Air Traffic Efficiency Analysis of Airliner Scheduled Flights Using Collaborative Actions for Renovation of Air Traffic Systems Open Data by Akinori Harada, Tooru Ezaki, Tomoaki Wakayama, Koichi Oka

“…Each reconstructed trajectory is optimized in terms of flight fuel consumption and flight time with an assumed cost index (CI). Dynamic programming is used as the trajectory optimization method. …”
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Optimization of Fused Deposition Modeling Parameters for Mechanical Properties of Polylactic Acid Parts Based on Kriging and Cuckoo Search by Yuan Yang, Yiyang Wang, Bowen Xue, Changxu Wang, Bo Yang

“…Firstly, by analyzing FDM principle and its main parameters, printing speed and temperature were selected as research elements, and tensile strength as the mechanical performance index. Latin hypercube sampling (LHS) was integrated to generate a limited experimental sample set. …”
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Topical Application of Orabase Bromelain Gel Reduces Inflammatory Process, Bone Loss and Steatosis in Experimental Periodontitis by Even Herlany Pereira Alves, Hélio Mateus Silva Nascimento, Luiz Felipe de Carvalho França, Any Carolina Cardoso Guimarães Vasconcelos, Larissa dos Santos Pessoa, Felipe Rodolfo Pereira da Silva, John Arlley Sousa Pinho de Lira, Paulo Roberto Carneiro Gomes, André dos Santos Carvalho, André Luiz dos Reis Barbosa, Daniel Fernando Pereira Vasconcelos

“…The clinical parameters of tooth mobility (TM), gingival bleeding index (GBI) and probing pocket depth (PPD) were evaluated and, after euthanasia, gingival and liver tissue were collected by biopsy for biochemical evaluation of myeloperoxidase (MPO), malonaldehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH) and from the jaws for morphometric analysis of alveolar bone height. …”
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Landslide hazard assessment of an urban agglomeration in central Guizhou Province based on an information value method and SVM, bagging, DNN algorithm by Junhua Luo, Zulun Zhao, Wei Li, Liang Huang, Weiquan Zhao

“…Therefore, this study selected 12 indicators from the topography, geological structure, and external inducing factors, and conducted factor collinearity analysis using the variance expansion coefficient to construct a landslide hazard assessment index system. The statistical analysis model was combined with a variety of machine learning models, and the selection of negative sample points was restricted in various ways to improve training data accuracy and enable machine learning model predictions with sufficiently supervised prerequisites. …”
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Industry specialisation of the Kemerovsk region – Kuzbass: trends and problems that affect economic growth and development of the region by K. I. Bobko, O. A. Zatepyakin, T. V. Bobko

“…The trend of decrease in the industrial production index is analysed, it is shown that it has a trend similar to the dynamics of the decline in mining production, and the reasons for the decline are described. …”
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Assessment of the Excavation Damaged Zones in the Surrounding Rock of an Underground Powerhouse under High In Situ Stress Using an Acoustic Velocity Detecting Method by Liguo Zhang, Dong Wang, Jiaxing Dong

“…EDZs were qualitatively assessed based on the curve categories; in addition, we used a qualitative assessment method, which mainly involved an index of damage degree named D. The assessment results show that HDZ, but not SDZ, was significantly asymmetrically distributed in the upstream (average depth of 4.1 m) and downstream (average depth of 7.5 m) high sidewalls; in partial areas, depth of HDZ exceeded the length of designed rock bolts, which indicates that rock bolts cannot restrain crack development and EDZs evolution. …”
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Advanced Optimization Algorithm Combining a Fuzzy Inference System for Vehicular Communications by Teguh Indra Bayu, Yung-Fa Huang, Jeang-Kuo Chen, Cheng-Hsiung Hsieh, Budhi Kristianto, Erwien Christianto, Suharyadi Suharyadi

“…The FIRL sequence generates adaptive configuration parameters for <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>r</mi><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and MCS index values each time the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) packet is generated. …”
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Balancing water saving, market attractiveness, and pollution control in crop spatial planting structure planning of arid regions by Longbin Hao, Shouhong Zhang, Fan Zhang, Yufei Ren, Xinyu Zhang, Jing Yan

“…Results indicate that: (1) The grid-based 0–1 integer multi-objective approach can effectively make tradeoff among market attractiveness, pollution control, and crop suitability for crop planting structure planning in arid regions. (2) Optimal crop planting structure can increase agricultural planting profits by 4.679 billion CNY, while reduces system agricultural non-point source pollution and total water allocation by 34.72 % and 10.19 %, respectively. (3) The multi-objective approach shows better performance than single-objective models by comparing the Synthetic Degree (SD), Sustainability Index (SI), and Approximation Degree (AD). The advantages and successful application of proposed approach indicate that it is universality and effectiveness in addressing agricultural resource management issues in arid regions.…”
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Effects of COVID-19 Emergency Response Levels on Air Quality in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China by Jie Li, Haotian Yang, Shuping Zha, Nu Yu, Xingang Liu, Ruofei Sun

“…We obtained the following conclusions: (1) The measures implemented to prevent and control of COVID-19 directly impacted ambient air pollutants. The air quality index and the concentrations of NO2, PM2.5, PM10, and CO in the GBA for 1–19 January 2020 declined 19.4%, 16.7%, 27.5%, 15.8%, and 25.7%, respectively, compared to the same time period in 2016–2019. (2) The reduction in air pollution was strongly associated with the first-level emergency response during this pandemic. …”
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Policy and strategies addressing prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance in Brazil: A scoping review protocol. by Joslaine de Oliveira Nunes, Raissa Allan Santos Domingues, Roberto Mauro Pinto Coelho Barcellos, Bárbara Manuella Cardoso Sodré Alves, Isis Polianna Silva Ferreira de Carvalho, Noemia Urruth Leão Tavares

“…<h4>Method</h4>This protocol has been registered in the Open Science Framework (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/EC9ZJ). Indexed literature in English, Spanish and Portuguese published till December 2020 in Lilacs, PubMed, Embase, and official websites of the Brazilian government will be reviewed. …”
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Study of Problems Related to Laying Ballastless Track in the Turnout of Ballasted Track at High-Speed Railway Stations by Ma Xue-Ning, Hao Zi-Xiang, Liu Chang, Wang Xu, Wang Bo-Lin

“…The results show that the dynamic response indexes under the two transition modes meet the requirements for the smooth running of trains. …”
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The results of a comprehensive study of spring wheat accessions from the VIR collection according to their breeding characteristics by L. V. Volkova, O. S. Amunova, A. V. Kharina, E. V. Zuev

“…A positive trend of increasing the intensity index of cultivars (IIC) developed over a 90-year period was established.Conclusion. …”
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Studies on Hydration Swelling and Bound Water Type of Sodium- and Polymer-Modified Calcium Bentonite by Yong Wan, Dongdong Guo, Xinminnan Hui, Lei Liu, Yuan Yao

“…In this study, free swell index (FSI) and the type and content of modified Ca-bentonite bound water under the inorganic chemical solution were quantitatively studied by using the free swell test and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). …”
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Quality of Life in Psoriasis: A Cross-Sectional Study from North India by Khushboo Arora, Neirita Hazarika, Ranjeeta Kumari, Himanshu Chawla

“…Clinical severity of psoriasis was measured using Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI), and quality of life was measured by EuroQoL 5D (EQ-5D-5L, EQ-VAS) and Psoriasis Quality-Of-Life-12 (PQOL-12) Questionniares. …”
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The community as an active part in the implementation of interventions for the prevention and care of tuberculosis: A scoping review. by Lesly Chavez-Rimache, César Ugarte-Gil, Maria J Brunette

“…A literature search was performed in Pubmed, Scopus, ERIC, Global Index Medicus, Scielo, Cochrane Library, LILACS, Google Scholar, speciality journals, and other bibliographic references. …”
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Arterial Stiffness Is Associated with Peripheral Sensory Neuropathy in Diabetes Patients in Ghana by Kwame Yeboah, Jennifer A. Agyekum, Richard N. A. Owusu Mensah, Patrick K. Affrim, Linda Adu-Gyamfi, Rita O. Doughan, Afua B. Adjei

“…We investigated the association between PSN and arterial stiffness, measured as aortic pulse wave velocity (PWVao) and cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI). Method. In a case-control design, arterial stiffness was measured in 240 diabetes patients and 110 nondiabetic control. …”
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Therapeutic potential of boric acid as a local drug delivery agent in periodontitis: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Reham Abdel-Fatah, Ghada A. Elhusseiny, Wafaa Saleh

“…At 1-month, boric acid demonstrated significant improvements in probing pocket depth (PPD), but insignificant differences were observed in clinical attachment level (CAL), and gingival index (GI). However, at 3 and 6 months, we found significant reductions in PPD while at 6 months, a significant increase in CAL gain were observed favoring boric acid. …”
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Malay Translation of Attitudes Toward Career Counselling Scale for University Students in Malaysia by Ansarul Haq Tahrir Adli, Mohd Izwan Mahmud, Salleh Amat, Sheerad Sahid

“…The result of the CFA analysis shows that the ATCCS measurement model had fulfilled the fit index RMSEA (0.089), CFI (0.926), TLI (0.914) and Chisq/df (4.191). …”
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Uma revisão sobre o índice de frenagem de Pulsares by D.L. Ramos, M.M.F. Perovano, W. Spalenza, J.G. Coelho

“…Neste artigo, propomos uma revisão destinada a explorar o tema do índice de frenagem (“braking index”, n), com o objetivo de torná-lo mais acessível e compreensível para estudantes em início de graduação ou pós-graduação. …”
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The perioperative analgesic effects of thoracolumbar interfacial block and erector spinae plane block for open lumbar fusion: a randomized controlled trial by V. H. Phuong, Tran Viet Duc, N. T. Duyen, N. H. Tu

“…The pain status of the patients in three groups was assessed using the intraoperative mean Analgesia Nociception Index (ANIm), postoperative the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) at rest and on movement at 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24 hour safter surgery. …”
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