A Randomized Trial of Insulin Glargine plus Oral Hypoglycemic Agents versus Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion to Treat Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes by Shuo Lin, Mu Chen, Wanling Chen, Keyi Lin, Panwei Mu, Bilian Zhu, Wen Xu, Manman Wang, Jianping Weng, Longyi Zeng

“…Changes in the C-peptide reactivity index, the secretory unit of islet in transplantation index, and insulin secretion-sensitivity index-2 indicated a greater β-cell function improvement with basal insulin plus OHAs versus CSII. …”
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Dynamic Monitoring of sTREM-1 and Other Biomarkers in Acute Cholangitis by Jiahui Jiang, Xiaolei Wang, Tongtong Cheng, Mingyue Han, Xinxin Wu, Haitong Wan, DaojunYu

“…Among various single indexes, PCT performed best (AUC 0.785, sensitivity 75.8%, specificity 72.2%, positive predictive value 68.7%, and negative predictive value 78.8%) to distinguish sepsis with AC, while different combinations of indexes did not perform better. …”
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Short-Term Response of Soil Organic Carbon Indices to Different Farming Strategies and Crop Rotation Systems in a Semiarid Warm Region by Aram Gorooei, Amir Aynehband, Dominik Behrend, Sabine J. Seidel, Amit Kumar Srivastava, Afrasyab Rahnama, Thomas Gaiser

“…To find out how the SOC pools and the carbon lability influence the carbon management index (CMI) in response to different agricultural practices in a warm semiarid region, the carbon lability index (LI) and the carbon pool index (CPI) were measured under the interactive effect of different fertilizer applications and crop residue management (hereafter referred to as “farming strategies”) in combination with four crop rotation systems in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran, over four growing seasons from 2018 to 2020. …”
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Insight into Nigeria’s progress towards the universal coverage of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services: a secondary data analysis by Xiaohui Wang, Joy James Mafiana, Xiping Shen, Wenping Hu

“…The widest inequality was by economic status with the difference ranging from 21.9% points (95% CI 10.1% to 33.8%) to 56.3% points (95% CI 51.5% to 61.2%), Absolute Concentration Index from 3.5% points (95% CI 1.6% to 5.5%) to 11.3% points (95% CI 10.4% to 12.2%), Slope Index of Inequality from 23.1% points (95% CI 11.9% to 34.2%) to 65.5% points (95% CI 62.6% to 68.5%) and population attributable risk from 9.3% points (95% CI 7.3% to 11.4%) to 31.2% points (95% CI 29.0% to 33.3%). …”
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Effects of Semaglutide Treatment on Psoriatic Lesions in Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Open-Label, Randomized Clinical Trial by Jelena Petković-Dabić, Ivana Binić, Bojana Carić, Ljiljana Božić, Sanja Umičević-Šipka, Nataša Bednarčuk, Saša Dabić, Mirna Šitum, Snježana Popović-Pejičić, Miloš P. Stojiljković, Ranko Škrbić

“…A significant decrease in the body mass index (BMI) value in the semaglutide-treated group was also identified, as well as a significant decrease in the level of low-density cholesterol (LDL) (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Oral Health Differences Between Middle-Aged and Older Adults in South Korea by Yoonjung Ji, Wonhee Baek

“…However, cognitive function, dental visits, body mass index, severe pain, functional limitations, and cognitive function exhibited distinct patterns between the age groups. …”
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Vegetation Structure and Tree Species Diversity inside and outside a Newly Established Zalon Taung National Park in Northwest Myanmar by Tin Hnaung Aye, Shozo Shibata

“…We used stand density, basal area, Shannon–Wiener diversity index, Simpson index, Pielou's evenness, Fisher’s α diversity, and Importance Value Index (IVI) to determine the forest structure and tree diversity. …”
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Myostatin Levels and the Risk of Myopenia and Rheumatoid Cachexia in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Fabiola Gonzalez-Ponce, Jorge Ivan Gamez-Nava, Eli Efrain Gomez-Ramirez, Melissa Ramirez-Villafaña, Heriberto Jacobo-Cuevas, Norma Alejandra Rodriguez-Jimenez, Eva Maria Olivas-Flores, Yussef Esparza-Guerrero, Alejandro Martelli-García, Aline Priscilla Santiago-Garcia, Cesar Arturo Nava-Valdivia, Alejandra Martinez-Hernandez, Sergio Antonio Gonzalez-Vazquez, Alfredo Celis, Carlos Enrique Cabrera-Pivaral, Sylvia Totsuka-Sutto, Ernesto German Cardona-Muñoz, Laura Gonzalez-Lopez

“…Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry was used to quantify the skeletal muscle mass index (SMMI) (considering LSMM≤5.5 kg/m2) and the presence of rheumatoid cachexia (a fat-free mass index≤10 percentile and fat mass index≥25 percentile of the reference population). …”
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New Degree-Based Topological Indices of Toroidal Polyhex Graph by Means of M-Polynomial by Farkhanda Afzal, Mohammad Zeeshan, Deeba Afzal, Sufian Munawar, Dhan Kumari Thapa, Alina Mirza

“…Some new indices such as reduced reciprocal randic, arithmetic geometric, SK, SK1, SK2 indices, First Zagrab, the general sum-connectivity, SCIλ, and the forgotten index have been used. We have computed the closed form of topological indices of toroidal polyhex graph via M-Polynomial.…”
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A halottakkal kapcsolatos eljárások by Rita Katona

“…A cikk a 2014/7-8-as lapszámunkban teljes terjedelmében olvasható a következő linken: https://belugyiszemlejournal.org/index.php/belugyiszemle/article/view/1611 …”
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Case Report: Recognizing Pneumatosis Intestinalis: A Case of Bowel Ischemia Presenting as Renal Colic by Peter D. Corr

“…The clinical diagnosis of bowel ischemia is often difficult and the diagnosis can easily be missed unless there is a high index of clinical and radiological suspicion. Bowel ischemia and or infarction must be considered in the differential diagnosis in the older patient with pre-existing coronary artery or generalized vascular disease, cardiac failure, or arrhythmias especially atrial fibrillation and hypertension. …”
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Progress and Regress of Time Dependent Data and Application in Bank Branch by F. Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, Z. Taeb, S. Abbasbandy

“…This method uses the Malmquist productivity index, and is a very simple function based on Cubic Spline function to determine the progress and regress of that unit. …”
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The threats of the shadow economy for public finance in Poland

“…The Pearson coefficient index was used in order to identify the strength of the correlation among chosen variables influencing the taxation gap. …”
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Gluteal Compartment Syndrome following Vascular and Neurological Injuries by Mahmoud A. Hafez, Moustafa Radwan

“…This report presents two cases that followed neurological and vascular injuries (first case: an injury of the superior gluteal artery; second case: neurological injury bilaterally). A high index of suspicion and attention is needed to early diagnose this condition due to the possibility of developing serious and potentially fatal complications and difficulty in management.…”
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RELATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY TRAITS DURING THE BREEDING OF DURUM WHEAT by P. N. Mal’chikov, M. G. Myasnikova

“…Significant roles of spike productivity, culm length, grain proportion in the above-ground biomass, and harvest index at final breeding steps are demonstrated.…”
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Unusual Presentation of Gastric Perforation by Foreign Body: A Case Report by V. S. R. Rao, R. Sarkar, Richard Turner, K. R. Wedgwood

“…We present an interesting case where the offending foreign body gave rise to a diagnostic dilemma masquerading as a pancreatic mass. A high index of suspicion is indicated especially when dealing with atypical presentation and nonspecific symptoms as highlighted in this case.…”
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Etonogestrel implant failure in a woman taking thyroid hormone replacement: A case report by Alice Moylan, Jewel Brown, Melissa J. Chen, Mitchell D. Creinin

“…This case report describes etonogestrel implant failure during year 4 of use in a patient with a normal body mass index. The patient was receiving thyroid hormone replacement after a thyroidectomy and was found to have iatrogenic thyrotoxicosis in the months preceding pregnancy. …”
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A degree theory for locally compact perturbations of Fredholm maps in Banach spaces

“…<p>We present an integer valued degree theory for locally compact perturbations of Fredholm maps of index zero between (open sets in) Banach spaces <emph>quasi-Fredholm maps</emph>, for short). …”
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Mediators of intercellular interactions and histological signs of chronic viral liver disease by P. V. Koroy, A. V. Yagoda, G. I. Gilyazova, I. S. Mukhoramova

“…Scores of ICAM-1, VCAM-1, Е-selectin, L-selectin and the Р-selectin were determined by enzyme-linked immunoassay method and were compared to values of Knodell histological activity index and Desmet fibrosis score as well as to E.M. …”
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Gonad quality of sea urchin Tripneustis gratilla with different seaweed diets by Agnette Tjendanawangi, Nicodemus Dahoklory

“…The highest gonad weight was 2.8 g; gonad color and texture was good (score 3); and the highest gonad maturity index was 5.4% that obtained from sea urchin fed with Enhalus. …”
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