpoints in heart failure and preserved ejection fraction by Shiro Hoshida, Koichi Tachibana, Yukinori Shinoda, Tomoko Minamisaka, Masahiro Seo, Masamichi Yano, Takaharu Hayashi, Akito Nakagawa, Yusuke Nakagawa, Shunsuke Tamaki, Takahisa Yamada, Yoshio Yasumura, Yohei Sotomi, Shungo Hikoso, Daisaku Nakatani, Yasushi Sakata, OCVC‐Heart Failure Investigators

“…Additionally, the ratio of diastolic elastance (Ed) to arterial elastance (Ea), an index for LA pressure overload, was also significant (HR 1.444, 95% CI 1.014–2.058, P = 0.041). …”
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Optimization of Online Teaching Quality Evaluation Model Based on Hierarchical PSO-BP Neural Network by Luxin Jiang, Xiaohui Wang

“…Firstly, an online teaching quality evaluation system was established by using the analytic hierarchy process to determine the weight of each subsystem and each index in the online teaching quality evaluation system and then combined with actual experience, the risk value of each index was constructed according to safety regulations. …”
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