Nebulized aminoglycosides for ventilator-associated pneumonia: Methodological considerations and lessons from experimental studies by Jean-Jacques Rouby, Jing Xia, Jayesh Dhanani, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Antoine Monsel, Antoni Torres, Kostoula Arvaniti, Mona Assefi, Matteo Bassetti, Stijn Blot, Matthieu Boisson, Adrien Bouglé, Jean-Michel Constantin, Jayesh Dhanani, George Dimopoulos, Jonathan Dugernier, Pauline Dureau, Stephan Ehrmann, Timothy Felton, Marin Kollef, Antonia Koutsoukou, Anna Kyriakoudi, Pierre-François Laterre, Marc Leone, Victoria Lepère, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Xuelian Liao, Shakti Bedanta Mishra, Olivier Mimoz, Antoine Monsel, Girish B Nair, Michael Niederman, Lucy B Palmer, Jose Manuel Pereira, Konstantinos Pontikis, Garyphalia Poulakou, Jérôme Pugin, Chuanyun Qian, Jie-ming Qu, Jordi Rello, Jason Roberts, Jean-Jacques Rouby, Christina Routsi, Gerald C. Smaldone, Antoni Torres, Melda Türkoğlu, Tobias Welte, Michel Wolff, Xia Jing, Li Yang, Ting Yang, Ying-gang Zhu

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Identification of the crucial circ-mi-mRNA interaction networks regulating testicular development and spermatogenesis in ganders by Xiaopeng Li, Xiaoyong He, Guibi Li, Zhujun Wang, Fuli Huang, Jiasen Chen, Yang Song, Tanze Liu, Zhaoyan Chen, Xiangfeng Wang, Jiwei Hu, Hua He, Hehe Liu, Liang Li, Jiwen Wang, Shenqiang Hu

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COVID-19 – if the cure is worse than the disease. The Italian chaos by Giuseppe FERRARI

“…This number is very likely to be underestimated and expected to increase substantially: statistical evidences show that some areas in the North of Italy have suffered a mortality rate 4 to 10x higher year to date compared to the same period last year. …”

L’ensemble monumental du Pâtis à Vieillevigne (Loire-Atlantique) : un nouvel exemple de complexe sur cour laténien en Gaule by Yann Dufay-Garel, Marie Grall, Sandrine Paradis-Grenouillet, Rémy Wassong

“…The building is made up of four wings forming interconnected galleries, enclosed by a perimeter wall and possibly open on the courtyard side. …”
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Trustworthy collaborative evaluation of multi-service subjects in the cloud manufacturing model by Tao Yang, Yihuan Ding, Wei Chen

“…This system is framed around four critical dimensions: subject characteristics, service characteristics, product characteristics, and task characteristics. …”
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Tourists' perceptions of beach quality improvement during the off-peak season: a segmentation approach by Goda Lukoseviciute, Luís Nobre Pereira

“…Cluster analyses have resulted in four beach user profiles: passive nature-lovers, senior consumerists, outliers and young and active environmentalists. …”
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Effect of Compost Addition on Porosity and Hydraulic Properties of Different Textured Soils by Nurten İşler, Yasemin Kavdır

“…This research encompasses three distinct soil textures, five varying compost applications, and ten separate sampling intervals following the compost application and replicated four times. After 210 days of incubation, 6% VPC application increased the field capacity value by 27.7% compared to the control, especially in sandy loam soil. …”
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The use of the microalgae Tisochrysis lutea in a green water system increases the weight of seahorse larvae Hippocampus reidi, Ginsburg, 1933 by E.M.O. Sousa, N.Y. Oliveira, I.A. Silva, R.A. Ozório, M.W.S. Cordeiro, R. Wagner, M.Y. Tsuzuki

“…The study consisted of four treatments composed of two microalgae (Tisochrysis lutea - ISO and Chaetoceros muelleri-CHO), used alone (TISO and TCHO) or combined (TIC, 1:1) in the culture water, and a treatment without microalgae (TWM) during the first 15 days of culture. …”
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Prediction of cold region dew volume based on an ECOA-BiTCN-BiLSTM hybrid model by Yi Zhang, Pengtao Liu, Yingying Xu, Meng Zhang

“…An enhanced Crayfish optimization algorithm (ECOA) with four mixed strategies was employed to optimize the model’s hyperparameters and reduce the impact of arbitrary selection. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Surface-Charged Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) as Denture Resins by Sang E. Park, Maggie Chao, P. A. Raj

“…This experimental resin is made by copolymerization of methacrylic acid (MA) to poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) to produce a negative charge. Four experimental groups consisted of Orthodontic Dental Resin (DENTSPLY Caulk) as a control and three groups of modified PMMA (mPMMA) produced at differing ratios of methacrylic acid (5 : 95, 10 : 90, and 20 : 80 MA : MMA). …”
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Mobile android application development for anxiety and pain management: Usability and validity testing of audio hypno-spiritual therapy in ICU settings by Purnawan Iwan, Sutrisna Eman, Hidayat Arif Imam, Wirakhmi Ikit Netra

“…Validity was assessed by four experts in hypnosis, spirituality, critical care nursing, and cardiovascular disease, chosen for their expertise in relevant fields, using Aiken’s V analysis. …”
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Arithmetic textbooks panorama of the decade after the lifting of the ban on Lithuanian publications by Juozas Banionis

“…All the books step by step explained in the Lithuanian language four arithmetic operations up to ten, later a hundred and finally up to a thousand. …”
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The Effects of COVID-19-related Driving Restrictions on Air Quality in an Industrial City by Daulet Assanov, Aiymgul Kerimray, Birzhan Batkeyev, Zhanna Kapsalyamova

“…This study analyzes concentrations of four major air pollutants and meteorological parameters in Ust-Kamenogorsk from March 1 to May 15 in 2016–2020. …”
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Un gruppo di culle-tintinnabula del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. by Riccardo Berriola

“…In seguito questi oggetti trovano larga diffusione e diverse varianti iconografiche sempre in ambito greco1, e solo successivamente, in età ellenistica, nelle regioni dell’Italia centro-meridionale, probabilmente attraverso la mediazione di alcuni dei più rinomati centri apuli per la produzione coroplastica come Egnazia e Taranto, nei cui contesti tombali risultano presenti già dal IV sec. a.C. Vengono ora aggiunti maggiori dettagli al rilievo, quali il lenzuolo, il cappuccio o le fasce del bambino, mentre, talvolta, la figura non rappresenta più semplicemente un qualsiasi mortale fanciullo, ma prende le sembianze di un erote alato.…”
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Exact Optimum Design of Segmented Thermoelectric Generators by M. Zare, H. Ramin, S. Naemi, R. Hosseini

“…Thus, using new highly efficient thermoelectric materials, four STEGs are proposed to operate in the temperature range of 300 to 1300 kelvins. …”
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Extended DEMATEL method with intuitionistic fuzzy information: A case of electric vehicles. by Qiwen Ye

“…The study's results identify four cause factors and six effect factors within EV battery technology. …”
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Acupuncture Combined with Kinesitherapy in Treating 40 Cases of Senile Stroke Patients with Sleep Disorder by Jiachun LU, Xingang BAI, Xinghua LEI, Xingjuan XIONG, Yan CHEN, Quan WEN, Bibo LU, Min HE, Wenchun WANG, Anren ZHANG

“…The treatment group was treated with acupuncture and kinesitherapy, and the control group received estazolam tablets for four weeks. The pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), self-rating scale of sleep (SRSS), TCM symptom scale, barthel index (BI) and quality of life (QOL) were examined before and after treatment.Results:The difference-value of PSQI, SRSS, TCM symptom scale, BI and QOL in the treatment group before and after treatment was higher respectively than those in the control groups, and the differences were significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01).Conclusion:Acupuncture combined with kinesitherapy can improve the quality of sleep, TCM symptom, activities of daily living and QOL of senile stroke patients, and its effect is better than that of western medicine. …”
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Maritime Pilots’ Risky Operational Behavior Analysis Based on Structural Equation Model by Tingliu Xu, Yingjie Xiao, Zhuohong Jiang

“…And a questionnaire survey was conducted, which included four scales: risk-taking behavior, risk attitude, operational reliability, and risk perception. …”
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The Impacts of Satellite Remotely Sensed Winds and Total Precipitable Vapour in WRF Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasts by Diandong Ren

“…This study assesses the impact assimilating the scatterometer near-surface wind observations and total precipitable water from the SSMI, into WRF on genesis and track forecasting of four tropical cyclones (TCs). These TCs are selected to be representative of different intensity categories and basins. …”
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“This Rude Chivalry of the Wilderness”: Chivalry and Native Americans in Cooper’s and Irving’s American Novels by Pauline Pilote

“…“In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book?” …”
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