Exploring Local People’s Perception of Ecosystem Services in Djoumouna Periurban Forest, Brazzaville, Congo by V. Kimpouni, J. D. D. Nzila, N. Watha-Ndoudy, M. I. Madzella-Mbiemo, S. Yallo Mouhamed, J.-P. Kampe

“…The data collected within a 2 km radius around the forest were subjected to descriptive and statistical analysis. …”
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Nurse worry as a trigger for rapid response team activation improving outcomes: a retrospective cohort study in non-critical units by Luana L.S. Gentil, Milena S. Nascimento, Michele Jaures, Leonardo P. de Carvalho, Claudia R. Laselva, Simone Brandi

“…Data collected from January 2021 to December 2022 were analyzed, encompassing patients over 18 years old admitted to non-critical units and evaluated by the rapid response team. …”
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Clinical outcomes and risk factors of post-polypectomy microperforation in patients with colorectal neoplasia: a case-control study by Seung Yong Shin, Min Soo Cho, Jinhoon Nam, Jie-Hyun Kim, Young Hoon Yoon, Hyojin Park, Jeonghyun Kang, Jae Jun Park

“…Objectives: This study evaluated the clinical outcomes and risk factors of microperforation during colonoscopic polypectomy. …”
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Accuracy of Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) in Blunt Abdominal Trauma by Tae Ah Kim, Junsik Kwon, Byung Hee Kang

“…The sensitivity increased to 49.1% in patients with initial systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≤ 90 mmHg. The true-positive group showed a lower SBP and Glasgow Coma Scale score and a higher laparotomy rate than the false-negative group. …”
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Awareness of Surgical and Medical Intensive Care Nurses’ about Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome and Care Practices by Nurgül Arpag, Hamdiye Banu Katran, Ali Haspolat, Ali Şefik Köprülü

“…Statistical analysis utilized the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for normality, Mann–Whitney U for two- group comparisons, and Kruskal–Wallis H for multiple-group comparisons. …”
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The effect of blended education on mental health, academic motivation and academic involvement in students of Payam Noor University by Hossien Najafi, Eisa Jafari, Ali Moghadamzadeh, Ali Salmani

“…The tools used include teaching the combined teaching method; Erikson and Nanon's mental health (2018); Harter's academic motivation (1981) and Zarang's academic engagement (2011). Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. The results of the research showed that combined training on interaction, hetagogy, pedagogy, Technology and has an effect on mental health (p<0.01). …”
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Dietary probiotic Lactobacillus sp. for yellow tail tetra Astyanax bimaculatus reared at high and low stocking densities improved the feed conversion ratio, final yield, and intest... by Marco Shizuo Owatari, Nicollas Breda Lehmann, Marina de Oliveira Pereira, Andressa Vieira de Moraes, Adolfo Jatobá

“…Furthermore, the intestinal histomorphometric analysis of fish from the probiotic group revealed improvements at both densities. …”
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Nonadherence in Home-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program for COPD Patients by Yi Li, Hongyu Qian, Kewei Yu, Ying Huang

“…Patients were classified as the adherence group and the nonadherence group according to completion of over 50% sessions during the 8-week PR program. …”
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No closure of the linea alba cervicalis reduces complications in endoscopic thyroidectomy by Tiantian Jiang, Yuanhao Su, Yongke Wu, Cheng Li, Tingkai Sun, Yunhao Li, Yuanyuan Ji, Zhidong Wang

“…Then, the general clinical data and operative indicators were analyzed and compared between the two groups using SPSS 26.0 software. …”
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Comparative study of arthroscopic autologous cancellous bone grafting and medial malleolar osteotomy combined with autologous periosteal iliac bone grafting for the treatment of os... by Xinyu Tang, Xinkun Han, Haitao Fu, Youliang Shen, Dongfang Zhang, Qinwei Guo, Chao Qi

“…Methods A retrospective analysis of clinical data from patients who underwent surgical treatment for Hepple IV-V OLT (2020–2023) was conducted. …”
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Impact of the Smarter Safer Homes Solution on Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Older People Living in Their Own Homes: Randomized Controlled Trial by Wei Lu, David Silvera-Tawil, Hwan-Jin Yoon, Liesel Higgins, Qing Zhang, Mohanraj Karunanithi, Julia Bomke, Joshua Byrnes, Jennifer Hewitt, Vanessa Smallbon, Jill Freyne, Deepa Prabhu, Marlien Varnfield

“…ResultsData from 130 participants were used in the analysis, with no significant differences in baseline characteristics between the control group (n=61) and the intervention group (n=69). …”
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Comparing some blood parameters of ski racers and long-distance athletes by Banu Can, Metin Bayram, Gökhan Bayraktar, Harun Akyol

“…The subjects were warned a day before measurements not to take any food and drink from the evening at 22:00. 5 ml blood samples taken from the forearm were collected in EDTA tubes at 10.00-11.00am and biochemical analyzes were performed at the Central Laboratory of Biochemistry in Agri State Hospital. Obtained data were analyzed and evaluated in SPSS 19.0. In the analysis, Shapiro Wilk, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used. …”
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Comparison of Adhesion of Soft-Liner between Conventional PMMA and 3D Printed Resin Denture Bases by Dawood Jadaan, Juzailah Roffie, Husniyati Roslan, Nahas P

“…The experiment's tensile strength was examined in two separate directions to ascertain the soft-liner material's strength of adhesion to the sample's chosen materials. Results: The data analysis of the tensile strength test revealed a statistically significant difference in the soft-liner adhesion strength between the 3D-printed acrylic resin with sandblast treatment (0.2133 ± 0.03939 kN/mm²) and the 3D-printed acrylic resin without surface treatment (0.1567 ± 0.04677 kN/mm²). …”
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Understanding patient views and experiences of the IDENTIfication of PALLiative care needs (IDENTI-Pall): a qualitative interview study protocol by Sarah Mitchell, Isabel Leach, Nicola Turner, C R Mayland

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Investigating the Effect of Urban New Technologies on the Iranian Lorry Drivers’ Behavior by Abdolreza Sheikholeslami, Ehsan Ayazi, Ali Moghadari

“…After correcting incomplete questionnaires, 351 drivers’ information was used for statistical analysis. The statistical analysis of data using a multivariate logistic regression model showed that drivers loading and unloading five or six times per month are less likely to commit overloading than drivers loading and unloading more than 12 times per month. …”
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The effectiveness of telehealth in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practice of eclampsia prevention among preeclampsia mothers by Mamat Mamat, Tukimin Sansuwito, Rahayu Pertiwi, Rahayu Dwikanthi

“…The analysis used univariate and bivariate analysis: the independent t-test used Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, the paired t-test (dependent t-test) used the Wilcoxon test, and the multivariate analysis used logistic regression. …”
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Age-Related Differences in the Association between Plasma High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Noncalcified or Mixed Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques by Tiewei Li, Ning Chen, Zhengan Liu, Zhiming Shan, Geng Dong, Junmei Yang, Minglu Qi

“…Complete clinical and laboratory data were collected. According to the characteristics of the most stenotic plaque, we divided them into 2 groups: calcified plaque (CP) and NCP/MP. …”
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Construction and validation of a prognostic model for NK/T-cell lymphoma based on random survival forest algorithm by HUANG Zhen, HUANG Zhen, WU Yazhou

“…Both models effectively stratified the patients into poor and favorable prognosis groups, with the OS of patients in the poor prognosis group being significantly shorter than that of the favorable prognosis group (P<0.000 1). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Low-Dose Water-Dispersible Turmeric Extract in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial by Thanawala S, Shah R, Alluri KV, Bhupathiraju K, Prasad N, Agarwal Y

“…Study endpoints included assessment of changes from baseline to day 90 in pain intensity (visual analog scale [VAS], knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score [KOOS]), inflammatory biomarkers, and safety profile. Data were analyzed using independent t-test, chi-square test, and analysis of co-variance test.Results: In total, 139 participants (WDTE60N, n = 70; placebo, n = 69) with mean age and BMI of 56.35 years and 23.89 kg/m2, respectively, were included. …”
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Toward sustainable tourism: Insights from green financing and renewable energy by Shang Chen, Ch Paramaiah, Pranav Kumar, Sania Khan, Qingtao Haomu

“…Employing System GMM and the augmented mean group (AMG) methodology, the analysis reveals that green financing and renewable energy significantly boost tourism activities, contributing to lower health expenses and reduced carbon emissions. …”
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