Does the Admission Blood Pressure Associate with Short- and Long Term Outcome in Stroke Patients Treated with Thrombolysis? A Single Centre Study by L. Bentsen, C. Ovesen, A. F. Christensen, H. Christensen

“…Results. 265 patients were included. A trend with worse short- and long-term outcome was present in the quartiles with the lowest and highest admission BP compared to the quartile with admission values at 140–160 mm Hg systolic. …”
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Decision-making under epistemic, strategic and institutional uncertainty during COVID-19: findings from a six-country empirical study by Clare Wenham, Alexandra L Phelan, Winifred Ukponu, Sumegha Asthana, Tahmina Shirin, Claire J Standley, Adachioma Chinonso Ihueze, Sanjana Mukherjee, Ibrahim B Gobir, Mohannad Al Nsour, JJ Woo, Mohammad Mushtuq Husain, Nevashan Govender, Roujia Lin, Sumit Asthana, Renee Vongai Mutare

“…Current uncertainty literature primarily focuses on natural disasters, leaving a gap in understanding decision-making under uncertainty in times of public health emergencies. …”
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Implementación del dispositivo de atención a las urgencias subjetivas en la emergencia de un hospital de Guayaquil by Rodolfo Francisco Rojas Betancourt, Mariana de Lourdes Estacio Campoverde, Juan Andrés Cando Zapata, Mario Luis Burgos Calle

“…Los resultados indican que el dispositivo DATUS es una opción viable en el contexto ecuatoriano, ofreciendo a los adultos que todavía están afectados por las consecuencias del desastre la oportunidad de escuchar y recibir apoyo emocional. …”
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Positive hepatitis B surface antigen leads to a decrease in ovarian reserve in infertile patients receiving first in vitro fertilization treatment by Yutao Li, Xuejiao Wang, Ye Jiang, Qun Lv, Yi Zhang, Yu Wang

“…Methods We analyzed data from 38,861 infertile women undergoing their first in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment (2016–2022), including 1574 HBsAg-positive cases. A control group of 1574 HBsAg-negative women was matched by age and body mass index (BMI). …”
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Florid Proliferation of Hyalinized Vessels in a Spermatic Cord STAT6 Positive Solitary Fibrous Tumor and Its Potential Clinical Implications by Christopher P. Marquez, Haiyan Zhang, Jason Goodrum, J. Nicholas Sreshta, Marjan Afrouzian

“…A solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) arising in the paratesticular region is a rare event. …”
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Combined Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Management of Postcholecystectomy Mirizzi Syndrome from a Remnant Cystic Duct Stone: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Arpit Amin, Yuriy Zhurov, George Ibrahim, Anthony Maffei, Jonathan Giannone, Thomas Cerabona, Ashutosh Kaul

“…Mirizzi syndrome has been defined in the literature as common bile duct obstruction resulting from calculi within Hartmann’s pouch or cystic duct. We present a case of a 78-year-old female, who developed postcholecystectomy Mirizzi syndrome from a remnant cystic duct stone. …”
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Allium cepa Bio Assay to Assess the Water and Sediment Cytogenotoxicity in a Tropical Stream Subjected to Multiple Point and Nonpoint Source Pollutants by W. M. Dimuthu Nilmini Wijeyaratne, L. G. Y. J. G. Wadasinghe

“…Six sampling sites (Site A: Urban; B: Industrial; C: Water intake for public water supply; D: Industrial; E: Agricultural; F: Reference) were selected from the study area. …”
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Research on a Novel Unsupervised-Learning-Based Pipeline Leak Detection Method Based on Temporal Kolmogorov–Arnold Network with Autoencoder Integration by Hengyu Wu, Zhu Jiang, Xiang Zhang, Jian Cheng

“…In this study, we propose a novel leak detector, which includes a new model and a sequence labeling method that integrates prior knowledge with traditional reconstruction error theory. …”
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Cloud-Point Extraction Combined with Liquid Chromatography for the Determination of Ergosterol, a Natural Product with Diuretic Activity, in Rat Plasma, Urine, and Faeces by Dan-Qian Chen, Jun-Min An, Ya-Long Feng, Ting Tian, Xiang-Yang Qin, Ying-Yong Zhao

“…Ergosterol from many medicinal fungi has been demonstrated to possess a variety of pharmacological activities in vivo and in vitro. …”
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Approche de la diversité des comportements alimentaires chez les Néandertaliens à l’aide des isotopes du calcium by Pierre-Jean Dodat, Vincent Balte, Christine Couture, Jean-Philippe Faivre, Maurice Hardy, Trenton Holliday, Alan E. Mann, Bruno Maureille

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Cuidados de enfermería a paciente con trastorno autista en un hospital psiquiátrico, un estudio de caso clínico. by Yima Anai Pinto Muñoz, Claudia Jimena Rojas Ramos, Greta Estrella aypi Sanchez, Dayra Lucero Vargas Huamani, Rodolfo Amado Arévalo Marcos

“…Resultado: La evolución del usuario fue medianamente favorable debido a la complejidad de la enfermedad, se brindaron todos los cuidados basados en planes de cuidado individualizado. …”
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CooccurrenceAffinity: An R package for computing a novel metric of affinity in co-occurrence data that corrects for pervasive errors in traditional indices by Kumar P. Mainali, Eric Slud

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The economics of the performing arts before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 1: cost-output-profit analysis on the example of a performance by D. L. Morozova

“…Retaining a certain revenue share from ticket sales is not enough to cover current rental costs. …”
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Failure Mechanism Analysis and Support Design for Deep Composite Soft Rock Roadway: A Case Study of the Yangcheng Coal Mine in China by Bangyou Jiang, Lianguo Wang, Yinlong Lu, Shitan Gu, Xiaokang Sun

“…This paper presented a case study of the failure mechanisms and support design for deep composite soft rock roadway in the Yangcheng Coal Mine of China. …”
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Comparison of Hyperbaric 0.5% Levobupivacaine and Hyperbaric 0.75% Ropivacaine for Intrathecal Use in Infraumbilical Surgeries: A Randomised Clinical Study by Tejash H Sharma, Jagrati Jain, Priya Kishnani, Richa Tailor, Sara Mary Thomas

“…Introduction: Ropivacaine is a long-acting amide local anaesthetic agent and the pure S (-) enantiomer of propivacaine. …”
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The Comparative Mental Health Responses Between Post-Musculoskeletal Injury and Post-Concussive Injury Among Collegiate Athletes: A Systematic Review by Joseph Sabol, Cecelia Kane, Mark P Wilhelm, Jennifer C Reneker, Megan Burrowbridge Donaldson

“…# Background The average annual national estimate of injuries sustained by collegiate athletes is 210,674, which encompasses both those of a musculoskeletal and a concussive nature. Although athletic injuries are sustained through physical means and produce physical symptoms, sports-related injuries may be a stressor among athletes that is related to mental health…”
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Comparison of high-flow nasal oxygenation and standard low-flow nasal oxygenation during rigid bronchoscopy: a randomized controlled trial by Hye Jin Kim, Chang Young Lee, Kyuho Lee, Namo Kim, Seungyeon Lee, Young Jun Oh

“…The study endpoints included the lowest peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2), hypoxemia-related surgical interruptions (SpO2 ≤ 94%), and changes in arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) and carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) during the apnea period for rigid bronchoscopy. Results A total of 53 patients completed the study. No significant differences were found between the HFNO and the Standard groups in the lowest SpO2 levels (median [Q1, Q3]; 99 [98, 100]% vs. 98 [94, 100]%, P = 0.059) and in the increase rate of PaCO2 (mean ± standard deviation [SD]; 1.6 ± 0.7 mmHg/min vs. 2.0 ± 0.8 mmHg/min, P = 0.064). …”
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Journey across extrinsic tactics for power improvements of triboelectric energy harvesting beyond intrinsic materials and device structures: A concise review by Ahmed Mahfuz Tamim, Yebin Lee, Jung Hwan Park, Geon-Tae Hwang, Chang Kyu Jeong

“…While traditional power sources such as batteries remain in use, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have emerged as a promising alternative, capable of converting mechanical energy into electrical energy to power these sensors and devices. …”
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Association of daily step counts and step intensity with mortality among US adults: a cross–sectional study of NHANES 2005–2006 by Tianzhou Peng, Changhao Liu, Ti Yang, Leyi Liao, Qingping Li, Hanbiao Liang, Jiapeng Zhang, Chen Xie, Kai Wang, Chuanjiang Li

“…Results A total of 1,108 participants from the NHANES study were included, with a mean age of 49.5 ± 0.9 years. …”
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SERT-Deficient Mice Fed Western Diet Reveal Altered Metabolic and Pro-Inflammatory Responses of the Liver: A Link to Abnormal Behaviors by Raymond Cespuglio, Anna Gorlova, Konstantin Zabegalov, Kirill Chaprov, Evgeniy Svirin, Kseniia Sitdikova, Alisa Burova, Boris Shulgin, Ksenia Lebedeva, Alexei V. Deikin, Sergey Morozov, Tatyana Strekalova

“…Methods: One-year-old female Sert-/- mice and their wild-type (WT) littermates were subjected to a control diet (CD) or the WD for a duration of three weeks. …”
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