Clinical impact of the prognostic nutritional index and skeletal muscle index for the incompletion of adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer by Hiromitsu Maehira, Haruki Mori, Nobuhito Nitta, Takeru Maekawa, Yusuke Nishina, Hajime Ishikawa, Katsushi Takebayashi, Sachiko Kaida, Toru Miyake, Masaji Tani

“…Overall survival was shorter in the incompletion group than in the completion group (median survival time, 20.2 months vs. 42.0 months; log-rank, p = 0.018). Decreasing rate of PNI (12.7 % vs. 0.2 %, p = 0.010) and decreasing rate of SMI (26.9 % vs. 12.5 %, p = 0.001) were significantly larger in the incompletion group than in the completion group. …”
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Effect of a Vibration System on Pain Reduction during Injection of Dental Anesthesia in Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Muhanad AlHareky, Jehan AlHumaid, Sumit Bedi, Maha El Tantawi, Mazin AlGahtani, Yousef AlYousef

“…A total of 51 children aged 5–12 years participated in this randomized controlled clinical trial. …”
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Investigation the Understanding of Mazandaran’s Rice Farmers About the Climate Change and their Approaches to Tackle it by ANAHITA Kheirkhah, Gholam Ali Kamalii, Amir Hussain Meshkatee, Hossein Babazadeh, Ebrahim Asadi Oskouei

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Ecologization of tourist activities as a factor of sustainable development of the regions of Ukraine by Hanna Haponenko, Denys Listratenko, Olena Yevtushenko, Irina Shamara

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Soft Skills as Predictors of Students’ Life Self-Fulfillment by L. N. Stepanova, E. F. Zeer

“…Loginova) and “Modified Questionnaire of Self-Actualisation Diagnostic” (A. V. Lazukin, in the adaptation of N. F. Kalin). …”
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Regular versus as-needed treatments for mild asthma in children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Prapaporn Pornsuriyasak, Sunatee Sa-nguansai, Kunlawat Thadanipon, Pawin Numthavaj, Gareth J. McKay, John Attia, Ammarin Thakkinstian

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Management of Digital Communications with Target Groups by Leading Russian Universities by E. V. Brodovskaya, A. Yu. Dombrovskaya, V. A. Lukushin

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A mixed-methods observational study of strategies for success in implementation science: overcoming emergency departments hurdles by Deonni P. Stolldorf, Alan B. Storrow, Dandan Liu, Cathy A. Jenkins, Rachel A. Hilton, Karen F. Miller, Joy Kim, Deepika Boopathy, Satheesh Gunaga, Bory Kea, Joseph Miller, Sean P. Collins

“…Sites reported an ORCA context scale score of 3.7 [3.4, 4.0] (scale of 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree). Comparison of scores by profession showed a significant difference in the context score among providers (3.9 [3.5, 4.0]), leaders (3.7 [3.5, 4.0]), and nurses (3.6 [3.0, 3.9]) (p = 0.048). …”
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Interpretable Combinatorial Machine Learning-Based Shale Fracability Evaluation Methods by Di Wang, Dingyu Jiao, Zihang Zhang, Runze Zhou, Weize Guo, Huai Su

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Evolution Mechanism, Monitoring, and Early Warning Method of Water Inrush in Deep-Buried Long Tunnel by Wenfeng Tu, Liping Li, Shuai Cheng, Diyang Chen, Yongcai Yuan, Yanhao Chen

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Evaluating the Nolla Method for Dental Age Estimation in Children from Northwestern Romania by Ligia Ioana Moga, Abel Emanuel Moca, Raluca Iurcov, Dan Slăvescu, Ligia Luminița Vaida

“…Statistical analyses, including Wilcoxon signed-rank and Mann–Whitney U tests, were performed to evaluate the accuracy and consistency of the Nolla method. …”
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Effects of close-to-nature forest management on carbon stocks in Pinus tabulaeformis plantations in northern China by Jinmei Xu, Huiling Tian, Jun Xiao, Zhaochen Li, Wenfa Xiao, Runsheng Yin

“…Scientifically understanding how to increase the carbon stocks of plantations under the great demand for forest carbon sinks to meet the 2.0 or 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement is attracting mounting attention. …”
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The Plasma Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor Is Related to Disease Activity of Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis by Fei Huang, Yueqiang Li, Ranran Xu, Anying Cheng, Yongman Lv, Qingquan Liu

“…Plasma suPAR levels in AAV patients were significantly higher than in healthy controls (5,920.08±3,447.17 vs. 1,441.97±835.04 pg/mL, P<0.001). …”
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Oxidative Stress and Risk of Dementia in Older Patients with Depression: A Longitudinal Cohort Study Using Plasma Biomarkers by Yoo-Jin Jang, Min-Ji Kim, Su-Jin Lee, Shinn-Won Lim, Doh-Kwan Kim

“…For clinical applicability, patients with plasma nitrotyrosine levels ≥170 nM as the cut-off value had a 5.14-fold increased risk of AD (adjusted HR, 5.14; 95% CI, 2.02–13.07; <i>p</i> = 0.0006). …”
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Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Obtained from Patients in Canadian Hospitals: Results of the CANWARD 2007 Study by Andrew Walkty, Melanie DeCorby, Kim Nichol, Melissa McCracken, Michael R Mulvey, James A Karlowsky, Daryl J Hoban, George G Zhanel

“…RESULTS: In total, 451 P aeruginosa isolates were collected (representing 7% of all CANWARD 2007 isolates). The rank order of antimicrobial susceptibility was as follows (percent susceptible): amikacin (93.1%) = piperacillin/tazobactam (93.1%) > meropenem (87.4%) > cefepime (69.4%) > ciprofloxacin (67.2%) > gentamicin (66.1%) > levofloxacin (60.5%). …”
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Effectiveness of late and very late antivenom administration on recovery from snakebite-induced coagulopathy in French Guiana: a population-based studyResearch in context by Jean Marc Pujo, Stephanie Houcke, Guy Roger Lontsi Ngoulla, Vivian Laurent, Boubacar Signaté, Rémi Mutricy, Alexis Frémery, Flaubert Nkontcho, Ibtissem Ben Amara, José María Gutiérrez, Dabor Resiere, Hatem Kallel

“…The median time from SB to AV was 8.5 h (IQR: 6.9–10) in the late AV group and 21.1 h (IQR: 16.7–27.4) in the very late AV group (p < 0.001). …”
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Assessment of scientific and technical projects of priority directions of development based on the criterion of use value by L. F. Zakharova, S. V. Novikov

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Advanced machine learning approach with dynamic kernel weighting for accurate electrical load forecasting by C. Jeevakarunya, V. Manikandan

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Assessing the Fodder Potentials of Drought-Tolerant Maize (Zea mays L.) Hybrids in West Africa by Tunde Amole, Adetayo Adekeye, Bazit Bakare, Silvestro Meseka, Wende Mengesha, Abebe Menkir

“…The maximum mean ash content was 5.8% for DT hybrids. Average CP was the highest in commercial hybrids with a value of 6.1%. …”
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CLASSIFICATION OF SUB-LEVELS IN TURKEY WITH GUSTAFSON-KESSEL METHOD by Özge Gündoğdu, Necati Erilli

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