Determination of Land Surface Temperature with Thermal Remote Sensing Images: A Case Study Kocaeli Province by Özer Akyürek

“…Finally, the Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) and Normalized Difference Built-up Index (NDBI) images were created from the satellite images and the statistical relationship between LST was investigated. …”
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"Predicting the Movement of Stock Prices Using Technical Analysis Indicators": Applied Research in a Sample of the Shares of Iraqi Private Commercial Banks by Asaad Gheni Jihad, Ahmed Muqdad Ismael

“… The research aims to identify technical analysis indicators (simple moving average، relative strength index، estimation index)، and their impact on predicting the movement of stock prices for Iraqi private commercial banks، by examining the methods used in technical analysis and its various models, in general, and its indicators in particular. …”
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Nutritional state of scholars from 6 to 11 years old. Clinical-anthropometrical characterization. by Alexander Torres Molina

“…The following variables were analyzed: age, sex, current nutritional status, height/age ratio, body mass index according to age and abdominal circumference index, also according to age. …”
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Preoperative Blood Glucose Level Predicts Postsurgical Gastroparesis Syndrome after Subtotal Gastrectomy: Development of an Individualized Usable Nomogram by Chenchen Mao, Xin Liu, Yunshi Huang, Mingming Shi, Weiyang Meng, Libin Xu, Weisheng Chen, Yuanbo Hu, Xinxin Yang, Xiaodong Chen, Xian Shen

“…The predictive model showed good discrimination ability, with a C-index of 0.710, and was clinically useful. Conclusions. …”
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A Reappraisal of Women’s Health Initiative Estrogen-Alone Trial: Long-Term Outcomes in Women 50–59 Years of Age by Eric Roehm

“…For every 37 women randomized to CEE at 50–59 years, one less woman experienced a global index endpoint (including coronary heart disease, invasive breast cancer, stroke, pulmonary embolism, colorectal cancer, hip fracture, and death) during the 13-year follow-up. …”
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Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Plus Metformin to Prevent Persistent Endometrial Hyperplasia by Vakkas Korkmaz, Enis Özkaya, Tuncay Küçüközkan, Fadıl Kara, Yasemin Çekmez, Hilal Korkmaz

“…CONCLUSION: Medroxyprogesterone acetate and metformin may be used as an adjunctive therapy for persistent endometrial hyperplasias especially in women with high body mass index. …”
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Investigating the role of age, admission systolic blood pressure, and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in predicting left ventricular hypertrophy among patients with primary hyperten... by Xiaoyong Hu, Djandan Tadum Arthur Vithran, Zhaoying Yang, Ting Zou, Rui Tang, Hongjian Li

“…Patients were classified into LVH and non-LVH groups; LVH was defined as left ventricular mass index (LVMI) >115 g/m 2 for men and >95 g/m 2 for women. …”
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Comparing sexual dysfunction in cosmetic rhinoplasty candidates and normal population among married women in Shiraz, Iran: A case-control study by Ali Sahraian, Masoud Janipour, Atoosa Ebrahimi, Zohre Zareizadeh, Pardis Habibi, Amirhossein Babaei

“…To evaluate their sexual performance, the participants filled out the female sexual function index questionnaire. Results: No significant difference was observed between rhinoplasty subjects and the control group in the female sexual function index (23.63 ± 3.6 vs. 23.19 ± 4.28, p = 0.43). …”
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A genomic strategy for precision medicine in rare diseases: integrating customized algorithms into clinical practice by Cristina Méndez-Vidal, Nereida Bravo-Gil, Javier Pérez-Florido, Irene Marcos-Luque, Raquel M. Fernández, José Luis Fernández-Rueda, María González-del Pozo, Marta Martín-Sánchez, Elena Fernández-Suárez, Marcela Mena, Rosario Carmona, Joaquín Dopazo, Salud Borrego, Guillermo Antiñolo

“…This strategy was applied to 6500 individuals including 6267 index patients and 233 NGS-based carrier screenings. …”
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Evaluation of Vaso-occlusive Crises in United States Sickle Cell Disease Patients: A Retrospective Claims-based Study by Nirmish Shah, Menaka Bhor, Lin Xie, Steve Arcona, Rashid Halloway, Jincy Paulose, Huseyin Yuce

“…Using the Medicaid Analytic Extracts from 2009-2013, patients with SCD were selected and the first clinical claim indicating SCD during the identification period was defined as the index date. Patients were required to have continuous Medicaid enrollment for ≥6 months pre- and 12 months post-index period. …”
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Pemanfaatan Limbah Tandan Kosong Kelapa Sawit dan Kulit Jagung Manis menjadi Kertas Karton menggunakan Metode Organosolv by Cindi Ramayanti, Winda Febrina Sari, Mustain, Erika Dwi Oktaviani, Apri Mujiyanti

“…From the results of this research, the characteristics of pulp and paperboard obtained under optimum conditions at a raw material ratio of 30:70% w/w with a cooking solution ratio of 30:50:20% v/v have a cellulose content of 60% w/w, a tensile index of 5 .83 kN/m, absorption capacity 2.35 gr/m2, and grammage 428.67 gr/m2. …”
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Applying baseflow approach to the environmental flow needs of the Similkameen River Watershed in British Columbia, Canada by Hongli Chen, Qiang Li, Qiaoqiao Wang, Xuanjiao Chai, Yaping Wang

“…The EFNBF method using baseflow as an index for EFN settings, addresses key challenges faced by conventional methods. …”
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Flood Susceptibility Mapping in Punjab, Pakistan: A Hybrid Approach Integrating Remote Sensing and Analytical Hierarchy Process by Rana Muhammad Amir Latif, Jinliao He

“…We developed a robust Flood Susceptibility Model (FSM) utilizing the Maximum Likelihood Classification (MLC) model and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) incorporating 11 flood-influencing factors, including “Topographic Wetness Index (TWI), elevation, slope, precipitation (rain, snow, hail, sleet), rainfall, distance to rivers and roads, soil type, drainage density, Land Use/Land Cover (LULC), and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)”. …”
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The Value of a Panel of Autoantibodies for Predicting the Activity of Lupus Nephritis at Time of Renal Biopsy by Gabriella Moroni, Silvana Quaglini, Antonella Radice, Barbara Trezzi, Francesca Raffiotta, Piergiorgio Messa, Renato Alberto Sinico

“…All the immunological parameters, except anti-ribosome, showed a significant correlation with activity index but not with chronicity index. Only anti-C1q showed a significant correlation with the amount of proteinuria (R=0.2, P=0.03). …”
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Resilience capacity among the vulnerable farming households in Meki River catchment, Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia: Present situation and future prospects by Simret Terefe, Amare Bantider, Ermias Teferi, Meskerem Abi

“…Principal component analysis and the Multiple Indicator Multiple Cause model were used to estimate the Resilience Capacity Index (RCI). The model showed that Asset, Stability, and Adaptive Capacity have a significant explanatory weight in estimating RCI. …”
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Case study on SAF emissions from air travel considering emissions modeling impact by Hakkı Aksoy, María García Domene, Parthiban Loganathan, Simon Blakey, Elias Zea, Ricardo Vinuesa, Evelyn Otero

“…Our proposed methodology, which corrects both fuel flow and emission index based on SAF-specific data, could, therefore, offer a more reliable estimation of emissions behavior for SAF. …”
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Cataract Surgery in Elderly Patients: Impact on Life Quality and Functionality by Armando Rafael Milanés Armengol, Kattia Molina Castellanos, Inés Zamora Galindo, Alina González Díaz, Jorge Jackson Villalpando Rodríguez, Yisel María Mayo Saavedra

“…A survey and a set of assessment tools were applied in order to measure: functional status, siymptoms score and visual VF-14 function index which provided an assessment of life quality in two stages: in the preoperative stage and three months after surgery, thus allowing restoration of the various functions after surgery. …”
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Low Carbon Economy Assessment in China Using the Super-SBM Model by Yanhong Ding, Yu Han

“…The Malmquist–Luenberger (ML) index of environmental protection product development efficiency in China is not less than 1. …”
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Exogenous nitric oxide relieves iron-inhibitory effect on wheat seed germination by Shuqian Shi, Zhe Zhang, Rongrong Ma, Yihui Tao, Ziling Wang, Yingli Yang

“…Notably, Fe and PTIO treatments reduced the germination potential, germination rate, germination index, and vitality index of wheat seeds during the early and late germination stages. …”
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Light to Moderate Alcohol Consumption Is Protective for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Normal Weight and Overweight Individuals but Not the Obese by Patricia A. Metcalf, Robert K. R. Scragg, Rod Jackson

“…To examine the association between alcohol consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) overall and by body mass index. Methods. Cross-sectional study of employed individuals. …”
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