Autonomic Testing in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Implications of Reproducible Gastrointestinal Complaints during Tilt Table Testing by Shaista Safder, Thomas C. Chelimsky, Mary Ann O'Riordan, Gisela Chelimsky

“…Overall treatment response and that specific to fludrocortisone was ranked from 1 to 5, with 1 “much worse,” 3 “neutral,” and 5 “much better.” …”
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Relationship between body mass index and clinical events in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. by Tatsuro Yamazaki, Hideki Kitahara, Daichi Yamashita, Takanori Sato, Sakuramaru Suzuki, Takashi Hiraga, Tadahiro Matsumoto, Takahiro Kobayashi, Yuji Ohno, Junya Harada, Kenichi Fukushima, Tatsuhiko Asano, Naoki Ishio, Raita Uchiyama, Hirofumi Miyahara, Shinichi Okino, Masanori Sano, Nehiro Kuriyama, Masashi Yamamoto, Naoya Sakamoto, Junji Kanda, Yoshio Kobayashi

“…While the rates of NACE and MACE were significantly higher in the Group 1 than the counterpart (21.1% vs. 11.9%, p = 0.003 and 17.2% vs. 8.9%, p = 0.004), that of major bleeding did not differ significantly between the 2 groups (5.6% vs. 4.3%, p = 0.54). The cumulative rate of NACE and MACE was significantly higher in the Group 1 than the Group 2 (both log-rank p = 0.002), although that of major bleeding events was equivalent between the 2 groups (log-rank p = 0.41). …”
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BAR Score Performance in Predicting Survival after Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Talaat Zakareya, Mohammad Taha, Hassan Elzohry, Ehab Darwiesh, Reda Aglan, Mostafa Elhelbawy, Hazem Zakaria, Mohamed Deif, Mohamed Abbasy

“…Kaplan–Meier curve and log-rank test were used to compare survival above and below the best cutoff values. …”
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Determination of Capsaicin and Dihydrocapsaicin in Some Chilli Varieties using Accelerated Solvent Extraction Associated with Solid-Phase Extraction Methods and RP-HPLC-Fluorescenc... by Saksit Chanthai, Jureerat Juangsamoot, Chalerm Ruangviriyachai, Suchila Techawongstien

“…Isocratic elution using a ratio of methanol and deionized water (66:34, v/v) as mobile phase was used at a flow rate of 0.9 mL/min with well achieved separation within 6 min. …”
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Integrated DEA Models and Grey System Theory to Evaluate Past-to-Future Performance: A Case of Indian Electricity Industry by Chia-Nan Wang, Nhu-Ty Nguyen, Thanh-Tuyen Tran

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Providing a pattern for managing complex mega-projects in the aircraft design and construction industry by Saeed Abdollahi Khoshmardan, Manochehr Manteghi, Abbas Khamseh

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Vector Meson Spectrum from Top-Down Holographic QCD by Mohammed Mia, Keshav Dasgupta, Charles Gale, Michael Richard, Olivier Trottier

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Prognostic Factors of Radiofrequency Ablation plus Systemic Chemotherapy for Unresectable Colorectal Cancer with Liver Metastasis by Ky Thai Doan, Long Nguyễn Việt, Thinh Nguyen Tien, Binh Nguyen Canh, Hoai Ngo Thi, Ngoc Nguyen Thanh, Bieu Bui Quang, Quang Le Van, Hyun Woong Lee, Bang Mai Hong

“…Survival analyses were conducted using the Kaplan-Meier method, and the log-rank test was used to characterize differences in the median survival time and the 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year overall survival rates of subgroups to identify prognostic factors. …”
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Perception of Nurses on Needs of Family Members of Patient Admitted to Critical Care Units of Teaching Hospital, Chitwan Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Institutional Based Study by Ishwori Khatri Chhetri, Bedantakala Thulung

“…More than half of the nurses had completed PCL in nursing (52.3%) and had 1-5 years of experience in critical care units (58.5%). …”
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Hubungan Lingkungan Belajar Klinik dengan Tingkat Kecemasan Mahasiswa pada Program Pendidikan Ners by Nelwati, Triyana Harlia Putri, Atih Rahayuningsih

“…The study showed that 49% of student nurses have a bad clinical learning environment, and 56.5% of student nurses have high levels of anxiety. …”
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Peningkatan Efisiensi Waktu Seleksi Karyawan dengan Kombinasi Metode Analytical Hierarchy Process dan Simple Additive Weighting by Julianto Lemantara, I Ketut Adi Suprianta, Lidya Ananda Arsyanti, Oktavia Deyo Lago

“…SPK juga dapat mempercepat proses seleksi calon karyawan menjadi 3 hingga 5 hari sehingga meningkatkan efisensi waktu seleksi hingga dua kali lipat.   …”
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Survival Analysis of Diabetic Colorectal Cancer Patients on Metformin by Alex Brandon Wong, Ravi Patnaik, Li Ling Chaw, Shir Kiong Lu, Long Chiau Ming, Wen Han Chooi, Ya Chee Lim

“…Of a total of 112 diabetic patients, 79 patients (70.5%) were on metformin, and 33 patients (29.5%) were on other antihyperglycemic medications. …”
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Determinants of Survival in Cancer Rectum: Our Experience at a Tertiary Care Center by Rashmi Singh, Anup Kumar, Manika Verma, Payal Raina

“…Calculation of median survival (MS), mean OS, and DFS was done using the Kaplan–Meier method, and the Log-rank test was applied. Results: Bleeding per rectum (84.2%), increased serum carcinoembryonic antigen (63.2%), Grade 2 adenocarcinoma (95%), ulceroinfiltrating type (57.89%), and tumor length >5 cm (73.68%), and stage III (57.89%) were most common observation. …”
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Teenage dreams of self-driving cars: Findings of a UTAUT-based conjoint analysis among the 14–19 age group by Szabolcs Prónay, Miklós Lukovics, Tamás Ujházi

“…With this method we were able to measure not just agreement with attitudinal statements, but rather grasp real preferences, as respondents were asked to rank concrete level 5 autonomous vehicles with specific attributes. …”
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Quantitative characterization of geomorphological and topographical features of debris-flow channels at the Alpe di Succiso mountain, Northern Apennines (Italy) by Muhammad Ahsan Rashid, Giovanni Leonelli, Alessandro Chelli

“…Within each class, multiple ranking criteria were employed for the identification of channels showing anomalous or common patterns. …”
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Prognostic analysis of helical tomotherapy stereotactic body radiotherapy in multiple primary or second primary lung cancers by Jintao Ma, Xiaohong Xu, Wenhan Huang, Yong Hu, Gang Chen, Jian He

“…Cancer-specific survival (CSS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were assessed using Kaplan-Meier analysis and log-rank tests. Results After adjusting for competing risks, the LR rates for all lesions (n = 150) was 15.3%, with 2- and 4-year rates of 7.5% and 11.4%. …”
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Low-Dose Aspirin as Primary Prophylaxis for Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Italian Multicentre Retrospective Study by Daniela Iacono, Serena Fasano, Ilenia Pantano, Virginia D’Abrosca, Piero Ruscitti, Domenico Paolo Emanuele Margiotta, Luca Navarini, Nicola Maruotti, Rosa Daniela Grembiale, Francesco Paolo Cantatore, Antonella Afeltra, Roberto Giacomelli, Gabriele Valentini

“…The Kaplan–Meier curve and log-rank test were used to investigate differences in event-free survival. …”
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Impact of Helicobacter pylori infection on neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced gastric cancer: a retrospective analysis by Bin Zhong, Zhizhong Xiong, Jiabo Zheng, Saddam Ahmed Mohamed, Jiachen Sun, Dayin Huang, Zijian Deng, Jianping Guo, Junsheng Peng, Huashe Wang, Lei Lian

“…Multivariate analysis showed that factors related to major pathological response included; age ≤ 50 (OR: 0.423, 95% CI: 0.194–0.925), H. pylori infection (OR: 0.396, 95% CI: 0.183–0.854), pathological stage T 3/4 (OR: 0.524, 95% CI: 0.288–0.954), and CA12-5 > 35 U/mL (OR: 0.345, 95% CI: 0.132–0.904). Both overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) rates were poorer in the H. pylori-positive group than in the H. pylori-negative group (OS: Log-Rank P = 0.035; DFS: Log-Rank P = 0.029). …”
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Development of the cultural tailoring score (CTS): a scoring instrument to assess cultural tailoring of health messaging by Claudia Parvanta, Kayleigh Murray, Samantha Boddupalli, Natalie Erasme, Rheese McNab, Vijay Prajapati, Arabel Severe, Aura Reyes, Richard Harner, Rhonda Holliday

“…It is based on research demonstrating the importance of: (1) Levels of engagement of the intended audience in the production, (2) use of understandable and culturally meaningful language, incorporation of (3) surface cultural cues and (4) deeper cultural constructs, (5) presence of a narrative to bind the information and cultural elements into a relatable story, and (6) factors associated with concrete psychological construal level (“now,” “here,” “you”).Methods We document a trial of the cultural tailoring score conducted by graduate students identifying as Filipino, Haitian, or Hispanic/Latinx reviewing 17 ads promoting COVID-19 vaccine that had been pretested during the pandemic for perceived effectiveness with convenience samples of these same ethnic groups.Results We achieved a combined Spearman’s Rank Correlation rho of 0.45 between the cultural tailoring score and perceived effectiveness ranking of all 17 ads (individual cultural groupings range from Spearman’s rho 0.45 to 0.90), suggesting that cultural components were moderately to strongly associated with perceived effectiveness. …”
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Lung transplant outcomes for recipients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, by use of alpha-1 antitrypsin augmentation therapy by Atharv V. Oak, MEng, Jessica M. Ruck, MD, PhD, Alfred J. Casillan, MD, PhD, Armaan F. Akbar, BS, Ramon A. Riojas, MD, PhD, Pali D. Shah, MD, Jinny S. Ha, MD, MHS, Sara Strout, PharmD, Allan B. Massie, PhD, Dorry L. Segev, MD, PhD, Christian A. Merlo, MD, MPH, Errol L. Bush, MD

“…Recipients who used augmentation therapy post-LT were younger (56.5 [53-59.75] vs 57 [53.75-63], p = 0.04) and had shorter ischemia time (mean 311 vs 363 minutes, p = 0.03) than those who did not. …”
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