Age Differences in Long Term Outcomes of Coronary Patients Treated with Drug Eluting Stents at a Tertiary Medical Center by Nicolas W. Shammas, Gail A. Shammas, Peter Sharis, Michael Jerin

“…The primary endpoint was TLF (composite endpoint of cardiac death, non fatal myocardial infarction due to index vessel and target lesion revascularization (TLR)). …”
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Discrimination and calibration performances of non-laboratory-based and laboratory-based cardiovascular risk predictions: a systematic review by Yihun Mulugeta Alemu, Sisay Mulugeta Alemu, Dan Chateau, Nasser Bagheri, Kinley Wangdi

“…Laboratory predictors (eg, cholesterol and diabetes) had strong HRs, while body mass index in non-laboratory models showed limited effect. …”
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Enhancing efficiency in double perovskite solar cells through bandgap reduction via organic polymer doping by Ihtisham-ul-Haq, M.I. Khan, Ali Mujtaba, Asad Ullah, Badriah Ali, Muhammad Atif, M.S. Hasan

“…Optical analysis revealed the absorption in the visible region and bandgap energy (Eg) is reduced from 1.89 eV to 1.85 eV with PPy doping. The high refractive index (2.77) and absorption in the visible region due to PPy doping make it suitable for solar cell applications. …”
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Symptoms affecting patient’s intake of food with lymphoma in outpatient chemotherapy by Andressa Madalozo Laffitte, Carolina Lane Alves Farias, Jessica Wszolek

“…The subjective global assessment was performed; body mass index, arm muscle area and assessed food intake, as well as presence of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with lymphoma undergoing outpatient chemotherapy. …”
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Pear Juice Clarification Using Polygalacturonase from Beauveria bassiana : Effects on Rheological, Antioxidant and Quality Properties by Ayodeji Emmanuel Amobonye, Prashant Bhagwat, Faith Matiza Ruzengwe, Suren Singh, Santhosh Pillai

“…Furthermore, the enzyme-assisted juice clarification was found to reduce browning index (-14.34%) and turbidity (-19.72%) while increasing the reducing sugar content (9.55%). …”
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Optimisation of trimethylolpropane ester synthesis from waste cooking oil methyl ester by response surface methodology, and its physicochemical properties and tribological characte... by Teuku Meurah Indra Riayatsyah, Arridina Susan Silitonga, Md Abul Kalam, Islam Md Rizwanul Fattah

“…The TWCOE biolubricant had an acid value of 0.4 mg KOH/g, flash point of 222.2 °C, and viscosity index of 125.30. The coefficient of friction of the TWCOE biolubricant (0.045) was lower than those of the SAE15W40, SAE0W30, and ATF9 lubricants (0.062, 0.088, and 0.089, respectively). …”
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Exploring symptom clusters in Chinese patients with peritoneal dialysis: a network analysis by Di-fei Duan, Xue-li Zhou, Yu Yan, Yuan-mei Li, Yan-hua Hu, Qin Li, Xiang Peng, Qin Gu, Xiao-ying Li, Hui Feng, Ai-jiao Tang, Pan Liu, Hui-hui Xu, Ruo-xi Liao, Deng-yan Ma

“…This study collected and evaluated unpleasant symptoms in PD patients and explored groups of symptoms that may affect PD patients with a view to higher symptom management.Methods The symptoms of PD patients were measured using the modified Dialysis Symptom Index. The symptom network and node characteristics were assessed by network analysis, and symptom clusters were explored by factor analysis.Results In this study of 602 PD patients (mean age 47.8 ± 16.8 years, 47.34% male), most had less than 2 years of dialysis experience. …”
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Total Antioxidant Status in Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Palestine by Akram T. Kharroubi, Hisham M. Darwish, Mutaz A. Akkawi, Abdelkareem A. Ashareef, Zaher A. Almasri, Khaldoun A. Bader, Umaiyeh M. Khammash

“…Only 9.8% of the subjects had normal body mass index (BMI) levels (<25), 29% were overweight (≥25 to <30), and 61.2% were obese (≥30). …”
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The relationship between perception and landscape characteristics of recreational places with human mental well-being by Janina Vanhöfen, Talia Härtel, Giovanna Reichert, Christoph Randler

“…On the flip side, mental well-being declines with increased human impact, as indicated by the amount of infrastructure and the Human Footprint Index value. Notably, perceived naturalness positively correlates with actual bird diversity (p = 0.005) and negatively with human impact (p = 0.006). …”
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Isolation and Screening of Highly Cellulolytic Filamentous Fungi by Ibatsam Khokhar, Muhammad Saleem Haider, Sobia Mushtaq, Irum Mukhtar

“…Fungal species were grouped as high and low celluloytic isolates on the basis of cellulase activity using Index of Relative Enzyme Activity (ICMC). Fungal species i.e. …”
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Current Trends in the Development of Reporting in the Sphere of Investments in Human Capital by Maryna Resler, Jurij Renkas, Ivan Rusyn

“…In addition, in the work, the human capital index (HCI) for Poland was studied using the method of comparative analysis, which was compared with similar average indicators of Eurasian countries and the group of developed countries with a high level of income. …”
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Sol-Gel Preparation of Highly Water-Dispersible Silsesquioxane/Zirconium Oxide Hybrid Nanoparticles by Yoshiro Kaneko, Tomoyuki Arake

“…The theoretical refractive index of the SQ/ZrO2-NP (APTMOS/ZTB = 0.3) was estimated to be 1.66. …”
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Sensory Behaviours and Resting Parasympathetic Functions among Children with and without ADHD by Ivan Neil Gomez, Lissa Martha Domondon, Hector WH Tsang, Chetwyn CH Chan, Cynthia YY Lai

“…Baseline parasympathetic functions were indexed using the normalized unit of heart rate variability high-frequency bands (HF n.u.). …”
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Dynamic Spatiotemporal Causality Analysis for Network Traffic Flow Based on Transfer Entropy and Sliding Window Approach by Senyan Yang, Lianju Ning, Xilong Cai, Mingyu Liu

“…A combination of Gaussian kernel density estimation and sliding window approach is proposed to calculate the transfer entropy and construct dynamic spatiotemporal causality graphs based on the causality significance test. The indexes of affected coefficient, influence coefficient, input degree, and output degree are defined to evaluate the causal interaction of traffic states among different road segments and identify the critical roads and potential bottlenecks of the existing road network. …”
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Clustering long-term health conditions among 67728 people with multimorbidity using electronic health records in Scotland. by Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Utkarsh Agrawal, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Briana MacKerron, Eda Bilici Özyiğit, Daniel C Alexander, Ashley Akbari, Rhiannon K Owen, Jane Lyons, Ronan A Lyons, Spiros Denaxas, Paul Kirk, Ana Corina Miller, Gill Harper, Carol Dezateux, Anthony Brookes, Sylvia Richardson, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Bruce Guthrie, Lloyd Hughes, Umesh T Kadam, Kamlesh Khunti, Keith R Abrams, Colin McCowan

“…Individuals with at least two of the 31 Elixhauser Comorbidity Index conditions were identified as having multimorbidity. …”
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The Effect of an Acidic Food-Simulating Environment on the Shear Bond Strength of Self-Ligating Brackets with Different Base Designs by Ahmad Sheibaninia, Sepehr Sepasi, Mohammad Ali Saghiri, Setareh Sepasi

“…This study aims to evaluate the effect of acidic food simulant and (acetic acid 3%) on the shear bond strength (SBS) and adhesive remnant index (ARI) scores of one conventional and three different self-ligating brackets with different base designs. …”
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Impact of Underweight after Treatment on Prognosis of Advanced-Stage Ovarian Cancer by Se Ik Kim, Hee Seung Kim, Tae Hun Kim, Dong Hoon Suh, Kidong Kim, Jae Hong No, Hyun Hoon Chung, Yong Beom Kim, Yong Sang Song

“…A total of 360 patients with stage III-IV epithelial ovarian cancer were enrolled and divided into three groups by body mass indexes (BMIs): underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2); normal weight to overweight (18.5 kg/m2 BMI < 27.5 kg/m2); obesity (BMI ≥ 27.5 kg/m2). …”
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Impact of Urban Undersea Tunnel Longitudinal Slope on the Visual Characteristics of Drivers by Shoushuo Wang, Zhigang Du, Fangtong Jiao, Libo Yang, Yudan Ni

“…Then, the difference between the up-and-down slope (direction) factor and the longitudinal slope (percent) factor on the two indexes were analyzed using the two-way repeated measures ANOVA. …”
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Use of α-Lactalbumin and Caseinoglycomacropeptide as Biopeptide Precursors and as Functional Additives in Milk Beverages Fermented by L. helveticus by Katarzyna Skrzypczak, Emilia Fornal, Dorota Domagała, Waldemar Gustaw, Ewa Jabłońska-Ryś, Aneta Sławińska, Wojciech Radzki, Anna Kononiuk, Adam Waśko

“…Moreover, CGMP-containing fermented products were characterized by a generally higher value of the proteolysis index (PI) than analogous variants containing α-la. …”
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Evaluation of Some Aspects of the Growth Parameters and Exploitation Rates of Deep-Water Rose Shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) from the Sea of Marmara by Habib Bal, Ömerhan Dürrani

“…This study investigated the length frequency, growth pattern, sex ratio, condition factor, von Bertalanffy growth parameters (L∞, 𝑘, t0), growth performance index (φ), exploitation rate, and mortality rates of deep-water rose shrimp. …”
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