The Relationship between Heart Rate Variability and Adiposity Differs for Central and Overall Adiposity by B. Gwen Windham, Stefano Fumagalli, Alessandro Ble, John J. Sollers, Julian F. Thayer, Samar S. Najjar, Michael E. Griswold, Luigi Ferrucci

“…While frank obesity is associated with reduced HRV, indicative of poorer autonomic nervous system (ANS) function, the association between body mass index (BMI) and HRV is less clear. We hypothesized that effects of adiposity on ANS are mostly mediated by visceral fat and less by subcutaneous fat; therefore, centrally distributed adipose tissue, that is, waist circumference (WC), should be more strongly associated with HRV than overall adiposity (BMI). …”
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Periodontal Status in Smokers and Nonsmokers: A Clinical, Microbiological, and Histopathological Study by Maddipati Sreedevi, Alampalli Ramesh, Chini Dwarakanath

“…Both groups showed almost similar plaque levels (P=0.258), but smokers had reduced gingival (0.62 ± 0.31) and bleeding indices (28.53 ± 17.52) and an increased calculus index (1.62 ± 0.36). Smokers had an increased probing depth of 4–7 mm (P=0.009) and overall increased CAL. …”
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Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Levels Are Correlated with the Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy by Yuan Lin, Ye-cheng Xiao, Hong Zhu, Qing-yan Xu, Lei Qi, Yu-bin Wang, Xiu-juan Li, Ma-li Zheng, Rui-sheng Zhong, Yi Zhang, Xiang-dong Xu, Bo-le Wu, Zhu-mei Xu, Xiang-hong Lu

“…In the patient group there was a significant positive correlation between FGF21, insulin level, and homeostasis model assessment index. Serum FGF21 concentrations in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy or nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy were significantly higher than those in patients without diabetic retinopathy. …”
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Leaf Area and Structural Changes after Thinning in Even-Aged Picea rubens and Abies balsamea Stands in Maine, USA by R. Justin DeRose, Robert S. Seymour

“…We tested the hypothesis that changes in leaf area index (LAI m2 m−2) and mean stand diameter following thinning are due to thinning type and residual density. …”
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Podocyturia: A Clue for the Rational Use of Amiloride in Alport Renal Disease by H. Trimarchi, R. Canzonieri, A. Muryan, A. Schiel, A. Araoz, M. Paulero, J. Andrews, T. Rengel, M. Forrester, F. Lombi, V. Pomeranz, R. Iriarte, E. Zotta

“…However, as any hereditary disease, it is expressed as early as in the intrauterine life, and usually an index case is helpful to detect family-related cases. …”
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Energy Efficient Clustering Based Network Protocol Stack for 3D Airborne Monitoring System by Abhishek Joshi, Sarang Dhongdi, Rishabh Sethunathan, Pritish Nahar, K. R. Anupama

“…This 3D airborne network architecture can be used to measure Air Quality Index (AQI) in an area. Various parameters of network such as energy consumption, Cluster Head rotation, time synchronization, and Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR) have been analyzed. …”
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Predictors of postoperative hospital length of stay after total knee arthroplasty by Davide Tornese, Alessandro Robustelli, Gabriele Ricci, Paola Maria Vittoria Rancoita, Nicola Maffulli, Giuseppe Michele Peretti

“…There was no evidence of a statistically significant positive association between body mass index and LOS. Conclusion: An in-depth and early knowledge of factors that influence LOS may enable the multidisciplinary team to plan a patient-tailored rehabilitation path and better allocate resources to maximise patients’ functional recovery, while reducing LOS and the overall cost of the procedure.…”
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Getting Better or Worse? General Health Status of 9th Grade Students in Orhangazi, Bursa, Turkey by Zuleyha Alper, Hakan Ozdemir, Yesim Uncu, Alis Ozcakir, Ganime Sadikoglu, Nuran Bayram

“…Data to evaluate students by socioeconomic status, body mass index (BMI), dietary, smoking, and physical activity behaviors and psychological status were collected via classroom questionnaires. …”
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Online English Teaching Quality Assessment Based on K-Means and Improved SSD Algorithm by Yuhua Dai

“…Experiments show that compared with other comparison algorithms, the algorithm presented in this paper performs better in the index of detection accuracy.…”
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Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Kidney Developing Local Recurrence by Wataru Usuba, Hideo Sasaki, Hidekazu Yoshie, Kazuki Kitajima, Hiroya Kudo, Ryuto Nakazawa, Yuichi Sato, Masayuki Takagi, Tatsuya Chikaraishi

“…The cellularity was normal and nuclear pleomorphism was not observed. Ki-67 labeling index was less than 3%. The pathological diagnosis of SFT was made without obvious malignant findings. …”
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Effect of Sustainable Development and Institutional Quality on Growth by Wai Mun Har, Mei Chen Sin

“…The official Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index is applied to proxy the holistic conceptualization and policy achievement of the United Nation’s SDGs. …”
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A New Scalar Quantization Method for Digital Image Watermarking by Yevhen Zolotavkin, Martti Juhola

“…The proposed technique performance is affirmed by comparing with state-of-the-art methods including Quantization Index Modulation (QIM), Distortion Compensated QIM (DC-QIM), and Rational Dither Modulation (RDM). …”
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Evaluation of Three New Strategies to Fight Obesity in Families by C. Luley, A. Blaik, S. Aronica, J. Dierkes, S. Kropf, S. Westphal

“…On top of this diet, the families were randomized in a three-factorial design to one or more of three weight-loss strategies: (1) an additional diet preferring carbohydrates having a low glycemic index (dual diet), (2) financial incentive, and (3) telemonitoring of weight and physical activity. …”
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Analysis of Climate and Land Use Changes Impacts on Land Degradation in the North China Plain by Zhihui Li, Xiangzheng Deng, Fang Yin, Cuiyuan Yang

“…To comprehensively and quantitatively analyze the land degradation process, this paper employed the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as a proxy to assess land degradation and further applied the binary panel logit regression model to analyze the impacts of the driving factors on land degradation in the North China Plain. …”
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Effects of Grape Seed Extract, Vitamin C, and Vitamin E on Ethanol- and Aspirin-Induced Ulcers by Vivian Molina Cuevas, Yazmín Ravelo Calzado, Yohani Pérez Guerra, Ambar Oyarzábal Yera, Sonia Jiménez Despaigne, Rosa Mas Ferreiro, Daisy Carbajal Quintana

“…Rats were randomized into eight groups: a negative control and seven groups that received aspirin or ethanol for ulcer induction: one positive control (vehicle) and six with VC, VE, or GSE (25 and 250 mg/kg). Ulcer indexes and gastric levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) were quantified. …”
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Aggressive Angiomyxoma in Pregnancy: A Rare Condition, a Common Misdiagnosis by J. Sampaio, I. Sarmento-Gonçalves, D. Ramada, T. Amaro, P. Tiago-Silva

“…Early recognition demands high index of suspicion for both gynaecologists and pathologists. …”
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Digital Panopticon Dilemmas: A Study on Contact Tracing Apps Carried Out by the Ministry of Health by Elifnur Terzioğlu

“…This study analyzes 49 countries whose Ministries of Health applied contract tracing applications during the Covid-19 pandemic process through the digital panopticon perception, which would be labeled as classified data according to their democracy indexes.…”
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A New Method for the Measurement of Gas Pressure in Water-Bearing Coal Seams and Its Application by Xiao Cui, Jiayong Zhang, Liwen Guo, Xuemin Gong

“…Coal seam gas pressure is one of the fundamental parameters used to assess coal seam gas occurrence and is an important index in assessing the risk of gas disaster. However, the geological characteristics of coal seams become increasingly complex with increasing mining degree, thus decreasing the accuracy and success rate of direct methods for measuring gas pressure. …”
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Investigation and analysis of sleep and mental health status among MEFCs by Kangying Yu, Shaozheng Song, Liu Wu, Zhe Chen, Zhe Chen

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the sleep status and mental health of migrants elderly who followed their children (MEFC) and analyze the influencing factors.MethodsA total of 583 MEFCs were surveyed using a general demographic questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scale, and the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL90) scale.ResultsThe mean PSQI score for MEFCs was 6.98 ± 0.17, and the average SCL90 score was 64.06 ± 2.03. …”
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Research on Customer Requirement-Driven Individualized Product Module Division and Configuration Based on Community Structure by Qin Yang, Xuzheng Li, Qunqun Yin, Fan Liu, Weijie Chang

“…The community detection method based on fuzzy clustering is applied to module division, and the optimal result is obtained using the F-statistic and modularity as evaluation indexes. Finally, the individualized product configuration problem is transformed into a dynamic constraint satisfaction problem. …”
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