Gravitational distribution of regional intrapulmonary shunt assessed by EIT in ARDS by Mengru Xu, Yi Chi, Siyi Yuan, Yelin Gao, Xiaotong Sun, Yun Long, Huaiwu He

“…Abstract Background Regional ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) mismatch in intrapulmonary shunt in dependent regions has always been considered a hallmark of ARDS. However, little is known about the spatial distribution of shunt, and a clear definition has been lacking. …”
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A Workshop on Food Consciousness and Traditional Japanese Culinary Practice Increases Awareness of Sensory Food Properties, Mindful Eating, and Food Waste Reduction Actions by Ada Lizbeth Garcia, Megan Breheny, Saeko Yazaki

“…Questions with five-point Likert scale answers (1 = never/2 = sometimes/3 = about half of the time/4 = most of the time/5 = always) measured awareness of food sensory properties (4 items), food consciousness/mindful eating actions (6 items), and food waste reduction actions (1 item). …”
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Studying and Prioritizing the Vulnerability of Rural Settlements of Khuzestan Province against Natural Disasters by Hojjatollah Sadeghi, Yaghoub Seif, Skandar Seidaiy, Maryam Salehi Kakhki

“…1- Introduction The environmental hazards is always considered as a threat for human settlements. …”
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EBV CHRONIC INFECTIONS by Eligio Pizzigallo, Delia Racciatti, Valeria Gorgoretti

“…Finally, it was realized a review of cases - not much numerous in literature – of chronic EBV infection associated to chronic liver and neurological diseases, where the modern techniques of molecular biology should be useful to obtain a more exact etiologic definition, not always possibile to reach in the past. The wide variety of clinical forms associated to the EBV chronic infection makes difficult the finding of a univocal pathogenetic link. …”
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U.S. UNIVERSITY WEBSITES AS SPECIFIC MULTIMODAL TEXTS by Svitlana V. Fedorenko, Kateryna B. Sheremeta

“….), which helps to clearly illustrate the educational services offered, and give the desired emotional mood; infographics and data visualization, which is an effective way to combine text, pictures and design to present complex information (infographics do not always completely replace the text, more often it is its addition or retelling); video interviews with students, graduates, videos about studying at a university are one of the means to convince potential students to make an admission decision. …”
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Digital and Analog Spaces: the Geography of Art VIII International Conference / Цифровые и аналоговые пространства: VIII Международная научная конференция «География искусства»... by LAVRENOVA OLGA A. / ЛАВРЕНОВА О.А.

“…Among other aspects, the conference examined how art creates geographical images and fantasy worlds, which always have a trace of the real world’s spatial regularities. …”
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Jejak digital Korean Wave dalam membangun ekspektasi dan idealisasi: analisis konten Youtube bertajuk romantisasi Pria Korea by Dwi Annisa Rasmaningsih

“…This process is supported by South Korea's mobility of access to technology and innovation, which always produces quality products. In Indonesia, the penetration of the Korean Wave began with the airing of K-Dramas in the early 2000s, such as Winter Sonata and Full House. …”
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Subacute sclerosing leucoencephalitis: an epidemiological, clinical and biochemical study of 31 cases Leucoencefalite esclerosante subaguda: estudo epidemiológioco, clínico e bioqu... by Horácio M. Canelas, O. Freitas Juliäo, Antônio B. Lefèvre, J. Lamartine de Assis, Waldir A. Tognola, Francisco B. de Jorge, Lineu C. Fonseca, A. Xavier-Lima

“…The blood copper concentrations determined in 8 cases were always above the normal range, while ceruloplasmin remained within the normal limits. …”
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The role of TNF receptors as mediators of chronic vasculitis in possible milder forms of the CNS tuberculosis by Alejandro Rivas-Castro, Citlaltepetl Salinas-Lara, Carlos Sánchez Garibay, Edgar Abarca-Rojano, Rogelio Hernández-Pando, Brenda Marquina-Castillo, Manuel Alejandro Flores Barrada, Yazmín Peralta-Díaz, Elsa Yazmín León-Marroquín, Martha Lilia Tena Suck, Jessica Medina Mendoza, Yaser Sánchez Gama, Luis O Soto Rojas, José Alberto Choreño Parra, José Pablo Romero-López

“…TNF-R2 expression was higher than the other markers, which suggests an anti-inflammatory response against M. tuberculosis Conclusions: The histopathological presentation of TB is not always limited to granulomas, abscesses, or meningitis; there are also clinical presentations characterized only with chronic inflammation of nervous and vascular tissue. …”
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The Capacities of the Probiotic Strains <i>L. helveticus</i> MIMLh5 and <i>L. acidophilus</i> NCFM to Induce Th1-Stimulating Cytokines in Dendritic Cells Are Inversely Correlated w... by Valentina Taverniti, Paolo D’Incecco, Stefano Farris, Peter Riber Jonsen, Helene Skovsted Eld, Juliane Sørensen, Laura Brunelli, Giacomo Mantegazza, Stefania Arioli, Diego Mora, Simone Guglielmetti, Hanne Frøkiær

“…For both bacteria, stimulation with an increasing number of bacteria led to the higher and prompter production of IL-12 and IFN-β, but at all MOIs tested, the IL-12 response induced by NCFM was always the strongest. For both bacteria, the induction of IL-12 peaked at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 2–5, while IL-10, known to inhibit the induction of IL-12 cytokines, was induced more slowly and continued to increase at a higher MOI. …”
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Utility of advanced training skills among GPs: a systematic review by Hannah Mason, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Francis Albert, Emma Anderson, Faith Alele, Lawrie McArthur, Aaron Hollins, Paula Heggarty, Tarun Sen Gupta, Richard Hays, Bunmi Malau-Aduli

“…Current AST opportunities (both training and final practice location) and career pathways are not always aligned, potentially limiting the success of the AST strategy in bridging the gap between urban and rural health service status. …”
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Comparison of GLP-1RAs vs Other Pharmacotherapy for Obesity by Andrew Overholser, Eric Czech, Linda Speer, Joel Wilson, Alex Overholser

“…Obesity has many known associated health risks, and successful treatment decreases those risks. Management always includes diet and lifestyle changes and drug therapy can improve weight loss. …”
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Representações sociais de enfermeiras sobre a infecção hospitalar: implicações para o cuidar prevencionista [Nurses on social representation of hospital infection: implications for... by Odinéa Maria Amorim Batista, Maria Eliete Batista Moura, Benevina Maria Vilar Teixeira Nunes, Antonia Oliveira Silva, Inez Sampaio Nery

“…Results identify nurses’ knowledge about hospital infection control, charged with difficulties and feelings of powerlessness in face of daily demands, as well as their alternating stands and mixed feelings about coping with administrative and technical scenarios, which do not always favor the control of hospital infections.   …”
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The Effectiveness of Compression Therapy in the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolic Complications in Patients With COVID-19 by R. E. Kalinin, I. A. Suchkov, A. B. Agapov, N. D. Mzhavanadze, D. A. Maksayev, A. A. Chobanyan

“…However, its use is not always possible, in particular in patients with bleeding. …”
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Reduced-dose deep learning iterative reconstruction for abdominal computed tomography with low tube voltage and tube current by Shumeng Zhu, Baoping Zhang, Qian Tian, Ao Li, Zhe Liu, Wei Hou, Wenzhe Zhao, Xin Huang, Yao Xiao, Yiming Wang, Rui Wang, Yuhang Li, Jian Yang, Chao Jin

“…However, a high tube current is always required in this setting and limits the dose reduction potential. …”
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Augmenting precision medicine via targeted RNA-Seq detection of expressed mutations by Dan Li, Jianying Li, Donald J. Johann, Daniel Butler, Guangchun Chen, Jonathan Foox, Binsheng Gong, Wendell Jones, David P. Kreil, Rebecca Kusko, Paweł P. Łabaj, Anne Bergstrom Lucas, Christopher E. Mason, Christopher Mozsary, Natalia Novoradovskaya, Carlos Pabón-Peña, Bohu Pan, Todd A. Richmond, Roberta Maestro, Sayed Mohammad Ebrahim Sahraeian, Andreas Scherer, Hagen U. Tilgner, James C. Willey, Pierre R. Bushel, Joshua Xu

“…Abstract In precision medicine, DNA-based assays are currently necessary but not always sufficient for predicting therapeutic efficacy of cancer drugs based on the mutational findings in a patient’s tumor specimen. …”
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Characterization of natural fractures and in-situ stress in high-steep coal-bearing strata in the Midong area in Xinjiang and influence on engineering by Jiawei WU, Jian ZHANG, Yumin LYU, Yanhe ZHU, Cunwu WANG, Yue ZHANG, Silu CHEN, Jingyu ZI

“…In the northern monocline, from shallow to deep (492–1135 m), horizontal principal stresses are always greater than vertical principal stresses, showing a strike faulting stress state dominated by compression. …”
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“The Heart of the Center”: Exploring the Role of the Patient Care Technician in US Dialysis Care by Megan Urbanski, Emma Blythe, Alicia Hamblin, Alexis A. Bender, Courtney Hoge, Clarica Douglas-Ajayi, Fran Rickenbach, Jessica Joseph, Kelli Collins Damron, Jennifer Craft Morgan, Bernard Jaar, Laura Plantinga

“…Conclusions: PCTs play a multifaceted role in dialysis care that is highly valued among patients and staff but not always reflected in actual tasks performed by PCTs, training received by PCTs, or the respect afforded to PCTs. …”
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A Three-Stage-Concatenated Non-Linear MMSE Interference Rejection Combining Aided MIMO-OFDM Receiver and its EXIT-Chart Analysis by Jue Chen, Siyao Lu, Tsang-Yi Wang, Jwo-Yuh Wu, Chih-Peng Li, Soon Xin Ng, Robert G. Maunder, Lajos Hanzo

“…We present BLock Error Rate (BLER) results, which show that the proposed scheme can always achieve superior performance to the conventional MMSE-IRC detector at the cost of increasing the complexity. …”
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El cuidado en las decisiones de la Corte constitucional del Ecuador: aplicación de la perspectiva de género en la interpretación judicial, 2008-2023 by Catalina Mendoza Eskola

“…Although the Court recognizes that care responsibilities fall disproportionately on women, it does not always propose guidelines to transform traditional gender roles nor does it comprehensively address the working and social conditions of those who perform this work.…”
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