Designing a competency model for the succession of nursing managers, using the Fuzzy Inference System by Marzieh Khorasani-Gerdehkouhi, Seyed Mahmoud Taheri, Mohammad Ali Cheraghi

“…In the third- level, the perceptual, relational, and technical variables had higher priorities, respectively. Conclusion: Senior managers could use the proposed model as a checklist/questionnaire to make strategic planning for the succession of nursing managers.  …”
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Onset after New Coronavirus Infection COVID-19 by I. Yu. Feklina, M. G. Mnatsakanyan, A. P. Pogromov, O. V. Tashchyаn

“…The study included patients having had COVID-19 infection over 6 months ago and complying with Rome IV criteria (2016). …”
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Impact of sleep chronotype on blood pressure and metabolic markers by Weiwei Huang, Qinglu Wang, Yuan Gao, Jiefeng Wang, Feihao Wang, Jiyou Tang

“…After controlling for the influence of age-related factors, the evening type group had lower systolic blood pressure, diastolic pressure, and mean arterial pressure (MAP) compared to the morning type and neither type (p < 0.05). 4. …”
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Rethinking Advanced Driver Assistance System taxonomies: A framework and inventory of real-world safety performance by Ksander N de Winkel, Michiel Christoph

“…(−19.1%) and DMS! (DMS!) (−14%) had the strongest crash rate reduction effects, followed by AEB! …”
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Trabecular Bone Remodeling after Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Indirect Findings for Stress Transmission between Vertebrae after Spinal Fusion Surgery by Naoki Segi, Hiroaki Nakashima, Sadayuki Ito, Jun Ouchida, Ryotaro Oishi, Ippei Yamauchi, Yuichi Miyairi, Yoshinori Morita, Mikito Tsushima, Hiroyuki Tomita, Kazuaki Morishita, Kazuma Ohshima, Tokumi Kanemura, Shiro Imagama

“…Conclusions: TBR-positive segments had significantly lower future VEC positivity, higher future facet union rates, and lower future pseudarthrosis rates. …”
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Design of an Inhalation Chamber and Metrology Assessment to Study Tungsten Aerosol Neurotoxic Effects by Léo Macé, Chrystelle Ibanez, Thomas Gelain, Cécile Bodiot, Laure Juhel, François Gensdarmes

“…First, we fed a mixture of coarse tungsten bead powder and aerosolizable tungsten powder, which had been combined in specific mass proportions, to an RBG 1000 (Palas®) equipped with a cyclone at the outlet that filtered out the coarse particles. …”
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A Study of Hypothyroidism in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients by Sudharsanan V, Prabhu Shankar S, Viknesh V

“…Results: The study population had a mean age of 50.6 years, with 61.2% females. …”
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The Incidence, Gender Predilection and Etiology of Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus by Ahmed Naji Abdalrezaq, Hawar Hassan Naqshbandi, Fadhil Ahmed Mohialdeen, Mohammed IM Gubari

“…Overall, 103 out of 1000 patients had Pilonidal sinus, while 897 out of 1000 patients did not show any sign of the disease. …”
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Malnutrition risk, weight loss, and subsequent survival in patients listed for heart transplantation by Tae Kyung Yoo, MD, MS, Satoshi Miyashita, MD, Ariella Stein, MSCIS-HI, Michael Wu, BS, MPH, Lauren Parsly Read-Button, MPH, RD, LDN, Masashi Kawabori, MD, Greg S. Couper, MD, Edward Saltzman, MD, Amanda R. Vest, MBBS, MPH

“…Results: The 1,024 patients [76% male; median age 55 (46–61) years; HT operation n = 656] had median follow-up of 4.6 (interquartile range 1.6–8.7) years. …”
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Vascular access on YouTube: Navigating the stream of information for hemodialysis patients by Alp Yildirim, Muhammed Sefa Saglam, Serkan Mola, Ali Baran Budak

“…Videos with higher DISCERN scores had longer durations (p=0.01). However, videos with lower scores received more likes and views (p [Turk J Vasc Surg 2024; 33(2.000): 64-70]…”
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Efficacy of a simple intravitreal perfluoropropane injection in treating unclosed idiopathic macular holes following vitrectomy by Zexia Dou, Jindong Han, Shaozhen Zhao

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a simple intravitreal injection of perfluoropropane (C3F8) in treating unclosed idiopathic macular holes (IMHs) in patients who had previously undergone primary pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). …”
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Associations between Personal Exposure to Metals in Fine Particulate Matter and Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction among Healthy Adults by Yi-Hsueh Liao, Wei-Liang Chen, Chung-Ching Wang, Ching-Huang Lai

“…This longitudinal study recruited 82 adults aged 20 to 35 years from districts A and B. District A had lower ambient PM2.5 levels than district B. …”
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Assessing psychological health and reproductive function: Depression, anxiety, and stress in infertile men compared to controls: A case-control study by Seyedeh Narjes Roudbaraki, Maryam Ramezani, Bita Saifi, Mostafa Salimi, Massood Issapour Cheshani

“…Conclusion: Our study found infertile men had higher stress, anxiety, and depression than the control group. …”
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Pattern of Orbito-ocular Tumours in Nigeria: a systematic review by Godswill I. Nathaniel, Ugochukwu A. Eze, Arinze A. Onwuegbuna, Chigozie I. Echieh, Helen A. Alen

“…Squamous cell papilloma had the highest distribution among the benign category. …”
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Biodiversity conservation and threat reduction in Kibale and Queen Elizabeth conservation areas, Uganda by Joseph Katswera, Norah M. Mutekanga, Charles K.Twesigye

“…Both conservation areas had an ecological integrity rating average score of “yellow” indicating significant “concern” and therefore “dissatisfactory”. …”
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Characterization of New Particle Formation in Soft X-ray Radiolysis Reactor: AMCs-to-Secondary Inorganic Aerosols by Jiyoon Shin, Kyungil Cho, Yoonkyeong Ha, Giwon Kang, Jihye Park, Hunkwan Park, Changhyuk Kim

“…Among the parameters for controlling soft X-ray radiolysis, the soft X-ray intensity had the highest effect on the inorganic AMCs-to-nanoparticle conversion.…”
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Archaeozoological material from the Late Antique fortified settlement near the modern-day town of Dimovo, northwestern Bulgaria by Zlatozar Boev, Alexander Manev, Alexander Harizanov, Ivaylo Dedov

“…Along with animal husbandry, hunting still had a significant place. Some wild mammals (such as wild boar, Еuropean hare, red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, aurochs, and European bison) were hunted for food, while others (such as red fox, wild cat, grey wolf, brown bear, and beaver) were hunted for their fur. …”
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A comparison of the efficacy of the effect of online versus face-to-face group counseling based on positive-approach on sexual intimacy of women after benign abdominal hysterectomy... by Orly Nazanin Kalimi, Tayebeh Mokhtari Sorkhani, Ali Dehghani, Mahshid Bokaie

“…Methods This is a parallel clinical trial, conducted in 2023 in Yazd, Iran; with sixty-six participants post- benign complete abdominal hysterectomy were randomly assigned to online and face-to-face counseling groups. Each group had eight 90-minute sessions, and data were collected using demographic and intimacy scale (IS) questionnaires at baseline, eighth week, and twelfth week follow-up. …”
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Comparative Study of Combined Steroid-Antibiotic Aural Pack versus Antibiotic Drop in Otitis Externa by Jayanta Saha, Debabrata Biswas, Tithi Debnath, Subhadeep Chowdhury

“…RESULTS Patients belonging to the steroid-antibiotic pack group had early subsidence of edema and lesser number of visits as compared to only antibiotic group. …”
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Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Restoration Using Sironix Suture Anchor: A Retrospective Observational Study by Krunal Shah, Ruchita Manwani, Ashok Kumar Moharana, Sachin Angrish, T. S. Deepak

“…Materials and Methods: Eighty patients (36 males and 44 females) who had arthroscopic rotator cuff restoration using Sironix suture anchors were included. …”
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