Structural, electronic, mechanical, optical and magnetic properties of RhNbZ (Z = Li, Si, As) Half-Heusler compounds: a first-principles study by Adem Beriso Bejo, Megersa Wodajo Shura, Kumneger Tadele, Mesfin Asfaw Afrassa, Fekadu Tolessa Maremi

“…Studies of mechanical properties indicate that all the three compounds are ductile in nature and mechanically stable. …”
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Analysis of the practice of switch of antibiotics from intravenous to oral therapy at a tertiary care hospital in Nepal: a prospective observational study by Upasana Acharya, Sweta Shrestha, Aastha Rawal, Laxmi Dangol, Binaya Sapkota

“…Step-down conversion was the common type of IV to oral switch. Almost all patients were empirically treated with β-lactams antibiotics (n = 327). …”
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Risk factors and prevention strategy for patient dissatisfaction after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a single-center retrospective study by Lixin Yang, Zhao Guo, Yuhao Qiao, Jichao Guo, Jiaqi Li, Wei Wang

“…Associations between clinical variables and function of postoperative were examined in univariate and multivariate analysis.ResultOf all the 625 patients, including 296 (47.4%) male patients and 329 (52.6%) female patients. …”
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Characteristic analysis and surgical exploration for acetabular roof fractures: Multicenter retrospective cohort study. by Ruipeng Zhang, Yingchao Yin, Wei Chen, Yan Zhuang, Shicai Fan, Chengla Yi, Gang Lyu, Longpo Zheng, Xiaodong Guo, Ming Li, Guangyao Liu, Zhiyong Hou, Yingze Zhang

“…Satisfactory reduction quality was obtained in 49 cases (81.67%). All fractures healed well at an average mean of 3.07 months. …”
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The association between individual radiographic findings and improvement after chiropractic spinal manipulation and home exercise among older adults with back-related disability: a... by Michele J. Maiers, Andrea K. Albertson, Christopher Major, Heidi Mendenhall, Christopher P. Petrie

“…No alignment, degenerative, or anatomic factors were associated with ODI improvement at 12 weeks (all p > 0.05), regardless of severity of radiographic findings. …”
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Mechanisms of Copper-Induced Autophagy and Links with Human Diseases by Yuanyuan Fu, Shuyan Zeng, Zhenlin Wang, Huiting Huang, Xin Zhao, Min Li

“…As a structural and catalytic cofactor, copper is involved in many biological pathways and is required for the biochemistry of all living organisms. However, excess intracellular copper can induce cell death due to its potential to catalyze the generation of reactive oxygen species, thus copper homeostasis is strictly regulated. …”
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Lights and Siren Transport and the Need for Hospital Intervention in Nontrauma Patients: A Prospective Study by Olivier Bertholet, Mathieu Pasquier, Elina Christes, Damien Wirths, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Olivier Hugli, Fabrice Dami

“…The most common medical TCHI was the fast-track (65.2% of all TCHI). LST was predictive of the need for TCHI (p<0.001), as was the clinical condition of the patient and also when EMS providers expected TCHI. …”
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Pulmonary Nuclear protein in Testis (NUT) carcinoma: clinical, molecular characteristics, and treatment strategies by Jingjing Qu, Zhen Chen, Yanping Zhu, JinYan Huang, Qian Shen

“…Diagnostic confirmation was achieved through NUT protein positivity via IHC and FISH rearrangements in all five patients. RNA sequencing identified BRD3-NUTM1 fusions in 60% (3/5) patients. …”
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Feasibility and complications of videocapsule endoscopy in dogs weighing 7 kg or less by Camille St‐Jean, Allison Collier, Alex Zur Linden, Alexa Bersenas, Alice Defarges

“…Median esophageal, gastric, and small bowel transit time were 5 seconds (range, 1‐180), 240 minutes (range, 17‐335), and 73.5 minutes (range, 5‐168), respectively. All 10 dogs with overt GI bleeding had a possible origin identified with VCE. …”
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Research on water and fertilizer irrigation system of tea plantation by Xuetao Jia, Ying Huang, Yanhua Wang, Daozong Sun

“…Microcontroller S3C2410X is the kernel of hardware platform in the gateway nodes. All data were transmitted by wireless sensor network. …”
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Amplifying organizational performance from business intelligence: Business analytics implementation in the retail industry by Emmanuel P. Paulino

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Short-term endoscopic alterations of early gastric cancer after successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori by Xiaohan Yan, Jingze Li, Zehua Zhang, Bensong Duan, Meidong Xu, Qinwei Xu

“…Results 45 pairs of EGC cases before and after eradication were enrolled. All the confidence level of DL (High confidence: 15.6% vs. 93.3%, p value = 0.000) and invasion depth (High confidence: 37.8% vs. 80.0%, p value = 0.000) and histopathological classification (High confidence: 31.1% vs. 91.1%, p value = 0.000) were significantly improved after eradication. …”
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Correlation between MDA Level and Chitotriosidase-1 Activity in Seminal Fluid of Iraqi Infertile Males by Ali S. Abdul Aziz, Hedef D. Elyaseen, Hussain K. Kadhem

“…Methods: Ninety males aged between twenty and forty-five were included in this cross-sectional study, all diagnosed with infertility by specialists at the infertility unit of Al-Batool Teaching Hospital between February 2022 and February 2023. …”
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Event-Related Potentials Study of Cognitive Functions in Patients with Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment by XU Peiao, WEI Wei, ZHAO Yuqing, KONG Weicheng, LI Xinlei, QIU Lifang, CHEN Jie, XUE Xiehua

“…Participants in the PSCI group underwent neuropsychological tests：MoCA，Trail Making Test A （TMT-A），Trail Making Test B （TMT-B），Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test （RBMT-II），and Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test （ROCFT）. All patients and control subjects completed the event-related potential P300 assessment.ResultsCompared with the control group，participants in the PSCI group had significantly longer P300 latencies at nine electrodes （Fz，Cz，Pz，F3，C3，P3，F4，C4，and P4） （<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0. 001）. …”
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A Nationwide Exploration of Social Inequalities in Cancer Mortality Amidst the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Belgium by Yasmine Khan, Laura Van den Borre, Delphine De Smedt, Nick Verhaeghe, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Patrick Deboosere, Katrien Vanthomme, Sylvie Gadeyne

“…Analyses were stratified by age group (45–59 years, 60–74 years, 75+ years) and sex across all cancer types, including breast, colorectal, lung, pancreatic, and prostate. …”
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Visible Fat Content of Hotpot Beef Acceptability by New Zealand Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Consumers by M. M. Farouk, M. Staincliffe, D. L. Hopkins, G. Wu, C. Che, A. E. D. Bekhit, M. J. Y. Yoo, A. Horita, G. Urquiola, C. Craigie, K. Taukiri, R. Zhang, H. Ho, M. J. Challies

“…Hotpot beef with six visible fat levels (11%–35%) was produced and digitally photographed, and the images were ranked by panels of New Zealand Chinese (110), Japanese (145), and Korean (118) consumers. For all the nationalities, a preference for visible fat was influenced by both gender and age. …”
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Potential of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Aircraft for Commercial Applications with Advanced Airframe and Propulsion Technologies by Stanislav Karpuk, Yannik Freund, Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach

“…A multi-fidelity initial sizing framework with coupled constraint and mission analysis blocks was used for parametric airplane sizing and calculations of all necessary characteristics. Analyses performed for three reference aircraft of different sizes and ranges concluded that fuel-cell aircraft could have operating cost increases in the order of 30% compared to hydrogen combustion configurations and were caused by substantial weight and fuel burn increases. …”
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Self-reported periodontal disease, dental loss and COVID-19 in older adults by Yamile Baganet Cobas, Alain Manuel Chaple-Gil, Yilian Caballero-Guerra, Dayana Chávez-Valdez

“…A validated 4-question survey was applied to identify the periodontal disease and all data were processed in a database. Some variables were dichotomized to perform the odds ratio and Pearson's Chi-squared test, and determine the relationship between possible risk factors and the evolutionary severity of COVID-19. …”
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Undetectable = Untransmittable (U = U): insights from people living with HIV attending health facilities in Rwanda by Pierre Gashema, Felix Ndahimana, Eric Saramba, Tumisime Musafiri, Etienne Ishimwe, Patrick Gad Iradukunda, Angelique Ingabire, Vedaste Masengesho, Sam Kanyesigye, Nadine Rujeni, Muhayimpundu Ribakare, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira

“…Conclusion Our findings highlight the necessity for broader dissemination of the U = U concept across all PLWH subpopulations. Further research is essential to better understand the challenges faced by PLWH, which is critical for achieving the UNAIDS goal of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030.…”
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COVID-19 vaccination attitudes and acceptance among people with serious mental illness by William Small, Caroline Silva, Rachel Johnson, Vincent Betti, Antoinette Nguyen, Lauren Todd, David Jacobowitz, J. Steven Lamberti

“…Participants who had not been vaccinated were more likely to report greater concerns about all potential barriers to vaccination, including concerns about side effects, cost, health effects, and distrust of clinicians and governments.ConclusionsThe overall vaccination rate of study participants with SMI was similar to that of the general population. …”
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