Coal Price Forecasting and Structural Analysis in China by Xiaopeng Guo, Jiaxing Shi, Dongfang Ren

“…Based on the historical data of coal price and related factors such as port stocks, sales volume, futures prices, Producer Price Index (PPI), and crude oil price rate from November 2013 to June 2016, this study aims to forecast coal price using vector autoregression (VAR) model and portray the dynamic correlations between coal price and variables by the impulse response function and variance decomposition. …”
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Landscape Character Analysis in Rural Areas “Sample of Kastamonu Gölköy and Its Surroundings” by Sevgi Öztürk, Özge Vural, Kaan Meydan

“…The determination of Landscape Character Types (LCT) at the local level is of great importance in order to ensure sustainable development in rural areas, correct management of the shelter values and determination of usage strategies. In this study, which aims to evaluate rural settlements with character determination and sustainability approach, the landscape variables of Kastamonu-Gölköy settlement and its immediate surroundings are mapped and analysed with Landscape Character Analysis (LCA) approach. …”
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Cultivation of forage sorghum varieties irrigated with saline effluent from fish-farming under semiarid conditions by Miguel J. M. Guimarães, Welson L. Simões, José N. Tabosa, José E. dos Santos, Lilia Willadino

“…ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the cultivation of forage sorghum subjected to different leaching fractions with saline effluent from fish-farming under semiarid conditions. …”
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Thermal environment of masonry-walled poultry house in the initial life stage of broilers by Diogo J. de R. Coelho, Ilda F. F. Tinôco, Cecília F. Souza, Fátima J. F. Baptista, Matteo Barbari, Kelle P. Oliveira

“…ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to monitor and evaluate the thermal environment and undertake a complete mapping of the variables air temperature, air relative humidity, and temperature-humidity index for broilers. …”
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Local Dynamic Stability of Trunk During Gait Can Detect Dynamic Imbalance in Subjects with Episodic Migraine by Stefano Filippo Castiglia, Gabriele Sebastianelli, Chiara Abagnale, Francesco Casillo, Dante Trabassi, Cherubino Di Lorenzo, Lucia Ziccardi, Vincenzo Parisi, Antonio Di Renzo, Roberto De Icco, Cristina Tassorelli, Mariano Serrao, Gianluca Coppola

“…Partial correlation analysis was conducted between the clinical and gait variables, excluding the effects of gait speed. Results: MO showed higher sLLE values, and reduced pelvic rotation, pelvic tilt, and stride length values. sLLEML and pelvic rotation showed good ability to discriminate between MO and HS and were correlated with the perceived pain, migraine disability assessment score, and each other. …”
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Hypertension, Sarcopenia, and Global Cognitive Function in Community-Dwelling Older Women: A Preliminary Study by Hélio José Coelho-Júnior, Bruno Bavaresco Gambassi, Maria-Claudia Irigoyen, Ivan de Oliveira Gonçalves, Paula de Lourdes Lauande Oliveira, Paulo Adriano Schwingel, Cândida Helena Lopes Alves, Ricardo Yukio Asano, Marco Carlos Uchida, Bruno Rodrigues

“…When volunteers were divided according to sarcopenic status, data demonstrated that hypertensive patients with low performance on SPPB (0.006), low values of sarcopenic index (0.03), and low performance on sit-to-stand (0.09) demonstrated poor cognitive status compared with hypertensive patients with normal values of these variables. …”
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Meridional Oceanic and Atmospheric Heat Fluxes at the Entrance to the Atlantic Sector of the Arctic: Verification of CMIP6 Models and Climate Projections Based on the Selected Sub-... by Latonin Mikhail, Bashmachnikov Igor L'vovich, Radchenko Iuliia, Gnatiuk Natalia, Bobylev Leonid Petrovich, Pettersson Lasse

“…According to our results, the CMIP6 models poorly reproduce the interannual variability of the heat fluxes in their historical simulations, and the multi-model ensemble mean values are systematically lower than the mean values derived from the Ocean ReAnalysis System 4 (ORAS4) and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Reanalysis version 5 (ERA5) reanalyses. …”
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Soil Sensor Use in Delimiting Management Zones for Sowing Maize in No-Till by Eduardo Leonel Bottega, Ederson Bitencourt Pinto, Ezequiel Saretta, Zanandra Boff de Oliveira, Filipe Silveira Severo, Johan Assmann

“…This study aimed to analyze yield components and maize yield cultivated at different population densities in management zones (MZs) delimited based on mapping the spatial variability of the soil’s apparent electrical conductivity (ECa). …”
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Computerised analysis of non-conjugate spiral bevel gear mesh using an advanced and fast-converging tooth contact model by Maksat Temirkhan, Andas Amrin

“…Moreover, the majority of these methods, like the conventional model, suffer from the challenge of determining proper starting values to run the iterative process required to solve the TCA non-linear equations, where a random choice of starting values might lead to the divergence of the numerical algorithm. …”
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A preoperative magnetic resonance imaging can aid in staging and treatment choice for upper tract urothelial carcinoma by Bjarte Almås, Lars Anders Rokne Reisæter, Carl Erik Markhus, Karin Margrethe Hjelle, Astrid Børretzen, Christian Beisland

“…Abstract Objectives The aim was to investigate the predictive abilities of a preoperative diffusion‐weighted MRI (dwMRI) among patients with surgically treated upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). …”
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A Comparison Between Three Types of Scaffolds for Pulp Regeneration: A Histological Study on Dogs by Aliaa Alshahhoud, Mhd. Salem Rikab, Nizar Issa, Ahmad Manadili, Yasser Alsayed Tolaibah

“…The ST% values were also significantly higher in the EMCS + BC group compared to the BC group. …”
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HEART AND VESSEL REMODELING IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS OF PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION by V. N. Kandilova

“…The CCA remodeling parameter values were also significantly higher in the groups of middle-aged and elderly persons, some of which also had atherosclerotic plaques (AP). …”
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Effect of Xylitol and Maltitol Chewing Gums on Plaque Reduction and Salivary pH Modulation: A Retrospective Study in Pediatric Patients by Francesco Saverio Ludovichetti, Edoardo Stellini, Camilla Rodella, Marco Sambugaro, Pier Francesco Gaja, Alessia Rizzato, Sergio Mazzoleni

“…<b>Objectives:</b> This clinical study aimed to evaluate the effects of two different sugar-free chewing gums on bacterial plaque reduction and salivary pH modulation in pediatric patients. …”
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Bromatologic study of artisanal formulae and a proposal of ambulatory protocol of nutritional enteral care: DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.20094467479 by Alberto Nunes Cirqueira, Fabiana Poltronieri, Deise Caramico, Vera Silvia Frangella

“…F1 was less expensive without reaching lipidic recommendations; F2 had low proteic and caloric values and F3 reached nutritional values, but is more expensive. …”
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Cross-validation of prediction equations for estimating the body mass index in adults without the use of body weight. by Júlio César Chaves Nunes Filho, Marilia Porto Oliveira Nunes, Robson Salviano de Matos, Daniel Vieira Pinto, Dyego Castelo Branco Holanda Gadelha Pereira, Thais Amanda Silva Pereira Castelo Branco, Geraldo Bezerra Da Silva Júnior, Janaina de Almeida Mota Ramalho, Elizabeth De Francesco Daher

“…Regression analysis revealed R2 values between 0.861 and 0.901 (p < 0.000). Intraclass Correlation Coefficient values indicated agreement of 0.961 and 0.972 (p < 0.05), with Weighted Kappa values showing substantial agreement of 0.658 and 0.711 for both sexes (p < 0.05).…”
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Phase angle and body composition: markers of physical performance in mountain bike athletes by Crislane de Moura Costa, Rayane Carvalho de Moura, Cirley Pinheiro Ferreira, Valmir Oliveira Silvino, Bruna Lorena Soares Cavalcante Sousa, Leandra Caline dos Santos, Esmeralda Maria Lustosa Barros, Rubens Lima Rodrigues, Glêbia Alexa Cardoso, Sandro Soares Almeida, Marcos Antonio Pereira dos Santos

“…Pearson’s correlation was used to assess relationships between PhA, body composition, and performance variables. Results: Higher PhA values were associated with better handgrip strength (r >518; p<0.001), standing long jump performance (r=0.504; p=0.001). …”
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Physicochemical, Microbiological, and Rheological Characteristics of Fermented Sour Cream (“Suero Costeño”) Produced in Colombia by María Ruiz-Petro, María Torres-Ruiz, Dioyaira Sequeda-Goez, César Ricardo-Polo, Mónica Simanca-Sotelo, Beatriz Álvarez-Badel, Alba Durango-Villadiego, Margarita Arteaga-Márquez, Claudia De Paula, Yenis Pastrana-Puche, Clara Gutiérrez-Castañeda, Ilba Burbano-Caicedo, Amner Muñoz-Acevedo, Rubén Godoy-Gutiérrez, Ricardo Andrade-Pizarro

“…The results showed great variability in the physicochemical characteristics of the <i>suero costeño</i> made by the different artisanal producers, with it being classified as either a full-fat sour cream or light sour cream, with values of protein (2–9%) and pH (3.5–5.8) similar to traditional dairy products from other countries. …”
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Potential Impacts of Diversification of Food Retail Working Hours on Consumer Behaviour and the Benefits for Local Producers in Latvia by Liga Proskina, Lana Janmere, Sallija Cerina, Irina Pilvere, Aija Pilvere, Aleksejs Nipers, Daniela Proskina

“…The research applied a quantitative approach to identify the main trends in society (<i>n</i> = 2738), with a survey including 31 variables to quantify consumer behaviour, values, and opinions and seven socio-demographic variables. …”
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Supply chain development: Criterion of decision for implementation of future seed collection centers in rural areas by Boris Gerardo German, Edward Jiménez, Andrés Chico, Sebastián Espinoza, Ricardo A. Narváez C.

“…The location of collection points and the amount of collected Jatropha are the strategic variables that determine the standard deviation, and the more disperse the values, the higher the standard deviation and the stricter the acceptance criteria for evaluating new collection points. …”
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Formalization of the open knowledge area of the distributed control system by Volodymyr Shemaiev, Ihor Liashenko, Serhii Stefantsev

“…When managing processes in various industries, especially in the information sphere, quite often there is a need for decision making in poorly structured dynamic situations when parameters (values of variables), laws and patterns of development of a situation are described not quantitatively but qualitatively. …”
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