Genetic classification and geochemical evaluation of Upper Cretaceous carbonate reservoir oils in Dezful Embayment and Abadan Plain, SW Iran by Hossein Saadati, Ali Kadkhodaie, Mehrab Rashidi, Hossein Bahrami, Hashem Sarafdokht, Dmitriy A. Martyushev, Amir Abbass Jahangard

“…Abstract The Upper Cretaceous carbonate reservoir oils from the Abadan Plain and Dezful Embayment in southwest Iran underwent analysis utilizing GC, GC-MS, and stable carbon isotope methods to elucidate the regional genetic oil family distribution. …”
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Temperature-dependent luminescence of europium-doped Ga₂O₃ ceramics by Kuat K. Kumarbekov, Askhat B. Kakimov, Zhakyp T. Karipbayev, Murat T. Kassymzhanov, Mikhail G. Brik, Chong-geng Ma, Michał Piasecki, Yana Suchikova, Meldra Kemere, Marina Konuhova

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Nutritional knowledge and practices of low-income women during pregnancy: a qualitative study in two Oaxacan cities by Marian Marian, Ramona L. Pérez, Amanda C. McClain, Samantha Hurst, Elizabeth Reed, Kathryn M. Barker, Rebecka Lundgren

“…The aim of this study was to explore the nutritional practices, education and received and employed among women during their pregnancy. Methods Guided by Ecological Systems Theory and an Intersectionality Framework, this qualitative study was carried out in Oaxaca City and Puerto Escondido, in Oaxaca, a Mexican state with high levels of food insecurity. …”
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Comparison of robotic-assisted and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy based on the PADUA score and the predictive value of the PADUA score and the Mayo Adhesive Probability score for... by Shuo Liu, Bowen Zhang, Bowen Weng, Xiangqiang Liu, Sichuan Hou

“…Abstract Purpose This study compared perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) through the PADUA score as well as assessed the predictive value of the PADUA score and the Mayo Adhesive Probability (MAP) score for postoperative complications. Methods Totally 196 patients suffering from RAPN or LPN for renal tumors were reviewed retrospectively. …”
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Clinically meaningful improvements after gene therapy for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADCd) in the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale, Second Edition (PDMS-2) a... by Wuh-Liang Hwu, Hui-Min Lee, John Devin Peipert, Rongrong Zhang, Christian Werner, J. Rafael Sierra, Thomas O’Connell, Jonathan J. Woolley, Marjorie Crowell, Antonia Wang, Ioannis Tomazos

“…We sought to characterize clinically meaningful change in motor function, as measured by Total Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-Second Edition (PDMS-2) score, and assess correlations with cognition and language domains of the Bayley-III and motor milestone (MM) achievement. Methods Data from N = 30 patients from three single-arm clinical studies of eladocagene exuparvovec were analyzed. …”
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Upper Quarter Injury Rates and Risk in United States High School Athletes Prior To and During the Prolonged Sport Stoppage by Garrett Bullock, Charles Thigpen, Albert Prats-Uribe, R. Gill Gilliand, Ellen Shanley

“… # Hypothesis/Purpose To 1) describe and compare upper quarter injury rates and risk in high school athletes in the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic school years; 2) examine injuries by gender, sport, injury type, and location of injury. # Methods An ecological study of the athletes from 176 high schools over six states, matching high schools between 2019-2020 (19-20) and 2020-2021 (20-21) years was performed. …”
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Odor symptom management in patients with malignant wounds in Mali: the use of a cinnamon dressing by Charlotte Ngô, Fatoumata M Sidibe, Sophie Goossens, Dianeko Zenabou Tapa, Irène Kriegel, Abdramane A Kone, Moussa Bathily, Hamidou D Doumbia, Claire Rieux, Isabelle Fromantin

“…This study aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of routine use of cinnamon dressing in the Malian context, and to assess its effect on tumor wound odors. Patients and methods This is a prospective observational pilot study conducted jointly by the oncology department of the Point G University hospital in Bamako and Médecins Sans Frontières France. …”
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Continuously relapsing (for two years) course of diarrheal variant of IBS (<i>Clinical case</i>) by Ye. A. Poluektova, S. Yu. Kuchumova, A. A. Kurbatova, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Careful taking past history and carrying out detailed laboratory and instrumental tool investigation allowed to establish clinical diagnosis in the patient, and pathogenicly proven treatment promoted achievement of disease remission.…”
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Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: analysis of WHO global database of individual case safety reports by Alessandro Ceschi, Roberta Noseda, Raffaela Bertoli, Laura Müller

“…ICI-related haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) has been recently outlined in single case reports, raising a concern about the need of increasing our knowledge on this rare yet life threatening ICI haematological toxicity.Methods To determine ICI-related HLH clinical, haematological, and coagulation features, its timing and outcome, concurrent irAEs and concomitant infections, we performed a retrospective observational cross-sectional study and queried VigiBase, the WHO global database of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs), on September 30th, 2018. …”
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The prevalence of online food delivery service usage and its association with anthropometric measurements in Muscat, Oman; a cross-sectional study by Ahmed Yahya Al Kharusi, Safa Khamis Ambusaidi, Marwa Abdullah Al Raisi, Haitham Mohammed Al Mahrouqi, Asma Ali Al Kendi, Muna Mohammed Almatrushi, Mohammed Juma Al Abdali, Sanjay Jaju, Maisa Hamed Al Kiyumi

“…This study aims to assess the prevalence of online food delivery service usage among Omani individuals in the Muscat region and explore its association with overweight/obesity. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in six randomly selected primary healthcare centres in the two most populous areas in Muscat region. …”
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Evaluation of reference genes for gene expression analysis in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) under temperature stress by Ping Han, Jianming Chen, Zhennan Sun, Shengjie Ren, Xubo Wang

“…The statistical analysis methods (delta-Ct, BestKeeper, geNorm, and NormFinder) were further used to determine candidate reference gene stability. …”
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The prognostic value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in colorectal cancer and colorectal anastomotic leakage patients: a retrospe... by Nuo Xu, Jian-Xin Zhang, Jia-Jie Zhang, Zhuo Huang, Lian-Chun Mao, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Wei-Dong Jin

“…Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence and predictive value of preoperative peripheral blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) index on the prognosis of colorectal anastomotic leakage (CAL) patients. Methods This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 1016 patients who underwent radical resection for colorectal cancer at a single center between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2023. …”
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Role and mechanism of dexmedetomidine in regulating bone metabolism in tail-suspended osteoporotic rats by GUO Yunliang, WANG Can, ZHANG Xinyu

“… ‍Objective‍　‍To investigate the effect of dexmedetomidine (Dex) on bone loss in tail-suspended rats and primarily explore its regulatory mechanism on bone metabolism. Methods‍　‍A total of 30 male rats were randomly divided into a control group, a model group, and a Dex group, with 10 animals in each group. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone: an application of Health Belief Model constructs by Simon Ssentongo, Alex Muhereza, Morie Mustapha, Ruth Gemi, Dennis Cherian, Rebecca Waugh, Benjamin Crookston, Cougar Hall, Mary Linehan, Hayden Borg, Joshua West

“…This research delves into the underlying factors that influenced these disparities in vaccine acceptance in these two countries, using the Health Belief Model (HBM) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as guiding frameworks. Methods This study utilized data from a cross-sectional survey encompassing 2,312 participants from areas where the Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) operates in Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone. …”
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Implications of Public Disclosure of Personal Information in a Mobile Alert App for People Living With Dementia Who Go Missing: Qualitative Descriptive Study by Adebusola Adekoya, Christine Daum, Noelannah Neubauer, Antonio Miguel-Cruz, Lili Liu

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to identify and discuss the implications of public disclosure of personal information in Community ASAP for people living with dementia at risk of going missing. MethodsThis study used a qualitative descriptive research design drawing from naturalistic inquiry. …”
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Correlation between hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet score and short-term mortality in critically ill patients by Chong Zhang, Wenjin Peng, Meng Ning, Weiru Liang, Bin Su, Tingting Guo, Kun Hu, Wei Su, Yi Chen, Yingwu Liu

“…Additionally, whether the HALP score exhibits an incremental effect on the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score remains unknown. Methods In this study, we used the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC-IV) version 2.2 database to evaluate the predictive value of HALP score for critically ill patients. …”
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Assessment of factors predicting the nutritional status of geriatric people in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia by Samar Lafi Aljohani

“…This study aims to assess the nutritional status of patients attending geriatric clinics at hospitals. Material and Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted in Tabuk city, northern Saudi Arabia, among geriatric patients aged over 60 years who attended geriatric clinics throughout the study period (December, 2022 to February, 2023). …”
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Prominence of Microbiota to Predict Fibrous Stenosis in Crohn&rsquo;s Disease by Yang X, Pan Y, Gao CP, Li H, Zhang YH, Huang CL, Cao L, Xiao SY, Zhou Z

“…Leveraging a single-center cross-sectional study, we aimed to investigate the role of fecal microbiota in CD-associated fibrous stenosis.Methods: Using metagenomic analysis, we examined the differences in fecal microbiota between CD patients with intestinal fibrous stenosis and those without stenosis. …”
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Outcomes of total hip replacement in adults with septic arthritis of the native hip joint: A systematic review by Teddy Cheong, Surya Varma Selvakumar, Ryan Kwang Jin Goh, Ing How Moo

“…This systematic review, for the first time, examined the clinical outcomes of THR, specifically in adults with septic arthritis of the native hip joint. Methods PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), SCOPUS, Cochrane Library, grey literature, and bibliographic references were searched from inception to October 2023. …”
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Fostering transformative learning and whole patient care among teaching hospital staff through artistic creation: a qualitative study by Kang-Ju Chou, Ying-Yao Cheng, Wen Cheng, Hsueh-Hua Chuang, Chun-Teng Tsai, Hua-Chang Fang

“…To explore how artistic creation influences HCPs’ perceptions of the value of WPC, this study examined the content of artworks created by HCPs in teaching hospitals. Methods In this study, using Mezirow’s phases of perspective transformation as a theoretical framework, a retrospective qualitative analysis was conducted to investigate the content of HCPs’ art projects presented at annual WPC-experience-sharing workshops held from 2019 to 2021 at a teaching hospital in Taiwan. …”
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