Male Sexual Dysfunction by Danyon Anderson, John Laforge, Maggie M. Ross, Robert Vanlangendonck, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…Sexual questionnaires including the International Index of Erectile Dysfunction, Sexual Health Inventory for Men, and the Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool are useful in screening for these disorders. …”
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Global trends and epidemiological impact of metabolic risk factors on atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter from 1990 to 2021 by Junqing Liang, Jun Shen, Yankai Guo, Manzeremu Rejiepu, Xiuwen Ling, Xiaoyan Wang, Yi Jian, Xing Zhang, Shijie Shao, Baopeng Tang, Ling Zhang

“…High/high–middle Socio-Demographic Index (SDI) regions showed decreasing trends in ASDR and ASMR, whereas low and middle SDI regions showed increasing trends. …”
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Protective Effect of Amphipterygium adstringens Extract on Dextran Sulphate Sodium-Induced Ulcerative Colitis in Mice by Mario Rodriguez-Canales, Ruben Jimenez-Rivas, Maria Margarita Canales-Martinez, Ana Judith Garcia-Lopez, Nelly Rivera-Yañez, Oscar Nieto-Yañez, Yadira Ledesma-Soto, Luvia Enid Sanchez-Torres, Miriam Rodriguez-Sosa, Luis Ignacio Terrazas, Marco Aurelio Rodriguez-Monroy

“…We determine the effect of AaEE on clinical features (disease activity index), antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory activities in relation to the activity of SOD, CAT, and GPx, levels of proinflammatory cytokines, and changes both macroscopic and microscopic of the colonic mucosa. …”
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Multi-bandwidth reconstruction for photoacoustic tomography using cascade U-net by Zezheng Qin, Lingyu Ma, Zhigang Lei, Yiming Ma, Weiwei Fu, Mingjian Sun

“…Preliminary results from simulations and in vivo experiments illustrate the system’s robust multi-bandwidth imaging capabilities, achieving an excellent PSNR of 34.78 dB and a structural similarity index measure (SSIM) of 0.94 in the high-frequency reconstruction of complex mouse abdominal structures. …”
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Serum Levels of LL-37 and Inflammatory Cytokines in Plaque and Guttate Psoriasis by Young Ji Hwang, Ho Jung Jung, Min Jung Kim, Nam Kyung Roh, Jae Wook Jung, Yang Won Lee, Yong Beom Choe, Kyu Joong Ahn

“…There was a positive correlation between serum inflammatory cytokine levels and the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index score. The findings of this study suggest that the serum levels of inflammatory cytokines reflect the disease activity rather than determine the morphological phenotype.…”
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Changes in the Linear Relationship between Muscle Contraction Intensity and Muscle Hardness after Rectus Femoris Muscle Strain by Takayuki Inami, Takuya Shimizu, Tomoaki Osuga, Takaya Narita, Norikazu Hirose, Mitsuyoshi Murayama

“…Joint torque differences between healthy and rehabilitated legs are often measured as a clinical index of recovery from muscle strain injury. Unfortunately, it should be noted that this is a questionable evaluation measure of the muscle after injury because it is a composite value including related cooperating muscles. …”
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Development and Application of an Indirect Enzyme‐Linked Immunosorbent Assay Based on a Recombinant Matrix Protein for the Serological Study of Porcine Deltacoronavirus in Mexican... by Francisco Jesus Castañeda Montes, José Luis Cerriteño Sánchez, Julieta Sandra Cuevas‐Romero, María Azucena Castañeda Montes, Susana Mendoza Elvira

“…High sensitivity (83%) and specificity (100%) were observed for the iELISA. The kappa index calculated a nearly perfect agreement (0.8831) compared to the Western blot (gold standard test), suggesting acceptable statistical value support. …”
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Identifying the Determinants of CO2 Emission Change in China’s Power Sector by Caiqing Zhang, Mi Zhang, Nan Zhang

“…In this study, we analyze the features of CO2 emissions and environment effect in China’s power sector, investigate the driving factors of CO2 emission change based on the logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) method, and evaluate the mitigation potential of CO2 emissions in China’s power sector. …”
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Distribution Pattern of Anchorage Stress and Water Sensitivity Analysis of Red Clay by Lifeng Li, Weili Gong, Huilin Deng, Xiaohu Zhang, Gan Li

“…With increasing anchorage force, the dynamic evolution (single exponential distribution ⟶ double single exponential distribution ⟶ uniform index exponential complex distribution ⟶ uniform distribution) of the anchorage shear stress is analysed. …”
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National survey of US primary care physicians’ perspectives about causes of obesity and solutions to improve care by Wendy L Bennett, Sara N Bleich, Kimberly A Gudzune, Lisa A Cooper

“…Objective To describe physician perspectives on the causes of and solutions to obesity care and identify differences in these perspectives by number of years since completion of medical school.Design National cross-sectional online survey from 9 February to 1 March 2011.Setting USA.Participants 500 primary care physicians.Main Measures We evaluated physician perspectives on: (1) causes of obesity, (2) competence in treating obese patients, (3) perspectives on the health professional most qualified to help obese patients lose or maintain weight and (4) solutions for improving obesity care.Results Primary care physicians overwhelmingly supported additional training (such as nutrition counselling) and practice-based changes (such as having scales report body mass index) to help them improve their obesity care. They also identified nutritionists/dietitians as the most qualified providers to care for obese patients. …”
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The Artic Oscillation (AO) and its role on of wintertime monthly minimum temperatures variability in Northeastern region of Iran

“…Pearson correlation analysis as the main method used in this study Show an inverse relationship between minimum temperatures and most selected stations and AO index.The results of this study shows that there is a significant relationship between the AO teleconnection pattern and minimum temperatures of north-east of Iran during the cold season of the year. …”
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Pollution and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Sediments and Soils around Tiegelongnan Copper Deposit, Northern Tibet, China by Yuhu Luo, Qinxian Jia

“…The heavy metals in the soil of the mining area were greater than the background value of the soil in Tibet. The geoaccumulation index indicated that the sediments of the river entering the mining area were very highly polluted by Cu and moderately polluted by Cd and Zn, and the soils in the mining area were moderately polluted by Cu. …”
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The Prevalence of Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients with Migraine: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hooman Ghasemi, Behnam Khaledi-Paveh, Alireza Abdi, Rostam Jalali, Nader Salari, Aliakbar Vaisi-Raygani, Masoud Mohammadi

“…The heterogeneity of the studies was assessed using the I2 index, and the data analysis was performed using the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software. …”
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Intestinal Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Patients with Bronchial Asthma by O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. D. Potskhverashvili, N. I. Kokina, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The values of the anaerobic index in the context of various changes in the acid metabolic profile indicate the disturbance of the microorganism’s habitat, contributing to the growth of anaerobic or aerobic microflora populations.…”
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Spatial Analysis - Time of Stolen Crimes in District 12 of Tehran by nabi moradpoor, keramatolah zayyari

“…The most important statistical tests used are the Center-Medium and Oval-standard deviation tests, and from among the clustering tests, the nearest neighbor index is used to identify massive cores. The results of this study indicate that 446 crimes related to theft, Ferdowsi and Lalehzar neighborhoods, and Sa'di Baharestani have the most crimes and minorities in Kosar and Mokhtari. …”
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Spectrophotometric and Multivariate Calibration Techniques for Simultaneous Determination of Different Drugs in Pharmaceutical Formulations and Human Urine: Evaluation of Greenness... by Ahmed Mostafa

“…Furthermore, the greenness profile of the methods was evaluated using the National Environmental Methods Index “NEMI” and Analytical Eco-Scale. The developed methods can be used as a valid eco-friendly and simple cost-effective alternative to the commonly used chromatographic methods for the routine analysis of the studied drugs in dosage forms and human urine.…”
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Study on the Effect of Mineral Particle Sizes on the Spectral Characteristics of Sound and Vibrations in Rock Drilling by Zhantao Li, Sui Wang, Jicheng Wang, Chunxia Song, Bin Chen

“…The time-domain features of sound and vibration, such as the amplitude of sound pressure and vibration, are important indexes that roughly reflect grain sizes. The general trend is that the larger the amplitudes of sound and vibration, the larger the grain size. …”
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Characteristics and formation mechanism of carbon emission efficiency spatial correlation network: Perspective from Shandong Province by Li Zhang, Hongrui Wang, Beinan Guo, Xuan Liu, Caiyun Deng, Ziyang Zhao, Xin Jiang, Yiyang Li

“…A modified gravity model and social network analysis were combined to explore the spatial network structure, while the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index and Quadratic Assignment Procedure models investigated its formation mechanisms. …”
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Site Selection of Precast Concrete Component Factory Based on PCA and GIS by Shuqiang Wang, Yuke Ruan, Wanwei Hu

“…In the preliminary selection stage, PCA was applied to analyze the site selection indexes to obtain the overall score and ranking of each district for the selection of PC component plants in Wuhan, and it was concluded that three districts, namely, Xinzhou, Hannan, and Huangpi, were more suitable for the construction of component plants. …”
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Rehabilitation After Surgical Treatment of Pectoralis Major Rupture in a CrossFit® Practitioner: A Case Report by Lucas Gomes da Silva, Rafael Marques Ferrer, José Roberto de Souza Jr., Mauro E.C. Gracitelli, Leonardo Luiz Barretti Secchi

“… # Outcomes At week seven the subject had full range of motion, and at week fourteen achieved limb symmetry (Limb Symmetry Index - 84.78 – Abduction; 97.58 – Adduction; 86.15 – Internal Rotation; 85.06 – External Rotation) in muscle strength. …”
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