L’importanza del “parametro energetico” temperatura per la caratterizzazione dinamica dei materiali by A. Risitano, G. Risitano

“…Operando con sensori sempre più precisi e per obbiettivi rivolti alla ricerca dell’energia limite a rottura è stato osservato dagli autori che il seguire la variazione della temperatura sulla superficie del provino, in prove statiche di trazione, permette di legare i classici valori di resistenza all’oscillazione ?0 con una “temperatura limite” T0 corrispondente all’inizio di andamenti non lineari della stessa. …”
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Trace metals potential human health risks assessment through consuming common food spices in Ado Ekiti, Southwest, Nigeria by J.A. Olusola, O.B. Akintan, O. Osanyinlusi

“…EDI for Cr (0.133 mg/kg) exceeded the reference dose (RfD). All other spices had their THQ for Cr > 1 except for cayenne pepper and dry onions. …”
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Diagnostic delay of myositis: protocol for an integrated systematic review by Christine Phillips, Matthew Cook, Anne Parkinson, Jane Desborough, Tergel Namsrai, Anita Chalmers, Christine Lowe

“…This study will review diagnostic delay in myositis and provide an overview and clearer insight of patients’ experiences, causes and consequences of diagnostic delay in myositis.Methods and analysis The literature source will be a systematic search of PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, ProQuest and sources of grey literature, conducted from database inception to December 2021 without restrictions on publication date. All study types (qualitative and quantitative) except review articles, examining diagnostic delay, incorrect diagnosis, missed diagnosis or slow diagnosis of all types of myositis in all ages will be included. …”
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Efficacy of Amflow®, a Real-Time-Portable Feedback Device for Delivering Appropriate Ventilation in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomised, Controlled, Cross-Over Simulation Study by Jong Won Kim, Sang O Park, Kyeong Ryong Lee, Dae Young Hong, Kwang Je Baek

“…In all three scenarios, a higher percentage of target RR delivered was achieved in the feedback group (88.3%, 99.2%, and 96.3%, respectively) compared with the no-feedback group (5.8%, 12.5%, and 10.0%, respectively) (all p<0.05). …”
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Improving sensory integration in Chinese children with moderate sensory integration challenges through engaging basketball training by Sha Ge, Xuepeng Guo, Bo Y. Jiang, Alberto Cordova, Jianmin Guan, John Q. Zhang, Wan X. Yao

“…The Control group exclusively participated in traditional SIT for all sessions. In contrast, the Experimental group engaged in traditional SIT for two sessions per week and Basketball training for the remaining two sessions weekly. …”
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Persistent lipoprotein(a) exposure and its association with clinical outcomes after acute myocardial infarction: a longitudinal cohort study by Zhenwei Wang, Junnan Tang, Qian Shi, Lijuan Fang, Naifeng Liu, Jinying Zhang

“…The group with persistent high Lp(a) faced increased risk of MACCE (HRadjusted, 1.871; 95% CI: 1.474–2.374), non-fatal stroke (HRadjusted, 1.647; 95% CI: 1.031–2.632), unplanned revascularization (HRadjusted, 1.571; 95% CI: 1.008–2.449), and both all-cause (HRadjusted, 1.546; 95% CI: 1.134–2.108) and cardiovascular death (HRadjusted, 2.163; 95% CI: 1.405–3.331), compared to the persistent low Lp(a) group.Conclusions In AMI patients, sustained high Lp(a) levels were significantly associated with increased risk of MACCE, non-fatal stroke, unplanned revascularization, and both all-cause and cardiovascular death.…”
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The fastest nonprofessional age group IRONMAN triathletes in the world originate from Europe by Beat Knechtle, Elias Villiger, Katja Weiss, David Valero, Thomas Rosemann, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Rodrigo Luiz Vancini, Marilia Santos Andrade, Mabliny Thuany

“…Therefore, this study intended to identify the fastest athletes by country of origin competing in IRONMAN triathlon events, focusing on non-professional age group triathletes. Data from all IRONMAN age group athletes competing worldwide between 2002 and 2022 in all official IRONMAN races were collected. …”
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« Mon seul Shakespeare » by Jacques Nichet

“…To each measure of tragedy a measure of comedy is being added! All the horrible requirements of the tyrant are accepted by the false friar. …”
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Topographic correlation of microperimetry with foveal microstructure characteristics in idiopathic epiretinal membrane patients with an ectopic inner foveal layer by Qianqian Wang, Congyao Wang, Yihua Su, Fenfen Yu, Tingting Chen, Xia Dong, Pengxia Wan

“…Results Group 2 exhibited reduced light sensitivity across all parameters of microperimetry compared to Group 1 (P < 0.001). …”
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Long-term mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: a propensity score matching retrospective study by Pengjie Zhang, Liru Xun, Nan Bao, Ding Tong, Bin Duan, Du Peng

“…There were no significant differences in the 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-year mortality rates between the HD and PD groups (all p > .05). However, the 5- and 10-year mortality rates of the matched patients were 15.8%. 17.6% in the HD group and 21.0%. 27.3% in the PD group, respectively. …”
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Clinical, Paraclinical, and Evolutionary Profiles of Kidney Failure in Gold Miners Hospitalized in a Nephrological Service in a Sub-Saharan African Country by Gérard Coulibaly, Gaoussou Sanou, Moumouni Sanon, Aïda H. Y. Lengani, Juste Y. Bonzi, Aoua Semde

“…We included 50 patients; all were male and the average age was 29.4 ± 7.7 years. …”
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Cost analysis of MOUD implementation and sustainability in Massachusetts jails by Danielle Ryan, Don Lochana Ekanayake, Elizabeth Evans, Edmond Hayes, Thomas Senst, Peter D. Friedmann, Kathryn E. McCollister, Sean M. Murphy

“…Abstract Background In 2018 Massachusetts mandated that county jails offer all FDA-approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) to incarcerated individuals with OUD. …”
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Potential and Comparative Tablet Disintegrant Properties of Pectin Obtained from Five Okra Genotypes in Ghana by Frederick William Akuffo Owusu, Mariam El Boakye-Gyasi, Jacob Kwaku Agbenorhevi, Marcel Tunkumgnen Bayor, Kwabena Ofori-Kwakye

“…Tablets formulated with PC5 as disintegrants at all concentrations (5% w/w (F5), 7.5% w/w (F11), and 10% w/w (F17)) failed the disintegration and dissolution tests. …”
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Chest CT Scan Features to Predict COVID-19 Patients’ Outcome and Survival by Mohammad-Mehdi Mehrabi Nejad, Aminreza Abkhoo, Faeze Salahshour, Mohammadreza Salehi, Masoumeh Gity, Hamidreza Komaki, Shahriar Kolahi

“…Survival time was recorded for the case group. All demographic, clinical, and imaging variables were included in the survival analyses. …”
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Cognitive analysis of conceptual metaphor and its types in discourse of Shahrnūsh Pārsipur’s The Dog and the Long Winter based on the theory of Fauconnier and Turner by Parvin Gholamhosseini, Parastoo Karimi, Hamidreza Ghanooni, Jahangir Safari

“…Fauconnier and Turner (1995) raised a new issue in cognitive linguistics and metaphor by showing that all metaphors are not made from matching the source and target domains, as proposed by Lakoff and Johnson (1980). …”
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Definitions of Hemodynamic Instability Related to Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review Protocol by Jean Zhuo Wang, Lindsey Sikora, Peter Farrell, Swapnil Hiremath, Edward G. Clark

“…All disagreements will be resolved through discussion or a third reviewer. …”
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Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials: Efficacy and Safety of Colchicine for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease by Elie Akl, Nazanin Sahami, Christopher Labos, Jacques Genest, Ali Zgheib, Nicolo Piazza, Sanjit Jolly

“…Risks of MI (OR 0.75, 95% CI 0.62 to 0.91, P=0.003; I2=33%), stroke (OR 0.47, 95% CI 0.30 to 0.74, P=0.001; I2=0%), and unplanned coronary revascularization (OR 0.67, 95% CI 0.55 to 0.82, P=0.0001; I2=58%) were all reduced in the colchicine group. Rates of CV and all-cause mortality did not differ between the two groups, but there was an increase in noncardiac deaths with colchicine (OR 1.54, 95% CI 1.10 to 2.15, P=0.01; I2=51%). …”
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Detection of Francisellaceae and the differentiation of main European F. tularensis ssp. holarctica strains (Clades) by new designed qPCR assays by Kristin Köppen, Kerstin Rydzewski, Julia Zajac, Marwah Al-Senwi, Sema Evcimen, Darius Schulze, Daniela Jacob, Klaus Heuner

“…The methods currently available were not made for a fast and easy detection of all these strains and genera of Francisellaceae. …”
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Intranasal Insulin Diminishes Postoperative Delirium and Elevated Osteocalcin and Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Older Patients Undergoing Joint Replacement: A Randomized, Do... by Yang M, Zhou L, Long G, Liu X, Ouyang W, Xie C, He X

“…Intranasal insulin elevated the levels of tOC, ucOC, and BDNF in the CSF on D0 (all P< 0.001) and tOC levels in the plasma on D0, D1 and D3 (all P< 0.001). …”
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Effect of immunomodulation on cardiac remodelling and outcomes in heart failure: a quantitative synthesis of the literature by Navkaranbir S. Bajaj, Kartik Gupta, Nitin Gharpure, Mike Pate, Lakshay Chopra, Rajat Kalra, Sumanth D. Prabhu

“…Secondary outcomes were changes in LVEDD and all‐cause mortality. TSA was used to quantify the statistical reliability of data in the cumulative meta‐analyses. …”
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