Trends of needle stick injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care center in South India by Suchitra Shenoy M, Harika Vangara, Joyce Emilda Rego, Irene Saldanha, Gracy Lobo, Shafir Kassim, Shrikala Baliga, Pavan M. R, Pooja Rao

“…The proper usage of personal protective equipment should be reinforced at all levels of the health care personnel.…”
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CAUSES OF COLLUSION AMONG PEOPLE IN CONSTRUCTION by Ayodeji OKE, Clinton AIGVABOA, Zacharia Mangena, Wellington THWALA

“…It will also enable the Competition Commission of South Africa (CCSA) to achieve their mandate, which is fair competition in all industries. With collusion occurring, it will be difficult for the cidb and the CCSA to achieve their mandate. …”
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Aerosol Measurements over India: Comparison of MAX-DOAS Measurements with Ground-based (AERONET) and Satellite-based (MODIS) Data by Prithviraj Mali, Mriganka Sekhar Biswas, Steffen Beirle, Thomas Wagner, Shrivardhan Hulswar, Swaleha Inamdar, Anoop S. Mahajan

“…However, over Delhi, the correlation was poor at 0.54. At 477 nm, all three locations had a moderately positive correlation between the MAX-DOAS and MODIS AODs, with statistically significant correlation coefficients of 0.66, 0.61, and 0.60, respectively. …”
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Impact of Hepatic Portal Venous Gas on the Prognosis of Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Reason to Consider Terminating Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Seok Ran Yeom, Mun Ki Min, Dae Sup Lee, Min Jee Lee, Mo Se Chun, Sung Wook Park, Wook Tae Yang

“…These images were independently reviewed by two emergency medicine physicians with several years of US examination experience who were blinded to all clinical details and outcomes. We evaluated the prognosis of traumatic OHCA by assessing the presence of HPVG using the US. …”
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Analyzing Radiation Protection Risks in Nuclear Medicine: Cause Investigation and WSR-Based Countermeasure Evaluation by Sun P, Li G, Zhu Y

“…Radiation protection risk control effectiveness and safety control capability scores were compared between the two groups.Results: The proportions of excessive diagnostic doses and additional radiation harm in the observation group were both lower than those in the control group (P < 0.05); the proportions of risk sources, including building environment, protective measures, dose monitoring, safety awareness, and waste disposal, in the observation group were all lower than those in the control group (P < 0.05). …”
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Efficacy of clomiphene citrate and tamoxifen on pregnancy rates in idiopathic male subfertility: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Shadi Khashaba, Shehab Khashaba, Anil Krishan, Angus Bruce, Abdullatif Almaghlouth, Jason Huang, Mahmoud Mima, Craig Niederberger

“…Methods: We conducted a comprehensive systematic review of electronic databases: MEDLINE, PubMed/PMC, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science. Articles satisfying all selection criteria were analyzed. The primary outcome was the incidence of pregnancy after receiving the treatment. …”
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Real-Time Multi-Task Deep Learning Model for Polyp Detection, Characterization, and Size Estimation by Phanukorn Sunthornwetchapong, Kasichon Hombubpha, Kasenee Tiankanon, Satimai Aniwan, Pasit Jakkrawankul, Natawut Nupairoj, Peerapon Vateekul, Rungsun Rerknimitr

“…Such tasks are challenging for fellow doctors. All these three tasks can have an intrapersonal error, which varies among endoscopists. …”
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Utility of Spinal Injury Diagnosis Using C-Spine Lateral X-Ray and Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis Computed Tomography in Major Trauma Patients with Impaired Consciousness by Yoon Soo Jang, Byung Hak So, Won Jung Jeong, Kyung Man Cha, Hyung Min Kim

“…Eleven patients were not diagnosed of spinal injury with CAP CT and C-spine lateral view, but all of them were diagnosed of stable fractures. …”
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A comparative study of statistical and intelligent classification models for predicting airlines passenger management satisfaction by Mohammed Alharithi, Ehab M. Almetwally, Omar Alotaibi, Marwa M. Eid, El-Sayed M. El-kenawy, Alaa A. Elnazer

“…Similar results are confirmed with the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, with P-values of 0.002 for all models. This shows significant differences between the theoretical and actual medians. …”
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Is Occult Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding a Definite Indication for Capsule Endoscopy? A Retrospective Analysis of Diagnostic Yield in Patients with Occult versus Overt Bleeding by Ikue Watari, Shiro Oka, Shinji Tanaka, Makoto Nakano, Taiki Aoyama, Shigeto Yoshida, Kazuaki Chayama

“…We retrospectively compared the cases of 102 patients with occult OGIB and 325 patients with overt OGIB, all having undergone CE. The diagnostic yield of CE and identification of various lesion types were determined in cases of occult OGIB versus overt OGIB. …”
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Differences in emergency nurse triage between a simulated setting and the real world, post hoc analysis of a cluster randomised trial by Hilde Philips, Veronique Verhoeven, Stefan Morreel, Jasmine Meysman, Ines Homburg, Diana De Graeve, KG Monsieurs

“…Objectives In the TRIAGE trial, a cluster randomised trial about diverting emergency department (ED) patients to a general practice cooperative (GPC) using a new extension to the Manchester Triage System, the difference in the proportion of patients assigned to the GPC was striking: 13.3% in the intervention group (patients were encouraged to comply to an ED or GPC assignment, real-world setting) and 24.7% in the control group (the assignment was not communicated, all remained at the ED, simulated setting). In this secondary analysis, we assess the differences in the use of the triage tool between intervention and control group and differences in costs and hospitalisations for patients assigned to the GPC.Setting ED of a general hospital and the adjacent GPC.Participants 8038 patients (6294 intervention and 1744 control).Primary and secondary outcome measures proportion of patients with triage parameters (reason for encounter, discriminator and urgency category) leading to an assignment to the ED, proportion of patients for which the computer-generated GPC assignment was overruled, motivations for choosing certain parameters, costs (invoices) and hospitalisations.Results An additional 3.1% (p&lt;0.01) of the patients in the intervention group were classified as urgent. …”
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Effect of Al contents on the microstructure and cavitation erosion resistance of TiSiN/NiTiAlxCrCoN nanomultilayer films by Hongjuan Yan, Fangying Cheng, Zhaoliang Dou, Lina Si, Ye Yang, Fengbin Liu

“…The results of the study reveal that all TiSiN/NiTiAl _x CrCoN nanomultilayer films exhibit a face-centered cubic structure with a preferential orientation in (200) plane. …”
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Impact of corticosteroids on the efficacy of first-line pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer by Amytis Roboubi, Eric Wasielewski, Soraya Bordier, Amélie Turlotte, Geoffrey Pavaut, Arnaud Scherpereel, Alexis Cortot, Clément Gauvain

“…Design: We performed a multicenter retrospective cohort study of all advanced-stage NSCLC patients receiving first-line CT-ICI. …”
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Residential Indoor and Outdoor PM Measured Using Low-cost Monitors during the Heating Season in Monroe County, NY by Andrea R. Ferro, Naděžda Zíková, Mauro Masiol, Gursumeeran P. Satsangi, Thomas Twomey, David C. Chalupa, David Q. Rich, Philip K. Hopke

“…The mean I/O PM2.5 ratio was 1.1 for all homes and increased to 1.7 when a combustion source was in use as indicated by an elevated CO concentration whereas most prior studies have found this ratio to be < 1. …”
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Species specificity and specificity diversity (SSD) framework: a novel method for detecting the unique and enriched species associated with disease by leveraging the microbiome het... by Zhanshan Sam Ma

“…Nevertheless, virtually, all species-level approaches such as differential abundance and differential network analysis methods exclusively rely on species abundances without considering species distribution information, while it can be said that distribution is equally, if not more, important than abundance in shaping the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of community compositions. …”
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In vitro investigating of anticancer activity of focuxanthin from marine brown seaweed species by M. Karkhane Yousefi, M. Seyed Hashtroudi, A. Mashinchian Moradi, A.R. Ghasempour

“…Breast cancer is the most common cancer type among women all over the world. Chemotherapy is the use of anticancer medicines for treating cancer but it has many side effects and cells may become resistant to these chemical medicines. …”
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Trazodone effectiveness in depression: impacts of trazodone extended release vs SSRIs on the health status and quality of life of patients with major depressive disorder by Marcin Siwek, Adrian Andrzej Chrobak, Anna Julia Krupa, Aleksandra Gorostowicz, Andrzej Juryk, Dominika Dudek

“…Both trazodone XR and SSRIs improved the health status and HRQoL of the MDD patients at all subsequent timepoints. Compared to SSRIs, trazodone XR provided greater improvements in terms of the self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression measures and more often improved participant overall health status and HRQoL. …”
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Mapping groundwater potential zone by robust machine learning algorithms &amp; remote sensing techniques in agriculture dominated area, Bangladesh by M. M. Shah Porun Rana, Muhammad Tauhidur Rahman, Md Fuad Hassan

“…This region's distinctive physiography, extensive agriculture, dryness, low rainfall, and abundant water supply all contribute to the low groundwater depth. The enhancement of human accessibility to sufficient quantities and high-quality groundwater resources is one of the major goals of this research. …”
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Factors associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive adolescents and young adult patients attending HIV care and treatment clinic at Bombo Hospital in Tan... by Sophia Kamote, Novatus Apolinary Tesha, Bruno F Sunguya

“…<h4>Background</h4>Adherence to HIV treatment regimens involves the consistent and correct intake of all prescribed medications. The implementation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) program has significantly reduced mortality among adolescents living with HIV. …”
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Protocol for the impact of machine learning-based clinician decision support algorithims in perioperative care (IMAGINATIVE) in Singapore general hospital : a large prospective ran... by Marcus Ong, Hairil Rizal Abdullah, Ecosse Lamoureux, Elaine Lum, Gek Hsiang Lim, Tan Pei Yi Brenda, Celestine Loh

“…The primary outcome is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Machine Learning Clinical Decision Support (ML-CDS) algorithm in improving perioperative mortality rates when integrated into the clinical workflow.Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the SingHealth Centralised Institutional Review Board (CIRB Ref: 2023:2114) and is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (trial number: NCT05809232). All patients will sign an informed consent form before recruitment and translators will be made available to non-English-speaking participants. …”
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