Effects of external diaphragmatic pacing with neurally adjusted ventilatory assist on diaphragm function in AECOPD patients by Yuliang Sheng, Ting Wang, Xiaohan Zhang, Wei Shao, Yuhao Wang, Xiuwen Kang, Caihong Gu, Yong Li, Zhifang Mu, Chenying Zhang, Rong Hu

“…This prospective randomized trial enrolled 60 mechanically ventilated patients with AECOPD, who were equally allocated into three groups (n = 20 per group): conventional pressure support ventilation (PSV), neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA), and NAVA combined with external diaphragm pacing (NAVA + EDP). …”
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PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF TAMBAQUI JUVENILES SUBJECTED TO SHORT FEED-DEPRIVATION AND REFEEDING CYCLES by Fabian Gustavo Barreto Roa, Sidney dos Santos Silva, Márcio Aquio Hoshiba, Luciana Kimie Savay da Silva, Adriana Fernandes de Barros, Janessa Sampaio de Abreu

“…Ultimately, this led to a higher total operating cost per gram of produced fish, demonstrating the economic infeasibility of this practice for tambaqui juvenile production.…”
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Genetic diversity and population structure studies of West African sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] collection using DArTseq. by Issa Zakari Mahaman Mourtala, Arnaud Comlan Gouda, Dan-Jimo Baina, Nwankwo Innocent Ifeanyi Maxwell, Charlotte O A Adje, Moussa Baragé, Oselebe Ogba Happiness

“…<h4>Background</h4>Sweetpotato is a vegetatively propagated crop cultivated worldwide, predominantly in developing countries, valued for its adaptability, short growth cycle, and high productivity per unit land area. In most sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, it is widely grown by smallholder farmers. …”
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Challenges and Opportunities for Data Sharing Related to Artificial Intelligence Tools in Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Case Study From Tha... by Aprajita Kaushik, Capucine Barcellona, Nikita Kanumoory Mandyam, Si Ying Tan, Jasper Tromp

“…Studies that lacked a clear connection to health information exchange systems or were not reported in English were excluded from the review. …”
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A Novel Bluetooth-Based Automated Flipper for Measuring Accommodative Facility: a Comparison with Conventional Manual Flipper by Hongxi Wang, MD, Peiting Guo, MD, Riping Zhang, MD, Kunliang Qiu, MD, PhD, Dongfeng Zhao, BS, Liqiong Zhu, BS, Mingzhi Zhang, MD

“…Subsequently, the groups underwent a crossover, exchanging the methods to measure AF. The diagnostic accuracy of the automated flipper was evaluated against gold standard, which defined inadequate AF as <7 cycles per minute (cpm) for MAF and <5 cpm for BAF, as measured with the manual flipper. …”
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Are you ready for the tick season? Spring dynamic of tick diversity and density in urban and suburban areas by Dagmara Wężyk, Dorota Dwużnik-Szarek, Maciej Kowalec, Szymon Biela, Kajetan Biernacki, Adrian Macion, Zofia Mencwel, Natalia Safarzynska, Liliana Sajnok, Weronika Słomka, Anna Bajer

“…Conclusions Due to the marked differences in spring dynamic of D. reticulatus and I. ricinus, the sampling effort should be repeated at least three times per season for accurate estimation of tick occurrence (presence/absence) and density. …”
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Patient Preferences for Episodic Migraine Medications: A Discrete Choice Experiment of Self-Injectable Versus Oral Treatments Targeting Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Pathway by Whichello C, Viktrup L, Varnado OJ, Quaife M, Trapali M, Tockhorn-Heidenreich A

“…Our results suggested that the chance of reducing the number of migraine days each month by half was the most important therapeutic characteristic, for which patients were willing to exchange other treatment characteristics in order to have a greater chance of achieving this improvement. …”
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Impact of positive end-expiratory pressure and recruitment maneuver on healthy lungs in dogs assessed by functional and anatomical monitoring methods by Martina Mosing, Martina Mosing, Andreas D. Waldmann, Thom C. Gent, Giselle Hosgood, Nadja S. Sieber-Ruckstuhl, Matthias Dennler, Peter Herrmann, Karin Unger

“…For both groups, the amount of carbon dioxide exhaled per breath (VTCO2,br) decreased (p = 0.001), and EIT showed a shift of the center of ventilation to the dependent lung areas (p = 0.021 and p = 0.046, respectively). …”
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Effects of group communication norms on daily steps in a team-based financial incentive mobile phone intervention in Shanghai, China by Yingnan Jia, Yingcheng Xiao, Hao Chen, Klaus Gebel, Chengshu Li, Shuangyuan Sun, Qinping Yang, Siyuan Wang, Li Zhang, Jing Wang, Minna Cheng, Dantong Gu, Yan Shi, Ding Ding

“…For the intervention group (n = 2,049), participants set a goal of 10,000 steps per day. The teams and individual members would receive points for meeting the daily goal, contributing to team-based rankings and financial rewards for the teams and their members. …”
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Effects of autolytical fish protein hydrolysate on growth performance, survival rate, and hematological indices in farmed juvenile beluga, Huso huso by Ali Hosseinpour Zelaty

“…The inflow water rate was 2 L/min, and the water exchange rate was 6 to 7 times per day in each tank. …”
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Technical note: A low-cost, automatic soil–plant–atmosphere enclosure system to investigate CO₂ and evapotranspiration flux dynamics by W. Al Hamwi, W. Al Hamwi, M. Dubbert, J. Schaller, J. Schaller, M. Lück, M. Schmidt, M. Hoffmann

“…Here, we present a fully automatic, low-cost (EUR <span class="inline-formula">&lt;1000</span> per unit) multi-chamber system based on Arduino, termed “greenhouse coffins”. …”
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Locking compression plate as a sequential external fixator following the distraction phase for the treatment of tibial bone defects caused by fracture-related infection: experience... by Xiriaili Kadier, Kai Liu, Aierbanjiang Shali, Yimurang Hamiti, Sulong Wang, Xin Yang, Alimu Keremu, Aihemaitijiang Yusufu

“…The mean number of previous surgical interventions per patient was 5.22 ± 1.26. Twenty-two patients with tibial bone defects caused by FRI were successfully treated using an LCP as a sequential external fixator following the distraction phase, with a mean bone union time of 9.95 ± 1.52 months. …”
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Treatment of mine water containing ammonia nitrogen by sodium hexametaphosphate modified zeolite by Liping ZHANG, Xiang HU, Weiwei WANG, Wenbo LEI, Huitong LI, Huaran SUN, Yongqi ZHAN, Zeyu LIAN

“…Research on treating low-concentration ammonia nitrogen in actual mine water with SHMP−NZ shows that after 1 h of oscillating adsorption at a dosage of 1 g/L and at 25 °C, the effluent meets the ammonia nitrogen requirements of category III as per the environmental quality standards for surface water.…”
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Effects of photosymbiosis and related processes on planktic foraminifera-bound nitrogen isotopes in South Atlantic sediments by A. Auderset, A. Auderset, S. M. Smart, Y. Ryu, D. Marconi, H. A. Ren, L. Heins, H. Vonhof, R. Schiebel, J. Repschläger, D. M. Sigman, G. H. Haug, A. Martínez-García

“…<p>Foraminifera often form symbiotic relationships with photosynthetic algae, providing a host environment and inorganic nutrients in exchange for photosynthetic organic matter from the algal symbiont. …”
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Abstract 054: Transradial Thrombectomy Using "Sheathless PV" Guide Catheter in Armenia: Three‐Year Institutional Experience in 103 Cases by David Sahakyan, Anna Isahakyan, David Marqaryan, Aleksan Petrosyan, Mikayel Grigoryan

“…The interest in its use specifically for TRA stemmed from competitive price (∼ $100 per catheter vs ), hydrophilic coating of the outer shaft, as well as lack of femoral closure devices in the country. …”
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Cost of care for preterm babies to Clients and influence of costs on care in resource limited settings – Societal perspective: A case of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital in East ce... by Ziyada Babirye, Elizabeth Kiracho Ekirapa, Anthony Ssebagereka, Angela Nakanwagi Kisakye, Freddie Ssengooba

“…Results: The total annual cost of preterm care from the client perspective was US$ 10,520.36 and the unit cost of care per preterm baby was US$ 105.2 at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. …”
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Effect of Waterlogging Duration at Different Growth Stages on Some Photosynthetic Characteristics, Antioxidant Activity, and Yield of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) by F Askari Foroshani, A Rahnama, M Meskarbashee, I Kamranfar

“…After 7 days of recovery, gas exchange measurements were recovered in mild and severe waterlogging stress treatments. …”
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Estimation of All-Sky Gridded Diurnal Near-Surface Air Temperatures at Regional Scale From FY-4B Measurements by Ronghan Xu, Xin Wang, Yonghong Hu, Lin Chen, Suling Ren, Guangzhen Cao, Di Xian, Eston Ranson Mogha

“…The near-surface air temperature (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">${{T}_{air}}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) is a principal variable describing energy exchange and water circulation between the land surface and the atmospheric environment. …”
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Drug use and sexual behaviors among women who inject drugs and use a syringe services program; Miami, Florida by Belén Hervera, Teresa A. Chueng, Joy Scheidell, Katrina Ciraldo, Sabrina Soto Sugar, Marina Plesons, Hansel E. Tookes, David P. Serota, Raymond R. Balise, Noby Nakamuro, Shelby Meaders, David W. Forrest, Tyler S. Bartholomew

“…WWID also had higher odds of engaging in recent sexual activity (aOR = 1.75, 95% CI, 1.25–2.45), exchanging sex for money/resources (aOR = 6.60, 95% CI, 4.12–10.57), and testing reactive for HCV antibody at time of enrollment (aOR = 1.41, 95% CI, 1.10–1.80). …”
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Securing Healthy Circular Material Flows In The Built Environment by Bob Geldermans

“…The aspect of multi-criteria learning loops, finally, relates to the need for more sophisticated data-exchange, also engaging endusers, which is nowadays rare in housing. …”
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