Characterization of Type 2 Diabetic Patients Admitted to the Diabetes Care Center of Cienfuegos by Gisela Zerquera Trujillo, Belkis Vicente Sánchez, Elodia Rivas Alpizar, Miriam Costa Cruz

“…The 78.3 % has altered waist circumference. Degree 1 of the risk of developing a diabetic foot predominated. …”
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To teach is to get nervous: Teacher anxiety as a multifaceted occurrence in pedagogical practices by Habibullah Pathan, Oksana I. Aleksandrova, Illahi Bakhsh

“…Quantitative results indicate a great degree of teacher anxiety. Male teachers, on average, report a higher anxiety level than female counterparts on the FLTAS. …”
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Secure S-box construction with 1D chaotic maps and finite field theory for block cipher encryption by Sajjad Shaukat Jamal, Rashad Ali, Muhammad Kamran Jamil, Sameer Abdullah Nooh, Fahad Alblehai, Gulraiz

“…The paper offers a unique 1D hybrid chaotic map, which is then used to build an S-box design with finite fields of degree 4 and 8. A simple algorithm is created to eliminate potential flaws in the proposed method. …”
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Explaining and Analyzing the Effect of Brand Value Components on Medical Tourism Development: A Case Study of Ahvaz Metropolis by Majid Goodarzi

“…Utilizing a descriptive-analytical research method, the findings revealed several critical insights. …”
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Deciphering the coordinated roles of the host genome, duodenal mucosal genes, and microbiota in regulating complex traits in chickens by Fangren Lan, Xiqiong Wang, Qianqian Zhou, Xiaochang Li, Jiaming Jin, Wenxin Zhang, Chaoliang Wen, Guiqin Wu, Guangqi Li, Yiyuan Yan, Ning Yang, Congjiao Sun

“…A comparative analysis of chickens and humans revealed similar average microbiability values of genes (0.18 vs. 0.20) and significant differences in average $${r}_{b}^{2}$$ r b 2 values of microbes (0.17 vs. 0.04). …”
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Attribute grouping-based categorical outlier detection using causal coupling weight by Yijing Song, Jianying Liu, Jifu Zhang

“…Importantly, compared with the competitive methods, the algorithm bolsters the AUC index and the detection efficiency by averages of 10.97 and 42.84 $$\%$$ % , respectively.…”
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New Findings in Prominent Lower Eyelid Fat Pads Possibly Contributing to Their Etiology: Two Prospective Studies by Iliana E. Sweis, MD, Bryan C. Cressey, JD

“…HA levels in prominent eyelid orbital fat pads averaged 39.3 µg/mg of the dry weight, higher than reported in other solid human tissues. …”
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A Pythagorean fuzzy MCDM model for evaluating career happiness in sports by selecting a suitable sport by JiaYan Zhu, Zeng Jiao

“…The PyFS model provides a more advanced version of the fuzzy set, allowing for the meaning of both the degree of membership (DoM) and the degree of non-membership (DoNM) within the interval of $$\left[ {0,1} \right]$$ . …”
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The role of parental compliance in the ophthalmological rehabilitation of patients in the active phase of retinopathy of prematurity by I. A. Gndoyan, N. A. Adelshina, A. V. Petrayevsky, V. V. Kovilin

“…Material and methods. 73 parents (67 mothers and 6 fathers) of active phase ROP-patients were surveyed using a replenishable database created in Google Forms The respondents’ age ranged from 22 to 46 years (averagely, 32.5 ± 2.0 years). …”
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The relationship between the state of cerebral blood flow and volemic status in patients with ischemic stroke in the acute period by E. V. Mikhailov, I. N. Pasechnik, G. V. Korochkina

“…The objective was to assess the relationship between the state of cerebral blood flow and volemic status in patients with acute ischemic stroke using the laboratory and instrumental parameters.Materials and methods. 51 patients with newly diagnosed ischemic stroke confirmed by MSCT/MRI of the brain were examined within less than 24 hours from the onset of the disease, and 20 practically healthy individuals (control group). …”
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Evaluation of Rice Quality Storage Stability: From Variety Screening to Trait Identification by Jinyu Tian, Guangmei Ji, Jiafeng Zhang, Danqiu Luo, Fang Zhang, Lijiang Li, Mingjin Jiang, Dawei Zhu, Min Li

“…The grain quality storage stability was evaluated using a hierarchical analysis method based on the storage stability scores of the brown rice rate, milled rice rate, head milled rice rate, chalkiness degree, cooked rice appearance, cooked rice texture, and cooked rice taste. …”
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“Fresh vs dry grafting in interlay type-1 tympanoplasty” by Bhagirathsinh D. Parmar, Krupal J. Joshi, Dharmendra Solanki

“…An overall pre-op average AB gap was 13.35 ± 3.81 dB. The average time for epithelialization was 24.43 ± 4.17 days with the use of the fresh graft and 49.75 ± 6.93 days with the use of the dry graft. …”
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Dopplerometry of fetoplancentral blood flow in the dynamics of pregnancy in women with treated infertility caused by hyperprolactinemia syndrome of tumocular and non-tumocular gene... by O. Nosenko, O. Martynovska

“…No differences were found in the average PI of the ductus venosus in pregnant women with hyperprolactinemia and pregnant women without neuroendocrine disorders. …”
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The impact of dopamine on the photosynthetic performance and quality of Shine Muscat grape in the Hexi Corridor of Gansu province by DAI Zibo, YANG Jiangshan, LI Dou, CHEN Yajuan, SHAO Zhang, WANG Yuhang

“…Under T2 treatment, the leaf thickness, the thicknesses of palisade tissue, spongy tissue, upper epidermis, and lower epidermis, and palisade to spongy tissue ratio at the above mentioned stages increased by 8.72%, 13.68%, 8.62%, 23.18%, 12.44%, and 3.92% respectively, compared to the control (CK). (2) Dopamine treatments improved the photosynthetic performance of grape leaves. Specifically, the average content of Chl a at different stages increased by 24.42%, 48.37%, 42.56%, and 19.08% in T1, T2, T3 and T4 compared to CK, respectively; the average content of Chl b increased by 30.67%, 61.26%, 48.17%, and 16.34% respectively; the average content of Car increased by 60.76%, 111.72%, 99.30%, and 31.37% respectively; the average content of Chl t increased by 26.88%, 53.44%, 44.77%, and 18.00% respectively; the average net photosynthetic rate (Pn) increased by 7.09%, 16.97%, 12.69%, and 7.86% respectively; the average stomatal conductance (Gs) increased by 5.17%, 18.28%, 14.14%, and 5.17% respectively; the average intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) decreased by 4.55%, 6.27%, 5.86%, and 2.48% respectively; the average transpiration rate (Tr) increased by 3.98%, 8.17%, 7.45%, and 4.95% respectively; and the average water use efficiency (WUE) increased by 3.01%, 7.83%, 4.87%, and 2.92%, respectively. …”
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DYNAMICS OF CYTOKINES IN ORAL FLUID OF COMPLETELY EDENTULOUS PATIENTS AFTER PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION WITH IMPLANTS by V.A. Ponomarenko, Y.I. Sylenko, M.V. Khrebor

“…Content in oral fluid FNPα, IL-1 β and IL-10 was evaluated by the method of ELISA, using Pro Con (NPO "Protein circuit" G. …”
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Quantified mass loss of the Laohugou ice core and its precipitation signal during 1961–2005 at high elevation in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau by Wentao Du, Shichang Kang, Jizu Chen, Weijun Sun, Xiang Qin, Zhenming Ji, Wenxuan Sun, Yanan Qiu

“…Using the bulk aerodynamic method and degree day model, this study quantified ice mass loss attributable to sublimation/evaporation (S/E) and meltwater on the basis of integrated observations (1960–2006) of glacier-related and atmospheric variables in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. …”
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Radiographic and Clinical Results of Minimally Invasive Transverse Distal 1st Metatarsal and Akin Osteotomies for Symptomatic Hallux Valgus by Dino Fanfan BSc, George Todd BS, Christian Guevara BS, Daniel Murray MD, Thomas P. San Giovanni MD, Christopher W. Hodgkins MD, Cary B. Chapman MD

“…Average pre-op HVA and IMA were 28.4 and 12.8 degrees and improved to 8.4 and 4.2 degrees (p < 0.001). …”
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Pelnac® artificial dermis assisted by vacuum sealing drainage for treatment of severe avulsion injuries of the fingers by Zhenmu Lv, Yujie Wang, Jingliang Chen, Qingfu Zhang, Haitao Zhao

“…All patients presented with severe damage to tendons and deep tissues, as well as varying degrees of bone exposure and injury, with average defect area of 36.9 cm² (range, 11 to 180 cm²). …”
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Factors associated with thermal injury of abdominal skin in focused ultrasound ablation of uterine fibroids by Tang Chendian, Huang Guohua, Zhibiao Wang, Liu Fang, Shuang Luo, Xiaofang Liu, Qiuling Shi

“…In addition, the factors influencing the degree of thermal injury were analyzed using Kruskal–Wallis H.Results (1) Abdominal scars (p = .007, OR = 2.187, 95% CI: 1.242–3.849), abdominal wall thickness (p < .001, OR = 1.042, 95% CI: 1.019–1.067), fundus fibroids (p = .038, OR = 1.790, 95% CI: 1.033–3.100), UFs with hyperintense/mixed T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) signals (p = .022, OR = 1.843, 95% CI: 1.091–3.115), average sonication power (AP) (p = .025, OR = 1.021, 95% CI: 1.003–1.039), and treatment time (TT) (p < .001, OR = 1.017, 95% CI: 1.011–1.023) were independent risk factors for thermal injury, while treatment volume (TV) (p = .002, OR = 0.775, 95% CI: 0.661–0.909) was a protective factor for injury. (2) Four groups were subdivided according to the degree of thermal injury(Group A: without skin injury. …”
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Using pattern classification to measure adaptation to the orientation of high order aberrations. by Lucie Sawides, Carlos Dorronsoro, Andrew M Haun, Eli Peli, Susana Marcos

“…Using the orientation of the best fitting ellipse of angularly averaged integrated PSF intensities (weighted by the subject's responses) we found that in 4 subjects the positive PSF response was close to the subject's natural PSF orientation (within 21 degrees on average) whereas the negative PSF response was almost perpendicularly oriented to the natural PSF (at 76 degrees on average).…”
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