Leaf Growth and Canopy Development of Three Sugarcane Genotypes under High Temperature Rainfed Conditions in Northeastern Mexico by Sergio Castro-Nava, Alfredo J. Huerta, José Manuel Plácido-de la Cruz, Epifanio Mireles-Rodríguez

“…Number of leaves, leaf area, leaf appearance rate, and leaf area index (LAI) were determined. Thermal time exposure, °Cd (°C day−1), was determined based on total number of green ligulate leaves using 10°C as the base temperature. …”
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Model for Developing a Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Nikolić Emilija, Nikolić Aleksandar, Stević Ruža, Brandmajer Tijana, Mićanović Veselin, Mašnić Jelena

“…Lung function, smoking index, and exacerbation frequency were measured. …”
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Consecutive Case Series of Healed Single-Molar Sites Immediately Restored with Wide-Diameter Implants: A 1-Year Evaluation by Hadi Antoun, Pierre Cherfane, Bouchra Sojod

“…Outcome measures were implant failures and success rate, complications, marginal bone levels, bone level changes, papilla index, bleeding on probing, and inflammation. Results. …”
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Dexmedetomidine Attenuates Inflammation in Elderly Patients Following Major Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial [Corrigendum] by Chen X, Chen Q, Qin Z, Alam A, Zhao H, West R, Liu X, Li J, Li X, Yi B, Ma D, Gu J

“…Notes: The distribution of (A) Crea, (B) BUN, (C) NGAL showing renal function, and (D) Horowitz Index and (E) cLac reflecting pulmonary complications, as well as other biomarkers of (F) CA, (G) Cor, and (H) Ach in the placebo group (blue points) and the Dex group (yellow points) of all individuals are shown with violin plots (n=43 patients per group). …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of metabolic syndrome among people living with HIV in a medical center of Northern Taiwan by Chien-An Tu, Chien-Feng Kuo, Chun-Ming Lee, Chang-Pan Liu, Hsiang-Kuang Tseng, Tseng-Yu Huang, Chih-Chen Lin, Hsun Chang, Winter Yu-Ning Lee, Fang-Ju Sun, Zu-Yi Sun, Pei-Ching Lian, Ming-Wei Cheng, Alice Ying-Jung Wu

“…A modified National Cholesterol Education Program ATP III definition of metabolic syndrome was used to define metabolic syndrome and body mass index was used as surrogate for waist circumference. 809 PLWH participated in the study, in which 81.3% of patients were on integrase inhibitor-based HAART regimen. …”
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An LSTM approach to deciphering irrigation operations from remote sensing and groundwater levels records by Shiqi Wei, Tianfang Xu

“…This study addresses the irrigation scheduling gap by leveraging in situ groundwater level records of index wells and multi-source remote sensing observations. …”
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Effects of Whole Body Vibration and Resistance Training on Bone Mineral Density and Anthropometry in Obese Postmenopausal Women by Moushira Erfan Zaki

“…Eighty Egyptian obese postmenopausal women were enrolled in this study; their age ranged from 50 to 68 years. Their body mass index ranged (30–36 kg/m2). The exercise prescription consisted of whole body vibration (WBV) and resistance training. …”
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Fuzzy Nonbalanced Hedonic Scale (F-NBHS): A New Method for Treatments of Food Preference Data Collected with Hedonic Scales of Points by Katieli Tives Micene, Pedro Miguel Ferreira Martins Arezes, Fernanda Gomes de Andrade, Bengie Omar Vazquez Reyes, Marcia Danieli Szeremeta Spak, Airton Kist, João Carlos Colmenero

“…The data used with F-NBHS were more satisfactory in relation to standard deviations and consensus index measurements compared with a traditional treatment. …”
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Soil-Landscape Modeling and Remote Sensing to Provide Spatial Representation of Soil Attributes for an Ethiopian Watershed by Nurhussen Mehammednur Seid, Birru Yitaferu, Kibebew Kibret, Feras Ziadat

“…Topographic attributes and the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) were used to provide information about the spatial distribution of soil properties using clustering and statistical techniques for the 56 km2 Gumara-Maksegnit watershed in Ethiopia. …”
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The Heart of the Matter: Health Status of Aged Care Clients Receiving Home- and Community-Based Care by Deborah Yarmo-Roberts, Rosanne Laura Freak-Poli, Brad Cooper, Tim Noonan, Just Stolewinder, Christopher M. Reid

“…A comprehensive test battery of physical, mental and social scales were completed including a Caregiver Strain Index where appropriate. Results. 37% of the 334 subjects were male and the mean age was 81±8 years. …”
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Effect of Defatting Method on Japanese Quince (<i>Chaenomeles japonica</i>) Fruit Seed Protein Isolate Technological Properties by Danija Lazdiņa, Dalija Segliņa, Zaiga Anna Zvaigzne, Aldis Butlers, Inga Ciproviča

“…Defatting did not significantly affect amino acid composition but had a significant effect on every tested functional property (solubility, water, and oil binding capacity, apparent viscosity, foaming capacity, and emulsifying activity index). Of the tested defatting methods, supercritical CO₂ extraction and the combination provided the best results from most aspects.…”
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Increased Risk of Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmia in Long-Lasting Psoriasis Patients by Hakki Simsek, Musa Sahin, Aytac Akyol, Serkan Akdag, Hatice Uce Ozkol, Hasan Ali Gumrukcuoglu, Yilmaz Gunes

“…Severity of the psoriasis was evaluated by psoriasis area and severity index (PASI). Results. Mean disease duration was 129.4±83.9 (range, 3–360) months and PASI ranged from 0 to 34.0 (mean ± SD; 7.6±6.7). …”
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Dispersive Liquid–Liquid Chelate Microextraction of Rare Earth Elements: Optimization and Greenness Evaluation by Milica Delić, Mirjana Ristić, Maja Đolić, Aleksandra Perić-Grujić, Antonije Onjia

“…A greenness evaluation using the Green Analytical Procedure Index (GAPI), Analytical GREEnness (AGREE), and Analytical Eco-Scale (AES) methodologies revealed acceptable metric scores of 74, 0.61, and 26.6–79.8, respectively.…”
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Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. Polysaccharide attenuates diabetes through the synergistic impact of lipid metabolism and modulating gut microbiota by Qiaoying Song, Kunpeng Zhang, Shuyan Li, Shaoting Weng

“…The results showed that high-fat diet significantly increased the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), viscera index, oxidative stress, impaired glucose tolerance, decreased body weight, immune response and short-chain fatty acid (SCFAs) content, and disrupted the balance of intestinal flora structure. …”
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Developing donors of ultra-early maturity in barley by I. A. Zveinek, O. N. Kovaleva

“…Yield components were used to calculate the index of productivity for the donors versus the reference cv. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli Isolated from Ground Beef in Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, Mexico by A. P. Cordero-López, V. Vega-Sánchez, V. M. Martínez-Juárez, J. I. Olave-Leyva, F. R. Gómez-De Anda, N. E. Reyes-Rodríguez

“…All strains showed multidrug resistance to different classes of antimicrobials, and the resistance profile yielded a MAR index of 0.64. Of the 13 isolates, 6 (45.15%) were amplified in the presence of the type 1 integrase gene. …”
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Identification of hydrochemical processes and assessment of groundwater quality: a case study of the intergranular aquifer in Dili City, Timor-Leste by Marçal Ximenes, João A. M. S. Pratas, José M. M. De Azevedo, Fernando. P. O. O. Figueiredo, Mattew Currell

“…Statistical methods (PCA and HCA) are used to determine the group of water types and trace chemical origins, while the Water Quality Index (WQI) assesses drinking suitability. Groundwater types identified include Ca-Cl-HCO₃, mixed Ca-Mg-HCO₃, Na-HCO₃, mixed Na-Cl-HCO₃, and Ca-HCO₃, with Ca-Mg-HCO₃ being the most common. …”
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Osteosarcopenic Visceral Obesity and Osteosarcopenic Subcutaneous Obesity, Two New Phenotypes of Sarcopenia: Prevalence, Metabolic Profile, and Risk Factors by Simone Perna, Daniele Spadaccini, Mara Nichetti, Ilaria Avanzato, Milena Anna Faliva, Mariangela Rondanelli

“…OSVAT (versus the others) showed a higher level of inflammation (CRP and ESR, p<0.05), bilirubin (p<0.05), and risk of fractures (FRAX index over 15%, p<0.001). Subjects with OSSAT did not show any significant risk factors associated to obesity. …”
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Enhancing executive mathematics problem-solving through a constructivist digital learning platform: Design, development and evaluation by Supaluk Chaiarwut, Sanit Srikoon, Apirat Siritaratiwat, Parama Kwangmuang

“…Data collection utilized the Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC), System Usability Scale (SUS), and User Engagement Scale (UES). …”
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Semianalytical Solution for Large Deformation of Salt Cavern with Strain-Softening Behavior by Lina Ran, Huabin Zhang, Qingqing Zhang

“…Similarly, it decreases with an increase in the geological strength index or running pressure, with the running pressure having a more significant effect on the displacement. …”
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