Optical spectra of conjugated gold nano-colloids; Scattering cross section and effects of solvent and polydispersity by Ehsan Koushki, Hamid Akherat Doost

“…The effect of these factors on the absorption peak which is a result of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) was investigated and it was observed that increasing the refractive index of the solvent (by adding alcohol) can lead to red-shift of the plasmonic peak and the overall increase in the refractive index. …”
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Predictors of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Performance in Patients with Stroke by Amin Ghaffari, Hamid Reza Rostami, Malahat Akbarfahimi

“…Lawton IADL scale, Barthel Index, Trail Making Test (A and B), Digit span subtest of Wechsler memory scale, Motorcity index, and Beck Depression Inventory-II were used to investigate the study’s aim. …”
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Research productivity and gender of research award recipients in international ophthalmology societies by Albert Y Wu, Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen, Dipti Satvi Venkatesh, Ankita Biyani, Sanyam Ratan, Gun Min Youn

“…The main outcome measures were gender distribution of award recipients per year, mean h-index per year, mean m-quotient per year, mean h-index by society, and mean m-quotient by society.Results Out of 2506 recipients for 122 awards, 1897 (75.7%) were men and 609 (24.3%) were women. …”
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Renal function in Ankylosing Spondylitis by Renu Saigal, Arun Kumar Agrawal, Laxmikant Goyal, Abhishek Agrawal, Naveen Gupta

“…Disease activity was assessed using Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index scores, C-reactive protein, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the respectful maternity care scale https://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/article-1-935-en.html by Sule Gokyildiz Surucu, Gunes Arslan, Burcu Avcibay Vurgec, Ebru Gozuyesil, Ephrem Daniel Sheferaw

“…The Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA), Comparative Fit Index (CFI), Goodness of Fit Index (GFI), and Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index (AGFI) were used for confirmatory factor analysis. …”
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Effect of fungicides on soil respiration, microbial community, and enzyme activity: A global meta-analysis (1975–2024) by Zikai Wang, Shourong Yun, Yuli An, Liulingqian Shu, Shunjin Li, Kai Sun, Wei Zhang

“…Additionally, the application of fungicides significantly reduced fungi, actinomycetes, Shannon index, Simpson index, and McIntosh index while not affecting bacterial diversity. …”
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The effect of climatic variables on vegetation indices (Case study: Orange orchards in Hassan Abad, Darab County by ALI hashemi, Hojjatollah Yazdanpanah, Mehdi Momeni

“…These images were used to calculate remote sensing vegetation indices, namely the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI). …”
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Label iteration-based clustering ensemble algorithm by HE Yulin, YANG Jin, HUANG Zhexue, YIN Jianfei

“…The experimental results showed that the normalized mutual information, adjusted Rand index, Fowlkes-Mallows index and purity of LICE algorithm increased by 17.23%, 16.75%, 31.29%, and 12.37% on average at the 5th iteration compared to the initial iteration and these four indexes increased by 11.76%, 16.50%, 9.36%, and 14.20% on average for the representative datasets in comparison with seven state-of-the-art clustering ensemble algorithms and thus demonstrate that LICE algorithm is an efficient and reasonable clustering ensemble algorithm with the potential to handle large-scale data clustering problems.…”
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Evaluating different drought products for assessing drought and implications on agriculture in Nepal by Shishir Chaulagain, Manoj Lamichhane, Urusha Chaulagain, Sushant Gyawali, Sadina Shrestha, Vishnu Prasad Pandey

“…By utilizing Soil Water Deficit Index (SWDI) alongside Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and Standardized Flow Index (SFI), this research highlights the complex progression from meteorological to agricultural and hydrological droughts. …”
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Associations between Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Metabolic Risk Factors beyond Obesity by Yusuke Wakabayashi, Rie Oka, Masako Nakaya, Shigehiro Karashima, Mitsuhiro Kometani, Masaru Sakurai, Kenichi Yoshimura, Takashi Yoneda

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted in 1137 employees aged 30–64 years. Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was assessed using a portable monitor for obstructive sleep apnea by admission. …”
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Features of the anatomical structure of leaves depending on the high-altitude growth of apricot in Dagestan by D. M. Anatov, Z. M. Asadulaev, Z. R. Ramazanova, R. M. Osmanov

“…Comparative analysis was carried out for 42 morphological, anatomical and index parameters of the lamina and petiole.   Results. …”
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Effect of Shogaol on the Expression of Intestinal Stem Cell Markers in Experimentally Induced Colitis in BALB/c Mice by Snur M. A. Hassan, Ali Hussein Hassan

“…At day 56, the mice were checked for their disease activity index (DAI) and they were sacrificed. The colons of the mice were examined for length measurement, histological index score, and the expression of CD133 and CD34 stem cell markers. …”
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Application of optical coherence tomography angiography to study retinal and choroidal vascular changes in patients with first-time coronary artery stenosis by Rongrong Guan, Shuyan Qin, Yezhu Chi, Zhen Tang, Haiyang Liu

“…The parameters included superficial capillary plexus density (SCD), deep capillary plexus density (DCD), retinal peripapillary capillary plexus density(RPD), the choroidal vascular index (CVI), and the macular foveal avascular zone(FAZ area, perimeter, acircularity index, FD-300 vessel density). …”
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Condition Monitoring of Marine Diesel Lubrication System Based on an Optimized Random Singular Value Decomposition Model by Shuxia Ye, Bin Da, Liang Qi, Han Xiao, Shankai Li

“…Additionally, a new noise-resistant monitoring index is introduced to enhance monitoring reliability. …”
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The Relationship Between the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Insomnia Severity and Sleep Duration in Academicians by Esra Çalık Var, Tuğba Bilgehan

“…Significant positive correlations were found between the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score and variables such as Insomnia Severity Index, age, body mass index, waist circumference, and daily sleep hours; a significant negative correlation was noted with daily sleep hours (p lt; 0.05). …”
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Association of Risk Factors for Uterine Cancer with Degree of Aggressiveness in Patients from Amazonia by Edison Enrique Sotalin Nivela, Jhonny Alejandro Rodríguez Gutiérrez, Eduardo Leonel Alvarado Pico

“…Factors such as body mass index, family history of cervical cancer and smoking showed a relationship with the grade of cancer.…”
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Exploring the Expediency of Waste Materials as Modifiers for Bitumen Mixes by Lukman Olaide Salami, Ifedolapo Omowumi Ameen, Afeez Adefemi Bello

“…The softening point and penetration index increased with increasing composite mixtures. …”
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Assessment of forest soil contamination by heavy metals in the Polish National Park near Warsaw by Aneta Łukaszek-Chmielewska, Joanna Rakowska, Marzena Rachwał, Olga Stawarz

“…The soil quality assessment was conducted by calculating indicators of contamination including the geo-accumulation index, contamination factor, degree of contamination, ecological risk of individual heavy metals and potential ecological risk index. …”
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Monocyte Chemiluminescence Traits in Gastric Cancer by O. V. Smirnova, A. A. Sinyakov, V. V. Tsukanov

“…Opsonized zymosan-induced chemiluminescence enhancement was measured as a ratio of the areas under the induced vs. spontaneous chemiluminescence curves, the activation index. Statistical significance was estimated with the Mann—Whitney criterion (p < 0.05).Results. …”
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Taming large-scale genomic analyses via sparsified genomics by Mohammed Alser, Julien Eudine, Onur Mutlu

“…Sparsifying genomic sequences enables robust microbiome discovery by providing 54.15-61.88x (1.58-1.71x when indexing is preprocessed) faster and 720x more storage-efficient taxonomic profiling of metagenomic samples over the state-of-the-art tool (Metalign).…”
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