Use of stepwise m5 model tree to forecast the P24max based on teleconnection indices by Golnar Ghanbarzadeh, Khalil Ghorbani, Meysam Salarijazi, Chooghi Bairam Komaki, Laleh Rezaei Ghaleh

“…No strong and statistically significant correlation between each tele‐index and P24max was observed. Therefore, it is not appropriate to attribute climate changes in the region to a single factor such as El Niño, but rather consider the combined influence of multiple factors. …”
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Experimental and analytical study on axial behaviour of square corrugated concrete filled single and double skin tube stub columns by Aya Mohsen Handousa, Mohamed Abdellatief, Fikry Abdo Salem, Nabil Mahmoud, Mohamed Ghannam

“…The outcomes of this analysis revealed that parameters such as section width and concrete strength positively influence the compressive strength index.…”
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Sleep quality according to academic progression in Chilean Obstetrics students by Fanny López Alegría, Juan Carlos Oyanedel Sepúlveda, Gonzalo Rivera-López

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> cross-sectional and analytical study conducted in the 2018 school year in a Chilean university, which included all the students of Obstetrics, who answered a questionnaire that evaluated sociodemographic background, academic profile, previous sleep habits and sleep quality, assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) survey.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the behavior around the sleep habits differs significantly among courses, in the 1st and 4th year there are those who sleep less and the students of this last course are classified as the worst sleepers. …”
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Chemical Safety and Quality Attributes of Dried Sausage Snacks Stored in Modified Atmosphere by Jagoda Majcherczyk, Ireneusz Maciejaszek, Krzysztof Surówka

“…The histamine level was approx. 18 mg kg-1, while the average content of the other biogenic amines after 70 days of storage ranged from 4.4 mg kg-1 (cadaverine) to 32.1 mg kg-1 (tyramine). The biogenic amine index was small and varied from 34.5 mg kg-1 (in the sausage before drying) to 73.4 mg kg-1 (at the end of the snack storage at 20±1°C). …”
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Exploring the Impacts of Change Orders on Performance of Construction Projects in Saudi Arabia by Majed Alzara

“…Finally, a survey was conducted by distributing questionnaires to the parties involved in the projects, and the responses were analyzed by using the relative index method. A triangulation technique involving collecting data from the analytical study, the interviews, and the survey was used to improve the validity of the findings. …”
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Evaluation of Consumers' Aspects on Organic Farming Products by Regions by Mustafa Aslan, Volkan Burucu, Filiz Pezikoğlu, Duygu Aktürk, Bülent Tarım, Sunay Demir, Ayten Aşkın Kılınç, Murat Doğu, Başak Aydın

“…This research was carried out by a questionnaire study with 1494 consumers, consuming organic and non-organic products in six regions in accordance with their socio-economic development index values. By making use of average, percentage and cross tables during the analysis of the data obtained, some of the socio-economical characteristics of the consumers were determined. …”
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Protective Effect of Rosa roxburghii Compound Plant Beverage on Acute Alcohol-induced Liver Injury in Mice by Zhengfang QI, Donghai LI, Yichun SUN, Xiaosheng YANG, Juan YANG, Rongrong ZHANG, Yu WANG, Xiong PAN, Chaoju ZHANG, Lilang LI

“…The drug was administered continuously for 21 days, the liver index, the content of triglyceride (TG), the activities of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and malondialdehyde (MDA) contents were determined to evaluate the potential protective effect of RTCPB on acute alcohol-induced liver injury in mice. …”
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Polysaccharide extract from Rosa laevigata fruit attenuates inflammatory obesity by targeting redox balance and gut interface in high-fat diet-fed rats by Xuejiao Zhang, Chenzhong Jin, Han Liu, Yihong Hu, Yunyun Zhou, Weiguo Wu, Si Qin

“…The results showed that RLPs administration had significantly restored immune organ indexes and reduced body weight gain. RNA-seq revealed that the effect of RLPs was partially attributed to its regulation on PPARs signaling by increasing the expressions of Scd, Acox3 and Hmgcs2, and on other redox-related pathways by decreasing the expressions of Cyp2e1, Il1-r1 and Lbp. …”
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The Impact of Gross Motor Function on the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy in Saudi Arabia by Sharat Chandra Pani, Saja Fahad AlEidan, Rawan Nasser AlMutairi, AlJawharah Ali AlAbsi, Dalal Nasser AlMuhaidib, Hessa Faisal AlSulaiman, Najd Waleed AlFraih

“…Parental and child perception scores, DMFT, and gingival index were compared across GMFCS levels using the one-way ANOVA and Scheffe’s post hoc test. …”
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The Impact of Bacterial Leaf Blight Disease (<i>Pantoea agglomerans</i>) on Grain Yield and Nutritional Quality of Oat by Ruochen Zhang, Jianjun Wang, Longhai Xue, Malik Kamran, Yue Wang, Xuekai Wei, Guiqin Zhao, Chunjie Li

“…The results showed that after infection causing LBD, the growth, grain yield and nutritional indexes (except the fiber content) of B2 and B7 were significantly reduced (<i>p</i> < 0.05), with grains per spike, thousand grain weight, protein, and β-glucan reduced by 14.2%, 5.5%, 12.9% and 21.5%, respectively. …”
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An Analytical Method for Calculating Short-Term Space Interception Probability by Wenzhe Ding, Xinhong Li, Hong Yang, Zhibin Zhang, Jiping An

“…For small unguided space interceptors, the interception probability is an important index to evaluate their strike capability. However, the Monte Carlo (MC) based simulation method not only consumes a lot of computation time but also theoretically lacks interpretability. …”
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Effect of percutaneous vertebroplasty through UTPP approach on prognosis and quality of life in elderly patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a retrospective... by Xuejie Bi, Liude Zhou, Tian Chen, Zhuming Chen, Zhi Peng

“…The postoperative VAS score (visual analog scale), ODI score (Oswestry disability index), surgical indicators, and imaging indicators were recorded in the two groups. …”
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Children’s behaviour and childhood obesity by Aus Ali, Osamah Al-ani, Faisal Al-ani

“…In children, however, the former can be interpreted as when a child has a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile for children of the same age, sex, and ethnicity on growth charts. …”
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Zero Waste Attitude Scale Development Study by Fuat Ozcan, Ali Meydan

“…As a result of the analysis, the fit index values of the scale χ2/sd =1.96, RMSEA=0.06, PGFI=0.70, GFI=0.85, RMR=0.08, SRMR=0.06, NFI=0.95, AGFI=0.81, PNFI=0.84, CFI=0.97, RFI=0.94, NNFI=0.97, IFI=0.97, while GFI, RMR, AGFI, SRMR, and RFI values correspond to acceptable fit; χ2/sd, RMSEA, IFI, NFI, NNFI , PGFI, PNFI, and CFI seem to correspond to a perfect fit. …”
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Temporal analyses of global suitability distribution for fall armyworm based on Multiple factors by Minghao Wang, Wenjiang Huang, Yingying Dong, Yanru Huang, Bing Zhang, Gang Sun, Maged Elkahky, Changping Huang

“…Under the dominant influence of dynamic environmental factors such as temperature, precipitation, and vegetation index, the expansion and contraction of FAW’s suitability distribution corresponded with seasonal changes, exhibiting significant seasonal fluctuations. …”
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Association between Helicobacter pylori Infection and Risk of Osteoporosis in Elderly Taiwanese Women with Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases: A Retrospective Patient Record Review by Shih-Chun Lin, Malcolm Koo, Kun-Wei Tsai

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that osteoporosis was significantly associated with H. pylori infection (adjusted odds ratio = 2.03, 95% confidence interval = 1.14–3.62) after adjusting for age group, body mass index group, and use of proton pump inhibitor. Conclusion. …”
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Enrichment Mechanism of the Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian Transitional Shale in the East Margin of the Ordos Basin, China: Evidence from Geochemical Proxies by Zhifu Wei, Yongli Wang, Gen Wang, Ting Zhang, Wei He, Xueyun Ma, Xiaoli Yu

“…In the Taiyuan Formation, TOC is positively related to the redox index (V, U, and V/Cr), indicating that the dysoxic bottom water environment is the key factor controlling organic matter accumulation. …”
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Multi-Microgrid System Optimization Scheduling Including Electric Vehicle Coordinated Charging and Reward and Punishment Ladder Carbon Trading by GAO Ya, XU Yanchun, ZHANG Tao, SONG Wenyu, WANG Ping, XI Lei, MI Lu

“…First，a dynamic urgency index （DUI） is proposed to reflect the charging demand of the user and a coordinated EV-charging model is established to minimize the peak-to-valley difference of the total electric load in the microgrid. …”
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Exploring Inflation Dynamics with the Phillips Curve in Türkiye: Evidence from the Markov Regime Switching Model by Ali İlhan

“…The increasing coefficient of backward inflation in the high regime reflects the resurgent indexation behavior, which was dominant before inflation targeting was introduced in Türkiye. …”
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Integrated Optimization of Mixed Cargo Packing and Cargo Location Assignment in Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems by Bin Lei, Zhaoyuan Jiang, Haibo Mu

“…The results show that compared to the method of separate storage of goods based on cube-per-order index rules and a phased optimization method of mixed storage of goods, an integrated optimization method of mixed cargo packing and location assignment can improve the outbound delivery efficiency of the stacking machine by 11.43–25.98% and 1.73–5.51%, respectively, and reduce the cargo location used by 50–55% and 0–10%, respectively. …”
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