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The sourcil roundness index is a useful measure for quantifying acetabular concavity asphericity

Scientific Reports, 2023
This study aimed to clarify the clinical utility of the sourcil roundness index (SRI), a novel index for quantifying the asphericity of the acetabular concavity, by determining (1) the difference in the SRI between dysplastic and normal hips and (2) the ...
Kenji Kitamura, Masanori Fujii, Goro Motomura, Satoshi Hamai, Shinya Kawahara, Taishi Sato, Ryosuke Yamaguchi, Daisuke Hara, Takeshi Utsunomiya, Yasuhiko Kokubu, Yasuharu Nakashima   +10 more
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Health system measurement: Harnessing machine learning to advance global health. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:Further improvements in population health in low- and middle-income countries demand high-quality care to address an increasingly complex burden of disease.
Hannah H Leslie, Xin Zhou, Donna Spiegelman, Margaret E Kruk   +3 more
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Investigating the Effect of Climate Change on Drought Propagation in the Tarim River Basin Using Multi-Model Ensemble Projections

Atmosphere, 2023
Recent studies on China’s arid and semi-arid regions, particularly the Tarim River Basin (TRB), have shown an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events.
Xiaoyun Ding, Yang Yu, Meilin Yang, Qian Wang, Lingyun Zhang, Zengkun Guo, Jing Zhang, Ireneusz Mailik, Wistuba Malgorzata, Ruide Yu   +9 more
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Evaluating different spectral indices in identification and preparation of soil salinity mapping of arid region of Iran [PDF]

Desert, 2020
Soil salinity undergoes significant spatial and temporal variations; therefore, salinity mapping is difficult, expensive, and time consuming. However, researchers have mainly focused on arid soils (bare) and less attention has been paid to halophyte ...
H.R. Matinfar, A. Fariabi, S.K. Alavipanah   +2 more
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Detection of Refractive Index With a Temperature-Compensated MZI-Based Optical Sensor Using Few-Mode Fiber

IEEE Access, 2021
A temperature-compensated MZI-based optical sensor using few-mode concentric multilayer-core fiber (CMCF) was designed, and surrounding refractive index (SRI) sensing via interference spectra was successfully proposed and experimentally demonstrated ...
Bin-Zhou Zuo, Xiao Liang, Xu-Ran Zhang, Tian-He Yin   +3 more
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Socially responsible investing returns: Evidence from South Africa, 2004-2012

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2014
A number of researchers have sought to test the theoretical prediction of Modern Portfolio Theory that asserts that Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) under-performs conventional investing.
Munyaradzi Chawana
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Stock Performance Comparison between Green Innovation Sharia Companies and Green Innovation Non-Sharia Companies: Evidence from Indonesia Stock Exchange [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences, 2021
This Research is about comparison between sharia companies and non-sharia companies in the stock market. Several previous studies have shown that in the stock market, the stock performance of sharia companies is better to that of non-sharia companies ...
Nurhayadi Yadi, Wijiharjono N., Al-Azizah Ummu S., Johl Satirenjit K., Shamim A., Kaur Shireenjit   +5 more
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Constructing an Islamic Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Index; The Case of Indonesia

Tazkia Islamic Finance and Business Review, 2018
The aim of this study are: (i) to develop an index based on Islamic stock from List of Islamic Securities (DES) and integrate them with the concept of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) and (ii) to compare the performance of the constructed index with
Wiku Suryomurti
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Towards Mode-Multiplexed Fiber Sensors: An Investigation on the Spectral Response of Etched Graded Index OM4 Multi-Mode Fiber with Bragg grating for Refractive Index and Temperature Measurement

Applied Sciences, 2020
An investigation on the feasibility of utilizing Mode Division Multiplexing (MDM) for simultaneous measurement of Surrounding Refractive Index (SRI) and temperature using a single sensor element based on an etched OM4 Graded Index Multi Mode Fiber (GI ...
Kort Bremer, Lourdes Shanika Malindi Alwis, Yulong Zheng, Bernhard Wilhelm Roth   +3 more
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Identifying Return Distribution of Sri Lankan Stock Market Index [PDF]

Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance, 2014
In the current financial world, prediction of stock returns has become a vital task. Many prediction techniques available recently depend on the return distribution of stock index. Identifying return distribution of stock return has an immense interest among researchers nowadays.
N. V. Chandrasekara, C. D. Tilakaratne
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