Quinine Use and the Risk of Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Nationwide Retrospective Registry Study by Vilstrup F, Sivapalan P, Eklöf J, Jordan A, Biering-Sørensen T, Sperling S, Jensen JUS

“…An unadjusted analysis on the unmatched population showed similar results (HR 1.475, 95% CI 1.39 to 1.56).Conclusion: In the current study, we found an association between the use of Quinine in patients with COPD and an increased risk of acute exacerbations and death. …”
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Design and experiment of a Long Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Ocean Acoustic Data Observation by Sun Qindong, Xu Shangfeng, Sun Tongshuai, Lu Faliang, Dong Pengfei, Chang Jiaqi

“…In order to realise noise measurement and target detection, this paper designs a long range autonomous underwater vehicle (LRAUV), namely ‘Petrel’, which contains a variable buoyancy system, attitude adjustment mechanisms, pitch and heading control planes, acoustic vector sensor (AVS) and a propeller. …”
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Exposure to hate in online and traditional media: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the impact of this exposure on individuals and communities by Pablo Madriaza, Ghayda Hassan, Sébastien Brouillette‐Alarie, Aoudou Njingouo Mounchingam, Loïc Durocher‐Corfa, Eugene Borokhovski, David Pickup, Sabrina Paillé

“…However, it does not increase support for hate content or political violence. …”
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Replacing fishmeal with an insect meal blend: Implications for intestinal microbiota in European seabass by Violeta Kalemi, Simona Rimoldi, Rafaela S. Costa, Ana Basto, Marta Monteiro, Genciana Terova, Luisa M.P. Valente

“…This research stands out by examining a combination of IMs rather than a single source, thereby addressing an underexplored area in the current literature. In a feeding trial that lasted 75 days, European seabass were fed three different diets: a commercial-like control diet and two experimental diets containing partial replacement of FM with IM (25 % and 50 %). …”
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Tokenization and deep learning architectures in genomics: A comprehensive review by Conrad Testagrose, Christina Boucher

“…Current deep learning architectures and tokenization techniques have been explored for the extraction of meaningful underlying information contained within this sequencing data. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…Following this project, it would be valuable to estimate the cost, benefits and practicalities of implementing the tool, aided by data from the study, and trial its effectiveness compared with current care. Scientific summary This summary contains text reproduced with permission from Pell et al. …”
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Microbial Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery by the Aid of Inhabitant Spore-Forming Bacteria: An Insight Review by Biji Shibulal, Saif N. Al-Bahry, Yahya M. Al-Wahaibi, Abdulkader E. Elshafie, Ali S. Al-Bemani, Sanket J. Joshi

“…As the price of crude oil increases and crude oil reserves collapse, exploitation of oil resources in mature reservoirs is essential for meeting future energy demands. …”
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Doing Knowledge Learning Model to Strengthen Media Production Skills: Feasibility Analysis and Implementation by Andi Kristanto, Utari Dewi

“… Students face difficulties in graphic design practice. Currently, students rely on automatic templates on software such as Canva that facilitate the design process but do not support their understanding of the basics of graphics. …”
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The Carbon Removal Budget: theory and practice by Ben Caldecott, Injy Johnstone

“…Due to a range of constraints, CDR is a fundamentally finite resource, which we currently do not have enough of to achieve and go beyond global net zero. …”
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From Radicalism to Conformism: Post-Soviet Ideological Trajectory of Russian Communist Party in 1993–2022 by Georgy A. Mayorov

“…Currently, the Communist Party is going through a contradiction between radical rhetoric and conformist practice. …”
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IDEA: Image database for earthquake damage annotationZenodo by Ilaria Senaldi, Chiara Casarotti, Martina Mandirola, Alessio Cantoni

“…Such onthology, can be used either to expand the presented dataset or to produce new ones, in order to increase the availability of data annotated according to a common standard, from the structural engineering point of view. …”
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Gender perspectives in disaster response: An evidence-based review by Alfred Acanga, Baker Matovu, Venugopalan Murale, Sudha Arlikatti

“…In this study, 80 documents were systematically reviewed to explore the current and emerging gender perspectives (individual and institutional) towards disaster response and resilience mechanisms across geographies and over time. …”
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Heating Sector Strategies in Climate-Neutral Societies by Steffen Nielsen, Peter Sorknæs, Brian Vad Mathiesen, Henrik Lund, Diana Moreno, Jakob Zinck Thellufsen

“…The results of the analyses show (1) a feasible reduction level of around 36% in end-use heat demand in buildings, with higher potential in older buildings and lower in new buildings, (2) expanding district heating to areas with a density of 15-10 kWh/m2 is feasible, resulting in a district heating share of 63-70% of the heat demand compared to the current level of 51%, (3) a large unexploited potential to use heat sources such as industrial excess heat, geothermal heat, data centres and power-to-X, reducing the need for biomass in the heating sector, and (4) increased use of variable renewable energy and combined heat and power production increasing gas export and thus replacing biomass consumption outside the country. …”
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Effects of Organic Mineral Chelates of Zinc, Manganese, and Chromium on Growth Performance, Physiological, Hematological, Intestinal Microflora, Immunological, and Bone Traits in B... by A Rezapour, S Gharahveysi, KJ Khorshidi, R Abdolahpour

“…The highest antibody titers against bronchitis were observed in the control treatment, as well as the highest percentages of ash and phosphorus. The current findings showed that organic chrome improved body weight gain and FCR in the starter phase, and that the use of organic zinc increased the villi width of the jejunum in broiler chickens.…”
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Impact of COVID-19 on Corporate Cash Holdings and Speed of Adjustment by Abbas Aflatooni, Mohammad Khatiri, Farzad Eivani

“…The results indicated that during the COVID-19 period, firms' cash holdings ratios became increased than doubled and the speed of cash ratio adjustment increased by nearly 40% compared to previous years. …”
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Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of patient–portal–based screening for substance use among people with HIV by Eric Roessler, Daniela Zimmer, Jon Grant, Harold Pollack, Basmattee Boodram, Jessica Schmitt, Jessica Schmitt, Eleanor Friedman, Jade Pagkas-Bather, Jade Pagkas-Bather, Russell A. Brewer, Jessica Ridgway, Neda Laiteerapong, Neda Laiteerapong

“…To provide additional context, we briefly describe the overall ePORTAL HIV-S project.MethodsThis project will utilize a culturally tailored approach to increase patient portal use among PLWH in our health system via a community health worker (CHW)-led initiative. …”
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Numerical Investigation into the Evolution of Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport in the Eastern Qaidam Basin since the Last Glacial Period by Qichen Hao, Chuan Lu, Yuchen Zhu, Yong Xiao, Xiaomin Gu

“…The groundwater in the discharge region is currently in the stage of carbonate precipitation and is far from gypsum and halite precipitation.…”
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Nursing regulation in Canada: Insights from a scoping review. by Patrick Chiu, Natalie J Thiessen, Sobia Idrees, Kathleen Leslie, Janice Y Kung

“…The number of publications has steadily increased over the last few decades, and the majority of sources were situated in a provincial/territorial context (n = 104, 53.3%), followed by the national (n = 67, 34.4%) and global context (n = 24, 12.3%). …”
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Τhe Political Economy of Green Transition: The Need for a Two-Pronged Approach to Address Climate Change and the Necessity of “Science Citizens” by Antonios Angelakis, Manolis Manioudis, Anthi Koskina

“…The principal results and findings offer interpretations and insights while encouraging further discussion on transitioning to a sustainable science society. In this context, the analysis results elucidate that there is evidence for an increased policy emphasis on technology development (economy-based approaches) rather than on technology diffusion and assessment, and/or the integration of key small-scale actors, such as citizens. …”
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Diagnostic Challenges in Fungal Coinfections Associated With Global COVID-19 by Ariyo Shahin Jafari, Amir Sasan Mozaffari Nejad, Hossein Faraji, Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim, Saeme Asgari, Hakime Karami, Ali Kamali, Ali Asghar Kheirkhah Vakilabad, Ali Habibi, Motahareh Faramarzpour

“…The early diagnosis of opportunistic infections is a critical concern for patient care worldwide, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This review examines the challenges and advancements in the management and early diagnosis of opportunistic fungal infections, which have become increasingly prominent during the pandemic. …”
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