What Drives Islamic Banks Profitability in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries? by Hichem Hamza

“…The purpose of this paper was to assess the profitability determinants of commercial Islamic banks in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries during the period 2005-2019. …”
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Enhancing coastal bathymetric mapping with physics-informed recurrent neural networks synergizing Gaofen satellite imagery and ICESat-2 lidar data: A case in the South China Sea by Congshuang Xie, Siqi Zhang, Zhenhua Zhang, Peng Chen, Delu Pan

“…The physics-based RNN model achieved good bathymetric accuracy, with a coefficient of determination (R2) value >0.93 and a root mean square error (RMSE) < 0.83 m when compared to in-situ measurements on Ganquan Island, indicating the model demonstrates high robustness even under low-SNR satellite imagery conditions. …”
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A Study on the Social Responsibilities of Iranian Public Libraries by Parnian Eisazadeh, Mehdi Shaghaghi

“…Reliability was assessed through the split-half method, yielding a Spearman-Brown coefficient of .891. …”
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Development of a thrombin-antithrombin complex detection kit and study in venous thromboembolism complicated by cervical cancer by Yanru Qiu, Shuang Han, Yu Ji, Zhixian Lu, Xuan Huang

“…Furthermore, the correlation coefficient of this method with Hyson Mecon was R2 = 0.9683. …”
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Cinética de secagem de sementes de crambe Drying kinetics of crambe seeds by Rute Q. de Faria, Itamar R. Teixeira, Ivano A. Devilla, Diego P. R. Ascheri, Osvaldo Resende

“…The treatments were five water contents (0.11; 0.13; 0.17; 0.25 and 0.28 decimal dry weight) and five drying temperatures (30; 40; 50; 60 and 70 ºC). To determine the adjustment of the studied models a non linear regression analyses was performed according to Quasi-Newton method. …”
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Evaluation of Mechanical Properties Considering Uncertainties for Hairpin Coils in Electric Vehicle Motor Manufacturing by Young-Dae Shim, Jihun Kim, Changhyeon Kim, Jihyun Park, Dong-Wook Yang, Eun-Ho Lee

“…This study investigates uncertainties in mechanical property evaluation using a combination of tensile tests, analytic solutions, numerical simulations, and a present double-sided four-point bending method. The results show significant variations in the Young&#x2019;s modulus, which affect the determination of yield stress in tensile tests. …”
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Changes in Cardiopulmonary Reserve and Peripheral Arterial Function Concomitantly with Subclinical Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved E... by Damien Vitiello, François Harel, Rhian M. Touyz, Martin G. Sirois, Joel Lavoie, Jonathan Myers, Anique Ducharme, Normand Racine, Eileen O’Meara, Mathieu Gayda, Malorie Chabot-Blanchet, Jean Lucien Rouleau, Simon de Denus, Michel White

“…Peripheral arterial blood flow was determined by strain gauge plethysmography. Peak VO2 (12.0±0.4 versus 19.1±1.1 mL/min/kg, P<0.001) and oxygen uptake efficiency slope (1.55±0.12 versus 2.06±0.14, P<0.05) were significantly decreased in HFpEF patients compared with CTL. …”
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Development of the Bisphenol A exposure scale in adults by Betül Kaplan, Tülay Ortabağ, Ekrem Aslan

“…ObjectiveThis study was conducted to develop a scale for assessing the attitudes of adults regarding the determination of Bisphenol A exposure.MethodsThe study sample comprised of 370 individuals who volunteered to participate. …”
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Physics-informed machine learning to predict solvatochromic parameters of designer solvents with case studies in CO2 and lignin dissolution by Mood Mohan, Nikhitha Gugulothu, Sreelekha Guggilam, T. Rajitha Rajeshwar, Michelle K. Kidder, Jeremy C. Smith

“…The ML models developed in the present study showed accurate predictions with high determination coefficient (R2) and low root mean square error (RMSE) values. …”
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Assessing pulmonary congestion in patients hospitalized with decompensated chronic heart failure according to lung ultrasound and remote dielectric sensing (ReDS) by Zh. D. Kobalava, A. F. Safarova, V. V. Tolkacheva, O. T. Zorya, F. E. Cabello Montoya, I. S. Nazarov, A. A. Lapshin, I. P. Smirnov, N. I. Khutsishvili, S. A. Galochkin, M. V. Vatsik-Gorodetskaya

“…A moderate correlation was found between ReDS (%) and lung ultrasound (sum of B-lines) findings at admission (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient = 0.402; p = 0.017). No correlation between the two methods was found at discharge (p = 0.613). …”
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Suitability evaluation for deep geological storage of mine water in the Ordos Basin by GULBOSTAN Tursun, Wanghua SUI, AIBIBAI Mamat, Weifeng YANG, Ge CHEN, Liang GAO

“…MethodsUsing a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), this study proposed a suitability evaluation index system for the deep geological storage of mine water in the Ordos Basin and developed an evaluation method. …”
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Evaluation of a commercial real-time polymerase chain reaction kit for the detection of avian orthoavulavirus type I by Hasnae Zekhnini, Fatiha El Mellouli, Mohamed Rida Salam, Faiza Bennis, Fatima Chegdani

“…The intraassay and interassay repeatability coefficients of variation (CV) were consistently below 10%, confirming the robustness of the method. …”
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DLML-PC: an automated deep learning and metric learning approach for precise soybean pod classification and counting in intact plants by Yixin Guo, Jinchao Pan, Xueying Wang, Hong Deng, Hong Deng, Mingliang Yang, Mingliang Yang, Enliang Liu, Qingshan Chen, Qingshan Chen, Rongsheng Zhu, Rongsheng Zhu

“…Compared with the object detection algorithm, the recognition of soybean mature pods was greatly improved, evolving into a high-throughput and universally applicable method. The described results show that the proposed method is a robust measurement and counting algorithm, which can reduce labor intensity, improve efficiency and accelerate the process of soybean breeding.…”
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Awarding Performance-Based Bonuses to Top Managers of Russian State-Owned Companies by R. V. Gubarev, E. I. Dzyuba, F. S. Fayzullin

“…The issue-related methodology is elaborated and implemented in several successive stages: 1) the particular indicators system formation characterizing the corporate performance in an integrated fashion; 2) the normalization of such indicators values; 3) calculation of the integrating corporate efficiency indicator (quantitative evaluation); 4) qualitative evaluation of managerial effectiveness; 5) elaboration of a progressive scale: integrating corporate efficiency indicator - the level of awarding bonuses to the company top managers and 6) determination of the bonus level for the management (board) of the company. …”
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Synergistic effect of Co3O4/CdAl2O4 nanocomposite for photocatalytic decontamination of organic dyes under visible light irradiation by Zahra araei, Mohsen ghorbani

“…The experimental data fit well with this model, allowing calculation of the reaction rate constant and activation energy determination. The regression coefficients were 0.992 for Direct Blue and 0.991 for Basic Yellow with rate constants of 0.00379 s− 1 and 0.00125 s− 1 respectively. …”
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Pemanfaatan Tanaman Eceng Gondok (Eichornia Crassipes) Untuk Menurunkan Kadar Amonia Dan Fosfat Pada Limbah Cair Rumah Sakit Otika Banten Dengan Metode Fitoremediasi by Widya Hadiattin, Tauny Akbari

“…The results of ammonia levels were below the standard quality standards but still had a fairly high value, while phosphate levels exceeded the standard quality standards. This study aims to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of water hyacinth plants (Eichornia crassipes) in reducing ammonia and phosphate levels in the wastewater of Otika Banten Hospital. …”
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Problems of Arctic Hydrocarbon Development in The Context of Modern Global Challenges: Development Potential and Industry Strategies by A. G. Kazanin

“…The methodology of the research is based on the methods of strategic management. Within the framework of solving strategic problems and tasks, it is advisable to apply various scenarios using the methods of strategic alternatives, and, in particular, matrix methods. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of risk model-based lung cancer screening in smokers and nonsmokers in China by Tiantian Zhang, Yue Wang, Xuechen Chen, Xueer Yang, Leyao Zhang, Nagham Bazzi, Ling Bai, Aaron Finley, Jie Jiang, Jianxing He, Wenhua Liang

“…However, the cost-effectiveness of this model has yet to be determined. Methods The cost-effectiveness analysis simulates a Chinese birth cohort using a calibrated Markov model based on individual data from a prospective cohort of the Guangzhou Lung Cancer Screening Program. …”
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MULTICENTER DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF THE SYMPTOM- AND STRUCTURE-MODIFYING EFFECT OF ALFLUTOP IN PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHROSIS. COMMUNICATION 1. EVA... by Lyudmila Ivanovna Alekseeva, E P Sharapova, E A Taskina, N V Chichasova, G R Imametdinova, N A Shostak, N G Pravdyuk, L N Denisov

“…As concomitant therapy ibuprofen was used in a dose of 600–1200 mg/day. The efficiency of treatment was evaluated using the OMERACT-OARSI criteria, changes in the three scales WOMAC, EQ-5D, pain and general health status (GHS) on VAS; 15-m walking time, and therapeutic efficiency assessment by the physician and patient. …”
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Feasibility of energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence for quantitative prediction of elemental profile in untreated bovine colostrum by D. Martini, M. De Marchi, A. Goi, M. Pozza, G. Niero

“…Current gold-standard methods to determine elemental composition of BC are inductively coupled plasma optical-emission spectrometry or inductively coupled plasma MS. …”
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