Indications And Outcomes In Neonates Requiring Mechanical Ventilation In Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Wah Cantt, Pakistan by Maryam Asrar, Sajid Nazir, Shahzad Haider, Huzaifa Sajid

“…Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in level 3 NICU. Neonates ventilated from January 2018 to July 2021 were included in this study. …”
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Design of Stunting Prevention Education Media Package Based on Technology and Local Wisdom by Lia Nurcahyani, Dyah Widiyastuti, Wiwit Estuti, Arief Tarmansyah Iman, Yeni Fitrianingsih, Fahmi Hafid

“…Methods: This study used a Research and Development approach conducted in Cirebon City. The stages included the formulation of basic concepts, and in-depth interviews with experts, namely the Chairman of the Central Board of the Indonesian Midwives Association, the Head of the Cirebon City Health Office, the Head of the Cirebon City Women's Empowerment, Child Protection, Population Control and Family Planning Office and lecturers with S3 backgrounds. …”
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What Online User Innovation Communities Can Teach Us about Capturing the Experiences of Patients Living with Chronic Health Conditions. A Scoping Review. by Julia Amann, Claudia Zanini, Sara Rubinelli

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A scoping review was conducted. A total of seven databases were searched for scientific articles published in English between 1995 and 2014. …”
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Impact of thermal variation on the naupliar development of the copepod Apocyclops spartinus (Ruber, 1968) (Copepoda: Cyclopidae), under controlled conditions by Pedro Pablo Alonso Sánchez-Dávila, Ruth Milagros Alejos-Cabrera, Wilmer Gaspar-Reyes, Jhon Dionicio-Acedo

“…ABSTRACT Apocyclops spartinus is a subtropical resilient copepod from impacted Peruvian wetlands, widely used for marine fish larviculture and conserved as a strain at Instituto del Mar del Peru - IMARPE. This study was conducted to test the effects of three thermal conditions (16, 20 and 24 ºC) on the individual growth of conditioned nauplii. …”
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Publicly Available Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Rehabilitation Protocols Show High Variability and Frequent Divergence from the 2020 ASSET Recommendations by Nabil Mehta, Alexander J Acuna, Johnathon R McCormick, William E Harkin, Hasani W Swindell, Steven F Defroda, Mike Reinold, Gregory P Nicholson, Grant E Garrigues

“…A web-based search was conducted in April 2022 of publicly available rehabilitation protocols for TSA. …”
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Barriers to dental providers’ use of a clinical decision support tool for pain management following tooth extractions by Shannon Gwin Mitchell, Jan Gryczynski, Donald C. Worley, Stephen E. Asche, Anjali R. Truitt, D. Brad Rindal

“…Participants represented a broad range in terms of years of practice, dental specialization, and CDS use patterns. Interviews were conducted via Zoom, audio recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using a content analysis approach in ATLAS.ti following participation in the cluster randomized trial. …”
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Combined Earthquake-Wave Effects on the Dynamic Response of Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridges by Xinhu Tang, Peng Chen

“…A comparative analysis of the dynamic responses under only earthquake actions, only wave actions, and the combined actions of earthquakes and waves were conducted. The results indicate that the presence of water increases the dynamic response of the structure under earthquake actions, with the maximum increase in structural shear force reaching 71.57%. …”
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Islamic Finance, Ownership Risk and Right to Yield: Gaps in Theory and Practice by Mohammad Abdullah

“…These two principles have a great bearing on how the shariah-compliant banking and financial activities are conducted. In the context of Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs), the requirement of dhaman exposes IFIs to a new form of risk i.e., ownership risk. …”
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Biocatalytic conversion of microalgal biomass to biodiesel: optimization of growth conditions and synthesis of CaO bionanocatalyst from Monoraphidium sp. NCIM 5585 by Supriya Pandey, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, Raja Selvaraj, Ramesh Vinayagam

“…Independent optimization studies were conducted to investigate critical growth parameters, viz., light intensity, photoperiod, and NaNO3 concentration. …”
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Five principles to prioritise in small-scale surgical quality improvement: a qualitative study of the views of surgical improvement leaders by Mary Dixon-Woods, Graham Martin, Alessandra Giusti, Clifford Y Ko

“…We aimed to identify experienced leaders’ views on the principles that should guide small-scale QI projects in surgery.Methods Two rounds of virtual focus groups were conducted with 10 QI leaders, comprising surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses from three countries (Ireland, the UK and the USA). …”
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Effects of Palatal Expansion with Torque Activation using a Transpalatal Arch: A Preliminary Single-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Fataneh Ghorbanyjavadpour, Vahid Rakhshan

“…This is an important clinical issue; therefore, this study was conducted to show the effects of an active Goshgarian TPA in correcting nonfunctional single-tooth unilateral crossbite. …”
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Association mapping and candidate gene identification for yield traits in European hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) by Asena Akköse Baytar, Ertuğrul Gazi Yanar, Anne Frary, Sami Doğanlar

“…A genome‐wide association analysis was conducted with 5,567 single nucleotide polymorphisms on a Turkish core set of 86 hazelnut accessions, revealing 189 quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs) associated with 22 of 31 traits (p < 2.9E−07). …”
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Methods of Calculating Moisture Discharge Characteristics of Insulators by Shevchenko S., Danylchenko D., Hanus R., Radohuz S., Tomashevskiy R., Makhonin M., Potryvai A.

“…First, a comprehensive analysis of the behavior of electrical discharges on the surface of insulators under various operating conditions, including standard and adverse environments, was conducted. Second, an automated tool was developed to quickly and accurately determine the values of moisture discharge voltage. …”
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Analysis of risk factors related to perioperative neurocognitive disorders in elderly patients with hip fractures by Jianwei Guo, Yan Cheng, Minmin Yi

“…Collected data on 17 factors and conducted univariate and multivariate regression analysis to analyze the risk factors and contribution value of PND in elderly patients with hip fractures. …”
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Combinatorial Price Offer for a Wind Turbine with Flexible Load Considering the Uncertainty to Increase the Benefit of Wind Turbine by Behnam Sobhani, Sadegh Afzal

“…The price and wind prediction will be conducted using one of the previous methods, and the primary purpose here is to increase the system revenue. …”
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Open Soil Spectral Library (OSSL): Building reproducible soil calibration models through open development and community engagement. by José L Safanelli, Tomislav Hengl, Leandro L Parente, Robert Minarik, Dellena E Bloom, Katherine Todd-Brown, Asa Gholizadeh, Wanderson de Sousa Mendes, Jonathan Sanderman

“…Although many soil properties are well predicted, total sulfur, extractable sodium, and electrical conductivity performed poorly in all spectral regions, with some other extractable nutrients and physical soil properties also performing poorly in one or two spectral regions (VisNIR or NIR). …”
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Consultations on driving in people with cognitive impairment in primary care: A scoping review of the evidence. by Carol Sinnott, Tony Foley, Justin Forsyth, Kathleen McLoughlin, Linda Horgan, Colin P Bradley

“…<h4>Measurements</h4>Systematic search of Medline, Cinahl, PsychINFO, Academic Search Complete, Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Collection, SocIndex and Social Sciences FT were conducted. Records screened by two reviewers against agreed inclusion criteria. …”
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Transcriptome-proteome integration analysis identifies elevated expression of LARP7 promoting the tumorigenesis and development of gastrointestinal stromal tumors by Heng Zheng, Yong Pan

“…CCK8 assays and scratch wound healing assays were conducted in GIST-T1 and GIST-882 cells. Results indicated that LARP7 was up-regulated in GISTs at both mRNA and protein levels. …”
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Assessing the impact of educational methods on influenza vaccine uptake and patient knowledge and attitudes: a randomised controlled trial by Pei Lin Hu, Eileen Yi Ling Koh, Jolene Shi Han Tay, Valerie Xin-Bei Chan, Shermin Shi Min Goh, Sinead Zhen Wang

“…Methods: A randomised controlled study was conducted in two government polyclinics with 160 participants per arm. …”
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A cross-sectional study of opinion about mental illness among undergraduate medical students with and without exposure to the psychiatry clinical rotation/postings during their und... by B. Neeraj Raj, B. K. Shivakumar, H. R. Vinay

“…Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted at Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Karnataka. …”
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