Research on Adaptive Friction Compensation of Digital Hydraulic Cylinder Based on LuGre Friction Model by Shouling Jiang, Kun Zhang, Hui Wang, Donghu Zhong, Jinpeng Su, Zengkai Liu

“…The control method has practical application value for improving the performance index of the digital hydraulic cylinder.…”
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An Unusual Cause of Transient Ischemic Attack in a Patient with Pacemaker by Jagadeesh Kumar Kalavakunta, Vishal Gupta, Basil Paulus, William Lapenna

“…Diagnosis of lead malposition in left ventricle, though easy to identify in echocardiogram, requires high index of clinical suspicion. In asymptomatic patients, surgical removal may be deferred for treatment with lifelong anticoagulation.…”
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A Base on Fuzzy Theory to Supplier Evaluation and Selection Optimization by Chun-Tsai Lin

“…Supplier evaluation and selection is critical for schools to save costs. Supplier evaluation indexes must be developed before evaluation. In addition, how to select the most appropriate supplier and make the best procurement decision are also important topics. …”
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ARE FARMERS USING MOBILE APPLICATION FOR AGRO-ADVISORY SERVICES: EVIDENCE FROM DEVCHULI MUNICIPALITY, NAWALPARASI EAST by Birendra Tiwar, Amrit Dumre, Mahesh Jaishi

“…Descriptive statistics, index score ranking method, and binary logistic regression model were used for data analysis. …”
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Reproductive biology of the European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Turkish Aegean Sea by Taylan Burcu, Bayhan Bahar

“…Based on the total values of the gonadosomatic index, it was concluded that the reproductive period of the species falls in the summer season. …”
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Multiobjective Day-Ahead Scheduling of Reconfigurable-Based Microgrids Through Electric Vehicles and Demand Response Integration by Ali Mirzaei, Navid Taghizadegan Kalantari, Sajad Najafi Ravadanegh

“…In order to overcome these challenges, this paper introduces a novel multiobjective optimization model where the first objective is to minimize the total operation cost of the microgrid and the second objective is to maximize the reliability index by reducing the amount of system energy not supplied. …”
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The heat energy dissipated in a control volume to correlate the crack propagation rate in stainless steel specimens by G. Meneghetti, M. Ricotta

“…The heat energy dissipated in a unit volume of material per cycle (the Q parameter) has proven to be effective as a fatigue damage index in case of AISI 304L plain and notched specimens. …”
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On the Reaction of 2-Alkanoylnaphthohydroquinones with Hydroxylamine: Access to Cytotoxic 2-(Hydroxyamino)-1,4-naphthoquinone and Their 3-(Hydroxyimino)alkyl Analogous by Jaime A. Valderrama, Andrea Pérez-Herrera, Giulio G. Muccioli, Edmundo A. Venegas-Casanova, Rafael Jara-Aguilar, Pedro Buc Calderon, Julio Benites

“…Compound 19, 2-(hydroxyamino)-1,4-naphthoquinone, stands out by its anticancer potency against prostate cancer cells as shown by the lowest IC50 value (8.08 μM) and the best selectivity index (3.90).…”
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Assessing the effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions on containing an emerging disease by Zi Sang, Zhipeng Qiu, Xiefei Yan, Yun Zou

“…Comparisons are made using the reproduction number, epidemic peaks and cumulative number of infections and mortality as indexes. Simulation results show that quarantine of suspected cases and isolation of cases with symptom are effective in reducing disease burden for multiple regions. …”
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Model of Close Packing for Determination of the Major Characteristics of the Liquid Dispersions Components by Kiril Hristov Kolikov, Dimo Donchev Hristozov, Radka Paskova Koleva, Georgi Aleksandrov Krustev

“…We introduce for the first time a dimensionless scale for numeric characterization and therefore an index for predicting the sedimentation stability of liquid dispersions in case of straight and/or reverse sedimentation. …”
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Left paraduodenal hernia: An overlooked cause of acute abdomen - A case report by Bhushan Shah, Jayant Bajaj, Adithya Reddy Vijendra, Devendra S. Yadav

“…Although rare, a high index of suspicion of PDH is required to prevent its fatal complications such as bowel incarceration, volvulus, or strangulation. …”
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Redécouverte d’un tibia et d’un fémur provenant du site de La Madeleine, Dordogne by Aurélie Fort

“…A morphological comparison with the fragments indexed in the Musée de l’Homme (a left fragment of tibia and a left fragment of femur), as well as the comparison with the measurements carried out by Hamy confirms that these bones come from La Madeleine.…”
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Screening hepatoprotective effective components of Lonicerae japonica Flos based on the spectrum-effect relationship and its mechanism exploring by Song Wang, Lin Yang, Ajiao Hou, Songtao Liu, Liu Yang, Haixue Kuang, Hai Jiang

“…The inhibitory levels of AST and ALT were used as pharmacological indexes, and secoxyloganin, isochlorogenic acid A and isochlorogenic acid C were screened as hepatoprotective active compounds by grey relational analysis (GRA) and partial least squares regression analysis (PLSR). …”
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Drug-induced psoriasis by Sunil Dogra, Divya Kamat

“…The lag time between the intake of drug and onset of psoriasis is highly variable and thus requires a high index of suspicion. Due to the various systemic comorbidities, patients with psoriasis often receive polypharmacy and hence it is important for dermatologists, rheumatologists, and physicians to be aware of the possible triggers.…”
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Comparison of VaR Models to the Brazilian Stock Market Under the Hypothesis of Serial Independence in Higher Orders: Are Garch Models Really Indispensable? by Luiz Augusto Finger França Maluf, Jéssica Tamy Asano

“…Our objective in this article was to verify which models for the Value at Risk (VaR), among those that do not consider conditional volatility (Extreme Values Theory and the traditional Historical Simulation), and those that do consider it (GARCH and IGARCH), are adequate for the main index of the Brazilian stock market, the IBOVESPA. …”
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Computing Correlation among the Graphs under Lexicographic Product via Zagreb Indices by Muhammad Javaid, Saira Javed, Yasmene F. Alanazi, Abdulaziz Mohammed Alanazi

“…A topological index (TI) is a numerical descriptor of a molecule structure or graph that predicts its different physical, biological, and chemical properties in a theoretical way avoiding the difficult and costly procedures of chemical labs. …”
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Tilted-Mode All-Optical Diffractive Deep Neural Networks by Mingzhu Song, Xuhui Zhuang, Lu Rong, Junsheng Wang

“…Simulation results indicate that T-D²NNs address the performance degradation caused by interlayer reflections in D²NNs constructed with high-index diffractive masks. In classification tasks, T-D²NNs achieve better classification results compared to D²NNs that consider interlayer reflections.…”
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RESILIENCE IN AGRICULTURE: IS THERE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CHAOS? by Marlena Grzelczak, Agnieszka Kurdyś-Kujawska, Michał Soliwoda

“…., in the form of a synthetic index).…”
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Lateral Seismic Fragility Assessment of Cable-Stayed Bridge with Diamond-Shaped Concrete Pylons by Chao Zhang, Jianbin Lu, Zhengan Zhou, Xueyuan Yan, Li Xu, Jinjun Lin

“…Four limit states and corresponding damage index are defined for each critical section. Finally, the lateral seismic fragility of the components and system of CSB was carried out. …”
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Observations from the U.S. Federal Income Tax to Distinguish Between Measures of Progressivity and Redistributive Capacity by Timoty Mathews

“… This study provides insights on the attributes of a tax that are measured by two different classes of progressivity indices – those defined by Kakwani (1977), Suits (1977), Stroup (2005), and Mathews (2016) and those defined by Musgrave & Thin (1948) and Reynolds & Smolensky (1977). Index values are determined for the U.S. Federal Income Tax from 1929 through 2010. …”
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