Moving to lower-poverty neighborhoods offers broad benefits for children with asthma, regardless of sex or other baseline characteristics by Torie L. Grant, MD, MHS, Laken C. Roberts Lavigne, PhD, MPH, Craig Evan Pollack, MD, MHS, Pete Cimbolic, BA, Susan Balcer-Whaley, MPH, Roger D. Peng, PhD, Elizabeth C. Matsui, MD, MHS, Corinne A. Keet, MD, PhD

“…These improvements in asthma outcomes are seen regardless of baseline sex, age, body mass index, allergic sensitization, asthma severity, and premove stress.…”
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Numerical Investigation on the Effects of Embedding PVC Pipes in Reinforced Concrete Beams. by Ampaire, Comboni

“…Furthermore, the ductility index and loading capacity declined with changes in pipe placement and size. …”
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MyPlate Foods to Increase: Whole Grains by Jonathan Holzinger, Karla Shelnutt

“… A higher intake of whole grains is associated with a lower body mass index (BMI) and distribution of fat around the abdomen, but only 7% of American adults meet the recommended intake. …”
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MyPlate Foods to Increase: Whole Grains by Jonathan Holzinger, Karla Shelnutt

“… A higher intake of whole grains is associated with a lower body mass index (BMI) and distribution of fat around the abdomen, but only 7% of American adults meet the recommended intake. …”
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Antibiotic Susceptibility of Bacteria isolated from Estuarine Environment, Turtle Sanctuary and High-Density Industrial Zone in Davao City, Philippines by Aya-ay Adorico M., San Juan Maria Eva C., Badong Venchie C., Baslot Maria Theresa C., Duarte Rachel C., Anonuevo Loreniel E., Fernandez Valerie L.

“…The Antibiotic Resistance Index (ARI) revealed that all sites were comparably contaminated with pathogenic bacteria. …”
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A comparative analysis of global and Chinese trends in the burden of kidney cancer from 1990 to 2021 by Zhongli Qiao, Jun Xiong, Shenyu Zhang, Lin Chen, Jialin Wang, Runze Chen

“…We calculated the [1-MIR(Mortality to Incidence Ratio)] value to assess treatment outcomes and survival rates, employed a joinpoint regression model to determine the AAPC(Average Annual Percentage Change), and conducted comparative and longitudinal analyses between China and global trends. The SII(Slope Index of Inequality) and the CI(Concentration Index) were used to assess the DALYs inequality caused by kidney cancer, and the SDI(Socio-demographic Index) was used as the basis for the ranking. …”
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Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Cardiac Patients with Overweight and Obesity by I. V. Logacheva, T. A. Ryazanova, V. R. Makarova, O. V. Surnina

“…The patients were divided into 3 groups according to their body mass index (BMI): 29 men with a BMI under 25 kg/m2(I group); 43 overweight men a BMI over 25 of kg/m2(II group); 40 men with obesity and a BMI above 30 of kg/m2(III group). …”
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High Healthcare Utilization in Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease Prior to Transition to Adult Care: A Retrospective Study by Julie Kanter, Menaka Bhor, Xin Li, Frank Li, Jincy Paulose

“…**Methods:** From 1/1/2015-6/30/2017 using MarketScan Databases, patients were included if they were 16 to 18 years old at the index date, had ≥1 inpatient or 2 outpatient SCD diagnosis claims during the identification period, and were continuously enrolled in the database for at least one year prior (baseline) and post index date. …”
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Effects of poultry by-product meal and complete replacement of fish oil with alternative oils on growth performance and gut health of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): a FEEDNET... by Imam Hasan, Simona Rimoldi, Biagina Chiofalo, Marianna Oteri, Micaela Antonini, Rosangela Armone, Violeta Kalemi, Laura Gasco, Genciana Terova

“…Values of fatty acid-related health indexes, including atherogenicity index, and thrombogenicity index, confirmed the high nutritional value of trout filet, thus representing a healthy product for human. …”
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Association Between Walking Speed and Urinary Incontinence in the Older Women. Which Patients Should be Referred to Geriatricians? by Volkan Atmis, Basak Guler

“…Three hundred and eighty-nine old aged women admitted to the Geriatrics Department of Ankara University were enrolled and urinary incontinence and type of urinary incontinence, Handgrip strength test, Timed up and Go test, Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living, Lawton Index of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Mini Nutritional Assessment, Mini-Mental State Evaluation, Geriatric Depression Scale, Body Mass Index (BMI) of these participants were recorded. …”
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Optimizing Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk Assessment in Hypertension: Development of a Predictive Nomogram in China by Yang Y, Sun X, Liang J, Liao WF, Ye W, Zheng Z, Du L, Chen M, Zhang Y, Lin W, Huang J, Yao W, Chen R

“…The C-index is 0.840 in the training group and 0.808 in the validation group. …”
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Penggunaan Internet Dikalangan Siswa SD di Kota Ternate: Suatu Survey, Penerapan Algoritma Clustering dan Validasi DBI by Firman Tempola, Miftah Muhammad, Abdul Mubarak

“…Untuk penerapan algoritma clustering k-means pada 32 sekolah SD di Kota Ternate diperoleh cluster terbaik saat pembagian 4 cluster, hal ini berdasarkan nilai davies bouldin index yang diperoleh sebesar 0,773 lebih kecil dibandingkan dengan pembagian cluster lainnya.   …”
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Recurrent carotid artery stenosis successfully and safely treated with drug-coated balloon angioplasty under flow reversal by Marianna Pavlyha, MD, Steven Farley, MD, Wesley S. Moore, MD

“…Carotid artery restenosis after index carotid artery revascularization reduces its stroke prevention benefit. …”
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Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia: An uncommon but fatal cause of Pneumocystis pneumonia by Julia Schearer, Christopher Merrick

“…In those without previously identified risk factors, maintaining an index of suspicion for this diagnosis with search for underlying immunosuppressive cause is of utmost importance. …”
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TAXATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA by Adebowale Ogunsola

“…Results also revealed that the influence of CITX on poverty index is negligible, while VATX and EDTX have negative and positive insignificant influence on poverty index respectively. …”
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Safety evaluation of ethanol extract from Artocarpus altilis leaves as a herbal medicine candidate: Studies in acute and subchronic toxicity by Fitrya Fitrya, Elfita Elfita, Ferlinahayati, Salma Fayzah Septami, Umi Tsalsa Sabrina, Fatma Sri Wahyuni, Annisa Amriani, Rennie Puspa Novita

“…Mortality, variations in body weight, hematological and biochemical markers, organ index, and the histology of vital organs were all used to study toxic symptoms. …”
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Janus flame-retardant polyester fabric with one-way water transfer for fog collection: Influence of plasma duration, aluminum phosphate, and TiO2 nanoparticles by Najmeh Izadi, Majid Montazer, Aminoddin Haji

“…AP gave the fabric great flame resistance and a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of 32.8 %. Mechanical properties were unaffected, but air permeability and the CIE whiteness index decreased.…”
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Impact of stock market indices and raw material prices on the yield movements of Caterpillar company securities by Petrović Nevena, Novićević-Čečević Bojana, Krstajić Goran

“…The results show that the prediction accuracy of the proposed model, with four additional predictors, is 13.3% higher than the benchmark model, which only used the SPY market index (SPDR S&P 500 ETF) to explain the variability in CAT stock returns. …”
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Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Plus Metformin to Prevent Persistent Endometrial Hyperplasia by Vakkas Korkmaz, Enis Özkaya, Tuncay Küçüközkan, Fadıl Kara, Yasemin Çekmez, Hilal Korkmaz

“…CONCLUSION: Medroxyprogesterone acetate and metformin may be used as an adjunctive therapy for persistent endometrial hyperplasias especially in women with high body mass index. …”
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Comparing sexual dysfunction in cosmetic rhinoplasty candidates and normal population among married women in Shiraz, Iran: A case-control study by Ali Sahraian, Masoud Janipour, Atoosa Ebrahimi, Zohre Zareizadeh, Pardis Habibi, Amirhossein Babaei

“…To evaluate their sexual performance, the participants filled out the female sexual function index questionnaire. Results: No significant difference was observed between rhinoplasty subjects and the control group in the female sexual function index (23.63 ± 3.6 vs. 23.19 ± 4.28, p = 0.43). …”
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