Experimental Study on the Softening Characteristics of Sandstone and Mudstone in Relation to Moisture Content by Gui-chen Li, Chong-chong Qi, Yuan-tian Sun, Xiao-lin Tang, Bao-quan Hou

“…This is achieved through detailed studies using scanning electron microscopy, shear tests, and evaluation of rock index properties during exposure to different moisture contents. …”
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Examination of the Quantitative Relationship between Vegetation Canopy Height and LAI by Yongwei Yuan, Xinsheng Wang, Fang Yin, Jinyan Zhan

“…It is difficult to obtain the data of H at the regional scale or larger scale, but the remote sensing provides the most useful and most effective method. The leaf area index (LAI) is closely related to the H, and we analyzed its relationship with the correlation analysis based on the dataset at 86 site-years of field measurements from sites worldwide in this study. …”
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An Early Presentation of Tricuspid Valve Rupture in a Trauma Patient With Congenital Heart Disease by Justus Boever, Rishi Batra, Hason Khan, Zachary M. Bauman

“…The subsequent treatment delay can result in development of irreversible dilatation of right-sided heart chambers, making it imperative to have a high index of suspicion for tricuspid regurgitation as a cause of acute hemodynamic instability in the setting of blunt trauma to the chest. …”
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Investigation in Gas Carburizing of AISI 4140, EN36, and 16MnCr5 Steels Using the Grey Incidence-Based Taguchi (GIBT) Method by G. L. Arumparithy, R. Adalarasan, M. Santhanakumar, N. Balaji, Yalew Asres

“…Optimal design variables are identified using grey incidence grade as a performance index in the GIBT method. The contribution of individual parameters is also studied using the analysis of variance (ANOVA). …”
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Design and Analysis of Combined Valve Spool with Linear Flow Coefficient by Changxiong Xie, Heng Su, Jun Yang, Zhongjing He

“…In order to improve the nonlinearity of the flow discharge, the paper designed different spool profile, such as the arc combined spool profile, the power curve combined spool profile, the index curve combined spool profile, and the mixed curve combined spool profile, and analyzed the flow discharge through CFD simulation and experiment. …”
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The protective effect of carnosic acid on dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis based on metabolomics and gut microbiota analysis by Changhui Du, Zhenjie Li, Jing Zhang, Ni Yin, Lirong Tang, Jie Li, Jingyin Sun, Xiaoqing Yu, Wei Chen, Hang Xiao, Xian Wu, Xuexiang Chen

“…We found that CA effectively attenuated DSS-stimulated colitis in mice, as evidenced by reduced disease activity index (DAI), and systemic and colonic inflammation. …”
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Comparative Quality of Laparoscopic and Open Cholecystectomy in the Elderly Using Propensity Score Matching Analysis by Kazuaki Kuwabara, Shinya Matsuda, Koichi Benjamin Ishikawa, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Kenji Fujimori

“…The demographics, cholecystitis severity, comorbidities, complications, and admission and discharge Barthel Index (BI) scores of patients with benign gallbladder diseases were analyzed. …”
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Supporting Image Search with Tag Clouds: A Preliminary Approach by Francesco Guerra, Giovanni Simonini, Maurizio Vincini

“…Algorithms and techniques for searching in collections of data address a challenging task, since they have to bridge the gap between the ways in which users express their interests, through natural language expressions or keywords, and the ways in which data is represented and indexed. When the collections of data include images, the task becomes harder, mainly for two reasons. …”
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Intermittent Fasting Modulation of the Diabetic Syndrome in Streptozotocin-Injected Rats by Louiza Belkacemi, Ghalem Selselet-Attou, Emeline Hupkens, Evrard Nguidjoe, Karim Louchami, Abdullah Sener, Willy J. Malaisse

“…Intermittent fasting improved glucose tolerance, increased plasma insulin, and lowered Homeostatis Model Assessment index. Caloric restriction failed to cause such beneficial effects. …”
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Suppression of Base Excitation of Rotors on Magnetic Bearings by Steven Marx, C. Nataraj

“…We apply optimal control choosing to minimize a performance index, which leads to the optimization of the trigonometric coefficients in the correction current function. …”
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Teknologi Elektronis Pengkajian Nyeri Kronis pada Anak-anak dan Remaja by Dwi Novrianda

“…One method of assessment of chronic pain in children and adolescents that can be applied in clinical practice is the use of electronic pain diary that combines handheld hardware technology advances such as smartphones and PDAs with pain assessment software program innovations that have proven their quality index. In order to use this application to apply the necessary attention to the ethical aspects, financial aspects of the tools and training, aspects of change in perspective on the importance of understanding the chronic pain patient in order to change behavior. …”
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ROLLING REGRESSION CAPM ON ZAGREB STOCK EXCHANGE – CAN INVESTORS PROFIT FROM IT? by Tihana Škrinjarić

“…Weekly data on five sector indices from Zagreb Stock Exchange and the market index CROBEX with 91 day T-bill rates have been used for the period January 2012 – April 2018 in order to evaluate rolling regression CAPM on the Croatian market. …”
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FEATURE EXTRACTION AND ESTABLISHMENT BASED ON PUMPING UNIT WORKING CONDITIONS AND GLOBAL FAULT IDENTIFICATION by REN Taizhu, FAN Jun, JIANG Xiaxin

“…Then, two methods of obtaining valve opening and closing points and load variation characteristics were proposed, and 54 new features of global faults of pumping units were extracted, and the characteristic database of working conditions of the pumping unit was established.Finally, the algorithm of decision tree, logistic regression and support vector machine was used to verify that the feature database has good classification effect under different working conditions. The characteristic indexes of different fault conditions were evaluated, and the private rule database of each working condition was obtained. …”
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Stigmasterol Modulates Allergic Airway Inflammation in Guinea Pig Model of Ovalbumin-Induced Asthma by Aaron Opoku Antwi, David Darko Obiri, Newman Osafo

“…Histopathology revealed stigmasterol maintained lung architecture and reversed collagen deposition, an index of lung remodeling. Overexpression of serum vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and ovalbumin-specific immunoglobulin E (OVA sIgE) elicited by ovalbumin sensitization and challenge was significantly controlled with stigmasterol. …”
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Biological control, an excellent alternative in the fight against arbovirus transmitting vectors by Aliuska Tamayo Verdecia, Lizette Rodríguez Fernández, Miriela Roque Fernández, Marta María Capote Padilla, Caridad Gianicet Díaz Hernández, Dainiel Paz Bermúdez

“…For this, a bibliographic review of articles, reports, web documents, available in repositories of the Infomed web site and Google Academic, in English and Spanish, published from 2010 to 2023 and articles indexed in databases such as: SciELO, PubMed, Medline and Redalyc. 74 articles were reviewed, of which 30 were related to the topic to be developed. …”
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Comparison of the Biological Activity of Crude Polysaccharide Fractions Obtained from Cedrela sinensis Using Different Extraction Methods by Oh Min Hui, Yoon Kyung Young

“…All fractions showed higher retardation effects on glucose and bile acid absorption using the in vitro dialysis system compared to the control (without polysaccharide fraction); specifically, the glucose retardation index of P-EAS was similar to that of carboxymethylcellulose. …”
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The evolution of personalized medicine: literature review by I. S. Dolgopolov, M. Yu. Rykov

“…A search was conducted for literary sources (scientific articles), including those published in peer-reviewed journals indexed in Pubmed, WOS, Scopus and RSCI from 2010 to 2021. …”
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Case Report: Percutaneous Cholecystostomy as the Beginning of Recovery by Gabrielė Gudelytė, Audrius Sileikis

“…Due to the patient’s high comorbidity index a percutaneous cholecystostomy was performed. …”
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Spontaneous Rupture of an Ovarian Artery Aneurysm: A Rare Postpartum Complication by Christopher A. Enakpene, Toni Stern, Marco J. Barzallo Salazar, Pradip Mukherjee

“…Spontaneous rupture of ovarian artery should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses in the immediate postpartum period especially when the clinical symptoms do not correlate with the amount of blood loss. A high index of suspicion, prompt diagnosis, intervention, and a multidisciplinary approach in the management were the elements of a successful outcome in this case.…”
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Methodological approach to evaluation the level of a university organizational culture by E. V. Kotov, Yu. O. Roschina

“…The level of organizational culture is determined on the basis of an integral (generalizing) indicator, which, unlike analogues developed by other researchers, is calculated as the geometric mean of the integral indexes of groups of indicators, which makes it possible to determine the median value, which is the closest to the average value.…”
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