Higher Levels of Postoperative Mobility and Activity as Measured by the AM-PAC 6 Clicks Instrument Are Associated with Improved Outcomes after Lumbar Fusion by Parimal Rana, Jane C. Brennan, Andrea H. Johnson, Justin J. Turcotte, Chad M. Patton

“…These tools may be used to identify patients requiring additional resources and can inform discussions surrounding patient expectations.…”
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Healthcare Resource Utilization and Cost Comparisons of High-Protein Enteral Nutrition Formulas Used in Critically Ill Patients by Matthew C. Bozeman, Laura L. Schott, Amarsinh M. Desai, Mary K. Miranowski, Dorothy L. Baumer, Cynthia C. Lowen, Zhun Cao, Krysmaru Araujo Torres

“…Among the enteral nutrition products studied, IP emerged as the most cost-saving option, with lower adjusted hospital cost per day than PC or StdHP. **Conclusions:** Using a select immunonutrition formula for critically ill patients may provide overall cost savings for the healthcare system.…”
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Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Plus Metformin to Prevent Persistent Endometrial Hyperplasia by Vakkas Korkmaz, Enis Özkaya, Tuncay Küçüközkan, Fadıl Kara, Yasemin Çekmez, Hilal Korkmaz

“…Seventy two of these women were administered cylic oral medroxyprogesterone acetate 10 mg/day for 3 months, 62 of these women were also receiving metformin 1000 mg/day due to preexisting insulin resistance and and all subjects underwent control endometrial sampling after treatment. …”
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Comparison of physical activity levels in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and healthy subjects residing in hypobaric hypoxia environments by Wilder A Villamil-Parra

“…# Background The reduced level of physical activity in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with disease severity; however, mild COPD may or may not decrease individuals' physical fitness. …”
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A within-person investigation of recovery identity following substance use disorder: examining the impact of recovery-focused social contexts by Joseph H. Lancaster, Hannah B. Apsley, Timothy R. Brick, Timothy R. Brick, H. Harrington Cleveland

“…Meeting attendance reduced this effect, suggesting that meeting attendance may be especially helpful to recovery on days when recovery identity is low.…”
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St. Augustinegrass - Made for the Florida Shade? by Laurie E. Trenholm, Russell Nagata

“… Landscapes generally contain areas where turfgrass will grow under some degree of shade for some part of the day. Turf will often decline over time in heavier shade, which may not allow full sunlight throughout the day. …”
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Formacja nowych ewangelizatorów dla dzieła nowej ewangelizacji by Izabela Iwańska

“…The formation of the new evangelizers for the new evangelization, is an integral formation, involves the whole person and takes place continuously, day after day. The formation method was taken from the Bible. …”
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Silent Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: A Case Report of Atypical Antipsychotic Induced Elevation of Creatinine Kinase and Altered Mental Status by Amber N. Edinoff, Hamza Mohammad-Amin, Amira S. Odisho

“…It also highlights that some cases of NMS may only present as altered mental status and increased CK in which quick treatment may lead to the prevention of full-blown clinical manifestations of NMS which could be life-threatening.…”
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Using Deep Learning to Identify High-Risk Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction by Zhibo Wang, Xin Chen, Xi Tan, Lingfeng Yang, Kartik Kannapur, Justin L. Vincent, Garin N. Kessler, Boshu Ru, Mei Yang

“…**Objectives:** This study aimed to use DL models to predict hospitalizations, worsening HF events, and 30-day and 90-day readmissions in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). …”
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The effect of GM-CSF and predictors of treatment outcome in pediatric septic shock patients by Zhen-Hao Yu, Gui-Xiang Tian, Yao-Dong Wang, Ting-Yan Liu, Peng Shi, Jia-Yun Ying, Wei-Ming Chen, Yu-Feng Zhou, Guo-Ping Lu, Cai-Yan Zhang

“…However, the analysis indicated a potential trend suggesting that GM-CSF treatment may contribute to a reduction in 28-day mortality. …”
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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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<i>Сlostridium difficile</i> Infection in a COVID-19 Patient by A. A. Timofeeva, Yu. O. Shulpekova, V. M. Nechaev, M. R. Skhirtladze

“…A 57-yo female patient was admitted in May 2020 with the complaints of 39 °C fever, general weakness, polymyalgia, diarrhoea to 3–4 times a day (mushy stool, no morbid inclusions). …”
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Ejaculatory abstinence duration impacts semen parameters: Insights from a retrospective analysis in male infertility on 23,527 analyses by Giorgio Ivan Russo, Maria Giovanna Asmundo, Andrea Cocci, Ali Saber Abdelhameed, Annalisa Liprino, Filippo Giacone, Debora Lombardo, Antonino Guglielmino, Sandrine Chamayou

“…Interestingly, we found a significant trend decrease of motility (A+B) (28.0% vs. 21.0%; p&lt;0.01) and pH (8.1 vs. 7.9; p&lt;0.01) In patients affected by asthenospermia, motility (A+B) dropped significantly from day 1 to day 7 (11.8% vs. 6.1%; p&lt;0.01) and also in patients with teratospermia morphology dropped significantly (2.13% vs. 1.26%; p&lt;0.01).ConclusionThe findings support the use of tailored abstinence guidelines to optimize semen quality based on patient-specific semen profiles, with normospermic men benefiting from longer abstinence durations to increase concentrations, while patients with motility or morphology impairments, may benefit from shorter abstinence periods to mitigate sperm quality declines.…”
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Florida Foliage House Plant Care: Adenium obesum by Richard J. Henny, Jianjun Chen

“…Flowers average 2–3 inches in diameter and may be single, double, or even triple. The plants must be stationed in high light, 6 hours or more per day, to maintain flowering during the summer. …”
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Conflicts between People and the Florida Black Bear by Elizabeth F. Pienaar

“… An adult black bear may eat up to the equivalent calorie content of 38 Big Mac sandwiches a day, and can smell food from one to two miles away. …”
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Sleep Needs for Children by Suzanna Smith

“…“Does your school-aged child complain about being sleepy during the day, doze off in class, or yawn a lot? Does he or she go to bed late or have trouble falling asleep? …”
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A daily rhythm of cell proliferation in a songbird brain by Vladimira Hodova, Valentina Maresova, Rebecca Radic, Lubica Kubikova

“…Neurogenesis in laboratory rodents peaks at night, and the rodents are nocturnal, contrary to humans that are active during the day. Here, we studied whether proliferation and apoptosis exhibit a daily rhythm in the brain of the diurnal songbird zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) and whether the cell proliferation peaks during the dark phase of the day, as in rodents. …”
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The development of a nurse-led preoperative anaesthesia screening tool by Delphi consensus by M B Nejthardt, P Alexandris, S Bechan, M F A Bijli, S Chetty, J M Dippenaar, M Gibbs, M Johnson, H Kluyts, R Llewellyn, M Motiang, P Mogane, P Motshabi, B Mrara, F Roodt, U Singh, S Spijkerman, E Turton, J van der Westhuizen, B Biccard

“…Matching human resources to the burden of disease with a nurse-administered pre-operative screening tool to identify high-risk patients who might benefit from specialist review prior to the day of surgery may be an effective strategy. Objective. …”
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The Florida Bull Test, 2013–2014 by Vitor R. G. Mercadante, G. Cliff Lamb

“… The 2013-2014 Florida Bull Test was a 112-day performance test and a breeding soundness evaluation of each bull that qualified for the auction. …”
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Physical determinants of daily physical activity in older men and women. by Laura Karavirta, Timo Aittokoski, Katja Pynnönen, Timo Rantalainen, Kate Westgate, Tomas Gonzales, Lotta Palmberg, Joona Neuvonen, Jukka A Lipponen, Katri Turunen, Riku Nikander, Erja Portegijs, Taina Rantanen, Søren Brage

“…<h4>Results</h4>Men had better physical fitness and higher overall PAEE (mean 34.0 (SD 10.8) kJ/kg/day) than women (28.3 (8.4) kJ/kg/day, p<0.001). …”
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