Ocular Surface Disease Severity in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: is This Really Significant in Daily Life? by Demet Yabanoglu, Funda Gode

“…The Ocular Surface Disease Index scores in group I were significantly higher than those in group II (p=0.031). …”
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Oral health status, behavior and impact profile among naval personnel in the Malaysian naval armed forces by Nik Madihah Nik Azis, Raja Noreihan Raja Abdullah, Mohamad Nur Adzmi Mohamad Ayub, Badiah Baharin

“…Methods Participants first underwent oral health examinations to evaluate their plaque scores, bleeding scores, Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN), and Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index. …”
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Effect of Metformin on Anthropometric Measurements and Hormonal and Biochemical Profile in Patients with Prediabetes by Mustafa Safiah, Dana Hyassat, Yousef Khader, Oraib Farahid, Anwar Batieha, Mohammed El-Khateeb, Kamel Ajlouni

“…Homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) index and quantitative sensitivity check (QUICKI) index scores were calculated before metformin treatment and after 12 months of use. …”
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Plant community and structural pattern analyses of Abraham Sacred Forest in Amhara Regional State, northwest Ethiopia. by Getinet Masresha Kassa, Ayenew Lisanu Teka, Getahun Tassew Melese

“…Shannon-Wiener diversity index, equitability index, and non-parametric species richness estimators were used to quantify species diversity, evenness, and richness, respectively. …”
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Prospective Evaluation of 24 h/2 Days’ Monitoring of Systemic Blood Pressure in Patients with Traumatic Paraplegia – A Single-center Study by Vandana Chaudhary, N S Verma, Bhupendra Kumar, Kumar Rahul, Satish Kumar

“…Results: The night dipping (Systole) and morning surge (Systole) were significantly lower on 12th day as compared to within 7 days (P = 0.002) whereas the diurnal index (diastole) and diurnal index (mean arterial pressure) were comparable in between within 7 days and 12th day. …”
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Occupational adjustments and work ability of young adult cancer survivors: results from the AYA-Leipzig study by Hannah Brock, Katharina Schröter, Michael Friedrich, Annekathrin Sender, Diana Richter, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Kristina Geue, Katja Leuteritz

“…The probability of a reduction in working hours was found to be higher among older AYA-CS (≥ 30), female gender and with a fatigue index ≥ 11 (R2 = 0.073). A fatigue index < 11, elevated levels of pain and the presence of metastases/recurrence were associated with a lower benefit of reduced working hours (R2 = 0.183). …”
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Uncertainty-Aware Semi-Supervised Method for Pectoral Muscle Segmentation by Yutao Tang, Yongze Guo, Huayu Wang, Ting Song, Yao Lu

“…Compared with the baseline method, the proposed method showed an average improvement in DICE index of 1.76, an average reduction in IoU index of 3.21, and an average reduction in HD index of 5.48. …”
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Bradyrhizobium Inoculation Improved Agrosymbiotic Performances of Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp] Varieties at Two Sites in Ethiopia by Lemlem Yohannes, Tarekegn Yoseph, Tewodros Ayalew

“…The influence of Bradyrhizobium strain CP-24 was apparent in most of the studied parameters, except for days to emergence and harvest index. It increased cowpea grain yield by 28.47% compared to the control. …”
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Analysis of Heavy Metal Pollution in the Water of the Halda River: A Distinctive Breeding Habitat for Carp Fish in Bangladesh by Afsana Kamal, Md. Manzoorul Kibria, Shahadat Hossain, Chowdhury Kaiser Mahmud, Rashmi Roy, Nighat Sultana Resma

“…Contamination indices (heavy metal pollution Index [HPI] and metal index [MI]) indicate that during winter and monsoon, the river water metal condition is critical (HPI > 100) and the sites are moderately as well as slightly (1< MI <2) affected by the studied heavy metals. …”
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The Effect of Propolis Irrigation as an Adjunctive to Scaling and Root Surface Debridement on Periodontal Health Status, Glycemic Control and Biochemical Markers in Subjects with... by Hozan Wrya Azeez

“…While after 3 months of therapy, the correlations between bleeding on probing and gingival index with total antioxidant capacity were significant and highly significant respectively, plaque index and gingival index with total oxidant status were significant. …”
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Predictive and spatial analysis for estimating the impact of sociodemographic factors on contraceptive use among women living with HIV/AIDS (WLWHA) in Kenya: Implications for polic... by Menkeoma Laura Okoli, Samuel Alao, Somtochukwu Ojukwu, Nnadozie C Emechebe, Asuelimen Ikhuoria, Kevin E Kip

“…Women classified as having low and middle wealth index were less likely to use contraceptives (OR=0.17, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.43; OR=0.33, 95% CI 0.11 to 0.98, respectively) compared with women classified as having high wealth index. …”
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Investigating the Working Efficiency of Typical Work in High-Altitude Alpine Metal Mining Areas Based on a SeqGAN-GABP Mixed Algorithm by Ning Hua, He Huang, Xinhong Zhang

“…Man-machine efficacy evaluations of typical work in the safe mining of high-altitude alpine metal mines are associated with fuzziness, multiple indexes, and large subjective components. This results in difficulties in the prediction of the typical work efficiency in high-altitude alpine metal mining areas. …”
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Effects of N-Acetylcysteine and N-Acetylcysteine Amide on Erythrocyte Deformability and Oxidative Stress in a Rat Model of Lower Extremity Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Gokhan Erol, Hakan Kartal, Faruk M. Comu, Erdem Cetin, Ertan Demirdas, Huseyin Sicim, Celal S. Unal, Celalettin Gunay, Bilgehan S. Oz, Cengiz Bolcal

“…The lower extremity gastrocnemius muscle was isolated and stored at −80 degrees to assess the total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidant status (TOS), and oxidative stress index (OSI) values and was analyzed. Results. The erythrocyte deformability index was found to be statistically significantly lower in rats treated with NAC and NACA before ischemia-reperfusion compared to the groups that received only ischemia-reperfusion. …”
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Hemodynamic and Lesion Characteristics Associated with Discordance between the Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio and Fractional Flow Reserve by Hiroyuki Arashi, Natsuko Satomi, Issei Ishida, Kanintorn Soontorndhada, Suguru Ebihara, Kazuki Tanaka, Hisao Otsuki, Masashi Nakao, Kentaro Jujo, Junichi Yamaguchi, Nobuhisa Hagiwara

“…The indexes of iFR and FFR are similar and closely correlated, but there are a few key differences. …”
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Efficacy of double filtration plasmapheresis in hyperlipidemia acute pancreatitis: a retrospective observational study by Rong Qin, Yibei Liu, Rui Ding, Minhui Yang, Yun Huang, Xujia Chen, Feng Zhang, Yanting Liu, Hongping Jia, Yiyao Duan, Lifang Zhou, Hui Wang

“…Within-group analysis revealed significant pre- and post-treatment changes in total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), white blood cell count (WBC), neutrophil percentage (N%), systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), mean arterial pressure (MAP), bedside index for severity in acute pancreatitis (BISAP), and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) scores in the DFPP group (P < 0.05). …”
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Reductions in Muscle Strength and Range of Motion Cause Locomotion Disability via Locomotion-Related Functional Limitation in Japanese Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study by Hungu Jung, Shigeharu Tanaka, Yuji Iwamoto, Takashi Kawano, Masahiro Yamasaki, Ryo Tanaka

“…The goodness of fit in the model was assessed using statistical parameters, such as the chi-square value, goodness of fit index (GFI), adjusted goodness of fit index (AGFI), comparative fit index (CFI), and root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA). …”
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Effectiveness of a novel amine + zinc + fluoride toothpaste in reducing plaque and gingivitis: results of a six-month randomized controlled trial by Dutmanee Seriwatanachai, Terdphong Triratana, Petcharat Kraivaphan, Norbert Huber, Tilo Poth, Luis R. Mateo, Melissa Stellitano, Yun-Po Zhang

“…Materials and methods In a randomized, double-blind, two-cell, parallel-group design on healthy adults from the Bangkok, Thailand area presenting with initial gingivitis (Löe-Silness gingival index ≥ 1) and visible plaque (Turesky Modification-Quigley-Hein index ≥ 1.5) were assigned test and negative control toothpastes and instructed to brush twice daily for two minutes. …”
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Sexual Functions Are Impaired in Males and Females With Chronic Spontaneous and Inducible Urticaria: A Controlled Study by Pelin Kuteyla Can, Utku Can

“…Urticaria activity score 7, urticaria control test, Dermatology Life Quality Index, Beck-Depression Inventory, International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF), and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) were assessed in patients and controls. …”
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Quantitative Validation of Hematocrit Percentage Drop Cutoff Points in Postpartum Hemorrhage: An Automated Gravimetric Approach by Venance Basil Kway, José Enrique Calacuayo Rojas, Josué Sidonio Rodríguez Cuevas, Ursula Medina Moreno, José Sergio Camacho Juárez, Jorge Francisco Ayala González, Karla Krebs Larraga, Ilse Veronica Castro Martinez, Roberto Arturo Castillo Reyther, Antonio Gordillo Moscoso, Yang Pan

“…A positive correlation was observed between the volume of blood loss and the percentage drop in hematocrit, with a Pearson correlation index of 0.70 and P < 0.0001. A 14% decrease in hematocrit had an 81.7% agreement rate, with a good κ index of 0.602, a sensitivity of 82.5%, and a specificity of 80.0%. …”
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Multiobjective Optimization Design and Performance Prediction of Centrifugal Pump Based on Orthogonal Test by Yuqin Wang, Xinwang Huo

“…Based on the L1644 orthogonal table, 16 sets of orthogonal test schemes were made by selecting the four parameters impeller outlet width, blade inlet angle, blade outlet angle, and cape angle; the flow field numerical simulation was carried out by computational fluid dynamics technique; and the influence order of geometric parameters on optimization indexes was obtained by range analysis. The weight of each test factor on the optimization index was calculated by weight matrix, and a set of optimal schemes was obtained. …”
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