A Health Economic Analysis Exploring the Cost Consequence of Using a Surgical Site Infection Prevention Bundle for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Germany by Rhodri Saunders, Rafael Torrejon Torres, Henning Reuter, Scott Gibson

“…# Background According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, surgical site infections (SSIs) constitute over 50% of all hospital-acquired infections. Reducing SSIs can enhance healthcare efficiency…”
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A meta-analysis of the effect of protein synthesis inhibitors on rodent fear conditioning by Carneiro, Clarissa F. D., Amorim, Felippe E., Amaral, Olavo B.

“…We detected robust effects of protein synthesis inhibitors on training and reconsolidation, but not on extinction, possibly due to the lower number of studies on the latter. Our analyses identified some well-established moderators, such as intervention timing and reexposure duration. …”
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Purpose built catheters for minimally invasive surfactant therapy: Experience from a Canadian tertiary level neonatal intensive care unit by Talib Al Harthy, Michael R Miller, Orlando daSilva, Soume Bhattacharya

“…Recently, purpose-built catheters for MIST received regulatory approval in Canada and became available for use. However, procedural success and user experience with such catheters have not been described…”
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Antisecretory factor in severe traumatic brain injury (AFISTBI): protocol for an exploratory randomized placebo-controlled trial by Linus Réen, David Cederberg, Niklas Marklund, Edward Visse, Peter Siesjö

“…Antisecretory factor (AF), commercially available as Salovum®, has been shown to lower intracranial pressure (ICP) in experimental models of, e.g., TBI and herpes encephalitis. …”
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On small Dirac neutrino masses in string theory by Gonzalo F. Casas, Luis E. Ibáñez, Fernando Marchesano

“…The neutrino mass suppression occurs because the right-handed neutrino kinetic term behaves as K νν ≃ 1/ g ν 2 $$ {g}_{\nu}^2 $$ . At the same time a tower of ν R -like states appears with characteristic scale m 0 ≃ g ν 2 M P $$ {g}_{\nu}^2{M}_{\textrm{P}} $$ ≃ 0.1 − 500 eV, in agreement with Swampland expectations. …”
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ENRICHING CLASSROOMS WITH TECHNOLOGY: EFFECTIVENESS OF ICT INTEGRATION IN TEACHING AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BENUE STATE by GBEYONGU FREDERICK TERKIMBI, AKAA CHARITY WANGER, ONU DEBORAH OGBENE

“…Therefore, for effective integration of ICT in teaching Agricultural Science in secondary schools, it was recommended that teachers of Agricultural Science should be trained periodically; sufficient ICT facilities should be provided; there should be constant power supply; internet services should be enhanced, among others. …”
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Examining different approaches for short-term load demand forecasting in microgrid management: a case study of a university in Nigeria by Barnabas Iliya Gwaivangmin

“…Leveraging 6 years of historical load data from the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) and weather data from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), the research demonstrated that both RG and ARIMA outperformed SVM, exhibiting lower Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), Mean Squared Error (MSE), and Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) values. …”
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Maternal Serum Nitric Oxide Levels in Adolescent Pregnancies by Hasan Onur Topçu, Ali İrfan Güzel, Kuntay Kokanalı, Sabri Cavkaytar, Dilek Uygur, Salim Erkaya

“…MSNO levels were statistically significantly lower in adolescent age pregnancies.                                               …”
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Torto arado ou torto encanto: o jarê contando história by Silvania Núbia Chagas

“…Para ello, se utilizaron los estudios de Ronaldo de Salles Senna (2011), Gabriel Banaggia (2013), Reginaldo Prandi, Vallado e Souza (2011), Roger Bastide (1989), Joana Elbein dos Santos (1986), Beatriz Góis Dantas (1988), Achille Mbembe (2014), Vilaça y Albuquerque (1978), entre otros, serán imprescindibles.…”
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Quality Assessment of Soaps Produced from Palm Bunch Ash-Derived Alkali and Coconut Oil by HO Ogunsuyi, CA Akinnawo

“…The total fatty matter content of the black soap was 55.45%, which was over two folds of 23.00% and 21.69% observed in the improved and synthetic –alkali soaps. …”
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Comparison of the safety and efficacy between minimally invasive cardiac surgery and median sternotomy in a low-risk mixed Asian population in Singapore by Zhi Xian Ong, Duoduo Wu, Haidong Luo, Guohao Chang, Faizus Sazzad, Jai Ajitchandra Sule, Peggy Hu, Theo Kofidis

“…On multivariate analysis, patients who underwent MICS had lower rates of atrial fibrillation (P = 0.021), reoperation (P = 0.028) and prolonged ventilation (P < 0.001). …”
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Effect of notch shape on the fracture toughness behavior by Jiseung Lee, Wonjun Jo, Junseok Seo, Gyubaek An

“…CTOD tests were conducted over a temperature range of −55 °C to −140 °C. The results revealed that as the notch radius increased, the degree of stress concentration decreased, leading to an increase in fracture toughness. …”
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Clinical study on the treatment of acute epidural hematoma by embolization of middle meningeal artery through radial artery access combined with minimally invasive burr hole draina... by Cui Zhang, Qingbo Wang, Chenglong Li, Zixuan Jing, Xinyu Zhao, Yang Chen, Zefu Li

“…Nevertheless, the experimental group demonstrated several advantages including shorter operation durations, reduced intraoperative bleeding, lower rates of postoperative rebleeding and complications, as well as decreased requirements for postoperative blood transfusions and transfusion volumes.ConclusionThe surgical approach involving coil embolization via radial artery access combined with minimally invasive burr hole drainage yields favorable clinical outcomes. …”
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A Detection Method for Conveyor Belt Damage with Small Size and Low Contrast by HAN Yajie, HAO Xiaoli, NIU Baoning, XUE Jindong

“…[Purposes] An improved YOLOv4 detection model is proposed to solve the problems of missing detection and false detection when the existing models detect objects with small size and low contrast with the background. [Methods] In order to solve the problem of small size, first, the DDS unit is designed to replace the Res unit in the backbone network. …”
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Biodiversity characteristics of large forest plots in Qinghai area of Qilian Mountain National Park by WANG Dinghui, SUONAN Cairang, YU Hongyan, DU Yangong

“…These factors play a crucial role in maintaining the biodiversity of the region.…”
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Women middle and senior managers by Bassirou Gueye

“…Workforce diversity, particularly the inclusion of women in leadership roles, significantly enhances business performance by improving financial outcomes such as return on assets, equity and sales. …”
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Evaluating the validity of self-reported smoking in Mexican adolescents by James F Thrasher, Mauricio Hernandez-Avila, Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez, Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce, María del Carmen Valladolid-López, Ingris Peláez-Ballestas

“…Parental smoking status moderated the validity of self-report, which had lower sensitivity in adolescents with non-smoking parents (86.7%) than in adolescents with smoking parents (96.6%). …”
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Injury and Illness Incidence in 2017 Super Rugby Tournament: A Surveillance Study on a Single South African Team by Kim Buchholtz, Curt Barnes, Theresa L. Burgess

“…Daily injury and illness data were routinely collected during the season by support staff over a 28-week period (January to July 2017), based on standardized injury and illness definitions. …”
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Perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among pregnant and lactating women in Singapore: a pre-vaccine rollout cross-sectional study by Pooja Agarwal Jayagobi, Chengsi Ong, Kee Thai Yeo, Caleb Chun Wei Lim, Meei Jiun Seet, Lee Koon Kwek, Chee Wai Ku, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Manisha Mathur, Mei Chien Chua

“…Introduction: Vaccination is critical in controlling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, vaccine perception and acceptance among pregnant and lactating women is unknown in Singapore. …”
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An Overview of Experiments and Numerical Simulations on Airflow and Aerosols Deposition in Human Airways and the Role of Bioaerosol Motion in COVID-19 Transmission by Justus Kavita Mutuku, Wen-Che Hou, Wei-Hsin Chen

“…As evident in this review, aerosol deposition in the upper and central human airway regions has been extensively studied under different inhalation statuses and conditions such as humidity as well as different aerosol sizes, shapes, and properties. However, there is little literature on the lower sections of the human airways. …”
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