Terson’s syndrome: An interesting case report by Rajwinder Kaur, Mehak Mangla, Balbir Khan, Harleen Kaur

“…In view of bilateral involvement and HM+ in both eyes, 23G pars plana vitrectomy was performed in both eyes. Hence, a high index of suspicion and early intervention in cases of bilateral dense vitreous hemorrhage can result in a favorable visual outcome (visual acuity of 20/30 in both eyes).…”
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NON-CONTRIBUTORY SOCIAL SECURITY APPLICATION FOR ELDERLY AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES’: THE CASE OF TURKEY by Mete Kaan Namal, Aynur Yumurtacı, Bülent Arpat

“…Accordingly, it became evident that to fulfill the social justice principle in paying the elderly and individuals with disabilities’ monthly premiums within the non-contributory system in Turkey, indexation has to be carried at 40% rate of the “per capita net income”.…”
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A METHODOLOGY FOR THE EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN ROMANIA by ANTONIO TACHE, MONICA TACHE

“…Taking this into consideration, this scientific methodology aims to map the performance/efficiency FUA index.…”
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An optimal control model with sensitivity analysis for COVID-19 transmission using logistic recruitment rate by Jonner Nainggolan, Moch. Fandi Ansori, Hengki Tasman

“…To identify influential factors in COVID-19 spread, sensitivity index and sensitivity analyses of R0 are conducted. …”
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RatDNA: DATABASE ON MICROARRAY STUDIES OF RATS BEARING GENES ASSOCIATED WITH AGE-RELATED DISEASES by O. S. Kozhevnikova, M. K. Martyschenko, M. A. Genaev, E. E. Korbolina, N. A. Muraleva, N. G. Kolosova, Y. L. Orlov

“…The database is available at http://pixie.bionet.nsc.ru/ratdna/rat/index.php.…”
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INFLUENCE OF THE CONSUMPTION OF CARBONATED BEVERAGES IN THE PREVALENCE OF DENTAL EROSION IN YOUNG BASKETBALL PLAYERS by Vladimir Lara A, Maria José Jarrin, Olivia Toalombo, Alex Carrera, Dourado Logersio Alessandro, Ana del Carmen Armas

“…The participants were examined clinically by a single examiner regarding their upper anterior teeth through BEWE tooth erosion index and also by a questionnaire on knowledge and consumption of acidic beverages. …”
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Better Outcomes in Severe and Morbid Obese Patients (BMI>35 kg/m2) in Primary Endo-Model Rotating-Hinge Total Knee Arthroplasty by Luis M. Lozano, Vicente López, José Ríos, Dragos Popescu, Pere Torner, Félix Castillo, Francisco Maculé

“…There were 6 deep infections and 16 patients referred postoperative anterior knee pain. WOMAC index scores disaggregated by gender and BMI showed better outcomes in obese patients (specifically, those with a BMI of 35–40 kg/m2) and in men. …”
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Experimental Study on the Feasibility of Using Water Glass and Aluminum Sulfate to Treat Complications in High Liquid Limit Soil Subgrade by Wen-hui Zhang, Hua-wen Zheng, Jia-wei Qi, Bao-tian Wang

“…After improving the high liquid limit clay with water glass and aluminum sulfate, the liquid limit decreases, the plastic limit increases, and the plasticity index decreases. Compared with untreated soil, the clay content of the improved soil decreases, while the silt and coarse contents increase. …”
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Differing Pattern of Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Very Elderly Men Expresses Dynamics in Atherosclerotic Load in the Senescence by Arkadiusz Siennicki-Lantz, Sölve Elmståhl

“…Smoking and low ankle-brachial index (ABI) predicted higher ABPM variability and pulse pressure (PP), but not absolute ABPM values. …”
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Heterogeneous UAV Swarm Collaborative Search Mission Path Optimization Scheme for Dynamic Targets by Kaixin Cheng, Tao Hu, Di Wu, Tingli Li, Shu Wang, Kaiyue Liu, Zhifu Tian, Dong Yi

“…The simulation results show that the task execution efficiency indexes of the proposed scheme for the decision input solution model, pheromone update mechanism, and optimization algorithm are improved by 188%, 72%, and 102%, respectively, and the overall performance is improved by 227%.…”
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Alagille Syndrome and Wilson Disease in Siblings: A Diagnostic Conundrum by Meghan Amson, Esther Lamoureux, Nir Hilzenrat, Marc Tischkowitz

“…The authors describe two siblings, each with a different, rare genetic condition that affects liver function. The index case, the 18-year-old asymptomatic brother of a young man recently diagnosed with Wilson disease, presented for Wilson disease screening and was also found to have abnormal liver function suggestive of cholestasis. …”
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Study of Selected Metals Distribution, Source Apportionment, and Risk Assessment in Suburban Soil, Pakistan by Javed Iqbal, Munir H. Shah

“…In ecological risk assessment, contamination factor demonstrated moderate contamination by Co, Sr, and Zn and high contamination by Cd, Cu, and Pb; geoaccumulation index indicated heavy to extreme contamination by Cd and heavy contamination by Pb; enrichment factor revealed significant enrichment by Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Sr, and Zn and extreme enrichment by Cd and Pb. …”
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Mobility Based Key Management Technique for Multicast Security in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks by B. Madhusudhanan, S. Chitra, C. Rajan

“…Initially, the nodes are categorized according to their stability index which is estimated based on the link availability and mobility. …”
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Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Causing Systemic Hypoxemia in Early Infancy by V. Aggarwal, D. M. Khan, J. F. Rhodes

“…We aim to emphasize the importance of a high index of suspicion for pulmonary AVM in infants with refractory systemic hypoxemia of unclear etiology.…”
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TEACHERS' BELIEFS AND CONSTRAINTS IN ADOPTING LEARNER-CENTERED PEDAGOGY; AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHER-CENTERED METHODS IN TANZANIAN TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES by Mustapha Almasi, Susan Mwangu Rumulika, Johari Hakimu, Justine N Mbukwa

“…Using a quantitative approach, data were collected from 150 college teachers through structured questionnaires, analyzed with the Relative Importance Index (RII) to rank the motivational factors. The research findings reveal three main factors driving the use of TCM, which consist of teachers' belief in its effectiveness, poor student cooperation perception, and low student learning ability. …”
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Monitoring regional economic policy effectiveness of the Donetsk People’s Republic in anti-crisis management strategies agricultural complex implementation by O. L. Nekrasova, R. S. Blizkiy, M. G. Gorobets

“…The matrix of the crisis management methods application optimality has been developed, considering the criteria of segmenting application frequency and cost aggregation index.   The purpose of the study is to substantiate DPR’s effective regional policy monitoring in interfering its sustainable elaboration of the successful implementation of the anti-crisis management strategy causal dependence on the example of the agricultural complex.…”
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Patterns of innovation networks formation in a closed-cycle economy by A. I. Shinkevich, F. F. Galimulina, S. A. Bashkirtseva

“…The methodology for assessing the aggregate index differs by taking into account the reference proportions of cooperation, allows for a differentiated approach to the support of territories, is universal and can be applied by public authorities in the development and refinement of spatial development strategies.…”
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Centrifugation, Storage, and Filtration of Olive Oil in an Oil Mill: Effect on the Quality and Content of Minority Compounds by Alfonso M. Vidal, Sonia Alcalá, Antonia de Torres, Manuel Moya, Francisco Espínola

“…Oil storage before filtration resulted in a significant increase of around 30% in the peroxide index, while the antioxidant capacity decreased by 78%. …”
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Fuzzy Rules for Ant Based Clustering Algorithm by Amira Hamdi, Nicolas Monmarché, Mohamed Slimane, Adel M. Alimi

“…Experimental section shows that F-ASClass performs better according to the error rate classification, accuracy, and separation index.…”
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Structure Characteristics of the International Stock Market Complex Network in the Perspective of Whole and Part by Guangxi Cao, Yingying Shi, Qingchen Li

“…International stock market forms an abstract complex network through the fluctuation correlation of stock price index. Past studies of complex network almost focus on single country’s stock market. …”
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