Screening general population for family history of sudden cardiac death unmasks high risk individuals as potential victims (pilot study) by Lamia Hamid, Alia Abdelfattah, Khaled Hussien, Khaled Farouk, Mohamed Amin, Lina Omar, M. Sherif Mokhtar

“…A questionnaire screening CAD risk factors and cardiac problems as indicators for SCD was developed, Data were collected from 8786 candidates by means of a questionnaire only protocol (random samples (8117)) and questionnaire plus clinical examination, ECG and laboratory investigations during medical convoys (random samples (669)). Data were coded and verified according to presence and absence of CAD risk factors, IHD and other risk factors in order that a triage could be performed in the general population to detect adults at risk of SCD. …”
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What is integrative medicine? Establishing the decision criteria for an operational definition of integrative medicine for general practice health services research in Australia by Jennifer Hunter, Joanna E. Harnett, Wai-Jo Jocelin Chan, Marie Pirotta

“…This article reports the decision criteria that will be used for an operational definition of integrative medicine (IM) in a secondary analysis of an Australian national survey of general practitioner activity. Methods: A multidisciplinary team applied an iterative approach, informed by expert knowledge and literature reviews to establish decision criteria for categorizing the terms in the Australian clinical interface terminology of the International Classification of Primary Care, second edition (ICPC-2 PLUS) and the Coding Atlas for Pharmaceutical Substances, according to whether they reflected IM, conventional/mainstream medicine (MM), or both IM and MM (IM/MM). …”
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Defining a minimal cell: essentiality of small ORFs and ncRNAs in a genome‐reduced bacterium by Maria Lluch‐Senar, Javier Delgado, Wei‐Hua Chen, Verónica Lloréns‐Rico, Francis J O'Reilly, Judith AH Wodke, E Besray Unal, Eva Yus, Sira Martínez, Robert J Nichols, Tony Ferrar, Ana Vivancos, Arne Schmeisky, Jörg Stülke, Vera van Noort, Anne‐Claude Gavin, Peer Bork, Luis Serrano

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A Generalized Center-Aligned High-Resolution Pulse Width Modulator Implementation Using an Output Serializer in Field Programmable Gate Arrays by Yixiao Wu, Zhong Wu

“…This paper presents a generalized CA-HRPWM design based on the output serializer (OSERDES) module. …”
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A Generalized Limit Equilibrium-Based Platform Incorporating Simplified Bishop, Janbu and Morgenstern–Price Methods for Soil Slope Stability Problems by Aman Alok, Avijit Burman, Pijush Samui, Mosbeh R. Kaloop, Mohamed Eldessouki

“…To avoid this interdependency of above stated variables, a separate formulation of Ei is given which reduces the calculations (run-time) involved. A VBA code-based platform has also been developed incorporating the generalized LE method, including Bishop’s, Janbu’s, and Morgenstern–Price methods which are represented in the form of flowcharts in this work.…”
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The International Community’s Fight Against Doping in Sport: UNESCO’s Role and Place by A. O. Orlov

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Issuing a Guilty Verdict With the Imposition of a Penalty and Certain Legal Aspects of Exemption From Its Execution by Lavrenti Maghlakelidze

“…Accordingly, the article examines the normative content of Article 269, paragraph 5 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia that provides for the provision in question. …”
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A tied-weight autoencoder for the linear dimensionality reduction of sample data by Sunhee Kim, Sang-Ho Chu, Yong-Jin Park, Chang-Yong Lee

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A COMPARATIVE PARADIGM OF NONFICTIONAL PROSE: A POLYASPECT LINGUISTIC DIMENSION by Alla Romanchenko, Tetiana Kovalevska, Mariia Druzhynets

“…We interpret the paradigm as a model of the world, and we define the comparative paradigm as a set of logical, semantic, functional and ethnocultural models that are appropriately verbalized and make up the system. In general, the comparative paradigm of the Ukrainian language is a complex system. …”
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Quantum Switches for Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill Qubit-Based All-Photonic Quantum Networks by Mohadeseh Azari, Paul Polakos, Kaushik P. Seshadreesan

“…The Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill (GKP) code, being information theoretically near optimal for quantum communication over Gaussian thermal-loss optical channels, is likely to be the encoding of choice for advanced quantum networks of the future. …”
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Correction: Long non-coding RNA Myd88 promotes growth and metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma via regulating Myd88 expression through H3K27 modification by Xiaoliang Xu, Yin Yin, Junwei Tang, Yu Xie, Zhuo Han, Xudong Zhang, Qiaoyu Liu, Xihu Qin, Xinli Huang, Beicheng Sun

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Physicians’ opinion of patients’ CPR decision: Secondary analysis from a pilot RCT by Stephanie Ji, Alexa Pisciotti, Mitsu Patel, Catherine Chen, Michael B. Steinberg, Karthik J. Kota

“…Background: While patients in the United States generally have final say in their code status, discussion with their physician plays an important role in decision-making. …”
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Evaluating the Construction and Limitations of Opportunism Principle in Indonesian Judiciary by Ade Sathya Sanathana Ishwara

“… • Implications on the Attorney General's Role: The research highlights the necessity for improved training and stricter selection procedures for prospective Attorney Generals. …”
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External validation of an artificial intelligence model using clinical variables, including ICD-10 codes, for predicting in-hospital mortality among trauma patients: a multicenter... by Seungseok Lee, Do Wan Kim, Na-eun Oh, Hayeon Lee, Seoyoung Park, Dong Keon Yon, Wu Seong Kang, Jinseok Lee

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Comparison of DKRZ Database and LARS-WG Model in Three Parameters of Minimum Temperature, Maximum Temperature and Precipitation (Case study: Qazvin plain) by Fatemeh Borzoo, Hadi Ramezani Etedali, Abbas Kaviani

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Association between dietary selenium intake and the prevalence of prediabetes in Newfoundland population: a cross-sectional study by Shanshan Yu, Hongwei Zhang, Jianling Du, Guang Sun

“…Multivariate logistic regression, generalized additive model regression, piecewise regression models, and subgroup stratification were employed to examine the association.ResultsThe study revealed a significant inverse relationship between body weight-adjusted dietary Se intake (μg/kg/d) and prediabetes prevalence in the fully adjusted models, with a non-linear threshold effect observed at 1.42 μg/kg/d. …”
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Principles of administrative legal proceedings in modern conditions: scientific and legal aspect by M. V. Dzhafarova

“…It has been established that the principles of administrative proceedings at the current stage of development of administrative procedural law should be understood as the basic, initial rules which are stipulated by the provisions of national legislation, as well as generally accepted provisions of international law and standards of administration of justice, and which determine the organisational and functional (procedural) conditions for the administration of justice in administrative cases, and which are reflected and enshrined in the relevant provisions of the Code of Administrative Procedure of Ukraine. …”
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Intra-Community Trade Asymmetries-BaSed Clustering and Linear Ordering of Combined Nomenclature Chapters Using Generalized Distance Measure (GDM) by Iwona Markowicz, Paweł Baran

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Demographic Characteristics, Etiology, and Comorbidities of Patients with Cushing’s Syndrome: A 10-Year Retrospective Study at a Large General Hospital in China by Jingya Zhou, Meng Zhang, Xue Bai, Shengnan Cui, Cheng Pang, Lin Lu, Haiyu Pang, Xiaopeng Guo, Yi Wang, Bing Xing

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Acceptability and implementation potential of colorectal cancer screening and health literacy training: A qualitative study among general practitioners in deprived areas. by Géraldine Cazorla, Niamh M Redmond, Aurore Lamouroux, Alix Boirot, Michel Rotily, Maria Claudia Addamiano, Christian Balamou, Zineb Doukhi, Myriam Kaou, Françoise Couranjou, Cyrille Delpierre, Julien Mancini, Marie-Anne Durand

“…This study aimed to assess the acceptability of an e-learning training programme on HL and CRC screening among general practitioners (GPs) in deprived areas while also exploring strategies for its promotion and scale-up.…”
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