The Relationship Between Appropriateness of Antibiotic Use Based on the Gyssens Algorithm and Mortality: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Indonesian Tertiary Hospital by Fadrian Fadrian, Gestina Aliska, Widya Nur Utami

“…We collected data from the medical records of inpatients who received antibiotics using a random sampling technique, and the number of patients from each department was calculated through a preliminary survey. Results: There were three hundred and sixty samples from the population that met the inclusion and, adults (59.4%), patients treated for >14 days (38.9%), patients discharged with improvement (66.9%), and patients diagnosed with pneumonia (49.5%). …”
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Country compliance with WHO-recommended antenatal care guidelines: equity analysis of the 2015–2016 Demography and Health Survey in Myanmar by Camille Raynes-Greenow, Ngatho Samuel Mugo, Kyaw Swa Mya

“…Pregnant women in the highest wealth quintile were three times more likely to receive eight or more ANC contacts (aRR: 3.20, 95% CI 1.61 to 6.36) relative to mothers from the lowest wealth quintile. …”
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A retrospective study of provisional outcomes of intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy versus extracorporeal anastomosis during laparoscopic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer. a si... by Maladho Tanta Diallo, Zhao Shuai, Bangquan Chen, Yantao Yu, Zhang Yan, Qiannan Sun, Daorong Wang

“…EEJ: 100.6461.693 mL, P = 0.012). There were three anastomosis leakages in the EEJ and one in the IEJ group (EEJ, 3.2% vs. …”
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Diagnosis and clinical implication of collision gastric adenocarcinomas: a case report by Hiromitsu Imataki, Hideo Miyake, Hidemasa Nagai, Yuichiro Yoshioka, Norihiro Yuasa, Junichi Takamizawa, Ayami Kiriyama, Masahiko Fujino

“…The CGA in two cases was between early cancers, in two cases was between early and advanced cancers, and in one case was between advanced cancers. There were three cases of collision between differentiated and undifferentiated types and two cases between differentiated types. …”
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The Applications of Different Glycine Betaine Doses on Young Pear Trees Under Drought Stress Conditions by Cenk Küçükyumuk, Zeliha Küçükyumuk, Burhanettin İmrak, Songül Çömlekçioğlu

“…The pear trees used in the study were one-year-old Deveci (<i>Pyrus Comminus</i> L.) variety grafted onto OHxF 333 rootstock. There were three different irrigation treatments in the experiment. …”
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Common Etiologies of Neonatal Pleural Effusion by Yueh-Ting Shih, Pen-Hua Su, Jia-Yuh Chen, Inn-Chi Lee, Jui-Ming Hu, Hua-Pin Chang

“…Thoracic duct ligation was performed uneventfully in two patients with acquired chylothorax. There were three mortalities (14.3%) in this study, which were related to causes other than pleural effusion. …”
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Retrological glance into the future of criminology as a criminal-legal science by G. N. Gorshenkov

“…A retrospective analysis of some criminological provisions in their historical connections initiates a deeper understanding of the painful issues that are covered by the category of “crime” (in the individual and cumulative meanings of this term). Initially, there were three main directions of theoretical and applied legal doctrine about crime in the scientific world of criminal justice: dogmatic-legal, criminological-legal and political-legal. …”
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Transcriptome profiling reveals the mechanism of fruit navel development in melon (Cucumis melo L.) by Tiantian Ren, Xuqian Shi, Shuxin Zhou, Kanghui Fan, Rui Zhang, Lanchun Nie, Wensheng Zhao

“…Functional enrichment analysis revealed that these 116 DEGs were significantly associated with “Sesquiterpenoid and triterpenoid biosynthesis”, “Circadian rhythm—plant”, “Galactose metabolism” and “Biosynthesis of various alkaloids” pathways. There were three (AP2/ERF, MYB and C2H2 types) and eight (AP2/ERF, MADS-box, homeobox domain and bZIP types) transcription factors presented in up-regulated and down-regulated DEGs, and their putative target genes were predicted. …”
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Development of a Conceptual Model to Understand Disease Burden in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Organ Damage by Lynne Broderick, Wen-Hung Chen, Roger A. Levy, April Mitchell Foster, Cindy Umanzor Figueroa, Kerry Gairy, Deven Chauhan

“…. # Methods There were three phases to this qualitative study. First, a targeted literature review was conducted to inform a draft conceptual model. …”
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Medial plantar flap for reconstruction of heel defects after resection of acral lentiginous melanoma: A series of seven cases by Giulia Godoy Takahashi, Renan Diego Américo Ribeiro, Vitor Penteado Figueiredo Pagotto, Caio Augusto Lima de Araújo, Fábio de Freitas Busnardo, Rolf Gemperli

“…There were 57.1% of complications, 37.5% related to the flap, and 12.5% related to the donor area. There were three total flap necroses (42.9%) and one total graft loss in the donor area (14.3%). …”
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Burden of Emergency Department Visits and Their Outcomes Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Insights From the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample by Vishwesh Bharadiya, Parul Berry, Aman Dev Singh, Dominique Feterman, Grant Hughes, Alison Bays, Rachael Stovall, Rashmi Dhital, Namrata Singh

“…Conclusion Patients with RA visiting the ED were older, had a higher comorbidity burden, and were three times more likely to be admitted than patients without RA. …”
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Discovery of novel dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitory peptides derived from walnut protein and their bioactivities in vivo and in vitro by Xinxin Mu, Dan Li, Ran Xiao, Kaifang Guan, Ying Ma, Rongchun Wang, Tianjiao Niu

“…Mass spectrometry identified 117 peptide sequences, of which LPFA, VPFWA, and WGLP were three highly active DPP-IV inhibitory peptides. …”
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Outcomes of Cranioplasty Using Autologous Bone or 3D-Customized Titanium Mesh Following Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Brain Injury: Differences in Complications by Junwon Kim, Jang Hun Kim, Jong Hyun Kim, Taek-Hyun Kwon, Haewon Roh

“…Results In the autologous bone flap group, there were three cases of surgical infection (3/24, 12.5%) and 11 cases of bone flap resorption (BFR) (11/24, 45.83%). …”
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No apparent effect of feather heavy metal levels on exploratory behavior of streak-backed orioles (Icterus pustulatus) living near mining waste in central Mexico by Lynna Marie Kiere, Oscar Josue Amaro Flores, Jocelyn Nathaly Maldonado Gómez, Jaqueline García-Hernández, Isaac G-Santoyo, Marcela Osorio-Beristain

“…Using principal components analysis to summarize behavioral variables showed that there were three main axes of variation (77% of variance), describing overall activity (32.8%), visual scans versus self-directed behaviors (24.5%), and exploration latency (19.9%). …”
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Morphological and Ultrastructural Characteristics of Tea Mosquito Bug Antennae, <i>Helopeltis theivora</i> Waterhouse (Hemiptera: Miridae) from Hainan, China by Wenhui Li, Yonglin Liao, Zhufeng Lin, Xuncong Ji, Qi Yao

“…In particular, there were three subtypes (I, II, and III) of different lengths in SCh and SB, and two subtypes of straight (I) and curved (II) sensilla in ST. …”
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Germination, Growth and Development of Mangifera indica L. Varieties Used as Rootstocks on Different Substrates by Ousmane NDIAYE, Boubacar CAMARA, Antoine SAMBOU, Saliou NDIAYE

“…The substrates used were three potting of forest soil of Anacardium occidentale, Mangifera indica and Khaya senegalensis. …”
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Aberrant Effective Connectivity Within and Between the Default Mode, Executive Control, and Salience Networks in Chronic Insomnia Disorder—Toward Identifying the Hyperarousal State... by Todor Georgiev, Rositsa Paunova, Anna Todeva-Radneva, Krasimir Avramov, Aneliya Draganova, Sevdalina Kandilarova, Kiril Terziyski

“…<b>Results</b>: There were three significant connections present in the CID group—inhibitory from the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) to the right hippocampus (Hippocamp R); excitatory from the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex; and excitatory from the common medial prefrontal cortex to the right anterior insula (AIR). …”
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Field erosion protection of tidal beach: Comparison and synergy between sulfide aluminum cementing materials and biomineralization materials by Yujie Li, Peng Yue, Yongiang Zhu, Xingye Sun, Zhen Guo

“…Due to the degradation of the protective layer caused by erosion, immersion and scour of the tidal dynamic environment, the rebound strength first raised rapidly to a peak value and then gradually decreased. There were three types of cementation: biomineralization in deeper layer of tidal sand, SAC mixing sand and filling in the shallow layer within 10 cm, interface bonding between biomineralization layer and SAC mixing sand and filling layer.…”
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A longitudial study of a neuropsychological rehabilitation program in Alzheimer's disease Estudo longitudinal de um programa de reabilitação neuropsicológica dirigido a pacientes c... by Jacqueline Abrisqueta-Gomez, Fabiola Canali, Vera L.D. Vieira, Ana Cristina P. Aguiar, Carmen S.C. Ponce, Sonia M. Brucki, Orlando F.A. Bueno

“…METHOD: The participants in this study were three patients diagnosed as probable Alzheimer's disease in the initial-to-moderate phase; the three were taking anticholinesterases. …”
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Life Cycle Cost Concept in Maintenance of Office Building of Karhutla Workshop Uptd Kphp Berau Barat by Rusmin Rusmin, Wateno Oetomo, Risma Marleno

“…From the results of the analysis, it was obtained that there were three groups that compiled the Life Cycle Cost analysis plan for the UPTD Berau Barat workshop building, namely, initial construction costs, operational costs, maintenance costs and demolition costs. …”
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