Current Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: From Demolitive Surgery to Observation by Ilenia Bartolini, Lapo Bencini, Matteo Risaliti, Maria Novella Ringressi, Luca Moraldi, Antonio Taddei

“…The importance of the Ki-67 index as a prognostic factor is still debated as well. …”
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An English Teaching Pronunciation Detection and Recognition Algorithm Based on Cluster Analysis and Improved SSD by Dongxiao Peng

“…The accuracy of English pronunciation is the key index to evaluate the quality of English teaching. …”
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From Matched Certificates to Related Persons by Rick Mourits, Ingrid K. van Dijk, Kees Mandemakers

“…For the Netherlands, a rich new data source has become available which contains indexed civil certificates for multiple generations of individuals: LINKS. …”
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Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of the Greek Pepper ( Capsicum annuum ) Cultivars ‘Florinis’ and ‘Karatzova’ by Niki Mougiou, Foteini Trikka, Sofia Michailidou, Mariana Pantoura, Anagnostis Argiriou

“…The biochemical evaluation revealed that ‘Florinis’ peppers had the highest sweetness index and total phenolic content. Such an analysis could be used for the discrimination of pepper cultivars sharing common morphological traits ensuring the unique identity of each cultivar and protecting farmers and consumers from fraud.…”
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Seasonal Variations of the Urban Thermal Environment Effect in a Tropical Coastal City by Yao Yuan, Chen Xi, Qian Jing, Ndayisaba Felix

“…The gravity center model of UHII and Moran’s I (a spatial autocorrelation index) were used to analyze the spatiotemporal variations of SUHI. …”
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Low-Orbit Large-Scale Communication Satellite Constellation Configuration Performance Assessment by Tianyu Sun, Min Hu, Chaoming Yun

“…The evaluation method is applied to three typical low-orbit large-scale communication satellite constellations, Telesat, OneWeb, and Starlink, to derive the coverage performance index values of each constellation and to compare and analyze the characteristics of the three constellations. …”
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Viscous Dissipation Effect in the Free Convection of Non-Newtonian Fluid with Heat Generation or Absorption Effect on the Vertical Wavy Surface by Mehdi Moslemi, Kourosh Javaherdeh

“…Also, the effect of the power law viscosity index is surveyed. It is demonstrated that the magnitude of the local Nusselt number in the plane leading edge has the smallest quantity for pseudoplastic fluids compared to dilatant Newtonian fluids. …”
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Antimicrobial Evaluation of Bacterial Isolates from Urine Specimen of Patients with Complaints of Urinary Tract Infections in Awka, Nigeria by Perpetua A. Ekwealor, Malachy C. Ugwu, Ifeanyi Ezeobi, George Amalukwe, Belinda C. Ugwu, Ugochukwu Okezie, Catherine Stanley, Charles Esimone

“…It was also observed that all the bacterial species except Streptococcus spp. have a Multiple Antibiotic Resistance Index (MARI) greater than 0.2. For empiric treatment of UTIs in Awka locality, Nitrofurantoin, Ciprofloxacin, and Ofloxacin are the first line of choice.…”
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Study on disaster-causing probability evaluation of gas pipeline in karst area. by Qiaochu Li, Peng Zhang

“…The hazard evaluation index system of gas pipeline disaster events in karst areas is established from three aspects: the activity of disaster-prone environment, the risk of disaster factors and the vulnerability of disaster-bearing bodies. …”
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A New Air Quality Prediction Framework for Airports Developed with a Hybrid Supervised Learning Method by Yong Tian, Weifang Huang, Bojia Ye, Minhao Yang

“…Instead of taking some specific pollutant as concerned metric, we introduce the air quality index (AQI) for the first time to evaluate the air quality in airports. …”
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Research on Urban Expansion and Population Density Change of an Urban Agglomeration in the Central-Southern Region of Liaoning Province, China by Min Guo, Shijun Wang

“…The spatial growth rate and urban compactness index of the sample cities were calculated using the land use and population data of these cities in three time phases: 1995, 2005, and 2015. …”
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Initial Clinical Trial of Robot of Endovascular Treatment with Force Feedback and Cooperating of Catheter and Guidewire by Yuhua Jiang, Keyun Liu, Youxiang Li

“…The robot system can basically complete the related observation indexes, and its accuracy, effectiveness, stability, and safety basically meet the requirements of clinical application in neurointerventional surgery.…”
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High Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Predicts Cardiovascular Mortality in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients by Han Li, Xiangxue Lu, Ruifang Xiong, Shixiang Wang

“…Here we investigated the association between NLR and cardiovascular risk markers, including increased pulse pressure (PP), left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and intima-media thickness (IMT), and mortality in HD patients. …”
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The Oxidative Stability of Chia Seed Oil Enriched with Oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) and Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Extracts by Fatemeh Kiani Aliabadi, Asiye Ahmadi Dastgerdi, Javad Tabatabaeian Nimavard

“…In the rancimat, the highest oxidative stability index (OSI) was shown in the sample containing 1800 ppm oregano extract, followed by yarrow extract. …”
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Multi-response optimization of EDM drilling parameters of the Nitinol SMA by Amiya Kumar Sahoo, Praneet Pandey, Dhananjay R. Mishra

“…Current (I), voltage (V), charging-time (TON), discharging-time (TOFF), and dielectric pressure (DP) were taken as input control parameters. Single-indexed optimization of material removal rate (MRR), tool-wear rate (TWR), and degree of tapperness (DoT) are evaluated using gray relational grade (GRG). …”
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Durability Studies on the Recycled Aggregate Concrete in China over the Past Decade: A Review by Zhiming Ma, Qin Tang, Dingyi Yang, Guangzhong Ba

“…Considering the waste concrete, bricks, and ceramics used in preparing RA are frequently mixed together in China, this study proposes an index of average water absorption rate to quantify the effects of RA types, quality, and replacement percentages on the durability of RAC. …”
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Experimental Study on Dynamic Resilient Modulus of Lime-Treated Expansive Soil by Zheng Lu, Yang Zhao, Shaohua Xian, Hailin Yao

“…Dynamic resilient modulus is the design index of highway subgrade design code in China, which is significantly affected by the traffic loads and environmental changes. …”
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Seismic Damage Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dam Based on Wavelet Transform by Dunben Sun, Qingwen Ren

“…The new global damage index of the dam is proposed and the overall damage degree of the dam can be distinguished using defined formula under given earthquake actions. …”
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Case report: First reported case of spondylodiscitis caused by Gemella morbillorum in South Africa by J Pillay, N M van der Linden

“…It is important to have a high index of suspicion when a patient has a history of dental work, and to rule out associated infection such as endocarditis. …”
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Deficiencies causes in road construction scheduling: Perspectives from construction professionals by Karen Castañeda, Omar Sánchez, Rodrigo F. Herrera, Guillermo Mejía

“…Thirty-two experts were consulted to evaluate the frequency and severity of each cause based on a relative influence index. The causes with the greatest impact on deficiencies in road construction scheduling were poor estimation of labor performance, poor estimation of workforce quantity, and deficient coordination with public utilities. …”
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