Optimization of the Intelligent Sports Health Management System Based on Big Data Technology and Internet of Things by Jian Dang

“…Experimental results under five indexes show the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed feature selection algorithm. …”
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Association between Obesity and Asthma in Preschool Mexican Children by Francisco Vázquez-Nava, Jaime Morales Romero, Arturo Córdova-Fernandez, Atenógenes H. Saldívar-González, Carlos F. Vázquez-Rodríguez, Maria del C. Barrientos-Gómez, Dolores Lin-Ochoa, Rodríguez Eliza M. Vázquez

“…Diagnosis of asthma was performed using the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire. The body mass index (BMI) in units of kg/m2 was determined, and children were categorized according to age- and gender-specific criteria, such as normal weight (5th-85th percentile), overweight (ࣙ85th and <95th percentile), and obesity (ࣙ95th percentile). …”
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Ebaco-R: Refinement of organizational commitment bases scale by Leandro Trigueiro-Fernandes, Marcos Luiz Lins Filho, Anderson Luiz Rezende Mól, Miguel Eduardo Moreno Añez

“…It was also verified that the model discussed obtained adequate values of the goodness of fit indexes χ2/df, RMSEA, CFI, TLI and RMR. Finally, it was verified that the refined model, EBACO-R, presented a convergent validity, ensuring a greater suitability of the scale to the theory. …”
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Effect of Synthetic and Biological Plant Growth Stimulants and Soil Amendments on the Development of Maize in Various Soil Moisture Conditions by Monika Grzanka, Łukasz Sobiech, Romana Głowicka-Wołoszyn, Dominika Radzikowska-Kujawska

“…Field experiment determined the effect of the abovementioned preparations on the height of maize, the level of grain yield and seed parameters. The hydrothermal index was calculated for the entire vegetative season of plants. …”
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Economic Policy Uncertainty Shocks and Chinese Stock Market Volatility: An Empirical Analysis with SVAR by Dongliang Cai, Tong Zhang, Kefei Han, Jingqi Liang

“…Third, different stock indices exhibit different patterns of cumulative impulse responses, and the reaction of the volatility of the SSE real estate index to economic policy uncertainty shocks is more significantly intense than other indices. …”
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Capabilities of Satellite-Based Precipitation to Estimate the Spatiotemporal Variation of Flood/Drought Class in Poyang Lake Basin by Xianghu Li, Qi Zhang, Xuchun Ye

“…This paper compared and evaluated the creditability of using a short period data series to estimate the statistics characteristics of long period data series and investigated the usefulness of TRMM rainfall data for monitoring the temporal and spatial distribution of flood/drought classes by the Z index method in Poyang Lake basin. The results show that (1) the 1998–2010 data series are sufficiently robust to depict the statistics characteristics of long period data; (2) the intra-annual distribution and interannual variability of flood/drought classes based on TRMM rainfall data matched well with the results from rain gauges data; (3) the spatial agreement between TRMM and interpolated gauges rainfall varied with the precipitation characteristics; and (4) TRMM rainfall data described the similar spatial pattern of flood/drought classes with the interpolated gauges rainfall. …”
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Prediction of spirometry parameters using chest circumference in Sri Lankan boys aged 8-16 years by Guwani Liyanage, Bernard Deepal Wanniarachchi Jayamanne

“…Introduction: Most normative standards for spirometry are established based on height, weight and body mass index. We have investigated chest circumference as an alternative to height for interpretation when accurate height measurements cannot be obtained. …”
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Contribution to the Study of Diversity, Distribution, and Abundance of Insect Fauna in Salt Wetlands of Setif Region, Algeria by Djamila Mouhoubi, Rédha Djenidi, Mustapha Bounechada

“…Results were analysed, and different ecological indexes and analytical methods were applied, from 2016 to 2017. …”
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Decoupling microbial iron reduction from anoxic microsite formation in oxic sediments: a microscale investigation through microfluidic models by Giulia Ceriotti, Alice Bosco-Santos, Sergey M. Borisov, Jasmine S. Berg

“…Moreover, our mathematical modeling of oxygen dynamics around biomass-rich layers revealed that the onset of anoxia is mainly controlled by biomass spatial organization rather than the conventionally used water saturation index. This opens a new perspective on the proxies needed to predict anoxic microsite formation and Fe(III) reduction occurrence.…”
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Potential of Pine Biochar to Mitigate Bacterial Hazards Present in Recycled Manure Solids from Dairy Cows by Ana José Pires, Ana Filipa Esteves, Gonçalo Pereira, Catarina Geraldes, Joana Fernandes Guerreiro, Raquel Abreu, Rita Magalhães, Lélia Chambel, Elisabete Silva, David Fangueiro, Manuela Oliveira, Ricardo Bexiga

“…Overall, there were no significant changes in the isolates’ virulence or resistance profiles, and none of the isolates obtained were classified as high or moderate threats based on their MAR and VIR indexes. The most pathogenic <i>Enterococcus</i> isolates found were present in the control samples. …”
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Identification and Prioritization of Solutions for Restoring Investors' Confidence in the Capital Market of the Islamic Republic of Iran by Yaser Sharifi, Mohammad Tohidi, Meisam Hamedi

“…This research aimed to identify the factors influencing the decline of the Tehran Exchange Price Index (TEPIX) in 2019 and the subsequent loss of investor confidence. …”
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Extraction of cellulose from Forsskaolea tenacissima L through alkalization and bleaching processes: Characterization, and application to the adsorption of hazardous cationic dyes... by Afnan Altwala, Mahjoub Jabli

“…FT-IR data indicated that, after alkalization and bleaching processes, lignin and hemicellulose initially present in untreated leaves, were removed. The crystallinity index [CrI (%)] values calculated for extracted fibrillated cellulose and Forsskaolea tenacissima leaves were equal to 42.85 % and 23.2 %, respectively. …”
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Formation and stability of green and low-cost magnetoliposomes of the soy lecithin, stigmasterol, and β-sitosterol for hyperthermia treatments by Rosangela Maria Ferreira da Costa e Silva, Ângela Leão Andrade, Erico Tadeu Fraga Freitas, Thalita Marcolan Valverde, Luciano Roni Silva Lara, Darliane Aparecida Martins, Jorge Luis Lopez, Humberto Osório Stumpf, Clésia Cristina Nascentes, Alfredo Miranda de Goes, Rosana Zacarias Domingues

“…The stability of magnetoliposomes after storage for 6 months at 4 °C was improved by liposome size, the ability of soy lecithin to preserve the magnetite phase against oxidation, pH, polydispersity index, and zeta potential. The iron oxide phase stability was assessed using no conventional X-ray diffraction (high-resolution transmission electron microscopy), energy loss electron spectroscopy, and selected area electron diffraction) in time zero (fresh sample) and 6 months. …”
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A Misguiding Osteoid Osteoma in the Bicipital Tuberosity of the Radius by Konstantinos Ditsios, Nikolaos Papadakis, Ioannis Theodoroudis, Lazaros Kostretzis, Panagiotis Konstantinou, Iosafat Pinto, Anastasios Christodoulou

“…The diagnosis requires high index of suspicion and a prompt diagnostic and surgical management.…”
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A multivariate examination of critical success factors for education finance in Somalia by Mohamed Ibrahim Nor, Mohamed Mahees Raheem

“…This study examines the critical factors of education finance and its impact on education finance performance via a comprehensive analysis of the Education Finance Performance Index (EFPI) in the context of Somalia. The research employs multiple regression analysis to investigate the relationships among Government Recognition and Commitment (GRC), Financial Resource Management (FRM), Governance and Accountability (GA), and Human Capital Development (HCD). …”
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Daily Activity Monitoring and Fall Detection Based on Surface Electromyography and Plantar Pressure by Xugang Xi, Wenjun Jiang, Zhong Lü, Seyed M. Miran, Zhi-Zeng Luo

“…Suitable features were selected and combined for posture transition, gait, and fall using the Fisher class separability index. A feature-level fusion method, named as the global canonical correlation analysis of weighting genetic algorithm, was proposed to reduce dimensions. …”
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Positive Solutions for a System of Nonlinear Semipositone Boundary Value Problems with Riemann-Liouville Fractional Derivatives by Xiaowei Qiu, Jiafa Xu, Donal O’Regan, Yujun Cui

“…Under some appropriate conditions for semipositone nonlinearities, we use the fixed point index to establish two existence theorems. Moreover, nonnegative concave and convex functions are used to depict the coupling behavior of our nonlinearities.…”
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The Effects of Salt-Lake Salt Solution on the Strength of Expansive Soil by Shaowei Zhang, Dongdong Li

“…With the increase of the concentration of salt-lake solution, liquid limit, plastic limit, plastic index, free expansion rate, no load swelling, cohesion, and internal friction angle of expansive soil were decreased in varying degrees, and stress-strain relationship curve gradually showed strain softening trend. …”
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Environmental Risk Assessment of Subway Station Construction to Achieve Sustainability Using the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and Set Pair Analysis by Junwu Wang, Sen Liu, Yinghui Song, Jing Wang, Han Wu

“…This paper proposes an environmental risk assessment model based on the intuitionistic fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (IFAHP) and set pair analysis (SPA) to deal with the ambiguity and uncertainty in the assessment. An index system for environmental risk assessment is established based on a literature review and the rough set method. …”
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Classification Scheme for Random Longitudinal Road Unevenness Considering Road Waviness and Vehicle Response by Oldřich Kropáč, Peter Múčka

“…This approach enables transformation of two basic parameters of road profile elevation PSD (unevenness index, C, and waviness, w) into a single-number indicator Cw when using a correction factor Kw accounting for w. …”
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