Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality of Perforated Peptic Ulcer: Retrospective Cohort Study of Risk Factors among Black Africans in Côte d’Ivoire by Soro Kountele Gona, Mahassadi Kouamé Alassan, Koffi Gnangoran Marcellin, Kissi Ya Henriette, Coulibaly Adama, Assohoun Toussaint, Ehua Adjoba Manuela, Seu Gagon Sylvain, Afum-Adjei Awuah Anthony, Ehua Somian Francis

“…In multivariate analysis, risk factors of postoperative complications or mortality were comorbidities (HR = 2.1, P=0.03), tachycardia (pulse rate > 100/minutes) (HR = 2.4, P=0.02), purulent intra-abdominal fluid collection (HR = 2.1, P=0.04), hyponatremia (median value ≤ 134 mEq/L) (HR = 2.3, P=0.01), delayed time of hospital admission > 72 hours (HR = 2.6, P<0.0001), and delayed time of surgical intervention between 24 and 48 hours (HR = 3.8, P<0.0001). …”
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) trends in Sri Lanka: insights from a hospital-based seroprevalence analysis by Narapity Pathirannehalage Sunil-Chandra, Madawala Vithanage Madusha Lakmali Jayasundara, Maththe Gama Ralalage Shobha Sanjeewani Gunathilaka, Suduwa Dewage Himal Suminda

“…Seroprevalence of HCMV in hospital inpatients, antenatal women, blood donors, cancer patients, STD clinic attendees and CKD patients on haemodialysis were found to be 92.5% (185/200), 100% (80/80), 90% (72/80), 96% (192/200), 93.1% (149/160) and 100% (100/100) respectively. …”
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Tablet PC Enabled Body Sensor System for Rural Telehealth Applications by Nitha V. Panicker, A. Sukesh Kumar

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Effect of Mycorrhizae Inoculation and Maggot Compost on Sunflower Development on Marginal Land by Obel Obel, Meisilva Erona

“…In practice, the study used a randomized block design consisting of two factors, namely mycorrhizal inoculum and maggot compost which was repeated 3 times. The results of the study showed that mycorrhizal inoculation and maggot compost had an influence on the development of sunflowers such as the time of full bloom, ribbon flower diameter, tube flower diameter, number of seeds planted and weight of 100 seeds on marginal land. the higher the dose of mycorrhiza and maggot compost applied, the increase in each parameter observed in sunflower development on marginal land. …”
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Digital Image Progressive Fusion Method Based on Discrete Cosine Transform by Jiezi Chen

“…The experimental results show that the proposed method has a PSNR value higher than 42.13 db in image fusion, both of which are higher than the comparison method, and the fusion effect comparison also has higher image quality. In terms of fusion time, the time of the research method is lower than that of the comparison method when the data volume is between 10 and 100, while in the comparison of structural similarity, the structural similarity of the image fused by the research method is always higher than 0.83. …”
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Sprengel deformity: What is the functional outcome of conservative treatment versus surgical correction? by C. Antfang, A. Frommer, G. Gosheger, G. Toporowski, A. Laufer, J. D. Rölfing, R. Roedl, B. Vogt

“…The median EQ-VAS (Visual Analogue Scale) score was 81/100 (IQR 79–85/100) in the surgical cohort and 80/100 (IQR 59–95/100) in the non-surgical cohort. 4/8 patients treated surgically had fully reversible complications. …”
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Evaluation of pathology resources for cervical cancer detection between 2018 and 2022: a retrospective study at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Western Kenya by Nelson Anangwe, Jon Steimgrimson, Susan Cu-Uvin

“…However, the histopathology personnel-to-population ratio decreased from 1.5 pathologists and 2.7 histo-technicians per 100,000 in 2018 to 1.4 pathologists and 1.8 histo-technicians per 100,000 in 2022. …”
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Optimization of a Continuous Hybrid Impeller Mixer via Computational Fluid Dynamics by N. Othman, S. K. Kamarudin, M. S. Takriff, M. I. Rosli, E. M. F. Engku Chik, M. A. K. Meor Adnan

“…Four impeller speeds, 50, 100, 150, and 200 rpm, and four impeller clearances, 25, 50, 75, and 100 mm, were the operation variables used in this study. …”
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An Automatic Recognition Method of Microseismic Signals Based on S Transformation and Improved Gaussian Mixture Model by Kaikai Wang, Chun’an Tang, Ke Ma, Xintang Wang, Qiang Li

“…It is found that there are obvious time-frequency differences between rock-fracturing signals and blast vibration signals. …”
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Isolation, identification, and quantification of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens in subgingival plaque samples of periodontally healthy and chronic periodontitis pa... by Vijayalakshmi Sharadindu Kotrashetti, Kishore Gajanan Bhat, Vijay Mahadev Kumbar, Sachita Shrikant Naik

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 100 individuals in the age group of 20–70 years (50 CP and 50 healthy individuals) were considered. …”
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High sensitivity flexible strain sensor for motion monitoring based on MWCNT@MXene and silicone rubber by Muhammad Luthfi Hakim, Zufar Alfarros, Herianto Herianto, Muhammad Akhsin Muflikhun

“…The sensor also has a fast response time of about 70 ms, it also has good stability during low (1–5%) and high (20–100%) strain cycle testing and can withstand up to 1200 loading and unloading cycles. …”
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Clinical course and potential associated factors of progressive calcinosis cutis in early systemic sclerosis: a cohort study by Vassana Kanjanajarurat, Prathana Chowchuen, Chingching Foocharoen, Punthip Thammaroj

“…Odds ratio (OR) and their 95%CI were used to evaluate associated factors and calcinosis cutis progression.Results A total of 35 cases (155 per 100 person-year), showed progressive calcinosis cutis with the incidence of 22.6 per 100-person-years (95%CI 16.2–31.4). …”
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Scientific justification of Mycobacterium avium survival in natural environment of Republic of Dagestan by M. O. Baratov, A. R. Mustafayev

“…In the plain area, in the same time period in the slightly saline soil with high humus content and at air temperature from –11.9 to +27.3 °C, soil temperature from –13 to +45 °C, air humidity from 37 to 100% and average precipitation 20.4 mm, Mycobacterium avium survived just like in the sub-mountainous area, i.e. for 213 and 243 days, respectively. …”
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Predictable Behavior of GFRP-Reinforced Bridge Decks: Formulation of a Strain-Based Capacity Model by Young Hoon Kim, Yeesock Kim, Yeonho Park

“…This paper proposes a reliability analysis framework for glass fiber-reinforced polymer- (GFRP-) reinforced concrete systems with uncertain capacities and demands over time. Unfortunately, there has been limited discussion or research done related to the potential change of failure modes over time. …”
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Experimental Study on the Effect of Water on the Properties of Cast In Situ Foamed Concrete by Wenhui Zhao, Qian Su, Wubin Wang, Lele Niu, Ting Liu

“…This study aims to investigate the effect of water on the properties of cast in situ foamed concrete with a dry density of 300–800 kg/m3 (100 kg/m3 is a gradient). Firstly, the shrinkage deformation with the curing time and the volumetric moisture content is studied by the drying shrinkage test and improved drying shrinkage test. …”
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Effect of High Percentages of Coated Recycled Aggregates on the Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams by Catalina Martínez, Viviana Letelier, Bruno Wenzel

“…Thus, it is recommended that these higher deflections be taken into account at the time of design.…”
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Spin-orbit interaction in quasi-monochromatic singular beams by Y.A. Egorov, A.F. Rubass

“…For a fundamental Gaussian beam, the energy efficiency cannot exceed 50%, and for elegant Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian beams of higher orders, the energy efficiency can reach a value close to 100%. At the same time, for ordinary higher-order Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian mode beams, the energy efficiency can only slightly exceed 50%. …”
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Effect of Xylanase and Pentosanase Enzymes on Dough Rheological Properties and Quality of Baguette Bread by Mehrdad Mohammadi, Alaleh Zoghi, Mohammad Hossein Azizi

“…The treatment containing 0.6 g xylanase and 0.1 g pentosanase in 100 g flour had a higher moisture content on the first, third, and fifth days of storage time. …”
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Response surface optimization of fluidized roasting reduction of low-grade pyrolusite coupling with pretreatment of stone coal by Feng Y., Cai Z., Li H., Du Z., Liu X.

“…The maximum manganese reduction efficiency could be optimized to nearly 100%, when the mass ratio of stone coal to pyrolusite was 2.5:1, the roasting temperature of stone coal was 1080ºC, the roasting temperature of pyrolusite was 775ºC, and the roasting time was 2h. …”
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Photovoltaic and Charge Trapping Characteristics of Screen-Printed Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells with Molybdenum Oxides as Hole-Selective Layers by H2/Ar Plasma Pretreatment by Chin-Lung Cheng, Chi-Chung Liu, Chih-Chieh Hsu

“…Moreover, the charge trapping characteristics of the MoOx/p-Si(100) interface were presented. The PPT parameters, including power, treated time, flow ratio of H2/Ar, and temperature, were investigated. …”
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