Assessment of ABCDE approach knowledge among residents and interns in multiple Egyptian hospitals, a cross-sectional study by Mohamed Saad Rakab, Ahmed B. Zaid, Malak Abbas Hamadein, Salma Abbas Hamadein, Mahmoud Abd Elgawad Ashour, Alaa Samir El-Shamia, Dina Ayman Mostafa, Rahma Mogahed Rateb, Marwa Abdelrahman Elashry, Mennat-Allah Mostafa El-Badawy, Rehab Shaheen Bahram Shaheen

“…Encouragingly, 91.2% expressed willingness for life support training. Statistical analyses unveiled significant associations between knowledge scores and both medical practice settings and sources of ABCDE knowledge. …”
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Organic geochemistry and mineralogical characterization of the Paleocene Ranikot Formation shales in selected areas of Southern Indus Basin Pakistan by Hussain Asghar, Saeed Abbas, Muhammad Sabir Khan, Samina Jahandad, Muhammad Hanif, Muhammad Saleem Mughal, Gulfam Hussain

“…The average total organic carbon (TOC) of Ranikot shale is 4.6 wt. % indicating very good source rock.  …”
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Killer whale range expansion and extended seasonal presence in the eastern Canadian Arctic, 2002-2023 by Steven H. Ferguson, Brooke A. Biddlecombe, Kristin Westdal, Stephen D. Petersen, Cortney Watt, Cory J. D. Matthews, Jeff W. Higdon

“…A significant year × sea ice interaction in the temporal analyses indicates observations occur earlier during their arrival period at lower sea ice concentrations over time, suggesting that declining sea ice concentration contributes to earlier arrival. …”
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Photochemically induced thrombosis combined with chronic restraint stress for modeling post-stroke depression in mice by Tumarisi Tuersunjiang, Qingchen Wang, Zhengzheng Wang, Feng Gao, Zhengchun Wang, Zhengchun Wang

“…Behavioral assessments (sucrose preference test, forced swim test, tail suspension test) and molecular analyses (BDNF, synaptophysin [SYP], interleukin-1 [IL-1], tumor necrosis factor-α [TNF-α]) were conducted to evaluate depressive-like phenotypes and neuroinflammatory markers.ResultsThe PIT model produced consistent ischemic damage, with an average infarct area of 2.580 ± 0.426% in the parietal lobe. …”
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Proof of principle concept for the analysis and functional prediction of rare genetic variants in the CYP2C19 and CYP2D6 genes by Inger Johansson, Yuchen Lu, Yitian Zhou, Kristi Krebs, Martina Akcan, Lili Milani, Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg

“…Variant cDNAs were heterologously expressed in HEK-293 cells, and detailed enzyme activity analyses were performed. The experimental results were further validated against average scores from five optimized in silico prediction models: LRT, Mutation Assessor, PROVEAN, VEST3, and CADD. …”
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Recovery rate and predictors of treatment outcomes among hospitalized under five children with severe acute malnutrition: a prospective cohort study by Dagnachew Mekete, Alemayehu Toma, Tamrat Balcha

“…Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were utilized to identify predictors of treatment outcomes. …”
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Enhanced alcohol metabolism and sleep quality with continuous positive airway pressure following alcohol consumption by Hyun Jun Kim, Do-Yang Park, Wee Gyo Lee, Kang Il Lee, Jin Ji Jung, Han Sang Lee, Sang In Hwang, Ji Hyun Park, Bumhee Park

“…Men (n = 53) aged ≥ 19 years with sleep disorders who regularly consumed an average of ≥ 1.0 g of alcohol/kg of bodyweight, were free of serious diseases (including liver disorders), and underwent polysomnography and continuous positive airway pressure titration between January 2016 and July 2021 were included. …”
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Association between myopia progression and cylinder power progression in defocus incorporated multiple segments lens wearers by Ling Wang, Qing Zhang, Tingting Zhou, Wenli Yu, Jincheng Wang, Ran Li, Qin Chen, Qingbo Que, Xiaomin Gao

“…The relationship between myopia and CP progression was assessed using binary logistic regression analyses, stratified analyses, and interaction tests. …”
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The role of tension-compression stress on TRIP and TWIP effects in a 201LN austenitic stainless steel by Diogo Pedrino Braga, Danielle Cristina Camilo Magalhães, José Benaque Rubert, Hossein Beladi, Carlos Alberto Della Rovere, Andrea Madeira Kliauga

“…In the estimated phase transformation map, the average transformed martensite fraction was consistent with the results obtained from X-ray measurements.…”
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Potentially inappropriate medications for geriatric patients in Bahrain: prevalence, predictors, and implications for practice by Mohamed Fadhel Abdulla, Fawaz Eyad Obaid, Osama Sobhi Moaket, Mahmood AbdulJabbar Alawainati

“…Anonymous data was retrieved from electronic medical records and analyzed via univariate, and logistic regression analyses. Results Among the 595 older adult patients studied, the average age was 71.7 years, with 54.5% (n = 324) being female. …”
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Progression of the first stage of spontaneous labour: A prospective cohort study in two sub-Saharan African countries. by Olufemi T Oladapo, Joao Paulo Souza, Bukola Fawole, Kidza Mugerwa, Gleici Perdoná, Domingos Alves, Hayala Souza, Rodrigo Reis, Livia Oliveira-Ciabati, Alexandre Maiorano, Adesina Akintan, Francis E Alu, Lawal Oyeneyin, Amos Adebayo, Josaphat Byamugisha, Miriam Nakalembe, Hadiza A Idris, Ola Okike, Fernando Althabe, Vanora Hundley, France Donnay, Robert Pattinson, Harshadkumar C Sanghvi, Jen E Jardine, Özge Tunçalp, Joshua P Vogel, Mary Ellen Stanton, Meghan Bohren, Jun Zhang, Tina Lavender, Jerker Liljestrand, Petra Ten Hoope-Bender, Matthews Mathai, Rajiv Bahl, A Metin Gülmezoglu

“…Multistate Markov and nonlinear mixed models were separately used to construct average labour curves. All analyses were conducted according to three parity groups: parity = 0 (n = 2,166), parity = 1 (n = 1,488), and parity = 2+ (n = 1,952). …”
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Neobacillus driksii sp. nov. isolated from a Mars 2020 spacecraft assembly facility and genomic potential for lasso peptide production in Neobacillus by Asif Hameed, Francesca McDonagh, Pratyay Sengupta, Georgios Miliotis, Shobhan Karthick Muthamilselvi Sivabalan, Lukasz Szydlowski, Anna Simpson, Nitin Kumar Singh, Punchappady Devasya Rekha, Karthik Raman, Kasthuri Venkateswaran

“…Detailed molecular analyses, including gyrB (90.2%), ANI (86.4%), average amino acid identity (87.8%) phylogenies, digital DNA–DNA hybridization (32.6%), and percentage of conserved proteins (77.7%) indicated significant divergence from N. niacini NBRC 15566T. …”
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Water, sanitation, hygiene, and soil-transmitted helminth infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Eric C Strunz, David G Addiss, Meredith E Stocks, Stephanie Ogden, Jürg Utzinger, Matthew C Freeman

“…Due to underlying heterogeneity across observational studies, the meta-analysis results reflect an average of many potentially distinct effects, not an average of one specific exposure-outcome relationship.…”
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EFFECT OF LACTATION PERIOD AND MILKING INTERVALS OF HAMDANI SHEEPS MILK IN DUHOK GOVERNORATE by Mahmood Younis Ali

“…266 samples from the herd of college of Agriculture, Duhok University, were analysed during the lactation period. Total solids precentage was 12,26-23,92% with an awerage of 17,29% in morning milk, while in evening milk it was 9,66-24,62% with an average of 17,89%. …”
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Anatomical and functional outcome of surgical correction of optic disc pit maculopathy using autologous scleral patch graft: a long-term retrospective analysis by Naresh Babu Kannan, Avik Dey Sarkar, MuthuKrishnan Vallinayagam, Swikruti Jena, Shraddha Shah, Kim Ramasamy

“…On follow up over 1, 3 and 12 months, average BCVA were 0.74, 0.58 and 0.49 LogMAR respectively. …”
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Surgical effect and prognostic factors of myasthenia gravis with thymomas by Wenxin Tian, Xiao Li, Hongfeng Tong, Wenhan Weng, Fan Yang, Guanchao Jiang, Jun Wang

“…Video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) thymectomies were performed in 137 patients, and transthymectomies in 57 patients. The average operation time was 136.6 ± 46.5 minutes, average blood loss was 129.3 ± 287.4 mL, and average postoperative stay was 8.3 ± 7.4 days. …”
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NanoCore: core-genome-based bacterial genomic surveillance and outbreak detection in healthcare facilities from Nanopore and Illumina data by Sebastian A. Fuchs, Lisanna Hülse, Teresa Tamayo, Susanne Kolbe-Busch, Klaus Pfeffer, Alexander T. Dilthey

“…In the “hybrid” mode, in which only Nanopore data are used for some isolates and only Illumina data for others, increased average pairwise isolate distance differences were observed (average differences of 3.44 and 1.95 for MRSA and VRE, respectively; sd = 2.76 and 1.34), while clustering results remained identical. …”
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The correlation between physical activity and psychological resilience in young students: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Wentao Qiu, Wentao Qiu, Chao Huang, Chao Huang, Haibin Xiao, Yuyang Nie, Yuyang Nie, Wenxue Ma, Wenxue Ma, Fangbing Zhou, Fangbing Zhou, Cong Liu, Cong Liu

“…Using a random-effects model to combine effect sizes, the average correlation coefficient was 0.249 (p < 0.001), the average standardized coefficient for the promotion of psychological resilience by physical activity was 0.195 (p < 0.001), and the average path coefficient for the enhancement of psychological resilience through physical activity was 0.205 (p < 0.001).ConclusionThis study found a significant positive correlation between physical activity and psychological resilience among young students, with physical activity exerting a positive impact on psychological resilience. …”
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Type 1 diabetes genetic risk score variation across ancestries using whole genome sequencing and array-based approaches by Ankit M. Arni, Diane P. Fraser, Seth A. Sharp, Richard A. Oram, Matthew B. Johnson, Michael N. Weedon, Kashyap A. Patel

“…Population-level analysis using WGS-based T1DGRS revealed significant ancestry-based stratification, with European ancestry individuals showing the highest scores, followed by South Asian (average 0.28 SD lower than Europeans, p < 10− 58) and African ancestry individuals (average 0.89 SD lower than Europeans, p < 10− 300). …”
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Congenital Muscular Torticollis: Clinical Risk Factors and Rates of Surgery by Akshitha Adhiyaman, BS, Emilie Lijesen, BS, Olivia C. Tracey, BA, Ruth H. Jones, BS, Keza E. Levine, BA, Shevaun M. Doyle, MD

“…Average axial rotation improvement was 10.8 ± 23.1° (P < .0001). …”
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