The impact of a disparity-reduction intervention on outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department: a clinical trial by Mehdi Moradinia, Sajad Yarahmadi, Mehdi Birjandi, Mohammad Gholami

“…Moreover, the opinion of pain management—assessed only post-intervention—was significantly more favorable in the intervention group than in the control group (P < 0.001). …”
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Impact of non-medical switching of prescription medications on health outcomes: an e-survey of high-volume medicare and medicaid physician providers by Craig Coleman, Tabassum Salam, Amy Duhig, Aarti A. Patel, Ann Cameron, Jennifer Voelker, Brahim Bookhart

“…Background: Non-medical switching refers to a change in a stable patient’s prescribed medication to a clinically distinct, non-generic, alternative for reasons other than poor clinical response, side-effects or non-adherence. …”
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A Considerable Contribution to Development of Fundamentals of Scientific Knowledge in the Field of International Economic Law (review of the book «International Economic Law and Re... by L. P. Anufrieva

“…The author of the afore-referred edition, being Doctor of Laws, Professor, occupies the post of the Head of the Chair of International Law of the Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation.Notwithstanding the point that through the last years within Russia a substantial quantities of special publications related to the International Economic Law have been emerging on rather regular basis, the effective, fundamental and system analysis of the International Economic Law issues realized from the stand of the Law theory (including International Law theory) leaves a lot to be desired.Unfortunate fact, but actually Russian legal science in the most of cases is represented by textbooks and casebooks which is proper as well for the field of the International Economic Law Just the same gender is immune to the edition commissioned by prof A A Kovalev.In the Introductory Note to the textbook it is stressed out that the item was in its essence deemed for use to require the educational objectives, however it is not to be construed as an obstacle for using by the practitioners, i e those who being the members of state authorities staff, have the powers to formulate and affect the public interests pursuing in the field of international economic relations: both scholars or public executives, specialists in the theory of law, etc.The book reflects the growing complexity of the international economic relationships from the one hand, and appearance due to this of certain legal problems in the International and Municipal law systems – from the other side Having differentiated the two notions, namely: «international economic law» and «international economic activities», – the author does seek by the same very important target – to demonstrate prima facie, that the international economic activities are consisted not only of the acts and deeds of public entities (those international and municipal having the interstate nature), but also private subjects of law (natural and moral persons including transnational entities or multinational companies, their consortia, etc ); it is to be shown, secondly, that the International Economic Law is capable to regulate only certain quantity of the international economic relationships, entered into the general notion of foreign economic activities, and thirdly, that between the regulation of foreign economic activities formed by the relationship where the private subjects of law are involved, and the same which consists of public relationship (mostly between the state-powers), there is no «Chinese Wall».…”
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Efficacy and safety of anti-thrombotic therapy after surgical mitral valve repair: a scoping review by Jian Ye, Jenny Chen, Hazal Ece Babadagli, Ricky Turgeon, Erica HZ Wang

“…Using a predefined collection form, two authors independently extracted data on study characteristics and results were summarised narratively into themes based on the PICO elements.Results Of 1296 screened references, we included 11 studies (10 cohort and one non-inferiority RCT). …”
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Compensation of Speckle Noise in 2D Images from Triangulation Laser Profile Sensors Using Local Column Median Vectors with an Application in a Quality Control System by Paweł Rotter, Dawid Knapik, Maciej Klemiato, Maciej Rosół, Grzegorz Putynkowski

“…The main function of triangulation-based laser profile sensors—also referred to as laser profilometers or profilers—is the three-dimensional scanning of moving objects using laser triangulation. …”
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Investigating the State of Anxiety Disorders in Children Aged 6-12 Years after the COVID-19 Pandemic, Gorgan City by Firoozeh Derakhshanpour, Nesa Alipour, Amir Maghsoudloo Nejad

“…Although children showed less severe form of the disease compared to adults, ignorance and fear of this disease lead to serious problems, such as anxiety disorder, depression, and post-traumatic stress. The purpose of this research is to investigate the state of anxiety disorders in children aged 6-12 years after the COVID-19 pandemic in Gorgan City. …”
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Free fibula flap for lower limb salvage after tumour resection by Vinay Kant Shankhdhar, Prabha S. Yadav, Ajay Puri, Ashish Kasat, Jaiswal Dushyant, Ram Badari Narayan Raghu, Ashish Gulia

“…Context: Post-tumour resection lower limb salvage. Aim/Introduction: Resection of tumours of the femur and tibia around the knee and ankle joints results in large bony defects. …”
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Quantification Method of Driving Risks for Networked Autonomous Vehicles Based on Molecular Potential Fields by Yicheng Chen, Dayi Qu, Tao Wang, Shanning Cui, Dedong Shao

“…A comparative analysis was conducted between the risk field quantification method and existing risk quantification indicators such as post-encroachment time (PET), deceleration rate to avoid crash (DRAC), modified time to collision (MTTC), and safety potential fields (SPFs). …”
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Molecular mechanisms of acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis: differential gene expression and potential therapeutic targets by Sanjukta Dasgupta

“…Key miRNAs, including hsa-let-7b-5p, hsa-miR-10b-5p, and hsa-miR-124-3p, are associated with the DEGs, underscoring the importance of post-transcriptional and transcriptional regulation. …”
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Quantitative 177Lu-DOTATATE SPECT/CT is predictive of 6-month PRRT morphological response in midgut neuroendocrine tumors: a pilot study by Iness Megherbi, Christopher Hoog, Marine Perrier, Hedia Brixi, Guillaume Cadiot, Christine Hoeffel-Fornes, David Morland

“…All patients with siNET referred to our center for treatment with 177Lu-DOTATATE were included. …”
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Pengembangan Perangkat Pembelajaran Konstruktivistik Model Teaching with Analogies (TWA) pada Mata Kuliah Database Management System (DBMS) untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Kr... by Fathirma'ruf Fathirma'ruf, Budiman M. Said

“…The data was tested using a One-Group Pre-Test-Post Test Design research design. The data in this research was analyzed by using descriptive qualitative. …”
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The Relative Age Effect and Performance in Rhythmic Gymnastics: An Analysis of the 2023 Junior and Senior World Championships by Katarzyna Sterkowicz-Przybycień, Tijana Purenović-Ivanović

“…The relative age effect (RAE) refers to the advantage often observed in sports selection processes, where athletes born earlier in the calendar year are favored over those born later. …”
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Economic impact of TAVI pathway optimisation: the experience of the University Hospital of Parma by Simone Fanelli, Gianluca Lanza, Lorenzo Pratici, Giorgio Benatti, Luigi Vignali

“…Data related to costs, revenues, and activities were provided by the hospital’s Management Control office. The data analysed refer to a 12-month period. The TAVI pathway optimisation presented in this analysis is aligned with the best practices described in the BENCHMARK study. …”
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Invasive species risk assessment in practice: Insights from a survey of practitioners by Susan Canavan, Kim Canavan, Sabrina Kumschick, Doria R. Gordon, John R. U. Wilson, Deah Lieurance

“…Despite the widespread development of risk assessment and risk analysis (collectively referred to as RA here) methods, there is a lack of information on which methods are used in practice. …”
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A descriptive study of suspected perinatal asphyxia at Mitchells Plain District Hospital: A case series by Johannes P.J. Stofberg, Graeme W. Spittal, Tracey Hinkel, Tasleem Ras

“…Conclusion: Significant reversible factors were identified in the peri- and post-partum periods. More capacitated staff would have the greatest impact on outcomes. …”
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SCF-KIT signaling induces endothelin-3 synthesis and secretion: Thereby activates and regulates endothelin-B-receptor for generating temporally- and spatially-precise nitric oxide... by Lei L Chen, Jing Zhu, Jonathan Schumacher, Chongjuan Wei, Latha Ramdas, Victor G Prieto, Arnie Jimenez, Marco A Velasco, Sheryl R Tripp, Robert H I Andtbacka, Launce Gouw, George M Rodgers, Liansheng Zhang, Benjamin K Chan, Pamela B Cassidy, Robert S Benjamin, Sancy A Leachman, Marsha L Frazier

“…We demonstrate that SCF-KIT signaling induces synthesis and secretion of endothelin-3 (ET3) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells and melanoma cells in vitro, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, human sun-exposed skin, and myenteric plexus of human colon post-fasting in vivo. This is the first report of a physiological mechanism of ET3 induction. …”
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The prevalence, risk factors and outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity at a tertiary care centre in South Africa by D C Germishuys, S J Biddulph, B Boshoff

“…Follow-up was conducted until full vascularisation, or 60 weeks post menstrual age for the respective groups. Results. …”
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Lyophilized Small Extracellular Vesicles (sEVs) Derived from Human Adipose Stem Cells Maintain Efficacy to Promote Healing in Neuronal Injuries by Brianna Jones, Rekha Patel, Bangmei Wang, Theresa Evans-Nguyen, Niketa A. Patel

“…Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), previously referred to as exosomes, are nano-sized lipid vesicles that play a role in intercellular communication. …”
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NanoAbLLaMA: construction of nanobody libraries with protein large language models by Xin Wang, Haotian Chen, Bo Chen, Lixin Liang, Fengcheng Mei, Bingding Huang

“…Generated sequences exhibited fewer high-risk post-translational modification sites than IgLM. …”
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Evaluating quality in adolescent mental health services: a systematic review by Delan Devakumar, Rafael Cortez, Lígia Kiss, Meaghen Quinlan-Davidson, Kathryn J Roberts, Susan M. Sawyer

“…Objectives To evaluate the quality of adolescent mental health service provision globally, according to the WHO Global Standards of adolescent mental health literacy, appropriate package of services and provider competencies.Design and data sources Systematic review of 5 databases, and screening of eligible articles, from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2020.Study eligibility criteria We focused on quantitative and mixed-method studies that evaluated adolescent mental health literacy, appropriate package of services and provider competencies in mental health services, and that targeted depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder among adolescents (10–19 years). …”
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