Climate change, economic security, and macroeconomic stability: Insights from the EU by Lobonț Oana-Ramona, Vătavu Sorana, Nicolescu Ana-Cristina, Trip Andrei, Costea Florin

“…The research develops composite indicators to analyse these phenomena in detail, while results reveal significant variations in CCR, MS, and ESS among EU member states, indicating a heterogeneous response to climate risks and economic stability and highlighting the need for differentiated policy approaches. …”
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Optimization of mix proportion of super-early-strength cement grouting material and experimental study on its working performance by Xiaokai Niu, He Wang, Zhitian Xie, Wei Song, Mingxing Li, Chentao Xu

“…This paper investigates the effect of a novel super-early-strength cement grout composite on water leakage in the shield section of metro tunnels in operation. …”
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Global Fixed-Time Horizontal Tracking Control of AUV Under Parameter Perturbation and Input Quantization by Sunwei Jiang, Shuxuan Liu, Zhicheng Liu, Quanming Miao

“…By integrating the backstepping technique with non-singular terminal sliding mode control, composite disturbances are estimated using a fixed-time neural network disturbance observer. …”
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Green Human Resource Practices: A Sustainable Approach To Increase Employee Performance by Ali Junaid Khan, Muhammad Akbar Ali Ansari, Tanveer Ahmed, Areeba Athar Malik

“…PLS Software has been used for statistical research analysis, discriminant validity, loading factors, average variance executor, composite reliability, predictive value, and bootstrapping value from 308 small-medium enterprises (SME) employees. …”
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The Economic Value of European Organic Farming in the Transition to Climate Neutrality by Monica Laura Zlati, Costinela Fortea, Valentin Marian Antohi

“…We aim to analyze the economic value of European organic farming based on a principal composites analysis to determine causal relationships and their effects between variables such as organic agricultural area, current expenditure on climate change mitigation, gross value added of organic farming, final energy consumption of agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. …”
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Predictability problems of global change as seen through natural systems complexity description. 2. Approach by Vladimir V. Kozoderov, Victor A. Sadovnichii, Sergey A. Ushakov, Oleg A. Timoshin

“…Sets of elementary events, the specified algebra of their sub-sets and probability measures for the algebra are composite parts of the space. The information measures are analyzed using the mathematical expectance operator and the adequacy between an additive function of sets and their equivalents in the form of the measures. …”
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Collaborative Control of Multimotor Systems for Fixed-Time Optimisation Based on Virtual Main-Axis Speed Compensation Structure by Changfan Zhang, Mingjie Xiao, Jing He, Zhitian Liu, Xingxing Yang, Qian Zhang, Hongrun Chen

“…Secondly, the sliding mode observer (SMO) is used to reconstruct the composite disturbance composed of motor parameter perturbation and load disturbance. …”
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Influence of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation to the parietal cortex on postural control: a single-blind randomized crossover study by Fan Yang, Fan Yang, Yang Liu, Yang Liu, Xianglin Lv, Yaqi He, Jinpeng Gao, Pei Zhang, Qing Li, Zhongmei Peng, Jinghua Qian, Jinghua Qian

“…Two-way repeated measures analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were used for the dependent variables. Bonferroni’s post hoc tests were used in case of significant ANOVA results.ResultsThe composite latency increased significantly after right (p = 0.025) and bilateral (p = 0.004) stimulation under eyes open condition. …”
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Production of “Melomel” from Cupuaçu (<i>Theobroma grandiflorum</i>) Using the Probiotic Yeast <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> var. <i>boulardii</i> by Karina Nascimento Pereira, Handray Fernandes de Souza, Amanda Cristina Dias de Oliveira, Marcela Aparecida Deziderio, Victor Dédalo Di Próspero Gonçalves, Marina Vieira de Carvalho, Eliana Setsuko Kamimura

“…To do this, a central composite design (CCD) was employed, with two independent variables, i.e., the initial soluble solids content of the honey must (°Brix) and the concentration of the cupuaçu pulp (%). …”
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Diabetic retinopathy as an independent predictor of subclinical cardiovascular disease: baseline results of the PRECISED study by Laura Gutierrez, David Garcia-Dorado, Joan Montaner, Rafael Simó, Jordi Bañeras, Cristina Hernández, José Rodríguez-Palomares, Filipa Valente, Teresa González-Alujas, Ignacio Ferreira, Santiago Aguadé-Bruix, Daniel Seron, Joan Genescà, Anna Boixadera, José García-Arumí, Alejandra Planas, Olga Simó-Servat

“…In addition, an inverse relationship was observed between the degree of DR and CACs &lt;10 AU. The variables independently associated with the composite measurement of subclinical CVD were age, diabetes duration, the glomerular filtration rate, microalbuminuria, and the presence of DR (AUROC 0.71). …”
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Longitudinal Lipid Trajectories and Progression of CKD in Children by Uwe Querfeld, Marietta Kirchner, Francesca Mencarelli, Karolis Azukaitis, Aysun Bayazit, Ali Duzova, Anke Doyon, Nur Canpolat, Ipek Kaplan Bulut, Lukasz Obrycki, Justine Bacchetta, Rukshana Shroff, Dusan Paripovic, Cengiz Candan, Jerome Harambat, Alev Yilmaz, Harika Alpay, Jun Oh, Hakan Erdogan, Claus P. Schmitt, Anette Melk, Franz Schaefer

“…CKD progression was defined as the time to a composite event of 50% reduction in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), eGFR < 10 ml/min per 1.73 m2, or start of kidney replacement therapy. …”
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Optimization of ultrasound-assisted extraction of glycyrrhizic acid from licorice using response surface methodology by Seol Jang, A. Yeong Lee, A. Reum Lee, Goya Choi, Ho Kyoung Kim

“…Results: Statistical analyses revealed that three variables and the quadratic of X1, X2, and X3 had significant effects on the yields and were followed by significant interaction effects between the variables of X2 and X3 (p < 0.01). …”
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Prognostic role of TAPSE to PASP ratio in outpatients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction by Mauro Riccardi, Matteo Pagnesi, Rossana Corso, Antonio M. Sammartino, Daniela Tomasoni, Riccardo M. Inciardi, Carlo M. Lombardi, Marianna Adamo, Savina Nodari, Marco Metra

“…The primary outcome of the study was a composite of all‐cause mortality or heart failure (HF) events at the last available follow‐up. …”
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Integrating observational and modelled data to advance the understanding of heat stress effects on pregnant subsistence farmers in the gambia by Carole Bouverat, Jainaba Badjie, Tida Samateh, Tida Saidy, Kris A. Murray, Andrew M. Prentice, Neil Maxwell, Andy Haines, Ana Maria Vicedo Cabrera, Ana Bonell

“…Associations between physiological and environmental variables were assessed through Pearson correlation coefficient analysis, mixed effect linear models with random intercepts per participant and confirmatory composite analysis. …”
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Proposing a short version of the Unesp-Botucatu pig acute pain scale using a novel application of machine learning technique by Giovana Mancilla Pivato, Gustavo Venâncio da Silva, Beatriz Granetti Peres, Stelio Pacca Loureiro Luna, Monique Danielle Pairis-Garcia, Pedro Henrique Esteves Trindade

“…Abstract Surgical castration of males is carried out on a large scale in the US swine industry and the pain resulting from this procedure can be assessed using the Unesp-Botucatu pig composite acute pain scale (UPAPS). We aim to propose a short version of UPAPS based on the behaviors best-ranked by a random forest algorithm. …”
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Assessing Risk in Patients with Stable Coronary Disease: When Should We Intensify Care and Follow-Up? Results from a Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies of the COURAGE and FAME... by Umberto Barbero, Fabrizio D’Ascenzo, Freek Nijhoff, Claudio Moretti, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Marco Mennuni, Davide Capodanno, Marco Lococo, Michael J. Lipinski, Fiorenzo Gaita

“…A large number of clinical and laboratory markers have been appraised to predict prognosis in patients with stable angina, but uncertainty remains regarding which variables are the best predictors of prognosis. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis of studies in patients with stable angina to assess which variables predict prognosis. …”
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Optimization of Extraction Parameters for Phenolics Recovery from Avocado Peels Using Ultrasound and Microwave Technologies by Lorena Martínez-Zamora, María Carmen Bueso, Mathieu Kessler, Rosa Zapata, Perla A. Gómez, Francisco Artés-Hernández

“…This study optimized the extraction parameters of phenolics using ultrasound- (UAE) and microwave-assisted technologies (MAE) with a Central Composite Design (CCD). Methods: The extraction variables included EtOH concentration (0–100%), temperature (13–47 °C for UAE and 55–95 °C for MAE), and time (3–37 min for UAE and 3–27 min for MAE). …”
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The Role of Cognitive Performance in Older Europeans’ General Health: Insights from Relative Importance Analysis by Eleni Serafetinidou, Christina Parpoula

“…General health status was estimated by constructing a composite index of physical and mental health-related measures, including chronic diseases, mobility limitations, depressive symptoms, self-perceived health, and the Global Activity Limitation Indicator. …”
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Spatiotemporal Multivariate Weather Prediction Network Based on CNN-Transformer by Ruowu Wu, Yandan Liang, Lianlei Lin, Zongwei Zhang

“…Changes in weather involve both strongly correlated spatial and temporal continuation relationships, and at the same time, the variables interact with each other, so capturing the dynamic correlations among space, time, and variables is particularly important for accurate weather prediction. …”
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Determining Factors for Minimizing Oven Downtime through Controlled Batch Management: A Multineutrosophic Approach with ARAS by Shakila Devi G.T., Sangeetha S., Maikel Yelandi Leyva Vazquez

“…Ultimately the neutrosophic composite-fueled determination of the most critical criteria/test variables includes: batch arrival rate, acceptable batch size and setup time. …”
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