Incidence and fatality of serious suicide attempts in a predominantly rural population in Shandong, China: a public health surveillance study by Aiqiang Xu, Mei Wang, Xiaolei Guo, Cunxian Jia, Jiandong Sun, Jiyu Zhang

“…A multiple logistic regression model was developed to examine the factors associated with a higher or lower fatality rate.Results The incidence of SSAs was estimated to be 46 (95% CI 44 to 48) per 100 000 person-years, which was 1.5 times higher in rural versus urban areas, slightly higher among females, and increased with age. …”
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Influence of Synthetic Antioxidants Used in Food Technology on the Bioavailability and Metabolism of Lipids - In Vitro Studies by Magdalena Mika, Anna Antończyk, Agnieszka Wikiera

“…To investigate this issue, in vitro digestion of a model high-fat product (20 g fat/100 g) without antioxidants and supplemented with BHT, BHA and TBHQ (100 mg/kg) was conducted, followed by studies using the Caco-2 and Hep G2 cell lines. …”
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Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Conyza bonariensis Leaf Extracts against Clinically Isolated Fungi Causing Superficial Infection by Yidnekachew Girma, Tamene Milkessa Jiru

“…Plants have been used since long time ago to treat infectious diseases and are considered as important sources of new antimicrobial agents. …”
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Early one-stage posterior-only surgery for congenital cervicothoracic scoliosis in children: medium- and long-term follow-up by Cefei Zhang, Fuyun Liu, Ke Xu, Weiming Hu, Bing Xia, Yufeng Zhao

“…Complications were recorded.ResultsThe mean operation time was 199.8 min (100–340 min) with an average blood loss of 261.5 ml (80–600 ml). …”
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Biochemical Charcterization of Some Taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) Germplasm in Ghana by R. Boampong, L. M. Aboagye, D. Nyadanu, M. E. Essilfie, R. Adu Amoah

“…Corms are boiled before eating and take a short time to cook as their carbohydrate structure is not complex. …”
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Stereotactic body radiation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: Practice patterns, dose selection and factors impacting survival by Jared R. Robbins, Ryan K. Schmid, Abdulrahman Y. Hammad, Thomas Clark Gamblin, Beth A. Erickson

“…On multivariate analysis, low BED (<75 Gy, HR 2.537, P < 0.001; 75‐100 Gy, HR 1.986, P = 0.007), increasing tumor size (HR 1.067, P = 0.032), elevated AFP (HR 1.585, P = 0.019), stage 3 (HR 1.962, P < 0.001), low‐volume facilities (1‐5 cases HR 1.687, P = 0.006), and a longer time interval from diagnosis to SBRT (>2 to ≤4 months, HR 1.456, P = 0.048; >4 months, HR 2.192, P < 0.001) were associated with worse survival. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Laser-Ablated Surface Characteristics Between the Si Face and C Face of Silicon Carbide Substrates by Hsin-Yi Tsai, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Kuo-Cheng Huang, J. Andrew Yeh, Yi Yang, Chien-Fang Ding

“…The results indicate optimal processing speeds for the Si and C faces at 200 mm/s and 100 mm/s, respectively. Ablation depth is linearly correlated with laser repetitions, achieving a 25% improvement in removal efficiency at 100 mm/s on the C face compared to higher speeds. …”
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Clinicopathological and Immunohistochemical Characterisation of Gastric Schwannomas in 29 Cases by Lijun Zheng, Xiaojiang Wu, Martin E. Kreis, Zhen Yu, Lijin Feng, Chunqiu Chen, Bin Xu, Zhaode Bu, Ziyu Li, Jiafu Ji

“…All tumors were positive for S-100 and CD56 proteins, displaying a diffuse staining pattern. …”
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Nanomechanical Characterization of Canine Femur Bone for Strain Rate Sensitivity in the Quasistatic Range under Dry versus Wet Conditions by Kun-Lin Lee, Marta Baldassarri, Nikhil Gupta, Dinesh Pinisetty, Malvin N. Janal, Nick Tovar, Paulo G. Coelho

“…Both dry and wet conditions were taken into account for three quasistatic trapezoid profiles with a maximum force of 2000 μN (holding time = 30 s) at loading/unloading rates of 10, 100, and 1000 μN/s, respectively. …”
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CT Imaging Findings after Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Liver Tumors by Olga R. Brook, Eavan Thornton, Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, Anand Mahadevan, Vassilious Raptopoulos, Alexander Brook, Robert Najarian, Robert Sheiman, Bettina Siewert

“…Results. 36 subjects with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), 25 with liver metastases, and seven with cholangiocarcinoma (CCC) were included in study. Mean follow-up time was 5.6 ± 7.1 months for HCC, 6.4 ± 5.1 months for metastases, and 10.1 ± 4.8 months for the CCC. …”
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The current status and influencing factors of diabetes knowledge among non-endocrinology nurses of tertiary general hospitals: a cross-sectional survey study by Jia Song, Su Li, Chongcai Gu, Shiyan Zhao, Xing Li, Siqin Liu, Jinmei Tuo, Shiming Huang

“…Results The participants’ self-assessment score for diabetes knowledge were (62.27 ± 16.80)(out of 100), objective score for diabetes knowledge were (57.33 ± 25.78)(out of 100). …”
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Modeling dynamic changes in type 1 diabetes progression:Quantifying $\beta$-cell variation after the appearance ofislet-specific autoimmune responses by Patrick Nelson, Noah Smith, Stanca Ciupe, Weiping Zou, Gilbert S. Omenn, Massimo Pietropaolo

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How long does it take to start minimal enteral feeding in preterm Neonates admitted to NICUs in Southern Oromia, Ethiopia? by Anteneh Fikrie, Terefu Yambo, Alo Edin, Miesa Gelchu, Dejene Hailu, Mark Spigt

“…Result The overall incidence density of TF initiation was reported as 43.6 per 100 neonate-days. Moreover, the median (IQR) time to initiate TF was found to be 2 (1–4) days. …”
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Causes of revision hip arthroplasty after hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture by Alexander N. Tsed, Nikita E. Mushtin, Alexander K. Dulaev

“…The average time for revision interventions after hemiarthroplasty was 40.2 months and significantly differed from the time for the revisions after total cemented (82.7) as well as total cementless (86.6) arthroplasties. …”
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Excessive occupational sitting increases risk of cardiovascular events among working individuals with type 1 diabetes in the prospective Finnish Diabetic Nephropathy Study by Matias Seppälä, Heidi Lukander, Johan Wadén, Marika I. Eriksson, Valma Harjutsalo, Per-Henrik Groop, Lena M. Thorn, FinnDiane Study Group

“…Results Factors independently and positively associated with excessive occupational sitting included a high occupational category [OR 6.53, 95% CI (4.09‒10.40)] and older age [1.02 (1.00‒1.03)], whereas negatively associated factors included current smoking [0.68 (0.50‒0.92)], moderate albuminuria [0.55 (0.38‒0.80)], and high leisure-time physical activity [0.52 (0.36‒0.74)]. …”
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In Vitro Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities and Molecular Docking Analysis of Phytochemicals from Cadia purpurea Roots by Tsegu Kiros, Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy, Yadessa Melaku, Aman Dekebo

“…Phytochemicals and antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Cadia purpurea roots were investigated herein for the first time. The phytochemical study led to the isolation of two compounds, di-(2-methylheptyl) phthalate (1) and 13-O-pyrrolecarboxyl lupanine (2), from methanol roots extract of C. purpurea. …”
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The impact of same‐day and rapid ART initiation under the Universal Health Coverage programme on HIV outcomes in Thailand: a retrospective real‐life cohort study by Sirinya Teeraananchai, David C. Boettiger, Cheewanan Lertpiriyasuwat, Rattaphon Triamwichanon, Patchara Benjarattanaporn, Nittaya Phanuphak

“…ART initiation within 7 days resulted in the lowest mortality (6%: 1.28 [95% CI 1.24–1.32] per 100 PYs), but the highest rate of LTFU (12%: 2.69 [95% CI 2.63–2.75] per 100 PYs) when compared to other ART initiation groups. …”
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Hybrid Model for Stock Market Volatility by Kofi Agyarko, Nana Kena Frempong, Eric Neebo Wiah

“…The proposed BSGARCH (1, 1) model was applied to simulated data and two real financial time series data (NASDAQ 100 and S&P 500). The outcome was then compared to the outcomes of the GARCH (1, 1), EGARCH (1, 1), GJR-GARCH (1, 1), and APARCH (1, 1) with different error distributions (ED) using the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), the root mean square error (RMSE), Theil’s inequality coefficient (TIC) and QLIKE. …”
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African American Street Lit’: old, new, or better (?) tricks? by Cécile Cottenet

“…With some titles selling up to 100 000 in record time, this phenomenon was bound to move from the margins to the center, and indeed mainstream publishers soon entered the market, proposing lucrative contracts to the self-published authors, and creating or expanding specialized black-oriented imprints. …”
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Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment by Malabika Biswas Roy, Shilpa Saha, Pankaj Kumar Roy

“…Among these, 209 publications were highly cited (>100 times), constituting 5.1% of all publications. …”
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