Exploring the dynamics of energy security and energy poverty in the Andean basin by Darío Xavier Zhiña, María Isabel Fárez-Plasencia, Alex Avilés-Añazco, Otilia Vanessa Cordero-Ahiman, Jorge Leonardo Vanegas, Alexandra Guanuchi-Quito

“…The ES assessment used an index composed of four dimensions: energy accessibility, financial, environmental and housing factors, while EP was assessed using five established indices (10% Index, MIS, AFCP, 2M, M/2), providing a multidimensional perspective. …”
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Russian forests show strong potential for young forest growth by Christopher S. R. Neigh, Paul M. Montesano, Joseph O. Sexton, Margaret Wooten, William Wagner, Min Feng, Nuno Carvalhais, Leonardo Calle, Mark L. Carroll

“…Forest-height estimates were then subtracted from the predicted site index to estimate height-age growth potential across the region. …”
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Students in the Kumasi Metropolis by D. B. Kumah, K. O. Akuffo, J. E. Abaka-Cann, D. E. Affram, E. A. Osae

“…Height and weight were measured in all participants and the body mass index (BMI) of each individual was calculated. Body mass index classes were calculated according to the International Obesity Task Force standards. …”
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MEASURING QUALITY OF READING MATERIALS IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK: THE USE OF LEXICAL DENSITY METHOD IN ASSESSING COMPLEXITY OF READING MATERIALS OF INDONESIA’S CURRICULUM – 13 (K13) ENGL... by Dian Sari

“…The finding revealed that higher levels of texts do not necessarily guarantee higher lexical density indexes, that is to say, the levels of texts analyzed in this study did not match the expected indexes of lexical density. …”
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Testing some European fish-based assessment systems using Slovenian fish data from the Ecoregion Alps by Gorazd Urbanič, Samo Podgornik

“… The European Fish Index (EFI), the Fish Index Austria (FIA) and the German fish-based assessment system (FiBS) were tested using Slovenian fish data. …”
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APPLICATION EXPERIENCE OF COMPUTER SIMULATION SYSTEMS TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF FOUNDRY PRODUCTION AT THE ROSTOV FOUNDRY by A. V. Fedosov, G. V. Chumachenko

“…The yield index is suggested to evaluate the possibility of reducing the weight of gate system. …”
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EVALUATION OF TRANSLUCENCY AND FLEXURAL STRENGTH IN DIFFERENT ZIRCONIA SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZED DENTAL RESTORATIONS by Mark Sallai, Iustin Olariu, Teodora Olariu, Dana Emanuela Coț (Pitic), Răzvan Flueraș, Raluca Mioara Cosoroabă, Adela Boroghină, Emanuela Lidia Petrescu

“…Selection criteria included yttria (Y₂O₃) concentration and translucency index, impacting both aesthetic appeal and material durability. …”
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Improved AHP Model and Neural Network for Consumer Finance Credit Risk Assessment by Yafeng Xi, Qiu Li

“…Firstly, the characteristic information is extracted, and the financial credit risk assessment index system structure is established. The data are input into the AHP-LSTM neural network, and the index data are fused with the AHP so as to obtain the risk level and serve as the expected output of the LSTM neural network. …”
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Health Status Monitoring of Cuplock Scaffold Joint Connection Based on Wavelet Packet Analysis by Liuyu Zhang, Chenyu Wang, Gangbing Song

“…The experimental results show that looseness index increases as the connection gets loose.…”
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Novel Observer-Based Suboptimal Digital Tracker for a Class of Time-Delay Singular Systems by Nien-Tsu Hu, Ter-Feng Wu, Sendren Sheng-Dun Xu, Hsu-Chih Huang

“…The linear quadratic performance index, specified in the continuous-time domain, can be discretized into an equivalent decoupled discrete-time performance index using the newly developed extended delay-free model. …”
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Detection and classification of single-circuit and intra-circuit faults based on analysis of current signals of near-end terminal in double-circuit transmission lines by Mahyar Abasi, Pirooz Gorjian

“…In the third step, by using the analysis of a new index based on the combination of modified Stockwell and Hilbert transforms and a statistical index based on correlation, the faulty phase of the double-circuit line can be identified. …”
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Electric Vehicle Charging Station Location Decision Analysis for a Two-Stage Optimization Model Based on Shapley Function by Lifeng Yang, Zhongwei Cheng, Baojie Zhang, Fengyun Ma

“…Aiming at the comprehensive decision of electric vehicle charging station (EVCS) location, this paper constructs an EVCS location evaluation index system that includes five indexes of grid load, traffic facilities, user preference, construction cost, and service radius. …”
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Ranking Influential Nodes in Complex Networks with Information Entropy Method by Nan Zhao, Jingjing Bao, Nan Chen

“…Our work combines sigmod function and iteration information to obtain the position index. The position attribute is obtained by combining the shell value and the location index. …”
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Reactive Extrusion of Polyethylene Terephthalate Waste and Investigation of Its Thermal and Mechanical Properties after Treatment by Mahmoud A. Mohsin, Tahir Abdulrehman, Yousef Haik

“…On the other hand, the melt flow index of treated PET exhibited an increase with increasing EG concentration in the PET matrix.…”
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Preparation and Characterization of Biochars Obtained from Biomasses for Combustible Briquette Applications by Chaimaa Hadey, M. Allouch, M. Alami, F. Boukhlifi, I. Loulidi

“…The biomass samples and their produced biochars were characterized using calorific value, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM and EDX), compressibility index, and combustion behavior in order to analyze their potential. …”
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Legal and economic analyzing the development of the digital economy by Spalević Žaklina, Vićentijević Kosana, Ateljević Milutin

“…To measure the development of a digital economy in one country, the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) is used. The 2016 World Economic Forum Report covers 139 economies and according to this survey, Serbia is 75th with an estimated 4.00 index of online readiness. …”
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Economic Policy Uncertainty and Conditional Dependence between China and U.S. Stock Markets by Xinyu Wu, Meng Zhang, Mengqi Wu, Hao Cui

“…The empirical analysis based on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite (SSEC) index in China and the S&P 500 index in the U.S. shows that the tail dependence between China and U.S. stock markets is symmetrical, and the t Copula outperforms alternative Copulas in terms of in-sample goodness of fit. …”
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Bibliometric Review of Research on International Students in Russia by G. A. Atsyor

“…Specifically, this paper represents a bibliometric review of indexed Scopus data to establish the seminal authors and current foci of research on international students in Russia. …”
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Quantification of the Transparency of the Transparent Soil in Geotechnical Modeling by Li-Da Yi, Hua-Bin Lv, Tian Ye, Yi-Ping Zhang

“…According to the results of research about transparent soil with fused quartz, viewing depth and refractive index matching are the dominant factors that affect variations in transmittance of transparent soil, and the variations of transmittance are subjected to exponential decay regarding viewing depth or refractive index matching based on the theoretical modeling’s function of curve fitting. …”
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Performance Evaluation of China's Basic Pension Insurance Based on a Three-Stage Superefficient SBM-DEA Model by Zexing Xue, Zhengping Ma

“…This study looks at the efficiency and effectiveness of the pension insurance system, thus establishing a pension insurance performance evaluation index system. Based on the SBM-DEA model with non-radial and non-angular outputs, the performance evaluation model of basic endowment insurance system was constructed using this index system. …”
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