First Clinical Case of Ilizarov Femur Lengthening over a Bioactive and Degradable Intramedullary Implant by Arnold Popkov, Sergei Tverdokhlebov, Sergei Muradisinov, Dmitry Popkov

“…Shortening and deformity of the femur were corrected in 90 days. The index of external fixation was 15 days/cm. External fixation time was reduced almost twice comparing to the conventional method. …”
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Bibliometric Survey on Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms (2001–2021) by Samuel-Soma M. Ajibade, Adegoke Ojeniyi

“…The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and bibliometric analysis techniques were applied to identify and analyze the published documents indexed in Scopus from 2001 to 2021. The published documents on PSOA increased from 8 to 1,717 (21,362.50%) due to the growing applications of PSOA in solving computational problems. …”
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Total Body Fat Content versus BMI in 4-Year-Old Healthy Swedish Children by Elisabet Forsum, Eva Flinke Carlsson, Hanna Henriksson, Pontus Henriksson, Marie Löf

“…Childhood overweight and obesity, a worldwide problem, is generally identified using BMI (body mass index). However, this application of BMI has been little investigated in children below 5 years of age due to a lack of appropriate methods to assess body composition. …”
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Leukocyte Telomere Length and Cognitive Function in Older Adults by Emily Frith, Paul D. Loprinzi

“…Leukocyte telomere length was associated with higher cognitive performance, independent of gender, race-ethnicity, physical activity status, body mass index and other covariates. In this sample, there was a strong association between LTL and cognition; for every 1 T/S ratio increase in LTL, there was a corresponding 9.9 unit increase in the DSST (β = 9.9; 95% CI: 5.6-14.2; P [JCBPR 2018; 7(1.000): 14-18]…”
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Analysis of the distribution and the impact of drought on agricultural land in Sekotong District, West Lombok by Zuhdiyah Matienatul Iemaaniah, Zaki Muhammad Zamani

“…The analysis of this study uses the Normalized Difference Drought Index (NDDI) analysis for the distribution of land drought and by conducting purposive interviews with farmers in Sekotong District. …”
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Clinical Feature of Intrahepatic B-Lymphocytes in Chronic Hepatitis B by Ashraf Mohamadkhani, Elnaz Naderi, Masoud Sotoudeh, Aezam Katoonizadeh, Ghodratollah Montazeri, Hossein Poustchi

“…There was a significant association between log HBV DNA and both ALT (r=0.36, P=0.006) and histologic activity index (HAI) total score (r=0.3, P=0.02), respectively. …”
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Prevalence of overweight/obesity and its association with fast food consumption among adolescents in Southern Ethiopia, 2022: a community-based cross-sectional study by Chernet Elias, Awoke Abraham, Chernet Asrat, Tagese Yakob, Daniel Girma

“…Overweight and obesity are body mass index (BMI) for age Z-score > +1SD and > +2SD, respectively. …”
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Obesity Might Be a Predictor of Weight Reduction after Smoking Cessation by Charlotta Pisinger, Helle Øster Nielsen, Caroline Kuhlmann, Susanne Rosthøj

“…Predictors of weight reduction after smoking cessation were high body mass index and low tobacco consumption at baseline. This study might motivate smokers with obesity to quit smoking and health professionals to give them support.…”
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Replication-Based Query Management for Resource Allocation Using Hadoop and MapReduce over Big Data by Ankit Kumar, Neeraj Varshney, Surbhi Bhatiya, Kamred Udham Singh

“…The technique allows for capabilities to inform a massive database of information, from storage and indexing techniques to the distribution of queries, scalability, and performance in heterogeneous environments. …”
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Potential Risks of PM2.5 in Urban and Suburban Environments: A Dual Perspective on Chemical Constituents and Pollution Sources by Huarui Ren, Xiongping Wu, Wenchang Zhao, Jinping Cheng

“…According to the geo-accumulation index (Igeo), As, Cu, Pb, Se, and Zn were identified as harmful species. …”
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The Effect of Citizen Participation on Promoting Social Health in Urban Areas (Case example: Shirvan city) by fatemeh raouf, mohammad motamedi, aliakbar poorahmad

“…Among the dimensions of the social health index, the dimension of social cohesion with an average value of 4.75 has the highest average. . …”
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Maternal exposure to tris (2-butoxyethyl) phosphate induces F0 female reproductive toxicity and offspring developmental toxicity in zebrafish by Anqi Dong, Wenqian Lei, Weiqi Zhou, Wenwen Li, Jianghua Wang

“…Reproduction impairment in exposed adults (F0), including retarded gonado-somatic index (GSI), delayed oocyte maturation, inhibition of reproductive behavior, and subfertility was found. …”
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Content Determination of Active Component in Huangqi Yinyanghuo Group and Its Effects on hTERT and Bcl-2 Protein in Osteosarcoma by Ying Tan, Lei Tan, Shuai Huang, Junfan Lu, Longtan Yu

“…To screen the optimal extraction process and content determination of active component of Huangqi Yinyanghuo group (HYG) and to study the effects of HYG on human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) and Bcl-2 protein in osteosarcoma (HOS) cells, providing the theoretical basis for clinical application of HYG in treatment of osteosarcoma, orthogonal design table L9(43) was used to design the extraction process of HYG, and icariin was taken as the investigation index to optimize the extraction process of HYG. 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, and 8 μmol/L HYG were taken to act separately on logarithmic growth phase osteosarcoma HOS cells, CCK-8 assay was used to determine cell viability, and immunohistochemical SP assay was used to determine the expression of hTERT and Bcl-2 protein. …”
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The Age-Specific Association of Waist Circumference and Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Shandong, China by Lingling Xu, Weihong Yu, Ping Huang, Chunying Li, Yan Li, Meng Wang, Qun Xu, Jing Wang, Caixia Zheng, Bin Qu, Yanping Zhao, Meng Niu, Ou Wang, Fengying Gong

“…To examine the association of three most common obesity measures including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) with chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). …”
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Exogenously applied ABA alleviates dysplasia of maize (Zea mays L.) ear under drought stress by altering photosynthesis and sucrose transport by Zizhu Jiang, Yu Peng Li, Ping Zhuo Gai, Jinsheng Gao, Lijian Xu

“…There was a significant correlation between physiological indexes of sucrose loading in maize and yield factors. …”
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Study on the Optimizing Operation of Exhaust Air Heat Recovery and Solar Energy Combined Thermal Compensation System for Ground-Coupled Heat Pump by Kuan Wang, Nianping Li, Jinqing Peng, Yingdong He

“…This modified STSDG method was based on air quality forecast and AQI (air quality index) correction factors. Through analyzing the operating parameters and the simulation results of a case study, the ESTC system proved to have good performance and high efficiency in eliminating the heat imbalance by using the OTC method. …”
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Freezing-Thawing Damage Mechanism of Coal Gangue Concrete Based on Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and N2 Adsorption by Bowen Hou, Jisheng Qiu, Peng Guo, Xujun Gao, Ruyi Zhang

“…Combining the changes of performance indexes and the changes of micropore structure under freeze-thaw cycles, the freeze-thaw failure mechanism of normal concrete (OC) and CGCC was analyzed. …”
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Neovascular Glaucoma as the First Symptom of Bilateral Occlusive Retinal Vasculitis in a 4-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report by Klaudia Rakusiewicz-Krasnodębska, Joanna Jędrzejczak-Młodziejewska, Krystyna Kanigowska, Wojciech Hautz

“…The unusual presentation emphasizes the need for a high index of suspicion and comprehensive evaluation in cases of pediatric neovascular glaucoma. …”
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The Role of Mangrove Vegetation in Supporting Birdlife Diversity in Coastal Habitats, Study Case Benoa, Bali by Christy Shanie Avissa Nathanya, Saptarini Dian

“…Bird diversity was analyzed using the Shannon-Weiner IndexThis study found that the mangrove species identified included Thespesia populnea, Avicennia lanata, A. marina, Rhizophora apiculate, R. stylosa, R. mucranata, Sonneratia alba, Xylocarpus granatum, Aegiceras corniculatum, Ceriops tagal, and Lumnitzera racemose. …”
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Genome-Wide DNA Methylation in Mixed Ancestry Individuals with Diabetes and Prediabetes from South Africa by Tandi E. Matsha, Carmen Pheiffer, Stephen E. Humphries, Junaid Gamieldien, Rajiv T. Erasmus, Andre P. Kengne

“…We used peripheral blood to perform genome-wide DNA methylation analysis in 3 individuals with screen detected diabetes, 3 individuals with prediabetes, and 3 individuals with normoglycaemia from the Bellville South Community, Cape Town, South Africa, who were age-, gender-, body mass index-, and duration of residency-matched. Methylated DNA immunoprecipitation (MeDIP) was performed by Arraystar Inc. …”
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