Geospatial Approach to Assess Flash Flood Vulnerability in a Coastal District of Bangladesh: Integrating the Multifaceted Dimension of Vulnerabilities by Sajib Sarker, Israt Jahan, Xin Wang, Abul Azad

“…These were then overlaid to generate a composite flash flood vulnerability map. The analysis revealed a distinct spatial distribution of vulnerability across Feni District. …”
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Association between the fibrosis-4 and the risk of left ventricular aneurysm formation in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by Kai Zhang, Lihong Yang, Yonghui Zhao

“…The ROC curve was used to determine the predictive capability of the FIB-4 index and composite variable for LVA formation.ResultsLVA occurred in 12.7% of the population. …”
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Simulating the methodological bias in the ATLS classification of hypovolemic shock: a critical reappraisal of the base deficit renaissance by M. L. A. Heldeweg, T. T. R. Heldeweg, J. A. H. Stohlmann, P. Freire Jorge, R. Boer, L. A. Schwarte, P. Schober

“…First, a predefined correlation between all predictor variables (vital parameters and BD) and outcome variable (transfusion) was set at 0.55. …”
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Study on the coupled coordination of water resources consumption and economic development in Heilongjiang province under different scenarios based on SD model by Meiyun Tao, Youzhu Zhao, Qiuxiang Jiang, Zilong Wang, Baohan Li

“…By adjusting variables, four development scenarios were designed. …”
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Understanding the attitudes towards climate change in the context of trust in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe by Zsuzsanna Deák, Gintarė Vaznonienė, Agnieszka Wojewódzka-Wiewiórska

“…Four different models are presented that differ only in terms of their dependent variables, while the independent variable (trust) and the control variables (socio-demographic variables) are the same in all the cases. …”
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Improved mapping of highland bamboo forests using Sentinel-2 time series and machine learning in Google Earth Engine by Dagnew Yebeyen, Binyam Tesfaw Hailu, Worku Zewdie, Temesgen Abera, Gudeta W. Sileshi, Melaku Getachew, Sileshi Nemomissa

“…The result shows that the random forest classifier is a robust algorithm with an overall accuracy of 94% considering all the annual composite’s spectral, vegetation and textural variables. …”
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WHO essential medicines policies and use in developing and transitional countries: an analysis of reported policy implementation and medicines use surveys. by Kathleen Anne Holloway, David Henry

“…Policies associated with positive effects were included in a regression of a composite QUM score on total numbers of implemented policies. …”
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Modeling of Thermal Distributions around a Barrier at the Interface of Coating and Substrate by Ali Sahin

“…Due to constant heat flux, the thermal distribution around an insulated barrier at the interface of substrate and functionally graded material (FGM) which are essentially two-phase particulate composites is examined in such a way that the volume fractions of the constituents vary continuously in the thickness direction. …”
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The Role of Glycemic Control in Inflammation Markers and Clinical Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Severe COVID-19 by Lavinia Craciun, Flavia Ignuta, Uma Shailendri Rayudu, Maliha Afra, Ovidiu Rosca, Adrian Vlad, Oana Aburel, Dana Emilia Velimirovici

“…This study aimed to compare inflammatory markers, composite severity scores, and clinical outcomes between T2DM patients with COVID-19 who had well-controlled diabetes (hemoglobin A1c < 7%) versus those with poorly controlled diabetes (hemoglobin A1c ≥ 7%). …”
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Analysis of the Effect of Clarity, Efficiency, Accuracy, Stimulation, and Novelty on the Attraction of Using PayLater Services by Mutiara Cahyani, Siti Jamilah

“…The results of the validity test show that all indicators have an outer loading value > 0.7, while the composite reliability and AVE values ​​indicate the consistency and validity of the construct. …”
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Six Decades of Forest Inventory Data Highlight Decline of Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) Sapling Abundance in Eastern Canada by Martin‐Michel Gauthier

“…Out of a wide range of potential explanatory variables, including stand conditions, harvest intensity (0%–92% basal area removal), regional ecozones, and climate variables, the relative abundance of American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) saplings was the only variable that had a negative effect on the relative abundance of sugar maple saplings. …”
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Evaluating demand responsive transit services using a density-based trip rate metric by Benjamin Kaufman, Abraham Leung, Matthew Burke

“…This paper also highlights current data limitations and calls for better data collection to facilitate the development of new evaluation methods for DRT services and a new composite metric that can be used for inter-service comparison.…”
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Microtensile bond strength to Er:YAG laser pretreated dentin by Roberta Marques da Graça Lopes, Carolina Steiner-Oliveira, Ana Cecília Côrrea Aranha, Carina Strano Castellan, Marina Stella Bello-Silva, Nilson Dias Vieira Júnior, Carlos de Paula Eduardo

“… Objective: Although the effects of Er:YAG  (erbium:yttrium aluminium garnet) laser on cavity  preparation as well as on dentin bonding to composite  have been described in the literature, the longevity of  this bond is still unknown. …”
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School nutrition programs in Dubai: a landscape analysis by Reem AlGurg, Reem AlGurg, Nour Abu Mahfouz, Farah Otaki, Farah Otaki, Agnes Paulus, Agnes Paulus, Amar Hassan Khamis, Mohamad Alameddine

“…These 48 SNPs had varying implementation scopes and program compositions (i.e., combination of initiatives) of Parents’ Involvement, Lunch Box, Educational Curriculum, Hydration, Awareness Activities, School Canteen, and/ or Food Safety and Hygiene. …”
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Financial Performance Index (FPIMS): a proposal to measure the performance and project execution capacity in manufacturing companies in Santander (COL) by Alfredo Enrique Sanabria-Ospino, Sandra Marcela Delgado-Ortiz, Nelson Antonio Moreno-Monsalve, William Stive Fajardo-Moreno

“…The objective of this work is to design a financial composite index to measure competitiveness, in addition to analyzing its implications for measuring performance and the capacity to execute projects in manufacturing companies. …”
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Feature importance of climate vulnerability indicators with gradient boosting across five global cities by Lidia Cano Pecharroman, Melissa Oberon Tier, Elke U. Weber

“…Our results show that non-traditional variables were more relevant to self-reported exposure to extreme weather events than traditionally employed variables such as income or age. …”
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Production of Biodiesel from Mixed Castor Seed and Microalgae Oils: Optimization of the Production and Fuel Quality Assessment by Dejene Beyene, Mohammedsani Abdulkadir, Adisu Befekadu

“…The transesterification experiments designed according to the central composite design (CCD) were used to optimize the yield of biodiesel through the response surface methodology (RSM). …”
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Cerebellar pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma by Raghavendra Harpanahalli, Bhaskar Suryanarayanan, Minakshi Bhardwaj, L.N. Gupta

“…The infratentorial PXA has a female preponderance, occurs in the fourth decade of life and is composite in 2/3rd of the cases as compared to the supratentorial lesions. …”
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Insights on electric vehicle adoption: Does attitude play a mediating role? by Imran Ali, Mohammad Naushad

“…This study considered one dependent variable (electric vehicle adoption) and one mediating variable (attitude) along with five independent variables. …”
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Sensory profiles in older adults with orthopedic conditions during quiet stance: a cross-sectional study by Marine Brika, France Mourey, Alexandre Kubicki

“…Methods Fifty-one older adults (76.9 ± 7.6 years) were divided into 2 Functional Groups (FG-/FG+) according to a composite score that included 3 variables (gait speed, grip strength and fear of falling). …”
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