Effect of academic-environmental stress on apical periodontitis of non-endodontic teeth by Zainab Shakir Amory, Hashim Mueen Hussein, Aya Nashwan Naji, Mustafa Tariq Mutar

“…The apical area was measured only for non-root canal-treated teeth using the CBCT periapical radiography index. Chi-square (χ2) test was used to show the percentages of stress and the relationship between apical periodontitis and stress in students. …”
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Mechanical and structural performance of hardwood charcoal-reinforced polyester composites: Effects of particle size and filler loading by Francis O. Edoziuno, Benjamin U. Odoni, Cynthia C. Nwaeju, M. Saravana Kumar, Alaa F. Abd El-Rehim

“…XRD analysis showed a crystallinity index of 75.53 % for the composites, reflecting the contribution of the hardwood charcoal filler (79 % crystallinity) compared to 50.17 % for the unreinforced polyester. …”
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Syphilis and Urogenital Diseases during Pregnancy and Developmental Defects of Enamel: A Brazilian Prenatal Cohort (BRISA) by Elisa Miranda Costa, Judith Rafaelle Oliveira Pinho, Maria da Conceição Pereira Saraiva, Cecília Cláudia Costa Ribeiro, Claudia Maria Coêlho Alves, Erika Barbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz

“…The outcome was assessed according to the modified DDE index. The exposition, SUD, comprised at least one of the following infections: bacterial vaginosis, urinary tract infection, and syphilis. …”
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Population mobility : spatial spillover effect of government health expenditure in China by Simin Wan, Mengying Wang

“…Objective This study aimed to construct a comprehensive UHC index for China, assess the spatial effects of Government Health Expenditure (GHE) on UHC, and explore the moderating effects of PM on this association. …”
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Study of Drought Characteristics and Atmospheric Circulation Mechanisms via a “Cloud Model”, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China by Sinan Wang, Henglu Miao, Yingjie Wu, Wei Li, Mingyang Li

“…Herein, yearly and seasonal standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) values were calculated by analyzing monthly temperature and precipitation data from 1971 to 2020. …”
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Validation and reliability of a visualization and relaxation exercise program for enhancing speed climbing performance by Eduard Emor Kumenap, Fredrik Alfrets Makadada, Glady Sukma Perdana, Vlad Adrian Geantă, Ilham Ilham

“…Movement skill, power, balance, speed, timing, and tactical acumen are the criteria for assessment. Results: Aiken's V index scores (≥ 0.86) confirmed that the research instrument has content validity with strong agreement between the experts. …”
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Feasibility and Safety of ERCP in the Treatment of Biliary Strictures after Liver Transplantation: With a Report of 37 Cases by Fanfan Tang, Jingtao Song, Tanxing Cai, Zhao Lei, Feizhou Huang, Yina Hu, Gang Deng

“…Patients with ERCP guided biliary stenting had a significant improvement in bilirubin index compared to the preoperative period (P<0.05). 27 patients (73.0%) had complete relief of symptoms after 1 ERCP-guided treatment, and 10 patients (27.0%) developed BS again at different times after the first ERCP treatment, among which 8 patients developed BS again within 1 year after the first treatment and 2 patients developed BS again after 1 year after the first treatment. …”
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Maternal History and Uterine Artery Doppler in the Assessment of Risk for Development of Early- and Late-Onset Preeclampsia and Intrauterine Growth Restriction by Elisa Llurba, Elena Carreras, Eduard Gratacós, Miquel Juan, Judith Astor, Angels Vives, Eduard Hermosilla, Ines Calero, Pilar Millán, Bárbara García-Valdecasas, Lluís Cabero

“…A prospective multicentre study that included all women with singleton pregnancies at 19–22 weeks of gestation (w). The mean pulsatility index (mPI) of both uterine arteries was calculated. …”
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Determination of the copy numbers of type A porcine endogenous retroviruses in domestic pigs and wild boars by R. B. Aitnazarov, N. S. Yudin, R. S. Kiril’chuk, N. N. Kochnev, S. P. Knyazev, M. I. Voevoda

“…The method of PERV A quantitation with SYBR Green allows detection of such animals and selection of Siberian minipigs for reduction of this index.…”
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Diet quality and characteristics of family environment in a school from Itajaí-SC by Ana Luisa Pereira Michereff, Larissa Tachini, Tatiana Mezadri, Doroteia Aparecida Höfelmann

“…Diet quality was estimated by the Index of Schoolchildren Diet. Four hundred seventeen children participated in the study (95.0%), with a mean age of 8.8 years, being 55.2% eutrophic and 75.1% having an adequate waist circumference. …”
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Correlation of Inflammatory Markers and Disease Severity with Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysfunction in Indian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Mohan Babu Saminathan, Renuka Sharma, Arun Gogna, Anita Rani, Raj Kapoor

“…Short term heart rate variability was taken as an index of autonomic function. TNF-α and IL-10 were assessed in 3 ml overnight fasting serum. …”
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A Study on the Classification of Atopic Dermatitis by Spectral Features of Hyperspectral Imaging by Eun Bin Kim, Yoo Sang Baek, Onseok Lee

“…Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic skin disease typically evaluated using the Invesrigator&#x2019;s Global Assessment (IGA), SCORing Aoptic Dermatitis (SCORAD), and Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) (SCORAD and EASI; S/E). However, the subjectivity of the diagnostic process remains limited. …”
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Influence of Plant Population and Nitrogen-Fertilizer at Various Levels on Growth and Growth Efficiency of Maize by M. I. Tajul, M. M. Alam, S. M. M. Hossain, K. Naher, M. Y. Rafii, M. A. Latif

“…Plants that received 180 kg N ha−1 with 80,000 plants ha−1 had larger foliage, greater SPAD value, and higher amount of grains cob−1 that contributed to the maximum yield (5.03 t ha−1) and the maximum harvest index (HI) compared to the plants in other treatments.…”
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Prediction Mathematic Model and Influencing Factors of Contact Stress of Cylindrical Gear with Arc Tooth by Qi Zhang, Guang Wen, Shuang Liang, Qin Tong, Li Hou, Guangchun Yang

“…The proposed algorithm was realized via the programming platform MATLAB; the simulation results indicate that the precision evaluation indexes (the correlation coefficient (R2), root mean square error (RMSE), and the relative maximum absolute error (RMAE)) of the proposed Kriging model are improved, in addition to the error range which is narrowed from (−2, 4) to (0, 3). …”
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Beliefs about medicines’ association with endocrine therapy adherence in early breast cancer survivors in Croatia by Okroša Ana Dugonjić, Silovski Tajana, Plavetić Natalija Dedić, Silovski Hrvoje, Kovačić Ana, Mucalo Iva

“…Significantly higher concern beliefs were found among patients that were younger (p < 0.001), employed (p < 0.001), intentionally non-adherent to AET (p = 0.006), had a lower body-mass index (p = 0.005) and a higher level of education (p < 0.001), were premenopausal at the time of diagnosis (p < 0.001), taking tamoxifen treatment (p = 0.05) and receiving ovarian suppression (p < 0.001). …”
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Risk Factors for Excessive Gestational Weight Gain in a Healthy, Nulliparous Cohort by Antonia Restall, Rennae S. Taylor, John M. D. Thompson, Deralie Flower, Gustaaf A. Dekker, Louise C. Kenny, Lucilla Poston, Lesley M. E. McCowan

“…Participants in the SCOPE study were classified into GWG categories (“not excessive” versus “excessive”) based on pregravid body mass index (BMI) using 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines. …”
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Evaluation of Environmental and Neighborhood Satisfaction Across the Socio-demographic Gradients Using and Geospatial Data by Ntombifuthi Nzimande, Lwando Royimani, Thabo Lephoto

“…Regression results found education level, gender, ethnic group, and tenureship to be the socio-demographics variables that significantly affect overall residential satisfaction. The habitability index was developed comprising of the neighborhood and environmental components with the majority of the variables in both components contributing above 70% across all the study areas, except Újpalota. …”
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Joint Effect of CFH and ARMS2/HTRA1 Polymorphisms on Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Chinese Population by Kai Fang, Pei Gao, Jun Tian, Xueying Qin, Wenzhen Yu, Juan Li, Qing Chen, Lvzhen Huang, Dafang Chen, Yonghua Hu, Xiaoxin Li

“…In addition, based on the method to measure the departure from the additivity model, the synergy index (S) was 2.63 (1.09–6.38) and the attributable proportion due to interaction (AP) was 55.7% (21.4%–89.9%), which suggested that a common pathway may exist for these genes for nAMD. …”
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Morphometric Changes in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease who Died Related to Diabetes Mellitus, Arterial Hypertension and Obesity by Ivette Gómez Fernández, Adys Castro Barberena, Greta Margarita Arrechea García, Georgina Jiménez Estrada, Javier Martínez Navarro, Domingo Fuentes Febles

“…The variables studied were: age, sex, weight and height for the calculation of the body mass index, personal pathological history, the clinical stage of chronic kidney disease and renal morphometry to each organ separately, the measurements made were: weight, longitudinal diameter, transverse diameter, thickness or thickness of the renal cortex. …”
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Characterization of relaparotomies performed at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima General University Hospital (2015-2017) by Jorge Ernesto Gonzalez García, Mayquel Monzón Rodriguez, Lidia Torres Ajá, Dianelys Molina Macías

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: a relaparotomy index of 2.7 was obtained. The group over 60 years old and the male sex predominated; peritonitis and postoperative eviscerations were the main causes. …”
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