Comparison of Social Physique Anxiety of Fitness and Pilates Exercise in Women by Yeliz Doğru

“…Body weight (BW), fat ratio (%), body mass index (BMI) were measured before and after eight weeks of exercise program and SPA inventory was completed. …”
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Vision-Based Damage Detection Method Using Multi-Scale Local Information Entropy and Data Fusion by Yiming Zhang, Zili Xu, Guang Li, Cun Xin

“…We then introduce the concept of entropy into damage detection. A novel damage index, defined in Gaussian multi-scale space and named multi-scale local information entropy (MS-LIE), is proposed. …”
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Study on the Variation of Terrestrial Water Storage and the Identification of Its Relationship with Hydrological Cycle Factors in the Tarim River Basin, China by Peng Yang, Jun Xia, Chesheng Zhan, Yongyong Zhang, Jie Chen

“…Meanwhile, the correlation coefficient between TWSA and El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) index in the period of April 2002–December 2005 was -0.25, which reached the significant level (p<0.05).…”
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Enhanced Invisibility and Robustness of Digital Image Watermarking Based on DWT-SVD by Ali Alzahrani

“…The peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and structural similarity index measure (SSIM) were applied to measure the invisibility, and the normalization correlation (NC) was used to examine the robustness of watermarked images. …”
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Echocardiographic evaluation of healthy cats under the effect of Dexmedetomidine and Butorphanol by L.I. Pereira, M.C.R. Milano, C.H. Oliveira, A.M. Amude, A.K. Fabretti, D.A.G. Kemper

“…In the results obtained, there was a 12% decrease in free wall thickness in diastole in M mode (p=0.017), in addition to a 47% decrease in heart rate (p< 0.0001) and a 30% increase in systemic blood pressure (p<0.0001) after sedation. The TEI index increased (p<0.0001) and there was a significant impact on the systolic function of sedated cats, with a decrease in shortening fraction (p<0.0001), cardiac output (p = 20.003), S' wave (p = 0.007) and increased left ventricular diameter in M-mode systole (p = 0.0003). …”
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Effects of an Aquatic Physical Exercise Program on Ventilatory Parameters in People with Parkinson’s Disease by Bruna Yamaguchi, Dielise Debona Iucksch, Luis Henrique Paladini, Vera Lúcia Israel

“…Between the intervention assessments, they had statistically significant differences in MIP, MEP, FVC, Tiffeneau index, MVV, and fatigue. The study demonstrated that the aquatic physical exercise intervention was effective for ventilatory outcomes and fatigue in people with PD.…”
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Integrative approaches across green energy technologies: the role of innovations in human capital by Wadim Strielkowski, Evgeny Kuzmin, Maksim Vlasov

“…Employing a bibliometric approach, this study analyzes a collection of 1933 documents, encompassing research articles, conference papers, and book chapters, indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database. Through a network cluster analysis of the textual and bibliometric data using the VOSviewer software, our findings suggest that investments in human capital are deemed crucial for fostering long-term sustainable economic growth within energy companies globally. …”
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Sleep Quality and Levodopa Intestinal Gel Infusion in Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study by Oriol De Fabregues, Alex Ferré, Odile Romero, Manuel Quintana, José Álvarez-Sabin

“…Before and after 6 months of LCIG infusion, an overnight polysomnography was performed and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, fatigue scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Beck Depression Inventory, and the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale were administered. …”
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Patient and Doctor Delays in Smear-Negative and Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Attending a Referral Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey by Gulbanu Horzum Ekinci, Esra Karakaya, Esra Akkutuk Ongel, Osman Haciomeroglu, Adnan Yilmaz

“…The most common reason for patient delay was neglect of symptoms by patient in both groups. A low index of suspicion for tuberculosis by physicians was the most common reason for doctor delays. …”
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Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Slope Failure in 3-D Spatially Variable Soils by Finite Element Method by Ya-Nan Ding, Zu-Fang Qi, Miao Hu, Jin-Zhu Mao, Xiao-Cheng Huang

“…By using the random finite element method, the critical slip surface of the slope is accurately identified, the corresponding landslide volume and slide distance are calculated, and the modified risk index for a landslide is further enriched, which can provide the reference basis for predicting the landslide deformation, quantitatively evaluating the landslide risk, and mitigating the landslide disaster.…”
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The Protective Effects of 18β-Glycyrrhetinic Acid on Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasis in Mice via Suppression of mTOR/STAT3 Signaling by Haiming Chen, Huazhen Liu, Bin Tang, Yuchao Chen, Ling Han, Jingjie Yu, Yuhong Yan, Chuanjian Lu

“…Results indicated that GA dramatically improved psoriatic lesions and reduced psoriasis area and severity index scores. GA also suppressed the mRNA levels of IL-6, TNF-α, IL-17, IL-23, and IL-1β in the skin and increased the proportion of CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) in both lymph nodes and spleens. …”
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Validation of a Survey Questionnaire on Organ Donation: An Arabic World Scenario by Rajvir Singh, Tulika Mehta Agarwal, Hassan Al-Thani, Yousuf Al Maslamani, Ayman El-Menyar

“…It was quantified by content validity index (CVI). Construct validity was established by principal component analysis (PCA), whereas internal consistency was checked by Cronbach’s Alpha and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). …”
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Estimation of Soil-Water Characteristic Curve for Cohesive Soils with Methylene Blue Value by Junhui Zhang, Junhui Peng, Yejuan Chen, Jue Li, Feng Li

“…This study described a new methylene blue test to measure the methylene blue value (MBV) for 15 cohesive soils and established the relationship between MBV and plasticity index (PI) and between MBV and percent passing No. 200 sieve (P200), respectively. …”
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Obesity and Prognostic Variables in Colombian Breast Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Javier Cuello-López, Ana Fidalgo-Zapata, Elsa Vásquez-Trespalacios

“…A cross-sectional study including 849 women diagnosed with breast cancer between 2009 and 2014. Based on body mass index, prevalence of overweight (BMI ≥ 25 < 30) and obesity (BMI ≥ 30) and associations of BMI with clinical and tumor histopathological features were analyzed. …”
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Response Surface Methodology Investigation of the Viscosity of Propylene Glycol (100)/Graphene Nanofluid to Determine the Optimal Conditions by Raviteja Surakasi, Salah J. Mohammed, Hasan Sh. Majdi, Ali Majdi, Parveen Berwal, Mohammad Amir Khan, Wahaj Ahmad Khan

“…The R2 coefficient, the coefficient of variation (CV%), and the p‐value are compared as metrics for assessing the models. The indexes for the quartic model are 0.9940, 3.53%, and 0.0001, in that order. …”
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Research on the Hierarchical Spatial Structure of the Urban Agglomeration of the Yellow River Ji-Shaped Bend by Fang Wang, Mengyao Guo, Xi Guo, Fangqu Niu

“…The following conclusions can be drawn. (1) The cities with the strongest regional comprehensive power are Ordos, Taiyuan, Hohhot, Yinchuan, and Yulin, which cause the UAYB to present a significant “center-periphery” spatial pattern. (2) The biggest population flows mostly occur between cities in the same province, while interprovincial population flows mainly exist between cities with the strongest comprehensive power. (3) The hierarchical spatial structure of the UAYB forms a multitree structure, with Ordos as the core. (4) The attractiveness of the UAYB is very weak, being only slightly attractive to individual surrounding provinces, while the population outflow index to economically developed areas is high. Several policy implications are proposed, which can provide important insights for planning intercity connections among the UAYB, in order to achieve more coordinated regional development.…”
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Perceptions of unilluminated occupations a survey of Danish occupational therapists by Nina Mønsted, Lisa Mahaffey, Christina Jessen Winge, Anette Enemark Larsen

“…We added questions on the Danish wording of the concepts, including a content validity index (CVI). Data was subjected to a descriptive analysis.Results The respondents agreed that OTs must include examining the purpose and meaning of UO, however without having a responsibility to support performing these UO. …”
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Risk Transmission of the Regions in the Yangtze River Economic Belt by Xianbo Wu, Xiaofeng Hui

“…Specifically, from the results of the maximum spanning tree, except the stock market crash period in 2015, Chongqing, Guizhou, and Yunnan (the western region) are the main exporters of risk, while Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai (the eastern region) are often at the edge at this time, and from the results of the centrality of the region indexes, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Anhui (the central region) are in the hub position of risk transmission.…”
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Improving the Machine Learning Stock Trading System: An N-Period Volatility Labeling and Instance Selection Technique by Young Hun Song, Myeongseok Park, Jaeyun Kim

“…The effectiveness of the proposed model is evaluated through trading simulations of stocks comprising the NASDAQ 100 index and compared with up–down labeling trading systems. …”
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Effect of Frying Combined with Roasting on the Quality of Roasted Green Tea by ZHANG Rongxiang, DU Yaru, ZHANG De, DONG Zhijie, NI Dejiang, ZHENG Shibing, YU Zhi

“…The results revealed that five principal components (PCs) were extracted in PCA performed on 32 physicochemical indexes, which together explained 90.06% of the total variance. …”
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