Evaluation of Cytokine Dynamics in Patients With Multiple and Concomitant Closed Chest Injuries by A. B. Khalyapina, M. V. Parshikov, D. D. Bolotov, G. M. Zhuravlyova, N. V. Yarygin

“…So, the content of IL-10 in patients with a very severe stage of pneumonia of stage I, II, III and IV of the disease averaged 330.7±24.5, respectively; 210.5±17.3; 123.4±15.3 and 98.5±12.7 pg/ml (in all cases p<0.05). …”
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Antibiotic Usage and Resistance among Dental Postgraduate Students and Interns: A Cross-sectional Questionnaire-based Study by Poonam Narang, Milind Wasnik, RK Chevvuri, Sopan Singh, Abhinav Parakh, Neha Rani

“…Overall, participants demonstrated acceptable knowledge of antibiotic use, with over 80% understanding factors contributing to resistance. Knowledge scores averaged 10.4±1.83 for interns and 11.3±1.31 for PG students. …”
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Left atrial strain in assessing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in hypertensive patients by E. S. Mazur, V. V. Mazur, N. D. Bazhenov, O. V. Nilova, T. O. Nikolaeva

“…In the training cohort, HFpEF was diagnosed in 44 (51,2%) patients, in the validation cohort — in 50 (58,1%). ROC analysis performed on the training cohort for the LA strain in reservoir phase showed AUC of 0,920 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0,842-0,968) and cut-off point of 21,5%. …”
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Harmonizing direct and indirect anthropogenic land carbon fluxes indicates a substantial missing sink in the global carbon budget since the early 20th century by Anthony P. Walker, Wolfgang A. Obermeier, Julia Pongratz, Pierre Friedlingstein, Charles D. Koven, Clemens Schwingshackl, Stephen Sitch, Michael O'Sullivan

“…This recalculation yields a greater non‐closure of the GCB, indicating a missing carbon sink averaging 0.65 Pg C year−1 since the early 20th century. …”
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Clinical outcomes and bone marker changes in postmenopausal women with dental implants: a one-year prospective study by Jung Min Cho, Namki Hong, Yumie Rhee, Wonse Park, Kyung Chul Oh, Yanggyung Seo, Hwangyu Lee, Hyeon-Gyu Jo, Yunji Shin, Jun-Young Kim

“…Resonance frequency analysis at 12 months revealed a mean implant stability tester value of 71.4 ± 5.52, indicating excellent osseointegration. …”
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Time Course of Changes in the Level of Procalcitonin in the Development of Nosocomial Pneumonia in Victims with Severe Concomitant Injury in an Intensive Care Unit by A. K. Shabanov, M. Sh. Khubutia, G. V. Bulava, N. V., Beloborodova, A. N. Kuzovlev, O. A. Grebenchikov, D. A. Kosolapov, M. I. Shpitonkov

“…In the group of victims with pneumonia, but without sepsis, the PCT level averaged 1.71±0.64 ng/ml just in the first 6 hours, then its concentration continued to rise and its maximum level (3.93±1.26 ng/ml) was recorded in the first 48 hours. …”
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Efficient pigs do not always have less environmental impacts: insights from an individual-based model to assess environmental, economic and technical performances by E. Janodet, H. Gilbert, L. Brossard, D. Renaudeau, F. Garcia-Launay

“…A principal component analysis was applied to the correlation matrix between environmental and economic performances to identify their main drivers. …”
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Assessment of feasibility of actigraphy as a measure of clinical change in response to an experimental interventional treatment in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disor... by Matthew Boice, Svetlana Bryant, Matthew Klein, Martine Meyer, Abi Bangerter, Srinivasan Vairavan, Gahan Pandina

“…Actigraphy features were identified based on potential clinical relevance and calculated as weekly averages for each participant’s study timepoints. Expert review was used to confirm validity of automated sleep/wake period detection. …”
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The impact of lipidome on intervertebral disk degeneration, low back pain, and sciatica: a Mendelian randomization study by Ze-Yu Pang, Yi-Bo Zhu, Jun-Xian Hu, Xiao-Xiao Li, Yong-Jian Gao, Yi-Yang Wang, Qiang Zhou, Pei Li

“…Additionally, we performed a sensitivity analysis by systematically excluding individual elements to gauge their impact on outcomes in Mendelian randomization. …”
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Exploring online learning: Virtual teaching quality, student satisfaction, and academic performance among nursing students in Peru – a cross-sectional study by Loujain S. Sharif, Jhan CM. Fernandez-Delgado, Erick E. Aguilar-Altamirano, Wildoro Ramírez-Ramírez, Alaa Mahsoon, Maram Banakhar, Higinio Fernández-Sanchez

“…Academic performance was assessed through documentary analysis of the students’ general averages, and Kendall’s tau-b test was used to assess the relationship. …”
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Improved Liquefaction Hazard Assessment via Deep Feature Extraction and Stacked Ensemble Learning on Microtremor Data by Oussama Arab, Soufiana Mekouar, Mohamed Mastere, Roberto Cabieces, David Rodríguez Collantes

“…The key raw seismic features of site amplification and resonance are extracted from the data via bandpass filtering, Fourier Transformation (FT), the calculation of the HVSR, and smoothing through the use of moving averages. The main novelty is the integration of machine learning, particularly stacked ensemble learning, for liquefaction potential classification from imbalanced seismic datasets. …”
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Scale-invariant total decay width Γ(H → b b ¯ $$ b\overline{b} $$ ) using the novel method of characteristic operator by Jiang Yan, Xing-Gang Wu, Jian-Ming Shen, Xu-Dong Huang, Zhi-Fei Wu

“…The PMC scale is fixed up to N3LL-accuracy, Q * = 55.2916 GeV and a scale-invariant total decay width is obtained, Γ H → b b ¯ = 2.3819 − 0.0231 + 0.0230 $$ \Gamma \left(H\to b\overline{b}\right)={2.3819}_{-0.0231}^{+0.0230} $$ MeV, whose errors are squared averages of the ones associated with ∆α s (M Z ) = ±0.0009, ∆M H = 0.11 GeV, Δ m ¯ b m ¯ b $$ \Delta {\overline{m}}_b\left({\overline{m}}_b\right) $$ = ±0.007 GeV, and the uncalculated N5LO contributions ∆Γ = ±0.0001 MeV predicted via Bayesian analysis with the degree-of-belief DoB = 95.5%.…”
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Age-sex differences in Alzheimer’s and related dementias burden and risk factors in east and Southeast Asia: results from the 2021 GBD study by Tengyu Zhao, Pengyu Pan, Yuhan Zhou, Xinyue Zhang, Quan Li, Yanyan Zhou, Yanyan Zhou

“…China experienced a 27.3% increase in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia ASYRs from 1990 to 2021, with a sharp 7.6% annual surge in 2021 alone, outpacing regional averages. Gender analysis revealed that women bear a disproportionate burden of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, especially after menopause, when the risk increases significantly. …”
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White-Matter Connectivity and General Movements in Infants with Perinatal Brain Injury by Ellen N. Sutter, Jose Guerrero-Gonzalez, Cameron P. Casey, Douglas C. Dean, Andrea de Abreu e Gouvea, Colleen Peyton, Ryan M. McAdams, Bernadette T. Gillick

“…Results: Corticospinal tract integrity did not differ between groups when averaged across hemispheres. However, infants with asymmetric general movements exhibited greater corticospinal tract asymmetries. …”
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Exploring the upper ocean characteristics of a bay using coastal and regional ocean community model by D. Jaishree, P.T. Ravichandran

“…A Taylor diagram was used for predicting the model with the other data sets.FINDINGS: The analysis is performed above the surface and sub-surface oceanic layers with prominent dynamics. …”
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Psychometric characteristics and feasibility of microinteraction-based Ecological Momentary Assessment in audiology research by Yu-Hsiang Wu, Elizabeth Stangl, Samuel Smith, Jacob Oleson, Christi Miller, Octav Chipara

“…In the field trial, participants completed 79.6% of the prompted surveys, with each participant averaging 42.9 surveys per day. Although participants experienced interruptions due to frequent prompts, annoyance and distraction levels were low. …”
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Examining Classic Bioimpedance Vector Patterns Between BMI Classifications Among Community-Dwelling Older Women by Kworweinski Lafontant, David H. Fukuda, Dea Chovatia, Cecil Latta, Chitra Banarjee, Jeffrey R. Stout, Rui Xie, Janet Lopez, Ladda Thiamwong

“…Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) is a non-invasive and accessible method for assessing body composition and cellular health (e.g., resistance/height, reactance/height, phase angle), yet little is known about how BMI categories differ in cellular health. …”
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Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Activation of Mirror Neuron Network in Healthy Adults during Motor Execution and Imitation: An fNIRS Study by Yao Cui, Fang Cong, Fu-Biao Huang, Ming Zeng, Jun Wang

“…Results: A total of 102 healthy adults were recruited and 72 participants’ data were analysed in the final report. The block averaged Hb data showed that HbO concentration increased and HbR concentration decreased in most MNN regions during ME and MI in both groups. …”
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Structure and Fractal Characteristics of Organic Matter Pores in Wufeng–Lower Longmaxi Formations in Southern Sichuan Basin, China by Quanzhong Guan, Dazhong Dong, Bin Deng, Cheng Chen, Chongda Li, Kun Jiao, Yuehao Ye, Haoran Liang, Huiwen Yue

“…The WLLFs exhibit a high organic matter content, averaging 3.20%. Organic matter pores are typically well-developed, predominantly observed within organic matter clusters, organic matter–clay mineral complexes, and the internal organic matter of pyrite framboid. …”
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Integration and differentiation of leadership higher education: lessons for Ukraine from the EU, USA and China by Volodymyr Lugovyi, Olena Slyusarenko, Zhanneta Talanova

“…The article is devoted to the analysis of the processes of integration and differentiation of leadership higher education in the world’s leading state associations of various degrees of unitarity — the EU, the USA, China. …”
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