China’s CBM exploration and production and associated technological advancements: A review and reflections by Jianping YE

“…Large-scale production of moderately deep CBM is identified as an important direction. …”
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A comparative analysis of global and Chinese trends in the burden of kidney cancer from 1990 to 2021 by Zhongli Qiao, Jun Xiong, Shenyu Zhang, Lin Chen, Jialin Wang, Runze Chen

“…From 1990 to 2021, the age-standardized incidence rate, age-standardized mortality rate, age-standardized prevalence rate, and age-standardized DALYs rate of kidney cancer in China were lower than those the global average. However, the growth rate in China was significantly faster than the global average. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations in Chemical Composition of Wet Atmospheric Deposition in Mexico City by Elizabeth Vega, Ann Wellens, Ana Luisa Alarcón, Rodolfo Sosa, Monica Solano, Monica Jaimes-Palomera

“…Abstract A comprehensive analysis of the chemical composition of wet atmospheric deposition was performed on 7048 samples collected between 2003 and 2021 over Mexico City. The descending ion abundance trend was NH4+ > SO42− > NO3− > Ca2+ > Cl− > H+ > Mg2+ > Na+ > K+, probably associated with industrial activity, heavy traffic and agricultural activities. …”
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The effect of variable light intensity in luminescent-netting pots on the catch of snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) by Colin C.H. Frank, Shannon M. Bayse

“…There were mixed results among treatments, with the 2-strand pot catching fewer snow crab <103 mm carapace width (CW) and more snow crab ≥103 mm CW than the traditional pots, but overall, had a lower CPUE for legal and sub-legal sized males (14.8 and 3.1 per pot, respectively) than the traditional (16.1 and 5.5 per pot, respectively) when considering all size classes. …”
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Noninvasive hemodynamic assessment of type 2 diabetes mellitus using four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging by Di Wu, Jiachen Ji, Yuancheng Wang, Shujun Zhang, Hong Ge, Mingzhu Fu, Yunduo Li, Shenghong Ju, Rui Li

“…T2DM patients exhibited significantly lower flow and higher resistance in the renal and splenic arteries than controls, indicating vascular changes. …”
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Comparison of the Efficacy and Tolerability of Dienogest and Dienogest Plus Ethinylestradiol on Endometriosis Related-Pain by Tolga Karacan, Huseyin Kiyak, Eser Ozyurek, Mevlide San, Engin Oral

“…The dienogest plus ethinylestradiol combination was slightly less effective on deep dyspareunia but was still well tolerated. Similarly, the two hormonal regimens posed no superiority over one another with regard to endometrioma size reduction. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Regain of Consciousness in Dexmedetomidine–Propofol versus Ketamine–Propofol in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Procedure under Sedation using BIS M... by Priya Banga, Sunder L. Negi, Banashree Mandal, Parag Barwad, Kulbhushan Saini, Krishna P. Gourav

“…DP group children received a bolus intravenous (IV) propofol at 1 mg/kg body weight followed by 1 mcg/kg dexmedetomidine over 10 minutes. KP group children received a bolus IV propofol 1 mg/kg followed by ketamine 1 mg/kg over 10 minutes. …”
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Complex and severe infection in a 67-year-old liver transplant recipient due to Cunninghamella elegans, Bordetella bronchiseptica, and Pneumocystis jirovecii by Muyun Wei, Kangyi Gu, Juanxiu Qin, Xinhua Lu, Junqi Feng, Shaowei Mao, Min Li, Zhilan Li, Changsheng Wang

“…Subsequent mNGS testing further revealed the presence of C. elegans, indicating that different pathogens played dominant roles at various stages of the disease progression. …”
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Quality of Life with Late-Onset Pompe Disease: Qualitative Interviews and General Public Utility Estimation in the United Kingdom by Lena Hubig, Anna-Katrine Sussex, Alasdair MacCulloch, Derralynn Hughes, Ryan Graham, Liz Morris, Syed Raza, Andrew J. Lloyd, Amanda Sowinski, Katy Gallop

“…The general public rated the health states consistently lower with increasing disease progression. There was greater uncertainty around utility estimates for the severe states, suggesting that participants found it harder to rate them. …”
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Investigating uncertainty and parameter sensitivity in bedform analysis by using a Monte Carlo approach by J. Reich, A. Winterscheid

“…There are many bedform analysis tools to extract this information from bathymetrical data. However, most of these tools require the setting of various input parameters, for which specific values have to be selected. …”
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Kombinasi K-NN dan Gradient Boosted Trees untuk Klasifikasi Penerima Program Bantuan Sosial by Elly Firasari, Umi Khultsum, Monikka Nur Winnarto, Risnandar Risnandar

“…Gradient Boosted Trees produce lower accuracy percentage values than the K-NN method. …”
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Mapping the future: The current landscape and future directions of evidence-based practice in Saudi radiology departments. by Walaa Alsharif, Faisal Alrehily, Fahad H Alhazmi, Awadia Greeballah, Abdulaziz A Qurashi, Shrooq Aldahery, Adnan Alahmadi, Amirah Alsaedi, Sultan Alshoabi, Khalid M Alshamrani, Awatif M Omer, Raghad Aljuhani

“…Radiologists reported a higher level of agreement compared to radiographers regarding their familiarity with EBP and their ability to critically evaluate the quality of research (P-value = <0.05). However, participants indicated lower level of agreement about their ability to develop their current practice based on EBP and engage in discussions with colleagues about research evidence. …”
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Immunoexpression of P16 and Ki 67 in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Association with clinicopathological parameters. by Shadan Mohamad Omer, Payman Anwar Rashid

“…Histopathological findings of the tumor showed that (54.0%) of the patients had moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. However, (84.0%) of the patients showed negative expression of P 16, while Ki 67 expression was positive among (76.0%) of them. …”
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Validity and Responsiveness of a Modified Balance Error Scoring System Assessment Using a Mobile Device Application in Patients Recovering from Ankle Sprain by Michael S Crowell, Eliot Thomasma, Erin Florkiewicz, Richard Brindle, Megan Roach, Donald Goss, Will Pitt

“… # Results The mBESS scores measured by the SWAY App were lower in participants with acute ankle sprains than healthy Cadets (*t* = 3.15, *p* = 0.004). …”
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From canonical to unique: extension of a lipophilicity scale of amino acids to non-standard residues by Antonio Viayna, Paulina Matamoros, David Blázquez-Ruano, William J. Zamora

“…Aim: The lipophilicity of amino acids plays a crucial role in delineating their physicochemical properties, offering insights into solubility, binding affinity, and bioavailability, properties that are a cornerstone for the use of peptides as therapeutic agents. …”
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Anti-motilities and anti-biofilm effects of Ageratum conyzoides L. methanol extract by Eli Compaoré, Moussa Compaoré, Vincent Ouédraogo, Ablassé Rouamba, Alimata Bancé, Mignini R. Dofini, Martin Kiendrebeogo

“…The antioxidant and enzyme inhibition activities were evaluated using 2,2-diphényl-1-picrylhydrazyl; 2,2’-azino-bis (3-éthylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power and conducting lipoxygenase test. Results: From the study, 100 µg/mL and 200 µg/mL of extract presented significant inhibition of P. aeruginosa and E. coli swarming motility but did not exhibit a significant effect on P. aeruginosa swimming and E. coli twitching motilities. …”
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The Cost-effectiveness of Celecoxib versus Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs plus Proton-pump Inhibitors for Treating Osteoarthritis in Algeria by Nadir Hammoumraoui, Sid Ahmed Kherraf, Joaquin Mould-Quevedo, Tarek A. Ismail

“…The ICER of celecoxib+PPI was lower than that of comparators over all time horizons. …”
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Differences in catheter-related complications to insertion site selection for long peripheral intravenous catheters in antimicrobial therapy: a randomized controlled trial by Linfang Zhao, Xianghong Jin, Xiangyun Li, Chang Liu, Jie Wang, Xiuzhu Cao, Xufen Zeng, Yiyu Zhuang

“…Abstract Background The long peripheral intravenous catheter (long PIVC), a type of PIVC, has an indwelling time of 5–14 days and is one of the options for antibacterial therapy. However, there is no consensus regarding the impact of insertion site selection on the complications associated with long PIVCs. …”
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Factors accounting for limited sexual reproduction in a long-lived unisexual plant species by Irene Bisang, Flavien Collart, Flavien Collart, Alain Vanderpoorten, Lars Hedenäs

“…We further infer that environmental conditions at the pre-zygotic stage have lower than expected effects on the overall distribution of this moss. …”
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Nutrition and Physical Therapy in the Prevention and Treatment of Endometriosis by Paulina Krzemińska, Maciej Gołębski, Wojciech Nowak, Jagoda Mikołajczyk, Zuzanna Kukla, Stella Mieruszyńska, Izabela Sadowska, Joanna Kołodziej, Mirosław Sawicki, Jakub Włosiański, Sebastian Musialik

“…There is a lack of high-quality, robust, randomized studies. However, available studies show that diet and physical activity reduce inflammation that occurs in endometriosis. …”
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