Liver fibrosis and markers of endothelial function at metabolic syndrome and early disorders of carbohydrate metabolism by L. V. Chesnokova, I. M. Petrov, Ye. A. Sidorova, I. A. Troshina, Yu. A. Petrova

“…Overall 67 patients with metabolic syndrome (MS) in combination to early carbohydrate metabolism disorders (71,6% women), mean age was 47,5 (42–49 years), body mass index — 34,6 kg/m2 (32,4–38,4 kg/m2) were investigated. …”
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Nitrogen and Sulphur Relations in Effecting Yield and Quality of Cereals and Oilseed Crops by B.K. Nad, T.J. Purakayastha, D.V. Singh

“…Whereas, a proportionately narrow N to S ratio at moderate dose resulted in adequately higher seed and oil yield with relatively low saponification value, associated with increased iodine value of the oil, indicating respectively low free fatty acids and higher proportion of unsaturated fatty acids, an index for better quality of the oil.…”
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Pegilated interferon α2а in treatment of chronic hepatitis C by P. O. Bogomolov, S. V. Koblov, A. O. Buyeverov, M. V. Matsiyevich, O. S. Kuzmina, N. A. Barsukova, N. V. Dubinina

“…Statistically significant differences by gender, body mass index, virus genotype were revealed between groups which have achieved and not achieved SVRs. …”
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Risk Area Identification Model of Bus Bay Stops Based on Distribution of Conflicts by Weiwei Qi, Lianjie Ruan, Yue Zhi, Bin Shen

“…Secondly, using the gray clustering evaluation theory, on the basis of the rasterization of the functional area of the bus bay stop, a risk level model based on the index system of conflict rate, conflict severity, and potential conflict risk is proposed. …”
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A Jump Diffusion Model with Fast Mean-Reverting Stochastic Volatility for Pricing Vulnerable Options by Joy K. Nthiwa, Ananda O. Kube, Cyprian O. Omari

“…Our proposed model was fitted to S&P 500 Index by maximum likelihood estimation for the mean and volatility processes and Gillespie algorithm for the jump process. …”
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Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Quinones from Compost for Microbial Community Analysis by Ni Luh Gede Ratna Juliasih, Lee Chang Yuan, Yuki Sago, Yoichi Atsuta, Hiroyuki Daimon

“…Significantly low value of dissimilarity index (D) between the two methods (0.05) indicated that the quinone profile obtained by both methods was considered identical. …”
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Analysis of Local Macroeconomic Early-Warning Model Based on Competitive Neural Network by Xiaoxuan Wang, Jingjing Wang, Ying Zhang, Yixing Du

“…At present, the commonly used index selection methods for macroeconomic early-warning research include K-L information volume, time difference correlation analysis, and horse farm methods. …”
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Effects of Exercise Training on Molecular Markers of Lipogenesis and Lipid Partitioning in Fructose-Induced Liver Fat Accumulation by Siham Yasari, Denis Prud'homme, Frédérique Tesson, Marek Jankowski, Jolanta Gutkowska, Emile Levy, Jean-Marc Lavoie

“…However, desaturation indexes measured in liver (C16 : 1/C16 : 0 and C18 : 1/C18 : 0) and plasma (C18 : 1/C18 : 0) were higher (P<0.01) in TR than in Sed rats following fructose refeeding. …”
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Cardiovascular Reactivity: its Association with Physical Activity, and Some Hemodynamic and Anthropometric Variables by Milagros Lisset León Regal, Rosmari Álvarez Hernández, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Cynthia Olivia Morales Pérez, Rachel Yanes Seijo, José Omar de Armas García

“…The variables were considered: sex, skin colour, age, height, weight, index of body mass, abdominal waist, blood pressures: systolic, diastolic, average and differential (basal and sustained weight test) and physical activity. …”
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Pretest Score for Predicting Microbubble Contrast Agent Use in Stress Echocardiography: A Method to Increase Efficiency in the Echo Laboratory by Mathieu Bernier, Sahar S. Abdelmoneim, Stuart Moir, Robert B. McCully, Patricia A. Pellikka, Sharon L. Mulvagh

“…Variables associated with microbubble use were age, sex, smoking, presence of multiple risk factors, bodymass index (BMI), referral for dobutamine stress echocardiography, history of coronary artery disease, and abnormal baseline electrocardiogram. …”
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New Tools in HCV Diagnosis, in Light of the Enhanced Awareness and the New Drugs for Treatment: SMARTube and Stimmunology by Svetlana Gorodin, Serhat Unal, Youchun Wang, Mikhail I. Mikhaylov, Ludmila Bigbulatova, Tamar Jehuda-Cohen

“…Comparing antibody levels, in concordant samples before and after SMARTube, yielded the Stimulation Index (SI). Among 5888 fresh blood samples, from various populations and regions worldwide, 641 were seropositive using plasma, while SMARTube processing (yielding enriched plasma, termed SMARTplasma) enabled diagnosis of 10 additional carriers in high-risk cohorts, that is, earlier detection. …”
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Ultrasonic emulsification of Cananga odorata nanoemulsion formulation for enhancement of herbicidal potential by Chamroon Laosinwattana, Naphat Somala, Jantra Dimak, Montinee Teerarak, Nawasit Chotsaeng

“…Differing sonication amplitude (20–60%) and time (2–10 min) were assessed for effects on nanoemulsion droplet size and polydispersity index (PI). The smallest droplet size of 43.98 nm (PI 0.222) was obtained using 40% amplitude for 8 min; this nanoemulsion was evaluated for its droplet characteristics and pre-emergence herbicidal activities on Amaranthus tricolor. …”
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Optimal Revascularization Strategy on Medina 0,1,0 Left Main Bifurcation Lesions in Type 2 Diabetes by Xuwei Zheng, Hongyu Peng, Donghui Zhao, Qin Ma, Kun Fu, Guo Chen, Qian Fan, Jinghua Liu

“…The surface integrals of time-averaged wall shear stress (TAWSS) and oscillatory shear index (OSI) at bifurcation site were quantified. …”
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Preparing Curve Number Map of Run-off and Investigating its Precision Using Hydrological Model (Case Study: Navdar Catchment) by Narjes Omidi, Bahman Farhadi, Samira Rahimi, Homayon Hesadi

“…Then ground coverage density was determined based on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). The map of soil hydrological groups was prepared in GIS environment based on the available soil map in the study area. …”
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High Serum Advanced Glycation End Products Are Associated with Decreased Insulin Secretion in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Brief Report by Tsuyoshi Okura, Etsuko Ueta, Risa Nakamura, Yohei Fujioka, Keisuke Sumi, Kazuhisa Matsumoto, Kyoko Shoji, Kazuhiko Matsuzawa, Shoichiro Izawa, Yuri Nomi, Hitomi Mihara, Yuzuru Otsuka, Masahiko Kato, Shin-ichi Taniguchi, Kazuhiro Yamamoto

“…CML showed a significant negative correlation with insulin secretion, HOMA-%B, and a significant positive correlation with the insulin sensitivity index in T2DM participants. There was no correlation between any of the AGEs measured and glucose disposal rate. …”
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Functional and Radiological Outcome of Surgical Management in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis – A Comparative Study by Makesh Ram Sriraghavan, Kandasamy Natesan, Pavalan Louis, Harish Shanmugam Punniakotti, Naveen Venkidusamy, Namala Sai Vinay Bharadwaj

“…Results: Both the groups were analyzed preoperatively and postoperatively based on demographic criteria and on clinical history, radiographic angle measurements, and Oswestry Disability Index. Conclusion: The diagnosis of LSS is often challenging and requires proper clinical assessment of the patients and their symptoms and correlates with the radiological findings. …”
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Effect of Ozone Combined with 1-MCP on the Color and Quality of Nectarines during Postharvest Storage by Chen LIU, Yibin ZHANG, Xiaoyu JIA, Zhiyong ZHAO

“…The relevant physicochemical indexes were determined regularly. Results showed that 1-MCP combined with ozone treatment could effectively inhibit respiration rate and ethylene release, 1-MCP alone inhibited anthocyanin accumulation in pulp, hindering its red coloring, and 1-MCP combined with ozone treatment promoted red coloring in pulp at the later stage of storage. …”
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Negative Emotional States and Clinical Variables in People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/AIDS by Yamila Ramos Rangel, Ana Esther Cabrera Pérez, Belkis González Aguiar

“…There was a direct correlation between CD4 count and anxiety as a state, anger status trait, anger expression index and depression.<br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: there are interlinks among the studied psychological and clinical variables, strong associations among them were found. …”
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The sensitivity of reconstructed carbon dioxide concentrations to stomatal preparation methods using a leaf gas exchange model by Michael D. Machesky, Nathan D. Sheldon, Michael T. Hren, Selena Y. Smith

“…Methods Three people measured the stomatal density and index, guard cell length, guard cell pair width, and pore length of leaves from the same Ginkgo biloba, Quercus alba, and Zingiber mioga leaves growing at known CO2 levels using four preparation methods: fluorescence on cleared leaves, nail polish, dental putty on fresh leaves, and dental putty on dried leaves. …”
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Electronic Health Record Use Patterns Among Well-Being Survey Responders and Nonresponders: Longitudinal Observational Study by Daniel Tawfik, Tait D Shanafelt, Mohsen Bayati, Jochen Profit

“…We quantified EHR use using vendor-derived and investigator-derived measures, quantified burnout symptoms using emotional exhaustion and interpersonal disengagement subscales of the Stanford Professional Fulfillment Index, and used an ensemble of response propensity-weighted penalized linear regressions to develop a burnout symptom prediction model. …”
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