Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor as markers of disease activity in patients with axial spondyloarthritis by Mahendran Bhuvanesh, Chilkuri Balaji, Chinnadurai Saranya, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Trichangode Natesan Tamilselvam, Sankaralingam Rajeswari

“…Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI)/Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), serum TNF-α, and VEGF levels were assessed at baseline and the same parameters were assessed after 24 weeks of therapy with either etanercept or NSAIDs (20 patients in each group). …”
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Effect of Different Cooking Methods on Lipid Content and Fatty Acid Profile of Red Mullet ( Mullus barbatus ) by Francesca Biandolino, Ermelinda Prato, Asia Grattagliano, Isabella Parlapiano

“…The polyene index (PI), as a measure of PUFA damage, was in the range of 0.42–1.18. …”
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Land use and landscape pattern changes in the Fenhe River Basin, China by Ying Zhao, Bingqing Zhao, Fei Wang

“…The trend analysis of Mann-Kendall tests was used to assess the NDVI variation of each pixel over the past decade. Shannon’s Diversity Index (SHDI) was used to quantify the complexity of the landscape pattern of local LULC. …”
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Acute haemodynamic impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis by Francesca Graziani, Pio Cialdella, Rosa Lillo, Gabriella Locorotondo, Lorenzo Genuardi, Gessica Ingrasciotta, Stefano Cangemi, Marialisa Nesta, Piergiorgio Bruno, Cristina Aurigemma, Enrico Romagnoli, Michele Calabrese, Nicole Giambusso, Antonella Lombardo, Francesco Burzotta, Carlo Trani

“…Conclusions Left heart catheterization performed immediately before and after prosthesis release offers a unique insight in the assessment of LV adaptation to severe AS and the impact of TAVI on LV, catching changes in indexes of intrinsic contractility and myocardial relaxation. …”
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Maternal health risk factors dataset: Clinical parameters and insights from rural BangladeshMendeley Data by Mayen Uddin Mojumdar, Dhiman Sarker, Md Assaduzzaman, Hasin Arman Shifa, Md. Anisul Haque Sajeeb, Oahidul Islam, Md Shadikul Bari, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Narayan Ranjan Chakraborty

“…This test showed a significant difference in BMI (body mass index), with a p-value of 2.23e-24, indicating that preexisting diabetes impacts BMI. …”
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Seasonal Variations in the Biological Value of Kyrgyz Donkey’s Milk Proteins by Nadira K. Turganbaeva, Mukarama M. Musulmanova, Nurudin A. Kydyraliev

“…The biological value of proteins was assessed by amino acid score, index of essential amino acids (Auxerre index), utility ratio of essential amino acids, and utility ratio of amino acid composition. …”
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Penile Microvascular Arterial Bypass Surgery: Indications, Outcomes, and Complications by Ricardo Munarriz

“…The mean pre- and postoperative total International Index of Erectile Function, erectile function domain, questions 3 and 4 scores were 35.5 ± 14.8, 13.7 ± 6.7, 2.2 ± 1.4, 2.1 ± 1.3, and 56.2 ± 16.6, 23.8 ± 6.6, 4.1 ± 1.4, and 3.9 ± 1.5, respectively. …”
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Quantum chemical study of molecular properties of small branched-chain amino acids in water by Roman Boča, Žofia Rádiková, Juraj Štofko, Beata Vranovičová, Cyril Rajnák

“…It is found that the electrophilicity index correlates with the absolute reduction potential along a straight line (24 items). …”
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Factors Influencing the Demoralisation Syndrome of Post‐Operative Patients With Breast Cancer: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Yuxin Huang, Panpan Zhuang, Aixuan Guan, Xiu Rong Ren, Lichun Xu

“…Multivariate analysis revealed that income, cancer stage, recurrence, quality of recovery index (QRI) and BIS were independent influencing factors for demoralisation syndrome after breast cancer surgery. …”
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Temporal shifts in dengue epidemic in Guangdong Province before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Bayesian model study from 2012 to 2022. by Jiaqing Xu, Xiaohua Tan, Yi Quan, Dexin Gong, Hui Deng, Jianguo Zhao, Xing Huang, Yingtao Zhang, Zhoupeng Ren, Zuhua Rong, Weilin Zeng, Xing Li, Wenyuan Zheng, Shu Xiao, Jianpeng Xiao, Meng Zhang

“…We constructed the dengue importation risk index to assess the monthly risk of dengue importation. …”
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Determinants and impact of calcium oxalate crystal deposition on renal outcomes in acute kidney injury patients by Weiwei Yang, Tao Zhao, Xuejing Chen, Suxia Wang, Yu Wang, Tao Su

“…We assessed factors like urinary oxalate, citrate, urate, electrolytes, pH, tubular calcification index, and SLC26A6 expression, comparing them with creatinine-matched AKI controls without oxalosis. …”
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Real-world clinical experience with secukinumab in psoriatic arthritis: an observational study and a literature review by Eleonora Celletti, Giulio Gualdi, Emanuela Sabatini, Francesco Cipollone, Fabio Lobefaro, Paolo Amerio

“…A significant improvement in Disease Activity Score-28 was recorded at 6 and 9 months, while a significant difference vs. baseline was seen at 3, 6, and 9 months for the Psoriasis Area Severity Index. The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index showed significant differences vs. baseline at 9 and 12 months. …”
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Genetic Variation of the DGAT1 gene in Dual-Purpose Dairy Cows and its Influence on Economically Important Breeding Traits by Mark E Armitage, Emma Swan, Denise O'Meara

“…In this study, the variants (genotypes) of the K232A polymorphism of the DGAT1 gene, within a dual-purpose dairy herd, bred for both dairy and beef production, were determined, and compared to the Economic Breeding Index (EBI) and EBI sub-indexes to ascertain if any statistically significant relationships existed. …”
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Gestational weight gain patterns as predictors of cesarean deliveries in women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus by Tzu-Ling Chen, Su-Fen Cheng, Chien-Lin Kuo, Chu-Yu Huang, Chia-Hsun Wu

“…GDM was diagnosed by oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) during 24–28 weeks of gestation. Body mass index cut-offs were based on Asian-specific guidelines. …”
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Dosimetric and Radiobiological Impact of Patient Setup Errors in Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer by Jia-Huan Cai MS, Xun Peng BMed, Jia-Yang Lu MS

“…Comparisons of target dose, improved homogeneity index (iHI), conformity index (CI), tumor control probability (TCP) and normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) were conducted between SPSs and original treatment plans (OTPs). …”
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Effect of Cooking Oil on the Fatty Acid Profile of Beef Sausage Fortified with Edible Deboned Meat Waste by Babatunde O. Alao, Andrew B. Falowo, Elizabeth Bosede Aladejana

“…Also, beef sausage containing 10% fat showed the lowest (P<0.05) saturated fatty acid (SFA) and higher monounsaturated (MUFA), polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), n-6, n-3, PUFA : SFA, PUFA/MUFA, n-6/n-3, and desaturase indexes (DI) compared to treatments T1 and T2. Frying with sunflower oil significantly increased PUFA, n-6, n-6/n-3, and desaturase indexes and lowered SFA, n-3, and PUFA/SFA compared to frying with olive oil. …”
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The Role of Cholesterol during the Ovarian Maturation and Lipid Metabolism of Female Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) by Huixing Guo, Haokun Hua, Jianfeng Wang, Wei Qiang, Xiaoe Xiang, Wenbin Liu, Guangzhen Jiang

“…The results showed that the body weight (BW), survival rate (SR), meat yield (MY), condition factor (CF), hepatosomatic index (HSI), and gonadosomatic index (GSI) of Eriocheir sinensis were significantly affected by treatment time and compared with the cholesterol deficient group, supplementing cholesterol significantly increased BW, HSI, and GSI (P<0.05). …”
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Prohexadione-Calcium Reduced Stem and Tiller Damage and Maintained Yield by Improving the Photosynthetic and Antioxidant Capacity of Rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L.) Under NaCl Stress by Wanqi Mei, Shaoxia Yang, Jian Xiong, Aaqil Khan, Liming Zhao, Xiaole Du, Jingxin Huo, Hang Zhou, Zhiyuan Sun, Xiaohui Yang, Nana Yue, Naijie Feng, Dianfeng Zheng

“…Pro-Ca significantly increased the seedling index of the main stem and tiller by 10.3% and 20.0%, respectively. …”
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Are We Overlooking Anatomical Contributions to Dynamic Knee Valgus? by Matt Dewald, Madison Andersen, Laura Higgins, Emma Porter, Alex Wickersham

“… # Study Design Cross-Sectional Study # Methods Jump height, ground contact time, reactive strength index, and DKV was collected with the MyJump2 and Coach My Video apps. …”
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Successful Achievement of Demanding Outcomes in Upadacitinib-Treated Atopic Dermatitis Patients: A Real-World, 96-Week Single-Centre Study by Stamatios Gregoriou, Ioannis-Alexios Koumprentziotis, Ileana Afroditi Kleidona, Michail Bakakis, Eleni Hatzidimitriou, Theodora Douvali, Aikaterini Tsiogka, Styliani Mastraftsi, Aristeidis Vaiopoulos, Alexander Stratigos

“…Clinical and patient-reported outcomes were recorded and assessed at each follow-up visit and included the eczema area severity index (EASI), investigator global assessment (IGA), scoring atopic dermatitis (SCORAD), dermatology life quality index (DLQI) and the worst pruritus numerical scale score (WP-NRS). …”
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