Overweight or Obese Individuals at Eighteen Years of Age Develop Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma at a Significantly Earlier Age by David T. Chao, Nilesh H. Shah, Herbert J. Zeh, Aatur D. Singhi, Nathan Bahary, Kevin M. McGrath, Kenneth E. Fasanella, Amer H. Zureikat, David C. Whitcomb, Randall E. Brand

“…Self-reported weight at age 18 and maximum lifetime weight were used to calculate body mass index (BMI) at age 18 (BMI-18) and maximum lifetime BMI. …”
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A Sustained Reduction in Serum Cholinesterase Enzyme Activity Predicts Patient Outcome following Sepsis by Aleksandar R. Zivkovic, Sebastian O. Decker, Anne C. Zirnstein, Annette Sigl, Karsten Schmidt, Markus A. Weigand, Stefan Hofer, Thorsten Brenner

“…Serum cholinesterase (BChE), an enzyme that hydrolyzes acetylcholine, plays an important role during inflammatory response and serves as an accurate index of cholinergic activity. BChE activity was measured in septic patients using a point-of-care system, and levels of conventional inflammatory markers and the disease severity scores were obtained. …”
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The Seasonal Correlation Between El Niño and Southern Oscillation Events and Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies in the South China Sea from 1958 to 2024 by Jun Song, Lingxiang Yao, Junru Guo, Yanzhao Fu, Yu Cai, Meng Wang

“…Second, the correlation with the peak values of the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) is strongest for El Niño events with a 9-month lead, while for La Niña events, it is strongest with a 2-month lead. …”
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Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Parkinson’s Disease Patients: Is Unattended Portable Monitoring a Suitable Tool? by Priti Gros, Victoria P. Mery, Anne-Louise Lafontaine, Ann Robinson, Andrea Benedetti, R. John Kimoff, Marta Kaminska

“…PM accuracy was calculated compared with PSG for standard apnea hypopnea index (AHI) thresholds. Results. Technical failure rate was 27.0% and airflow signal quality was lower than in controls. …”
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Determinants of adherence to the Mediterranean diet among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus living in Mediterranean countries: a systematic review by Janot J. Ayoub, Janot J. Ayoub, Suzan A. Haidar, Ellen E. Blaak, Nanne K. De Vries

“…We included 17 studies, with participant numbers ranging from 106 to 7,447.ResultsCompliance with the MD was moderate, with the most significant determinants of adherence being age, physical activity, body mass index (BMI), marital status, and educational level. …”
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Restless Leg Syndrome and Sleep Quality in Lumbar Radiculopathy Patients by Ersoy Kocabicak, Murat Terzi, Kursad Akpinar, Kemal Paksoy, Ibrahim Cebeci, Omer Iyigun

“…Five different questionnaires were performed to assess depression (the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)), sleep quality (the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)), fatigue (the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)), and presence of RLS and rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD). …”
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Fair Taxes, Better Revenue: A Case Study on Spatial Approaches to Land Taxation in Lebak Regency, Indonesia by Andri Hernandi, Irwan Meilano, Asep Yusup Saptari, Deni Suwardhi, Rizqi Abdulharis, Alfita P. Handayani, Sella L. Nurmaulia, Nabila S. E. Putri, Ratri Widyastuti, Putri Merdekawati, Fitri N. Cahyani

“…Adjustments to SVTO are proposed based on spatial patterns, such as land use and infrastructure, and the Index of Developing Villages (IDV). Findings reveal significant disparities between assessed and market values, with assessment ratios ranging from 1% to 267%. …”
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Low-Cost Solution for Assessment of Urban Flash Flood Impacts Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Images and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process: A Case Study of Ras Ghareb City, Egypt by Mohammed Sadek, Xuxiang Li

“…Finally, such a flood vulnerability map is used as an index to assist the decision-makers prepare for probable flooding. …”
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Schizophyllum commune Lipase Production on Pretreated Sugarcane Bagasse and Its Effectiveness by Yew Chee Kam, Siew Ling Hii, Cheryl Yan-Yi Sim, Lisa Gaik Ai Ong

“…The HCl pretreated SB gave the highest crystallinity index (CrI), 91.43%, compared to the untreated, 61.90%. …”
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New Predictive Factors in the Development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Maurio González Hernández

“…The relationship of the analysis variables with the output variable was established through the Odd Ratio (OR), which was calculated for each of these, with a coefficient index of 95 %. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> 36.5 % of the patients were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. …”
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Circulating Sclerostin and Irisin Are Related and Interact with Gender to Influence Adiposity in Adults with Prediabetes by Theerawut Klangjareonchai, Hataikarn Nimitphong, Sunee Saetung, Nuttapimon Bhirommuang, Rattanapan Samittarucksa, Suwannee Chanprasertyothin, Rattana Sudatip, Boonsong Ongphiphadhanakul

“…The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship of circulating sclerostin and irisin and their association with adiposity (assessed by body mass index (BMI)). Materials/Methods. A cross-sectional study included 98 adults with impaired fasting glucose and/or impaired glucose tolerance. 75 gm OGTT was performed in all subjects. …”
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Hydroxytyrosol Protects against Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury through a PI3K/Akt-Dependent Mechanism by Ying-hao Pei, Jiao Chen, Liang Xie, Xiao-min Cai, Run-Hua Yang, Xing Wang, Jian-bin Gong

“…Prereperfusion administration of HT was associated with a significantly smaller area of myocardial infarction and remarkably decreased level of myocardial apoptosis and necrosis, as evidenced by a lower apoptotic index, reduced cleaved caspase-3, and the serum activities of lactate dehydrogenase and creatinine kinase MB. …”
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THE NEXUS BETWEEN POVERTY AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN ILORIN TOWNSHIP by HADIZAT AUDU SALIHU

“…In Kwara state, the situation is not different as the poverty rate in the state according to the report published by the United Nations Global Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index as of 2023 is 38.9%. This percentage cuts across every part of the country including Ilorin which is the capital of Kwara State has taken its toll on teen girls. …”
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A Decision-Making Framework for University Student Sports Study Psychological Healthy Evaluation with 2-Tuple Linguistic Neutrosophic Numbers by Xiaoping Yang, Wensheng Shi

“…The establishment of the evaluation index system of sports health literacy is a complex evaluation system with multiple factors and multiple indicators. …”
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How current law and policy supports providers of NHS healthcare in England to respond to patient harm: A scoping review protocol. by Naomi Assame, Susan Greenhalgh, John Tingle, Julie Wright, Gillian Yeowell

“…Search strategies will be developed using selected key words and index terms. MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Westlaw and reference lists of relevant publications will be searched to identify relevant grey literature. …”
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Estimation of leaf area in sweet cherry using a non-destructive method by E.D. Cittadini, P.L. Peri

“…However, the general equation can be used for predicting LA for practical purposes, such as estimating Leaf Area Index of commercial orchards.…”
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Pharmacological Inhibition of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases Affects KC/CXCL1-Induced Intraluminal Crawling, Transendothelial Migration, and Chemotaxis of Neutrophils In Viv... by Najia Xu, Mokarram Hossain, Lixin Liu

“…In response to KC chemotactic gradient, SB203580 significantly reduced the velocity of migration and chemotaxis index of neutrophils in tissue. The upregulation of Mac-1 expression in neutrophils stimulated by KC was significantly blunted by SB203580 in vitro. …”
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An Analysis on Determinants of Cash and L/C Export: Findings from Türkiye’s Export by Ahmed Yusuf Sarıhan

“…Conversely, only the foreign producer price index was identified as a cause for cash-based exports. …”
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Modeling Groundwater Resources in Data-Scarce Regions for Sustainable Management: Methodologies and Limits by Iolanda Borzì

“…This systematic review of Scopus-indexed papers identifies various approaches to address these challenges, including coupled hydrological-groundwater models, machine learning techniques, distributed hydrological models, water balance models, 3D groundwater flow modeling, geostatistical techniques, remote sensing-based approaches, isotope-based methods, global model downscaling, and integrated modeling approaches. …”
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Social innovations to increase health coverage: evidence from a crowdsourcing contest in Ghana by Joseph D Tucker, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Phyllis Awor, Emmanuel Asampong, Kwabena Opoku-Mensah, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong

“…Inter-rated reliability index (kappa) was 0.86. Following the review of the average score, five top innovations were recognised. …”
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