Epidemiology and impact of device-specific infections on patients receiving left ventricular assist devices by Amit Iyengar, MD MSE, Jason Feinman, MD, Joyce Jiang, BS, Cindy Song, BA, Spencer Kim, BA, Alvin Mathew, MD, Sophia Golec, MD, Aarti Rao, MD, Ankitha Radakrishnan, MD, Michaela Asher, MPhil, David Rekhtman, BS, John DePaolo, MD PhD, Noah Moss, MD, Shinobu Itagaki, MD, Anelechi Anyanwu, MD, Joyce Wald, DO, Marisa Cevasco, MD MPH, Aditya Parikh, MD

“…Results: Among 206 LVAD recipients, 71 (34.5%) developed an LSI. Predominant organisms were Staphylococcus (47.9%), Pseudomonas (15.5%), and Serratia (8.5%). …”
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Butyrylcholinesterase Levels on Admission Predict Severity and 12-Month Mortality in Hospitalized AIDS Patients by Lijun Xu, Biao Zhu, Ying Huang, Zongxing Yang, Jia Sun, Yan Xu, Jinlei Zheng, Sabine Kinloch, Michael T. Yin, Honglei Weng, Nanping Wu

“…One-year survival was 64.5 ± 4.5% for patients with low BChE and 87.6 ± 1.8% for those with normal BChE (log-rank, P<0.001). …”
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E_N_T_R_O_P_Y: Monocentric analysis of rectal cancer radio-chemotherapy treatment in patients of young age by E. Meldolesi, A. Nicolì, N. Dinapoli, G. Chiloiro, A. Romano, R. Menghi, R. Persiani, F. Pacelli, C. Coco, C. Ratto, S. Manfrida, L. Boldrini, B. Corvari, M.A. Gambacorta

“…R statistical software v.4.1.3 was used for the entire analysis. The outcomes were death, local recurrence, and new distant metastases. …”
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Role of Chest X-Ray in Coronavirus Disease and Correlation of Radiological Features with Clinical Outcomes in Indian Patients by Satyanand Sathi, Richa Tiwari, Savita Verma, Anil Kumar Garg, Virendra Singh Saini, Manoj Kumar Singh, Amit Mittal, Devinder Vohra

“…The mean ± standard deviation (SD) and frequency (%) were determined, and an unpaired t test, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, and logistic regression analyses were performed for statistical analyses. …”
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Feature extraction using sparse component decomposition for face classification by Hamid Reza Shahdoosti

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Towards a net-zero healthcare system in Kenya: Stakeholder perspectives on opportunities, challenges and priorities by Iris Martine Blom, Melvine Anyango Otieno, Susannah Mayhew, Neil Spicer, Andy Haines, Sarah Whitmee

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Performance Evaluation of Large Language Models in Cervical Cancer Management Based on a Standardized Questionnaire: Comparative Study by Warisijiang Kuerbanjiang, Shengzhe Peng, Yiershatijiang Jiamaliding, Yuexiong Yi

“…Seven models (ChatGPT-4.0 Turbo, Claude 2, Gemini Pro, Mistral-7B-v0.2, Starling-LM-7B alpha, HuatuoGPT, and BioMedLM 2.7B) provided stable responses. …”
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The effects of coach encouragement on the physical and technical test performances of young tennis players by Barış Karakoç, Yusuf Soylu, Erşan Arslan, Bülent Kilit

“…This study investigates the effects of coach encouragement (CE) on the physical and technical performance of young tennis players. Twenty nationally ranked male tennis players (age: 13.6 ± 0.3 years, height: 160.9 ± 7.9 cm, body mass: 52.5 ± 7.6 kg,) participated in the present study. …”
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In silico data mining of large-scale databases for the virtual screening of human interleukin-2 inhibitors by Halim Sobia Ahsan, Zaheer-Ul-Haq, Khan Ajmal, Al-Rawahi Ahmed, Al-Harrasi Ahmed

“…Surflex-Dock and FRED were the best in predicting the native pose in its top-ranking position. Shapegauss and CGO scoring functions identified the known inhibitors of IL-2 in top 1, 5 and 10 % of library and differentiated binders from non-binders efficiently with average AUC of > 0.9 and > 0.7, resp. …”
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Intrinsic judgment error in men’s championship world surf league: WSL 2021 by Tony Meireles Santos, Lucas Eduardo Rodrigues Santos, Ítalo Vinicius, Cayque Brietzke, Lucas Camilo Pereira, Paulo Henrique Melo, Thaiene Camila Beltrão Moura, Taddeo De Negri, Hassan Mohamed Elsangedy, Flávio Oliveira Pires

“… Introduction: Surfers’ performances are subjectively ranked by 5 judges. Low reliability and validity in judgment may lead to preventable errors and unfair scores. …”
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Patient Safety Climate: Variation in Perceptions by Infection Preventionists and Quality Directors by Shanelle Nelson, Patricia W. Stone, Sarah Jordan, Monika Pogorzelska, Helen Halpin, Megan Vanneman, Elaine Larson

“…We conducted Wilcoxon signed-rank test, univariate analyses, and a multivariate ordinary least square regression. …”
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Insights into canine communication and interspecific misinterpretations by Nicolene Swanepoel

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Faire avec les normes de Parcoursup : le cas des réorienté·es by Marion Valarcher, Fanny Bugeja-Bloch, Marie-Paule Couto, Leïla Frouillou

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New Plants for Florida: Sweet Corn by Brian Scully, Richard L. Jones, Mary Duryea, Berry J. Treat

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Comparative analysis of the performance of selected database management system by Piotr Marcin Tracz, Małgorzata Plechawska-Wójcik

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Measuring national financial development: indexes and methods by T. Ph.T. Duong

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Quand l’usage fait patrimoine. Vers une patrimonialisation des usages et des paysages culturels ? by Stéphanie De Carrara, Yves-François Le Lay

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Robust secure design for relay wireless sensor networks with simultaneous wireless information and power transfer by Hehao Niu, Bangning Zhang, Daoxing Guo, Mingyue Lu

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A methodology of informatics: the role of methodology in improvement of theory by Ona Voverienė

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CLASSIFICATION OF THE SEVERNAYA DVINA RIVER AND THE VYCHEGDA RIVER CHANNEL SECTIONS ACCORDING TO COMPLEXITY OF CHANNEL PROCESSES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT CONDITIONS by Nadezhda M. Mikhailova, Roman S. Chalov