Effect of N-Acetylation Degree on the Properties of Chitosan-Stabilized Pickering Emulsions by WU Jun, SHI Zhaojuan, YUAN Chuanxun, WANG Xingting, JIN Risheng

“…The emulsifying activity index (EAI) and emulsion stability index (ESI) of acetylated chitosan with 32% DH were the highest (39.56 m2/g and 65.54 min, respectively), and the average droplet size of the emulsion was the smallest (12.71 µm). …”
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Evaluation of Breakthrough Technological Innovation Capability of Petroleum Equipment Manufacturing Enterprises Based on the CFPR-TIFNs Model by Hongyun Luo, Xiangyi Lin

“…This article constructs an index system that can reflect the characteristics of “breakthrough” and “Internet +” in five dimensions. …”
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Aesthetic Parameters and Patient-Perspective Assessment Tools for Maxillary Anterior Single Implants by Kelvin I. Afrashtehfar, Mansour K. A. Assery, S. Ross Bryant

“…The most meaningful aesthetic objective indices for single implants in the literature are the Pink Esthetic Score (PES), the Papilla Presence Index (PPI), Peri‐Implant and Crown Index (PICI), PES/White Esthetic Score (PES/WES), the Implant Crown Aesthetic Index (ICAI), and a modified version of the ICAI (mod-ICAI) index. …”
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Fluid structure Interaction analysis for rupture risk assessment in patients with middle cerebral artery aneurysms by Jozsef Nagy, Wolfgang Fenz, Stefan Thumfart, Julia Maier, Zoltan Major, Harald Stefanits, Maria Gollwitzer, Johannes Oberndorfer, Nico Stroh, Michael Giretzlehner, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Gruber, Philip-Rudolf Rauch, Matthias Gmeiner

“…We also introduce the HGD index, a novel composite metric combining HESA, GLN, and Maximum Wall Displacement, designed to enhance predictive accuracy. …”
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Improving 10-year cardiovascular risk prediction in patients with type 2 diabetes with metabolomics by Ruijie Xie, Teresa Seum, Sha Sha, Kira Trares, Bernd Holleczek, Hermann Brenner, Ben Schöttker

“…In external validation with ESTHER, the C-index increase was higher (+ 0.043) and remained statistically significant (P = 0.011). …”
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Analysis and Evaluation of Seawater Quality in the Northwest of Hainan by HUANG Xia, ZHENG Ruixi

“…To assess the current water quality and eutrophication level of the inshore waters in northwestern Hainan, based on the monitoring results of 23 water quality monitoring stations, the single factor standard index method and the water environment comprehensive index method were used to analyze and evaluate the water quality status of this sea area. …”
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Distribution Characteristics of Nutrients and Eutrophication Assessment in Yueqing Bay by YAO Kaixue, YIN Rui, WANG Yang, CHEN Feng, LI Zhenhua

“…Based on the Marine environment monitoring data of Yueqing Bay in spring, summer, autumn and winter from 2018 to 2019, the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of nutrient salts (dissolved inorganic nitrogen, DIN) and active phosphate (DIP) in the sea were analyzed, and the pollution degree, eutrophication degree and nutrient structure of the sea area were evaluated by single factor index method, eutrophication index method and potential eutrophication model. …”
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Higher stability of oat, barley and wheat accessions in their 1000 grain weight is not associated with a smaller grain size by V. I. Polonsky, A. V. Sumina, S. A. Gerasimov, A. A. Kolichenko

“…The coefficient of environmental variation (Cv), stress tolerance index (d), homeostasis parameter (Hom), stability level index (CSL), and breeding value index (Cs) were determined to assess the cultivars for the analyzed character.   …”
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Association of oxidative balance scores with cardiovascular and all cause mortality in patients with asthma by Wei Zhao, Yiyuan Sun, Bohui Zhu

“…Data sourced from NHANES (1999–2020) were utilized to investigate the correlation between the OBS index and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among asthmatic patients. …”
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Impact of Non-Surgical Periodontal Treatment on Total WBC Count in Patients with Periodontitis by Hozan Wrya Azeez, Arkhawan Ali Abdulhaq, Ziwar Ahmed Salih

“…Clinical parameters such as Plaque Index, Gingival Index, probing pocket depth, the clinical attachment level for group II were measured. …”
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Study of the relation between NCPI and CACO indices with autumn precipitation of Southern Coast of Caspian Sea by Mohammad Saligheh, Mohammad hossein nasserzadeh, Thmineh Chehreara ziabari

“…The result was a meaningful index anomaly on the days with and without rainfall.…”
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Intermittent hypoxia training improves cerebral blood flow without cognitive impairment by Qihan Zhang, Qing Wang, Feiyang Jin, Dan Huang, Xunming Ji, Yuan Wang

“…Additionally, within‐group comparisons revealed that intermittent hypoxia training led to increased cerebral blood flow velocity, elevated cerebrovascular conductance index, and decreased cerebrovascular resistance index (p < 0.05). …”
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Mediating effect of frailty on social isolation and cognitive function among the elderly by JIANG Meiting，YANG Wenfei，ZHANG Xiang，CAI Xin，GUAN Aijun，ZENG Dongyang

“…There were 432 cases with social isolation (15.31%), with a median social isolation index of 10 (interquartile range, 5) points. The median frailty index was 0.11 (interquartile range, 0.15). …”
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Current and future burden of breast cancer in Asia: A GLOBOCAN data analysis for 2022 and 2050 by Mengxia Fu, Zhiming Peng, Min Wu, Dapeng Lv, Yanping Li, Shuzhen Lyu

“…Both incidence and mortality rates were notably higher among older individuals, especially in countries with high human development index. A positive correlation between human development index and incidence rates was observed, while mortality rates were highest in countries with low human development index. …”
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Pedobarographic Measurements of Rheumatoid Feet Compared with Clinical Parameters by Yasemin YUMUSAKHUYLU, Bilinc DOGRUOZ KARATEKIN, Selin TURAN TURGUT, Afitap ICAGASIOGLU, Esra SELIMOGLU, Sadiye MURAT, Esen KASAPOGLU, Bekir TURGUT

“…Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between plantar pressure pedobarographic measurements and disease activity, radiological abnormali-ties, and foot indexes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). …”
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Length – Weight Relationships, Meat Yield and Morphometric Indices of Five Commercial Bivalve Species Collected from the Çanakkale Strait (Türkiye) by İbrahim Ender Künili, Fatma Çolakoğlu, Serhat Çolakoğlu

“…The highest meat yields from Donax trunculus (16.40-23.34%), Mytilus galloprovincialis (14.89-34.35%) and Ostrea edulis (5.91-26.24%) were determined in spring, while Ruditapes philippinarum (10.80- 29.53%) and Chamelea gallina (12.26-18.92%) had maximum yield in late summer and early autumn (p&lt;0.05). Elongation index (SH/SL), compactness index (SW/SL), convexity index (SW/SH), and density indexes (TW/SL) were significant (p&lt;0.05) and had high correlation coefficients (r=0.806- 0.975). …”
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Obesity-related indices are associated with self-reported infertility in women: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Hong Zhang, Minmin Yu, Li Li, Chen Chen, Qinyuan He

“…Objective Obesity can contribute to infertility, but the exact relationship between infertility risk and obesity-related measurements like waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), body roundness index (BRI), conicity index (CoI), and A body shape index (ABSI) in women is uncertain. …”
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Evaluating a Sustainable Intelligent Logistic System (ILS) Utilizing O-S Data and Holistic Managerial Models by Hong Liu, Kamarajugadda Tulasi Vigneswara Rao, Kottala Sri Yogi, Neelkanth Dhone

“…Research documents (RDs) show that prior researchers attempted to build the static robot logistic system (RLS) performance mapping index; however, most indexes measured only anatomy performance of static RLS. …”
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On Entropy Measures and Eccentricity-Based Descriptors of Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) Dendrimers by Zhi-Hao Hui, Asfand Fahad, Muhammad Imran Qureshi, Rida Irfan, Aneesa Shireen, Zahid Iqbal, Rahma Alyusufi

“…An important TI in the class of eccentricity-dependent TIs is an eccentricity-entropy index. Furthermore, other eccentricity-dependent TIs such as eccentric-connectivity index, total-eccentricity index, and the first Zagreb index have also been extensively studied. …”
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Differences in Sexual Function Between Trimesters During Pregnancy: An Observational Study by Sunullah Soysal, Abdullah Sarioz, Umran Kilincdemir Turgut, Gokce Anik Ilhan, Yusuf Arman, Begum Yildizhan, Tanju Pekin

“…Beck Depression Inventory was used to evaluate depression. Index of female sexual function questionnaire was used to assess sexual function. …”
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