Associations of four obesity indices with diabetes mellitus in Korean middle-aged and older adults using the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES) by Yiseul Lee, Nam-Kyoo Lim, Hyun-Young Park

“…This study evaluated the association of obesity indices, including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and a body shape index (ABSI), with DM in Korean middle-aged and older adults. …”
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Корупція в приватній сфері України: стан та методика дослідження by M. V. Chehunov

“…Було  проаналізовано  результати  міжнародних,  зокрема:  Індексу  сприйняття  корупції (Corruption Perceptions Index, CPI), Індексу верховенства права (Rule of Law Index), Індексу легкості ведення бізнесу (Doing Business Index), Індексу глобальної конкурентоспроможності (Global Competitiveness Index, GCI), Індексу економічної свободи (Economic Freedom Index), Звіту про розширення ЄС щодо України за 2023 рік, опублікованому Європейською Комісією; та вітчизняних досліджень: Барометру інвестиційної привабливості України (Ukraine Investment Attractiveness Index), «Корупція в Україні 2021: розуміння, сприйняття, поширеність», проведеного Національним агентством з питань запобігання корупції (НАЗК), статистики Ради бізнес-омбудсмена та ін. …”
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Association of different insulin resistance surrogates with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among the population with cardiometabolic multimorbidity by Hongqiang Zhang, Zhixin Tu, Sihua Liu, Jumei Wang, Jie Shi, Xingyu Li, Rongdongqing Shi, Minghui Chen, Tong Yue, Sihui Luo, Yu Ding, Xueying Zheng

“…The TyG index constitutes a crucial element in the development of management and intervention strategies for these patients. …”
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Treatment Patterns and Healthcare Costs Among Patients with Stroke and Spasticity: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study by Michael Hull, Vamshi Ruthwik Anupindi, Jing He, Mitchell DeKoven, Jumaah Goldberg, Jonathan Bouchard

“…Patients were selected based on two International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision diagnosis codes for stroke requiring an inpatient stay (index date) with continuous enrollment with medical/pharmacy benefits 12 months before (pre-index) and 24 months starting on the index date (post-index). …”
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Analysis of Model Fit and Test Information on Otis-Lennon School Ability Test Using Item Response Theory by Rey-Mark Basagre

“…Some items' p-values suggest local dependence, but it can be tolerated upon examination of some of the actual items. The index of difficulty ranges from -51.33198812 to 11.61952106, while the discrimination index ranges from -0.04759777 to 1.16897332 suggesting that some items have a very low discrimination index and some have a high difficulty index. …”
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Effects of Urbanization Expansion on Landscape Pattern and Region Ecological Risk in Chinese Coastal City: A Case Study of Yantai City by Di Zhou, Ping Shi, Xiaoqing Wu, Jinwei Ma, Junbao Yu

“…The urbanization intensity index during 2004–2009 was 3.92 times of that during 1974–1990. …”
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A Unified Assessment Approach for Urban Infrastructure Sustainability and Resilience by Liang Wang, Xiaolong Xue, Zeyu Wang, Linshuang Zhang

“…The analytic network process (ANP) is used to assess urban infrastructure SR-GPA considering the interaction between the indexes. The ANP structure model of urban infrastructure SR-GPA is established based on the assessment method and index system. …”
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Complements and coregularity of Fano varieties by Fernando Figueroa, Stefano Filipazzi, Joaquín Moraga, Junyao Peng

“…We study the relation between the coregularity, the index of log Calabi–Yau pairs and the complements of Fano varieties. …”
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Examining the landscape transformation and temperature dynamics in Pakistan by Awais Ali, Bilal Hussain, Riaz Ul Hissan, Khalid M. Al Aiban, Magdalena Radulescu, Cosimo Magazzino

“…To analyze the landscape transformation and temperature dynamics, the study used spectral indices including Land Surface Temperature, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Water Index, Normalized Difference Built-up Index, and Normalized Difference Bareness Index by employing Google Earth Engine cloud computing platform. …”
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Effects of Bahir Dar Textile Factory Effluents on the Water Quality of the Head Waters of Blue Nile River, Ethiopia by Abrehet Kahsay Mehari, Shewit Gebremedhin, Belayneh Ayele

“…The Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index, the Hilsenhoff family-level biotic index, family richness, and percent dipterans were calculated. …”
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Damage Identification Investigation of Retaining Wall Structures Based on a Virtual Impulse Response Function by Qian Xu

“…Based on the damage index, an updated damage identification method for retaining wall structures is advanced. …”
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تیسیر المرام لأدعیة خیر الکلام : کشاف موضوعى هجائى للأدعیة الواردة فى القران الکریم by د. أحمد رجب شاهین Ragab Shaheen

“…This research is concerned with enumeration and recording of theinvocations in the Holy Quran, the determination of its topics and the formulationof its indexing entries. This is done in order to prepare an alphabetical subjectindex for invocations in Holy Ouran, So that the index in the end is a tool tofacilitate the use and access to these invocations on the hand, and an objectivecollection on the other hand.the study Problem:The problem of the study is concentrated in two aspects:1- The difficulty of reaching a specific invocation in certain subject ofinvocations in the Holy Quran. …”
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The Effects of Green Technology, Clean Energy, and Green Finance on Faith-Based Investments: Evidence from Islamic Stock Markets by Gülfen Tuna, Zülküf Çevik

“…The variables used in the study are the Clean Energy Index for clean energy, Green Bond Index for green finance, the Renewable Energy and Clean Technology Index for green technology and the Islamic Market Index for Islamic Stocks’ closing prices, as explained by S&P. …”
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Evaluation Algorithm of Labor Legal Effectiveness for Affirmative Action against Gender Discrimination by Liao Juan

“…Then, the judgment matrix of the evaluation index of labor legal effectiveness against gender discrimination is constructed. …”
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Effects of Organic Nano Calcium Carbonate on Aging Resistance of Bio-Asphalt by Nianting Xiao, Yongyi Zhang, Hongbo Xia, Yu Lei, Yamin Luo

“…The addition of organic nano-CaCO3 helps to reduce the change rate of the carbonyl index and sulfoxide index.…”
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Preparation and Application of Cationic Modified Cellulose Fibrils as a Papermaking Additive by Yanhong Gao, Qun Li, Yu Shi, Ruitao Cha

“…With regard to physical strength, all the three kinds of additives could improve the tensile index and tear index; the tensile index of paper sheets added CS was higher than that of added UMCF and CMCF, while the tear index of paper sheets added CMCF was the highest among the three additives.…”
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An Evaluation Method of Comprehensive Product Quality for Customer Satisfaction Based on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Number by Wei Xu, Yinyun Yu, Qingshan Zhang

“…And then, the product quality evaluation model is obtained by Delphi method; that is, the first-level evaluation indexes and the second-level evaluation indexes are obtained and the weight vector of each evaluation index is determined. …”
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Water Quality Assessment of Groundwater Resources in Nagpur Region (India) Based on WQI by P. N. Rajankar, S. R. Gulhane, D. H. Tambekar, D. S. Ramteke, S. R. Wate

“…Twenty two different sites were selected in post monsoon, winter and summer season. And water quality index was calculated using water quality index calculator given by National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) information system. …”
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The Possible Emergence of an Attractive Inverse-Square Law from the Wave-Nature of Particles by Dong Zhang, Pavel Kroupa, Jan Pflamm-Altenburg, Manfred Schmid

“…The relation between the SCO and the refractive index of the medium in the idealized universe is derived. …”
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Simulation Research of Space-Time Evolution of Emergency Logistics Network Reliability Based on Complex Network Theory by Li Huang, Wei Wang, Minggong Wang

“…We propose the conception and evaluation indexes of emergency logistics network connecting reliability to construct evaluation index system of complex network reliability, and describe these indexes quantitatively to evaluate the network connecting reliability. …”
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