A Predictive Model for Pulmonary Aspergillosis in ICU Patients: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study by Li Y, Ren X, Wang Q, Shen S, Li Y, Qian X, Tang Y, Jia J, Zhang H, Ding J, Song Y, Zhang S, Wang S, Xu Y, Jiang Y, He X, Dai M, Zhong L, Xiong Y, Pan Y, Wang M, Shao H, Cai H, Huang L, Wang H

“…Yujing Li,1,2,* Xindie Ren,3,* Qianqian Wang,4,* Songying Shen,2,* Yihao Li,1,2 Xinling Qian,2 Yufei Tang,2 Jinguang Jia,2 Hao Zhang,2 Junjie Ding,2 Yinsen Song,1 Sisen Zhang,1 Shengfeng Wang,5 Yinghe Xu,6 Yongpo Jiang,6 Xuwei He,7 Muhua Dai,8 Lin Zhong,9 Yonghui Xiong,10 Yujie Pan,11 Mingqiang Wang,12 Huanzhang Shao,12 Hongliu Cai,3 Lingtong Huang,3 Hongyu Wang1,2 1Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Fifth Clinical Medical College of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Critical Care Medicine, People’s Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine/People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Critical Care Medicine, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated with Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 7Department of Critical Care Medicine, Lishui People’s Hospital, Lishui, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 8Department of Critical Care Medicine, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 9Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Pinghu, Pinghu, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 10Department of Critical Care Medicine, Lanxi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanxi, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 11Department of Critical Care Medicine, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China; 12Department of Critical Care Medicine, Henan Key Laboratory for Critical Care Medicine, Zhengzhou Key Laboratory for Critical Care Medicine, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital; Zhengzhou University People’s Hospital, Henan University People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Lingtong Huang, Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Email lingtonghuang@zju.edu.cn Hongyu Wang, Department of Critical Care Medicine, People’s Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine/People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People’s Republic of China, Email hongyu260@163.comBackground: Several predictive models for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) based on clinical characteristics have been reported. Nevertheless, the significance of other concurrently detected microorganisms in IPA patients is equally noteworthy. …”
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Sistemas Fisiográficos del Área Natural Protegida "Valle Cretácico"; Provincia de Río Negro by Nora Romina Solorza, Marcos Damián Mare

“…This paper is a revised and shortened version of the biophysical studies of carried out as a part of the interdisciplinary technical reports for the "Management Plan of the Protected Natural Area (PNA) Cretaceous Valley" of the Rio Negro Province. …”
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The role of teachers and administrators in supporting the adaptation of students with special needs in mainstream high schools by Amir Mahmood, Xiao Huang, Nadia Rehman

“…First, the data were collected using self-reported questionnaires, which may be subject to biases such as social desirability or recall bias. …”
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Evaluation of a 90-minute school-based resuscitation course with 340 middle school students – a multicenter intervention study by Josephina Kehlert

“…We surveyed the students’ knowledge immediately before their course and their knowledge, self-confidence, and willingness to perform resuscitation one month afterward using standardized self-report questionnaires. The practical skills were assessed in randomly selected subgroups.Results One month after the course, up to 25% more of the students were able to answer questions correctly regarding relevant CPR parameters. …”
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Editorial by Christian Gütl

“…In a collaboration between researchers from Algeria and Tunesia, Soraya Setti Ahmed, Yahya Slimani and Riadh Frefita report their research on a fault tolerance model for the Hadoop Distributed System. …”
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Systematic review and meta-analysis to examine intrapartum interventions, and maternal and neonatal outcomes following immersion in water during labour and waterbirth by Priscilla J Hall, Claire Feeley, Ethel Burns, Jennifer Vanderlaan

“…For water immersion, 25 studies involved women who planned to have/had a waterbirth (n=151 742), seven involved water immersion for labour only (1901), three studies reported on water immersion during labour and waterbirth (n=3688) and one study was unclear about the timing of water immersion (n=215).Water immersion significantly reduced use of epidural (k=7, n=10 993; OR 0.17 95% CI 0.05 to 0.56), injected opioids (k=8, n=27 391; OR 0.22 95% CI 0.13 to 0.38), episiotomy (k=15, n=36 558; OR 0.16; 95% CI 0.10 to 0.27), maternal pain (k=8, n=1200; OR 0.24 95% CI 0.12 to 0.51) and postpartum haemorrhage (k=15, n=63 891; OR 0.69 95% CI 0.51 to 0.95). …”
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Randomised trial of coconut oil, olive oil or butter on blood lipids and other cardiovascular risk factors in healthy men and women by Stephen J Sharp, Kay-Tee Khaw, Robert Luben, Nita G Forouhi, Leila Finikarides, Islam Afzal, Marleen Lentjes

“…However, there is increasing interest in whether various dietary oils or fats with different fatty acid profiles such as extra virgin coconut oil may have different metabolic effects but trials have reported inconsistent results. We aimed to compare changes in blood lipid profile, weight, fat distribution and metabolic markers after four weeks consumption of 50 g daily of one of three different dietary fats, extra virgin coconut oil, butter or extra virgin olive oil, in healthy men and women in the general population.Design Randomised clinical trial conducted over June and July 2017.Setting General community in Cambridgeshire, UK.Participants Volunteer adults were recruited by the British Broadcasting Corporation through their websites. …”
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The high-resolution global shipping emission inventory by the Shipping Emission Inventory Model (SEIM) by W. Yi, X. Wang, T. He, H. Liu, Z. Luo, Z. Lv, K. He

“…In 2021, the ship activity dataset established based on AIS data covered 109 300 vessels globally (101 400 vessels reported by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development). …”
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BRICS expansion in the news coverage of member countries: a political economy perspective by Fedaa Mohamed Abdelaziz Abdeldayem, Sarah Francis Wadie Kswat

“…By providing a comprehensive overview of macro-level and sector-level economic trends reported by member country newspapers, the study seeks to understand problem-driven analysis schemes and proposed solutions to challenges. …”
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Psychological discomfort in carriers and non-carriers of the Huntington disease mutation and its relationship with disease burden by Y. Rodríguez-Agudelo, M. Chávez-Oliveros, A. Ochoa-Morales, L. Martínez-Ruano, A. Camacho-Molina, F. Paz-Rodríguez

“…Several studies have reported an increase in psychiatric symptoms in carriers of the HD gene without motor symptoms. …”
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COVID-19 – if the cure is worse than the disease. The Italian chaos by Giuseppe FERRARI

“…Many care houses are in fact reporting to have lost almost half of their residents in the month of March 2020. …”

La chirurgie cardiaque mini-invasive vidéo-assistée : une étude comparative à la voie conventionnelle [Less-invasive video-assisted cardiac surgery : a comparative study with the c... by Sami Bouchenafa, Ahmed Zaki Boukli-Hacene, Boukri Hamouda, Mohamed Atbi

“…Faster recovery of physical activities after minimally invasive surgery was reported. Conclusion - The minimally invasive video-assisted is a simpler, safer and more effective procedure with excellent results and low morbidity. …”
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Architecture et réfection des aqueducs d’Orléans/Cenabum (Loiret) by Julien Courtois, Mathilde Noël, Franck Verneau

“…A thermal facility identified near the monumental centre of Orléans/Cenabum in the 19th century or a peri-urban domus in the eastern districts of the town constitute two potential candidates for the outlet of the aqueducts, but did not show how they fitted into the urban fabric.In the second half of the 19th century, local scholars reported the discovery of the remains of an underground aqueduct (aqueduct A) along the present rue du Faubourg Saint-Vincent. …”
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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…Daniel Stockemer and Aksel Sundström’s article titled “Youth’s underrepresentation in the European Parliament: Insights from interviews with young Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)” reports results from qualitative interviews with 23 MEPs on the factors contributing to the success and failure of young people to enter the European Parliament. …”
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A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of anti-VEGF drugs for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy by Robert Hodgson, Matthew Walton, Helen Fulbright, Laura Bojke, Ruth Walker, Alexis Llewellyn, Sofia Dias, Lesley Stewart, David Steel, John Lawrenson, Tunde Peto, Mark Simmonds

“…Bibliographic searches were carried out to identify studies reporting on the cost-effectiveness of treatments for diabetic retinopathy; the latest searches were conducted on 28 April 2023. …”
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La chirurgie cardiaque mini-invasive vidéo-assistée : une étude comparative à la voie conventionnelle [Less-invasive video-assisted cardiac surgery : a comparative study with the c... by Sami Bouchenafa, Ahmed Zaki Boukli-Hacene, Boukri Hamouda, Mohamed Atbi

“…Faster recovery of physical activities after minimally invasive surgery was reported. Conclusion - The minimally invasive video-assisted is a simpler, safer and more effective procedure with excellent results and low morbidity. …”
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Investigating the hatchability and nauplii biometry of Artemia franciscana in unconventional waters of Sistan region, Southeast Iran by Hashem Khandan Barani, Abdolali Rahdari, Narjes Sanchooli, Ali Khosravanizadeh

“…Conflicts of interest: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. Acknowledgments: The author would like to thank the helpful assistance offered by the laboratory staff in Aquatic Sciences Department of Research Institute of Zabol.…”
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Efficacy of Alginate-Antacid Medication in the Treatment of Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…All patients were asked to report the heartburn intensity (according to a Likert scale) prior and during the treatment. …”
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Hubungan Penurunan Kadar Natrium Terhadap Gangguan Pola Tidur Pasca TURP (Transurethral Resection of The Prostate) by Khomeini Khomeini, Dody E Dody E, Erkadius Erkadius

“…Incidence has not been reported sleep pattern disturbance after TURP. One problem that may cause sodium levels are decreasing as a result of water imbibition irigant to intra vascular. …”
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Safety and effects of anti-obesity medications on weight loss, cardiometabolic, and psychological outcomes in people living with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta... by Leiling Liu, Zhiqi Li, Wenrui Ye, Pu Peng, Yurong Wang, Luqing Wan, Jiangnan Li, Mei Zhang, Yihua Wang, Runqi Liu, Danyan Xu, Jingjing Zhang

“…Summary data was extracted from published reports. Random-effects meta-analyses were used to calculate weighted mean differences (WMDs), risk ratios (RRs), and 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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