Improved Method for the Quantification of Motility in Glia and Other Morphologically Complex Cells by Mari Sild, Robert P. Chatelain, Edward S. Ruthazer

“…Here we report the development of a method to calculate a motility index for individual cells with complex, dynamic morphologies. …”
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A Detailed Study of a Resonant-Assisted Segmented Cladding Fiber for Large Mode Area Applications by Minmin Xue, Hao Qin, Suwen Li, Yuqi Hao, Libo Yuan

“…In this work, we have proposed and optimized a large mode area segmented cladding fiber (SCF) with an unconventional low-index segment cladding. The low-refractive-index cladding proposed in this paper consists of three parts. …”
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The Development of Alternative Dosage Form for Creatine Monohydrate: A Floating Tablet by Arifatu Nur Hidayah, Anas Ardiana Wati, Nunung Yuniarti, Marlyn Dian Laksitorini

“…The results showed that HPMC K100M significantly increased flow time, absorption rate, hardness, floating time, swelling index; decreased index tap, fragility, and floating lag time. …”
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Anthropometric Changes in the Brazilian Cohort of Older Adults: SABE Survey (Health, Well-Being, and Aging) by Manuela Ferreira de Almeida, Maria de Fátima Nunes Marucci, Luís Alberto Gobbo, Luciana Silva Ferreira, Daiana Aparecida Quintiliano Scarpelli Dourado, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, Maria Lucia Lebrão

“…Except for body mass and body mass index, a significant difference (P<0.05) was observed among the assessed anthropometric variables during the follow-up period. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Red Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) Starch as Solid Medicinal Additive by Melisa Nia Alfiona, Intan Martha Cahyani, Wulan Kartika Sari

“…The results of the analysis showed significant differences in yield, moisture content, flow velocity, angle of repose, pH, solubility, expandability, compressibility index, bulk density, tap density, true density, and Hausner index. …”

Kidney Expression of Toll Like Receptors in Lupus Nephritis: Quantification and Clinicopathological Correlations by Fabrizio Conti, Francesca Romana Spinelli, Simona Truglia, Francesca Miranda, Cristiano Alessandri, Fulvia Ceccarelli, Michele Bombardieri, Konstantinos Giannakakis, Guido Valesini

“…TLR9 positively correlated with activity index (p=0.0063) and tubular TLR7 with chronicity index (p=0.026). …”
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Environmental risk assessment using FMEA and entropy based on TOPSIS method: a case study oil wells drilling by Negar Afzali Behbahani, Mazdak Khodadadi-Karimvand, Afarin Ahmadi

“…Offshore and onshore risks were identified after identifying the drilling operation of oil wells. Indexes used in the FMEA method were selected to determine the most significant risks. …”
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Financial Integration of the European Union Financial Markets. A PCA Approach by Stanciu Cristian Valeriu, Spulbar Andrei Cristian

“…By calculating the Financial Integration Index (FII) from daily stock market index returns and volatilities, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the integration trends over the past two decades across three distinct groups: the EU-27, the Eurozone, and the Non-Eurozone emerging economies. …”
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Innovative strategies for pollution assessment in Northern Bangladesh: Mapping pollution areas and tracing metal(loid)s sources in various soil types. by Abdullah Al Yeamin, Md Yousuf Mia, Shahidur R Khan, M Safiur Rahman, Venkatramanan Senapathi, Abu Reza Md Towfiqul Islam, Tasrina Rabia Choudhury

“…Agricultural and industrial soils were mainly contaminated with Cr, Pb and As according to the Nemerow Pollution Index (NPI), Ecological Risk (ER) and Pi Index. Over 70% of the sites were contaminated with Pb and Cr, while co-contamination was particularly high. …”
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The Interannual Variability of Global Burned Area Is Mostly Explained by Climatic Drivers by Andrina Gincheva, Juli G. Pausas, Miguel Ángel Torres‐Vázquez, Joaquín Bedia, Sergio M. Vicente‐Serrano, John T. Abatzoglou, Josep A. Sánchez‐Espigares, Emilio Chuvieco, Sonia Jerez, Antonello Provenzale, Ricardo M. Trigo, Marco Turco

“…Here, we investigate the links between year‐to‐year variability of burned area (BA) and climate using BA data, the Fire Weather Index (FWI), and the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) from 2001 to 2021 at ecoregion scales. …”
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Competition analysis of automobiles and light commercial segment between 1990 and 2014 by Daniel Santana Medeiros

“…These indicators continue to change in the following years and in 2014 the CR(4) is 64.9% and the HH index measures 0.1700, showing that the sector is less concentrated and more competitive. …”
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Risk Assessment of Shield Tunnel Construction in Karst Strata Based on Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and Cloud Model by Guowang Meng, Yangchun Ye, Bo Wu, Guijun Luo, Xu Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhou, Wentao Sun

“…The numerical characteristics of each index and the risk cloud diagram are obtained via the backward cloud generator and forward cloud generator, respectively. …”
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Hemoglobin Variant (Hemoglobin Aalborg) Mimicking Interstitial Pulmonary Disease by Vasiliki Panou, Peter-Diedrich Mathias Jensen, Jan Freddy Pedersen, Lars Pilegaard Thomsen, Ulla Møller Weinreich

“…This led us to examine a group of the index person’s relatives known with hemoglobinopathy Aalborg in order to study whether the same physiological abnormalities would be reencountered. …”
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Genetic diversity studies for yield and physiological traits using principal component analysis in little millet by T. Venkata Ratnam1 and L. Madhavi Latha2*

“…Days to 50 per cent flowering, grain yield plot-1, harvest index, leaf area index at both panicle and 15 days after panicle initiation, specific leaf weight at 15 days after panicle initiation, and main panicle weight were the foremost contributors to genetic diversity among the studied genotypes. …”
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Sectoral Concentration in Loans and Credit Risk: An Examination by Company Accounts in Turkey by Elif Acar, Arzu Şahin

“…Additionally, instead of the commonly used Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, the study employs the Sector Concentration Index as a measure of concentration, allowing for a comparison of sector distribution with an ideal market sector distribution. …”
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Characterization and Pickering emulsifying ability of Adinandra nitida leaf polysaccharides by Yingxuan Zhou, Lu Bai, Sheng Geng, Benguo Liu

“…When the addition amount (c) ≥ 3 %, ANP could stabilize the O/W-type MCT-based Pickering emulsion gel with an oil-phase volume fraction of 70 %, and c was proportional to mechanical parameters such as gel strength, macroscopic viscosity index, and elastic index.…”
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Reducing oxidative stress and hepatoprotective effect of water extracts from Pu-erh tea on rats with high-fat diet by Jingjing Su, Xueqing Wang, Wenjun Song, Xiaoli Bai, Changwen Li

“…The result demonstrated that Pu-erh extract caused the decreases in body weight, fat index, MDA and NOS levels, and the increases in hepatic T-SOD, CAT and GSH-Px activities, indicating that the extract may be due to inhibiting the increases of body weight and fat index, reducing oxidant stress state and inhibiting lipid peroxidation, thus decreasing the activities of ALT and AST, and protecting the liver in rat. …”
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Obesity Is Not Associated with Impaired Immune Response to Influenza Vaccination in HIV-Infected Persons by Charitha Gowda, Noah McKittrick, Deborah Kim, Rosemarie A. Kappes, Vincent Lo Re, Pablo Tebas

“…Overall, 48 (27%) participants were obese (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2). Seroconversion rates were comparable between obese and nonobese subjects for all three vaccine strains. …”
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Effect of Quercetin on Bone Mineral Status and Markers of Bone Turnover in Retinoic Acid-Induced Osteoporosis by Oršolić Nada, Jeleč Željko, Nemrava Johann, Balta Vedran, Gregorović Gordana, Jeleč Dražen

“…In comparison to the control RBM rats, the treatment with quercetin increased bone weight index, BMD, osteocalcin level, femoral geometric characteristics, calcium and phosphorus content in the 13cRA-induced bone loss model. …”
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Machine learning based quantitative pain assessment for the perioperative period by Gayeon Ryu, Jae Moon Choi, Hyeon Seok Seok, Jaehyung Lee, Eun-Kyung Lee, Hangsik Shin, Byung-Moon Choi

“…The combined perioperative model was compared with a commercial surgical pain index, yielding area under the receiver operating characteristics curve scores of 0.819 and 0.927 for intraoperative and postoperative periods, respectively, compared to the commercial index’s scores of 0.829 and 0.577. …”
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