Triggering thresholds and influential factors in the propagation of meteorological drought to hydrological drought by Na Zhen, Rui Yao, Peng Sun, Qiang Zhang, Chenhao Ge, Han Shen

“…This study employs the non-stationary Normalized Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (NSPEI) and the Standardized Runoff Index (SRI) from 1980 to 2019 to delineate MD and HD. …”
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Neuroplastic Effects of Combined Computerized Physical and Cognitive Training in Elderly Individuals at Risk for Dementia: An eLORETA Controlled Study on Resting States by Charis Styliadis, Panagiotis Kartsidis, Evangelos Paraskevopoulos, Andreas A. Ioannides, Panagiotis D. Bamidis

“…The present study investigates whether a combined cognitive and physical training may induce changes in the cortical activity as measured via electroencephalogram (EEG) and whether this change may index a deceleration of pathological processes of brain aging. …”
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Analysis of Factors Associated with the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis according to Etiology by Dae Bum Kim, Woo Chul Chung, Ji Min Lee, Kang-Moon Lee, Jung Hwan Oh, Eun Jung Jeon

“…Pancreatic fluid collection was significantly associated with alcohol-induced SAP (p=0.04), whereas dyslipidemia was significantly associated with gallstone-induced SAP (p=0.01). Body mass index was significantly correlated with the Bedside Index of Severity in Acute Pancreatitis score in both alcohol- and gallstone-induced AP (p=0.03 and 0.01, resp.). …”
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Moving to lower-poverty neighborhoods offers broad benefits for children with asthma, regardless of sex or other baseline characteristics by Torie L. Grant, MD, MHS, Laken C. Roberts Lavigne, PhD, MPH, Craig Evan Pollack, MD, MHS, Pete Cimbolic, BA, Susan Balcer-Whaley, MPH, Roger D. Peng, PhD, Elizabeth C. Matsui, MD, MHS, Corinne A. Keet, MD, PhD

“…These improvements in asthma outcomes are seen regardless of baseline sex, age, body mass index, allergic sensitization, asthma severity, and premove stress.…”
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The Ventilatory and Diffusion Dysfunctions in Obese Patients with and without Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome by Sonia Rouatbi, Ines Ghannouchi, Rim Kammoun, Helmi Ben Saad

“…Anthropometric data (height, weight, and body mass index (BMI)) were collected. All adults responded to a medical questionnaire and underwent polysomnography or sleep polygraphy for apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and percentage of desaturation measurements. …”
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Factors Associated with Poor Eye Drop Administration Technique and the Role of Patient Education among Hong Kong Elderly Population by Bonnie Nga Kwan Choy, Ming Ming Zhu, Jason Chun Sum Pang, Jonathan Cheuk Hung Chan, Alex Lap Ki Ng, Michelle Ching Yim Fan, Lawrence Pui Leung Iu, Joseph Shiu Kwong Kwan, Jimmy Shiu Ming Lai, Patrick Ka Chun Chiu

“…Age, sex, education level, visual acuity, Barthel index, MoCA, and ADL score were not correlated with eye drop instillation technique, before nor after patient education. …”
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Study of genetic diversity of globulin proteins in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) genotypes by Gunay H. Zeynalova, Saltanat A. Aghayeva

“…The genetic diversity index was calculated based on Nei's formula for each of the 4 zones - ω, ϒ, β, and α. …”
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Procjena opsega poplave daljinskim istraživanjima by Tea Butković, Andrea Maretić, Bojana Horvat, Nino Krvavica

“…U radu su, na primjeru poplave koja je u svibnju 2014. godine zadesila istočnu Hrvatsku, uspoređene tri metode kartiranja i procjene opsega poplavljenog područja: metoda analize refleksije s površine u blisko infracrvenom (IC) dijelu spektra (jednokanalna metoda) te metode vegetacijskog indeksa NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) i vodenog indeksa NDWI (Normalized Difference Water Index). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Ropivacaine Addition to Intrathecal Morphine for Pain Management in Intractable Cancer by Ying Huang, Xihan Li, Tong Zhu, Jian Lin, Gaojian Tao

“…Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) scores and the Barthel Index were analyzed. Adverse effects and complications on postoperative days 1, 3, 7, and 15 were also analyzed. …”
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Combined application of single-energy metal artifact reduction and reconstruction techniques in patients with Cochlear implants by Fanqin Wei, Jiahui Li, Chunxiang Zhou, Yun Li, Xianren Wang, Bixue Huang, Qiyang Sun, Guanxia Xiong

“…SEMAR significantly reduced the image noise and artifacts index and significantly improved the signal-to-noise ratio and subjective image quality score (P < 0.01). …”
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Real-world efficacy and safety of dupilumab in children with atopic dermatitis under 6 years of age: a retrospective multicentric study by Filip Rob, Blanka Pinkova, Kristyna Sokolova, Jana Kopuleta, Zuzana Jiraskova Zakostelska, Jana Cadova

“…The analysis focused on EASI (Eczema Area and Severity Index), CDLQI (Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index), and Itch NRS (Numeric Rating Scale) changes from baseline to 4, 16, 24, 48, 72, and 96 weeks of follow-up (when available). …”
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Numerical Investigation on the Effects of Embedding PVC Pipes in Reinforced Concrete Beams. by Ampaire, Comboni

“…Furthermore, the ductility index and loading capacity declined with changes in pipe placement and size. …”
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Studies of Metal Organic Networks via M-Polynomial-Based Topological Indices by Muhammad Tanveer Hussain, Muhammad Javaid, Sajida Parveen, Hafiz Muhammad Awais, Md Nur Alam

“…Topological index (TI) is a graph-theoretic tool that is used to study different physical and structural properties of the networks in various disciplines of science such as computer science, chemistry, and information technology. …”
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JUSTIFICATION OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ENTERPRISE PRICING STRATEGY DIRECTIONS

“…Planning of the price of goods adjusted for in ation is carried out by authors of article taking into account indexation of cost of all resources. The main directions of development of rational price policy of the enterprise in the conditions of in ation are presented.…”
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Relative Humidity Sensor Based on Microfiber Loop Resonator by Yangzi Zheng, Xinyong Dong, Chunliu Zhao, Yi Li, Liyang Shao, Shangzhong Jin

“…A novel relative humidity (RH) sensor based on a microfiber loop resonator (MLR) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. As refractive index of the microfiber in the MLR is modified by environmental humidity, resonant wavelength of the MLR changes with RH level. …”
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A note on local asymptotic behaviour for Brownian motion in Banach spaces by Mou-Hsiung Chang

“…The integral test obtained involves the index of a mean zero Gaussian measure on the Banach space, which is due to Kuelbs [3]. …”
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Asian Option Pricing with Transaction Costs and Dividends under the Fractional Brownian Motion Model by Yan Zhang, Di Pan, Sheng-Wu Zhou, Miao Han

“…At last, the influences of Hurst index and maturity on option value are discussed by numerical examples.…”
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Comentário a “Das estruturas às máquinas, um estudo sobre a variação conceitual no encontro de Deleuze com Guattari” by Caio Augusto Teixeira Souto

“…Disponível em: https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/transformacao/article/view/16514. …”
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Development of a GA-Fuzzy-Immune PID Controller with Incomplete Derivation for Robot Dexterous Hand by Xin-hua Liu, Xiao-hu Chen, Xian-hua Zheng, Sheng-peng Li, Zhong-bin Wang

“…The control system of a robot dexterous hand and mathematical model of an index finger were presented. Moreover, immune mechanism was applied to the controller design and an improved approach through integration of GA and fuzzy inference was proposed to realize parameters’ optimization. …”
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Strong Laws of Large Numbers for 𝔹-Valued Random Fields by Zbigniew A. Lagodowski

“…Also, we give probabilistic requirements for above-mentioned SLLN, related to results obtained by Acosta as well as necessary and sufficient probabilistic conditions for the geometry of Banach space associated to the strong and weak law of large numbers for multidimensionally indexed random vectors.…”
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