Intracavitary electrocardiography for peripherally inserted central catheters tip location and nursing for a patient with persistent atrial fibrillation and acute left heart failur... by LIAO Lihong (廖丽红), SHI Lihua (施丽华)

“…Pressure dressing was carried out to prevent bleeding at local puncture area, and regular assessment was conducted to ensure effective use of PICC catheter. …”
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Characteristics and Clinical Course of Adult Inpatients with SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia at High Altitude by Javier Leonardo Galindo, Juan Ricardo Lutz, María Alejandra Izquierdo, Katherine Parra, Lina María Prieto, Jorge Alberto Carrillo

“…We aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and to explore risk factors of death, critical care admission, and use of invasive mechanical ventilation in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in a high-altitude population living in Bogotá, Colombia. Methods. We conducted a concurrent cohort study of adult patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. …”
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Comparative technoeconomic analysis of centralised and decentralised water source heat pump systems using CATHeaPS by Orestis Angelidis, Anastasia Ioannou, Daniel Friedrich, Alan Thomson, Gioia Falcone

“…A thorough sensitivity analysis is also conducted to identify the impact of different input parameters on the levelised cost of energy of each supply option. …”
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Sensitivity to Initial Data Errors in Interpreting Temperature Logging of an Isolated Injection Well Segment by K. A. Potashev, D. R. Salimyanova, A. B. Mazo, A. A. Davletshin, A. V. Kosterin

“…This study considers the inverse problems inherent in interpreting temperature logging data from an isolated segment of the injection well in order to ascertain its operating period and the thermophysical properties of the oil reservoir.The forward problem of thermal conductivity was reduced to a one-dimensional axisymmetric formulation within the oil reservoir layer, disregarding the vertical thermal exchange with neighboring layers.The inverse problem of determining the well operating period was solved by reformulating the forward problem with regard to the temperature field derivative, which enabled the use of first-order optimization methods. …”
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Prevalence of breast fibroadenoma in healthy physical examination population in Guangdong province of China: a cross-sectional study by Yingjia Li, Lijun Zhu, Xiaoqi Zeng, Shanshan Jiang, Simin Ruan, Huanrong Ma, Changsheng Ye, Jianyu Dong

“…Objective To provide an accurate assessment of the prevalence of breast fibroadenoma in a large population and to confirm the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound for fibroadenoma.Design This was a cross-sectional survey.Setting This research was conducted at Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.Participants A total of 11 898 women aged 18–40 years who underwent breast screening between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019 were included in the fibroadenoma prevalence study. …”
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Oxytocin as a physiological correlate of dyadic music therapy relationships — a randomized crossover pilot study by Paula Kristin Busse, Lutz Neugebauer, Götz Kaschubowski, Dennis Anheyer, Dennis Anheyer, Dennis Anheyer, Thomas Ostermann

“…The respective interventions were conducted on the school premises on different days over a period of 1 month. …”
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How does the rise in contraceptive usage predict pregnancy termination among young women in Kenya? an in-depth multilevel analysis by Stephen Okechukwu Chukwudeh, Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa, Oluwatobi Abel Alawode, David Olawade, Sinegugu Shongwe, Ritika Tiwari

“…Methods A total of 12,166 women aged 15–24 years old from Kenya were drawn using a secondary dataset from the most recent Kenya Demographic Health Surveys conducted in the year 2022. Frequency distribution and multilevel logistic regression analyses were employed to determine the association between contraceptive use and pregnancy termination history among young women aged 15–24 years old with covariates at p < 0.05. …”
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Impact of Novel Coronavirus Infection on the Course and Prognosis of Cirrhosis by A. G. Ismailova, R. V. Maslennikov, M. S. Zharkova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…We determined which of these patients were infected with COVID-19, died of COVID-19, or died of cirrhosis complications within the follow-up period from April 2020 to September 2021. Thereafter, we conducted a second medical examination of these surviving patients with cirrhosis in September to December 2021.Results. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of drooling, reluctance, oropharynx, others, and leukocytosis score as a predictor of mortality and complications following acute corrosive ingestion by Fawaz Poonthottathil, Soorya Suresh, Jamshed Nayer, Praveen Aggarwal

“…METHODS: This was a diagnostic accuracy study conducted in the emergency department (ED) of a tertiary care hospital in North India. …”
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Efficacy of aquatic exercises on balance in children with sickle cell anemia: A randomized controlled trial by Omar Abd El-Hameed Abd El-Fattah Ghetas, Azza Abd El-Aziz Abd El-Hady, El-Sayed Ali Shaheen Ali, Amira El-Sayed El-Bagalaty

“…A randomized controlled trial was conducted. Sixty children with mild sickle cell anemia and poor balance from both sexes (35 boys and 25 girls) participated in this study. …”
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Performance evaluation of nine reference centers and comparison of DNA extraction protocols for effective surveillance of Leishmania-infected Phlebotomine sand flies: Basis for tec... by Jorian Prudhomme, Aymeric Delabarre, Bulent Alten, Umut Berberoglu, Eduardo Berriatua, Gioia Bongiorno, José Manuel Cristovao, Maya Davidovich-Cohen, Trentina Di Muccio, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Eleonora Fiorentino, Oscar D Kirstein, Edwin Kniha, Carla Maia, Mesut Mungan, Clara Muñoz-Hernández, Muhammed Nalçaci, Gizem Oguz Kaskan, Yusuf Ozbel, Seray Ozensoy Toz, Ricardo Parreira, Katharina Platzgummer, Ceylan Polat, José Risueño, Liora Studentsky, Gamze Varol, Julia Walochnik, Kardelen Yetişmiş, Florence Robert-Gangneux

“…This study aimed to compare different DNA extraction protocols and conduct a qPCR-based External Quality Assessment (EQA) through a multicenter study involving nine reference laboratories, with a focus on optimizing Leishmania DNA detection in sand fly.…”
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FedDrip: Federated Learning With Diffusion-Generated Synthetic Image by Karin Huangsuwan, Timothy Liu, Simon See, Aik Beng Ng, Peerapon Vateekul

“…Moreover, we demonstrate that this virtual-client strategy can be integrated into any federated learning framework, including foundational algorithms such as FedAvg and advanced algorithms such as FedDyn and FedProx. Experiments conducted on the NIH ChestX-ray14 dataset show that our method enhances the performance of the state-of-the-art and foundational methods by 2.15%, 0.95%, and 1.96% for FedAvg, FedDyn, and FedProx, respectively, using the AUC metric. …”
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Soft Power and Stress: The Health Impacts of Indonesian Soap Operas on Malaysian Millennials by Rangga Cipta Perdana, Ernida Kadir, Genta Iverstika Gempita

“…Methods: To achieve the objectives and in order to avoid subjective views, this study is conducted in a controlled manner, namely by collecting data that supports presumptions, assumptions, and theories and also collecting opposing facts so that conclusions are not based on wishes, but what is found empirically. …”
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The effect of preoperative deep breathing exercise with incentive spirometer initiated in the preoperative period on respiratory parameters and complications in patients underwent... by Hatice Öner Cengiz, Zeynep Uluşan Özkan, Eylem Gani

“…Methods This randomized controlled study was conducted with a total of 66 participants. The participants were randomized into a deep breathing group (n = 32) and a control group (n = 34). …”
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Alternatives to Traditional Physical Science Laboratory Experiences: A Review by Mercy Ogunsola-bandele, Dietmar Kennepohl

“…The current research conducted a review of peer-reviewed empirical articles on these alternatives which include home kit labs, virtual labs, and remote labs. …”
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Carbon sequestration rate in sediment mangroves from natural and rehabilitated mangroves by D. Ariyanto, D. Pringgenies

“…A statistical analysis was conducted using the principal component analysis to determine the relationship between the organic carbon stock and the environmental parameters.FINDINGS: The study results showed that natural mangroves (Pesawaran) had a higher organic carbon value at 2.2 ± 0.32 percent than rehabilitated mangroves (South Lampung) at 0.9 ± 0.25 percent. …”
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Incidence Density Rate of Neonatal Mortality and Predictors in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Zebenay Workneh Bitew, Ayinalem Alemu, Ermias Getaneh Ayele, Desalegn Abebaw Jember, Michael Tamene Haile, Teshager Worku

“…The IDRs and predictors of neonatal mortality were computed from studies conducted in survival analysis. Fixed and random effect models were used to compute pooled estimates. …”
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Development and validation of a Non-INvaSive Pregnancy RIsk ScoRE (INSPIRE) for the screening of high-risk pregnant women for gestational diabetes mellitus in Pakistan by Romaina Iqbal, Iqbal Azam, Subhash Chandir, Rahat Qureshi, Ali Jaffar, Neelofur Babar, Sabahat Naz, Samreen Jamal, Aisha Syed Wali

“…We randomly divided data into derivation (n=404; 80%) and validation datasets (n=96; 20%). We conducted interviews to collect information on sociodemographic factors and family history of diabetes, measured mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and reviewed the medical records of women for obstetric history and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) results. …”
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The Data Artifacts Glossary: a community-based repository for bias on health datasets by Rodrigo R. Gameiro, Naira Link Woite, Christopher M. Sauer, Sicheng Hao, Chrystinne Oliveira Fernandes, Anna E. Premo, Alice Rangel Teixeira, Isabelle Resli, An-Kwok Ian Wong, Leo Anthony Celi

“…Methods Utilizing a methodology inspired by the Delphi method, a diverse team of experts conducted iterative rounds of discussions and literature reviews. …”
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Field heterogeneity of soil texture controls leaf water potential spatial distribution predicted from UAS-based vegetation indices in non-irrigated vineyards by L. Delval, J. Bates, J. Bates, F. Jonard, F. Jonard, M. Javaux, M. Javaux

“…Our results demonstrated that in non-irrigated vineyards, the spatial distribution of <span class="inline-formula">Ψ_leaf</span> was mainly governed by the within-vineyard soil hydraulic conductivity heterogeneity (<span class="inline-formula"><i>R</i>²</span> up to 0.81) and was particularly marked when the evaporative demand and the soil water deficit increased, since the range of <span class="inline-formula">Ψ_leaf</span> was greater, up to 0.73 MPa, in these conditions. …”
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