Effect of olive oil pomace applications at different irrigation levels on soil quality by Pelin Alaboz, Ahmet Ali Işildar, Bilge Batmaz, Satı Çağlar

“…It has been concluded that the application forms can affect the disintegration and decomposition process, and on the other hand, the use of plant yield and productivity parameters can make a significant contribution to determining the changes in the soil quality index.…”
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Development and validation of a prediction model for all-cause mortality in maintenance dialysis patients: a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Jingcan Wu, Xuehong Li, Hong Zhang, Lin Lin, Man Li, Gangyi Chen, Cheng Wang

“…The 1-, 3-, and 5-year C-indexes in the training set (0.840, 0.866, and 0.846, respectively) and validation set (0.746, 0.783, and 0.741, respectively) were consistent with comparable performance. …”
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The efficiency of tracking gold exchange-traded funds in the Tehran Stock Exchange: analysis of tracking error and double beta model by Meysam Kaviani, Seyed Fakhreddin Fakhrehosseini, Sama Najafpoor

“…The beta coefficients of gold ETFs are significantly different from the beta coefficient of the model index in the down market for only two funds, Zarafam and Mesghal, and in the up market for all funds, indicating that the yield of the funds is not affected by the model index. …”
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Semaglutide and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in an adolescent with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase: a case report by Alaina P. Vidmar, Linus Kaiser, Matthew J. Martin, Stuart Abel, Aimee G. Kim, Madeleine Weitzner, Cynthia E. Muñoz, Lynda K. Fisher, Mimi S. Kim, Kamran Samakar

“…Post-surgery, he experienced significant improvements in body mass index, hunger, and satiety, along with a reduction in emotional overeating. …”
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Gender-related Therapeutical Response to Apremilast: New Insights in a Tailored Management of Psoriasis by Emanuele Trovato, Federico Bardazzi, Vito Di Lernia, Monica Corazza, Claudia Lasagni, Francesca Prignano

“…Weight and body mass index (BMI) were evaluated at baseline (T0) and at 24 (w24) and 48 weeks (w48). …”
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Syndecan-4 is More Sensitive in Detecting Hypertensive Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in 2K2C Rats by Wenyue Dai, Yanqiu Liu, Fengjuan Yao, Wei Li, Jia Liu, Cuiling Li, Donghong Liu

“…Serum SDC-4 and BNP were detected by ELISA, and echocardiography indexes were acquired. Results. The level of SDC-4 and cardiac fibrosis increased gradually as the experiment was processed, and BNP, Tei index, and E/E′ followed to be raised as high blood pressure was maintained after four weeks in the 2K2C hypertension rats. …”
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Influence of Wheel Profile Wear Coupled with Wheel Diameter Difference on the Dynamic Performance of Subway Vehicles by H. X. Li, A. H. Zhu, C. C. Ma, P. W. Sun, J. W. Yang, K. Q. Zhang

“…Meanwhile, the outer wheels had significantly greater lateral wheel/rail contact force, derailment coefficient, and wear index compared to the inner wheels. When a −1 mm WDD was coupled with the worn wheel profile for 14 × 104 kilometers traveled, the dynamic performance indexes of the vehicle were close to or even exceeded the corresponding safety limits. …”
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Outcomes of the toxic hepatites caused by alcohol surrogates by I. Yu. Pirogova, I. Yu. Ponomareva, S. P. Sinitsyn, Ye. P. Samokhina, A. S. Gorbunova, Ye. Yu. Startseva, V. S. Chulkov, T. F. Kondrat'yeva

“…Within the first month of disease 16 (20%) patients died of liver failure, during following period – 13 patients (19%). Calculation of MELD index and Hy's Law showed their low informative value at this group of patients, R index in 78% of cases indicated mixed lesion and did not affect prognosis. …”
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Effect of Green Roofs on the Thermal Environment of Prototype Broiler Houses by Maria Angela de Souza, Fernanda Campos de Sousa, Alex Lopes da Silva, Thauane Cordeiro Soares, Charles Paranhos Oliveira, Ricardo Brauer Vigoderis, Fernando da Costa Baêta, Ilda de Fátima Ferreira Tinôco

“…Parameters measured included air temperature, relative humidity, internal roof surface temperature, Temperature and Humidity Index (THI), Black Globe Humidity Index (BGHI), Human Comfort Index (HCI), and Thermal Radiation Load (TRL) under both open and closed conditions. …”
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On Ve-Degree and Ev-Degree Topological Properties of Hyaluronic Acid‐Anticancer Drug Conjugates with QSPR by Syed Ajaz K. Kirmani, Parvez Ali, Faizul Azam, Parvez Ahmad Alvi

“…In this article, we propose the general ve-inverse sum indeg index ISIα,βveG and general ve-Zagreb index MαveG of graph G and compute ISIα,βveG,MαveG, and MαevG (general ev-degree index) of hyaluronic acid-curcumin/paclitaxel conjugates, renowned for its potential anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anticancer properties, by using molecular structure analysis and edge partitioning technique. …”
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Regional inequality and well-being of households in Kazakhstan: district- level analysis by A. Kudebayeva, A. Sätre

“…The methodology consists of the evaluation generalized entropy indexes on rural/urban, regions and districts level. …”
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Soil quality indicator-based land productivity modelling for agricultural sustainability. by Ibraheem A H Yousif, Ali Abdel Hamid, Abdalsamad A Aldabaa, Sayed A Hassanein, Nazih Y Rebouh, Elsayed Said Mohamed, Mohamed S Shokr

“…LP equation was used to estimate current land productivity index (CLPI) and potential land productivity index (PLPI). …”
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Corneal biomechanics: A diagnostic tool for differentiating high astigmatism and mild keratoconus by Norsyariza Razak, Wan Haslina Wan Abdul Halim, Bariah Mohd-Ali

“…The AUC for the Belin / Ambrósio enhanced ectasia deviation index (BAD-D) was 0.993, while the tomographical and biomechanical index (TBI) achieved an AUC of 0.99. …”
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STATISTICAL FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE SLAGS CHARACTERISTICS OF STEEL-MAKING by V. F. Sobolev, N. V. Andrianov, A. A. Chichko

“…Statistical estimate of degree of influence of the slag composition factors on foaming index and parameter considering surface tension, density and viscosity of slag is presented.…”
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Controllability of Linear Discrete-Time Systems with Both Delayed States and Delayed Inputs by Hong Shi, Guangming Xie, Wenguang Luo

“…By introducing a new concept, the controllability realization index (CRI), the characteristic of controllability is revealed. …”
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On the economic risk capital of portfolio insurance by Werner Hürlimann

“…As illustrations, we discuss portfolio insurance for an equity market index using empirical data, and analyze the more general multivariate situation of a portfolio of risky assets.…”
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Energy Sharing of Multiple Virtual Power Plants Based on a Peer Aggregation Model by Sheng Li, Yujie Huang

“…At the overall level, a sharing level index is introduced to formulate the sharing price mechanism and an overall sharing strategy is proposed. …”
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Ranga bioindykacji w ekotoksykologii wód by Urszula Sadowska

“…In relation to ecotoxicology, research allows us to determine bioconcentration, bioaccumulation and biomagni]cation factors, and to assess the ecological status of water used in many different indexes so as to determine such relevant parameters as saprobic, biological bio-diversity and biotic indexes. …”
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Study on Preparation Technology and Physical Fingerprint of Chuilian Jianpi Granules Based on QbD by Guangjiao Zhou, Xiao-Wei Li, Jin-Cai Li, Xue-Hua Feng

“…The formulation and preparation process were optimized by single factor experiment and response surface analysis, with the molding rate, hygroscopicity, and fluidity of particles as the comprehensive evaluation indexes, and the comprehensive score as the response value according to different weights. …”
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Damage Detection in Different Types of 3D Asymmetric Buildings Using Vibration Characteristics by Yi Wang, Ziru Xiang, Zhenyuan Gu, Chenhui Zhu, Wangping Qian

“…The results showed that despite different vibration characteristics of these three asymmetric buildings, the proposed method was able to accurately and effectively locate all damages and eliminate the confusion when more than one index is simultaneously used by using only the first a few modes.…”
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