Analysis of genetic relationships in the breeding material of <i>Prunus armeniaca</i> L. from the collection of the Mountain Botanical Garden, Dagestan by D. M. Anatov, I. I. Suprun, I. V. Stepanov, R. M. Osmanov, S. V. Tokmakov

“…The effective number of alleles (Ne) and the Shannon Diversity Index (I) showed low values for the set of accessions, which is typical for seedlings with shared parental forms in their pedigrees. …”
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Risk effects of environmental factors on human brucellosis in Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, China, 2014–2023 by Di Wu, Xinxiu Shen, Quan Zhou, Jing Zhou, Ruonan Fu, Chang Wang, Yuhua Ma, Chenchen Wang

“…The largest contributing was the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), followed by gross domestic product (GDP), and then meteorological factors such as average temperature, average relative humidity, and average wind speed. …”
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Vascular Closure Devices versus Manual Compression in Cardiac Interventional Procedures: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Naidong Pang, Jia Gao, Binghang Zhang, Min Guo, Nan Zhang, Meng Sun, Rui Wang

“…Heterogeneity among studies was evaluated by I2 index and the Cochran Q test, respectively. Publication bias was assessed using the funnel plot and Egger’s test. …”
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Breakfast Intake and Factors Associated with Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among Lebanese High School Adolescents by Rana Mounayar, Rana Jreij, Jennifer Hachem, Frida Abboud, Maya Tueni

“…The Mediterranean Diet Quality Index for children and adolescents was used to assess the adherence to the Mediterranean diet. …”
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Adherence to the ISHLT Protocol for the Referral of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis to the Transplantation Center among of Czech Centers for Interstitial Lung Diseases by Martina Sterclova, Martina Doubkova, Lubica Sykorova, Vladimir Bartos, Monika Zurkova, Vladimira Lostakova, Radka Mokosova, Martina Plackova, Ladislav Lacina, Michaela Cimrova, Radka Bittenglova, Pavlina Lisa, Pavla Musilova, Daniel Dolezal, Jana Psikalova, Petra Ovesna, Martina Koziar Vasakova

“…Nonsmokers and ex-smokers with a body mass index (BMI) of <32 kg/m2 (n=404) were included for further analyses. …”
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Status and Evolving Characteristics of Marine Spatial Resources in the Hangzhou Bay Area of Zhejiang Province, China by Peng Wang, Jingru Zhou, Kaixuan Zheng, Xia Lin, Mou Leong Tan, Jingchao Shi, Xingwen Lin, Xihe Yue, Xu Ma, Fei Zhang

“…The key findings show that the industrial sector accounts for the largest usage of marine area, with the industrial sea area growing by 110.3% from 2018 to 2020. The diversity index for marine area usage in Hangzhou Bay has remained stable, consistently at 0.6 and above over the past five years. …”
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High-Flying Research Trends and Innovations in Young Athletes’ Jump Training: A Bibliographic Analysis of Research Over Ten Years by Cahyo Yuwono, Adi S, Mahenderan Appukutty, Erna Setyowati, Bondan Fiqi Riyalda, Hilmy Aliriad, Made Bang Redy Utama

“…Using a thorough approach, articles published since 2014 were found using the keywords “Athletics Jump Training” in research journals indexed in the SCOPUS database. A total of 222 articles were examined. …”
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Nurses retention: the impact of transformational leadership, career growth, work well-being, and work-life Balance by Eman Sameh AbdELhay, Samah Mohamed Taha, Mona Metwally El-Sayed, Sahar Hassan Helaly, Islam Sameh AbdELhay

“…The study measured variables using the Nursing Retention Index, Global Transformational Leadership Scale, Career Growth Scale, Work Well-Being Scale, and Work-Life Balance Scale. …”
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Prediction of the risk of 3-year chronic kidney disease among elderly people: a community-based cohort study by Tao Wang, Zhitong Zhou, Longbing Ren, Zhiping Shen, Jue Li, Lijuan Zhang

“…Nine variables (age, systolic blood pressure, body mass index, exercise, previous hypertension, triglycerides, fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin and serum creatinine) were included in the prediction model. …”
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The Modeling of Comprehensive Evaluation System of College Teachers’ Professional Quality Based on Deep Learning by Xiaoying Yang

“…The cultivation of high-quality talents requires not only scientific educational guiding ideology but also a set of student comprehensive quality evaluation index system to evaluate students’ comprehensive quality. …”
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Contribution of Spatial Heterogeneity and Temporal-Spatial Change of Ecosystems to the Thermal Environment of Tourist Destinations: A Case Study of Sichuan-Chongqing Region, China by Dechao Chen, Xinliang Xu, Huailong Jiang, Zongyao Sun, Luo Liu, Zhi Qiao

“…Using the 2005–2015 moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) data on the land surface temperature combined with the land use data, the urban thermal environment contribution index (CI) of prefecture-level cities and ecosystem types corresponding to the study area in Sichuan-Chongqing region were quantitatively calculated under various seasonal and diurnal conditions in terms of the scales of administrative divisions and ecosystem types. …”
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Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in mining-impacted farmland environments by Hai-Yan Zou, Fang-Zhou Gao, Liang-Ying He, Min Zhang, You-Sheng Liu, Jun Qi, Guang-Guo Ying

“…Additionally, the Shannon index values were different for the samples from two villages (p < 0.05). …”
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Development of Fermentation-induced Soymilk Gel: Effects of Different Lactic Acid Bacteria on the Physicochemical Characteristics by Fatemeh Rahmani, Ali Moayedi, Marteza Khomeiri, Mahboobeh Kashiri

“…Texture analysis showed that fermentation of soymilk with W. confusa MDM8 resulted in soy gel with higher firmness and consistency, while the sample fermented with L. plantarum MCM4 had higher adhesiveness and viscosity index. Overall, it can be concluded that L. plantarum MCM4, W. confusa MDM8, and S. thermophilus can be introduced as starter cultures for the production of novel soymilk gels with reasonable properties.…”
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Validation of deep-learning accelerated quantitative susceptibility mapping for deep brain nuclei by Ying Zhou, Ying Zhou, Lingyun Liu, Shan Xu, Yongquan Ye, Ruiting Zhang, Minming Zhang, Jianzhong Sun, Peiyu Huang

“…The overall image similarity was assessed between PI- and DL-QSM images using the structural similarity index (SSIM) and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR). …”
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PPAR-α Agonist Fenofibrate Decreased Serum Irisin Levels in Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Hypertriglyceridemia by Xiaomeng Feng, Xia Gao, Yumei Jia, Heng Zhang, Qingrong Pan, Zhi Yao, Ning Yang, Jia Liu, Yuan Xu, Guang Wang, Xinchun Yang

“…Serum irisin was significantly higher in group A compared with group B (45.15±10.48 versus 35.38±9.97 ng/ml, P<0.001) and correlated with body mass index (r=0.314, P=0.011), fasting blood glucose (r=0.399, P=0.001), total cholesterol (r=0.256, P=0.040), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (r=0.247, P=0.047). …”
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Influence of sleep duration and quality on depression symptoms among nurses during the Omicron outbreak: a cross-sectional survey by Yingying Gu, Pinglang Hu, Caijun Dai, Shuhong Ni, Qiqi Huang

“…Participants (N = 2140) were evaluated for depression symptoms via the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and sleep was evaluated via the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and "short sleep duration" was defined as ≤ 5 h per day. …”
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Structural, Electronic, Elastic, Mechanical, and Opto-Electronic Properties for ZnAg2SnS4 and ZnAg2Sn0.93Fe0.07S4 Photocatalyst Effort on Wastewater Treatment through the First Pri... by Mohammad Jahidul Islam, Md. Sabbir Hasan Sohag, Unesco Chakma, Ajoy Kumer, Md. Monsur Alam, Mohammed Nazrul Islam Khan

“…To sum up, it could be said that after doping of Fe, the elastic constant and mechanical constant show all universal anisotropic index crystals and ZnAg2Sn0.93Fe0.07S4 can absorb a variety of UV radiation, which raises the possibility that it could function as a photocatalyst.…”
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COMPASSION-FOCUSED THERAPY WITH VIRTUAL REALITY FOR CALLOUSUNEMOTIONAL YOUTH: A CLINICAL CASE STUDY ON THE THERAPY PROCESS OF A YOUNG OFFENDER by MIRVA HEIKKILÄ, JENNI KAUNOMÄKI, NINA LINDBERG, JARI LAHTI, MAURI MARTTUNEN, KLAUS RANTA, MARKO MANNINEN, DIANA RIBEIRO DA SILVA

“…Estimated with the Reliable Change Index (RCI), our results indicate that during the intervention his callous and unemotional traits decreased (RCI<-1.96) between T0 and T1 (RCI=-3.53), and between T0 and T2 (RCI=-2.83), as did his total psychopathic traits between T0 and T1 (RCI=-2.42), and T0 and T2 (RCI=-3.03). …”
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Pelvic Floor Muscle Training vs. Vaginal Vibration Cone Therapy for Postpartum Dyspareunia and Vaginal Laxity by Federico Villani, Izabella Petre, Florina Buleu, Stela Iurciuc, Luciana Marc, Adrian Apostol, Chiara Valentini, Elisabetta Donati, Tommaso Simoncini, Ion Petre, Cristian Furau

“…Outcomes were measured using the pubococcygeus (PC) test for pelvic floor strength and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) for sexual function. <i>Results:</i> The results revealed significant improvements in pelvic floor muscle strength and sexual function across both groups. …”
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Penilaian Tingkat Keberhasilan Perawatan Ortodontik dengan Piranti Lepasan Berdasarkan Indeks PAR di RSGM Universitas Baiturrahmah Tahun 2012-2017 by Cantika Aldira, Kornialia Kornialia, Andriansyah Andriansyah

“…Selama ini belum pernah dilakukan evaluasi tingkat keberhasilan perawatan ortodontik terhadap pasien yang telah selesai dirawat yang diukur dengan Peer Assessment Rating Index (indeks PAR). Tujuan: Menentukan tingkat keberhasilan perawatan ortodontik dengan piranti lepasan di bagian ortodonti RSGM Universitas Baiturrahmah berdasarkan indeks PAR. …”
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