Outcome of critically ill patients receiving systemic chemotherapy on the intensive care unit by Panagiotis Karagiannis, Felix Klingler, Viktor Arelin, Winfried Alsdorf, Christina König, Kevin Roedl, Walter Fiedler, Katja Weisel, Stefan Kluge, Carsten Bokemeyer, Dominic Wichmann

“…ObjectiveAnalyze the outcomes of critically ill patients who developed new-onset organ dysfunction and received systemic chemotherapy during their ICU stay.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingA tertiary medical center in Germany with an Intensive Care Medicine department consists of 11 intensive care units comprising 140 beds, serving all subspecialties of adult intensive care medicine.Patients167 patients receiving systemic oncological treatment from January 1st, 2015 to December 31st, 2021, with a data cut-off on December 31st, 2022.InterventionsNone.Measurements and main resultsA total of 167 patients were included. …”
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Association between forced expiratory volume in 1 s and relapse-free survival in operable non-small cell lung cancer: a prospective cohort study with propensity score overlap weigh... by Jing Cheng, Yang Du, Karl Sylvester, Shaoping Wu, Suixin Liu, Yaoshan Dun, Baiyang You, Siqian Fu, Ning Xu, Jeffrey William Ripley-Gonzalez, Ni Cui

“…Subsequent treatments and operative interventions followed established protocols for NSCLC.Results During the follow-up, which lasted a median of 40 months (range 1–85 months) and continued until December 2021, 202 patients either relapsed or died. …”
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Inappropriate prescribing of drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-esophageal reflux disease remains a matter of concern: Results from the LAPTOP-PPI cluster randomized trial by Manuela Casula, Manuela Casula, Ilaria Ardoino, Laura Pierini, Lara Perrella, Stefano Scotti, Sara Mucherino, Valentina Orlando, Enrica Menditto, Carlotta Franchi

“…Intervention efficacy was evaluated by comparing data from the baseline period (July 1 to 31 December 2019) with those from the follow-up period (July 1 to 31 December 2021), 6 months after randomization. …”
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Effect of antiretroviral therapy on the mortality of HIV-1 infection long-term non-progressors: a cohort study by Jinming Su, Jie Liu, Fengxiang Qin, Rongfeng Chen, Tongxue Qin, Xing Tao, Xiu Chen, Wen Hong, Bingyu Liang, Ping Cui, Li Ye, Junjun Jiang, Hao Liang

“…Methods Eligible LTNP and typical progressors (TP) were recruited in Guangxi by December 2018. Participants were followed up until December 2022, monitoring ART status, CD4+ T cell counts, and survival/death outcomes. …”
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Comparing the Institution-based Supervision and Tele-based Supervision for Task-oriented Exercises on Upper Limb Motor Performance and Functional Ability among Stroke Patients: A R... by Neha, Subhasish Chatterjee

“…Materials and Methods: A two-group pretest-post-test randomised clinical trial will be conducted in recognised hospitals in Mullana and Panipat, using purposive sampling from December 2022 to December 2024. A total of 62 male and female patients, aged 45-75 years, who have experienced their first ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke within the last six months and have scores ranging from 26 to 56 on the Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Upper Extremity (FMA-UE), mild to moderate spasticity (less than 2 on the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), >24 on the Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE), and stages II and III of the Brunnstrom score will be included in the study. …”
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Impact of cardiac factors on central airway anatomical parameters in patients undergoing lung mass surgery by Yingding Ruan, Hongsheng Xue, Wenjun Cao, Jianwei Han, Aiming Yang, Jincheng Xu, Ting Zhang

“…Methods All consecutive patients who underwent lung mass surgery at our hospital between December 2020 and December 2023 were included in this study. …”
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Specimen oriented intraoperative margin assessment in oral cavity and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma by P. Horwich, C. MacKay, M. Bullock, S. M. Taylor, R. Hart, J. Trites, L. Geldenhuys, B. Williams, M. H. Rigby

“…Following introduction of a specimen derived margin protocol, successive prospective cohort study of T1-T4 OCSCC or OPSCC treated with primary surgery from January 1st 2017 – December 31st 2018. Analysis and comparison of both protocols included review of intraoperative margins, final pathology and treatment cost. …”
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Mass Transfer and Intrinsic Light Variability in the Contact Binary MT Cas by Haifeng Dai, Huiyu Yuan, Yuangui Yang

“…First CCD photometry for the contact binary MT Cas is performed in 2013 in December. The spectral type of F8V is determined from the low-precision spectrum observed on 2018 Oct 22. …”
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Fish Health Management Considerations in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems - Part 1: Introduction and General Principles by Roy Yanong

“…Original publication date: December 2003. Cir 120/FA099: Fish Health Management Considerations in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems?…”
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Increased platelet aggregation in hepatic tissue of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease—an observational study by Rongshan Fan, Yandong Li, Zeng Du

“…ObjectiveThe study aimed to observe the quantity of platelet aggregation in the hepatic tissue of patients with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) and its relationship with hepatic inflammation, fibrosis, and fatty degeneration.MethodsClinical data of 55 patients with MAFLD and 25 patients without MAFLD, admitted to the Shenzhen Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine from December 2020 to May 2022, were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Good Worker Health and Hygiene Practices: Evaluation and Importance in GAPs and GMPs by Melissa Holmes-Pearce, Mark Ritenour, Amy Simonne, Jeff Brecht, Steve Sargent, Keith Schneider

“…This document is FCS8766, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Publication: December 2004. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Intrauterine Insemination for Male Infertility in Brunei Darussalam by Aeryza Sufiri, Rehana Rehman, Faiza Alam

“…Methodology: Pre-diagnosed male infertility patients of all ages were included in this retrospective cohort analysis from the “Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (RIPAS) Hospital's” Brunei Darussalam between January 2015 and December 2020. South Asian criteria were used for BMI categorization. …”
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Exploring undergraduate students’ general attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence: A perspective from Vietnam by Tien Le Minh

“…Data collection took place through a cross-sectional survey in November and December 2023. The General Attitudes Towards Artificial Intelligence Scale (GAAIS), originally developed and validated in English by Schepman and Rodway (2020), was adapted to Vietnamese for this study. …”
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Fondos de Inversión: Un Glosario para Principiantes by Jorge Ruiz-Menjivar, Nelly Nelson, Jarrett Tsai

“…Written by Jorge Ruiz-Menjivar, Nelly Nelson, and Jarrett Tsai, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, December 2020. The English version of this article is: Tsai, Jarrett, Jorge Ruiz-Menjivar, and Martie Gillen. 2019. …”
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TRUST IN INFLUENCERS - USING SEVQUAL TO ACHIEVE THE EFFECT OF MANAGING THE HATE MECHANISM by Żywiołek Justyna

“…On this basis, a research survey was developed, which was conducted on a group of 500 influencers between June and December 2021. The survey results fill a gap in the literature at the intersection of work in the digitized world / social media management. …”
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Epidural anesthesia in repeated cesarean section. by Rolando T. Espín González, Bárbara Lucía Cabezas Poblet, María Antonia Cabezas Poblet, Norma Mur Villar

“…<strong><br />Methods:</strong> a descriptive retrospective study of a series of cases (112)in which epidural anesthesia in repetitive cesarean was applied from January 2001 to December 2001 in the surgical unit of the Gynecological obstetric service at the University Hospital ¨Dr. …”
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THE AFRICAN UNION AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA: A STUDY OF THE DARFUR CRISIS by Agaba Halidu

“…The study revealed that African Union was the first body to intervene in the crisis through mediation and sending of troops in July 2004 before the United Nations took over the mission in 31st December, 2007. The study showed that even after United Nations took over the Peace keeping operation, African Union still made significant contributions in terms of troops, finance, and humanitarian services. …”
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Collecting Data of Late Recordings of Dragonflies in Poland in the Period of 2013-2020, as an Example of the Citizen Science by Agnieszka Tańczuk, Grzegorz Tończyk

“…After thoroughly studying the data collected in early, middle, and late autumn (October, November, December), and analysing it carefully, the records were divided into three groups. …”
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Picudo de la melaleuca (nombre común sugerido) Oxyops vitiosa (Pascoe) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by James P. Cuda, Susan A. Wineriter, Gary R. Buckingham, Ted D. Center, Kenneth T. Gioeli

“…Gioeli, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, December 2013. EENY211SP/IN1020: Picudo de la Melaleuca Oxyops vitiosa (Pascoe) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (ufl.edu) …”
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A comparative study of dynamic risk spillovers among financial sectors in China before and after the epidemic. by Cuicui Liu, HuiZi Ma, Xiangrong Wang, Junfu Cui, Xu Shen

“…This paper takes the unexpected event of the new coronavirus as the research background, selects the daily closing price data of the financial sectors (banking, insurance, securities, and multifinance) from 20 June 2017 to 31 December 2023. It then applies the TVP-VAR-DY model to empirically study the risk spillover effect among financial sectors. …”
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