The impact of humanising hospital care on health outcomes: an observational study protocol by Regina Allande-Cussó, Yolanda-Angustias Mejías-Martín, María-Dolores Quiñoz-Gallardo, Ana-María Porcel-Gálvez

“…Whilst acknowledging its limitations, the study represents a critical step in evaluating the humanisation of care in Spanish hospitals and informing strategies for improvement. …”
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Stochastic modeling of sea ice concentration fields for assessment of navigation conditions along the Northern Sea Route by R. I. May, R. B. Guzenko, O. V. Tarovik, A. G. Topaj, A. V. Yulin

“…In order to verify the developed stochastic generator, we compared the statistical indicators of observed and calculated ice fields. …”
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PREDICTION INDONESIA COMPOSITE INDEX USING INTEGRATION DECOMPOSITION- NEURAL NETWORK ENSEMBLE DURING VUCA ERA by Imelda Saluza, Ensiwi Munarsih, Faradillah Faradillah, Leriza Desitama Anggraini

“…Therefore, future data is needed to inform investors and business people when making portfolio decisions. This paper develops a decomposition and Neural Network (NN) integration model to predict ICI during the VUCA era. …”
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The pressure control of independent load port electro-hydraulic load simulation system using fixed time integral sliding mode active disturbance rejection by He Hao, Hao Yan

“…To mitigate system chattering and enhance system loading performance and disturbance immunity, a fixed-time integral sliding mode controller was developed within the framework of active disturbance rejection control. …”
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The prevalence of neuropathic pain pathophysiology associated with ankle fracture: A study protocol. by Tyler Nguyen, Kelly M Naugle, Michael Fletcher, Hillarie Dawn Arellano, Kathy Leslie, Anastasiya Bahdanovich, MaKenzie Barger, Lauren Christine Hill, Roman M Natoli, Fletcher A White

“…To date, the Department of Defense (DOD) and MHS have emphasized multimodal, multidisciplinary, stepped treatment for chronic pain that prioritizes nonpharmacologic therapies and non-opioid pain medications. …”
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Energy evolution of sandstone under different cyclic loading and unloading modes in true triaxial mode by ZHANG Qihang, MENG Xiangrui, ZHAO Guangming

“…To clarify the impact of different cyclic loading and unloading modes on the energy evolution of sandstone, triaxial cyclic loading and unloading tests were conducted using the self-developed TAWZ-5000/3000 rock true triaxial testing system along different paths. …”
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The impact of contaminated water with pharmaceutical hazards on the Vicia faba plant cell's components and mitosis behavior by Mariam Alketbi, Rania Ali, Abdullah A. L. Mutery

“…Therefore, it is important to monitor and regulate the presence of paracetamol in the environment and to develop effective strategies for their removal or degradation from the recycled water as a previous step before being used in plants irrigation. …”
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The pathogenetic mechanisms of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease (a literature review) by T. M. Boychuk, A. I. Gozhenko, N. D. Filipets, V. M. Khodorovskyy

“…To date it is unknown why kidney injury initially causes reversible changes, but with the passing of time irreversible acute renal insufficiency occurs or chronic process develops. Broadening pathogenesis knowledge is an important step toward improving early diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic kidney injury for the maximal postponement of end-stage renal disease. …”
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Path and speed planning with longitudinal and lateral motion coupling on arbitrary road profile for driving assistance and automated driving systems by Tohru YOSHIOKA, Keisuke SUZUKI

“…Consequently, optimal path and speed plans can be derived by solving a system of linear equations at each time step. We also develop a strategy for coupling gain management to suppress transient vehicle jerk fluctuations caused by lateral acceleration sign reversals. …”
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DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM STATISTICAL SYNTHESIS, BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT CARRIED OUT WITH THE INTENSITY OF INTERACTION TEACH AND THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT by E. V. Kondratyonok, V. A. Kondratyonok

“…To assess the adequacy of the model developed by the authors pedagogical experiment was carried out, the nature and the results of which will be given in subsequent publications.…”
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Optimizing PSO for classification: comparison of Naïve Bayes and C4.5 for osteoporosis prediction by Zulfi Anugerahwati, Sri Lestari

“…The primary objective is to predict an individual’s risk of developing osteoporosis, including age, gender, bone density, lifestyle factor, medical history, and nutritional intake of calcium and vitamin D. …”
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Longitudinal observational cohort study: Speech for Intelligent cognition change tracking and DEtection of Alzheimer’s Disease (SIDE-AD) by Craig W Ritchie, Saturnino Luz, Graciela Muniz Terrera, Stina Saunders, Fasih Haider

“…To address this, we implemented a consent process, whereby the first step of the consent is done entirely remotely but a member of the research team contacts the participant over the phone to consent participants to the optional, most sensitive, elements of the study. …”
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Assessing the Effect of Saturation Variations on the Factor of Safety of Slopes in Elgon Sub-Region. by Muboki, Peterson

“…Ultimately, this study work serves as a stepping stone toward safer and more resilient slope designs in challenging landscapes.…”
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Activation of functional α7-containing nAChRs in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons by physiological levels of choline in the presence of PNU-120596. by Bopanna I Kalappa, Alexander G Gusev, Victor V Uteshev

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>An approach previously developed for α7-containing nAChRs expressed in tuberomammillary neurons was applied to investigate functional CA1 pyramidal α7-containing nAChRs using rat coronal hippocampal slices and patch-clamp electrophysiology. …”
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基于SPE-HILIC-QTOF-MS技术鉴定 巴氏杀菌乳中的磷脂成分Identification of phospholipids in pasteurized milk using SPE-HILIC-QTOF-MS by 顾竞一，李夏冰，廖光琴，王天彩，王子双，贾琪，张星联，钱永忠，邱静 GU Jingyi, LI Xiabing, LIAO Guangqin, WANG Tiancai, WANG Zishuang, JIA Qi, ZHANG Xinglian, QIAN Yongzhong, QIU Jing

“…The results showed that 4 mL of dichloromethane-methanol （volume ratio 2∶ 1） was selected to extract the lipid from 1 mL of the sample, and the phospholipid fractions were separated by a two-step washing of 10 mL of n-hexane and 10 mL of isopropanol-dichloromethane （volume ratio 3∶ 7） with a one-step elution of 2 mL of methanol; three iterations were selected to collect the MS/MS information of the sample. …”
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Antecedents of Trust in Sharing Economy Platforms: Prioritization Using the Best-Worst Method by Navid Khanjanzadeh Kakeroodi, Ali Adabi Firoozjaei, Soheil Nejat, Hamidreza Fallah Lajimi

“…The second step focused on sample selection. A systematic review method was employed to select the articles. …”
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Exploring the boundaries of anastomotic leak: experience in a high-volume center by Carolina Riscanevo Bobadilla, Gloria Flórez Dussan, Jorge Vargas, Liliana Suarez, German Jimenez, Carlos Gonzalez, Andrea Carolina Córdoba, Wilmar Martín, Diego Olivera, Raúl Guevara

“…Results Among 500 patients who had total gastrectomy, 54 developed esophagojejunal leaks. The cohort was 64.8% male, average age 55.2 years (± 14.87), and average BMI 24.5 kg/m². …”
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Exploring the professional identity of physicians experienced in older persons’ health care - implications for medical education: A qualitative study by Annemarie Moll-Jongerius, Kirsten Langeveld, Wing Tong, Tahir Masud, Martin Smalbrugge, Anneke W.M. Kramer, Wilco P. Achterberg

“…Abstract Background Given the growing population of older persons, medical students need to develop an appropriate professional identity that enables them to give older persons the health care they need. …”
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Construction and characterization of bioluminescent Salmonella Reading outbreak and non-outbreak strains by Abubakar Shitu Isah, Reshma Ramachandran, Anuraj Theradiyil Sukumaran, Aaron S. Kiess, Claudia D. Castañeda, Timothy Boltz, Kenneth S. Macklin, Hossam Abdelhamed, Li Zhang

“…There is a critical need for close monitoring of this newly emerged pathogen. This study developed bioluminescent strains of S. Reading for real-time pathogen tracking using bioluminescence imaging. …”
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A Mitomycin C-Sparing Novel Technique for Subscleral Trabeculectomy in Primary Congenital Glaucoma by Ashraf Bor’i, Salah M. Al-Mosallamy, Tamer G. Elsayed, Wael M. El-Haig

“…One eye (4%) in group I developed drawn-up pupil. Choroidal effusion developed in one eye (4%) at each group. …”
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