Seasonal Changes of Fish Assemblages in a Subtropical Lagoon in the SE Gulf of California by F. Amezcua, F. Amezcua-Linares

“…The species composition changed seasonally; results from the Simpson diversity index and the cumulative species curve show that seasonally almost all the species in the system for a given season were found. …”
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Cognitive-Enhancing Effect of a Hydroethanolic Extract of Crinum macowanii against Memory Impairment Induced by Aluminum Chloride in BALB/c Mice by Mohammed S. Jilani, Dexter Tagwireyi, Louis L. Gadaga, Charles C. Maponga, Cosmas Mutsimhu

“…C. macowanii at 40 mg/kg exhibited a significantly higher discrimination index than aluminum chloride-treated mice in the novel object recognition task. …”
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Topological Aspects of Molecular Networks: Crystal Cubic Carbons by Muhammad Javaid, Aqsa Sattar, Ebenezer Bonyah

“…A network invariant or a topological index (TI) is a numerical measure of a chemical compound which is capable to describe the chemical structural properties such as melting point, freezing point, density, pressure, tension, and temperature of chemical compounds. …”
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Abdominal Adiposity Correlates with Adenotonsillectomy Outcome in Obese Adolescents with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Gustavo Nino, Maria J. Gutierrez, Anjani Ravindra, Cesar L. Nino, Carlos E. Rodriguez-Martinez

“…WC correlated negatively with a positive AT response in young adolescents and the percentage of improvement in obstructive apnea-hypopnea index (OAHI) after AT (). Extended multivariate analysis demonstrated that the link between WC and AT response was independent of demographic variables, OSA severity, clinical upper airway assessment, obesity severity (BMI), and neck circumference (NC). …”
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ISLAM AND CAPITALISM: THE DYNAMICS OF RELIGION AND CONTEMPORARY INDONESIAN WORK ORIENTATION by Husnul Khitam

“…The impressive economic growth at an average level of 5 percent, a low rate of inflation at 2.36, the rose of consumption growth to 5.1 percent, the rapid decline of poor people, and the low Gini ratio index at 0.382 show how vital Indonesia as an exemplar of the growth of capitalism in the global south. …”
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Application of Financial Cloud in the Sustainable Development of Smart Cities by Yangchun Cao, Guangyu Zhang, Chunyao Ou

“…The measurement model analyzes and validates the assumptions of the previous stage and finally determines the sustainable development evaluation index system. Then, starting from the scoring coefficient matrix of the exploratory factor analysis of the final model, the variance contribution rate of each common factor is weighted to construct a comprehensive evaluation model to calculate the comprehensive evaluation score. …”
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Rare cause of chronic cough in a young healthcare worker - A case of exogenous lipoid pneumonia! by Nandini Dikshit, Mansi Gupta, Neha Nigam, Alok Nath

“…Diagnosis of lipoid pneumonia is often missed or delayed in many cases and requires a high index of clinical suspicion. We report a case of a 36-year-old nursing officer who presented with a cough and right-sided pneumonia on chest imaging. …”
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Spectroscopic Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Matter in Afforestation Forest Soil of Miyun District, Beijing by Shi-Jie Gao, Chen Zhao, Zong-Hai Shi, Jun Zhong, Jian-Guo Liu, Jun-Qing Li

“…It can be included that afforestation can improve the soil quality to some extent, which can be partly reflected from the indexes like TOC, TN, TP, K+, MBC, and DOC. And the characterization of DOM implied that UV humic-like substances were the major fluorophores components in the DOM of the soil samples, which consisted of aliphatic chains and aromatic components with carbonyl, carboxyl, and hydroxyl groups.…”
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Analysis of Antioxidant Capacity of Chromones in Saposhnikoviae Radix Obtained by Ultrasonic-Assisted Deep Eutectic Solvents Extraction by Xianwen Yue, Fangfei Xu, Peng Lv, Huailei Yang, Huiwei Bao, Yang Xu

“…The extraction effects of 11 prepared DESs were screened taking contents of chromones as indexes. Furthermore, the optimum extraction conditions were confirmed using a single-factor test and response surface optimization test. …”
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The Relation of Coffee Consumption to Serum Uric Acid in Japanese Men and Women Aged 49–76 Years by Ngoc Minh Pham, Daigo Yoshida, Makiko Morita, Guang Yin, Kengo Toyomura, Keizo Ohnaka, Ryoichi Takayanagi, Suminori Kono

“…Statistical adjustment was made for body mass index, alcohol use, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and other factors. …”
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Changes in Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, White Blood Cell Count, Liver Enzymes, and Magnesium after Gastric Bypass Surgery by Hans-Erik Johansson, Arvo Haenni, Björn Zethelius

“…Methods. 21 morbidly obese nondiabetic patients who underwent RYGBP surgery were evaluated preoperatively (baseline), then 1 year (1st followup) and 3.5 years (2nd followup) after RYGBP and compared to an untreated control group. Results. Body mass index, ESR, WBC, ALT, and GGT were all significantly reduced at 1 year in the RYGBP group (30%, 35%, 20%, 45%, and 57%, resp.) while Mg increased by 6%, compared to control group (P=0.001−0.009). …”
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Use of Biomonitoring Tools to Detect Water Quality-Dependent Ecosystem (Macroinvertebrate) Responses in Lentic Systems: The Examples of Lakes İznik and Manyas, Türkiye by Mercan Deniz, Arslan Naime

“…Results for the zoobenthic community structure indicate that Lake İznik has started to become organically polluted and Lake Manyas is more polluted. Also, the biological index results for Lake İznik also show that the lake water quality has started to decrease and that pollution conditions have occurred, pointing to class III water quality. …”
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Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic and Physiologically Based Biopharmaceutic models research in Latin America: A regional level bibliometric analysis, 2011-2023 by Marx Ribeiro, Juliana Cordeiro Cardoso, José Eduardo Severino Martins, Aline Ferreira Pinto, Eliana Maria Barbosa Souto, Patricia Severino

“…When considering thematic specialization, Colombia cones first as the country with the greatest Relative Specialization Index (RSI), followed by Brazil, Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico, and Argentina. …”
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Projecting the Shift of Chub Mackerel (<i>Scomber japonicus</i>) Spawning Grounds Driven by Climate Change in the Western North Pacific Ocean by Seonggil Go, Joon-ho Lee, Sukgeun Jung

“…We projected the effects of climate change on the spawning grounds of chub mackerel (<i>Scomber japonicus</i>) by developing and applying a suitable spawning ground index based on a regional ocean circulation model for the western North Pacific. …”
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Interactions between key genes and pathways in prostate cancer progression and therapy resistance by Fan Wu, Hengsen Zhang, Miaomiao Hao

“…Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent malignant tumors in men, particularly in regions with a high Human Development Index. While the long-term survival rate for localized prostate cancer is relatively high, the mortality rate remains significantly elevated once the disease progresses to advanced stages, even with various intensive treatment modalities. …”
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Tuning Metamaterials for Applications at DUV Wavelengths by Andrew Estroff, Bruce W. Smith

“…The unique properties of metamaterials, namely, their negative refractive index, permittivity, or permeability, have gained much recent attention. …”
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“I’m Seeing Dead People”: A Case Report on Salicylate Poisoning in a Patient with Hallucinations by Jessica Meyers, Sean McCormick, Phillip D. Levy, Michael J. Twiner

“…Conclusion: This case serves as a reminder for physicians to have a high index of suspicion for chronic toxicities including salicylates in patients who present as acute psychosis or altered mental status of unknown etiology.…”
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Maternal Circulating Concentrations of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha, Leptin, and Adiponectin in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jie Xu, Yan Hong Zhao, Yun Ping Chen, Xiao Lei Yuan, Jiao Wang, Hui Zhu, Chun Mei Lu

“…Subgroup analysis taking in consideration the effect of obesity on maternal adipokine levels showed that circulating levels of TNF-α and leptin remained elevated in GDM patients compared to their body mass index (BMI) matched controls, and adiponectin level remained depressed in GDM individuals. …”
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Rheological and Nutritional Properties and Sensory Evaluation of Bread Fortified with Natural Sources of Calcium by Amnah M. A. Alsuhaibani

“…Compared to the control bread, breads fortified with egg and oyster shells had a higher water absorption (%), dough development time, dough stability, mixing time, heat of transition, and setback viscosity but a lower weakening index. Skim milk-fortified bread had the lowest levels of carbohydrates and energy of the bread formulations tested. …”
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Assessment of Future Possible Meteorological Drought for Isparta Province by Tahsin Baykal, Dilek Taylan, Özlem Terzi

“…Then, standardized precipitation index (SPI) values were calculated for the years 1929-2021 and the next 10 years. …”
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