Subtalar joint pronation: Which is the real concern-presence or severity? A cross-sectional study by Yahya Süleyman Mollaibrahimoğlu, Nurefşan Kaygas, Özlem Feyzioğlu, Pelin Pişirici

“…Forty-eight participants between the ages of 18 and 40, were categorized into neutral (n=16), prone (n=16), and hyperprone (n=16) according to foot posture index (FPI). Static and dynamic postural control evaluations (with the Biodex Balance System SD), navicular drop test (NDT) weight-bearing lunge test, countermovement jump test without arm swing, and drop vertical jump tests have been completed. …”
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Modeling Anomalous Transport of Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere Using a Fractional Fokker–Planck Equation by José Luis Díaz Palencia

“…The model parameters, including the fractional orders <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>α</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> and the entropic index <i>q</i>, are estimated by a short comparison between theoretical predictions and observational data from cosmic ray experiments. …”
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The Effects of Cation Ratios on Root Lamella Suberization in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) with Contrasting Salt Tolerance by M. R. Momayezi, A. R. Zaharah, M. M. Hanafi

“…The Ca2+/Na+ ratio in shoot tissue can be also a reliable index for the early recognition of salt stress in these rice genotypes.…”
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Viability Analysis of Waste Tires as Material for Rail Vibration and Noise Control in Modern Tram Track Systems by Caiyou Zhao, Ping Wang, Qiang Yi, Duo Meng

“…The laboratory compression results demonstrated that the optimal gradation combination of damping chamber elements is as follows: the content of fine rubber particles is 10%, the content of coarse granules is 90%, and the optimal compaction index is 0.98. Next, the findings from the laboratory compression-test studies were used to produce damping chamber elements that were applied to a full-scale modern track model in the laboratory. …”
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Optimization of LMBP high-speed railway wheel size prediction algorithm based on improved adaptive differential evolution algorithm by Yu Zhang, Jiawen Zhang, Lin Luo, Xiaorong Gao

“…It is beneficial for maintenance department to make maintenance strategy and reduce maintenance cost to forecast the hidden danger index value. Based on the analysis of the research status of wheel-to-life prediction at home and abroad and the repair of wheel-set wear and tear, this article designs and implements an adaptive differential evolution algorithm Levenberg–Marquardt back propagation wheel-set size prediction model. …”
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Fracability Evaluation Method and Influencing Factors of the Tight Sandstone Reservoir by Jiageng Liu, Lisha Qu, Ziyi Song, Jing Li, Chen Liu, Yongcun Feng, Haihang Sun

“…The fracability of tight sandstone reservoir is characterized by the fracability index (FI) and is divided into three levels. Based on the model, this study carried out fracability evaluation and fracturing zone optimization in the study area, and the microseismic monitoring results verified the accuracy of the model.…”
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Simulation Modeling of a Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing Process via Wet Granulation by Zhengsong Wang, Zhen Pan, Dakuo He, Jiahui Shi, Shouxin Sun, Yue Hou

“…For PTMP, considering the important effect of porosity on tablet qualities, a model describing the changes in tablet porosity is developed based on a promoted form of the Heckel equation, and then several recognized models that are all related to porosity are introduced or constructed to calculate important tablet quality indexes. The feasibility and effectiveness of the developed simulation models are validated by performing a computational experimental study to explore the scientific understanding of process and process quality control.…”
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Application of an active middle ear implant in congenital middle ear malformations: A contemporary review by Vagner Antonio Rodrigues da Silva, Henrique Furlan Pauna, Guilherme Correa Guimarães, Joel Lavinsky, Thomas E. Linder, Arthur Menino Castilho

“…The speech recognition index if the Floating Mass Transducer (FMT) was placed in the short process was 86.0% ± 9.6%, with significant difference when compared to long process coupling (p = 0.035) and the round window coupling (p =  0.048). …”
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A New Health Condition Detection Method for Planetary Gears Based on Modified Distributed Compressed Sensing and Multiscale Symbol Dynamic Entropy by Zhe Wu, Qiang Zhang, Zeyu Ma, Jialong Lu, Zhiying Qin

“…Aiming at the problem of how to extract fault information from vibration signals of nonlinear and nonstationary planetary gearboxes, a performance degradation evaluation index of planetary gearboxes based on improved distributed compressed sensing and modified multiscale symbolic dynamic entropy (DCSMDE) is proposed. …”
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An Empirical Study on the Agglomeration Characteristics of China’s Construction Industry Based on Spatial Autocorrelation and Spatiotemporal Transition by Likun Zhao, Junsen Tian, Yanqi Liu, Rui Liu

“…Based on the analysis of the spatiotemporal distribution of China’s construction industry agglomeration, this paper analyzes the characteristics and evolution trend of the spatiotemporal agglomeration of construction industry in 31 provinces and cities of China from 2010 to 2019 by using Moran’s index and the spatiotemporal transition measurement model. …”
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Characterization of Morphological Diversity of Jute Mallow (Corchorus spp.) by Munguatosha Ngomuo, Tsvetelina Stoilova, Tileye Feyissa, Patrick A. Ndakidemi

“…Highest variability among accessions was found in harvest index, biomass yield, and weight of 1000 seeds. The traits that significantly correlated with biomass yield include plant height (r=0.448), petiole length (r=0.237), primary branches (r=0.319), and number of leaves per plant (r=0.333). …”
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GENETIC DIVERSITY INVESTIGATION AND MOLECULAR MARKERS ESTABLISHMENT FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SEVERAL INITIALLY SELECTIVE AVOCADO (Persea americana Miller) STRAINS IN LAMDONG PROVINCE by Lê Ngọc Triệu, Nguyễn Hoàng Phong, Mai Tiến Đạt, Thái Thạch Bích, Nguyễn Thanh Tiền, Lê Đình Vĩnh Bảo, Nguyễn Khắc Quang, Phan Ngọc Quỳnh Như

“…DNA fingerprints recorded with 10 ISSR primers including 125 electrophoresis DNA band were used for genetic diversity estimation of 11 investigated strains set, in the result, the average expected heterozygosity (gene diversity) was He = h = 0.3072, Shannon index was I = 0.4608, and percentage of polymorphic bands was PPB = 91.84%. …”
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Does Semi-Rigid Instrumentation Using Both Flexion and Extension Dampening Spacers Truly Provide an Intermediate Level of Stabilization? by Dilip Sengupta, Brandon Bucklen, Aditya Ingalhalikar, Aditya Muzumdar, Saif Khalil

“…In extension, they excessively offload the index segment, making the device as the sole load-bearing structure, with concerns of device failure. …”
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Endophytic Bacillus bacteria with RNase activity in the resistance of potato plants to viruses by G. F. Burkhanova, A. V. Sorokan, E. A. Cherepanova, E. R. Sarvarova, R. M. Khairullin, I. V. Maksimov

“…Similarly, the infection index decreased from 14 in the control to 1 in the inoculated plants. …”
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Rheological Characterization of Isabgol Husk, Gum Katira Hydrocolloids, and Their Blends by Vipin Kumar Sharma, Bhaskar Mazumder, Vinod Nautiyal

“…The study revealed that the power flow index “p” was less than “1” in all concentrations of Isabgol husk, gum katira, and their blends dispersions indicating the shear-thinning (pseudoplastic) behavior. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations of Water Pollution-Intensive Enterprises and Influencing Factors in China’s “Two Control Zone” Policy Using Spatial Statistics and Spatial Autoregressive... by Fuqiang Dai, Xia Zhang, Qing Li, Hao Liu

“…This study used nearest-neighbor index analysis, global spatial autocorrelation analysis, hot spot analysis, and spatial regression to investigate spatial distribution changes in WPIEs. …”
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Gender Differences in the Association between Sleep Duration and Body Composition: The Cardia Study by Marie-Pierre St-Onge, Suzanne Perumean-Chaney, Renee Desmond, Cora E. Lewis, Lijing L. Yan, Sharina D. Person, David B. Allison

“…Sleep duration has been inversely associated with body mass index (BMI). We examined the relationship between self-reported sleep duration and BMI, waist circumference, and percent body fat in Black and White individuals from the CARDIA study. …”
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A Lifelong Smoker with Hypopituitarism: Rethinking the Hypothesis of a Tumor in the Hypophysis by Nestoras Mathioudakis, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Roberto Salvatori, Shehzad Basaria

“…This case illustrates the need for maintaining a high index of suspicion for pituitary metastasis in patients with known risk factors for malignancy.…”
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Using Internet of things technology to construct an integrated intelligent sensing environment for long-term care service by Lun-Ping Hung, Nan-Chen Hsieh, Li-Ju Lin, Zong-Jie Wu

“…This study uses a medical-grade Internet of Things module that can calculate the environmental values with edge computing to generate different levels of alarms by combining the index-weighted moving average method to dynamically calculate the optimal threshold value for the environment. …”
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Fault Diagnosis of Bearings with Adjusted Vibration Spectrum Images by Mingquan Qiu, Wei Li, Zhencai Zhu, Fan Jiang, Gongbo Zhou

“…Firstly, the Davies–Bouldin index (DBI) is employed to select a proper capture focus (CF) and image size, and the spectrum of vibration signal is computed via fast Fourier transformation (FFT) and adjusted according to the average rotating speed. …”
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