Viscoelastic to elastic transformation of soft polymer properties for accelerated materials selection based on tissue dynamics in tissue engineering applications by Kamil Elkhoury, Guan-Lin Chen, Erfan Noorbakhsh Noshahri, Julio Zuazola, Nikhil Gupta, Sanjairaj Vijayavenkataraman

“…We propose a conceptual framework to overcome this challenge, considering soft tissues as a case in point and Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) as a suitable material, the chemistry of which can be controlled to develop them across a broad spectrum of mechanical properties to match those of the natural tissue. …”
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Where there is no nurse: an observational study of large-scale mentoring of auxiliary nurses to improve quality of care during childbirth at primary health centres in India by Swati Srivastava, Krishna D Rao, Nicole Warren, Kaveri Mayra, Aboli Gore, Aritra Das, Saifuddin Ahmed

“…This study examines if a long-term mentoring programme improved the ability of auxiliary nurse-midwives (ANMs), who function as paramedical community health workers, to provide quality care during childbirth, and how they compared with staff nurses.Design Quasi-experimental post-test with matched comparison group.Setting Primary health centres (PHC) in the state of Bihar, India; a total of 239 PHCs surveyed and matched analysis based on 190 (134 intervention and 56 comparison) facilities.Participants Analysis based on 335 ANMs (237 mentored and 98 comparison) and 42 staff nurses (28 mentored and 14 comparison).Intervention Mentoring for a duration of 6–9 months focused on nurses at PHCs to improve the quality of basic emergency obstetric and newborn care.Primary outcome measures Nurse ability to provide correct actions in managing cases of normal delivery, postpartum haemorrhage and neonatal resuscitation assessed using a combination of clinical vignettes and Objective Structured Clinical Examinations.Results Mentoring increased correct actions taken by ANMs to manage normal deliveries by 17.5 (95% CI 14.8 to 20.2), postpartum haemorrhage by 25.9 (95% CI 22.4 to 29.4) and neonatal resuscitation 28.4 (95% CI 23.2 to 33.7) percentage points. …”
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Intra-аnnual Variability оf Surface Air Temperature аnd Its Modeling for the City of Stavropol by I. S. Afanasyev, R. G. Zakinyan, A. A. Adzhieva

“…The time series of temperature differences (inter-monthly changes), the so-called discrete derivatives, is also considered, and the comparison of the usual and discrete derivative of the sine function as an elementary model of the annual temperature course is carried out. …”
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动态脑血流自动调节功能检查对急性缺血性卒中血管内血栓切除术后完全再通患者不良预后的预测价值 The Predictive Value of Dynamic Cerebral Autoregulation for Poor Prognosis in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients with Complete Recanaliz... by 刘然1，2，王平平3，陈虹秀1，2，李娜1，2，周福波1，2，赵文博3，马青峰3，邢英琦1，2 (LIU Ran1,2, WANG Pingping3, CHEN Hongxiu1,2, LI Na1,2, ZHOU Fubo1,2, ZHAO Wenbo3, MA Qingfeng3, XING Yingqi1,2 )

“…The control group consisted of individuals without neurological diseases who underwent dCA examination at Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, and were matched 1∶1 based on age and gender. Through transfer function analysis, parameters such as the phase difference, gain, and consistency of very low frequency (VLF) and low frequency at 12 hours and 5 days after EVT, as well as the difference in VLF phase difference between the two examinations, were obtained. …”
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Impact of vitamin D supplementation on cognitive impairment in elderly individuals with hypertension by Lili Tan, Hongyan Li, Linya Zhao

“…Stratified analyses indicated stronger responses in those with MoCA < 22 (+2.9 points in recognition memory; p = 0.01) and in participants with baseline 25(OH)D < 20 ng/mL (+2.8 points; p = 0.003). …”
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Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging parameters of lumbar paraspinal muscle impairment in myotonic dystrophy type 2 and their evolution with aging by Viktoria Kokosova, Viktoria Kokosova, Peter Krkoska, Peter Krkoska, Daniela Vlazna, Daniela Vlazna, Daniela Vlazna, Michaela Sladeckova, Michaela Sladeckova, Michaela Sladeckova, Michaela Sladeckova, Marek Dostal, Marek Dostal, Milos Kerkovsky, Milos Kerkovsky, Tamara Barusova, Petra Ovesna, Olesja Parmova, Olesja Parmova, Katerina Matulova, Blanka Adamova, Blanka Adamova

“…Utilizing a 6-point Dixon gradient echo sequence MRI, fat fraction (FF), total muscle volume, and functional muscle volume (FMV) of the LPM and psoas muscle (PS) were obtained. …”
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Optimisation of bioaerosol sampling using an ultralight aircraft: A novel approach in determining the 3-D atmospheric biodiversity by Maria P. Plaza, Athanasios Charalampopoulos, Vivien Leier-Wirtz, Pia Viuf Ørby, Mathilde Kloster, Michael Dines Christiansen, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Athanasios Damialis, Ulrich Gosewinkel

“…The device consisted of duplicate isokinetic impactors that match the physical functioning and the microscopic quantification method of the widely used ground-based Hirst-type impactors. …”
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Women suffering from overactive bladder syndrome exhibit a higher urethral viral abundance compared to healthy controls: a pilot study by Marianne Koch, Sara Lado, Barbara Bodner-Adler, Greta Carlin, Cátia Pacífico, Caroline Bauer, Rufus Cartwright, David Seki, Christoph Steininger, Athanasios Makristathis, Wolfgang Umek

“…Current urinary tract infection and antibiotic therapy within the last two months were ruled out and controls were matched to cases by age and body mass index. Urethral swabs (Copan eSwab® urethra) were taken from each participant at one single time point. …”
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Ray Visualization and Through-Focus Optical Quality of Diffractive Enhanced Monofocal and Extended-Depth-of-Focus Intraocular Lenses by Baur ID, Khoramnia R, Son HS, Auffarth GU, Łabuz G

“…The Symfony showed two focal points.Conclusion: We found comparable deterioration of image quality in polychromatic light for both IOLs with improved intermediate range. …”
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Influence of occupational exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation on the plasma activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione level by Đurović Branka, Spasić-Jokić Vesna, Đurović Branislav

“…Conclusion. Our results pointed out that occupational exposure to low doses of IR compromised mitochondrial function. …”
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Multi-Objective Automated Machine Learning for Inversion of Mesoscopic Parameters in Discrete Element Contact Models by Xu Ao, Shengpeng Hao, Yuyu Zhang, Wenyu Xu

“…From each stress–strain curve, eight characteristic points were extracted as inputs to a multi-objective Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) model designed to invert three key mesoscopic parameters, i.e., the elastic modulus (<i>E</i>), stiffness ratio (<i>k_s</i>/<i>k_n</i>), and degraded elastic modulus (<i>E_d</i>). …”
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Alterations of static and dynamic changes in intrinsic brain activity and its relation to behavioral outcomes in subcortical ischemic stroke after one-month intervention by Yongxin Li, Jianping Wang, Maohua Yao, Yun Ran

“…To achieve this goal, we combined static and dynamic functional imaging indicators for the comprehensive analysis. …”
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Sequential consumption of sauce- and elegant-flavor baijiu enhances post-drinking comfort: a randomized crossover study in Guangdong, China by Yu Fu, Jianan Liu, Guoliang He, Shaohui Fan, Deliang Wang, Cheng Wang

“…Positive affect was greater at both time points (p < 0.01), with no change in negative affect.Sequential consumption of sauce-flavor followed by elegant-flavor baijiu appears to accelerate alcohol elimination, enhance executive function, and promote positive emotional recovery. …”
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Cannabidiol as a treatment for patients who are clinically at high risk of developing psychosis: learnings from the CANTOP-RCT by Sagnik Bhattacharyya, Cathy Davies, Ben Carter, Philip McGuire, Michael Brammer, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Matthew Broome, Stuart Watson, Jesus Perez, Alison Yung

“…Conclusions Here we summarise the events that led to this decision, reflect on the contributing factors and suggest potential learning points to help other researchers avoid such outcomes in future. …”
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Effectiveness of a brief group behavioural intervention on psychological distress in young adolescent Syrian refugees: A randomised controlled trial. by Richard A Bryant, Aiysha Malik, Ibrahim Said Aqel, Maha Ghatasheh, Rand Habashneh, Katie S Dawson, Sarah Watts, Mark J D Jordans, Felicity L Brown, Mark van Ommeren, Aemal Akhtar

“…Secondary outcomes were depression, posttraumatic stress, well-being, functioning, school belongingness, and caregivers' parenting and mental health. …”
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Experimental Study on Pressure Drop Characteristic of Sing-phase and Two-phase Flow in Helical Cruciform Fuel Assembly by ZHANG Qi1, 2, , WANG Haoyu1, , ZHOU Yi1, HUANG Yongzhong1, ZHENG Lele1, LI Chenxi1, XIAO Yao2, GU Hanyang2

“…According to the results, the single-phase frictional factor curve of the helical cruciform fuel assembly in the transitional region was relatively smooth, and the significant inflection points were not observed. Rehme’s correlation matched well with the experimental frictional factor of helical cruciform fuel assembly with the Reynolds number larger than 3.5×103. …”
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The impact of Modernity on Physical and Spatial Transformation of Rural Settlements in Iran by Farhad Azizpour

“…Urban and rural areas as geographical landscapes are spatial containers, which manifest intellectual abilities in their structure and function under conditions of time. In fact, structural-functional characteristics of ecological domains are affected by theories and paradigms that derived from ​​human thinking. …”
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Adropin a candidate diagnostic biomarker for cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease by Maha Abd El Moneem Elfedawy, Samia Abd El Sadek Elsebai, Hend Mohamed Tawfik, Eman Refaat Youness, Moushira Zaki

“…Adropin may represent a novel and useful blood marker for assessing systolic function and Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD).…”
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Variation in KOOS JR improvement across total knee implant designs: a cohort study from Michigan Arthroplasty Registry Collaborative Quality Initiative by Eric R Cornish, Huiyong Zheng, David C Markel, Brian R Hallstrom, Richard E Hughes

“…A previous report suggests a change of 23 points in KOOS JR as clinically relevant in achieving acceptable pain/function levels. …”
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<i>Salmonella</i> Typhi-Exposed Placentae: Chorionic Villi Histomorphology and Neonatal Birthweight by Patience B. Tetteh-Quarcoo, Joana Twasam, Kevin Kofi Adutwum-Ofosu, John Ahenkorah, Bismarck Afedo Hottor, Nicholas T. K. D. Dayie, Peter Ofori Appiah, Emmanuel Afutu, Fleischer C. N. Kotey, Emilia Asuquo Udofia, Nii Koney-Kwaku Koney, Benjamin Arko-Boham, Eric S. Donkor

“…Aim: This study utilised stereology to assess histomorphological and functional alterations in term placentae of <i>Salmonella</i> Typhi-exposed placentae, compared to unexposed controls. …”
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