Optimal Control of Polymer Flooding Based on Maximum Principle by Yang Lei, Shurong Li, Xiaodong Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Lanlei Guo

“…In this paper, an optimal control model of distributed parameter systems (DPSs) for polymer injection strategies is established, which involves the performance index as maximum of the profit, the governing equations as the fluid flow equations of polymer flooding, and the inequality constraint as the polymer concentration limitation. …”
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Seasonal Variation in Groundwater Quality of Yavatmal District, India by P. N. Rajankar, D. H. Tambekar, S. R. Wate

“…The groundwater quality in this district showed slightly seasonal variation while the data computed in Water Quality Index (WQI) calculator. The WQI was varied from 73.0 to 80.2 during pre monsoon and 68.7 to 72.4 in post monsoon season, which showed slightly seasonal variation. …”
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Prenatally suspected and clinically diagnosed congenital chloride diarrhea by Mesfin Ayalew Tsegaye, MD, Abel Benti Abchale, MD, Alemayehu Nigusssie Adugna, MD

“…The report underscores the necessity of maintaining a high index of suspicion for CCD during prenatal evaluations and emphasizes the importance of clinical diagnosis in resource-limited settings.…”
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Appendagitis following Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic Appendicectomy by R. Kumar, R. F. Bamford, D. Kumar, G. Singh-Ranger

“…Firstly, clinicians must retain an index of suspicion for this condition in a patient with localised abdominal pain which occurs after appendicitis. …”
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Aortic Root Abscess Presenting as Pyrexia of Unknown Origin and the Importance of Echocardiography by Prashanth Panduranga

“…This report reiterates that a high index of suspicion is needed in suspecting valvular endocarditis as well as a comprehensive transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic examination to diagnose complications like aortic root abscess.…”
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Flowchart of DEM Modeling Stability Analysis of Large Underground Powerhouse Caverns by Tao Wang, Bowen Fan, Shyam Sundar Khadka

“…With the guide of the flowchart, the damage index (Di) is used as a failure type (gravity-controlled or stress-induced) judgment indicator. …”
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Language engineering for the Semantic Web: a digital library for endangered languages. Endangered languages, Ontology, Digital library, Multimedia, EMELD, Intelligent querying and... by Lu Shiyong, Liu Dapeng

“…In particular, we discuss the issues involved in such an effort, and present the architecture of a distributed digital library for endangered languages which will contain various data of endangered languages in the forms of text, image, video, audio and include advanced tools for intelligent cataloguing, indexing, searching and browsing information on languages and language analysis. …”
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A new two-parameter family of discrete distributions by Allaeddine Haddari, Halim Zeghdoudi, Reza Pakyari

“…Additionally, the paper provides expressions for the moment generating function, coefficient of variation, skewness, kurtosis, index of dispersion and the hazard function. Parameter estimation is addressed using the maximum likelihood estimation method, and the uniqueness of the maximum likelihood estimators is also verified. …”
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Fatal Hemorrhage from a Gastroaortic Fistula Secondary to Gastric Ulceration Associated with Nissen Fundoplication and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use by Marsoh Manduch, John P Rossiter, William T Depew, C Dale Mercer, David J Hurlbut

“…Recognition of factors that predispose a patient to gastric ulceration after fundoplication, including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, is critical to arouse the high index of suspicion required to diagnose and manage this life-threatening complication.…”
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open-japanese-mesh: assigning MeSH UIDs to Japanese medical terms via open Japanese-English glossaries by Ryota Yamada, Yuka Tatieisi

“…The Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary for indexing biomedical documents that is used for document retrieval and other natural language processing purposes. …”
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Research on Optimal Control for the Vehicle Suspension Based on the Simulated Annealing Algorithm by Jie Meng, Qingzhang Chen, Ren He

“…This method utilizes the random searching characteristics of the algorithm to optimize the weight matrices with the target function of suspension performance indexes. This method improves the design efficiency and control performance of the LQR control, and solves the problem of the LQR controller when defining the weight matrices. …”
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Robust Human Machine Interface Based on Head Movements Applied to Assistive Robotics by Elisa Perez, Natalia López, Eugenio Orosco, Carlos Soria, Vicente Mut, Teodiano Freire-Bastos

“…The system is evaluated by four individuals with severe motors disability and a quantitative index was developed, in order to objectively evaluate the performance. …”
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A STATISTICAL STUDY ON KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN HEALTH SYSTEM by Lucian MIRESCU, Ana-Maria Camelia POPESCU

“…Also, the decrease in the case-mix index, which can be achieved by increasing the number of resolved cases, leads to a decrease in the average cost of hospitalization per day. …”

THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONS ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE OF VIETNAM by Trần Thanh Trúc, Trương Ngọc Hảo

“…The study utilizes quantitative research methods with panel data collected from secondary sources of the General Statistics Office, Statistical Yearbook of Provinces, and the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI). The results based on fixed effects estimation show that the “entry cost” and “land access and stability in land use” are two indicators that have the strongest negative effect on entrepreneurship in Vietnam. …”
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On the global well-posedness and exponential stability of 3D heat conducting incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with temperature-dependent coefficients and vacuum by Jianxia He, Qingyan Li

“…It is worth mentioning that the initial density is allowed to contain vacuum, and there are no restrictions on the power index of the temperature-dependent viscosity coefficient and heat conductivity coefficient. …”
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Biological rhythm, sleep quality and functionality in the euthymic period in patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder by Mehmet Baltaci̇oglu, Meltem Pusuroglu

“…All participants were administered the Biological Rhythm Assessment Interview (BRAI), Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). No statistically significant difference was found between the patient and control groups in the BRAI scores (p=0.063). …”
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Stochastic Finite-Time H∞ Performance Analysis of Continuous-Time Systems with Random Abrupt Changes by Bing Wang

“…By employing an augmented multiple mode-dependent Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional and using some integral inequalities, new sufficient conditions are obtained relating to finite-time bounded and an H∞ performance index. The finite-time H∞ control performance problem is solved and desired controller is given to ensure the system trajectory stays within a prescribed bound during a given time interval. …”
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Spontaneous Splenic Rupture Complicating Severe P. falciparum Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review by Eltaib Saad, Elamin Elsamani, Walid Abdelrahman

“…Spontaneous rupture of the spleen in malarial infection or malarial splenic rupture (MSR) is a rare but life-threatening condition complicating severe malarial infection in tropics and subtropics, and hence it deserves special attention. A high index of clinical suspicion is warranted for the early diagnosis as delayed or missed diagnosis can be potentially fatal. …”
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Genitourinary Tuberculosis: An Atypical Clinical Presentation by Pei Shan Lim, Ixora Kamisan Atan, Aruku Naidu

“…In an endemic area or in an immunocompromised individual, a higher index of suspicion would allow early recognition and treatment institution to minimise its late consequences as well as spreading of the disease. …”
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Interpretability of Composite Indicators Based on Principal Components by Kris Boudt, Marco d’Errico, Hong Anh Luu, Rebecca Pietrelli

“…The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated in defining the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Resilience Capacity Index, which is used to measure household-level resilience to food insecurity. …”
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