Weighted EHR-based prevalence estimates for hypertension at the state and local levels in Louisiana by Wenjun Li, Meng Zhang, Jie Cheng, Sandra L. Jackson, Adam S. Vaughan, Michael Klompas, Thomas W. Carton, Elizabeth Nauman, Lee Mendoza, Arun Adhikari, Jeanie Donovan, Katherine H. Hohman

“…Hypertension prevalence was highest in the southeastern parishes near New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Demographic and geographic patterns in prevalence of hypertension control were like hypertension prevalence. …”
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Nordic Exceptionalism? How Scandinavian Border and Coast Guards Rationalize Their Participation in Frontex Operations by Eline Waerp

“…Drawing on interviews with Swedish and Danish border and coast guards, the paper introduces the notion of Nordic exceptionalism in order to explain how they view their contribution to Frontex operations as positive for Frontex, other member states, and refugees and migrants themselves. …”
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Surface gravity analysis in Gauss-Bonnet and Barrow black holes by Everton M.C. Abreu

“…The SG also acts in the emission of Hawking radiation being connected to its temperature. …”
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Penegakan Hukum Terhadap Modifikasi Motor Kendaraan Roda Dua di Manokwari by Jilian Roberth Nanlohy, Christina Samangun

“…Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa meskipun upaya preventif dan represif telah dilakukan, masih terdapat tantangan besar dalam penegakan hukum, seperti keterbatasan sumber daya dan rendahnya kesadaran hukum masyarakat. …”
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Efektivitas Peraturan Presiden Nomor 17 Tahun 2019 tentang Pengadaan Barang dan Jasa Pemerintah untuk Percepatan Pembangunan Kesejahteraan di Papua Barat by Oktovianus Mirino, Henrikus Renjaan, Yusty F. Rahawarin

“…Meskipun peraturan ini memberikan peluang besar untuk mempercepat pembangunan dan kesejahteraan, implementasinya masih menghadapi sejumlah tantangan, seperti keterbatasan kapasitas sumber daya manusia (SDM), infrastruktur yang belum memadai, serta birokrasi yang rumit. …”
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INVESTMENTS IN THE GREEN ECONOMY INITIATIVES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE PROFIT OF ECONOMIC SUBJECTS by Azizakhon F. Gafurova, Umida F. Gafurova, Mokhinur Dilshod qizi Rakhimova, Dilafruz S. Nasirkhodjaeva

“…The volume and structure of investment expenditures on green economy initiatives are analysed, the need for such investments is established, and the necessity for raising the volume of investments to achieve zero emissions until 2050 is emphasized. Results of correlation analysis are given, which confirm the connection between the level of green economy development and the general level of economic development.…”
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MatE transporter affects methane metabolism in Methermicoccus shengliensis and is modulated by methoxylated aromatic compounds by Huan Leng, Dong Wang, Qing Yang, Shuxin Wang, Leizhou Guo, Pengyan Zhao, Yi Chen, Lirong Dai, Guihong Cha, Liping Bai, Frank Delvigne

“…Overall, our findings suggest that the MatE-Tlp system regulates substrate uptake and methane metabolism in M. shengliensis, providing new avenues for reducing global methane emissions caused by methanogens.…”
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BEYOND ENERGY: THE ROLE OF COLONIAL LEGACY IN THE EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY ON RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN WEST AFRICA by Musa Ilias Biala, Ololade Mistura Aromasodun

“…The study found that in the long run, GDP per capita, carbon dioxide emissions and urbanisation had a significant negative impact on renewable energy consumption whereas technology, institutional quality, and the interaction of institution with colonial legacy had a significant positive impact on renewable energy consumption. …”
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Dynamics of a two-qubit Tavis-Cummings model in the presence of an Ising-type interaction between qubits by E.K. Bashkirov

“…For the original entangled Bell-type state of the qubits, the direct interaction was found to lead to the vanishing of the effect of the sudden death of entanglement in the case of a resonant qubit-field interaction and, conversely, to an increase in this effect for a nonresonant interaction.…”
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Measurements of Soil Surface Roughness During the Fourth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment: April 18 through June 13, 2005 by Mi-joung Jang, Kai-Jen Calvin Tien, Joaquin Casanova, Jasmeet Judge

“…One of the challenges in the parameter retrieval is the effect of soil surface roughness on the microwave emission. We conducted soil surface roughness measurements as part of our fourth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-4) to understand the effects of surface roughness on microwave signatures at 6.7 GHz (λ = 4.48 cm). …”
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Triglyceride levels and its association with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular outcomes among patients with heart failure by Qing-Wen Ren, Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng, Wouter Ouwerkerk, Yi-Kei Tse, Christopher Tze Wei Tsang, Mei-Zhen Wu, Hung-Fat Tse, Adriaan A. Voors, Jasper Tromp, Carolyn S. P. Lam, Kai-Hang Yiu

“…High triglyceride levels (≥3.0 mmol/L) were associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease admission or death; conversely, lower triglyceride levels (<1.2 mmol/L) were associated with higher risks of HF readmission or death. …”
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Comparison of frailty instruments for predicting mortality and prolon ged hospitalization in acute coronary syndrome patients. by Anne Langsted, Jocelyne Benatar, Andrew Kerr, Katherine Bloomfield, Gerry Devlin, Alexander Sasse, David Smythe, Andrew To, Harvey White, Gerrard Wilkins, Ralph Stewart

“…<h4>Interventions</h4>The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) and Fried Criteria (Fried), were completed during hospital admission following an acute coronary syndrome when the patient was clinically stable.…”
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Sarilumab is not Inferior to Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Cytokine Release Syndrome in COVID-19 by V. T. Ivashkin, R. V. Maslennikov, E. V. Vasilieva, M. L. Chipurik, P. A. Semikova, V. V. Semenets, T. A. Russkova

“…SAR patients unlike TOC patients required intensive care unit admission less frequently then CON patients (16.7% and 25.9% vs. 46.3%; p=0.013 and p=0.077). …”
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Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin: a biochemical marker for acute kidney injury and long-term outcomes in patients presenting to the emergency department by Kah Hui Brian Teo, Swee Han Lim, Ying Hao, Yin Keong Daryl Lo, Ziwei Lin, Manish Kaushik, Chieh Suai Tan, Mohammed Zuhary Thajudeen, Choon Peng Jeremy Wee

“…They were aged ≥21 years, with an estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2, and had congestive cardiac failure, systemic inflammatory response syndrome or required hospital admission. AKI was diagnosed by researchers blinded to experimental measurements. …”
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A year of COVID-19: effects of a global pandemic on a hip fracture bundled care protocol by Khai Cheong Wong, Kenny Xian Khing Tay, Suang Bee Koh, Tet Sen Howe

“…We retrospectively analysed time to admission, time to surgery, length of stay, discharge disposition, as well as rates of 30-day revision surgery, 30-day readmission and inpatient mortality. …”
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The Effects of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Weight Gain During Pregnancy on Perinatal Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Engin Yurtcu, Sibel Mutlu, Enis Ozkaya

“…CONCLUSION: Pre-pregnancy high body mass index is associated with negative obstetric outcomes like gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, preterm delivery, and increased cesarean rates, and poor fetal incidences with a low APGAR score and high neonatal intensive care admission rates. …”
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Impact of Clazosentan on Vasospasm Reduction and Functional Recovery after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage by Sosho KAJIWARA, Takayuki KAWANO, Yu HASEGAWA, Yukihiko NAKAMURA, Kiyohiko SAKATA, Jin KIKUCHI, Masaru HIROHATA, Motohiro MORIOKA

“…The primary endpoint was the functional outcome at discharge and 6-12 months after admission; the secondary endpoints were the incidence of cerebral vasospasm (CV) and DCI. …”
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ASA score is an independent predictor of 1-year outcome after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury by Olivia Kiwanuka, Philipp Lassarén, Alexander Fletcher-Sandersjöö, Charles Tatter, Jonathan Tjerkaski, David W. Nelson, Eric P. Thelin

“…Logistic regression evaluated the contribution of ASA score to the International Mission for Prognosis and Clinical Trials in Traumatic Brain Injury (IMPACT) core + CT outcome prediction model incorporating age, admission GCS, pupillary reactivity, Marshall CT classification, hypoxia, hypotension, epidural hematoma, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. …”
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Pregnancy Outcome in First 50 SARS-Cov-2 Positive Patients at Our Center by Madhusudan Dey, Sanjay Singh, Ravindu Tiwari, Vinod G Nair, Devendra Arora, Shyamji Tiwari

“…Premature rupture of membrane, preterm delivery, and NICU admission was similar in both groups. There were increased incidences (70%) of cesarean section in SARS-CoV-2 positive pregnant women. …”
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Evaluation of Nausea and Vomiting Severity in Pregnancies Conceived Through Assisted Reproduction by Ozge Senem Yucel Cicek, Merve Demir

“…Weight change during pregnancy and hospital admission due to nausea vomiting of pregnancy were also compared to assess severe nausea vomiting of pregnancy. …”
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