School nutrition programs in Dubai: a landscape analysis by Reem AlGurg, Reem AlGurg, Nour Abu Mahfouz, Farah Otaki, Farah Otaki, Agnes Paulus, Agnes Paulus, Amar Hassan Khamis, Mohamad Alameddine

“…This highlights the importance of capturing an inside perspective about the specificities of the SNPs in order to ensure their effective, efficient, and equitable implementation across schools, irrespective of whether they are public or private.ObjectiveThe overall purpose of this study was to develop insight into SNPs in Dubai, and to investigate the difference in characteristics of those SNPs, between the public and private sectors.MethodsThis study relied on a quantitative tailor-made survey. …”
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Study protocol of the HessenKohorte2042: a prospective, longitudinal cohort study characterising quality of life in people with Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers using a bio... by Lars Timmermann, Heidrun Golla, Christiane Woopen, Petra Ina Pfefferle, Urs M Nater, David José Pedrosa, Urs Kleinholdermann, Franziska Thieken, Marina Christine Ruppert-Junck, Marlena van Munster, Anna Julia Pedrosa, Johanne Stümpel, Vincent Hammes, Björn Schmitz-Luhn, Anna Storms, Nadine Skoluda

“…Furthermore, holistic approaches that consider bio-psycho-social determinants are rare. In the worst cases, these gaps can lead to suboptimal care and therefore unmet needs for patients and their caregivers, resulting in unnecessary symptom burden and increased healthcare costs for society.Methods and analysis This prospective, longitudinal study will follow 1000 PwPD along with their caregivers for 20 years, with up to 40 semi-annual assessments. …”
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Long-term straw return with moderate nitrogen levels reshapes soil bacterial communities in a vertisol by Zichun Guo, Rui Qian, Rui Qian, Rui Qian, Wei Li, Tianyu Ding, Tianyu Ding, Lei Gao, Lei Gao, Xinhua Peng

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A multicenter randomized control trial: Point‐of‐care syndromic assessment versus standard testing in urgent care center patients with acute respiratory illness by Andrew C. Meltzer, Aditya Loganathan, Seamus Moran, Soroush Shahamatdar, Luis W. Dominguez, Joel Willis, Wei Zhang, Xinyi Zhang, Yan Ma

“…Methods We conducted an unblinded multicenter randomized controlled trial on UCC patients with an ARI. …”
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Prospective multicentre cohort trial on acute appendicitis and microbiota, aetiology and effects of antimicrobial treatment: study protocol for the MAPPAC (Microbiology APPendiciti... by Suvi Sippola, Juha Grönroos, Saija Hurme, Paulina Salminen, Sirpa Jalkanen, Erkki Eerola, Antti J Hakanen, Sanja Vanhatalo, Eveliina Munukka, Harri Marttila, V Sallinen, A Leppäniemi, T Rautio, S Meriläinen, P Nordström, J Laukkarinen, T Rantala, H Savolainen, M Aarnio, A Mattila, J Haijanen, E-L Sävelä, I Imre, H Paajanen, J Rintala, T Pinta, T Sippola, P Böckerman

“…In addition, MAPPAC aims to determine antibiotic and placebo effects on gut microbiota composition and antimicrobial resistance.Methods and analysis MAPPAC is a prospective clinical trial with both single-centre and multicentre arm conducted in close synergy with concurrent trials APPendicitis ACuta II (APPAC II) (per oral (p.o.) vs intravenous+p.o. antibiotics, NCT03236961) and APPAC III (double-blind trial placebo vs antibiotics, NCT03234296) randomised clinical trials. …”
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Proposed New Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening Criteria: Evidence for Including Older and Heavier Filipino Premature Babies by Kristine Corpus, MD, Jose Melvin Jimenez IV, MD, Rachelle Anzures, MD, Rena Ivy Bascuna, MD, Ricardo Ventura, MD, Macario Reandelar Jr., MD, MSPH

“…Objective: (1) To determine if preterm babies with ROP are missed with the existing Philippine Pediatric Society-Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology 2005 screening criteria of ≤32 weeks gestational age (GA) and ≤1,500 grams birth weight (BW), (2) to determine the incidence (missed-out rate) of these babies with ROP (>32 weeks GA, >1,500 grams BW), (3) to describe their profile, and (4) to determine the appropriate upper limit for GA and BW that can provide safe and efficient screening for severe ROP. …”
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A Novel Triboelectric–Electromagnetic Hybrid Generator with a Multi-Layered Structure for Wind Energy Harvesting and Wind Vector Monitoring by Jiaqing Niu, Ribin Hu, Ming Li, Luying Zhang, Bei Xu, Yaqi Zhang, Yi Luo, Jiang Ding, Qingshan Duan

“…High-efficiency wind energy collection and precise wind vector monitoring are crucial for sustainable energy applications, smart agriculture, and environmental management. …”
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Design optimization for enhancing performances of integrated planar inductor for power electronics applications by M. Si Ahmed, Y. Guettaf, A. Mokaddem, A. Mokhefi, A. Hamid, P. Spiteri, F. Z. Medjaoui

“…These results are significant for a wide range of applications, where the integrated planar inductor performance and efficiency can have a significant impact on the overall performance and cost-effectiveness of the power electronic device. …”
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Epidemiological analysis of stroke patients with emphasis on access to acute-phase therapies by Camila Favoreto do ROSÁRIO, Walker Garcia FERNANDES NETO, André Luiz PESSOTTI, Beatriz Cardoso RODRIGUES, Juliana Diniz BAPTISTA, Marcela SEGATTO, Vinicius Santana NUNES, Leandro de Assis BARBOSA, Abraão Ferraz Alves PEREIRA, Christiane Lourenço MOTA, José Antônio FIOROT JÚNIOR

“…However, despite the efficiency of the service provided at the HEC, it only reached a maximum of 50% of the ES population. …”
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Molecular Merged Hypergraph Neural Network for Explainable Solvation Gibbs Free Energy Prediction by Wenjie Du, Shuai Zhang, Zhaohui Cai, Xuqiang Li, Zhiyuan Liu, Junfeng Fang, Jianmin Wang, Xiang Wang, Yang Wang

“…Extensive experimental validation demonstrates the efficiency of MMHNN and its improved interpretability in capturing solute–solvent interactions.…”
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AI-based Assessment of Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus and Construction of a Prediction Model for a Treatment Regimen by Zhen Gao, Qiyuan Bai, Mingyu Wei, Hao Chen, Yan Yan, Jiahao Mao, Xiangzhi Kong, Yang Yu

“…Background: This study aimed to construct a prediction model for a treatment plan for patients with coronary artery disease combined with diabetes mellitus using machine learning to efficiently formulate the treatment plan for special patients and improve the prognosis of patients, provide an explanation of the model based on SHapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP), explore the related risk factors, provide a reference for the clinic, and concurrently, to lay the foundation for the establishment of a multicenter prediction model for future treatment plans. …”
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Implementing an enhanced recovery from surgery pathway to reduce hospital length of stay for primary hip or knee arthroplasty: a budget impact analysis by Melanie Lloyd, Zanfina Ademi, Ian A. Harris, Justine Naylor, Peter Lewis, Richard de Steiger, Rachelle Buchbinder, Anthony Wan, Ilana N. Ackerman

“…Abstract Background Given growing demand for hip and knee arthroplasty and unsustainable resource requirements, safe and efficient models of care are critical. This study aims to determine the impact on healthcare costs of implementing an enhanced short-stay model of care (ESS-MOC) for arthroplasty at a national level. …”
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Continuous versus intermittent cuff pressure monitoring in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: a multicentre randomised controlled trial by Yanshuo Wu, Yunhao Su, Liping Zhao, Xi Wang, Kun Zhang, Yuhong Chen, Xiaokun Zhang, Peng Gao, Kangkang Shen, Chencong Li, Yanling Yin, Congcong Zhao

“…The percentage of Pcuff determinations within the target range was higher with CCPM (96.9% vs. 70.7%; P < 0.001). …”
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The Long-term Variations and Influencing Factors of Soil Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity in Terraces on the Loess Plateau by PENG Xin, NI Lingshan, JI Keyan, DAI Wei, WANG Zhuoxiao, CHANG Heng, FANG Nufang

“…The results can provide a basis for the subsequent management of terraces and the development of efficient dryland farming.…”
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The Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide on Biogas and Methane Produced from Batch Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Spent Coffee Grounds by Siham Sayoud, Kerroum Derbal, Antonio Panico, Ludovico Pontoni, Massimiliano Fabbricino, Francesco Pirozzi, Abderrezzaq Benalia

“…This paper aims to explore both experimental and modeling anaerobic digestion (AD) processes as innovative methods for managing the substantial quantities of spent coffee grounds (SCG) generated in Algeria, transforming them into valuable renewable energy sources (biogas/methane). …”
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Gender difference in cross-sectional area and fat infiltration of thigh muscles in the elderly population on MRI: an AI-based analysis by Sara Bizzozero, Tito Bassani, Luca Maria Sconfienza, Carmelo Messina, Matteo Bonato, Cecilia Inzaghi, Federica Marmondi, Paola Cinque, Giuseppe Banfi, Stefano Borghi

“…Relevance statement Efficient deep learning-based MRI image segmentation to assess the composition of six thigh muscle groups in over 50 individuals revealed gender differences in thigh muscle CSA and FI. …”
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Hospice and palliative care utilization in 16 004 232 medicare claims: comparing trauma to surgical and medical inpatients by Matthew M Carrick, Samir M Fakhry, Yan Shen, Ransom J Wyse, Jeneva M Garland, Dorraine D Watts, Melissa Red Hoffman

“…The goal of this study was to determine whether there are differences among these three groups in rates of hospice and PC utilization.Methods Patients from Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) Inpatient Standard Analytical Files for 2016–2020 aged ≥65 years were analyzed. …”
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Optimising a multi-strategy implementation intervention to improve the delivery of a school physical activity policy at scale: findings from a randomised noninferiority trial by Cassandra Lane, Luke Wolfenden, Alix Hall, Rachel Sutherland, Patti-Jean Naylor, Chris Oldmeadow, Lucy Leigh, Adam Shoesmith, Adrian Bauman, Nicole McCarthy, Nicole Nathan

“…Methods A noninferiority cluster randomised controlled trial was undertaken with 48 primary schools in New South Wales, Australia. …”
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HUMAn, a Real-Time Evolutive Patient Model for Major Incident Simulation: Development and Validation Study by Maxence Laurent, Arnaud Jaccard, Laurent Suppan, Elio Erriquez, Xavier Good, Eric Golay, Dominique Jaccard, Mélanie Suppan

“…Major incident management must be efficient to save as many lives as possible. As any paramedic or emergency medical technician may unexpectedly have to respond to major incidents, regular training is mandatory. …”
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Migrant parent-child separation in the first three years of life and mental health problems at preschool age: A cross-sectional study by Hailati Akezhuoli, Minghui Tan, Yuyin Ma, Xintian Liu, Jiayao Xu, Jingjing Lu, Xudong Zhou

“…Methods: We conducted a kindergarten-based parent-reported questionnaire survey in Nanling, Anhui Province, from October 30 to November 3, 2023. …”
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