Antisecretory factor in severe traumatic brain injury (AFISTBI): protocol for an exploratory randomized placebo-controlled trial by Linus Réen, David Cederberg, Niklas Marklund, Edward Visse, Peter Siesjö

“…All patients with GCS < 9 and clinical indication for insertion of ICP-monitor and microdialysis catheter will be screened for inclusion and assigned to either the treatment group (n = 10) or placebo group (n = 10). …”
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Long-term outcomes after percutaneous withdrawal of HeartWare left ventricular assist device (HVAD) support: A 10-year update by Chokanan Thaitirarot, Leonard M. Shapiro, Clive Lewis, Jayan Parameshwar, Steven S.L. Tsui, Stephen J. Pettit

“…There have been no adverse events relating to either the decommissioned LVAD or the percutaneous driveline remnant, or anticoagulation. …”
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Limited Effects of Ultra-low Oxygen Concentration during Extended Embryo Culture on In vitro Fertilisation Outcomes in Indian Women: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study by Deven Patel, R. G. Patel, Trupti Patel, Nikunj Patel, Naroda Maheshwari

“…Materials and Methods: In this study 382 participants had their embryos cultured in varying O2 concentrations (5% or 2%), followed by either a fresh embryo transfer (ET) or frozen embryo transfer (FET). …”
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Smart Filter Performance Monitoring System by Chenxing Pei, Weiqi Chen, Qisheng Ou, David Y. H. Pui

“…It is designed to remove particulate pollutants in the air to supply cleaner air to either occupants or industrial equipment. Without air filters, the occupants might suffer from polluted air, and expensive industrial equipment could be damaged by contaminants. …”
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Economic Evaluation of Fidaxomicin for the Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection (C. difficile-associated diarrhoea) in Ireland by Anke van Engen, Montserrat Casamayor, Fidelma Loftus, Martin Coen, Andy Garnham, Maureen Watt, Larry Lacey

“…Patients enter the model in the CDI health state and are treated either with fidaxomicin or current standard of care (oral metronidazole for non-severe CDI; vancomycin for severe CDI) for 10 days. …”
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Enhanced ferroptosis sensitivity promotes the formation of highly myopic cataract via the DDR2-Hippo pathway by Dongling Guo, Yu Du, Xin Liu, Dan Li, Ling Wei, Xiangjia Zhu

“…Notably, highly myopic eyes of mice exhibited higher sensitivity to RSL3, a ferroptosis inducer, manifested as more severe nuclear lens opacities both in vitro and in vivo compared with the contralateral control eyes, which could be alleviated by inhibitors of either ferroptosis or DDR2. Altogether, these findings highlighted the role of DDR2 in mediating ferroptosis in HMC formation, providing a novel insight for therapeutic interventions.…”
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Optimizing the PM2.5 Tradeoffs: The Case of Taiwan by Shihping Kevin Huang, Sin-Yao Chen, Kuei-Lan Chou, Wei Chung Hsu, Kang-Hua Lai, Tung-Hung Chueh, Lopin Kuo, William Lu

“…However, many studies approach the PM2.5 problem by focusing only on either socioeconomic factors or geo-meteorological factors in isolation such data insufficiency might undermine the effort to control PM2.5. …”
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Gastric Polyps and Atrophic Gastritis by I. Yu. Kolesnikova, A. S. Novikova

“…A symptomatic proton pump inhibitor treatment in GP was either prescribed or voluntary. Focal atrophic gastritis in endoscopy was revealed in 12 (19.7 %) HGP and 16 (39.0 %) AGP patients, diffused atrophic gastritis — in 49 (80.3 %) HGP and 25 (60.9 %) AGP patients. …”
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Effect of Soil Salinity on Thermal Behavior of Sandy Soils Under a Sahara Climate by Djihad Bennaceur, Nadia Laredj, Mustapha Maliki, Hanifi Missoum

“…Soil salinity represents a harmful environmental problem that occurs either naturally or as a consequence of ineffective management practices by humans, especially in arid regions. …”
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First record of stone moroko (Pseudorasbora parva), an invasive alien fish species, in water bodies of urban green areas in Poland by Wróblewski Paweł, Maciaszek Rafał, Kasprzak Robert

“…After recording substantial numbers of specimens in the fall, no fish were caught in pond 1 during either of the spring catches, while only a few moroko were caught in the stream in April (1212 ± 869 mg; 454–2901 mg) and none were caught in June. …”
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Hybrid quantum neural networks show strongly reduced need for free parameters in entity matching by Lukas Bischof, Stefan Teodoropol, Rudolf M. Füchslin, Kurt Stockinger

“…Typical methods for entity matching either use specialized algorithms or supervised machine learning. …”
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A systematic review of nanocarriers used in medicine and beyond — definition and categorization framework by Sabine Gressler, Christina Hipfinger, Florian Part, Anna Pavlicek, Christian Zafiu, Bernd Giese

“…Nanocarriers are mainly made of either organic or inorganic materials, but various combinations of materials in complex structures are also under development. …”
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Integrin-mediated host cell invasion by type 1-piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli. by Danelle S Eto, Tiffani A Jones, Jamie L Sundsbak, Matthew A Mulvey

“…Phosphorylation site mutations within the cytoplasmic tail of beta1 integrin that alter integrin signaling also variably affect UPEC entry into host cells, by either attenuating or boosting invasion frequencies. …”
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The Post-Discharge Growth of Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants by Tuba Ozdemir, Abdullah Baris Akcan, Munevver Kaynak Turkmen

“…RESULTS: The findings revealed that very low birth weight infants should be closely monitored either during their stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, or for up to 6 months corrected age, paying particular attention to growth data, and the appropriate supportive treatment should be administered. …”
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Assessment of Selected Health Determinants among <i>Almajiri</i> Students in Gwadabawa Local Government, Sokoto State, Nigeria by Y. Sarkingobir, M.S. Nahantsi, Z. Shehu, A.A. Sadiq, N. Malami, A. Saadu, A. Hamza

“… Health determinants are factors that can influence our health either positively or negatively. This paper determined the factors that affect the health of Almajiri in their system of study in Gwadabawa local government of Sokoto state, Nigeria. …”
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ABUJA RESIDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF MASS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN NIGERIA by DANIEL T. EZEGWU, AGNES. O. EZEJI, GLORIA NWAKEGO CHUKWUEMEKA, CHIOMA ROSE CHIME-NGANYA

“…Previous studies have either looked at print media, broadcast media or social media coverage of elections in Nigeria. …”
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Porcine sperm bind to an oviduct glycan coupled to glass surfaces as a model of sperm interaction with the oviduct by Sandra Soto-Heras, Larissa J. Volz, Nicolai Bovin, David J. Miller

“…An in vitro model of sperm-oviduct interactions was developed, consisting of a glass surface (either a slide or a coverslip) to which an oviduct glycan (sulfated Lewis X trisaccharide; suLeX) is coupled. …”
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Post-Pandemic Inflation Dynamics: a Comparative Study of the Fiscal Theory in the Czech Republic and France by Makovský, Petr, Descubes, Irena, Hřebík, František

“…Central to this analysis is the Fiscal Theory of Inflation, which argues that unanticipated inflation results in the devaluation of nominal treasury bonds, prompting a corresponding adjustment either in expected primary surpluses or the discount factor. …”
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The Concept of Ḥiyāl in Marriage: A Preliminary Review by Ahmad Syakir Mohd Nassuruddin, Mohd Zain Mubarak, Zulfaqar Mamat, A’inaa Lyana Amanina Mohd Zaim

“…Ḥiyāl is the ability to find a way out of a legal problem using certain methods. Ḥiyāl occurs either in worship, muamalat, or crime, including marriage. …”
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Potassium Adsorption Phenomenon in Calcareous Soils of Shahrazur Plain by Kamil Sabir Saeed

“…Smaller KL values mean that more adsorbed K would be transformed to a non-exchangeable form, either through the creation of crystalline K or through ion occultation. …”
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