Cystatin C Levels in Middle-Aged Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome by Kostas Archontogeorgis, Evangelia Nena, Christina Tsigalou, Athanasios Voulgaris, Maria Xanthoudaki, Marios Froudarakis, Paschalis Steiropoulos

“…According to apnea hypopnea index (AHI) subjects were divided in two groups: OSAS group (AHI > 5/hour, n=64) and controls (AHI < 5/hour, n=20), which were age- and BMI-matched. …”
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Association Analysis of Food Risk Factors Based on Improved FP-growth Algorithm by YU Jiabin, MA Xinyue, ZHAO Zhiyao, WANG Xiaoyi, ZHANG Xin, CUI Xiaoyu, BAI Yuting, CHEN Shuaixiang

“…This study was based on food sampling data from certain regions of China in 2019, which were assigned with indicators to calculate the risk index. Afterwards, the risk was clustered into low (L), medium (M), and high risk (H). …”
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Tracking metal pollution from illegal gold mining: a health risk assessment in Edfu, Egypt by Kholoud M. AbdelMaksoud, Wael M. Al-Metwaly, Heba M. R. Hathout

“…The results revealed direct proportional relationships among specific HMs. The Index of Geoaccumulation (Igeo) and Pollution Load Index (PLI) revealed significantly elevated values in both years, indicating potential environmental degradation. …”
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Inflammatory-Related Clinical and Metabolic Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients by Maria Martinez-Urbistondo, Alberto Mora-Vargas, Esther Expósito-Palomo, Raquel Castejón, M. Jesús Citores, Silvia Rosado, Carmen de Mendoza, Isolina Baños, Ana Fernández-Cruz, Lidia Daimiel, Rodrigo San-Cristóbal, Juan Antonio Vargas, J. Alfredo Martinez

“…Hyperglycaemia and the Charlson Comorbidity Index Score were positively associated with the inflammatory response induced by the SARS-COV-2 infection. …”
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INTERNET FINANCIAL REPORTING IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Tarik Zaimović, Azra Zaimović, Anela Fazlić

“…Furthermore, our estimations revealed that profitability measured by return on equity and market activity represented by share turnover significantly affect the IFR index for companies traded on the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE); with companies traded on the Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE), size measured by total asset, as well as market activity measured by share turnover, have a positive effect on the IFR index. …”
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Malnutrition Is Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Wen Wei, Ruiyu Lin, Shihai Li, Zheyuan Chen, Qianqian Kang, Fenyan Lv, Wenying Zhong, Hangju Chen, Mei Tu

“…Four malnutrition assessment tools: Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria, controlling nutritional status (CONUT), nutritional risk index (NRI), and prognostic nutritional index (PNI), were applied to assess the nutritional status of the study population. …”
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Environmental impacts on childhood rhinitis: The role of green spaces, air pollutants, and indoor microbial communities in Taiyuan, a city in Northern China by Liu Yang, Huiyu Gao, Ying Wang, Dan Norbäck, Zhuohui Zhao, Xi Fu, Yu Sun, Xin Zhang

“…Surrounding green space was assessed by Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and land cover data of grassland proportion within 1500/3000 m. …”
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Evaluation of Body Composition in Hemodialysis Thai Patients: Comparison between Two Models of Bioelectrical Impedance Analyzer and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry by Kulapong Jayanama, Supanee Putadechakun, Praopilad Srisuwarn, Sakda Arj-Ong Vallibhakara, Prapimporn Chattranukulchai Shantavasinkul, Chanika Sritara, Surasak Kantachuvesiri, Surat Komindr

“…The correlation coefficients of body compositions were strong between DXA and InBody S10 (fat mass index (FMI): r=0.95, fat-free mass index (FFMI): r=0.78) and also between DXA and InBody 720 (FMI: r=0.96, FFMI: r=0.81). …”
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Radial distribution systems performance enhancement through RE (Renewable Energy) integration and comprehensive contingency ranking analysis by Muthukumaran Thulasingam, Ajay D Vimal Raj Periyanayagam

“…Parameters such as the Voltage Performance Index (PIV) and Flow Performance Index (PIF) were evaluated. …”
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Influence of the Addition of Potato, Okara, and Konjac Flours on Antioxidant Activity, Digestibility, and Quality of Dumpling Wrappers by Yongli Jiang, Yimeng Zhao, Danfeng Wang, Yun Deng

“…Furthermore, the predicted glycemic index (GI) of the optimized flour (74.93%) was lower than that of the wheat flour (81.47%). …”
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Analysis on the Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Urban Expansion and the Complex Driving Mechanism: Taking the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration as a Case by Luo Liu, Jianmei Liu, Zhenjie Liu, Xuliang Xu, Binwu Wang

“…And the interaction between the pairs of factors on urban landscape expansion index during 2000–2008 was significantly stronger than that during 2008–2015.…”
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Combination Ciprofloxacin and Metronidazole for Active Crohn’s Disease by Susan L Greenbloom, A Hillary Steinhart, Gordon R Greenberg

“…Clinical remission was defined as a Harvey-Bradshaw index of three points or less; an index reduction of at least three points indicated a clinical response. …”
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Evaluation of Anthropometric and Metabolic Parameters in Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Yaşar Yildirim, Süreyya Yilmaz, Mehmet Güven, Faruk Kılınç, Ali Veysel Kara, Zülfükar Yilmaz, Gökhan Kırbaş, Alpaslan Kemal Tuzcu, Fatma Yılmaz Aydın

“…A total of 50 patients with a body mass index ≥30 and major OSA symptoms were included in this study. …”
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THE RELATION OF NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION(NAO) AND ENSO WITH PRECIPITATION IN THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF CASPIAN SEA by Zahra Hejazizadeh, Mehry akbary, Zarin jamshidiyini

“…The results showed that there was a significant relationship between precipitation and NAO index in some months in all stations but this correlation was not following a particular pattern in all the stations. …”
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Assessment of Production and Utilization Practices of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea Batatas L.) in Sidama Region, Ethiopia by Miheret Hendebo, Ali Mohammed Ibrahim, Fekadu Gurmu, Hussien Mohammed Beshir

“…The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, multiple linear regression, and index grading. Based on the descriptive analysis, smallholder farmers have small landholdings of 0.51 ha per family. …”
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Optimizing chickpea yield prediction under wilt disease through synergistic integration of biophysical and image parameters using machine learning models by RN Singh, P. Krishnan, C. Bharadwaj, Sonam Sah, B. Das

“…Thermal and visible images were collected alongside the measurement of crop biophysical parameters, including leaf area index (LAI), photosynthesis, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, relative leaf water content (RWC), membrane stability index (MSI), and NDVI, for 85 chickpea genotypes with varying levels of wilt resistance. …”
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Novel Indices of Glucose Homeostasis Derived from Principal Component Analysis: Application for Metabolic Assessment in Pregnancy by Tina Stopp, Michael Feichtinger, Ingo Rosicky, Gülen Yerlikaya-Schatten, Johannes Ott, Hans Christian Egarter, Christian Schatten, Wolfgang Eppel, Peter Husslein, Martina Mittlböck, Andrea Tura, Christian S. Göbl

“…PCS1 to 3 were significantly related to the oral disposition index explaining 49.0% of its variance. Conclusions. …”
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Yolk free egg substitute improves the serum phospholipid profile of mice with metabolic syndrome based on lipidomic analysis by Zhihui Yu, Lingyu Fan, Fei Tai, Lixin Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yisheng Chen

“…It was revealed that WE could significantly improve serum biochemical indexes by reducing body weight, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and total cholesterol (TC), while increasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. …”
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Polymerized-Type I Collagen Downregulates Inflammation and Improves Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis Following Arthroscopic Lavage: A Randomized,... by Janette Furuzawa-Carballeda, Guadalupe Lima, Luis Llorente, Carlos Nuñez-Álvarez, Blanca H. Ruiz-Ordaz, Santiago Echevarría-Zuno, Virgilio Hernández-Cuevas

“…The primary endpoints included Lequesne index, pain on a visual analogue scale (VAS), WOMAC, analgesic usage, the number of Tregs and proinflammatory/anti-inflammatory cytokine-expressing peripheral cells. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Rainfall Variability and Concentration over Sri Lanka by Uttam Pawar, Pasindu Karunathilaka, Upaka Rathnayake

“…Therefore, the main motivation behind this paper is to examine the spatial and temporal rainfall variability over Sri Lanka by Standardized Rainfall Anomaly Index (SRAI) and Precipitation Concentration Index (PCI) from 1990 to 2019. …”
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