How does planting structure change affect the agricultural net carbon sink? Evidence from the Jiangsu coastal economic Belt by Xiaomei Shen, Rong Yan, Mingdong Jiang

“…On this basis, an extended Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) model was established to empirically decompose the driving effort of planting structure change (PSC) on NCS. …”
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Is reflux hypersensitivity truly a functional gastrointestinal disorder? A retrospective cross-sectional study. by Yanping Wu, Siyu Liao, Tianyao Qu, Jiaxuan Zhou, Fei Dai, Bin Qin, Xiaoyu Xu, Jun Zhang, Yan Cheng

“…The distal MNBI and PSPW index of the NERD and RH groups were lower than those of the FH group (P < 0.05). …”
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Real-world assessment to estimate multiple attributes related to treatment cost driver for mantle cell lymphoma in Japan by econometric modeling by Saaya Tsutsué, Shinichi Makita, Hiroya Asou, Anila Mathew, Yuki Kado, Koki Idehara, Seok-Won Kim, Dilinuer Ainiwaer

“…A total of 2,838 patients having at least one confirmed diagnosis of MCL participated in this study. As for the index regimen, a combination of bendamustine rituximab was the most frequently used (n = 328), followed by rituximab combined with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone-like regimen (n = 112), and others. …”
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Hubungan Kualitas Tidur dengan Tekanan Darah pada Pelajar Kelas 2 SMA Negeri 10 Padang by Mohd Luthfi B, Syaiful Azmi, Erkadius Erkadius

“…Penilaian kualitas tidur dengan menggunakan kuesioner Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) dan tekanan darah dengan menggunakan sphygmomanometer air raksa dan stetoskop. …”
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The influence that JavaScript(TM) has on the visibility of a Website to search engines - a pilot study by M. Weideman, F. Schwenke

“…</b> The results obtained indicated that text links provide the highest level of opportunity for crawlers to discover and index non-homepages. In general, crawlers did not follow Javascript(TM)-based links to Web pages blindly. …”
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Trace elements in children with pre-dialysis and end-stage renal disease by Alsalam Asmaa Abd, Ali Ruaa H., Hussain Haider K., Mahdi Montadher Ali

“…Anthropometric data, such as age, body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure, were also collected. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Salt Tolerance in Asparagus Germplasm Accessions (Asparagus officinalis L.) at Different Growth Stages by Huimin Gao, Xuhong Zhang, Yuqin Liang, Lingdi Dong, Changzhi Han, Yanpo Cao

“…The mean value of the seed germination rate at the germination stage decreased by half under salt-stressed conditions, the mean salt-injury index at the seedling stage reached 57.68%, and the fresh weight of the aboveground part (FWA) and the dry weight of the aboveground part (DWA) decreased the most among the traits determined at the adult stage by more than 60%. …”
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Metabolomics and Lipidomics Reveal the Metabolic Disorders Induced by Single and Combined Exposure of Fusarium Mycotoxins in IEC-6 Cells by Xinlu Wang, Yanyang Xu, Haiqi Yu, Yushun Lu, Yongzhong Qian, Meng Wang

“…Furthermore, both DON + FB₁ and DON + ZEN presented synergism to antagonism effects based on a combination index (CI)-isobologram equation model. Integrated metabolomics and lipidomics was adopted to explore cell metabolism disorders induced by fusarium mycotoxin exposure. …”
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Dietary Antioxidant Capacity Indices are Negatively Correlated to LDL-Oxidation in Adults by Mehran Nouri, Mitra Soltani, Milad Rajabzadeh-Dehkordi, Nastaran Rafieipour, Moein Askarpour, Maryam Najafi, Shiva Faghih

“…So, in this cross-sectional study, we aimed to assess the association of dietary total antioxidant capacity (DTAC), oxidative balance score, and phytochemical index (PI) with ox-LDL/MDA in a healthy adult population of Shiraz, Iran. …”
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Peripheral Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation(rTMS) for Idiopathic Facial Nerve Palsy: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial by Zicai Liu, Dongling Xie, Xin Wen, Risheng Wang, Quan Yang, Huiyu Liu, Yuchun Shao, Tingting Liu

“…House-Brackmann (HB) grading scale, Sunnybrook facial grading system (SFGS), and modified Portmann scale (MPS) were used to assess facial nerve function before and after treatment, and the time for patients to return to normal facial nerve function and adverse reaction (AR) was also the main observation index. Results. After a 2-week intervention, HB, SFGS, and MPS increased in both groups (P<0.01); the improvement of HB, SFGS, and MPS in rTMS group was significantly higher than that in control group (P<0.01). …”
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Quality indicators of supportive care for patients with cancer undergoing treatment: a systematic review by Ayako Okuyama, Mai Kuwabara, Sadamoto Zenda

“…Methods A review was conducted on PubMed, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Embase from September 26, 2013 to December 26, 2023. …”
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Effectiveness of Clinical Decision Tools in Predicting Pulmonary Embolism by Michael A. Simon, Christopher Tan, Patrick Hilden, Lyle Gesner, Barry Julius

“…The Wells criteria and revised Geneva score are two commonly used clinical decision tools (CDTs) developed to assist physicians in determining when computed tomographic angiograms (CTAs) should be performed to evaluate the high index of suspicion for pulmonary embolism (PE). Studies have shown varied accuracy in these CDTs in identifying PE, and we sought to determine their accuracy within our patient population. …”
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Effects of Different Taping Techniques in Individuals with Myofascial Pain Syndrome with a Trigger Point in the Trapezius Muscle: A Sham-controlled Randomized Study by Kubra KARDES, Pinar VAN DER VEER, Yunus Emre TUTUNEKEN, Hale Nur AYKAC, Esra ARSLAN, Aysenur AKSOY, Yasemin BURAN CIRAK

“…The visual analog scale was used to assess pain, cervical joint range of motion (ROM) with a universal goniometer, grip strength with a hand dynamometer, number of active trigger points by palpation, pressure-pain threshold with an algometer, quality of life with the Nottingham Health Profile and functional level with the Neck Disability index were evaluated before and after treatment. …”
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Effect of Rearing Season on Meat and Intramuscular Fat Quality of Beni-Guil Sheep by Kamal Belhaj, Farid Mansouri, Marianne Sindic, Marie-Laure Fauconnier, Mohamed Boukharta, Hana Serghini Caid, Ahmed Elamrani

“…However, the intramuscular fat of the lambs reared in SA was characterized by greater (p<0.01) PUFA percentage (16.82% vs. 12.40%, respectively), thrombogenic (p<0.001) and atherogenic index (p<0.001), and PUFA/SFA ratio (p<0.01; 0.42 vs. 0.25, respectively). …”
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Evaluation of the current status and risks of aquatic ecology in the Jialing River Basin based on the characteristics and succession trends of phytoplankton communities by Maojin Huang, Fei Xu, Jia Xia, Xue Yang, Fubin Zhang, Siyao Liu, Tuo Zhang

“…The structure of the phytoplankton community was affected by seasonal changes and differences in the tributary and mainstem. 2) Overall, the autumn phytoplankton community α-diversity index was significantly higher than that of spring (P < 0.05). …”
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Quality of Life, Depression, and Healthcare Resource Utilization among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Concomitant Hypertension and Obesity: A Prospective Survey by Andrew J. Green, Debbra D. Bazata, Kathleen M. Fox, Susan Grandy

“…Respondents reporting T2DM and HTN and obesity (body mass index, BMI, ≥30 kg/m2) were compared with a T2DM-alone group. …”
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Efficacy and safety of ustekinumab in the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in Singapore by Wai Sze Agnes Chan, Yisheng Wong, Hazel Hwee Boon Oon, Colin Thiam Seng Theng, Wei-Sheng Chong

“…Efficacy end points included a proportion of patients achieving at least 50% and 75% improvement from baseline psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) and body surface area (BSA) at Weeks 4 and 16. …”
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Efficacy of Shear-Wave Elastography for Detecting Postoperative Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Hye Jeong Kim, In Ho Choi, So-Young Jin, Hyeong Kyu Park, Dong Won Byun, Kyoil Suh, Myung Hi Yoo

“…Conclusions. The shear elasticity index of EMax, with higher likelihood ratios for malignant LNs, may help identify postoperative cervical LN metastasis in PTC patients with indeterminate or suspicious LNs.…”
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Striving for consistency in a national lake assessment: Defining reference status and littoral macroinvertebrate condition in lakes across the conterminous United States by Richard M. Mitchell, Alan T. Herlihy, Robert M. Hughes

“…EPA’s National Lake Assessment between 2007–2022 to develop and validate a national macroinvertebrate multi-metric index (MMI) of lake condition across the conterminous U.S. …”
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Clove oil as a neuromodulator in environmental cadmium cognitive impairment on the prefrontal cortex of Wistar rats by Obinna O. Uchewa, Chinedu B. Egwuagu, Ogugua A. EGWU, Augustine O. Ibegbu

“…Results: GSH and GST levels significantly decreased in the untreated but increased in the treated groups at P < 0.05. The discrimination index reduced in the untreated group (p < 0.05) while the reduction continued in groups C and E (0.14±0.09 and 0.27±0.02), and group D increased (0.81±0.02). …”
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