Construction of a Practical Oriented Tool for Evaluating the Ability of Community Medical Staff to Provide Hospice Care Services and Its Reliability and Validity by SHA Jingjing, JING Limei, DING Tongjiu, XIN Yurong, TANG Lan, LI Shuijing

“…Meanwhile, there is still a lack of unified assessment standards and requirements for the abilities of community medical staff. …”
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Association between dietary intake of live microbes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2007–2012 by Yifeng Xu, Zhaoqi Yan, Liangji Liu

“…Abstract Background Diet plays a crucial role in intervening in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), yet previous studies have not investigated the impact of dietary intake of live microbes on COPD. …”
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Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in a Diabetic Monkey Model and Therapeutic Testing of Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Kyo Won Lee, Tae Min Kim, Kyeong Sik Kim, Seunghwan Lee, Junhun Cho, Jae Berm Park, Ghee Young Kwon, Sung Joo Kim

“…Clinically, acute kidney injury (AKI) episodes in diabetes mellitus (DM) patients are associated with a cumulative risk of developing end-stage renal disease. …”
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Safety of interleukin inhibitors in patients with plaque psoriasis and history of neoplasms: a multicenter retrospective study – IL PSO (Italian landscape psoriasis) by Mario Valenti, Luciano Ibba, Sara Di Giulio, Luigi Gargiulo, Piergiorgio Malagoli, Anna Balato, Carlo G. Carrera, Paolo Dapavo, Eugenia V. Di Brizzi, Valentina Dini, Francesca Gaiani, Francesco Loconsole, Angelo V. Marzano, Matteo Megna, Alessandra Michelucci, Luca Potestio, Simone Ribero, Antonio Costanzo, Alessandra Narcisi

“…However, their use in patients with a history of cancer is debated.Objective: We conducted a multicenter retrospective study across nine Italian Dermatology Units to assess the real-world effectiveness and safety of IL inhibitors (IL-23, IL-17, IL-12/23) in 136 oncological patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. …”
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An Exploratory Study of the Effectiveness of Unconditional EducationalAssistance Program as a Programmatic Electoral Strategy in the Philippines: The Case of Makati City’s Project FREE by Miguel Enrico Gutierrez Ayson, Esther Marylerma Calvo

“…Drawing on Kitschelt and Wilkinson’s (2007) conceptualization of programmatic politics as an alternative electoral strategy, we investigated how a programmatic linkage between a local political leader and its electoral constituency is facilitated through the non-contingent and regular distribution of school-related materials for public school children. …”
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Genomic characterization of three marine fungi, including Emericellopsis atlantica sp. nov. with signatures of a generalist lifestyle and marine biomass degradation by Ole Christian Hagestad, Lingwei Hou, Jeanette H. Andersen, Espen H. Hansen, Bjørn Altermark, Chun Li, Eric Kuhnert, Russell J. Cox, Pedro W. Crous, Joseph W. Spatafora, Kathleen Lail, Mojgan Amirebrahimi, Anna Lipzen, Jasmyn Pangilinan, William Andreopoulos, Richard D. Hayes, Vivian Ng, Igor V. Grigoriev, Stephen A. Jackson, Thomas D. S. Sutton, Alan D. W. Dobson, Teppo Rämä

“…Analysis of its CAZyme repertoire and a culturing experiment on three marine and one terrestrial substrates indicated that E. atlantica is a psychrotrophic generalist fungus that is able to degrade several types of marine biomass. …”
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Stapled End-To-Side Ileocolic Anastomosis in Crohn’s Disease: Old Dog, Reliable Tricks? A Retrospective Two-Center Cohort Study by Volkan Doğru, MD, Jean H. Ashburn, MD, Umut Akova, BS, Alton G. Sutter, MD, Eren Esen, MD, Emily M. Gardner, MD, Andre da Luz Moreira, MD, Arman Erkan, MD, John Kirat, MD, Michael J. Grieco, MD, Feza H. Remzi, MD

“…Analyze our long-term experience with a less-popularized but stalwart approach, the stapled end-to-side ileocolic anastomosis. …”
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APOE Genetic Polymorphism rs7412 T/T Genotype May Be a Risk Factor for Essential Hypertension among Hakka People in Southern China by Hui Rao, Heming Wu, Zhikang Yu, Qingyan Huang

“…Specifically, the APOE rs7412T/T genotype may be a risk factor for hypertension.…”
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The Real-Time Prediction of Cracks and Wrinkles in Sheet Metal Forming According to Changes in Shape and Position of Drawbeads Based on a Digital Twin by Sarang Yi, Daeil Hyun, Seokmoo Hong

“…This study proposes a method for predicting formability in real-time, based on a digital twin framework that considers the position of drawbeads and holder force. …”
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Serum Zinc Levels in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome are Lower as Compared to Those without Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Cohort Study by Swati Dhar, Reena Yadav, Akash Tomar

“…Background: Zinc is an essential micronutrient, a vital stabiliser and a cofactor in many enzymes such as superoxide dismutase and phospholipase C and also acts as an antioxidant by protecting the sulfhydryl groups of different proteins and enzymes against free radicals. …”
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Spore-Derived Isolates from a Single Basidiocarp of Bioluminescent <i>Omphalotus olivascens</i> Reveal Multifaceted Phenotypic and Physiological Variations by Rudy Diaz, David Bermudes

“…We isolated 47 fungal strains of <i>Omphalotus olivascens</i> germinated from spores of a single mushroom. We first noted a high degree of variation in the outward appearances in radial growth and pigmentation among the cultures. …”
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The Effect of Lower-Limb Exercise on Pain Management of the Patients Undergoing Posterior Lumbar Fusion Surgery: A Retrospective Case-Control Study by Tong Wu, Yong Ye

“…On postoperative days (POD) 1, 3, 7, and 14, data were collected and analyzed regarding the following items: patient satisfaction, lower-limb muscle force, lumbar JOA score (29 points), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and visual analog scale (VAS) score. Results. A total of 225 participants were included in this study. …”
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A Colorimetric Immunoassay Based on g-C3N4@Fe3O4 Nanocomposite for Detection of Carcinoembryonic Antigen by Yanling Zhao, Yanfei Wen, Xing Hu, Bing Zhang

“…We proposed a colorimetric immunosensor based on g-C3N4@Fe3O4 nanocomposite-mediated transformation strategy for sensitive detection of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). …”
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Improvement of Quality of Life after Surgical Treatment of Patients with MRONJ: A Prospective Analysis Using the SF-12 and OHIP-14 Questionnaires by Georg Hoene, Nikolaus von Hahn, Denise Sievers, Lukas Schuffelen, Susanne Wolfer, Kathi Goldstein, Boris Schminke, Phillipp Brockmeyer, Philipp Kauffmann

“…Results. A total of 27 patients considered in the study had a total of 42 MRONJ lesions, corresponding to a mean of 1.56 necroses per patient. …”
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Comparison of the sociodemographic and clinical profiles of cancer patients admitted to a tertiary palliative care unit before and during the COVID-19 pandemic by Bruno Fernando da Silva Reis, Gisele O’Dwyer, Valeria Teresa Saraiva Lino, Lívia Costa de Oliveira, Karla Santos da Costa Rosa, Simone Garruth dos Santos Machado Sampaio

“…Abstract Objective To compare the sociodemographic and clinical profiles of patients with advanced cancer admitted to a tertiary palliative care unit before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Usability and Usefulness of a Symptom Management Coaching System for Patients With Cancer Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Comparative Mixed Methods Study by Savannah Lucia Caterina Glaser, Itske Fraterman, Noah van Brummelen, Valentina Tibollo, Laura Maria Del Campo, Henk Mallo, Sofie Wilgenhof, Szymon Wilk, Vitali Gisko, Vadzim Khadakou, Ronald Cornet, Manuel Ottaviano, Stephanie Medlock

“…It is unknown for usability evaluations whether certain usability problems would only be evident to patients whose condition closely resembles the target population, or if a broader group of patients would lead to the identification of a broader range of potential usability issues. …”
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Addressing challenges in vector control: a review of current strategies and the imperative for novel tools in India’s combat against vector-borne diseases by Kuldeep Singh, Amit Sharma, Manju Rahi, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Gaurav Kumar, Rajendra Baharia, Sam Joy

“…Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) exert a substantial burden across the world, especially in tropical countries. …”
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Using artificial intelligence based language interpretation in non-urgent paediatric emergency consultations: a clinical performance test and legal evaluation by Julia Brandenberger, Ian Stedman, Noah Stancati, Karen Sappleton, Sarathy Kanathasan, Jabeen Fayyaz, Devin Singh

“…The study focused on GT's translation accuracy and a legal and policy evaluation regarding AI-based interpretation in healthcare was conducted by legal scholars. …”
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A mediação como agente potencializador da difusão em Arquivos: experiência da campanha "Arquivo nosso de cada dia" by Antonio Gouveia, Elisabete Ribas, Flavio Ricci, Marcia Pazin

“…A mediação da informação, e também a mediação cultural, na Ciência da Informação, e em especial na Arquivologia são temáticas que requerem mais discussões teóricas e metodológicas. …”
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A Long Short-Term Memory–Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Network-Based Data Imputation Method for Photovoltaic Power Output Prediction by Zhu Liu, Lingfeng Xuan, Dehuang Gong, Xinlin Xie, Dongguo Zhou

“…To address the challenges of the issue of inaccurate prediction results due to missing data in PV power records, a photovoltaic power data imputation method based on a Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Network (WGAN) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network is proposed. …”
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