Formulation of Ebastine Fast-Disintegrating Tablet Using Coprocessed Superdisintegrants and Evaluation of Quality Control Parameters by Bhawana Dhakal, Jaybir Kumar Thakur, Reema Kumari Mahato, Ishwori Rawat, D. C. Rabin, Rahul Rana Chhetri, Kedar Prasad Shah, Atul Adhikari, Jitendra Pandey

“…The compressed tablets were then evaluated for precompression and postcompression physicochemical parameters, such as angle of repose, Carr’s index, Hausner’s ratio, hardness, thickness, weight variation, drug content, friability, wetting time, disintegration time, dispersion time, and water absorption ratio. …”
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Improving fruit traits of 'Braeburn' apples in low-altitude regions: The impact of foliar spray and rootstock interactions by Leili Habibzadeh, Mahdi Alizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi Sharifani

“…Rootstock type influenced total acidity (TA), total soluble solids (TSS), flavor index, and vitamin C content. M.9 rootstock combined with MKP spray resulted in the best TA, TSS, and flavor index. …”
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TARGET Protein: the effect of augmented administration of enteral protein to critically ill adults on clinical outcomes—statistical analysis plan for a cluster randomized, cross-se... by Sophie Zaloumis, Matthew J. Summers, Jeffrey J. Presneill, Rinaldo Bellomo, Lee-anne S. Chapple, Marianne J. Chapman, Adam M. Deane, Suzie Ferrie, Craig French, Sally Hurford, Nima Kakho, Matthew J. Maiden, Stephanie N. O’Connor, Sandra L. Peake, Emma J. Ridley, An Tran-Duy, Patricia J. Williams, Paul J. Young, Amalia Karahalios, on behalf of the TARGET Protein Investigators, the Australian, New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group

“…The primary outcome is the number of days free of the index hospital and alive at day 90. Secondary outcomes include proportion of patients alive at day 90, survivor-only analysis of days free of the index hospital at day 90, duration of invasive ventilation, ICU and hospital length of stay, incidence of tracheostomy insertion, renal replacement therapy, and discharge destination. …”
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LINKS. A System for Historical Family Reconstruction in the Netherlands by Kees Mandemakers, Gerrit Bloothooft, Fons Laan, Joe Raad, Rick J. Mourits, Richard L. Zijdeman

“…Currently the core data of the LINKS system consists of indexed civil certificates. These certificates are available from 1812 — the start of the Dutch Vital Registration — until the year they are confidential based on privacy laws. …”
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Characterization of Modifiable Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer by Imandra María García Méndez, Alexander Benavides Couto, Yaima Arrechea Betancourt, Claudia Beatriz Surí García, Fernando de la Mora Martín

“…The consumption of fruits and vegetables was very low without differences between both sexes. The risk body mass index predominated with a slight superiority in the female sex; there was a high degree of physical inactivity.…”
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Information and knowledge management: dimensions and approaches by Christian Schlögl

“…</b> Data for ACA were retrieved from Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). …”
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Risk factors and prevention strategy for patient dissatisfaction after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a single-center retrospective study by Lixin Yang, Zhao Guo, Yuhao Qiao, Jichao Guo, Jiaqi Li, Wei Wang

“…According to patient satisfaction index (PSI), patients were divided into two groups, 529 patients in satisfied group showing 1 or 2 stage in PSI and 96 patients in dissatisfied group showing 3 or 4 stage in PSI. …”
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Assessment of the size and shape of berries using the ImageJ program on the example of honeysuckle by D. Yu. Nokhrin, L. V. Ufimtseva, N. V. Glaz

“…The prospects of using the surface roughness index for quantitative characterization of the degree of deviation of fruits from their natural shape due to mechanical and other deformations are discussed.Conclusion. …”
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Evaluation of Public Welfare Level of Urban Rail Transit considering Operation Management by Ran Meng, Baohua Mao, Qi Xu, Yang Yang

“…Evaluating the public welfare level of the urban rail transit systems has not only great significance for the government to provide fair and reasonable subsidies but for the better operation and management of urban rail transit enterprises. An evaluation index system composed of 3 criterion-level indicators and 12 subindexes has been established in this paper. …”
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Synthesis and Properties of a Polymer-Modified Material for Thin Spray-On Liners in Mine Roadways by Lianjun Chen, Xuekai Jiang, Zhaoxia Liu, Xiangfei Cui, Guoming Liu, Zhi Zhou, Qizheng Dong

“…Eventually, bonding strength and sealing properties were selected as primary optimization indexes, while setting time, bending strength, and compressive strength were selected as secondary optimization indexes. …”
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Analysis of Production Performance and Medicine Cost Expenditure Before and After Avian Infectious Bronchitis in Commercial Broiler Farms by Muhammad Viqih, Gunistiyo Gunistiyo, Hartanto Mulyo Raharjo

“…The results of this analysis revealed significant differences in the variables of performance index (PI), feed conversion ratio (FCR), and medicine costs within several clusters before and after being infected with avian infectious bronchitis. …”
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Pyomyoma as a Rare Source of Postpartum Sepsis by A. DeMaio, M. Doyle

“…Pyomyoma, also known as suppurative leiomyoma, is a rare clinical complication that occurs when a leiomyoma undergoes infarction and subsequent infection. A high index of suspicion is required to make the diagnosis and can be guided by a classic triad of symptoms that includes abdominal pain, sepsis without an obvious source, and a history of leiomyoma. …”
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Angioimmunoblastic T Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Chronic Urticaria by Mohleen Kang, Nitasha Bhatia, Adrienne Sauder, Mirela Feurdean

“…Primary Care physicians, dermatologists, and allergists must maintain a high index of suspicion for cutaneous manifestations of lymphoma, especially if the skin lesions are refractory to standard treatment. …”
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Graft Copolymerization of Styrene from Poly(vinyl alcohol) via RAFT Process by Gholam Ali Koohmareh, Morteza Hajian, Hazhir Fallahi

“…Grafted polystyrene chains were cleaved from the PVA backbone by acidic hydrolysis of the PVA-g-PS, and its polydispersity index, PDI, was determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) showing narrow molecular weight distribution.…”
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Event-Triggered Stability Analysis of Semi-Markovian Jump Networked Control System with Actuator Faults and Time-Varying Delay via Bessel–Legendre Inequalities by Hongqian Lu, Chaoqun Guo, Yue Hu, Wuneng Zhou

“…By constructing the enhanced Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) relevant to the Legendre polynomials, a stability criterion with lower conservativeness indexed by N is derived, and the conservativeness will decrease as N increases. …”
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Untangling a case of dapsone-induced acute liver injury by V Meghana, Divya Ravindran, Umapathy Pasupathy

“…We discuss how the diagnosis was made and the successful outcome following prompt treatment. A high index of suspicion and vigilant history-taking, along with a detailed past treatment history, can provide early clues in reaching a diagnosis. …”
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Fractal Dimension-Based Damage Imaging for Composites by Li Zhou, Hu Sun, Zhiquan He

“…Box-counting dimension, a typical fractal dimension, is employed to analyze the difference of Lamb wave signals, extract damage feature and define damage index. An enhanced reconstruction algorithm for probabilistic inspection of damage is developed for damage imaging. …”
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Hydrochemistry of Groundwater in AL Jallam Desert, Salah Al-Din Governorate, Iraq by Farid M Alatar, Alhassan H. Ismail, Muntasir A. Shareef, Corina Boncescu

“…The results showed that the evaporation process is the primary control of the water quality in the study area. Water Quality Index (WQI) method was utilized to assess the suitability of water for human consumption, whereas different geochemical parameters were used to evaluate the irrigation suitability. …”
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Positive Solutions for a Class of Third-Order Three-Point Boundary Value Problem by Xiaojie Lin, Zhengmin Fu

“…Using a specially constructed cone, the fixed point index theorems and Leray-Schauder degree, this work shows the existence and multiplicities of positive solutions for the nonlinear third-order boundary value problem. …”
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La population Chasséenne du gisement du Crès (Hérault): caractéristiques métriques et anatomiques by Aurore Schmitt

“…However, the robustness indexes do not vary between sexes. The long bone measurements of one of the males lie outside the variability within the group. …”
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