The Development Strategy of Dual-Channel Supply Chain of Smart Elderly Care Service from the Perspective of Time Perception by Tong Zhao, Qiaoming Hou

“…The results show that the benefit-sharing contract is more conducive to maximizing the profit of the supply chain, and the segmentation of elderly demand is conducive to giving full play to the advantages of dual-channel differentiated services, which is conducive to forming a win-win situation of improving the service efficiency of the smart elderly service supply chain and increasing the happiness index of elderly users. The main contributions of this paper are: Using geriatric behavioral psychology to analyze the motivation of the elderly and designing the service effort level index considering the needs of the elderly. …”
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Assessment of Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity Potential of Effluents from Bahir Dar Tannery Using Allium cepa by Tayachew Admas, Bizuayehu Kerisew

“…A decrease in mitotic index with increasing concentration of the effluent was observed. …”
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Status of the First Permanent Molars in Students from the José Antonio Saco Elementary School by Diosky Ferrer Vílchez, Ana Belkys Hernández Millán, Disney Tablada Peralta, Ana Ivis Betancourt García, Antonio Araujo Vílchez, Yenly Rodríguez Alonso

“…The variables analyzed were: age, sex, application of Love’s index, oral health status, application of Clune's dent<br /><strong>Results:</strong> females (50.2 %) and the 5-9 age groups (60.4 %) predominated. …”
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Kadozan Chitosan Formulation Enhances Postharvest Quality of Fresh Indian Jujube Fruit by Lian Chen, Yixiong Lin, Hui Li, Qingqing Liu, Yihui Chen

“…Results showed that Kadozan-treated fruit exhibited lower respiration rate, relative electrolyte leakage rate, weight loss, and decay index, along with higher firmness and commercially acceptable rate. …”
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Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase-to-Platelet Ratio Predicts Significant Liver Fibrosis of Chronic Hepatitis B Patients in China by Tianyi Ren, Huan Wang, Ruihong Wu, Junqi Niu

“…A total of 160 treatment-naïve CHB patients who underwent liver biopsy were enrolled in our study, and we assessed the diagnostic accuracies of GPR, aspartate transaminase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), and the fibrosis index based on 4 factors (FIB-4) in them. …”
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Design Optimization of a 3-PUU Parallel Machine for Friction Stir Welding Robots by Eka Marliana, Latifah Nurahmi, Arif Wahjudi, I. Made Londen Batan, Guowu Wei

“…This paper focuses on the design and optimization of a 3-PUU parallel machine to achieve an optimal configuration based on performance indices, specifically the Local Conditioning Index (LCI) and the dynamic isotropy index (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$d_{1}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>). …”
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High-Throughput 16 S rRNA Gene Sequencing Reveals Bacterial Diversity of Infant Formula Production Line Samples in Spring and Summer by Xian Li, Yongbo Li, Yalun Zhang, Rui Zhang, Hui Wang, Tao Zhang, Taotao Yan, Zilun Zhang, Guohua Shi, Wei Zhou

“…Samples associated with workers showed higher bacterial species diversity (Shannon index) and richness (Chao1 index) in summer than in spring. …”
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Influence of Asian-Pacific Oscillation on Precipitation in Central Eastern China during Autumn (1960–2016) by Zouxing Lin, Jiajin Zhu, Wei Hua, Guangzhou Fan

“…This study analyzed observational and reanalysis data to investigate CEC precipitation during autumn (1960–2016) and its association with the APO. The APO index (APOI) was redefined, and an autumn CEC precipitation index (CECPI) was calculated to elucidate the relationship between the APO and CEC precipitation. …”
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Clinicoepidemiological Pattern and Quality of Life Indices among Adult Males with Acne Vulgaris: A Hospital-based Cross-sectional Study by Ananya B. Reddy, Fathima Shafi, Malcolm Pinto, Spandana Prakash Hegde, Amina Asfiya

“…Assessment of quality of life was done using Dermatological Life Quality Index (DLQI) and Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) in each patient. …”
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The impact of abandoned iron ore on the endophytic bacterial communities and functions in the root systems of three major crops in the local area by Shuyi Chen, Jie Tang, Junqiang Xu, Lianxin Peng, Peng Wu, Qiang Li

“…The total potassium (TK) content in the soil, as well as the Fe and Pb content, were positively correlated with the α-diversity index and Streptomyces. Zn and Ti content were significantly negatively correlated with the α-diversity index.DiscussionThis study provides data support for exploring the mechanisms of plant response to the mining environment and developing ecological restoration strategies for mining areas.…”
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Clinical Study on Long-Term Sinus Reversion Rate and Left Atrial Function Recovery of Mitral Valve Disease with Atrial Fibrillation under Modified Surgical Radiofrequency Ablation by Jingle Cui, Ziyang Hu, Tao Li, Ziyang Guo, Weiquan Luo, Zhiyong Huang

“…The left atrium filling index and ejection force were significantly increased in 28 patients with sinus reversion (P<0.05). …”
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Assessment of Volatile Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Jatropha ribifolia (Pohl) Baill by HS-SPME-GC-MS Using Different Fibers by Celia Eliane de Lara da Silva, Willian Ferreira da Costa, Sandro Minguzzi, Rogério Cesar de Lara da Silva, Euclésio Simionatto

“…The identification of compounds was confirmed by retention index (Kovats index) obtained from a series of straight chain alkanes (C7–C30) and by comparison with NIST and ADAMS library. …”
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Soil Quality and Water Redistribution Influences on Plant Production over Low Hillslopes on Reclaimed Mined Land by Stephen D. Merrill, Mark A. Liebig, John D. Hendrickson, Abbey F. Wick

“…Yield regressions with WR index (catchment area-based) indicated dominance of WR effects at Zap. …”
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Political Science in Ecuador, 2005-2019. A discipline in search of institutionalization by Edgar Alberto Zamora-Aviles, María Paz Jervis-Pastor

“…Additionally, a bibliometric analysis of scientific publications was performed in the above indexed journals. Finally, a set of interviews was made with members of the local academic community. …”
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Partitioning of Organic Fertilizers in the Production of Kale by Thatiane Nepomuceno Alves, Antonio Ismael Inácio Cardoso, Nicholas Taborda Nordi, Marcelo Munhoz Venâncio de Oliveira, Joseantonio Ribeiro de Carvalho, Jorgiani de Ávila, Gustavo Ferreira da Silva, Débora Cristina Mastroleo Luís

“…The increases of treatments of factorial in relation to the control were 37.8% (plant height); 31.8% (SD); 157.1% (NLP); 213.5% (MLFMM); 7.6% (LLB); 80.2% (LLMe) and 126.6% for the “SPAD” index. It is recommended to use castor bean cake and split it every 21 days as it results in less labor for application.…”
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Visceral Adipose Tissue Indices Independently Correlated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Caiyu Zheng, Xuanling Zheng, Xiaoyan Lin, Jiawen Ye, Ziqing Xu, Huixian Hu, Wengui Wang, Caoxin Huang, Jianqing Tian, Changqin Liu

“…The prevalence rate of OSA was 80%, and the mean (±SD) of age was 47.0±13.6 years. Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was significantly and positively associated with either VAT area (r=0.433, p≤0.001) or Chinese visceral adiposity index (CVAI) (r=0.355, p≤0.001) but not for BFP (r=0.107, p=0.294). …”
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The Maternal Body Fluids and Amniotic Fluid in Near Term Pregnancies by Sümeyra Nergiz Avcıoğlu, Sündüz Özlem Altınkaya, Mert Küçük, Selda Demircan Sezer, Emre Zafer, Hasan Yüksel

“…Patients in Group 1(n=119), included near term pregnancies with normal amniotic fluid index (AFI) and Group 2 included near term pregnancies complicated with idiopathic oligohydramnios (n=92). …”
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Vegetation Dynamics and Sensitivity Responds to Climate Change in the Upstream of the Yellow River, China by XiangYu Lan, RuoWei Li, Xin Wang, TianCai Zhou, YunHui Li, JieJi Duo, Jian Sun

“…Herein, we collected monthly normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and corresponding climate documents. …”
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Estimation of snow cover through object-oriented techniques using image sensors OLI and TIRS (Case Study: Sabalan Mountain) by Hooshang Seifi

“…In this study, due to the use of high resolution spatial resolution (Landsat 8) and the new method of classification of images, the snow surface was characterized by Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Land Surface Temperature (LST), Brightness with a total accuracy of 91 percent, to 2142.62 square kilometers for the range Sabalan mountains have been extracted and the results can be used as alternatives to snowflake stations.…”
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Development of Hypereutectic AlSi Alloy Powder Injection Molding Feedstocks by Rheological Analysis by Jiaqi Ni, Keqing Han, Muhuo Yu

“…Comprehensive analysis of rheological parameters such as the flow behavior index, yield stress, flow activation energy, and the general moldability index, the feedstock with 17 wt.% binder exhibited the best rheological performance and favorable moldability. …”
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