Electroencephalographic monitoring in detection and prediction of delayed cerebral ischemia due to non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage by I. V. Okuneva, M. V. Sinkin, A. I. Evdokimov, A. V. Prirodov

“…To date, non-specific EEG parameters pointing at development of acute cerebral injury were identified that provide varying diagnostic and predictive informative value in DCI. We reviewed publications aimed at assessing the data on visual and quantitative EEG parameters such as regional slowing, alpha rhythm spectral power and relative variability, alpha-to-delta power ratio, and detection of epileptiform activity. …”
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The prevalence of peg-shaped and missing lateral incisors with maxillary impacted canines by Simić Sanja, Pavlović Jasna, Nikolić Predrag V., Vujačić Amila, Vukićević Vladanka, Jovanović Radovan

“…Background/Aim. Many authors find that impacted maxillary canines is associated with missing and peg-shaped lateral incisor. …”
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Investigating the association between the severity of acute pancreatitis and red blood cell distribution width and platelet distribution width in patients diagnosed with acute panc... by Abazar Parsi, Eskandar Hajiani, Amin Samani, Seyed Saeed Seyedian, Pezhman Alavinejad

“…Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and platelet distribution width (PDW) are commonly used and easily measurable indicators that provide valuable information about an individual’s inflammatory condition. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of RDW and PDW in comparison with other scoring systems for predicting the severity of AP. …”
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Comparison of oropharyngeal leak pressure and insertion characteristics of Ambu AuraGain and i-gel in patients undergoing laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: A randomized control... by Anupma, Swati Chhabra, Sadik Mohammed, Manoj Kamal, Rakesh Kumar, Pradeep Bhatia

“…Background and Aims: Airway protection and adequate ventilation are the main aim for the patients undergoing laparoscopic surgeries under general anesthesia. …”
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How to personalise ventilation of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia? A simulation study by Barbara Stankiewicz, Magdalena Mierzewska-Schmidt, Krzysztof J. Pałko, Marek Darowski, Maciej Kozarski

“…Utilising simulation results, we searched for a regression model describing patient ventilation parameters as a function of the respiratory system parameters, ventilator settings and two new CDH severity measures: VI-degree defined as a ratio of time constants ratio of the contralateral and ipsilateral lung (T1/T2) and chest-wall-to-lung compliance ratio (CW/CL). The regression model aimed to find the T1/T2 and CW/CL values for real CDH cases and estimate optimal, matched to VI-degree, peak inspiratory and mean airway pressure (PIP, MAP). …”
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Organizational Culture and Stock Price Crash Risk by Gholamreza Kordestani, Ramin Eskandari, Mahdi Shams

“…The tests include descriptive statistics of the variables, and to determine the degree of relationship between the research variables, multivariate regression coefficients were employed. …”
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‘People ring because they’re frightened’: findings from a realist evaluation on the impact of timely responsive care at home at the end of life by Kathryn McEwan, Joanne Atkinson, Amanda Clarke, Angela Bate, Caroline Jeffery, Sonia Dalkin

“…These services are regionally variable yet are valued by patients and caregivers in often uncertain end-of-life situations. …”
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Years of life lost due to diseases of the digestive system in Poland according to socioeconomic factors: a cross-sectional study by Paulina Paciej-Gołębiowska, Małgorzata Pikala, Irena Maniecka-Bryła

“…For each socioeconomic variable, the rate ratio (RR) was calculated as the quotient of YLLs in the less privileged group to the more privileged group.Results Among the categories of marital status, the smallest YLL values (per 10 000) were recorded among singles (men: 100.63 years in 2002, 121.10 years in 2011; women: 26.99, 33.33, respectively), and the most among divorced men (657.87, 689.32) and widowed women (173.97, 169.46). …”
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Exploring personal, community, and societal conditions associated with South Korean new graduate nurses’ organizational socialization: a cross-sectional survey study by Jihye Song, Jeongsuk Lee, Youmin Cho, Ahyoung Jeon, Moonhee Gang

“…Methods New graduate nurses with two years or less experience at South Korean national university-affiliated hospitals participated in the survey. The main outcome variable was organizational socialization, with potential factors including personal conditions (grit, confusion in professional nursing values), community conditions (social support), and societal conditions (perceived social awareness of nurses, job opportunities). …”
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A Cross-Sectional Study on Comparison of Serum Cortisol Concentration Measured by Chemiluminescent Immunoassay in Four Different Automated Analyzers in a Variety of Adrenal Disorde... by Neeti Agrawal, Anirban Sinha, Partha P. Chakraborty, Rana Bhattacharjee, Avivar Awasthi, Animesh Maiti

“…Although liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) possesses better analytical specificity, it is not widely available. We aimed to compare cortisol values measured across four different analyzers across different adrenal disorders. …”
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Prediction of abnormal bone mass with a pericoronary adipose tissue Attenuation model by Yanbo Liang, Xiaoqing Yuan, Qiang Shi, Hui Yang, Luping Zhao, Minghao Che, Yue Chen, Changqin Li, Qi Yang, Jian Qin

“…Abstract Background The aim is to explore the value of pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation in predicting abnormal bone mass by establishing a prediction model. …”
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Proportion of Immediate Postpartum Anaemia and Associated Factors among Postnatal Mothers in Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Asenake Abebaw, Temesgen Worku Gudayu, Bayew Kelkay

“…Finally, variables at p value <0.05 were considered as statistically significant. …”
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Prognostic factors in inpatients with advanced cancer at a palliative care unit by Karla Santos da Costa Rosa, Amanda Soares Oliveira, Raphael de Paiva Cypriano, Livia Costa de Oliveira

“…Kaplan-Meier curves, log-rank test, and Cox proportional hazard model were used to assess prognostic value. The C-statistic was used to test the predictive accuracy of the variables. …”
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Unveiling the socio-cultural practices of medicinal plants used by the ethnic community of Soliga tribes in Tamil Nadu, India by Chinnasamy Menaka, Annadurai Logamadevi, Arumugam Vignesh

“…Ethnobotanical indices such as cultural importance index (CI), relative frequency of citation (RFC), relative importance index (RI) and cultural value index (CV) were applied, revealing significant positive correlations between basic variables and indices, such as CI and use reports (UR) (r = 0.82). …”
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Bone Mineral Density at Diagnosis of Celiac Disease and after 1 Year of Gluten-Free Diet by Stefano Pantaleoni, Massimo Luchino, Alessandro Adriani, Rinaldo Pellicano, Davide Stradella, Davide Giuseppe Ribaldone, Nicoletta Sapone, Gian Carlo Isaia, Marco Di Stefano, Marco Astegiano

“…The prevalence of the latter conditions, in case of new diagnosis of celiac disease, has been evaluated in many studies but, due to the variability of epidemiologic data and patient features, the results are contradictory. …”
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Avaliação do conforto térmico e desempenho de frangos de corte sob regime de criação diferenciado Evaluation of thermal comfort and performance of broiler chickens under different... by Aérica C. Nazareno, Héliton Pandorfi, Gledson L. P. Almeida, Pedro R. Giongo, Elvira M. R. Pedrosa, Cristiane Guiselini

“…The experimental design was completely randomized (CRD), in split plots, with the means compared through the Tukey test (p < 0.05). The meteorological variables and comfort indices indicated the system of accommodation SC 3 as the one that allowed the better natural conditioning heat to the birds, presenting the average values of 25.4 °C, 69.9 kJ kg-1 and 75.7 for dry bulb temperature (Tbs), enthalpy (h) and black globe humidity index (ITGU), respectively. …”
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Rest intolerance and associated factors among Chinese nursing students: a cross-sectional network analysis by Jiukai Zhao, Yibo Wu, Jiayi Xu, Kunshuo Du, Yu Yang, Shuang Zang

“…Central indicators were identified based on their expected influence value. A higher expected influence value signifies a greater importance of the nodes in the network. …”
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Spatial distribution and urban–rural disparity of unmet need for family planning among married/in-union women in Ethiopia: a spatial and decomposition analysis by Shimels Derso Kebede, Daniel Niguse Mamo, Jibril Bashir Adem, Agmasie Damtew Walle, Yawkal Tsega, Elsabeth Addisu, Zinabu Bekele Tadese, Ermias Bekele Enyew

“…Finally, multivariable decomposition analysis via a logit model was used to decompose the observed difference in unmet need by the compositional difference and the difference in effects of explanatory variables between places of residence.ResultsSpatial distribution of unmet need for family planning was clustered in Ethiopia with a global Moran's I index value of 0.25 (p-value = 0.004). …”
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Association of Adenotonsillectomy with Vaso-occlusive Crisis Frequency in Sickle Cell Patients of Eastern Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study by Moath Alfaleh, Omar Alanzi, Ali Alaskari, Mohammed Alzamil, Hussain Al-Baharna

“…Intragroup comparison of presurgical and postsurgical intervention variables was done using a paired t-test. A p-value of 0.05 or less was considered statistically significant. …”
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Correlation Between Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced CT Imaging Signs and Differentiation Grade and Microvascular Invasion of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Liu Y, Zhou Y, Liao C, Li H, Zhang X, Gong H, Pu H

“…., Ltd, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 5School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Sichuan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Hong Pu, Department of Radiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital; School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, 610000, People’s Republic of China, Email ph196797@163.com Haigang Gong, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, 610000, People’s Republic of China, Email hggong@uestc.edu.cnObjective: This study aimed to investigate how dynamic contrast-enhanced CT imaging signs correlate with the differentiation grade and microvascular invasion (MVI) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and to assess their predictive value for MVI when combined with clinical characteristics.Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of clinical data from 232 patients diagnosed with HCC at our hospital between 2021 and 2022. …”
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