Dynamic Response of Graphitic Targets with Tantalum Cores Impacted by Pulsed 440-GeV Proton Beams by Pascal Simon, Philipp Drechsel, Peter Katrik, Kay-Obbe Voss, Philipp Bolz, Fiona J. Harden, Michael Guinchard, Yacine Kadi, Christina Trautmann, Marilena Tomut

“…The study comprises different graphite grades, such as polycrystalline, expanded and carbon-fiber reinforced graphite, and low-density graphitic foams, all candidates for beam-intercepting devices in high-power accelerators. …”
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Model Test on the Vibration Reduction Characteristics of a Composite Foundation with Gravel Cushion under Different Seismic Wave Amplitudes by Yingying Zhao, Weiming Gong, Xianzhang Ling, Peng Li, Ziyu Wang, Hong Fan

“…Under input seismic waves with peak accelerations of 0.2 g and 0.3 g, all three gravel cushions had seismic isolation effects with vibration reduction rates of approximately 18.63% and 17.92%, respectively. …”
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Decompressive craniectomy in subarachnoid hemorrhage compared to other etiologies: An institutional experience of 11 years by Emilia K. Pesonen, Aleksi Lammi, Cheng Qian, Mikael Von und Zu Fraunberg, Tommi K. Korhonen, Sami Tetri

“…Materials and methods: All DC procedures performed in the Oulu University Hospital between January 2009 and December 2019 were retrospectively identified. …”
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Incidence and risk factors of Vancomycin-induced thrombocytopenia: a six-year real-world study by Yuanchao Zhu, Lishuang Huang, Jingjing Zhang, Liang Liang, Pengfei Jin

“…Twenty-four patients experienced platelet recovery, and all recovered after discontinuing vancomycin, with a mean duration of 9 days (range, 1 to 35) after vancomycin cessation. …”
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Relationship between muscle activation and sagittal knee joint biomechanics in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome: a cross-sectional study by Byung Sun Choi, Soon Bin Kwon, Sehyeon Jeon, Myeongjun Kim, Yunseo Ku, Du Hyun Ro, Hyuk-Soo Han

“…With respect to muscle activation, the patient group showed significantly higher muscle activation of the ST muscle in all phases. As the absolute value of the moment increased, the activation of the VM, VL, and ST muscles increased more rapidly in the patient group, especially when KEM was under −1% body weight × height (Bw × Ht) or over 5% Bw × Ht. …”
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Proportional mortality and years of potential life lost due to liver diseases among agricultural workers, Brazil, 2017 to 2022 by Jailma dos Santos Silva, Soraia Arruda, Thayane Silva Nunes, Wiler de Paula Dias, Adedayo Michael Awoniyi, Armando Meyer, Cleber Cremonese

“…Workers’ profile was characterized according to sociodemographic variables and Brazilian regions, forming a comparison group with all other Brazilian workers aged from 18-69 years who died in the same period and from the same underlying cause. …”
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Characteristics of knowledge translation platforms and methods for evaluating them: a scoping review protocol by Taryn Young, Bey-Marrié Schmidt, Sara Cooper, Nasreen S Jessani

“…One reviewer will complete data extraction for all included studies, and another will check a sample of 50% of the included studies. …”
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A Multimodal Workshop to Improve Medical Student Self-Assessment of Knowledge and Comfort Managing Patients With Suicidality by Paige C. Chardavoyne, Amanda Liewen, Paige McKenzie, Jill Sorby, Ana Navarro, Julie R. Owen

“…Prior to the workshop, on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = not at all, 5 = extremely), respondents rated their knowledge regarding suicide assessment as 2.2 and their comfort managing suicidality as 2.6. …”
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Arterial Blood Gas Analysis and the Outcome of Treatment in Tricyclic Antidepressants Poisoned Patients with Benzodiazepine Coingestion by Ahmad Yaraghi, Nastaran Eizadi-Mood, Maryam Katani, Shadi Farsaei, Mahrang Hedaiaty, Seyyed Mohammad Mahdy Mirhosseini, Elham Beheshtian, Ali Mohammad Sabzghabaee

“…However, other complications such as seizure, and the need for the endotracheal intubation were not significantly different. All patients in both groups survived. Conclusions. …”
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Protocol for the impact of CBT for insomnia on pain symptoms and central sensitisation in fibromyalgia: a randomised controlled trial by Michael Robinson, Chokkalingam Siva, Christina S McCrae, Ashley F Curtis, Jason Craggs, Chelsea Deroche, Pradeep Sahota, Roland Staud

“…The following assessments will be completed: 2 weeks of daily diaries measuring sleep and pain, daily actigraphy, insomnia severity index, pain-related disability, single night of polysomnography recording, arousal (heart rate variability, cognitive affective arousal), structural and functional MRI to examine pain-related neural activity and plasticity and mood (depression, anxiety).Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was obtained in July 2018 from the University of Missouri. All data are expected to be collected by 2022. Full trial results are planned to be published by 2024. …”
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National and provincial prevalence of self-reported diabetes: results from the cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey in Sri Lanka–2016 by Sobha Sivaprasad, Manjula D Nugawela, Harshana Munasinghe, Pansujee Dissanayaka, Mangalika Jayasundara

“…The objective of this study was to estimate the national and provincial-level prevalence of self-reported diabetes and establish the demographic risk factors of diabetes in Sri Lanka.Research design and methods A nationally representative sample of the population from all nine provinces in Sri Lanka was obtained from the cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey 2016. …”
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Africa between East and West: Searching for its own path. Book review of ‘La Russie face aux occidentaux en Afrique centrale: Pour un arrimage des Africains aux enjeux de puissance... by A. V. Nefedov

“…The author argues that despite seemingly friendly rhetoric, all global actors regard Central Africa as yet another arena of interstate rivalry, and suggests that the African countries should develop an independent foreign policy strategy, including, among other things, a force component. …”
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Impact of Mixed Sources on the Atmospheric Aerosols of Urbanized Areas in the Philippines by Preciosa Corazon B. Pabroa, Joseph Michael D. Racho, John Robin Yee, Lawrence Adrian Tacliad, Haron Deo Vargaz, Iara Chantrelle V. Coronel, Raymond J. Sugcang, Christian Mark G. Salvador

“…The average fine (coarse) aerosols of Valenzuela, Manila, and Boracay were 26.7 (80.4), 27.9 (86.6), and 20.9 (124.6) μg m−3, respectively, which all exceeded the recent annual limits of the World Health Organization. …”
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The efficacy of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for psychological health and quality of life among breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tang Lin, Yin Ping, Cai Ming Jing, Zhi Xiao Xu, Zhu Ping

“…We found that ICBT is effective in alleviating psychological distress in BC survivors, and the quality of all studies was moderate. The meta-analysis indicated that ICBT affected primary outcomes of anxiety (standardized mean difference [SMD] = −0.71, 95% confidence interval [CI]: −1.19, −0.24, p < 0.0001), depression (SMD = −0.67, 95% CI: −1.07, −0.27, p < 0.0001), fatigue (SMD = −1.23, 95% CI: −2.37, −0.08, p < 0.0001) and QOL (SMD = 0.79, 95% CI: 0.21, 1.37, p < 0.00001).ConclusionThis meta-analysis indicates that ICBT, as a type of psychosocial rehabilitation, can mitigate the incidence of depression, anxiety, and fatigue and improve the quality of life among patients with BC. …”
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A Randomized, Double-Masked, Active-Controlled, Crossover Phase III Equivalence Study of Generic Dorzolamide 2% versus Innovator Trusopt® Eye Drop Solution in Subjects with Open-An... by Katharina Bell, Christina Korb, Christina Butsch, Bert Constantin Giers, Anna Beck, Alicja Strzalkowska, Christian Ruckes, Ulrike Klingberg, Norbert Pfeiffer, Katrin Lorenz

“…According to the self-report, all patients were >80% compliant. Under the ANCOVA model, the 90% confidence interval for the average change of the IOP −0.27 mmHg (−1.17 mmHg–0.64 mmHg) is included by the acceptance range −1.5 mmHg to +1.5 mmHg after excluding 2 patients, which had falsely reported high therapy adherence. …”
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Molecular Detection and Isolation of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus during an Outbreak in West Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia by Umer Seid Geletu, Ahmedin Abdurehman Musa, Munera Ahmednur Usmael, Melaku Sombo Keno

“…After three blind passages, all samples developed cytopathic effects (CPEs). …”
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The Role of the Organization in Promoting Information Security–Related Behavior Among Resident Physicians in Hospitals in Germany: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study by Judith Kraushaar, Sabine Bohnet-Joschko

“…Researchers have shown that—in addition to technological and regulatory measures—it is also necessary for all employees to follow security policies and consciously use information technology (compliance), because noncompliance can lead to security breaches with far-reaching consequences for the organization. …”
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Characteristics of patients with somatoform pain disorder by Lena Barth, Linda Baumbach, André Hajek, Lutz Götzmann, Katrin Feiks, Michael Rufer, Kyrill Schwegler, Bianca Schwennen, Kirstin Bernhardt, Uwe Wutzler, Paul Kaiser, Lutz Wittmann, Adrian Siegel

“…The survey contains 10 different categories, all of them referring to pain‐related topics. Within the survey, we analyzed validated as well as non‐validated questionnaires. …”
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Reducing the Impact of Tinnitus on Children and Adolescents’ Lives: A Mixed-Methods Concept Mapping Study by Susan Tegg-Quinn, Robert H. Eikelboom, Christopher G. Brennan-Jones, Syndon Barabash, Wilhelmina H. A. M. Mulders, Rebecca J. Bennett

“…Participants from the tinnitus group perceived a greater degree of benefit associated with strategies from all four clusters than the clinicians’ group. However, both groups perceived the greatest degree of benefit as being associated with activities and strategies within the Education, Support, and Counselling and the Clinical Assessments and Management clusters. …”
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Impact of PARP inhibitor maintenance therapy in newly diagnosed advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: A meta-analysis. by Banghyun Lee, Suk-Joon Chang, Byung Su Kwon, Joo-Hyuk Son, Myong Cheol Lim, Yun Hwan Kim, Shin-Wha Lee, Chel Hun Choi, Kyung Jin Eoh, Jung-Yun Lee, Dong Hoon Suh, Yong Beom Kim

“…The survival outcomes were compared with respect to the PARPi treatment regardless of bevacizumab maintenance therapy. All adverse events ≥ grade 3 were analyzed. Review Manager Version 5.4.1 software was used for the meta-analysis.…”
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