OIL PRICES AND THEIR LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH MACROECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS by Vesna Bucevska, Borjan Gjelevski, Lea Matevska

“… The objective of this paper is to find out whether there is a long-term relationship or in other words cointegration, between the prices of oil futures and the following factors: the consumer price index (CPI), the exchange rate of the USD to the EUR, the prices of gold, and the price of Bitcoin. …”
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Detection and Estimation of Damage in Structures Using Imperialist Competitive Algorithm by A. Bagheri, H.R. Razeghi, G. Ghodrati Amiri

“…The results clearly revealed the superiority of the presented method in comparison with energy index method.…”
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STATUS OF SOIL QUALITY ON RECLAIMED LAND IN AN ARID REGION by Ahmed Asmoay, Ibrahim Mousa, Ahmed Mohamed

“…The study also compared the quality index of soil, the ratio of sodium absorption, and the percent of base saturation to determine soil quality and fertility. …”
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STUDI NUMERIK EFEK LETAK AIR SUPPLY DIFFUSERS DAN AIR RETURN GRILLES PADA DISTRIBUSI TEMPERATUR DAN KECEPATAN UDARA DI BUS by Fauzun Fauzun, Akbar Fadhlurrohman Hidayat, Cahyo Wibi Yogiswara

“…Considering nonuniformity index and heat removal efficiency, the most optimal scheme system is owned with one air supply diffuser on the sidewall, another on the ceiling, and the air return grille on the bottom sidewall.…”
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Biochemical and anatomical characteristics associated with browning of Bambusa lako Widjaja (Poaceae) in vitro shoot explants by Andrea Holst, Paula Carvajal-Campos, Yanely Marisol Canales-Ochoa, Andrea Irías-Mata, Laura Vega-Fernández, Miguel Benavides-Acevedo, Paul Solórzano-Cascante, Víctor M. Jiménez

“…A four-point Browning Gradient Index was developed to evaluate these biochemical parameters. …”
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THE DETERMINANTS OF CURRENCY EUROIZATION IN THE BALKANS by Anes Kadić, Abdul Wahab Aidoo, Ognjen Riđić

“…The results of panel data analysis have showed that deposit euroization is influenced by consumer price index, real interest rate and trade openness. For liability euroization, trade openness and real effective exchange rate have proved to be statically significant variables, but with negative and positive effect respectively. …”
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Capital Structure, Internationalization and Countries of Destination of Brazilian Companies: An Analysis of the Upstream-Downstream Hypothesis by Rafael Borges Ribeiro, Vinícius Silva Pereira, Karem Cristina de Sousa Ribeiro

“…The results showed that among the characteristics present in countries considered as more stable, only the Corruption Perception Index was positively associated with the level of indebtedness of multinationals.…”
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Analysis of an M/M/c Queueing System with Impatient Customers and Synchronous Vacations by Dequan Yue, Wuyi Yue, Guoxi Zhao

“…We obtain explicit expressions of some important performance measures by means of the two indexes. Based on these, we obtain some results about limiting behavior for some performance measures. …”
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Tribological properties of friction composites modified by the suspended particles of exhaust flue gases by T. A. Akhmetov, V. K. Merinov, N. V. Kargapolova

“…This is due to the difference in the chemical composition of the deposited particles.It was found that the use of deposited particles in composite materials allows to vary the value of the dynamic friction coefficient in a wider range, in particular to obtain higher and stable values, while the wear resistance of modified friction composites is more than 500 times higher than the same index of the matrix polymer – polytetrafluoroethylene.…”
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Monitoring of the Bond State between the Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Pile and Surrounding Soil by Daopei Zhu, Yali Hu, Cai Wu

“…As the stress wave response differs in different damage conditions, an energy index was established to quantitatively monitor the degree of damage.…”
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Nitric Oxide Levels in Patients with Psoriasis Treated with Methotrexate by Nilgun Solak Tekin, Nilsel Ilter, Banu Sancak, Muge Guler Ozden, Mehmet Ali Gurer

“…In this study, 22 patients with psoriasis were scored with PASI (psoriasis area and severity index) and the levels of serum nitrite-nitrate were evaluated before and after therapy with methotrexate (Mtx). …”
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Research on Adjoint Kernelled Quasidifferential by Si-Da Lin, Fu-Min Xiao, Zun-Quan Xia, Li-Ping Pang

“…Although the kernelled quasidifferential is known to have good algebraic properties and geometric structure, it is still not very convenient for calculating the kernelled quasidifferentials of −f and minfi∣i∈a finite index set I, where f and fi are kernelled quasidifferentiable functions. …”
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Estimation of Daily Sunshine Duration from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data by H. M. Kandirmaz, K. Kaba

“…A new quadratic correlation between daily mean cloud cover index and relative sunshine duration was also introduced and compared with the linear correlation. …”
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Two Cases of Miliary Tuberculosis and Increasing Level of CA-125 by M Alimagham, S Aminiafshar, SMM H Moghaddam, S Shokuhi

“…In bone marrow transplantation, this marker is a sensitive index in the diagnosis of veno-occlusive disease (10). …”
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Exploratory Field and Laboratory Investigation on the Use of Noncontact Digital Ski Sensor in the South Korea Expressway Network by In Bae Kim, Ki Hoon Moon, Augusto Cannone Falchetto

“…Portions of paved roads with and without NCDS were assessed for the international roughness index (IRI, m/km). The development of thermal stress propagation was then examined using the bending beam rheometer on asphalt samples from the road. …”
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Assessing Logistics Industry Efficiency and Identifying Determinants in Shijiazhuang, China – A Comprehensive Analysis by Tao-Xing ZHU, Hao SONG

“…This study evaluated the efficiency of the logistics industry in Shijiazhuang City by using the DEA-BCC and Malmquist index models to analyse efficiency changes from 2010 to 2019 and compared them with seven logistics hub cities in the eastern region. …”
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Silent Spontaneous Uterine Rupture at 36 Weeks of Gestation by J. Y. Woo, L. Tate, S. Roth, A. C. Eke

“…Silent spontaneous rupture of the uterus before term with extrusion of an intact amniotic sac is rare. A high index of suspicion and good imaging during pregnancy are important in making this diagnosis.…”
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Spatial Justice Of having the advantages Of Facilities And Service In Rural Settlements Villages Of Province Gilan) by majid yasoori, sideh fatemeh emami, Maryam sejodi

“…To do this research, morris model, indexing method, standardization and dividing by average are used. …”
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Parkinson's Disease as the Onset of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. A case Report by Miguel de Jesús Mazorra Pazos

“…A multi-slice computerized axial tomography was performed where the ventricular system was observed with an Evans index of 0.42, the tap test and peritoneal ventricular shunt were performed with the use of intraoperative intracranial pressure neuromonitoring. …”
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Maximizing the Coverage of Roadmap Graph for Optimal Motion Planning by Jae-Han Park, Tae-Woong Yoon

“…We define the coverage of a graph as a performance index of its optimality as constructed by a sampling-based algorithm and propose an optimization algorithm that can maximize graph coverage in the configuration space. …”
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