Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of cephalopods and their responses to changes in the marine environment in the coastal waters of Zhejiang, China by Jun Liang, Jun Liang, Yongdong Zhou, Yongdong Zhou, Tian Wu, Feng Chen, Feng Chen, Kaida Xu, Kaida Xu, Guangjie Fang, Yazhou Zhang, Yazhou Zhang

“…Analysis of the alpha diversity index revealed relatively low cephalopod community diversity, with significant differences in spatial and seasonal distributions. …”
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Weather Variables for Within-Vineyard Awareness of Botrytis Risk by K. J. Evans, A. J. G. Pirie

“…A BBR risk index (BBR-I), incorporating the mean daily Bacchus index from E-L 19 to E-L 31 and the median daily vapour pressure deficit of air at 15 : 00 during the late-season interval, accounted for up to 99.5% of the variance in the final mean BBR severity. …”
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Increasing Quantity and Internal Quality of Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) Eggs by Shooting Laser Puncture at Reproductive Acupuncture Points by Sunaryo Hadi Warsito, Tatang Santanu Adikara, Septiana Megasari, Ilham Radifan Pratama, Mirni Lamid, Herry Agoes Hermadi

“…While the results of the egg internal quality in the form of the Haugh unit value and the yolk index increased (p<0.05), the value of the yolk colour did not change compared to the control (p>0.05). …”
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Nomograms for predicting recurrence of HER2‐positive breast cancer with different HR status based on ultrasound and clinicopathological characteristics by Xudong Zhang, Hanqing Kong, Xiaoxue Liu, Qingxiang Li, Xinran Fang, Junjia Wang, Zihao Qin, Nana Hu, Jiawei Tian, Hao Cui, Lei Zhang

“…In the validation cohorts, the C‐index was 0.708 (95% CI: 0.540–0.877) for HR−/HER2+ group, and 0.705 (95% CI: 0.557–0.853) for HR+/HER2+ group. …”
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The questions on violence (FOV) tool for interpersonal violence inquiry in Swedish healthcare settings – evaluation of content validity, face validity and test-retest reliability by Solveig Lövestad, Karin Sjöström, Josefin Björk, Karin Örmon

“…Results Calculations based on the content validity index indicated that five out of seven items had excellent content validity (≥ 0.78). …”
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Safety Analysis of the Running Train under Earthquake Dynamic Disturbance by Mingfei Li, Junwei Liu

“…The changing laws of different dynamic response indexes under the influence of the four waveforms are studied. …”
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Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: a systematic review by Una MacLeod, Elizabeth D Mitchell, Benjamin Pickwell-Smith

“…Objective To identify patient and practitioner factors that influence cancer diagnosis via emergency presentation (EP).Design Systematic review.Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, EBM Reviews, Science and Social Sciences Citation Indexes, Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science and Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Social Science and Humanities. …”
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Effects of Manual Acupuncture Versus Sham Acupuncture in patients with Post-Stroke Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Conghui Wei, Jinling Chen, Qu Yang, Jingjing Xu, Qingsong Li, Fulin Li, Yu Liu, Jun Luo

“…The primary outcome was the Hamilton Depression Scale-24 (HAMD-24); the secondary outcomes included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), the Barthel index, EEG power spectrum, and EEG imaginary coherent (iCOH). …”
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Insulin resistance and β-cell dysfunction in individuals with normal glucose tolerance but elevated 1-h post-load plasma glucose by Qianwen Nie, Xue Jin, Yahui Mu, Youyuan Huang, Aimei Dong

“…IR and β-cell dysfunction were assessed using the Matsuda index, insulinogenic index (IGI30), and oral disposition index (DI).ResultsAmong the 9,452 participants, 37.8% had NGT, and 62.2% were IFG or IGT in OGTT. …”
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A fuzzy logic approach within the DPSIR framework to address the inherent uncertainty and complexity of water security assessments by Liang Yuan, Zhijie Zhou, Weijun He, Xia Wu, Dagmawi Mulugeta Degefu, Juan Cheng, Lin Chai, Thomas Stephen Ramsey

“…A fuzzy logic evaluation model is established to deal with the nonlinearity and uncertainty of the evaluation index. In addition, the control rules of fuzzy reasoning are set up to reflect the influence relationship between evaluation indexes. …”
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Transformer Outage Contingency in the Southern Interconnected Grid of Cameroon Based on Dynamic Power Flow Simulation by Chu Donatus Iweh, Wirnkar Basil Nsanyuy, Nde Donatus Nguti, Emmanuel Tanyi

“…The Oyomabang transformer 1 had the highest combined index of 71.20, showing a huge negative impact on the network as a result of the outage of the transformer. …”
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Validation and assessment of the arabic psychological first aid scale among physicians, nurses, and counselors in Jordan by Basma Eid Alshareef, Othman A. Alfuqaha, Ibraheem B. Maali, Khaled Amer

“…The goodness-of-fit indices for the PFA model revealed that relative chi-square was 1.47, comparative fit index was 0.91, Tucker-Lewis index was 0.89, and the root mean square of error approximation was 0.046. …”
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Effects of Metformin Added to Insulin in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: An Exploratory Crossover Randomized Trial by Daizhi Yang, Jinhua Yan, Hongrong Deng, Xubin Yang, Sihui Luo, Xueying Zheng, Jing Lv, Wen Liang, Mengjie Hong, Zekai Wu, Bin Yao, Jianping Weng, Wen Xu

“…Seventeen patients with mean±SD age 14.4±2.3 years, body mass index 18.17±1.81 kg/m2, median (IQR) diabetes duration 4.50 (3.58, 6.92) years, and HbA1c 9.0% (8.5%, 9.4%) were enrolled. …”
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Initial Rotational Instability of the Tapered Wedge-Shaped Type Cementless Stem by Yosuke Iwamoto, Hiroaki Kijima, Hiroshi Tazawa, Natsuo Konishi, Hitoshi Kubota, Shin Yamada, Takayuki Tani, Keiji Kamo, Norio Suzuki, Yoshihiko Okudera, Masashi Fujii, Ken Sasaki, Tetsuya Kawano, Itsuki Nagahata, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Yoichi Shimada

“…The mean preoperative femoral neck anteversion angle was 32.2° ± 17.8° (0°–69°), and the mean preoperative canal flair index was 3.68 ± 0.58 (2.44–5.55). There were no stem subsidence cases within 1 year after operation. …”
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Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay among Patients with Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism by Li Wang, Onur Baser, Phil Wells, W. Frank Peacock, Craig I. Coleman, Gregory J. Fermann, Jeff Schein, Concetta Crivera

“…**Methods:** Adult patients (aged ≥18 years) with ≥1 inpatient pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnosis (index date = discharge date) between 10/2011-06/2015 and continuous enrollment for ≥12 months pre- and 3 months post-index were included. …”
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The effectiveness of posterior Schanz screw system in the anatomical restoration of thoracolumbar vertebral burst fractures: A 10-year single-institution experience by Pietro Domenico Giorgi, Simona Legrenzi, Ye Youchen, Bove Federico, Giuseppe Rosario Schirò

“…Clinical outcomes (Oswestry Disability Index [ODI] and Visual Analog Scale [VAS]) and radiological parameters (sagittal alignment and spinal canal dimensions) were assessed with a minimum 2-year follow-up. …”
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Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Commercially Insured Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer Initiating First-Line Therapy in the United States by Monica Kobayashi, Jamie Garside, Joehl Nguyen

“…Baseline demographics were determined during the 12 months before the patient’s index date. **Results:** A total of 7932 patients were eligible for inclusion. …”
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The role of the AVAPS ventilation mode combined with TCM monitoring in weaning patients with AECOPD by Nianci Wang, Haidong Qin, Lei Bao

“…The ROC curve revealed that PtcCO2 variability− 2, the ROX index− 2 and their combination had predictive value for the 48-h reintubation rate of AECOPD patients. …”
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Revealing the critical state and identifying individualized dynamic network biomarker for type 2 diabetes through advanced analysis methods on individual basis by Peiyu Li, Shaowen Jing, Guo Tian, Jing Jiang

“…Three different methods were utilized to create indexes, including the Inconsistency Index (ICI), NIG, and TNFE, to measure the overall disruption caused by individual samples compared to a set of reference samples. …”
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Predicting the risk of bone metastases in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer - Development and validation of a nomogram model. by Wei Xu, Guoyu Zhu, Xiaoxiang Wang, Xuebing Yan, Fujun Wang, Shanyi Li, Wenji Li

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, c-index, calibration curves, and decision curves analysis (DCA) were used for the validation, calibration, clinical benefit assessment, and external validation of nomogram models.…”
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