Design and validation of a-SiC/SiN hybrid photonic platform for integrated quantum photonics by Naresh Sharma, Zizheng Li, Bruno Lopez-Rodriguez, Joey Vrugt, Stijn van der Waal, Luozhen Li, Roald van der Kolk, Philip J Poole, Dan Dalacu, Iman Esmaeil Zadeh

“…On the other hand, silicon on insulator offers a high refractive index contrast for dense integration but has a high absorption coefficient at the emission wavelengths (800–970 nm) of state-of-the-art QDs. …”
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Formation of digital literacy components of future teachers in the course of studying the university-wide discipline “Digital Technologies in Education” by Natalya I. Isupova, Tatyana N. Suvorova

“…Statistically significant differences in the qualitative changes that occurred in the level of the digital literacy index of students in the experimental group trained in accordance with the proposed approach were revealed (χ2 = 9.570; α 0.05). …”
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Identification of the primary pollution sources and dominant influencing factors of soil heavy metals using a random forest model optimized by genetic algorithm coupled with geodet... by Tong Liu, Mingshi Wang, Mingya Wang, Qinqing Xiong, Luhao Jia, Wanqi Ma, Shaobo Sui, Wei Wu, Xiaoming Guo

“…Pollution source 2, a combination of natural and transportation influences, was primarily affected by the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI, 37.8 %), road network density (16.8 %), and proximity to roads (15.3 %). …”
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Characterizing local forest structural complexity based on multi-platform and -sensor derived indicators by Patrick Kacic, Ursula Gessner, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Stefanie Holzwarth, Jörg Müller, Kerstin Pierick, Dominik Seidel, Frank Thonfeld, Michele Torresani, Claudia Kuenzer

“…We found moderate to strong inter-platform correlations among structural complexity metrics (|r| >= 0.6) between mobile laser scanning (box dimension, canopy cover), terrestrial laser scanning (canopy openness index), Sentinel-1 (VH, cross-polarized backscatter), Sentinel-2 (NMDI, Normalized Multi-band Drought Index), and GEDI (total canopy cover). …”
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Assessment of Traffic-Related Ambient Air Particulate Matter (PM) Levels in Douala, Cameroon by Yannick Cédric Ngangmo, Cyrille Adiang Mezoue, Cyrille Meukaleuni, Brice B. S. Wandjie, David Monkam

“…The nRMSE was 9% for PM10 and 12 for PM2.5, and the index-d for both particle sizes was close to 1 (0.74 for PM10 and 0.98 for PM2.5), which allows us to conclude that the calculated concentrations are the closest to the measured concentrations. …”
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Global seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Nader Salari, Avijeh Rahimi, Hosna Zarei, Amir Abdolmaleki, Shabnam Rasoulpoor, Shamarina Shohaimi, Masoud Mohammadi

“…Results One hundred thirty-eight eligible studies with a total sample size of 135,098 pregnant women individuals were selected for data extraction and analysis. The heterogeneity index was found high (I2:98.9) and the random effect model was used for analysis. …”
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Left Ventricular End-Systolic Volume Is a Reliable Predictor of New-Onset Heart Failure with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction by Marina Kato, Shuichi Kitada, Yu Kawada, Kosuke Nakasuka, Shohei Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Seo, Nobuyuki Ohte

“…In particular, the end-systolic volume index (LVESVI) has been featured as the most reliable prognostic indicator. …”
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Parametric modeling of under-5 children survival among 30 African countries: Lognormal accelerated failure time gamma shared frailty model. by Bikis Liyew, Kemal Tesfa, Kassaye Demeke Altaye, Abeje Diress Gelaw, Alemu Teshale Bicha, Ayanaw Guade Mamo, Kassaw Chekole Adane

“…In this study country region, maternal age, maternal education status, maternal age at first birth, respondent's employment status, birth outcome, wealth index, birth order, place of delivery, mode of delivery, women's autonomy in healthcare decision-making, number of antenatal care visits, child's size at birth, sex of the neonate, and community-level women's education were found to be significant predictors of survival time to death of under-five children. …”
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Geometrical determinants of cerebral artery fenestration for cerebral infarction by Yuqian Mei, Xiaoqin Chen, Yao Zhang, Yanling Wang, Bo Wu, Mingcheng Hu, Quan Bao

“…In contrast, the maximum right fenestration axis (fAR) and the right tortuosity index (TIR) were smaller than those in Control Group (p < 0.05). …”
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Dietary supplementation of Astragalus polysaccharide or its nanoparticles enhances testicular hemodynamics, echotexture, scrotal circumference, concentration of testosterone, estra... by Eman Fayez, Ali Salama, Mohamed Ahmed Ismail, Fady Sayed Youssef, Zaher Mohamed Rawash, MR Oshba, Haney Samir

“…Results revealed decreases (P < 0.05) in the Doppler indices (resistive index; RI, pulsatility index; PI, and systolic/diastolic; S/D) of the testicular arteries at most time points of the study in the nano APS and APS groups. …”
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More on Codes Over Finite Quotients of Polynomial Rings by Emad Kadhim Al-Lami, Reza Sobhani, Alireza Abdollahi, Javad Bagherian

“…As an example, we list all binary index-2 quasi-cyclic codes of lengths 16 and 32, and all ternary index-2 quasi-cyclic codes of lengths 6 and 18, which are best-known codes.…”
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Outcomes of total hip replacement in adults with septic arthritis of the native hip joint: A systematic review by Teddy Cheong, Surya Varma Selvakumar, Ryan Kwang Jin Goh, Ing How Moo

“…Methods PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), SCOPUS, Cochrane Library, grey literature, and bibliographic references were searched from inception to October 2023. …”
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Prognostic Value of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients by Gongjie Ye, Xiaodan Chen, Yinchao Zhou, Jianqing Zhou, Yongfei Song, Xiaoyong Yang, Lei Yang

“…The study incorporated various variables, including cardiovascular risk factors such as body mass index, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerotic burden, and medication history, as well as clinical characteristics such as APACHEⅡscore, central venous-arterial carbon dioxide difference (GAP), homocysteine, creatinine, C-reactive protein, HbAlc, and cardiac index. …”
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Erbin Regulates Tissue Factors Through Ras/Raf Pathway in Coagulation Disorders in Sepsis by Yang C, Lei C, Jing G, Xia Y, Zhou H, Wu D, Zuo J, Gong H, Wang X, Dong Y, Aidebaike D, Wu X, Song X

“…Pearson linear correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between the inflammation index and the coagulation function index.Results: We confirmed that the Erbin is involved in the regulation of coagulation function by macrophages and plays a role in the coagulation disorder of sepsis. …”
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Temporal Changes in Plasmodium Falciparum Genetic Diversity and Multiplicity of Infection Across Three Areas of Varying Malaria Transmission Intensities in Uganda. by Mwesigwa, Alex, Kiwuwa, Steven M., Musinguzi, Benson, Kawalya, Hakiim, Katumba, James Davis, Baguma, Andrew, Mutuku, Irene M., Adebayo, Ismail Abiola, Nsobya, Samuel L., Byakika‐Kibwika, Pauline, Kalyango, Joan N., Karamagi, Charles, Nankabirwa, Joaniter I.

“…Multi-locus linkage disequilibrium (LD) and genetic differentiation were evaluated using the standardized index of association ( IAS) and Wright’s fixation index (FST), respectively. …”
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The Effect of Motivation and Compensation as Well as Leadership Style on the Performance of Employees of the Population and Civil Registration Office of Samarinda City with Job Sa... by Otoh Sanusi, Eddy Soeginto K, Eka Yudhyani

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Supply Capability Evaluation of Intelligent Manufacturing Enterprises Based on Improved BP Neural Network by Quan Quan, Zhongqiang Zhang

“…In this paper, based on the traditional backpropagation (BP) neural network, combined with the improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm, and on the basis of the supplier evaluation index system, the supplier efficiency evaluation model of intelligent manufacturing enterprises based on DPMPSO-BP neural network is constructed. …”
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Toward Authentication of Videos: Integer Transform Based Motion Vector Watermarking by Rafi Ullah, Sultan Daud Khan, Mohib Ullah, Fadi Al-Machot, Habib Ullah

“…The results validate the performance of the proposed approach in terms of quality metrics like peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), structural similarity index (SSIM), normalized coefficients (NC) and bit error rate (BER).…”
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Relativistic model of an anisotropic star with Bose-Einstein dark matter density profile in f(T) gravity by Samprity Das, Prabir Rudra, Surajit Chattopadhyay

“…The derived solutions meet the energy conditions, the causality conditions, and the required conditions on the stability factor and adiabatic index, indicating that they are physically well-behaved and represent the physical and stable matter configuration. …”
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Bile Duct Adenoma with Oncocytic Features by E. J. Johannesen, Zihao Wu, Jason-Scott Holly

“…These cells were immunopositive for cytokeratin 7, negative for Hep Par 1, contained mucin, and had a Ki67 proliferation index of 8%. The morphology, immunophenotype, presence of mucin, and normal appearing bile ducts, as well as the increased Ki67 proliferation rate, were consistent with a bile duct adenoma with oxyphilic (oncocytic) change. …”
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