Spawning biology, breeding, and larval rearing techniques for Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton) for aquaculture and recreational use in Bangladesh: The first approach by Paul Shyamal Kumar, Sarker Bhakta Supratim, Sultana Nahid, Pall Jewel Chandra, Perven Tania, Saha Debasish, Majumdar Priyanka Rani

“…In this study, gonadosomatic index (GSI) and fecundity were measured for breeding biology every 15 days. …”
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The Effect of Anterior Uterocervical Angle on Primary Dysmenorrhea and Disease Severity by Mefkure Eraslan Sahin, Erdem Sahin, Yusuf Madendag, Ilknur Col Madendag, Ahter Tanay Tayyar, Fatma Özdemir, Gokhan Acmaz, Iptisam Ipek Muderris

“…Age (P=0.668), body mass index (P=0.898), menarche age (P=0.915), and length of menstrual cycles (P=0.740) were similar in all groups. …”
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Source Apportionment of Urban Ammonia and its Contribution to Secondary Particle Formation in a Mid-size European City by Laura Ehrnsperger, Otto Klemm

“…The ammonium neutralization index J (111%) indicated an excess of NH4 + leading to mostly alkaline PM. …”
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Persistently different patterns of patient’s global assessment of health in rheumatoid arthritis are associated with pain and impaired function more than with inflammation: an ince... by Sofia Ajeganova, Ingiäld Hafström, Valentina Bala, Björn Svensson

“…The patients in the low PGA group were less often women, had lower body mass index, lower levels of inflammatory variables, visual analogue scale (VAS) pain and Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) scores at baseline than patients in the higher PGA groups. …”
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Use of a Launderable Bed Barrier and Antibiotic Stewardship to Decrease Hospital Onset _Clostridioides difficile_ Infections in an Acute Care Hospital: A Retrospective Pre/Post Cas... by Edmond A. Hooker, Peter J. Mallow, Christine McKinney, Martin L. Gnoni, Francisco Fernandez Gonzales

“…Hand disinfection compliance, length-of-stay (LOS), case mix index (CMI), and average age of patients were collected to control for confounding in the regression models. …”
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Longitudinal Metabolomics Data Analysis Informed by Mechanistic Models by Lu Li, Huub Hoefsloot, Barbara M. Bakker, David Horner, Morten A. Rasmussen, Age K. Smilde, Evrim Acar

“…<b>Results</b>: Our experiments demonstrated that the joint analysis of simulated and real data had better performance in terms of pattern discovery, achieving higher correlations with a BMI (body mass index)-related phenotype compared to the analysis of only real data in males, while in females, the performance was comparable. …”
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Développement physique et psychologique de gymnastes féminines prépubères by Mireille Bernard, Martine Beaussant, Fany Perroy

“…G1 training load is 11,9 ± 4,4 hours/week. Body mass index (BMI) of both groups are similar (17,0 ± 1,3 kg/m2) but G1 fat mass is lower. …”
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Establishment and Evaluation of Atmospheric Water Vapor Inversion Model Without Meteorological Parameters Based on Machine Learning by Ning Liu, Yu Shen, Shuangcheng Zhang, Xuejian Zhu

“…For this reason, based on the data of 17 ground-based GNSS stations and water vapor reanalysis products over 2 years in the Hong Kong region, a new model for water vapor inversion without the Tm parameter is established by deep learning in this paper, the research results showed that, compared with the PWV information calculated by the traditional model using Tm parameter, the accuracy of the PWV retrieved by the new model proposed in this paper is higher, and its accuracy index parameters BIAS, MAE, and RMSE are improved by 38% on average. …”
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Hospitalization outcomes in people living with HIV on Dolutegravir-based regimen in Mwanza, Tanzania: a comparative cohort by Godfrey A. Kisigo, Eric Barongo, Benson Issarow, Cody Cichowitz, Bahati Wajanga, Samuel Kalluvya, Robert N. Peck

“…Abstract Introduction Hospitalized people living with HIV (PLWH) experienced extremely high mortality rates in the first year after an index hospitalization in the pre-Dolutegravir (DTG) era. …”
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Rhein Inhibits NF-κB Signaling Pathway to Alleviate Inflammatory Response and Oxidative Stress of Rats with Chronic Glomerulonephritis by Qian Chen, Hai Guo, JuanJuan Hu, Xiaofeng Zhao

“…Calculation of the renal index in rats was conducted. Biochemical detection was performed to measure the level of 24 h urinary protein, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine (SCr), and serum albumin (ALB) of the rats, as well as the level of malondiadehyde (MDA), superoxide (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) in the kidney tissue. …”
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Correlation of diabetes and adverse outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in China during a small-scale COVID-19 outbreak by Yu Li, Guanni Li, Jiahong Li, Zirui Luo, Yaxuan Lin, Ning Lan, Xiaodan Zhang

“…Results The mortality rate of COVID-19 patients with diabetes was higher than the rate of non-diabetic COVID-19 patients, both at discharge, and at 6 months after discharge. Body mass index (BMI), C-reactive protein (CRP), pH, D-dimer, blood osmotic pressure, serum creatinine, white blood cell count, creatine kinase and hospitalization expenses were significantly different between diabetic group and non-diabetic group (p < 0.05). …”
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Pre-gestational diabetes in a young woman with a pathogenic INSR missense mutation, p.(Met1180Lys) by Emma L Prehn, Mairéad Crowley, David Fennell, Brendan T Kinsley, Kevin Colclough, Maria M Byrne

“…At 18 months post-partum, her body mass index was 26.3 kg/m2, with no evidence of acanthosis nigricans or features of lipodystrophy. …”
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Air-Entraining Effect on Rheological Properties of Cement-Based Mixtures by Aigerim Tolegenova, Gintautas Skripkiunas, Lyudmyla Rishko, Kenzhebek Akmalaiuly

“…Herschel–Buckley or modified Bingham models were used to approximate experimental flow curves and assess rheological parameters such as yield stress, plastic viscosity, and shear thinning/thickening index. The rheological test was carried out at 5 and 90 min after mixing the cement mortar. …”
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Depression as a risk factor for osteoporosis independent of sarcopenia in hemodialysis patients: findings from a multicenter cross-sectional study by Xiaohua Hu, Xianwu Ye, Haimin Chen, Bibo Wu, Qi Guo, Chen Yu, Wei Ding, Jianying Niu, Junli Zhao, Hualin Qi, Suhua Zhang, Cheng Xue, Liming Zhang

“…Bone mineral density (BMD) was assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) was calculated from body composition data obtained through multifrequency bioimpedance analysis (BIA), while handgrip strength (HGS) was measured with a dynamometer. …”
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Association of predicted fat mass, predicted lean mass and predicted percent fat with diabetes mellitus in Chinese population: a 15-year prospective cohort by Lu Liu, Xiaoping Chen, Chao Ban, Shanshan Jia, Sen He

“…Objectives With body mass index (BMI) failing to distinguish the mass of fat from lean, several novel predicted equations for predicted fat mass (FM), predicted lean mass (LM) and predicted per cent fat (PF) were recently developed and validated. …”
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Changes in Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations and Ocular Biometric Measurements after Phacoemulsification Combined with Goniosynechialysis in Primary Angle Closure/Glaucoma Patients by Jiali Xia, Siqi Guo, Fei Hu, Liqi Fan, Ling Yu, Jian Ye

“…Significant changes were observed in the visual field index and mean deviation in both groups (P<0.05). …”
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Genetic Variability and Association of Traits in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes in Gechi District, South West Ethiopia by Garome Shifaraw Geneti, Sentayehu Alamerew Kebede, Techale Birhan Mekonnen

“…The biomass yield and the harvest index exerted the highest positive direct effect on grain yield at the genotypic level. …”
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Exploring the utility of different bulking agents for speeding up the composting process of household kitchen waste by Sania Mussa, Muhammad Farhan, Shoaib Ahmad, Khadija Zahra, Amina Kanwal, Qaiser Farid Khan, Muhammad Afzaal, Abdul Wahid, Pallab K. Sarker, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Shafaqat Ali

“…The highest germination index (119.1%) was also obtained in C2. The highest chili height (16.7 cm), greater number of leaves (20), greater shoot fresh weight (4.75 g) and root fresh weight (1.2 g) was obtained in the presence of C2. …”
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Predicting Discharge Location among Low-Energy Hip Fracture Patients Using the Score for Trauma Triage in the Geriatric and Middle-Aged (STTGMA) by Sanjit R. Konda, Hesham Saleh, Ariana Lott, Kenneth A. Egol

“…This study sought to evaluate the ability of the STTGMA tool, a validated mortality risk index for middle-aged and geriatric trauma patients, to predict discharge location in a cohort of low-energy elderly hip fracture patients, with successful discharge planning measured by readmission rates. …”
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Prognostic Factors for Clinical Response in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients Treated by Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Lihui Wen, Myriam Labopin, Manuela Badoglio, Dandan Wang, Lingyun Sun, Dominique Farge-Bancel

“…All adult patients identified in the Nanjing database with an SLE Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI) score≥8 at baseline that had undergone MSC transplant and who had at least 1 year of follow-up after one or two successive intravenous injections of allogeneic BM-/UC-MSCs (1 million/kg) were analyzed. …”
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