A study of the correlation between urinary perchlorate, nitrate, thiocyanate, and serum liver function indices by Wancheng Zhang, Jianglong Ling, Lixiu Lan, Qiuhong Guo, Ye Ruan, Dingchang Wu

“…Abstract This study explored relationship between concentrations of perchlorate, nitrate, and thiocyanate and serum liver function markers using data from 3366 adults in the 2013–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) of the United States. …”
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Preparation of land subsidence susceptibility map using machine learning methods based on decision tree (case study: Isfahan–Borkhar) by Negar Ghasemi, Iman Khosravi, Ali Bahrami

“…Advanced machine learning methods, namely Decision Tree (DT), Random Forest (RF), and Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) are employed to develop a susceptibility map divided into five probability classes: very high, high, medium, low, and very low. The analysis incorporates 145 Sentinel-1 radar satellite images and factors such as elevation, groundwater levels, rock composition, vegetation cover and fault proximity. …”
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Sex and race disparities in emergency department patients with chest pain and a detectable or mildly elevated troponin by Lucas M. Boyer, Anna C. Snavely, Jason P. Stopyra, Subha V. Raman, Jeffrey M. Caterino, Carol L. Clark, Alan E. Jones, Michael E. Hall, Carolyn J. Park, Brian C. Hiestand, Sujethra Vasu, Michael A. Kutcher, W. Gregory Hundley, Simon A. Mahler, Chadwick D. Miller

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Focal Artefacts in Skeletal Scitigraphy by S. P. Mironov, E. I. Vasilenko, M. A. Karalkina, M. E. Bugriy, V. B. Sergienko

“…The “mask in” program was used to clarify the localization and projection correspondence of “hot” foci.Conclusion. Analysis of focal artefacts formation causes in skeletal scintigraphy contributes to an adequate assessment of the data obtained, allows to choose the necessary method for their diagnosis and to avoid false results of osteoscintigraphy.…”
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Selection of excipients for the purpose of creating an intranasal gel of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist β (IL-1ra) by B. S. Burlaka, I. F. Bielenichev, V. V. Hladyshev, E. V. Suprun, H. P. Lysianska

“…We studied the effect of pharmaceutical factors (polymers and alcohols) on the intensity of the release of IL-1ra from the nasal form to justify the choice of excipients for the nasal gel of the receptor antagonist interleukin-1 β. The results of the analysis of variance of pharmaceutical factors (polymers and alcohols) showed that hydrophilic polymers and humectants had a significant effect on the release of the active substance from the experimental compositions. …”
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Delivery of care in high mortality hospital settings: a direct observational study examining 1848 h of neonatal nursing in KenyaResearch in context by Abdulazeez Imam, Michuki Maina, Jalemba Aluvaala, Vincent Kagonya, Onesmus Onyango, Fredrick Were, Sebastian Fuller, Kenneth Karumba, Mike English, David Gathara, Peter Mwangi, Lucy Kinyua, Lydia Thuranira, Virginia Njoroge, Ngina Mwangi, Loise Mwangi, Penina Musyoka, Zainab Kioni

“…Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using data from direct bedside observations across 8 intermediate-level neonatal units (defined by the World Health organization (WHO) as neonatal units capable of providing specialised but not intensive neonatal care) in Kenya over a 6-week period between February and March 2022. …”
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SPUFChain: Permissioned Blockchain Lightweight Authentication Scheme for Supply Chain Management Using PUF of IoT by Mohammad Iqbal Saryuddin Assaqty, Ying Gao, Abeer D. Algarni, Siraj Khan, Mohuya Chakraborty, Hafied Nur Siddiqi, Sadique Ahmad

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Attention-Driven Emotion Recognition in EEG: A Transformer-Based Approach With Cross-Dataset Fine-Tuning by Ghulam Ghous, Shaheryar Najam, Mohammed Alshehri, Abdulmonem Alshahrani, Yahya AlQahtani, Ahmad Jalal, Hui Liu

“…Emotion recognition from EEG (electroencephalogram) signals is crucial in mental health diagnostics and human-computer interaction but is often hindered by high dimensionality, noise, and complex temporal dependencies in the data. …”
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User-centred design of ChestCare: mHealth app for pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD; a mixed-methods sequential approach by Suad J. Ghaben, Arimi Fitri Mat Ludin, Nazlena Mohamad Ali, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh

“…The I-CVI (S-CVI/Ave) and (S-CVI/UA) were computed. Qualitative and quantitative data were integrated, and decisions were made by comparing their results. …”
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Association between polyunsaturated fatty acids intake and serum neurofilament light chain concentrations in American adults: a cross-sectional study by Yuxuan Wang, Jingyi Wang, Lifeng Wang

“…The overall effect of PUFAs mixtures on sNfL was assessed using quantile g-computation (QGC), while weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression was applied for sensitivity analysis.ResultsA total of 1,109 eligible participants were included in the study. …”
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Clinical study of 3D-printed personalized prostheses for the treatment of traumatic metacarpophalangeal joint defects by Hao Zheng, Yuan Cao, Yunqing Wang, Zhuqing Jia, Yong Liu

“…We customized the prostheses to the specific trauma scenario based on the patient’s computed tomography (CT) data. We recorded Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH), Michigan Hand Questionnaire (MHQ) scores preoperatively and at postoperative follow-up. …”
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The modified mental anesthesia by malamed technique with Ushnitsky-Chahov’s device by A. A. Chakhov, I. D. Ushnitsky, L. O. Isakov

“…The obtained data made a basis for development of Ushnitsky-Chakhov’s device for carrying out mental anesthesia by S. …”
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QUALITY EVALUATION OF THE TPP POWER GENERATING UNITS WEAR RECONDITIONING by E. M. Farhadzadeh, A. Z. Muradaliyev, Yu. Z. Farzaliyev

“…This monitoring not merely accounts for the information on alteration in the power generating unit emergency-switching standing time number and duration but also for the data of measurement and computation of technical-and-economic indexes. …”
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Nursing and Midwifery Student's Attitudes Toward Vital Signs Monitoring Using an Arabic Version of the V-Scale Instrument and Its Influencing Factors by Mohammad Etoom, Rafi Alnjadat, Eshraq Al Momani, Amer Al-Omari, Murad Al-ta’ani

“…Descriptive statistics were computed, and multivariate linear regression was employed for data analysis. …”
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The accuracy of forecasted hospital admission for respiratory tract infections in children aged 0–5 years for 2017/2023 by Fredrik Methi, Karin Magnusson, Karin Magnusson

“…Now, in 2024, we aim to examine the accuracy and usefulness of our forecast models.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective analysis using data from 753,070 children aged 0–5 years, plotting the observed monthly number of RTI admissions, including influenza coded RTI, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) coded RTI, COVID-19 coded RTI, and other upper and lower RTI, from January 1st, 2017, until May 31st, 2023. …”
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SYNCOPE IN NON-MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM AS A PREDICTOR OF HIGH-RISK MORTALITY by E. A. Kurakina, D. V. Duplyakov, S. M. Khokhlunov, G. S. Kozupitsa

“…Groups did not differ by age, sex and disease duration. Comparative analysis of clinical and instrumental data, hospital mortality was made. …”
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Alleviating stressfeeding in the emergency department: Elucidating the tensions induced by workplace lactation space issues by Kimberly L. Moulton, Samantha A. Izuno, Nicole Prendergast, Nicole Battaglioli, Stefanie S. Sebok‐Syer

“…Among tangible items, access to a computer within lactation space was a key driver of ability to fulfill dual roles. …”
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Lablab purpureus: Evaluation and Selection of Drought-tolerant - High-yielding Accessions in Dry Farming Systems Based on Drought Tolerance Indices and Multi-environmental Yield Tr... by Julius Missanga, Patrick Ndakidemi, Pavithravani Venkataramana

“…The twelve accessions used in the study were the best genotypes selected from the former moisture screening experiment at the seedling stage. Data collections included days to 50% flowering and maturity, seed yield plant-1 and seed yield ha-1. …”
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Efficiency of the Miniature Anti-jam GNSS Antenna Array by A. V. Nemov, D. A. Nemov, D. L. Minh, S. A. Saveliev, A. N. Plastikov

“…The article contains the results obtained from independent testing of electrodynamics parameters of miniature L1/L2 frequency CRPA and its design analysis. The experimental data of sensor interinfluence are outlined. …”
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Correlating the 0<i>νββ</i>-Decay Amplitudes of ¹³⁶Xe with the Ordinary Muon Capture (OMC) Rates of ¹³⁶Ba by Aagrah Agnihotri, Vikas Kumar, Jouni Suhonen

“…The obtained results suggest that an extension of the present analysis to a wider energy and angular-momentum region could be highly beneficial for probing the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>0</mn><mi>ν</mi><mi>β</mi><mi>β</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-decay nuclear matrix elements using experimental data on OMC rates to intermediate states of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>0</mn><mi>ν</mi><mi>β</mi><mi>β</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> decays.…”
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