Temporal segmentation method for 30-meter long-term mapping of abandoned and reclaimed croplands in Inner Mongolia, China by Deji Wuyun, Liang Sun, Zhongxin Chen, Luís Guilherme Teixeira Crusiol, Jinwei Dong, Nitu Wu, Junwei Bao, Ruiqing Chen, Zheng Sun, Hasituya, Hongwei Zhao

“…The method integrates ground sample collection of major crops and inactive cropland with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) analysis during key growth stages, enabling precise classification of cultivation status. …”
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Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segment Implantation (Keraring 355°) in Patients with Central Keratoconus: 6-Month Follow-Up by Khosrow Jadidi, Seyed Aliasghar Mosavi, Farhad Nejat, Mostafa Naderi, Leila Janani, Sara Serahati

“…Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), refraction, topographic findings, safety, efficacy index, and adverse events were reported for six months postoperatively. …”
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Quantitative immunohistochemistry analysis of breast Ki67 based on artificial intelligence by Wang Wenhui, Gong Yitang, Chen Bingxian, Guo Hualei, Wang Qiang, Li Jing, Jin Cheng, Gui Kun, Chen Hao

“…The Dice coefficient of the tumor region segmentation model was 0.848, the Average Precision index of the nucleus detection model was 0.817, and the accuracy of the nucleus classification model was 96.66%. …”
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Groundwater Quality and Suitability Assessment in Tirupur Region, Tamil Nadu, India by Kumar G., Saravanan Kothandaraman, Kathiresan Karuppanan, Sajjad Hussain

“…The Wilcox plot reveals that 80% of the samples were found under very good to permissible limits, and few samples fall with doubtful to unsuitable quality due to the excess amount of alkali and salinity. Permeability index values show that groundwater is suitable for irrigation. …”
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Assessment of Silicone Oil Emulsification: A Comparison of Currently Applied Methods by Hongmei Zhao, Qian Chen, Jian Yu, Kaicheng Wu, Yuan Zong, Chunhui Jiang, Haohao Zhu, Gezhi Xu

“…The mean UBM grading was 26.41 ± 9.71 (range: 1–36); the mean SO index obtained with B-scan was 5.25 ± 5.00% (range: 0.10–16.49%), and the mean number of SO droplets was 1.26 ± 2.45 × 107/mL and 3.34 ± 4.22 × 106/mL in the first and last 2 mL of washout fluid, respectively. …”
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Management of innovative development of urban areas by V. V. Merkulov, T. Yu. Shemyakina

“…The status of «smart cities» is offered to be given to the cities of Russia after assessment on compliance to the accepted indicators of the Geneva Charter, the basic among other estimated indicator of territorial development it is necessary to accept the index of steady satisfaction of inhabitants of this territory.…”
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Hemodialysis: Survival Comparison and Mortality-Related Factors by Hwajeong Lee, Seok-Hui Kang

“…In the SLE group, age, the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) score, hemoglobin, serum creatinine levels, and systolic blood pressure (SBP) were associated with patient survival. …”
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Assessing Prevention Protocols by a Brief Questionnaire in the Infectious Respiratory Diseases Pandemics: An Application in Pedestrian Population in COVID-19 Pandemic by Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Alireza Razzaghi, Hamid Sharifi, Shahram Habibzadeh, Seyed Taghi Heydari, Rasool Entezarmahdi, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Alireza Ansari Moghaddam, Mahdi Rezaei, Mohammad Saadati, Ehsan Sarbazi, Morteza Haghighi, Mina Golestani, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani

“…Content validity was evaluated by quantitative method, thus, Content Validity Ratio (CVR) and Content Validity Index (CVI) were calculated. For reliability of the questionnaire, the internal consistency using Cronbach’s alpha, and test-retest reliability using Spearman-Brown correlation coefficient were assessed. …”
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Insulin Resistance Increases MRI-Estimated Pancreatic Fat in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Normal Controls by Niraj S. Patel, Michael R. Peterson, Grace Y. Lin, Ariel Feldstein, Bernd Schnabl, Ricki Bettencourt, Ekihiro Seki, Claude B. Sirlin, Rohit Loomba

“…Compared to healthy controls, patients with NAFLD had significantly higher pancreatic MRI-PDFF (3.6% versus 8.5%, P value <0.001), and these results remained consistent in multivariable-adjusted models including age, sex, body mass index, and diabetes (P value =0.03). We found a strong correlation between hepatic and pancreatic MRI-PDFF (Spearman correlation, P = 0.57, P value <0.001). …”
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Chloramphenicol-infused N-vinyl-based soft contact lenses for therapeutic and optical applications by Lina M. Shaker, Ahmed Alamiery, Abdulamier Ahmed Abdulamier, Wan Nor Roslam Wan Isahak

“…Key analysis including UV–Vis spectra, refractive index (RI) measurement, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images, and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) charts confirmed the lenses’ physical, chemical, and therapeutic performance. …”
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Insights into selection and application of carbohydrate-based carriers for microencapsulation: Stability and functional properties of maltodextrin, gum Arabic, and β-cyclodextrin i... by Pegah Mehrali, Seyed Hadi Peighambardoust, Amir Akbarmehr, Khashayar Sarabandi

“…The physical characteristics of spray-dried (SD) powders including bulk and tapped densities (packing ability), Hassner ratio, angle of repose and Carr index (powder flowability) were influenced by the type of carriers used. …”
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The humanistic and societal impact of obesity in Japan: a targeted literature review by Wataru Ogawa, Palvi Gupta

“…In contrast to global definitions, obesity is defined as a body-mass-index (BMI) of ≥25 kg/m2 in Japan. Despite public efforts, rates of obesity have not decreased over the past decade. …”
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Inhibition of Corneal Neovascularization by Subconjunctival Injection of Fc-Endostatin, a Novel Inhibitor of Angiogenesis by Junko Yoshida, Robert T. Wicks, Andrea I. Zambrano, Betty M. Tyler, Kashi Javaherian, Rachel Grossman, Yassine J. Daoud, Peter Gehlbach, Henry Brem, Walter J. Stark

“…Corneas were digitally imaged at 5 time points. An angiogenesis index (AI) was calculated (vessel length (mm) × vessel number score) for each observation. …”
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Senegalin-2: A Novel Hexadecapeptide from <i>Kassina senegalensis</i> with Antibacterial and Muscle Relaxant Activities, and Its Derivative Senegalin-2BK as a Bradykinin Antagonist by Yueyang Lu, Yanguo Zhu, Chengbang Ma, Lei Wang, Mei Zhou, Tianbao Chen, Xiaonan Ma, Xu Zhang, Zhimin Fan

“…Compared to Senegalin-2, Senegalin-2BK significantly reduced hemolysis and exhibited a more than threefold increase in the selectivity index. Furthermore, Senegalin-2BK contracted the bladder (EC₅₀ 2.83 μM) and ileum (EC₅₀ 56.64 nM)’s smooth muscle. …”
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Sex Variations in the Oral Microbiomes of Youths with Severe Periodontitis by Ya-Qiong Zhao, Ying-Hui Zhou, Jie Zhao, Yao Feng, Zheng-Rong Gao, Qin Ye, Qiong Liu, Yun Chen, Shao-Hui Zhang, Li Tan, Marie Aimee Dusenge, Jing Hu, Yun-Zhi Feng, Fei Yan, Yue Guo

“…Functional profiles (KEGG pathways) were obtained using PICRUSt based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing data. Results. The Chao1 index and phylogenetic diversity whole tree were significantly higher in males than in females. …”
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Evaluation of Comparative Efficacy of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) vs Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri Linn) on Stress Level and Quality of Sleep in the Subjects Experiencing Mental Str... by Mohnish Vijay Gokhale, Vaishali Kuchewar, Pankaj Yadav, Bhishmani Tarare

“…The patients will be assessed on every 15th day through Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scales.…”
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Impact of Long COVID on Lung Function in Children by Zeynep Reyhan ONAY, Sinem CAN OKSAY, Deniz MAVI TORTOP, Gulay BILGIN, Yetkin AYHAN, Ferit DURANKUS, Saniye GIRIT

“…The weight, height, and body mass index Z-scores were similar in the groups. Within a median duration of 85 days (minimum-maximum: 35-194) following COVID-19 infection, a restrictive pattern was observed to be more common in the study group (p=0.021). …”
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A Study to Adapt “Puppet Interview Scales of Competence in and Enjoyment of Science” to Turkish Culture by Berrin Akman, Erhan Alabay, Mefharet Veziroglu Celik, Pinar Aksoy, Selahattin Gelbal

“…The CFI and NFI values -the indicators of the goodness-of-fit index- are above .90. Additionally, IFI value is .98 and the SRMR value is lower than .08. …”
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Investigating the quality of Karst water resources: A case study on Fars Namdan plain by Mohammadsadegh Talebi

“…The results show that in the studied area, magnesium index is between 0.2-6.96 mg/L, sodium between 0.037-3.87 mg/L, potassium (K) between 0.01-0.049 mg/L, total hardness between 77.86-497.4 mg/L. …”
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Layer Information Similarity Concerned Network Embedding by Ruili Lu, Pengfei Jiao, Yinghui Wang, Huaming Wu, Xue Chen

“…Furthermore, we define an index to formalize the similarity between different layers and the cross-network association. …”
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