Potential traumatic events in the workplace and depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress: a cross-sectional study among Dutch gynaecologists, paediatricians and orthopaedic su... by Maria G van Pampus, Karel Willem Frank Scheepstra, Hannah S Pauw, Minouk Esmee van Steijn, Claire A I Stramrood, Miranda Olff

“…Objective To compare the prevalence of work-related potential traumatic events (PTEs), support protocols and mental health symptoms across Dutch gynaecologists, orthopaedic surgeons and paediatricians.Design Cross-sectional study, supplementary analysis of combined data.Setting Nationwide survey between 2014 and 2017.Participants An online questionnaire was sent to all Dutch gynaecologists, orthopaedic surgeons and paediatricians, including resident physicians (4959 physicians). 1374 questionnaires were eligible for analysis, corresponding with a response rate of 27.7%.Outcome measures Primary outcome measures were the prevalence of work-related PTEs, depression, anxiety, psychological distress and traumatic stress, measured with validated screening instruments (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Trauma Screening Questionnaire). …”
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The impact of the forced displacement of universities due to the occupation of certain territories of Ukraine on the effectiveness of their activities: “Top 200 Ukraine” universiti... by Tetiana Sych, Liubov Panchenko, Olga Saienko, Olga Ptakhina, Yevhen Ivanov

“…The findings indicate a minimum five-year decrease in performance metrics for all institutions following relocation, with the success of adaptation to new conditions being contingent upon the institution’s capacity and resources. …”
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Non-utilisation of postpartum services in northwestern Nigeria: analyses of trend and social determinants from 2003 to 2018 by Dyah Anantalia Widyastari, Abubakar Abbani Yakubu, Yothin Sawangdee, Pojjana Hunchangsith

“…The sample consisted of 17 294 women aged 15–49 who responded to questions on postpartum attendance during the period.Setting Northwestern geographical subregion of Nigeria.Outcome The non-use of postpartum services.Results The non-utilisation of postpartum services has increased from 77% in 2003 to 87% in 2018, with an overall prevalence of 88% of all women not using the services. The odds of not using postpartum services were higher for women with no education (adjusted OR (AOR): 1.27; CI: 1.03 to 1.58), those with no knowledge of contraceptives (AOR: 1.72; CI: 1.35 to 2.19), those who never used contraceptives (AOR: 1.71; CI: 1.39 to 2.09), those with parity of four or more births (AOR: 1.58; CI: 1.34 to 1.86), those in polygynous marriage (AOR: 1.16; CI: 1.03 to 1.30) and those from the poorest (AOR: 2.34; CI: 1.67 to 3.28) and poorer (AOR: 2.05; CI: 1.50 to 2.78) households. …”
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Clinical and Technical Characteristics of Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Performed before and after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with a Ball... by Alfredo Nunes Ferreira-Neto, Rishi Puri, Lluis Asmarats, Victoria Vilalta, Leonardo Guimaraes, Robert Delarochellière, Jean-Michel Paradis, Siamak Mohammadi, Eric Dumont, Josep Rodés-Cabau

“…Procedural characteristics were gathered from all coronary procedures and subsequently compared amongst the same type of procedure performed at these two distinct time periods. …”
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Narrow band based and broadband derived vegetation indices using Sentinel-2 Imagery to estimate vegetation biomass by A.B. Imran, K. Khan, N. Ali, N. Ahmad, A. Ali, K. Shah

“…Similarly, in stepwise regression red-edge normalized difference vegetation index (using band 6) was selected in final model (as overall R² of the model was 0.60) while all other indices were removed because they have non-significant relationship with the biomass. …”
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Experimental characterization of chemical mineral composition and morphology of titanium in carbonized slag particles by Jianxin Wang, Dong Yue, Liangying Wen, Liwen Hu, Xueming Lv

“…According to the analysis of the occurrence state of titanium element using SEM-EDS and mineral liberation analyzer (MLA), the results indicate that almost all titanium in the titanium-bearing blast-furnace slag exists in the CaTiO3 phase, which is transformed into TiCxOy phase during the process of carbonization reduction to make the carbonized slag. …”
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Introducing the Condor Array Telescope. V. Deep Broad- and Narrowband Imaging Observations of the M81 Group by Kenneth M. Lanzetta, Stefan Gromoll, Michael M. Shara, David Valls-Gabaud, Frederick M. Walter, John K. Webb

“…The images are characterized by an intricate web of faint, diffuse, continuum produced by starlight scattered from Galactic cirrus, and all prominent cirrus features identified in the broadband image can also be identified in the narrowband images. …”
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Seedling Stage Corn Line Detection Method Based on Improved YOLOv8 by LI Hongbo, TIAN Xin, RUAN Zhiwen, LIU Shaowen, REN Weiqi, SU Zhongbin, GAO Rui, KONG Qingming

“…Additionally, the crop line extraction accuracy across all stages was 96.52%. These results demonstrate the model's ability to maintain high detection accuracy despite challenging conditions in the field.…”
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You Call This Exemplary? Lessons from an Unsung International Evaluation by Douglas Horton

“…Lesson 3. You can’t win them all. While the early efforts with program evaluation analyzed here were experienced as failures, a number of subsequent developments have led to greater understanding of diverse evaluation approaches, and some movement toward agreement on what constitutes exemplary evaluation in the CGIAR. …”
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The Efficacy of Single-Application NPWTi-d for the Salvage of Infected Breast Prostheses: A Multi-Center Study by Jason C. Llaneras, MD, Robert Craig Clark, MD, Lauren Antognoli, MD, Emily Finkelstein, MD, Luci Hulsman, BS, Luther Holton, MD, Devinder Singh, MD, R. Jason VonderHaar, MD, Risal Djohan, MD, Aladdin H. Hassanein, MD, Chris M. Reid, MD

“…NPWTi-d was applied for an average of 61 hours with dwell times of 18 minutes every 3 hours, using institution-specific instillates. All patients were discharged with new prostheses (65% expanders, 35% implants) after an average hospital stay of 4 days. …”
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Ex vivo delivery of recombinant IL-10 to human donor lungs by Jonathan C. Yeung, Terumoto Koike, Dirk Wagnetz, Tiago N. Machuca, Riccardo Bonato, Mingyao Liu, Stephen Juvet, Marcelo Cypel, Shaf Keshavjee

“…However, the very short half-life of IL-10 in vivo (∼2 hours) has necessitated the use of gene therapy in almost all animal models of lung transplantation. Because isolation of the donor lung on the ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) circuit removes it from the influence of renal and hepatic clearance mechanisms, a much-prolonged half-life of IL-10 is anticipated. …”
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Leveraging survival analysis and machine learning for accurate prediction of breast cancer recurrence and metastasis by Shahd M. Noman, Youssef M. Fadel, Mayar T. Henedak, Nada A. Attia, Malak Essam, Sarah Elmaasarawii, Fayrouz A. Fouad, Esraa G. Eltasawi, Walid Al-Atabany

“…The LightGBM model reached an AUC of 92% in predicting recurrences, while XGBoost and Random Forest models distinguished recurrence types with up to 86% accuracy, and they effectively differentiated between bone metastasis and all other locations combined (brain, liver, and lungs). …”
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An Efflux Pumps Inhibitor Significantly Improved the Antibacterial Activity of Botanicals from Plectranthus glandulosus towards MDR Phenotypes by Gravalain Nanmeni, Alex T. Tedonkeu, Aimé G. Fankam, Armelle T. Mbaveng, Brice E. N. Wamba, Paul Nayim, Gabin T. M. Bitchagno, Raïssa T. Nzogong, Maurice D. Awouafack, Mathieu Tene, Veronique P. Beng, Victor Kuete

“…The presence of PAβN has improved the activity of extract and all fractions. Overall, the tested phytochemicals showed low activity against the studied bacteria. …”
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A woman’s place is in theatre: women’s perceptions and experiences of working in surgery from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland women in surgery working grou... by Maria Irene Bellini, Yitka Graham, Catherine Hayes, Roxanna Zakeri, Rowan Parks, Vassilios Papalois

“…The ASGBI acknowledges these perceptual issues and relative implications as the first of many steps to create an action-oriented change by allowing all staff, regardless of gender, to reflect on their own behaviour, perceptions and the culture in which they work.…”
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Soil health of bananas cultivated in Ribeira River Valley – the major producing region of Brazil by Cavalieri-Polizeli Karina Maria Vieira, da Silva Anderson Lucas, Cremonesi Marcus, Lima Juliana Domingues, Cipriano Patriciani Estela, Cherubin Maurício Roberto, Rozane Danilo Eduardo

“…A slight decrease, but still adequate, of physical indicators, primarily related to soil aeration and similar results in biological indicators. All soil quality indexes tested here can be used to verify soil health; however, soil quality index-2 was the best for a total dataset, and soil management assessment framework was the best for a minimum dataset, demonstrating no statistical difference in soil health between banana and forest soil systems.…”
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Manufacture and characterization of lightweight sand-plastic composites made of plastic waste and sand: Effect of sand types by Salih Mekideche, Mansour Rokbi, Zine El Abidine Rahmouni, Resego Phiri, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Suchart Siengchin

“…Many tests and analysis were carried out in this investigation. First of all, two initial used compounds (waste PP and various silica sand) were analyzed by using ATR-FTIR, XRF, and grain size distribution. …”
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Geographical Gradients in Argentinean Terrestrial Mammal Species Richness and Their Environmental Correlates by Ana L. Márquez, Raimundo Real, Marta S. Kin, José Carlos Guerrero, Betina Galván, A. Márcia Barbosa, Jesús Olivero, L. Javier Palomo, J. Mario Vargas, Enrique Justo

“…We performed partial correlations between SR and the geographical variables, maintaining the selected explanatory variables statistically constant, to determine if SR was fully explained by them or if a significant residual geographic pattern remained. All groups and subgroups presented a latitudinal gradient not attributable to the spatial form of the country. …”
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Immunonutrition for traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Linan Zeng, Lingli Zhang, Hailong Li, Rong Peng, Lijun Yang, Xinwei Chen, Zhenyan Bo

“…Outcomes of interest include the length of hospital stay, wound infections, all-cause mortality, non-wound infection, including pneumonia, urinary tract infection and bacteraemia, and the reports adverse events. …”
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Metabolizable energy and digestible nutrient values of protease-supplemented field pea for broiler chicken by Tofuko A. Woyengo, Anna Rogiewicz, Robert Patterson

“…The supplemental protease increased (P < 0.05) AMEn values of the SBM and field by an average of 187 kcal/kg but decreased (P < 0.05) the SID values of all indispensable AA (except His) for the SBM and field, by an average of 2.7 percentage points. …”
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N-terminal pro-B-type Natriuretic peptide levels and left atrial appendage thrombosis in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation by Chien Do Van, Huyen Trang Dang, Son Pham Nguyen, Minh Quang Luu

“…Transthoracic and trans-esophageal echocardiographs were performed in all patients. Results: Mean age was 70.5 ± 10.6 years, 80.6% male. …”
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