Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control, and Associated Factors: Results from a National Survey, Jordan by H. Y. Jaddou, A. M. Batieha, Y. S. Khader, A. H. Kanaan, M. S. El-Khateeb, K. M. Ajlouni

“…Awareness was positively associated with age, smoking, and diabetes for both men and women, and with level of education and body mass index for men. Rate of treatment for HTN among aware patients was 63.3% and was significantly higher than the 52.8% rate reported in period1. …”
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Recent Decadal Trend in the North Atlantic Wind Energy Resources by Chong Wei Zheng, Chong Yin Li, Xin Li

“…However, there is a noticeable negative correlation between the Niño3 index and WPD in most of the North Atlantic.…”
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Geospatial Trends and Decadal Anomalies in Extreme Rainfall over Uganda, East Africa by Charles Onyutha

“…The first and second dominant modes of variability correspond with the variation in Indian Ocean Dipole and North Atlantic Ocean index, respectively. The influence of Niño 3 on the rainfall variability of some parts of the country was also evident. …”
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Arthroscopic-Assisted Treatment of a Reversed Hill-Sachs Lesion: Description of a New Technique Using Cerament by S. Bark, F. Renken, A. P. Schulz, A. Paech, J. Gille

“…X-ray at follow-up 6 months after the index procedure documents the bony remodeling of the bone substitute. …”
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Ambient Ozone Exposure in Czech Forests: A GIS-Based Approach to Spatial Distribution Assessment by I. Hůnová, J. Horálek, M. Schreiberová, M. Zapletal

“…We considered eleven approaches for spatial interpolation used for the development of maps for mean vegetation season O3 concentrations and the AOT40F exposure index for forests. The uncertainty of maps was assessed by cross-validation analysis. …”
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Shoreline Stability Analysis At Merah Putih Beach, Bangkalan Regency by Dyah Ambarwati Rieke, Dwi Siswanto Aries

“…The quantitative approach utilizes remote sensing technology using the Normalized Difference Water Index algorithm, while the statistical approach uses data analysis obtained from the Digital Shoreline Analysis System method. …”
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Evaluation of Pavement Structural Number and Resilient Modulus in a Schistose Quartzite/Quartzite Environment using Dynamic Cone Penetration Test Data: Consequence for flexible pav... by Olumuyiwa Falowo, A.S. Daramola, W.K. Olabisi

“…The DCPT penetrative indexes at refusal ranged from 0.1 to 6.4 mm/blow, with average cumulative number of blows of 97. …”
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Call for Papers: IJPS volume 12, issue 1 by Stephanie Gingerich, Stephanie Doscher

“…Please refer to our submission guidelines at pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/ijps/about/submissions. Questions about submissions for this issue may be directed to article should be addressed to Stephanie Gingerich at ginge018@umn.edu or Stephanie Doscher at sdoscher@umn.edu. …”
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Driven Force Induced Bifurcation Delay on the Chaotic Financial System by Balamurali Ramakrishnan, Mohamed Abdalla, Salah Boulaaras, Karthikeyan Rajagopal

“…First, the dynamical characteristics are analyzed by introducing the external driven force in the price index with commodity demand. We discover that the presence of an external force causes the alternate occurrence of oscillatory and steady states as a function of time. …”
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Identifikasi Bakteri Escherichia coli dalam Air Minum Galon pada Kantin yang ada di Universitas Andalas Padang by Muhammad Rayhan Braja Gitawama, Netti Suharti, Nora Harminarti

“…Results: 9 of 15 water samples were contaminated by coliform bacteria with the highest MPN index of 240/100 ml that was found in 2 samples. …”
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A multi-source data-driven approach for navigation safety integrating computational intelligence and Bayesian networks by Xiaotong Qu, Chengbo Wang, Chengbo Wang

“…Finally, the probability distribution of navigation risk is determined by combining the prior probability and the dependencies, which are converted into risk index values through utility theory. Taking the grid-based navigation risk assessment of the South China Sea as an example, the effectiveness of this method is verified. …”
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FIRM-SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS, MARKET RISKS AND ASSET QUALITY OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Toluwa Celestine Oladele, Peters Ade Sanni

“…The data for the market risk variables was extracted from the Central Bank of Nigeria website and the World Development Index. Static panel regression was employed as the estimation technique. …”
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The Effects of Storage Conditions on Lycopene Content and Color of Tomato Hot Pot Sauce by He Li, Jian Zhang, Yong Wang, Jian Li, Yihe Yang, Xinqi Liu

“…Significant correlations between color index of L⁎, a⁎, and a⁎/b⁎ and lycopene or HMF were found at storage temperature. …”
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The role of common dyadic coping as mediator between attachment styles and marital satisfaction in transition to parenthood by Mahira Syafana Kuswanto, Adriana Soekandar Ginanjar, Pingkan Cynthia Belinda Rumondor

“…The measures used in this study are Experiences in Close Relationships - Revised (ECR-R), Couple Satisfaction Index (CSI), and Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI). Data were obtained through an online survey of Indonesian citizens aged ≥ 21 years, married, and having an only child aged zero to two years (N mothers = 90%, M age = 27.9, SD age = 2.8). …”
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The Mismatch Negativity: An Indicator of Perception of Regularities in Music by Xide Yu, Tao Liu, Dingguo Gao

“…Since MMN can serve as an index of neural plasticity, it thus can be widely used in clinical and other applied areas, such as detecting music preference in newborns or assessing wholeness of central auditory system of hearing illness. …”
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Impact of Regular Exercise and Attempted Weight Loss on Quality of Life among Adults with and without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Andrew J. Green, Kathleen M. Fox, Susan Grandy

“…Differences between T2DM respondents (n=2419) and respondents with no diabetes (n=6750) were tested using t-tests and linear regression models adjusting for demographics, body mass index (BMI), and diabetes status. Results. After adjustment, exercising regularly was significantly associated with higher subsequent physical and mental component scores (P<.001). …”
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PLZF Expression during Colorectal Cancer Development and in Normal Colorectal Mucosa according to Body Size, as Marker of Colorectal Cancer Risk by Francesco Mariani, Paola Sena, Giulia Magnani, Stefano Mancini, Carla Palumbo, Maurizio Ponz de Leon, Luca Roncucci

“…Strong association was found between CD56+ colonic mucosa cell infiltration and body mass index. Interestingly, an increased stromal PLZF-reactivity was present in NM of obese subjects. …”
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Production of Biosurfactants by Soil Fungi Isolated from the Amazon Forest by Hellen Holanda Sena, Michele Alves Sanches, Diego Fernando Silva Rocha, Walter Oliva Pinto Filho Segundo, Érica Simplício de Souza, João Vicente Braga de Souza

“…The strain Penicillium 8CC2 showed the highest emulsification index (54.2%). The optimized bioprocess conditions for biosurfactant production by Penicillium 8CC2 were as follows: soybean oil, 20 g/L; yeast extract, 30 g/L; pH 9; duration of 9 days. …”
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Query-Biased Preview over Outsourced and Encrypted Data by Ningduo Peng, Guangchun Luo, Ke Qin, Aiguo Chen

“…We achieve this novel result by making a document (plaintext) previewable under any cryptosystem and constructing a secure index to support dynamic computation for a best matched snippet when queried by some keywords. …”
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Elevated Serum C-Reactive Protein and Markers of Sleep Disordered Breathing by R. Constance Wiener, Rouxin Zhang, Anoop Shankar

“…The additive score was not associated in men but moderately associated in women in a multivariable model adjusting for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, smoking, hypertension, alcohol intake, physical activity, body mass index, depression, diabetes, hypertension, and total cholesterol (P-interaction =0.42). …”
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