Customer satisfaction in the catering industry: Contrasts between Lithuania and Portugal by Lina Pilelienė, Nuno Almeida, Viktorija Grigaliūnaitė

“…The adjusted European Customer Satisfaction Index is applied for the measurement of the customer satisfaction in the catering industry. …”
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Damage Detection of Refractory Based on Principle Component Analysis and Gaussian Mixture Model by Changming Liu, Di Zhou, Zhigang Wang, Dan Yang, Gangbing Song

“…The parameters were the linear combinations of the fifteen original parameters and taken as the indexes for damage classification. Based on the proposed approach, the Gaussian mixture model was integrated with the Bayesian information criterion to group the AE signals into two damage categories, which accounted for 99% of all damage. …”
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Orbital Infarction due to Sickle Cell Disease without Orbital Pain by Cameron L. McBride, Kim-Binh T. Mai, Kartik S. Kumar

“…This case highlights the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion in patients with known sickle cell disease or of African descent born outside the United States in a region where screening for hemoglobinopathy is not routine, even when the presentation is not classic.…”
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An Improved Test Selection Optimization Model Based on Fault Ambiguity Group Isolation and Chaotic Discrete PSO by Xiaofeng Lv, Deyun Zhou, Yongchuan Tang, Ling Ma

“…Sensor data-based test selection optimization is the basis for designing a test work, which ensures that the system is tested under the constraint of the conventional indexes such as fault detection rate (FDR) and fault isolation rate (FIR). …”
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Tourism Destination Competitiveness: an application model for the south of Portugal versus the Mediterranean region of Spain: COMPETITIVTOUR by Fernando Perna, Maria João Custódio, Vanessa Oliveira

“…To support competitiveness strategies and despite the paraphernalia of competitiveness indexes available, there is not just a single set of indicators that can be used for all destinations at all times. …”
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Insights into Fertility Variability in Africa: A Path Toward Achieving the SDGs by Nelson Doe Dzivor, Alice C. Mensah, Edith Mensah, Moses Odamtten

“…Background: The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is a major demographic index used to measure population growth. This indicator (TFR) varies significantly across Africa. …”
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PID Testing Method Suitable for Process Control of Solar Cells Mass Production by Xianfang Gou, Xiaoyan Li, Su Zhou, Shaoliang Wang, Weitao Fan, Qingsong Huang

“…In this paper, three kinds of test including minimodule, Rsh, and V-Q test are conducted on solar cells or wafers with SiNx of different refractive index. All comparisons between test results of Rsh, V-Q, and minimodule tests have shown equal results. …”
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Demonstration of an On-Chip TE-Pass Polarizer Based on Radiation Coupling by Li Zhang, Shengjie Tang, Cheng Chen, Haibin Lv, Xiaoping Liu

“…Potentially, this design has lower material refractive index contrast, larger minimum etching size, smaller lengths, and less stray light crosstalk, which is beneficial for systems applications such as gyroscopes.…”
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Synthesis, evaluation of the biological activity against Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania donovani. Preliminary in silico ADMET studies of 5-nitroimidazole derivatives by Miguel A. Rodríguez, Ali Mijoba, Nereida J. Parra-Giménez, Zuleyma Blanco, Katiuska Chávez, Alirica I. Suárez, Esteban Fernandez-Moreira, Hegira Ramírez, Jaime E. Charris

“…Sulfonyl derivative 8b was the most promising compound with IC50: 9.58 ± 2.02 μM and with a selectivity index (SI) greater than 31.31, that justifies the description as a promising hit for further study as a possible antichagasic agent.…”
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Identification of Taihang-chicken-specific genetic markers using genome-wide SNPs and machine learning by Fu Wei, Zhang Ran, Ding Hong, Wang Wenjun, Liu Huage, Zang Sumin, Zhou Rongyan

“…A total of 47 SNPs were identified for differentiating Taihang from other breeds based on the fixation index (FST), linkage disequilibrium (LD) pruning, and machine learning, further validated using principal component analysis (PCA) and genetic relationship matrix (GRM). …”
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Parkinsonian Symptomatology May Correlate with CT Findings before and after Shunting in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus by Mitsuaki Ishii, Toshio Kawamata, Ichiro Akiguchi, Hideo Yagi, Yuko Watanabe, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Hideaki Mashimo

“…The canonical correlation analysis between the CT findings and the shunt-responsive Parkinsonian features indicated that Evans index rather than midbrain diameters had a large influence on the postural stability. …”
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Detection of Residual Levels and Associated Health Risk of Seven Pesticides in Fresh Eggplant and Tomato Samples from Narayanganj District, Bangladesh by Md. Nur Alam, M. Alamgir Zaman Chowdhury, M. Sabir Hossain, Mohammad Mijanur Rahman, M. Abdur Rahman, Siew Hua Gan, Md. Ibrahim Khalil

“…Diazinon was the most common (35%) pesticide detected in the vegetable samples at a concentration of 45–450 times higher than the MRL. The health risk index for diazinon was highest for both eggplant and tomato samples, which may be due to its physiochemical properties. …”
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Level of CYP4G19 Expression Is Associated with Pyrethroid Resistance in Blattella germanica by Guang-zhou Guo, Yi-jie Geng, Da-na Huang, Cai-fang Xue, Ren-li Zhang

“…A pyrethroid called “Jia Chong Qing” to prevent pests for a long time were found to be resistant to “Jia Chong Qing” with resistance index of 3.88 measured using RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry analysis showed that both CYP4G19 mRNA and CYP4G19 protein expression levels in the wild strain were substantially higher than that of a sensitive strain. dsRNA segments derived from the target gene CYP4G19 were prepared using in vitro transcription and were microinjected into abdomens of the wild strain. …”
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Strength Development of High-Strength Ductile Concrete Incorporating Metakaolin and PVA Fibers by Muhammad Fadhil Nuruddin, Sadaqat Ullah Khan, Nasir Shafiq, Tehmina Ayub

“…PVA fibers not only give higher stiffness but also showed the deflection hardening response. Toughness Index of HSDC reflects the improvement in flexural toughness over the plain concrete and the maximum toughness indices have been observed with 10% MK and 2% volume fraction of PVA fibers.…”
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Monitoring LST-NDVI Relationship Using Premonsoon Landsat Datasets by Subhanil Guha, Himanshu Govil, Prabhat Diwan

“…The present study monitors the interrelationship of land surface temperature (LST) with normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) in Raipur City of India using premonsoon Landsat satellite sensor for the season of 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018. …”
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Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal two new species of the Fusarium fujikuroi (Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) species complex in China by Mingwei Zhang, Cheng Peng, Shuji Li, Chengming Tian

“…We employ morphological and phylogenetic analyses based on partial gene fragments of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1), beta-tubulin (tub2), calmodulin (CaM), RNA polymerase largest subunit (rpb1), and RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (rpb2), as well as the pairwise homoplasy index tests. Studies have shown that these phylospecies are clustered in the Asian clade of the FFSC. …”
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Control and Application of Terrain Curvature on Dynamic Disasters: A Case Study of Coal and Gas Outbursts in the Pingdingshan Mining Area, China by Dequan Sun, Ying Chen, Xiaoyan Li, Chunhui Huang, Huairui Su, Rujiao Chen

“…Based on coal and gas outburst mining area topography, a risk evaluation index for mine dynamic disasters in relation to terrain curvature is presented by analyzing the terrain curvature formation and determining its classification and computational methods. …”
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Primary orbital yolk sac tumor in an infant: A rare entity by Varsha Mishra, Sandeep Jain, Payal Malhotra, Garima Durga, Gauri Kapoor

“…There was a good clinical and radiological response. A high index of malignancy is required in young children presenting with orbital proptosis. …”
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Evaluation of Key Factors of Logistics Risks for Overseas EPC Projects by Jingshi He, Dai Han

“…Correctly identifying and evaluating the logistics risks of EPC (engineering procurement construction) projects is conducive to strengthening the risk prevention and control of engineering projects. An evaluation index system for the logistics risk factors of overseas EPC projects was established, and the entropy-DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) method used to evaluate and sort risk decision-making unit (DMU) with risk likelihood and risk consequences as decision variables. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Mechanical Properties of Cemented Paste Backfill under Different Gradations of Aggregate Particles and Types and Contents of Cementing Materials by Jiangyu Wu, Meimei Feng, Guansheng Han, Xiaoyan Ni, Zhanqing Chen

“…The results show that the specific Talbot index reflected the optimal strength and deformation properties of CPB is 0.45, and the maximum UCS is 7.6 MPa. …”
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