Diurnal variation in brain injury after cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Fei Peng, Fei Wang, Bowen Gao, Ping Sun

“…Based on the CA/CPR onset time, all patients were divided into two cohorts: daytime and nighttime groups. …”
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Moderate-Intensity Exercise and Musical Co-Treatment Decreased the Circulating Level of Betatrophin by Hendra Susanto, Ahmad Taufiq, Sugiharto, Desiana Merawati, Khumaira Marsyidah Badu, Jerry Dwi Trijoyo Purnomo, Adeodatus Yuda Handaya

“…The ELISA method was applied to quantify the serum level of betatrophin in all samples. The statistical analysis was performed by applying the Kolmogorov–Smirnov normality test, one-way ANOVA, and parametric linear correlation and regression. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Nature-Inspired Algorithms for Optimal Power Flow Problem: A Focus on Penalty-Vanishing Terms and Algorithm Performance by Gerardo Castanon, Alberto F. Martinez-Herrera, Ana Maria Sarmiento, Alejandro Aragon-Zavala, Fernando Lezama

“…Utilizing a low-high sorting ranking method, considering mean, maximum, and minimum values for result computation and sorting, we identify the optimal algorithm among all those assessed for various objective functions, alongside assessing the success rate of penalty-vanishing terms. …”
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An In Vitro Model of Diabetic Retinal Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction and Neuroretinal Degeneration by Qiyun Wang, Xinyuan Zhang, Kaiyue Wang, Ling Zhu, Bingjie Qiu, Xiaosi Chen, Xiao Lin, Yao Nie

“…The tube formation assay found that all the parameters were significantly higher in the 25 mM and 50 mM groups (p<0.001) concomitant with the elevated VEGFA expression in HRMECs (p=0.016). …”
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Thiazole Based Carbohydrazide Derivatives as α-Amylase Inhibitor and Their Molecular Docking Study by Muhammad Taha, Maryam Irshad, Syahrul Imran, Fazal Rahim, Manikandan Selvaraj, Noor Barak Almandil, Ashik Mosaddik, Sridevi Chigurupati, Faisal Nawaz, Nor Hadiani Ismail, Mohamed Ibrahim

“…Thiazole based carbohydrazide derivatives 1-25 have been synthesized, characterized by 1HNMR, 13CNMR, and EI-MS, and evaluated for α-amylase inhibition. Except compound 11 all analogs showed α-amylase inhibitory activity with IC50 values from 1.709 ± 0.12 to 3.049 ± 0.25 μM against the standard acarbose (IC50 = 1.637 ± 0.153 μM). …”
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Financial and non–financial factors in companies’ adaptation process towards sustainability and sustainable business models by Magdalena Zioło, Elżbieta Szaruga, Anna Spoz

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Association of frailty with non-laboratory based cardiovascular disease risk score among older adults and elderly population: insights from longitudinal aging study in India (LASI-... by Pritam Halder, Semanti Das, Anshul Mamgai, Divya Sharma, Ashish Behera, Pulak Syal, Vineeth Rajagopal, Tanvi Kiran

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Determination of Electrolytes in Critical Illness Patients at Different pH Ranges: Whom Shall We Believe, the Blood Gas Analysis or the Laboratory Autoanalyzer? by Christopher Hohmann, Roman Pfister, Kathrin Kuhr, Julia Merkle, Julian Hinzmann, Guido Michels

“…One hundred samples from intensive care unit patients with a range in pH values between 7.20 and 7.49 were evaluated in this retrospective cohort study. All patients suffered an infarct-related cardiogenic shock and were intubated and not under therapeutical hypothermia at the time of blood collection. …”
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Detection of Neoplastic Gastric Lesions Using Capsule Endoscopy: Pilot Study by Byoung Yeon Jun, Chul-Hyun Lim, Wook Hyun Lee, Jin Su Kim, Jae Myung Park, In Seok Lee, Sang Woo Kim, Myung-Gyu Choi

“…The patient satisfaction assessment questionnaire rated capsule endoscopy significantly higher than upper endoscopy in all categories. Conclusions. Capsule endoscopy was less effective than esophagogastroduodenoscopy and showed limited value in this feasibility study.…”
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Maternal knowledge, attitude and practice regarding commercial oral rehydration salt solution: experience from a diarrhoeal disease hospital in Bangladesh by Tahmeed Ahmed, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Md Fuad Al Fidah, Sharika Nuzhat, Md Ridwan Islam, Shoeb Bin Islam, Md Mushfiqur Rahman, Sneha Paul, Mahfuz-Un Nesa, Devjani Chowdhury, Shayontan Fardin Nabi, Awni Mokhtar Sallam Ali Awn, Liaquat Ali Khan, Chowdhury Ali Kawser

“…Only 2.9% correctly knew all recommended steps. Approximately half (51.1%) knew the purpose of ORS use, and 24.6% believed that antibiotics are more helpful than ORS.Conclusions The findings of the study emphasise the need for substantial improvements to the existing health education program with a focus on parental education. …”
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Association between chronic diseases and severe periodontal disease progression: A retrospective cohort study in a city of Japan by Sayaka Nin, Yu Sun, Takami Maeno, Chihiro Nishiura, Kento Taira, Kenji Fujimoto, Jun Hamano, Sachiko Ozone, Tetsuhiro Maeno

“…In the multivariate analysis, only diabetes mellitus was significantly associated with severe periodontal disease, with a hazard ratio of 1.26 (95% confidence interval, 1.08–1.53) among all chronic diseases. Conclusion Patients with diabetes mellitus had a high risk of severe periodontal disease progression, suggesting that proactive dental visits should be recommended to prevent severe periodontal disease.…”
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Percutaneous cryoablation of kidney tumors after partial nephrectomy by Wojciech Krajewski, Maciej Guziński, Wojciech Tomczak, Łukasz Nowak, Jan Łaszkiewicz, Joanna Chorbińska, Adam Chełmoński, Katarzyna Grunwald, Bartosz Małkiewicz, Tomasz Szydełko

“…There was no significant change in estimated glomerular filtration rate following cryoablation. All the recorded complications, except one, were grade I and resolved with hydration or treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. …”
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The influence of combinations of alien translocations on <i>in vitro</i> androgenesis in spring common wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) by E. M. Timonova, I. G. Adonina, E. A. Salina

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Propofol Causes Consciousness Loss by Affecting GABA-A Receptor in the Nucleus Basalis of Rats by Yunlong Xing, Kai Li, Yuan Jiao, Zinan Li

“…The rats were intravenously injected with propofol (50 mg/kg/h) to test the time of loss of righting reflex (LORR) in all rats. When LORR occurred, the rats received single administration of propofol (12 mg/kg) to measure the time of return of righting reflex (RORR). …”
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Characterization of Vaginitis Among Women Complaining of Genital Tract Symptoms by Hemin Muheddin Kareem, Muhammed Saed Qadir, Safa Bakr Karim, Solaf Jawhar Ali

“…Samples were examined microbiologically and causative agents were isolated. All relevant clinical information such as patient demographic profiles, socioeconomic variables, risk factors and symptoms have been collected by questionnaire based study. …”
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The effects of deprivation, age, and regional differences in COVID-19 mortality from 2020 to 2022: a retrospective analysis of public provincial data by Anqi A. Chen, Elizabeth M. Renouf, Charmaine B. Dean, X. Joan Hu

“…Results Mean daily COVID-19 deaths increased quickly as daily hospitalizations increased, particularly when daily hospitalizations were less than 20. In all the subperiods, mean daily deaths of a public health unit was significantly associated with its population size and the proportion of confirmed cases in subjects over 60 years old. …”
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A new hybrid distance and similarity based scenario reduction approach for stochastic economic operation of microgrid by Gaurav Gangil, Amit Saraswat, Sunil Kumar Goyal

“…To verify the effectiveness of the proposed HDS, its performance is compared with three well developed distinct methods such as SBR (simultaneous backward reduction method), FFS (fast forward selection method), and SIMCOR (similarity-correlation method) on two different stochastic optimization problems including one real-life economic microgrid problem. All the competing scenario reduction methods are compared in terms of various performance indices i.e. …”
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Effects of Soil Conservation Practice and Crop Rotation on Selected Soil Physicochemical Properties: The Case of Dembecha District, Northwestern Ethiopia by Melkamu Degu, Asmare Melese, Wondwosen Tena

“…Considering the interaction effect of crop rotations by conservation practice, all studied parameters, except bulk density, CEC, and C : N ratio, were significantly (p<0.05) affected. …”
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Clinical and epidemiological analysis of COVID-19 in End-Stage Renal Disease patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: A study from Golestan province by Samira Juibari, Anna Rashedi, Mohammad Mojerloo, Zeinab Mohammadi, Saied Amirkhanlou

“…Medical information of all participants was collected. Medical information including clinical, laboratory, and radiological data as well as morbidity and mortality were collected and analyzed by experts. …”
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Coping Strategies in Migraine without Aura: A Cross-Sectional Study by Antonio Russo, Gabriella Santangelo, Alessandro Tessitore, Marcello Silvestro, Francesca Trojsi, Antonio De Mase, Federica Garramone, Luigi Trojano, Gioacchino Tedeschi

“…Moreover, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), a scale measuring self-perception of stress, global cognitive functioning, depressive symptoms, apathy, state, and trait anxiety, was administered to all participants. Results. No significant difference was found on the scales and subscales of PCI and CISS as well as in the PSS between MwoA patients and HCs. …”
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