Emic definitions of empowerment for just development: learnings from Kenya by Haley Zaremba, Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Nadia Guettou Djurfeldt, Hanna North, Vanya Slavchevska, Annarita Macchioni Giaquinto

“…Although Pro-WEAI results indicated that women and men in the study communities have achieved gender parity and experience a similar level of empowerment, qualitative findings suggest that experiences of empowerment don’t necessarily fit with Index scores. Rather, conceptualizations of empowerment by people of different ages and genders are highly diverse. …”
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Critical signals for grassland desertification prediction in the transition zone between desert and typical steppe in InnerMongolia, China by Baoping Meng, Zhuoyan Jin, Jin Chen, Yili Kuang, Shuhua Yi, Yanyan Lv, Jinrong Li

“…We analyzed vegetation patch features (including percentage of landscape (PLAND), patch density (PD), largest patch index (LPI), and perimeter-area ratio distribution (PARA)), species diversity indices (Shannon-Wiener, Simpson, Margalef, Pielou), soil seed bank density, similarity index, and established their relations. …”
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Research on Optimal Design of Pressure Relief Blasting Parameters of Middle Rock Pillar in Near Vertical Coal Seam by Yadi Wang, Shiqi Yu, Hai Rong, Liting Pan

“…Through 9 groups of orthogonal tests, the optimal combination of the three indexes is 6 kg charge, 150 mm hole diameter and 10 m hole row spacing. …”
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Efficacy and safety assessment of propranolol tablets vs. oral solution for infantile hemangioma: a retrospective study in China by Wenting Chen, Hua Qian, Qi Sun, Shan Zhang, Lei Zhu, Yafen Wu, Yingying Qian, Bingbing Wang, Wei Li

“…The Hemangioma Activity and Severity Index was used to monitor the clinical activity of the hemangioma after propranolol treatment.ResultsBased on the Hemangioma Activity and Severity Index, 66.52% and 69.15% improvement occurred in the propranolol tablet and oral solution groups, respectively. 23.21% of patients in the propranolol tablet group and 42.42% in the oral solution group achieved >75% score improvement (X2 = 8.557; P = 0.003). …”
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Investigation of the optimum calcination temperature for water treatment plant sludge to develop a sustainable alkali activated concrete by Jasmin Osama Abdelhalim, Ismail Amer, Ibrahim Abdel Latif, Ihab Fawzy, Sayed Ismail, Mohamed A. Khalaf

“…XRD and Chapelle tests were employed to chemically investigate the efficiency of the obtained calcined WTPS specimens, while strength activity index and compressive strength tests were used to mechanically verify the findings of the chemical tests. …”
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Factors Determining Rehabilitation Needs After Intradural Spinal Tumor Surgery: A Prospective Study by Stanisław Krajewski, Jacek Furtak, Monika Zawadka-Kunikowska, Michał Kachelski, Jakub Soboń, Marek Harat

“…Neurological and functional status were assessed before surgery, after surgery, and at discharge using the modified McCormick scale (MMS), Karnofsky performance status (KPS) scale, Barthel index (BI), and the gait index (GI). Results: There were no significant predictors of early postoperative rehabilitation in the ID-IM group. …”
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Association between SPISE and NAFLD in patients with type 2 diabetes by Hongyan Zhao, Hongyan Zhao, Baolan Ji, Xin Wang, Shuwei Shi, Shuwei Shi, Jie Sheng, Jie Sheng, Xuan Ma, Xuan Ma, Bo Ban, Guanqi Gao

“…The single point insulin sensitivity estimator (SPISE) is a novel index. This study aims to explore the association between SPISE and NAFLD in T2D population.MethodsThis study included a total of 2,459 patients with T2D. …”
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Characteristics of Water Pollution and Evaluation of Water Quality in Subsidence Water Bodies in Huainan Coal Mining Areas, China by Xinyue Deng, Guangzhou Chen

“…The results of the heavy metal pollution index method showed that the heavy metal pollution was most serious in sample 9 (S9), S15, and S16, and the main elements of pollution were Ni, Fe, and Mn. …”
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Two-Year Outcomes of Visian Implantable Collamer Lens with a Central Hole for Correcting High Myopia by Zhipeng Yan, Huamao Miao, Feng Zhao, Xiaoying Wang, Xun Chen, Meiyan Li, Xingtao Zhou

“…At 2 years, the spherical equivalent refraction decreased from preoperative −14.62 ± 4.29 D to −0.90 ± 0.95 D, with 79% of the eyes within ±0.50 D and 98% within ±1.00 D of the intended correction. The efficacy index was 1.03 ± 0.23, and the safety index was 1.24 ± 0.26. …”
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The effects and mechanisms of deep free trade agreements on agricultural global value chains by Huasheng Zeng, Shuyu Chen, Haoruo Zhang, Jinhai Xu

“…Both the ‘WTO+’ and ‘WTO-X’ provision depth indices exert a significant positive influence on increasing participation and position within the AGVC, with the ‘WTO-X’ provision depth index demonstrating a more pronounced effect than the ‘WTO+’ provision. …”
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Short-term results of hip prosthesis with shortening osteotomy in patients with crowe type iv dysplastic coxarthrosis by Omer Polat, Selim Sanel, Mehmet Nurullah Ermis, Can Solakoglu

“…The increase in the SF-36 quality of life index is statistically significant. The mean preoperative Oswestry measurement was 32.86±2.93, which decreased to 6.78±1.62 postoperatively and further decreased to 2.21±0.97 at one-year. …”
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Hong Kong Version of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HK-KOOS) for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis by Andy S. K. Cheng, Ka-chun Chan, Sum-yuet Chan, Miu-kwan Fan, Man-kwan Fung, Oi-yan Lee, Cindy T. T. Kwok, Jackson K. K. Wong

“…Content validity was assessed using the Item and Scale Content Validity Index (I-CVI and S-CVI). Test-retest reliability and internal consistency were assessed by the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) and Cronbach’s alpha. …”
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Modulation of Cognition: The Role of Gnidia glauca on Spatial Learning and Memory Retention in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Rats by Wycliffe Makori Arika, Cromwell Mwiti Kibiti, Joan Murugi Njagi, Mathew Piero Ngugi

“…The results indicated that Gnidia glauca showed potent antiobesity effects as indicated in the reduction of body weight and obesity index in extract-treated rats. Moreover, Gnidia glauca exhibited cognitive-enhancing effects in obese rats. …”
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The resilience of parents and carers who administer medicines to children at home: a qualitative systematic review protocol by Stephen Morris, Simon Pini, Beth Fylan, Franki Wilson, Helen Faulkner, David P. Alldred

“…Framework synthesis will be completed by following five stages: familiarisation, thematic framework identification, indexing, charting, mapping, and interpretation. The findings identified in the data extraction phase will be indexed and charted according to the three elements of Moments of Resilience theory. …”
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Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Boundedness of Commutators of the General Fractional Integral Operators on Weighted Morrey Spaces by Zengyan Si, Fayou Zhao

“…We prove that b is in Lipβ(ω) if and only if the commutator [b,L-α/2] of the multiplication operator by b and the general fractional integral operator L-α/2 is bounded from the weighted Morrey space Lp,k(ω) to Lq,kq/p(ω1-(1-α/n)q,ω), where 0<β<1, 0<α+β<n,1<p<n/(α+β), 1/q=1/p-(α+β)/n, 0≤k<p/q, ωq/p∈A1, and rω>(1-k)/(p/(q-k)), and here rω denotes the critical index of ω for the reverse Hölder condition.…”
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The higher-order matching polynomial of a graph by Oswaldo Araujo, Mario Estrada, Daniel A. Morales, Juan Rada

“…The polynomial M(x)=∑j=0[n/2](−1)jp(G,j)xn−2j, called the matching polynomial of G, is closely related to the Hosoya index introduced in applications in physics and chemistry. …”
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Investigating the effect of sense of security and perceived value on tourists\' spatial attachment Case Study (Zanjan Province) by Narges Mousavi, Homa doroudi, Somayeh Moghaddam

“…The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by face and expert validity and divergent validity by calculating the mean variance index. SPSS and LISREL were used for data analysis. …”
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Access to Livelihood Capital and Food Security Status as Correlates to Empowerment Among Women on Irrigation Schemes in North-West Province, South Africa by Oladimeji Idowu Oladele

“…Data was obtained with a female empowerment agricultural index questionnaire and analyzed with frequency distribution, percentages, mean and standard deviation, and Chi-Square. …”
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Detailed Parametric Investigation and Optimization of a Composite Wing with High Aspect Ratio by Yu-shan Meng, Li Yan, Wei Huang, Tian-tian Zhang

“…The wing design follows the following procedure; firstly, the design indexes of high aspect ratio wing are preliminarily formulated referring to some parameters of the Predator UAV. …”
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An Enhanced Generalized Plasticity Model for Coarse Granular Material considering Particle Breakage by W. J. Cen, J. R. Luo, W. D. Zhang, M. S. Rahman

“…In this model, particle breakage is also considered by introducing the state parameter and the compression index into the plastic modulus, loading vectors, and plastic flow direction vectors of a generalized plasticity model. …”
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