The correlation between high-sensitivity cardiac troponin levels in diabetic patients’ serum and lower limb lesions: based on NHANES data by Lin Li, Linxi Jiao, Danyang Yang, Jingxia Zhao, Ping Li

“…Logistic regression was used to assess the association of hs-cTnT with lower extremity disease, including peripheral neuropathy (as assessed by monofilament test), peripheral artery disease (as assessed by ankle-brachial index), history of foot ulcers, or amputation. All analyses are weighted.ResultsThe prevalence rate of diabetic lower extremity disease was 41.6%. …”
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A Quality Control Method Based on an Improved Random Forest Algorithm for Surface Air Temperature Observations by Xiaoling Ye, Xing Yang, Xiong Xiong, Yunpei Shen, Man Hao, Rong Gu

“…Notably, the ARF method yielded low performance indexes in areas with complex terrain, where traditional methods were considerably less effective. …”
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Association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and growth hormone deficiency: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tingting Kong, Yunpeng Gu, Lei Sun, Run Zhou, Jie Li, Junping Shi

“…The risk of NAFLD in GHD patients was significantly higher than that in controls (age-, sex- or body mass index-matched, without GHD) (pooled OR = 4.27, 95% CI: 1.33–13.68%, p = 0.015). …”
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Evaluating the Agreement of Risk Categorization for Fetal Down Syndrome Screening between Ultrasound-Based Gestational Age and Menstrual-Based Gestational Age by Maternal Serum Mar... by Pakorn Chaksuwat, Supatra Sirichotiyakul, Suchaya Luewan, Theera Tongsong

“…The study found a good agreement of risk categorization by Kappa index, which was 0.615 for the overall screening. …”
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Change of Tensile Properties with Aging Time and Temperature in Al-Si-Cu-Mg 354 Cast Alloys with/without Minor Addition of Ni and/or Zr by J. Hernandez-Sandoval, M. H. Abdelaziz, E. A. Elsharkawi, A. M. Samuel, F. H. Samuel

“…The main effect of Zr addition lies in a significant reduction in the alloy grain size ∼40%, rather than an increase in the mechanical properties. Quality index charts could be used in assessing the effects of the Ni and Zr additions to the base alloy, as well as evaluating the heat treatment relationships to the alloy tensile properties, in particular when the system shows multiple precipitation reactions. …”
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Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio, Platelet Lymphocyte Ratio and Mean Platelet Volume; which one is More Predictive in the Diagnosis of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease? by Kerem Doğa Seçkin, Mehmet Fatih Karslı, Burak Yücel, Burak Özköse, Doğukan Yıldırım, Berna Aslan Çetin, Halil Aslan

“…The groups were compared in terms of demographic properties such as age, parity, body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin value, neutrophil count, platelet count, neutrophil/ lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), mean platelet volume (MPV) and CRP. …”
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A Multicriteria Decision Model Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process for Managing Safety in Coal Mines by Xin Wang, Lei Zhang

“…Other factors are equipment reliability, explosive risk of equipment, maintenance of equipment, staff operations and staff training, staff attendance, index to evaluate and manage workload, and project quality, monitoring systems, and safety information. …”
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Integrated Model of Multiple Kernel Learning and Differential Evolution for EUR/USD Trading by Shangkun Deng, Akito Sakurai

“…MKL is used to learn a model that predicts changes in the target currency pair, whereas DE is used to generate the buy and sell signals for the target currency pair based on the relative strength index (RSI), while it is also combined with MKL as a trading signal. …”
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Longitudinal Plasmonic Detection of Glucose Using Gold Nanorods by Ching-An Peng, Sushil Pachpinde

“…The dextran sulfate coating changed the local refractive index, which was observed as a red shift in the longitudinal plasmon band. …”
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Diabetes in HFE Hemochromatosis by James C. Barton, Ronald T. Acton

“…Increased type 2 diabetes risk in HFE hemochromatosis is associated with one or more factors, including abnormal iron homeostasis and iron overload, decreased insulin secretion, cirrhosis, diabetes in first-degree relatives, increased body mass index, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome. …”
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Sympathovagal Imbalance in Prehypertensive Offspring of Two Parents versus One Parent Hypertensive by G. K. Pal, Pravati Pal, Nivedita Nanda, V. Lalitha, T. K. Dutta, C. Adithan

“…Though prehypertension has strong familial predisposition, difference in pathophysiological mechanisms in its genesis in offspring of both parents and single parent hypertensive have not been elucidated. Methods. Body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), basal heart rate (BHR), blood pressure (BP), HR and BP response to standing, deep breathing difference, BP response to handgrip and spectral indices of heart rate variability (HRV) were analyzed in normotensive offspring of two parents hypertensive (Group I), normotensive offspring of one parent hypertensive (Group II), prehypertensive offspring of two parents hypertensive (Group III) and prehypertensive offspring of one parent hypertensive (Group IV). …”
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Evaluating the Performance Characteristics of Pressure Monitoring Systems by Silvia Caggiari, Liudi Jiang, Peter Worsley

“…., contact area, peak pressure index, from the sensing arrays and a comparison between measured and predicted pressure values was performed. …”
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The Relationship between Mobile Phone Anxiety and Sleep Quality Occupational Therapy in Adolescents and Its Internal Mechanism by Jingwen Bi

“…In this paper, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to evaluate the sleep quality of adolescents, and the factors affecting the sleep quality of adolescents were explored from three dimensions of behaviour, physiology, and emotion based on the sleep quality model. …”
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Application of Artificial Neural Network in the Baking Process of Salmon by Pengfei Jiang, Kaiyue Zhu, Shan Shang, Wengang Jin, Wanying Yu, Shuang Li, Shen Wang, Xiuping Dong

“…Through the study of LF-NMR, SEM, and sensory evaluation, it was found that the change of sensory indexes was consistent with the results observed by LF-NMR and SEM. …”
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2D Model Study of CO2 Plumes in Saline Reservoirs by Borehole Resistivity Tomography by Said A. al Hagrey

“…The resolution advance of optimized and multiply oriented configurations is confirmed by lower values for ROI (region of index) and residual (relative model difference). …”
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Lifestyle Characteristics and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Population-Based Study in Albania by Lulzim Çela, Bledar Kraja, Kliti Hoti, Ervin Toçi, Herion Muja, Enver Roshi, Genc Burazeri

“…Covariates included socioeconomic characteristics, lifestyle factors, and body mass index. Logistic regression was used to assess the association of socioeconomic characteristics and lifestyle factors with GERD. …”
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Evaluation of Financial and Credit Institutions Branches over a Period of Time with Dependent Criteria by Rouhollah Kiani Ghaleh no

“…Originality/Value: 1- Generating a decision matrix with fuzzy numbers based on the performance of multiple sections 2- Providing a structure for the possibility of separating indicators into two categories: efficient and effective 3- Formulating and weighing sub-indicators in proportion to the degree of dependence on the index head.…”
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Mapping the Nexus in the literature:The Influence of Entrepreneurial and Market Orientations on Supply Chain Agility by Andrea Lazarte-Aguirre

“…Design/methodology/approach – The literature review includes 13 papers published in Web of Science-indexed journals. These studies provide an overview of MO and EO on SCA. …”
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Effect of Microwave Pretreatment on Grindability of Lead-Zinc Ore by Qing Yu, Dexin Ding, Wenguang Chen, Nan Hu, Lingling Wu, Qiucai Zhang, Yulong Liu, Zhijun Zhang, Feng Li, Xilong Xue, Zhaopeng Li, Guicheng He

“…The influence of microwave pretreatment on grindability of lead-zinc ore was studied through comparison analysis on the changes of particle size distribution, percentage of below 0.074 mm, energy consumption, and other indexes of grinding products before and after microwave pretreatment in the ball milling process. …”
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Impact of the introduction of the modular written-theoretical examination in the training internship. by Mabel Rocha Vázquez, Mirtha A. Hernández López

“…<strong>Results:</strong> In a general way, quality index of 100% were obtained in every module during 2003-2004, contrary to 2004-2005 were any of the modules achieved 100%. …”
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