Morphology and biochemical variables in rats’placentas with pregestational visceral obesity by Catherina Capote Guitian, Nínive Núñez López, Gladys González Aguilar, Amanda Llanes Tamayo, Maryanis Mosqueda Furones, Gipsis Suárez Román

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> On day E17, a decrease in fetal weight and placental diameters was observed in the group of obese rats, as well as an increase in placental thickness and index. At the microscopic level, the placentas showed a decrease in the total area of the sagittal half and the labyrinth on day E14. …”
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Risk factors for silicotuberculosis among miners: a scoping review by Mansour F. Saliba, Zeina Z. Karam, Moussa El Khayat, Elizabeth Koka, Dana A. Halwani, Joly Ghanawi, Layal Hneiny, Mey Jurdi, Hassan R. Dhaini, Umayya Musharrafieh, Rima R. Habib

“…Various grey literature sources such as Google Scholar, Science.gov, and WHO Global Index Medicus were also searched. The main study outcome is STB; the selection criteria also included studies assessing TB and silicosis as comorbidities leading to STB. …”
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Sarcopenia Is Associated with High Pulse Pressure in Older Women by Hélio José Coelho Júnior, Samuel da Silva Aguiar, Ivan de Oliveira Gonçalves, Ricardo Aurélio Carvalho Sampaio, Marco Carlos Uchida, Milton Rocha Moraes, Ricardo Yukio Asano

“…Linear regression analysis demonstrated a significantly negative association between skeletal muscle index (SMI) and PP levels (β=−226, P<0.05). Furthermore, sarcopenic older women showed a 3.1-fold increased risk of having higher PP levels compared with nonsarcopenic women (IC = 1.323–7.506) (P<0.05). …”
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Proximate Composition, Physicochemical, Functional, and Antioxidant Properties of Flours from Selected Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Varieties by R. A. T. Nilusha, J. M. J. K. Jayasinghe, O. D. A. N. Perera, P. I. P. Perera, C. V. L. Jayasinghe

“…Water absorption capacity, oil absorption capacity, water solubility index, swelling power, emulsion activity, and emulsion stability of flours from five cassava varieties were significantly higher (p<0.05) than those of commercial wheat flour. …”
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Comparison of the asymmetric multifractal behavior of green and U.S. bonds against benchmark financial assets by Werner Kristjanpoller, Benjamin Miranda Tabak

“…., conventional bonds, high-yield bonds, Euro-Dollar exchange, Dow Jones Industrial Index, Bitcoin, and Gold). Specifically, we explore linear and nonlinear correlation patterns using cross-correlation tests and the dynamic conditional correlation model, focusing on bond interactions under various degrees of freedom. …”
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INFLUENCE OF SECURITY CHALLENGES ON STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION BILLIRI, GOMBE STATE, NIGERIA by MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR SABO, YAKUBU MUHAMMAD BELLO, MUHAMMAD AUWAL

“…The population of the study are the 315 students of College of Education Billiri, of Gombe State, and a sample size of 152 students were randomly selected, a questionnaire (Impact of Security Challenges on Student Academic Performance in College of Education Billiri, of Gombe State) index (ISCSAP) was used as an instrument for data collection. …”
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Organizational structure of the Mangalarga herd and the influence of geographic distribution and different coats on the genetic diversity by Andreza Correia da Silva, Juliano Martins Santiago, Jorge Eduardo Cavalcante Lucena, Caline Angélica de Menezes Sá Nascimento, Janaina Kelli Gomes Arandas, Laura Leandro da Rocha, Ana Paula Gomes Pinto

“…Genealogic data of horses born between 1919 and 2018 were submitted to the software ENDOG 4.8, corresponding to the total population (TP), and those born between 2009 and 2018, representing the reference population (RP). Wright’s fixation index, inbreeding coefficient (F), and average relatedness (AR) were estimated considering each Brazilian state as a subpopulation and, afterwards, the different coat colors as subpopulations. …”
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Semisupervised Learning-Based Word-Sense Disambiguation Using Word Embedding for Afaan Oromoo Language by Tabor Wegi Geleta, Jara Muda Haro

“…Finding context meaning is challenging the activity of automatically identifying machine translation, indexing engines, and predicting neighbor words in natural language. …”
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Erosive Esophagitis in the Obese: The Effect of Ethnicity and Gender on Its Association by Albin Abraham, Seth Lipka, Rabab Hajar, Bhuma Krishnamachari, Ravi Virdi, Bobby Jacob, Prakash Viswanathan, Paul Mustacchia

“…The effects of body mass index (BMI) on ErE were assessed by gender and in different ethnic groups. …”
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Effects of Late Evening Snack on Cirrhotic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ying-jie Guo, Zi-bin Tian, Na Jiang, Xue-li Ding, Tao Mao, Xue Jing

“…However, it may have little effect on reducing liver parenchymal injury indexes such as serum aminotransferase.…”
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Grape pomace transformed by specific fungi has the potential as a promising substrate for vermicomposting by Mar´ıa Ines Troncozo, Mart´ın Eduardo Escaray, Mar´ıa Florencia Vianna, Mario C. N. Saparrat

“…The combination of U. botrytis-vermicomposting showed a reduction in the adult and juvenile earthworm number at 60 days and presented a higher germination index compared to the control. Conclusion: Results suggest that grape pomace pretreated with U. botrytis could be an optimal starting substrate for vermicomposting, obtaining an organic fertilizer in a short period. …”
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Advantages of N-Type Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Silicon Oxide Films for Micromorph Silicon Solar Cells by Amornrat Limmanee, Songkiate Kittisontirak, Sorapong Inthisang, Taweewat Krajangsang, Jaran Sritharathikhun, Kobsak Sriprapha

“…The n μc-SiO:H films with high optical bandgap and low refractive index could be obtained when a ratio of carbon dioxide (CO2) to silane (SiH4) flow rate was raised; however, a trade-off against electrical property was observed. …”
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Blood Pressure Exploration in the November 27th Health Area Population from Marianao Municipality by Moura Revueltas Aguero, Yamilé Valdés González, Silvia Serra Larín, Carlos Barceló Pérez, Juan Carlos Ramírez Sotolongo, Ramón Suárez Medina

“…Personalized interviews, physical examination with measurements of blood pressure, weight and height were carried out, and the body mass index was calculated. The data were processed with the statistical program SPSS 15.0. …”
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Biological Response Modifiers in Combination with Antivirals against Experimentally-Induced Virus Infections by Robert W Sidwell, John H Huffman, Donald F Smee, John Gilbert, Roland K Robins, Meir Kende, John Huggins

“…Both drug combinations were considered synergistic, increasing the therapeutic index compared to either drug used alone, and significantly reducing the evidence of ribavirin toxicity. …”
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Resveratrol Inhibits Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation via the Hippo Pathway by Chunxue Li, Rongrong Zhang, Yating Zhan, Jianjian Zheng

“…We found that Res significantly suppresses HSC proliferation, reducing the cell index. Res induced HSC inactivation, reducing collagen deposition and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expression. …”
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Estimation of the Monthly Mean Temperature Values of the Eastern Black Sea Basin with Statistical Downscaling Method Using EraInterim Re-analysis Data by Sinan Nacar, Murat Kankal, Umut Okkan

“…The root mean square error, scattering index, mean absolute error and Nash Sutcliffe (NS) efficiency coefficient statistics were used to evaluate the performance of the MARS model based on the station. …”
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Damage Control Laparotomy in Trauma Patients: A Level I Trauma Center Experience by Anthony J. Duncan, Wade A. Hopper, Mentor Ahmeti

“…Material and Methods: Retrospective single-center cohort study of patients who received either damage control laparotomy or definitive laparotomy with fascial closure at the time of index procedure. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. …”
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Development of a Hybrid Attention Transformer for Daily PM_2.5 Predictions in Seoul by Hyun S. Kim, Kyung M. Han, Jinhyeok Yu, Nara Youn, Taehoo Choi

“…The results demonstrated that the HAT outperformed the 3-D CTM, achieving a 4.60% higher index of agreement (IOA). Additionally, the HAT exhibited 22.09% fewer errors and 82.59% lower bias compared to the 3-D CTM. …”
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Illness perception in patients with dental caries: A co-relational study in Odisha by Hemamalini Rath, Abhijit Panda, Shilpa Mahapatra

“…This was followed by assessment for dental caries using Caries Severity Index. Spearman's correlation and multivariable analysis were conducted. …”
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Multiobjective Optimization Design and Experimental Study of Desulfurization Dust Removal Centrifugal Pump Based on Immune Particle Swarm Algorithm by Yuqin Wang, Xinwang Huo, Hailong Ji

“…The experimental results showed that the optimized indexes met the design requirements and improved the performance of centrifugal pump. …”
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