Association of risk management practices and financial performance of microfinance institutions in Ethiopia: A two-step system generalized method of moments approach. by Megbaru Tesfaw Molla, Ratinder Kaur

“…The study utilized STATA version 15 software to address dynamic endogeneity bias, unobserved heteroskedasticity, and autocorrelation within individual units' errors in dynamic panel data using the generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator. According to the results of this study, both lagged variables, namely return on assets and return on equity, have a positive effect on the financing performance of Ethiopian MFIs. …”
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General statement of the challenge of selection of decisions to improve the protection of objects of life support from the population from the impact of air shock wave by Voskoboev V.F., Rybakov A.V., Ivanov E.V.

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The impact of removing financial incentives and/or audit and feedback on chlamydia testing in general practice: A cluster randomised controlled trial (ACCEPt-able). by Jane S Hocking, Anna Wood, Meredith Temple-Smith, Sabine Braat, Matthew Law, Liliana Bulfone, Callum Jones, Mieke van Driel, Christopher K Fairley, Basil Donovan, Rebecca Guy, Nicola Low, John Kaldor, Jane Gunn

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Audit/feedback is more effective than financial incentives of AU$5-AU$8 per chlamydia test at sustaining GP chlamydia testing practices over time in Australian general practice.…”
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Single Monetary Policy, Inflation Targeting, Interest Rate Targeting and Bank Efficiency in the Euro Area: Panel Generalized Method of Moments Approach by Ehsan Rajabi, Reza Sherafatian Jahromi

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Exploring the impact of meaning in life on the professional commitment of nursing students on the basis of general self-efficacy: a structural equation modelling approach by A. Panahi, S. Haghighi, N. Sayadi, M. Seyyedtabib

“…The present study aimed to model the structural equations of the mediating effect of meaning in life on the relationship between general self-efficacy and the professional commitment of nursing students. …”
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Complete regression of generalized plasmacytoma of lymph nodes in a liver transplant recipient during the conversion of immunosuppressive therapy from tacrolimus to everolimus by V. E. Syutkin, V. R. Gorodetskiy, A. A. Salienko, N. A. Probatova, N. A. Kupryshina, M. S. Novruzbekov

“…We analyze a case of generalized primary plasmacytoma of lymph nodes with bone marrow involvement in a patient after liver transplantation.Results. …”
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Design and application of a general connector for drainage tube (一种引流管通用连接器的设计与应用) by FAN Chunmei (范春梅), DONG Ke (董可)

“…This paper introduces the design and use method of a utility model general connector for drainage tube, which is simple in structure and convenient in use, and can effectively improve the drainage effect and improve the work efficiency of medical staff by rinsing. …”
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Composite dietary antioxidant index is nonlinearly associated with low muscle mass in the general US population: findings from NHANES 2001–2018 by Miaohong Wang, Huan Shi

“…We aimed to explore the association of the CDAI with low muscle mass in the general U.S. population. Methods The participants were individuals aged ≥ 20 years who completed the NHANES from 2001 to 2006 and 2011–2018. …”
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Variables associated with COVID-19 severity: an observational study of non-paediatric confirmed cases from the general population of the Basque Country, Spain by Mónica Machón, Maider Mateo-Abad, Kalliopi Vrotsou, Itziar Vergara, Rafael Rotaeche

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Physical exercise for treating non-motor symptoms assessed by general Parkinson’s disease scales: systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials by Valton Costa, Alice de Oliveira Barreto Suassuna, Thanielle Souza Silva Brito, Thalita Frigo da Rocha, Anna Carolyna Gianlorenco

“…Our aim was to verify the effects of exercise on NMS, as assessed using general NMS scales.Methods This study is a systematic review and meta-analysis. …”
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A novel spatial heteroscedastic generalized additive distributed lag model for the spatiotemporal relation between PM2.5and cardiovascular hospitalization by Ali Hadianfar, Helmut Küchenhoff, Shahab MohammadEbrahimi, Azadeh Saki

“…This developed model is a Spatial Heteroscedastic Generalized Additive Distributed Lag (SHGADL) model. …”
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Mortality burden from variation in provision of surgical care in emergency general surgery: a cohort study using the National Inpatient Sample by Vanessa P Ho, Elizabeth Pfoh, Christopher W Towe, Adam T Perzynski, Wyatt P Bensken, Jarrod Dalton, Alfred F Connors, Jeffrey A Claridge

“…Model-concordant care showed a protective effect against mortality (AOR 0.83, 0.74 to 0.92).Conclusions Nearly one in seven EGS patients received model-discordant care, which was associated with higher mortality. …”
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Comparison of general anaesthesia and regional anaesthesia in terms of mortality and complications in elderly patients with hip fracture: a nationwide population-based study by Eun Jin Ahn, Hyo Jin Kim, Kyung Woo Kim, Hey Ran Choi, Hyun Kang, Si Ra Bang

“…Objective To evaluate the effects of anaesthesia on postoperative outcome in elderly patients who underwent hip fracture surgery.Setting Nationwide National Health Insurance Sharing Service database of Korea.Participants All patients aged ≥65 years old who underwent hip fracture surgery, covered by the Korean National Health Insurance, between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2015.Interventions Hip fracture surgery under general anaesthesia (group GA) or regional anaesthesia (group RA), with a principal diagnosis of femoral fracture.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was the anaesthetic-type effect on 30-day mortality and the secondary outcome was postoperative delirium requiring pharmacological intervention.Results Among the 96 289 patients who underwent hip fracture surgery, 25 593 and 70 696 patients received GA and RA, respectively. …”
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Incorporating Forest Mapping-Related Uncertainty into the Error Propagation of Wall-to-Wall Biomass Maps: A General Approach for Large and Small Areas by Hassan C. David, Alexander C. Vibrans, Rorai P. Martins-Neto, Ana Paula Dalla Corte, Sylvio Péllico Netto

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An Evaluation of the Relationship between the Pleth Variability Index with Bleeding and Volume Responsiveness in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery Under General Anesthesia by Maziar Motemanni Sharabiani, Khalil Pestei, Laya Amoozadeh, Leila Sahebi, Farhad Etezadi, Mojgan Rahimi

“…Notably, the amount of fluid received by different people (taking into consideration weight, bleeding, etc.) had no effect on PVI decreasing. Conclusion: The PVI provides a cheap and readily accessible way to determine volume responsiveness, which is unaffected by various individual variables and can be performed in a prone position. …”
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Validation of the Thai version of the quality of recovery scale (QoR-14-Thai) after elective abdominal surgery under general anesthesia by Lalisa Saeaeh, Pornprom Sitthivethayanont, Theerawat Chalacheewa, Tharin Thampongsa, Chakrit Sukying, Rojnarin Komonhirun, Lisa Sangkum

“…In this study, we aimed to validate a translated Thai version of the QoR-15 in patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery under general anesthesia. Methods This was a single-center observational cohort study. …”
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All You Need is XOR-Convolution: A Generalized Higher-Order Side-Channel Attack with Application to XEX/XE-based Encryptions by Rei Ueno, Akira Ito, Yosuke Todo, Akiko Inoue, Kazuhiko Minematsu, Hibiki Ishikawa, Naofumi Homma

“…The proposed collision SCA effectively erases the effect of random offsets by using XOR-convolution, whereas conventional collision SCAs are ineffective in this scenario. …”
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General anesthesia is an independent predictor for worse maternal outcome in pregnant pulmonary arterial hypertension patients without cardiac shunt but not for those with shunt by Weida Lu, Min Li, Fuqing Ji, Hua Feng, Liangyi Qie, Guo Li, Qiushang Ji, Mingying Ling, Fan Jiang, Xiaopei Cui

“…Risk factors for end points were analyzed separately in patients with and without cardiac shunt. The effect of general anesthesia on MACEs and maternal death was analyzed considering cardiac shunts. …”
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The predictive role of the hs-CRP/HDL-C ratio for long-term mortality in the general population: evidence from a cohort study by Yifeng Wang, Li Wang, Zongquan Zhao, Song Yin, Xuejun Tang, Kerui Zhang

“…In addition, a significant interaction effect with smoking status was discovered (P = 0.006), indicating that the association of the hs-CRP/HDL-C ratio with all-cause mortality was stronger in nonsmokers. …”
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Efficiency of Magnesium Sulphate as a Sole Muscle Relaxant for General Anaesthesia with Vecuronium Bromide for Tracheal Intubation: A Prospective Interventional Study by Bhupendra Singh, Praveen Kumar, D Harsha, Vikram Singh Rathore, Ram Murti Sharma

“…All patients were scheduled for elective surgery under General Anaesthesia (GA) with endotracheal intubation. …”
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