Effect of Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitor (Sivelestat Sodium) on Oxygenation in Patients with Sepsis-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Wu T, Wang T, Jiang J, Tang Y, Zhang L, Jiang Z, Liu F, Kong G, Zhou T, Liu R, Guo H, Xiao J, Sun W, Li Y, Zhu Y, Liu Q, Xie W, Qu Y, Wang X

“…On day 5, 19/34 (55.9%) patients in the sivelestat group had PaO2/FiO2 ratio improvement compared with 7/36 (19.4%) patients in the placebo group (risk difference, 0.36; 95% CI, 0.14 to 0.56, p< 0.001). …”
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Mixtures of Algal Oil and Terrestrial Oils in Diets of Tiger Puffer (<i>Takifugu rubripes</i>) by Lu Zhang, Haoxuan Li, Ziling Song, Qingyan Gao, Chenchen Bian, Qiang Ma, Yuliang Wei, Mengqing Liang, Houguo Xu

“…The weight gain, feed conversion ratio, body composition, and serum biochemical parameters were not significantly different among the three groups, except that the AO+PO group had a significantly lower muscle lipid content than the other two groups. …”
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Prevalence of risk factors of non-communicable diseases in Kerala, India: results of a cross-sectional study by P S Sarma, Rajeev Sadanandan, Jissa Vinoda Thulaseedharan, Biju Soman, Kannan Srinivasan, R P Varma, Manju R Nair, A S Pradeepkumar, Panniyammakal Jeemon, K R Thankappan, Raman V Kutty

“…Only 13.8% of urban and 18.4% of rural residents did not have any of the seven NCD risk factors studied.Conclusion Majority of the participants had more than one NCD risk factor. There was no rural–urban difference in terms of raised BP or raised FBG prevalence in Kerala. …”
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Biomechanical comparison of three tibial tunnel positions for PCL reconstruction: a 3D finite element analysis by Siman Tian, Yi Zheng, Yubin Long, Yingzhen Niu, Zhikuan Li, Jiangtao Dong

“…Conclusion Compared with the anatomic regional center point and Fanelli point reconstruction PCL, the grafts of the soft tissue reference tibial localization reconstruction PCL method were subjected to greater tensile forces, but they had significantly lower friction with the tibia and were able to reduce contact wear with the tibia. …”
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Etapas de cambio y regulación en usuarios de servicios deportivos. Relación con la satisfacción y la lealtad (Stages of change and regulation in users of sports services. Relation... by Luis Alberto Dueñas Dorado, José Alberto Pérez-García, José Leandro Trístán-Rodríguez, Flavia da Cunha-Bastos, Alberto Nuviala

“…Several instruments were used for the research: the Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire, Stages of Change Questionnaire, four items from EPOD2, and four items from a scale of future intentions of users of sports services. All of them had the necessary validity and reliability. Mean comparison tests, contingency tables and correlations were performed. …”
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Dietary inclusion of hay of greater digestibility and water-soluble carbohydrate content increases performance of dairy cows, irrespective of concentrate type and breed by M. Coppa, D. Pomiès, B. Martin, M. Bouchon, J.P. Renaud, M. Aoun, B. Deroche, R. Baumont

“…Cows fed A hay diet ingested more WSC (+551 g/day) and had a higher WSC/CP ratio (+0.24) than B hay diet−fed cows. …”
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Genetics of twinning rate in Italian Holsteins by J.S. Katende, A. Costa, M. Santinello, F. Galluzzo, M. Marusi, R. Finocchiaro, M. Cassandro, M. Penasa

“…Moreover, a multiple-trait approach was adopted considering TR in different parities as different traits to estimate h2 within parity, as well as genetic and phenotypic correlations between parities. …”
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Multimodal dynamic retinal vessel analysis offers new insights in microvascular defects in Fabry’s disease by Abdelrahman Assaf, Konstantin Kotliar, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Ines Lanzl

“…The entire patient group showed no significant difference in response to the flicker light compared to the control group. …”
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The influence of the interfacing angle between the pedicle screw and support rods on the clinical outcomes after posterior lumbar-sacral topping-off surgery: A retrospective clinic... by Mingzheng Zhao, Honghao Yang, Shixuan Guo, Fengqi Cheng, Yaoshen Zhang, Yong Hai, Yuzeng Liu

“…Additionally, patients with angle mismatch had significantly higher VAS scores than those without mismatch (3.63 ± 0.93 vs. 2.19 ± 0.78, P < 0.001). …”
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Retrospective Analysis of the Pattern, Causes and Variants of Ocular Herpes Severity by G. M. Chernakova, G. Sh. Arzhimatova, E. V. Shirshova, A. V. Andrianova, E. A. Kleshcheva, N. V. Mel’nikova

“…The most frequent (422 cases) provoked ophthalmic herpes was different systemic infectious processes. The second place by the frequency of provoking factors is occupied by a group of causes related to corneal damage of different genesis (285 patients). …”
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Spatiotemporal variations of vegetation and its response to climate change and human activities in loess hilly area of western Henan Province, China by Zhijia Gu, Zhijia Gu, Keke Ji, Keke Ji, Zixin Li, Gaohan Xu, Gaohan Xu, Ao Li, Yi Shen, Yi Shen, Chong Yao, Chong Yao, Boxiang Yang

“…The observed vegetation improvement across the study area between 2000 and 2022 can be primarily attributed to enhanced spring vegetation growth during this period. (3) Partial correlation analysis indicated that the precipitation had more significant effect on NDVI than temperature in the study area. …”
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Combination of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound irradiating immune organs with immune checkpoint blockade augments systemic anti-tumor immunity on low tumor burden 4T-1 breast cance... by Jixi Li, Linqing Wen, Yujun Guo, Dan Yao, Bihang Sun, Hai Mou, Nianzhi Chen, Kun Zhou, Yan Wang, Wenzhi Chen

“…In 4T-1 low tumor burden model, after LIPUS irradiated different organs for 28d or combined with αPD-1, the tumor volume, lung metastasis, and survival time were observed. …”
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The impact of spatiotemporal variability of environmental conditions on wheat yield forecasting using remote sensing data and machine learning by Keltoum Khechba, Mariana Belgiu, Ahmed Laamrani, Alfred Stein, Abdelhakim Amazirh, Abdelghani Chehbouni

“…The 2019–2020 season showed strong fluctuations in accuracy throughout the growing season, whereas the 2020–2021 season had a consistent improvement in accuracy over time. …”
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Intensified conditioning containing decitabine versus standard myeloablative conditioning for adult patients with KMT2A-rearranged leukemia: a multicenter retrospective study by Zhongli Hu, Zinan Feng, Shiqi Liu, Hai He, Ying Dong, Zhiping Fan, Yiqing Li, Fen Huang, Na Xu, Can Liu, Yunxin Zeng, Ping Zhu, Ren Lin, Hua Jin, Xiong Zhang, Ruijuan Sun, Qifa Liu, Li Xuan

“…Eligible patients were aged 14 years or older at transplantation, had a diagnosis of KMT2A-r leukemia, and underwent the first allo-HSCT. …”
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The measurement of microplastics in surface water and their impact on histopathological structures in wading birds of district Lahore by Shaza Mehboob, Khalid Mahmood Anjum, Hamda Azmat, Muhammad Imran

“…Birds from Site I (Main Stream of River Ravi) had 100% of their organs containing plastic items compared to those from Site II (Shahdara Drain). …”
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Implementation of Adaptive Observer and Mathematical Model Validation of the Evaporator of an Absorption Heat Transformer by Ricardo Fabricio Escobar-Jiménez, Isaac Justine Canela-Sánchez, Manuel Adam-Medina, Abisai Acevedo-Quiroz, Armando Huicochea-Rodríguez, David Juárez-Romero

“…Moreover, the temperatures simulated with the model using the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>R</mi><msub><mi>e</mi><mrow><mi>O</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>t</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> estimated with the observers had errors between 0.04012% and 0.14160%.…”
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Soil resource heterogeneity promotes species richness only at a fine scale at the early restoration of karst abandoned farmland by Xuman Guo, Jie Luo, Weixue Luo, Haohan Du, Yijie Zhao, Wenjing Tao, Zongfeng Li, Kiran Shehzadi, Jianping Tao, Jinchun Liu

“…We made in situ observations at different spatial scales within a fixed plot on abandoned farmland that had been enclosed for 4 years. …”
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HS–SPME combined with GC–MS and GC–O for characterization of key aroma-active compounds in fruity and grassy peppers (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) by Qingyun Shan, Yu Wan, Jude Liang, Wanjuan He, Jing Zeng, Wenhui Liang, Siwei Xiong, Meiling Zhang, Bing Wang, Xuexiao Zou, Cheng Xiong, Feng Liu

“…GC–O and relative odor activity value analysis revealed that 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine had a highly bitter, spicy aroma intensity in all peppers. …”
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Longer duration of high-dose corticosteroids provides benefit for hospitalized COVID-19 patients with high oxygen requirement by Junping Fan, Huaiya Xie, Yaqi Wang, Siqi Pan, Tingyu Wang, Chuan Shi, Xinjie Hui, Huan Hou, Xiaoxing Gao, Wangji Zhou, Xiangning Liu, Yunxin Liu, Jinglan Wang, Xinlun Tian

“…Safety outcomes did not differ significantly, except for Group C, which had the highest venous thromboembolism rate. …”
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Advice on better utilization of validation data to adjust odds ratios for differential exposure misclassification (recall bias) by Igor Burstyn, George Luta

“…The resulting simulated OR had a median of 1.00 and a 95% simulation interval of 0.48–1.31. …”
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