The role of information and communication technologies in supply chains efficiency in COVID-19 pandemic by R. S. Rogulin

“…The following indicators were considered as basic indicators: gross domestic product as a characteristic of the level of economic development of Russia before the crisis; Logistics efficiency index; Digital Life Index. For comparative analysis, countries from different categories were selected in the context of the selected assessment indicators. …”
Get full text

Smallholder farmers' perceptions of climate variability and its risks across agroecological zones in the Ayehu watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia by Abebe Biresaw Bitew, Amare Sewnet Minale

“…Further, this study used the Severity Index (SI) and Standardized Climate-Related Risk Perception Index (SCRRPI) to assess farmers' perceived features of climate variability and associated risks. …”
Get full text

Healthy dietary patterns and the incidence of chronic kidney disease: results from a prospective cohort study by Yong-Ping Lu, Bin Xia, Xiao-Hua Wang, Qiang-Sheng He, Chang-Bo Qu, Ying-Ying Xie, Tian-Jiao Cui, Si-Qing Wu, Jin-Yu Zhao, Zhi-Hua Zheng, Ting Zhu, Jin-Qiu Yuan, Chun Tang

“…Four healthy dietary pattern scores were evaluated: the Healthy Plant-based Diet Index (hPDI), the Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015, the Mediterranean Diet (MED) Score, and the Alternative Mediterranean Diet (AMED) Score. …”
Get full text

Microbubble dynamics in brain microvessels. by James H Bezer, Paul Prentice, William Lim Kee Chang, Sophie V Morse, Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries, Christopher J Rowlands, Andriy S Kozlov, James J Choi

“…The probability of extravasation scales approximately with mechanical index, being rare at low pressures, but much more common at a mechanical index ≥ 0.6. …”
Get full text

The relationship between physical activity, fatigue, sleep quality, and anxiety levels of students during the university examination period by Emine Baran, Ayşenur Yılmaz

“…Results: The mean age and body mass index of the 92 students included in the study were 21.1±2.0 years and 22.0±3.5 kg/m2, respectively. …”
Get full text

Assessing Gender Dimorphism Indicators in Anthropometric Characteristics and Features of the Bony Pelvis of Female Representatives of Pair and Group Types in Sports Acrobatics by Nataliia Veronika Bachynska, Eduard Doroshenko, Andrii Svatiev, Victor Bohuslavskyi

“…The research methods employed included the measurements of body length (cm), body weight (kg), shoulder width (cm), determination of body mass index (conventional unit); pelvimetry was performed to detect the transverse and longitudinal dimensions of the bony pelvis, as well as the degree of maturity of the pelvic bones using the index of pelvic bone (IPB). …”
Get full text

Diagnostic Accuracy Of Spectral Doppler Ultrasound In Diagnosis Of Malignant Breast Lesions Taking Histopathology As Gold Standard by Mehwish Tabassum, Rabia Waseem, Manal Niazi, Zainab Riaz, Hamna Shakil, Wajeeha Anam

“…All spectral Doppler indices, including mean peak systolic velocity (PSV), resistive index (RI), and Pulsatility index (PI) were significantly higher in malignant tumours. …”
Get full text

Assessing Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Western Honey Bees in the Czech Republic Using 22 Microsatellite Loci by Aleš Knoll, Martin Šotek, Jan Prouza, Lucie Langová, Antonín Přidal, Tomáš Urban

“…The findings demonstrated that honeybee populations exhibit moderate genetic diversity, as evidenced by the number of observed alleles, the Shannon index, and heterozygosity values. There was no discrepancy in diversity between hive and flower samples. …”
Get full text

Can Impaired Elasticity of Aorta Predict the Success of Vardenafil Treatment in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction? by Hüseyin Ede, Serhat Tanik, Barış Yaylak, Kürşad Zengın, Sebahattin Albayrak, Suleyman Akkaya, Cegergun Polat, Yaşar Turan, Alirıza Erbay

“…Pretreatment aortic stiffness index (ASI) and aortic distensibility (AD) were obtained echocardiographically. …”
Get full text

High Serum Asprosin Levels Are Associated with Presence of Metabolic Syndrome by Tao Hong, Jiao-Yang Li, Ya-Di Wang, Xiao-Yan Qi, Zhe-Zhen Liao, Poonam Bhadel, Li Ran, Jing Yang, Bin Yan, Jiang-Hua Liu, Xin-Hua Xiao

“…In all studied subjects, serum asprosin levels were positively correlated with body mass index, waist circumference, triglycerides, fasting plasma glucose, 2-hour plasma glucose, fasting insulin, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index, interleukin-6, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and negatively correlated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P<0.05). …”
Get full text

Application of Gene Expression Programming to Evaluate Strength Characteristics of Hydrated-Lime-Activated Rice Husk Ash-Treated Expansive Soil by Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Fazal E. Jalal, Michael E. Onyia, Ifeanyichukwu C. Onuoha, George U. Alaneme

“…The input parameters were HARHA, liquid limit (wL), (plastic limit wP, plasticity index IP, optimum moisture content (wOMC), clay activity (AC), and (maximum dry density (δmax) while CBR, UCS, and R value were the output parameters. …”
Get full text

Nitrogen Inversion Model in a Wetland Environment Based on the Canopy Reflectance of Emergent Plants by Dongli Wu, Dongliang Zhao, Yongchao Zhu, Chao Shen, Hongxi Xue

“…To establish the appreciate relationship between total nitrogen content (TN) and reflectance spectra, both simple and multiple regression models, including simple ration spectral index (SR), normalized difference spectral index (ND), stepwise multiple linear regression (SMLR) model, and partial least squares regression (PLSR), were adopted in this study. …”
Get full text

Relationship between prenatal metals exposure and neurodevelopment in one-year-old infants in the CLIMB study by Xiao-Yuan Fan, Xian-Shu Lin, Bing-Rui Yang, Han-Wen Zhang, Feng Tang, Jia-Jia Tang, He-Bin Chi, Toby Mansell, Noora Kartiosuo, Yin-Yin Xia, Ting-Li Han, Hua Zhang, Philip Baker, Richard Saffery

“…Neurodevelopment was measured using Chinese version of Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID) for the Psychomotor Development Index (PDI) and the Mental Development Index (MDI). …”
Get full text

Long-term trends in the socio-economic development of Arab countries by V. A. Meliantsev

“…With all the considerable differentiation that exists between Arab countries in the 1980-2010s, in contrast to a number of other countries and regions of the East and South, the Arab world on the whole has suffered from a significant slowdown in the dynamics of per capita GDP, total factor productivity, human development index and augmented development index.These trends, according to the author’s calculations, are determined not only and not so much by high population growth rates, but by the limited nature of economic and institutional reforms that affect the degree of diversification of production and export structures, share of investments in physical and human capital in GDP, and the quality of labor. …”
Get full text

Nomogram for Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock after Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interve... by Yudan Wang, Litian Liu, Xinning Li, Yi Dang, Yingxiao Li, Jiaqi Wang, Xiaoyong Qi

“…In the testing set, the C-index was 0.842, goodness-of-fit was 0.585, and AUC was 0.842 (95%CI = 0.715–0.970). …”
Get full text

Establishing Normative Values for Inter-Limb Kinetic Symmetry During Landing in Uninjured Adolescent Athletes by Adam W. VanZile, David M. Reineke, Matthew J. Snyder, Daniel D. Jones, Renee L. Dade, Thomas G. Almonroeder

“…These symmetry indices were also combined to create an index that captured symmetry across both tasks. Normative values were established using the uninjured athletes’ data. …”
Get full text

Impact of Sex on the Nonmotor Symptoms and the Health-Related Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Disease by Márton Kovács, Attila Makkos, Zsuzsanna Aschermann, József Janszky, Sámuel Komoly, Rita Weintraut, Kázmér Karádi, Norbert Kovács

“…Multiple regression analysis was performed to estimate the PDQ-39 and EQ-5D index values based on various clinical factors. Results. …”
Get full text

Impact of water transfer on socioeconomic drought in China: A new approach based on production and consumption by Junlin Qu, Changhai Qin, Jiaxuan Chang, Yong Zhao, Hao Wang, Fan He

“…Due to the contribution of virtual water, the water consumption stress index increases significantly compared to the production water stress index in the importing region. …”
Get full text

Assessing Psychosocial Burden in Psoriasis Patients Using the PRISM-RII Tool: A Comprehensive Evaluation by Elif Afacan Yıldırım, Muhterem Polat, Yusuf Ezel Yıldırım

“…Participants completed the PRISM-RII Psoriasis Internalized Stigma Scale (PISS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). Clinical severity was measured using the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI). …”
Get full text

Directions of researching the competitivesness of tourist destinations by Yulia Dashchuk

“…The author focused attention on global competitiveness indices, in particular, highlighted the main differences between the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index and the Travel and Tourism Development Index, presented the indicators that formed the basis of the research of the latter. …”
Get full text