Partial Ureteropelvic Junction Disruption after Blunt Trauma: Case Report by Jalal Eddine El Ammari, Youness Ahallal, Mohammed Jamal El Fassi, M. Hassan Farih

“…Delays in diagnosis have also been associated with significant morbidity. A high index of suspicion should lead to appropriate investigations, and the management will be determined by the severity of the disruption. …”
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Markov Regime Switching of Stochastic Volatility Lévy Model on Approximation Mode by Arthit Intarasit

“…Finally, some empirical results are illustrated via applications to the Bangkok Stock Exchange of Thailand index.…”
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Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Recent Advances and Insights by Francesco Lasorsa, Arianna Biasatti, Angelo Orsini, Gabriele Bignante, Gabriana M. Farah, Savio Domenico Pandolfo, Luca Lambertini, Deepika Reddy, Rocco Damiano, Pasquale Ditonno, Giuseppe Lucarelli, Riccardo Autorino, Srinivas Vourganti

“…Focal therapy and partial gland ablation prioritize the precise elimination of the index lesion and a surrounding safety margin to optimize treatment outcomes and lower the risk of residual disease. …”
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FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: NEW EVIDENCE FROM TUNISIA by Zaïbi Oussama, Ahmed Hachicha, Fatma Hachicha

“…We have empirically examined the relationship between financial development and institutions using the index of economic freedom as an institutional variable. …”
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Choosing a Licensed Wood-Destroying Organism (WDO) Inspector by Faith M. Oi, Paul Mitola, Kathleen Ruppert

“…For more information on Form 13645, as it pertains to home buyers, see http://www.flaes.org/aes-ent/termitehelp/index.html and click on Understanding Real Estate WDO report Information. …”
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Productive Capacities and the SDGs: Critical but Nuanced Relationships by David Tennant, Stuart Davies, Sandria N. Tennant, Patrice Whitely

“…Using panel data time series models, with Driscoll-Kraay adjusted standard errors, we examine how enhancing the eight elements of the Productive Capacity Index (PCI) impacts the SDGs. We find that each of the SDGs has statistically significant relationships with multiple elements of the PCI, and the results highlight areas in which productive capacity enhancements accelerate progress on one or more SDGs but can also be inimical to others, particularly to goals related to the environment and income inequality. …”
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Choosing a Licensed Wood-Destroying Organism (WDO) Inspector by Faith M. Oi, Paul Mitola, Kathleen Ruppert

“…For more information on Form 13645, as it pertains to home buyers, see http://www.flaes.org/aes-ent/termitehelp/index.html and click on Understanding Real Estate WDO report Information. …”
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Projection in Future Drought Hazard of South Korea Based on RCP Climate Change Scenario 8.5 Using SPEI by Byung Sik Kim, In Gi Chang, Jang Hyun Sung, Hae Jin Han

“…The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) analysis was conducted using monthly precipitation data and temperature data on a 12.5 km × 12.5 km resolution based on a Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) 8.5 climate change scenario, and the characteristics of drought were identified by the threshold. …”
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Inflation and consumption in equality in 2012–2017 by T. I. Gordiyevich, P. V. Ruzanov

“…In groups with increasing costs, the consumer price index is declining. In general, the analysis shows that inequality in consumption and inflation in socioeconomic groups depend primarily on the structure of consumption…”
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Ecological approaches in planning for sustainable cities: A review of the literature by T. Yigitcanlar, D. Dizdaroglu

“…The paper provides insights on the interaction between the natural environment and human activities by identifying environmental effects resulting from this interaction; provides an introduction to the concept of sustainable urban development by underlining the important role of ecological planning in achieving sustainable cities; introduces the notion of urban ecosystems by establishing principles for the management of their sustainability; describes urban ecosystem sustainability assessment by introducing a review of current assessment methods, and; offers an outline of indexing urban environmental sustainability. The paper concludes with a summary of the findings.…”
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Models for Predicting Quality of Solar-Dried Shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) during Storage Based on Protein Oxidation by Yuye Fu, Yaqiong Liu, Wenxiu Wang, Ran Suo, Jie Wang

“…The purpose of this study was to explore the correlation between protein oxidation and quality and to study the changes in various indexes of solar-dried shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) stored at 37°C and 20°C through vacuum packing and vacuum packaging with antipressure sterilization. …”
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Budesonide in treatment of alcohol-induced severe hepatitis: results of randomized trial by I. I. Komkova, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Median of daily alcohol dose was 77 g; 25th and 75th percentiles were 55 and 96 g; duration of intake 13,41±8,55 years. Mean Maddrey index (MI) was 65,22 (37,2 to 145,4). The second group included 20 patients (16 men, 4 women, mean age was 46,5±11,89 years). …”
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Prevalence of Dental Caries and Its Associated Factors among Primary School Children in Ethiopia by Anguach Shitie, Rahel Addis, Abebe Tilahun, Wassie Negash

“…Pretested structured questionnaire and oral examinations were conducted by using the WHO criteria (DMFT) index to collect the data. The data were entered into Epi-Data 3.1 software, and analysis was carried out using SPSS version 23 and variables with P value ≤0.05 in the multivariable binary logistic analysis were considered as a cut-point to declare statistical significance. …”
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Intraspecific variation for heat stress tolerance in wild emmer-derived durum wheat populations by Mohammed Yousif Balla, Mohammed Yousif Balla, Nasrein Mohamed Kamal, Nasrein Mohamed Kamal, Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir, Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir, Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi, Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi, Modather Galal Abdeldaim Abdalla, Hisashi Tsujimoto

“…Additionally, one family developed from an accession of the southern lineage displayed high biomass, harvest index, and seed number under heat-stress conditions. …”
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Effectof Unit Hydrographs and Rainfall Hyetographs on Critical Rainfall Estimates of Flash Flood by Fanzhe Kong, Wei Huang, Zhilin Wang, Xiaomeng Song

“…Initial soil moisture condition was represented by the antecedent precipitation index (Pa). Rainfall hyetographs characterized by linearly increasing, linearly decreasing, and uniform hyetographs were used. …”
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Molecular Detection of Antibiotic-Resistant Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Nonclinical Environment: Public Health Implications in Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa by Mojisola Clara Hosu, Sandeep Vasaikar, Grace Emily Okuthe, Teke Apalata

“…Most of the bacterial isolates exhibited a high Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (MAR) Index ranging from 0.08 to 0.69 with a mean MAR index of 0.38. …”
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A consort‐guided randomized, blinded, controlled clinical trial on the effects of 6 weeks training on heart rate variability in thoroughbred horses by Emma Santosuosso, Renaud Léguillette, Sierra Shoemaker, Ryan Baumwart, Sierra Temple, Kaneesha Hemmerling, Tessa Kell, Warwick Bayly

“…V̇O2max and echocardiographic indexes were measured at baseline and after 6 weeks. …”
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Associations between lifestyle factors and COVID-19 infection rates: a cross-sectional analysis in the USA by Abdullah Alismail, Razaz Shaheen, W Lawrence Beeson, Michael Paalani, Hildemar Dos Santos, Rhonda K Spencer-Hwang

“…Excluding individuals under 18 or residing outside the USA, the survey captured data on diet, body mass index, smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, sleep duration, COVID-19 infection status, socio-demographics and other potential confounders. …”
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Interaction effect between overweight/obesity and alcohol consumption on hypertension risk in China: a longitudinal study by Xiaoqin Wang, Zhaozhao Hui, Jiaru Sun, Paul D Terry, Xiaohan Ren, Shuangyan Lei, Caihua Wang, Mingxu Wang

“…After adjusting for age, gender, education level, marital status, physical activity, diabetes and smoking, high body mass index (BMI) and light drinking (OR=5.07, 95% CI 3.06 to 8.41), high waist circumference (WC) and light drinking (OR=4.81, 95% CI 2.92 to 7.91), high waist hip ratio and light drinking (OR=2.85, 95% CI 1.84 to 4.42) were the highest risk of all participants in the three combinations. …”
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Clinicopathological Characteristics of Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients with Colorectal Polyps and Risk Factors of Adenomatous Polyps by Rui CHENG, Rui GONG, Wei JIANG, Shutian ZHANG

“…ConclusionOld age, high body mass index, smoking history, and large polyp diameters are related with a high risk of adenoma in the patients with colorectal polyps. …”
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