From Matched Certificates to Related Persons by Rick Mourits, Ingrid K. van Dijk, Kees Mandemakers

“…For the Netherlands, a rich new data source has become available which contains indexed civil certificates for multiple generations of individuals: LINKS. …”
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Effect of Elevated Temperatures on Mortar with Naturally Occurring Volcanic Ash and Its Blend with Electric Arc Furnace Slag by Nauman Khurram, Kaffayatullah Khan, Muhammad Umair Saleem, Muhammad Nasir Amin, Usman Akmal

“…The pozzolanic potential of volcanic ash and fly ash samples was identified using the strength activity index. After analyzing the test results, it has been found that there is a significant effect on the compressive strength of mortar mixes at the early ages of its strength gain. …”
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The impact of social media addiction on the negative emotions of adolescent athletes: the mediating role of physical appearance comparisons and sleep by Weilong Lin, Zhenyu Cen, Ying Chen

“…Data collection was performed using the Social Media Addiction Scale, Body Appearance Comparison Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21). …”
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Heat Stress in Dairy Cows: Impacts, Identification, and Mitigation Strategies—A Review by Charles Paranhos Oliveira, Fernanda Campos de Sousa, Alex Lopes da Silva, Érica Beatriz Schultz, Roger Iván Valderrama Londoño, Pedro Antônio Reinoso de Souza

“…Among the various indices of thermal environment, the Temperature and Humidity Index (THI) is the most widely used. Cooling strategies for animals and their environments are essential to mitigate the effects of heat stress. …”
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Numerical Simulation to Air Pollution Emission Control near an Industrial Zone by Pravitra Oyjinda, Nopparat Pochai

“…The air pollutant concentration levels for each monitoring point are controlled to be at or below the national air quality standard near industrial zone index.…”
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Importance and Comparative Advantages of the EU and US Agri-food Sector in World Trade in 1995-2015 by Karolina Pawlak

“…The following indicators were used in the comparative advantage analysis: Balassa’s Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Vollrath’s Revealed Competitiveness (RC), the Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage (RSCA), and the Lafay’s Trade Balance Index (TBI). In 1995-2015, the EU countries and the US were the largest players of world trade in agri-food products. …”
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THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES by Gökhan Özkul

“…In the study, self-employment rate has been used as entrepreneurial criterion; gross domestic product per capita, money supply, import and inflation have been used as the indicators of the entrepreneurship; economic freedom index presented by The Heritage Foundation and its 9 subcomponents out of 12 (property rights, government integrity, government spending, tax burden, business freedom, monetary freedom, trade freedom, investment freedom and financial freedom) have been used as the economic freedom criterion. …”
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Imaging Software-Based Sarcopenia Assessment in Gastroenterology: Evolution and Clinical Meaning by Giovanni Marasco, Sinan Sadalla, Giulio Vara, Rita Golfieri, Davide Festi, Antonio Colecchia, Matteo Renzulli

“…As a result, we found that the skeletal muscle index (SMI) seems to be a reliable method to assess sarcopenia in cirrhotic patients. …”
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Characterization of Boride Coatings on AISI 8620 Steels without and with Hydrogen Permeation by Marco Antonio Doñu Ruiz, Ernesto David García Bustos, Tomas de la Mora Ramirez, David Sánchez Huitron, Víctor Jorge Cortes Suarez, Noé López Perrusquia

“…The results revealed that the borided coatings provided strength and reduced the hydrogen embrittlement index on AISI 8620 borided.…”
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The relationship between the intake of fruits, vegetables, and dairy products and dyslipidemia in STEPs study by Mehran Nouri, Zohreh Ebrahimi, Zainab Shateri, Shiva Faghih

“…Results The mean age and body mass index (BMI) of the participants were 46.67 ± 15.48 years and 26.89 ± 5.09 kg/m2, respectively. …”
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Epidemiology and Management of Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke: Review of Data from Four European Countries by Andreea D. Ceornodolea, Roland Bal, Johan L. Severens

“…This paper offers an overview of data on epidemiology and management of AF and stroke in four European countries as well as the interconnection between these dimensions. A search index was developed to access multiple scientific and “grey” literatures. …”
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ANÁLISIS ESPECTRAL DE NUBES DE SAL ORIGINADAS EN LAS CERCANÍAS DE LA LAGUNA DE MAR CHIQUITA UTILIZANDO SENSORES REMOTOS by Diana Rodriguez, Silvana Carina Bolzi, Ines Velazco, Mónica Marino

“…For this particular work we found that the index represents, the difference radiant temperature in the bands of 11μm and 12μm, serves to identify and study the clouds and storms of salt.…”
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Immunoinformatic Analysis of Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 7 (CDPK7) Showed Potential Targets for Toxoplasma gondii Vaccine by Ali Taghipour, Sanaz Tavakoli, Mohamad Sabaghan, Masoud Foroutan, Hamidreza Majidiani, Shahrzad Soltani, Milad Badri, Ali Dalir Ghaffari, Sheyda Soltani

“…The findings showed that CDPK7 protein has 2133 amino acid residues with an average molecular weight (MW) of 219085.79 D. The aliphatic index with 68.78 and grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY) with -0.331 score were estimated. …”
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Investigation of the effects and evidence of late Quaternary glaciers on the Binaloud Heights by Abolghasem Amir Ahmadi, Leila Goli Mokhtari, Naemi Tebar Mahnaz

“…Quaternary glacier evidences were identified based on four types of evidences including morphic indices, climatic evidences, geomorphological evidences and laboratory indices. Using morphic indexes, the curve lines were identified on topographic maps of satellite imagery, ice-dominated areas, and the effects of 28 glacial circuses. …”
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From Matched Certificates to Related Persons by Rick Mourits, Ingrid K. van Dijk, Kees Mandemakers

“…For the Netherlands, a rich new data source has become available which contains indexed civil certificates for multiple generations of individuals: LINKS. …”
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Gamma Ray Spectrometric Analysis of Sand Samples from Selected Beaches along Kenyan Coastline by Willis Otieno Gor Odongo, Nadir Hashim, Margaret Wairimu Chege

“…Also, radium equivalent (Raeq) activity and internal (Hin) and external (Hex) hazard index were calculated to assess the radiological hazards associated with the use of sand samples as building materials. …”
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Large-scale synthesis of polydimethylsiloxane as vitreous replacement applications by Ajrina Nur Shabrina, Diba Grace Auliya, Risdiana, Lusi Safriani

“…The obtained refractive index ranges from 1.3982 to 1.4008 and the surface tension ranges from 20 to 21 mN/m. …”
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Co-developing sleep-wake and sensory foundations for cognition in the human fetus and newborn by Kimberley Whitehead

“…Finally, the argument is made that taking account of sleep-wake state during perinatal functional neuroimaging can better index sensorimotor, language, and cognitive brain activities, potentially improving its diagnostic and prognostic value. …”
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Comparative analysis of fuel wood consumption of improved mud stove and three stone fire stove: a case study by Junejo, Awais, Kumar, Sanjay, Harijan, Khanji, Jeguirim, Mejdi

“…The ICS can also reduce 0.258 tonnes of CO$_{2}$ emissions per ICS user annually. Stove performance index shows that ICS uses 6% less fuel as compared to TCS. …”
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Urban Island Modeling for Semi-Arid Cities: The Case of the City of Oujda by Djebbour Mounir, Sbai Abdelkader

“…These indicators include the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), which measures the health and density of vegetation, and the Land Surface Temperature (LST), which provides a direct measurement of the temperature of the land surface. …”
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