The Cultivable Bacteria Colonizing Canine Vagina During Proestrus and Estrus: A Large-Scale Retrospective Study of Influencing Factors by Sabine Schäfer-Somi, Dominik Lechner, Alexander Tichy, Joachim Spergser

“…Conclusions: Our findings reflect some likely factors contributing to the variability of the physiological vaginal flora in dogs, which may help interpret cultured bacteriological findings.…”
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Overlapping Toxoplasma gondii genotypes circulating in domestic animals and humans in Southeastern Brazil. by Letícia A Silva, Renata O Andrade, Ana Carolina A V Carneiro, Ricardo W A Vitor

“…The objective of this study was to conduct a genotypic characterization of T. gondii isolates obtained from dogs, free-range chickens, and humans in Minas Gerais and to verify whether the T. gondii genotypes circulating in domestic animals correspond to the genotypes detected in humans. Genetic variability was assessed by restricted fragment length polymorphism at 11 loci (SAG1, 5'+3'SAG2, SAG2 alt, SAG3, BTUB, GRA6, c22-8, c29-2, L358, PK1, and Apico). …”
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Evaluating Medical Entity Recognition in Health Care: Entity Model Quantitative Study by Shengyu Liu, Anran Wang, Xiaolei Xiu, Ming Zhong, Sizhu Wu

“…Previous studies have often focused on overall performance, neglecting specific challenges in medical contexts and the impact of macrofactors like lexical composition on prediction accuracy. …”
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Prediction of Cytokine Storm and Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 Admitted to ICU: Do Markers Tell the Story? by Rashid Nadeem, Ashraf Mahmoud Elhoufi, Naheed Elahi Iqbal, Zainab Abdulameer Obaida, Doaa Mohamed Elgohary, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Shymaa Farouk Zoraey, Rami M. Abdalla, Sara Yousif Eltayeb, Crystal Sharon Danthi, Nouha Azaza, Waleed Mohamed Ahmed, Muzammil Hafeez, Maryam AlSada, Fatima Farid Mir

“…Primary clinical outcomes of length of stay in ICU and survival were recorded. …”
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Operative Versus Nonoperative Management of Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis: An Analysis of the National Readmissions Database by Justin D. Sawyer, MD, Justin Davis, MD, Steven Scaife, MS, Michael W. Neumeister, MD, Timothy H.F. Daugherty, MD

“…Infectious complications from the original diagnosis of PFT were the leading causes of readmission. Variables associated with 90-day readmission were higher Charlson comorbidity index, hypertension, Medicaid insurance, longer initial length of hospital stay, tobacco use, and nonsurgical management. …”
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Sports injuries: a 5-year review of admissions at a major trauma center in the United Kingdom by Ahmad Hammad Hassan, Aref-Ali Gharooni, Harry Mee, James Geffner, Fahim Anwar

“…The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) at discharge was used as the primary outcome measure and the length of hospital stay as the secondary outcome measure. …”
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The Association of Nil Per Os (NPO) Days with Necrotizing Enterocolitis by Yongming Wang, Xiaoyu Li, Chunbao Guo

“…The incidence of bacterial sepsis and short bowel syndrome also increased as the length of NPO increased. There was no statistically significant difference in nutritional variables between the two groups within the in-hospital period. …”
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Hybrid liquid–PCM thermal management for high–capacity lithium–ion batteries under fast charging: A parametric comparative study by Houssein Ammar, Mahdi Delbani, Farouk Fardoun, Bassem El Zoghbi, Hussein Mouzanar, Jalal Faraj, Mahmoud Khaled

“…Systems underwent extensive parametric analysis to optimize them. Variables like battery arrangement (8 × 1 and 4 × 2), tube length, tube configuration (vertical, horizontal, parallel wavy), flow regime (laminar/turbulent), and the usage of an aluminum cold plate with water as a coolant were all investigated for liquid cooling. …”
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Global insights into the genome dynamics of Clostridioides difficile associated with antimicrobial resistance, virulence, and genomic adaptations among clonal lineages by Mohammad Sholeh, Mohammad Sholeh, Masoumeh Beig, Masoumeh Beig, Ebrahim Kouhsari, Mahdi Rohani, Mohammad Katouli, Farzad Badmasti

“…Rare resistance genes like blaCTX-M-2, cfxA3, and blaZ appeared in only 0.005% of genomes. …”
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Extended Trochanteric Osteotomy Increases the Risk of Tapered Splined Stem Subsidence in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty by Josef E. Jolissaint, MD, Samuel Rodriguez, MD, Leonardo Albertini Sanchez, BA, Travis R. Weiner, BS, Elizabeth B. Gausden, MD, MPH, Jason L. Blevins, MD, Peter Sculco, MD, Jose Rodriguez, MD, FAOA

“…Patients who required an ETO were more likely to subside (2.5 ± 0.2 mm vs 5.0 ± 0.7 mm, p < 0.001) and were more likely to subside >5 mm (32.3% vs 14.5%, p = 0.001). …”
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Numerical Investigation of Large Wood Evolution Characteristics Transported by Flash Floods by SONG Siyuan, FEI Gaogao, WANG Xiekang

“…It was confirmed that large wood length was just one of many influencing factors, suggesting that further research needs to alter more variables that might impact large wood transport. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on paediatric admissions to a Chinese hospital: a single-centre retrospective chart review by Jie Zheng, Yan-hui Chen

“…Disease characteristics were analysed based on the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. Features of the length of hospital stay were investigated. Categorical variables involving more than three groups were analysed using an overall χ2 test, followed by pairwise comparisons.Results During the COVID-19 outbreak period, paediatric hospitalisation was reduced by 29.6%, from 1255 to 884. …”
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Nitrous oxide prediction through machine learning and field-based experimentation: A novel strategy for data-driven insights by Muhammad Hassan, Khabat Khosravi, Travis J. Esau, Gurjit S. Randhawa, Aitazaz A. Farooque, Seyyed Ebrahim Hashemi Garmdareh, Yulin Hu, Nauman Yaqoob, Asad T. Jappa

“…The findings underscore the significance of dataset length over input-output correlation and indicate that combining soil and climatic variables enhances model prediction accuracy. …”
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Primed to vocalize: Wild-derived male house mice increase vocalization rate and diversity after a previous encounter with a female. by Sarah M Zala, Doris Nicolakis, Maria Adelaide Marconi, Anton Noll, Thomas Ruf, Peter Balazs, Dustin J Penn

“…Timepoint models showed that USV length increased 1 day after priming, that repertoire diversity increased 1 and 20 days after priming, and that the variability of USV frequencies was lower 20 and 30 days after priming. …”
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Avaliação estatística da variação da velocidade de propagação de ondas de ultra-som na madeira em presença de defeitos Statistical evaluation of the ultrasonic wave velocity variat... by Carlos T. Puccini, Raquel Gonçalves, Mariu E. A. Monteiro

“…An exploratory analysis of the variables was done and a logistic regression model was obtained. …”
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Cultural and urban city living expectations of knee motion in a Southeast Asian city: implications on total knee arthroplasty outcomes by Yong Yao Tan, Ke Xin Magneline Ang, Ching Yi Aliza Wong, Kinjal Vidyut Mehta, Sir Young James Loh

“…The average knee ROM requirements for various activities are as follows: walking on flat ground and stair climbing required less than 90°, squatting and kneeling required at least 127°, and sitting cross-legged required 106°. Lower limb length, leg length, and calf circumference were significantly correlated with the knee ROM required to perform the activities.SignificanceThe findings of this study, combined with an understanding of cultural expectations, might prove valuable for counselling and managing patients undergoing TKA in an urban Southeast Asian country.…”
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Development of a multifactorial prediction model for commute mode choice in 10 983 Finnish public sector employees: a cross-sectional study by Jaana I Halonen, Paula Salo, Jenni Ervasti, Kia Gluschkoff, Jaakko Airaksinen, Anna Makkonen

“…Predictors of cycling and walking during winter weather were shorter commute length, higher physical activity, lower BMI and higher age. …”
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Novel NFIX gene variant in Malan Syndrome by Shagufta Shaikh, Sangeeta Sawant, Susan Cherian, Suresh K. G. Shettigar

“…A unique finding in this case was the equal length of the great toe and the adjacent two toes, a previously unreported feature in MS. …”
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Using simultaneous scanpath visualization to investigate the influence of visual behaviour on medical image interpretation by Alan Richard Davies, Markel Vigo, Simon Harper, Caroline Jay

“…The variation across practitioners is likely to be the result of differential training, clinical role and expertise.…”
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Individual differences in the amount and timing of salivary melatonin secretion. by Helen J Burgess, Louis F Fogg

“…Lifestyle and behavioral variables were only able to explain about 15% of the individual variability in the amount of melatonin secretion, which is likely because of a substantial genetic influence on the levels of melatonin secretion.…”
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