Outcomes of Emergency Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Hans Huang, Christopher P. Kovach, Sean Bell, Mark Reisman, Gabriel Aldea, James M. McCabe, Danny Dvir, Creighton Don

“…Emergency TAVR has emerged as a viable treatment strategy for patients with decompensated severe aortic stenosis and/or regurgitation; however, data on patients undergoing emergency TAVR are limited. Methods. All emergency TAVR procedures were identified from a single tertiary academic center between January 2015 and August 2018. …”
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Evaluation of morphological changes and level of light scattering of the cornea in glaucoma patients by confocal corneal microscopy by G.B. Egorova, V.V. Averich

“…<br> <b>Results</b>: the examination of a group of patients with newly diagnosed glaucoma and uncompensated IOP revealed an increase in the intensity of light scattering in the epithelium and in all layers of the corneal stroma as compared with the norm (P &lt;0.05). …”
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Grain quality of spring wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) cultivars developed in Western Siberia under the conditions of Northern Kazakhstan by M. U. Utebayev, T. V. Shelaeva, N. A. Bome, I. V. Chilimova, O. O. Kradetskaya, S. M. Dashkevich, V. N. Novokhatin, L. I. Weisfeld

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Comparing acceptance of smoking cessation and smoke-free home intervention offers and associated factors among people with low income in the USA: baseline results of a randomised c... by Matthew W Kreuter, Michelle C Kegler, Jennifer Wolff, Amy McQueen, Lauren Grimes, Enguday Teshome, Rachel Garg, Tess Thompson, Kelly Carpenter

“…Thus, an additional 212 (21.4% of all arm 2 participants) people who smoke engaged in tobacco control programmes than would have with standard practice alone (quitline only). …”
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The link between smoking, emphysema, and fibrosis: A retrospective cohort study by Liying Zhai, Haihong Gong, Wencheng Yu

“…Kaplan-Meier survival analysis with log-rank testing and multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysis were used to compare all-cause mortality. Results Emphysema was present in 188 (23.5%) ILD patients. …”
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The embryological characteristics and clinical outcomes of oocytes with indented zona pellucida by Jie Lin, Lu Fang, Lv Yao, Haichao Wang, Hongyan Lan, Yinli Zhang, Xiaomei Tong

“…Background Our study aimed to investigate the embryological characteristics and clinical outcomes of oocytes with indented zona pellucida (iZP).Methods Cases with all oocytes containing iZP were compared with subjects whose oocytes presented morphologically normal ZP (nZP, controls), regarding embryological and clinical outcomes. …”
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On the Stability of Graphene-Based Aqueous Dispersions and Their Performance in Cement Mortar by Teresa Gerace, Sebastiano Candamano, Simone Bartucci, Carlo Poselle Bonaventura, Alfonso Policicchio, Raffaele Giuseppe Agostino, Milena Marroccoli, Antonio Telesca, Mariano Davoli, Andrea Scarcello, Lorenzo S. Caputi, Daniela Pacilè

“…Our results suggest that mechanical properties are only moderately affected by the inclusion of all additives, whereas the introduction of graphene significantly influences the coefficient of capillary water absorption. …”
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Development of a TSR-based method for understanding structural relationships of cofactors and local environments in photosystem I by Lujun Luo, Tarikul I. Milon, Elijah K. Tandoh, Walter J. Galdamez, Andrei Y. Chistoserdov, Jianping Yu, Jan Kern, Yingchun Wang, Wu Xu

“…Abstract Background All chemical forms of energy and oxygen on Earth are generated via photosynthesis where light energy is converted into redox energy by two photosystems (PS I and PS II). …”
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The trend of DALY of breast, colorectal, oral, and cervical cancers in Taiwan in 2005–2017 by Chun-Hui Lin, Cheng-Chieh Hsieh, Si-Yu Chen, Hong-Ru Chen, Szu-Chieh Chen

“…The highest DALYs consistently occurred in the 50–69 age group across all cancer types, highlighting the significant burden on middle-aged populations.…”
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Supervision, performance assessment, and recognition strategy (SPARS) – a multipronged strategy to strengthen medicines management in Nepal: pilot study methods and baseline result... by Nirajan Bhusal, Anup Bastola, Reekesh Shrestha, Narendra Kumar Khanal, Birna Trap

“…Assessing and building national capacity in MM is needed at health facilities at all levels of care.…”
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Phage WO diversity and evolutionary forces associated with Wolbachia-infected crickets by Qing-Chen Luo, Yue-Yuan Li, Ye-Song Ren, Xiao-Hui Yang, Dao-Hong Zhu

“…However, among these cricket species, in addition to the shared phage WO types, all harbored species-specific phage WO types. This suggests that Wolbachia in crickets may acquire phage WO types through horizontal viral transfer between eukaryotes, independent of Wolbachia involvement. …”
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Bacterial Isolates and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns Among Pediatric Patients with Urinary Tract Infections: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study at Tertiary Level i... by Esmat E, Saadaat R, Saedi NH, Hakimi A, Baryali AT, Rasooli AJ, Noor S, Ahmad M, Haidary AM

“…Urine samples should be analyzed for all pediatric patients with fever and, if pyuria is present, a urine culture is necessary.Keywords: bacterial isolates, antimicrobial susceptibility, pediatric patients, UTI…”
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Synthesis of glass-based catalysts for biodiesel production from a blend of beef tallow and waste cooking oil by M. Mashamba, L. Tshuma, L.B. Moyo, N. Tshuma, G.S. Simate

“…FTIR analysis of the calcined and uncalcined catalysts showed a sharp decrease in hydroxyl functional groups, indicating successful calcination. All glass-based catalyst samples exhibited strong Si-O-Si vibration stretches around 1100cm−1, confirming the presence of silicon as the glass precursor. …”
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Human development III: Bridging Brain-Mind and Body-Mind. Introduction to “Deep” (Fractal, Poly-Ray) Cosmology by Søren Ventegodt, Tyge Dahl Hermansen, Erik Rald, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Maj Lyck Nielsen, Birgitte Clausen, Joav Merrick

“…The development of a mind that enables us to handle the outer physical world and survive makes a lot of sense from an evolutionary perspective; the problem is that the mental reason and linear logic reduces all phenomena to well-defined interacting objects, which might not exist from a deeper perspective of reality. …”
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A machine learning framework for short-term prediction of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations using personal air quality monitors and lifestyle data by M. Atzeni, G. Cappon, J. K. Quint, F. Kelly, B. Barratt, M. Vettoretti

“…The SHAP analysis revealed that the contribution of environmental features is not uniform across all subjects. For instance, cumulative exposure to pollutants demonstrated greater predictive power in cluster 1. …”
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Partial rejuvenation of the spermatogonial stem cell niche after gender-affirming hormone therapy in trans women by Emily Delgouffe, Samuel Madureira Silva, Frédéric Chalmel, Wilfried Cools, Camille Raets, Kelly Tilleman, Guy T'Sjoen, Yoni Baert, Ellen Goossens

“…A spermatogenic arrest was also observed in all participants. The transcriptomic profile of transgender tissue confirmed a loss of mature characteristics - a partial rejuvenation - of the spermatogonial stem cell niche and, in addition, detected inflammation processes occurring in the samples. …”
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A quantitative environmental impact assessment of Australian ultra-processed beverages and impact reduction scenarios by Kim Anastasiou, Michalis Hadjikakou, Ozge Geyik, Gilly A. Hendrie, Phillip Baker, Richard Pinter, Mark Lawrence

“…Reformulation, reducing UPB consumption and increasing recycling all led to meaningful reductions in environmental impacts but with diverse effects across different environmental indicators. …”
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Optimization extraction process of Shenghua Decoction and evaluation of its analgesic effects by Zhonghui Pu, Lijuan Chen, Huaidan Liu, Jingzhu Deng, Li Li, Liang Xiong, Liuying Li

“…The optimum conditions led to maximal combined content of ferulic acid and senkyunolide I at 1.2336 mg/g averaged from three validation tests (RSD = 1.84 %, n = 3), 0.9347 mg/g for ferulic acid and 0.2989 mg/g for senkyunolide I, and the bias ratio was 1.82 % compared with the predicted value of 1.251 mg/g, indicating the experimental values obtained from the BBD model agreed with that of the predicted values.Analgesic activity results indicated that SHD at all doses significantly reduced the number of twists induced by glacial acetic acid dose-dependently, and prolonged latency of foot licking to varying degrees at every stage of mice hot-plate test. …”
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Presidential Initiatives as a Tool to Manage U.S. Foreign Assistance Policies in the XXI Century: From George W. Bush Jr. to Joseph R. Biden by V. I. Bartenev

“…However, at least for the time being the Joseph Biden’s initiative stands out in all three main dimensions, which raises doubts about its potential to exert a systemic and long-term influence on the U.S. foreign assistance policies.…”
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Research on the treatment efficiency of improved sequential batch integrated wastewater equipment by MA Haibo, MIAO Liyong, XIAO Bo, LIU Zhijie, JIANG Xiaoyu, RONG Yi, REN Wuang

“…The results showed that COD, NH4+-N and TN removal rates under the two situations of intermittent and continuous water intake achieved more than 90%,all of which satisfied the standard of Class I-A, while TP met the standard of Class I-B. …”
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