Association between intraoperative lactate levels and acute kidney injury after on-pump cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study across two centers by Dong Xu Chen, Yu Yang Zhang, Xing Long Xiong, Leng Zhou, Jing Shi

“…We identified an L-shaped relationship for mean, peak, and TWA lactate levels, contrasting with a linear association for baseline values. …”
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An investigation on factors preventing girl-child from further education in rural areas in Federal Capital Territory Abuja by Ogunode Niyi Jacob, Ahaotu Godwin Ndubuisi

“…The mean cut-off point was 2.5. All items with mean of 2.50 were regarded as agreement and accepted while those less than 2.50 were regarded as disagreement and were accordingly rejected. …”
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Work-life balance mediating stress and quality of life in academics during COVID-19 in Malaysia by Lwin M. Aye, Jeremy Ern Hwei Tan, Shamala Ramasamy

“…Results: The QoL scored a mean of 50 (standard deviation [s.d.] = 9.84), PS scored a mean of 24.26 (s.d. = 8.19) and WLB had a mean score of 51.12 (s.d. = 18.73). …”
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ALTERNATIVE THERAPY TACTICS: INTEGRATION OF CUPPING THERAPY AND MASSAGE IN MANAGING LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (LDL) IN HYPERTENSION PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA by Lisnawati Lisnawati, Nazaruddin Nazaruddin, Sanatang

“…Meanwhile, in the Control group, the mean Pretest value was 159.59 and Posttest 158.32. …”
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Evaluation and Comparison of Airborne Concentrations of Crystalline Silica and Total Respirable Dust in Refractory Brick Industries in Isfahan by Atefeh Sodaei, Parisa Adibi, Hamidreza Pouragha

“…However, a significant difference was observed in the mean airborne respirable dust concentrations between the groups (P=0.002). …”
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Evaluasi Efektivitas Metode F-A-S-T Flipbook dalam Meningkatkan Deteksi Dini Stroke: Studi Pendidikan Pra-Rumah Sakit di Indonesia by Cecilya Kustanti, Linda Widyarani

“…Initial knowledge assessments yielded a mean pretest score of 72.88±2.818. Following the intervention, the mean posttest score increased to 82.24±1.640. …”
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Keyword-based AI assistance in the generation of radiology reports: A pilot study by Fei Dong, Shouping Nie, Manling Chen, Fangfang Xu, Qian Li

“…The results demonstrated median reporting time reduction ratios of 27.1% and 28.8% (mean, 28.0%) for the two residents, with no significant difference in quality scores between AI-generated and routine reports (p > 0.50). …”
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Estimation of Acting Factor in Stress from Motorbike Sounds by Anastasiia Volodymyrivna Pareniuk, Dmytro Volodymyrovych Pareniuk

“…For the rise of frequency mean speed in the siren group was calculated as 164 Hz/second, fall was 80 Hz/second. …”
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Determining the Effect of Peer Mentoring Programme Applied to Nursing Students on Perceived Stress and Adaptation to University Life: A Quasi - Experimental Study by Suzan Tek Ayaz, Mehmet Korkmaz

“…The mean age of the nursing students who underwent peer mentoring was 19.6 years, 64% of the students were female, 60.8% were first year students (mentees) and more than a third (33.6%) had no information about peer mentoring. …”
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Fordyce happiness training program on the competence of mothers of premature infants admitted to the NICU from Middle East: A quasi-experimental study by Fereshteh Ghaljaei, Marie Hastings-Tolsma, Nasrin Rezaee

“…Mean PSOC scores for those in the control group before and after the intervention were 64.47 ± 11.08 and 65.30 ± 6.90, respectively. …”
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The Effect of Quantum Learning Model on Attitude, Anxiety, and Achievement of Middle School Students Towards Mathematics by Mehmet Bahaddin Acat, Dilek Girit Yıldız

“…Accordingly, QLM had a positive effect on middle school students' academic achievement in mathematics. The posttest mean scores of attitudes decreased significantly in the control group. …”
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High performance teams: an investigation of the effect on self-management towards performance by Thais Carreira Pfutzenreuter, Edson Pinheiro de Lima, José Roberto Frega

“…Descriptive analysis and Analysis of Means are complementarily applied for shop-floor accidents performance assessment. …”
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Evaluasi Efektivitas Metode F-A-S-T Flipbook dalam Meningkatkan Deteksi Dini Stroke: Studi Pendidikan Pra-Rumah Sakit di Indonesia by Cecilya Kustanti, Linda Widyarani

“…Initial knowledge assessments yielded a mean pretest score of 72.88±2.818. Following the intervention, the mean posttest score increased to 82.24±1.640. …”
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Utilizing soil–water characteristic curve parameters in custom artificial neural network models to predict the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity by Bashar Alibrahim, Maan Habib, Ahed Habib

“…The ANN model was trained and tested on a diverse soil texture dataset, achieving high predictive accuracy, as indicated by R² values for both training and testing sets. Analysis of mean absolute error (MAE) and root mean square error (RMSE) values revealed variability in predictive performance across soil textures, with sandy soils showing higher errors due to their unique hydraulic properties and testing method discrepancies. …”
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Deep Learning and Time Series for the Prediction of Monthly Precipitation. A Case Study in the Department of Boyacá, Colombia by Yesid Esteban Duarte, Marco Javier Suárez Barón, Oscar Javier García Cabrejo, César Augusto Jaramillo Acevedo, Carlos Augusto Meneses Escobar

“…Results: According to the results obtained, the LSTM model stands out for its robustness in terms of performance metrics, such as a lower mean squared error, a lower root mean squared error, and a coefficient of determination closer to 1. …”
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Solar Radiation Prediction Using Decision Tree and Random Forest Models in Open-Source Software by Tucumbi Lisbeth, Guano Jefferson, Salazar-Achig Roberto, Jiménez J. Diego L.

“…The metrics used to identify the effectiveness of the models in predicting solar radiation were the coefficient (R2), the mean square error (MSE), and the mean absolute error (MAE). …”
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A cross-sectional study of evidence-based practice and association factors among nurses in public health facilities of Dessie city, Northeast Ethiopia by Tariku Yimam, Asnakew Molla Mekonnen, Yawkal Tsega, Endalkachew Mesfin Gebeyehu

“…Key factors significantly associated with EBP implementation included: Knowledge of EBP: Nurses with good knowledge were six times more likely to implement EBP (AOR = 6.01; 95% CI: 3.78, 9.55). …”
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Clinical decision-making support systema in renal failure by E. Martínez Bernabé, G. Paluzie-Ávila, S. Terre Ohme, D. Ruiz Poza, M. A. Parada Aradilla, J. González Martínez, R. Albertí Valmaña, M. Castellvi Gordo

“…Results: Pre-implementation phase. 28,234 electronic medical prescriptions correspondingto a mean number of 205 hospitalized patients/day were validated and 4,035 bloodworks were reviewed. …”
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Impact of an antimicrobial time-out program on antimicrobial consumption rate in hospitalized patients: a quasi-experimental study on the national antimicrobial stewardship program... by Mohammadreza Salehi, Marzieh Arabi, Hossein Khalili, Yunes Panahi, Erta Rajabi, Esmaeil Mohammadnejad, Amir-mohammad Yaryari, Arash Seifi, Mitra Barati, Kousha Farhadi

“…We compared the antimicrobial-defined daily dose (DDD) and antimicrobial consumption index (ACI) between the third quarter of 2022 (before the implementation of NASP after the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2022) and the same timeframe in 2023, following the NASP implementation. …”
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Contributions of District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) to maternal and child health service performance in Ethiopia: an interrupted time series mixed-methods study by Taddese Alemu Zerfu, Moges Asressie, Amare Abera Tareke, Zenebu Begna, Tigist Habtamu, Netsanet Werkneh, Tariku Nigatu, Meskerem Jisso, Addisalem Genta

“…Despite widespread implementation, its effectiveness on key health service indicators, particularly maternal and child health (MCH) services, remain unclear. …”
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