Response mechanism of heat-sensitive neurons under combined noise stimulation by Yunhai Wang, Guodong Huang, Rui Zhu, Shu Zhou, Yuan Chai

“…Patients with congenital analgesia who lack the ability to sense temperature generally face low survival rates, highlighting a critical need to understand the underlying mechanisms of heat sensation. …”
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Nurses' Attitudes Toward Family Importance in Nursing Care and Its Influencing Factors: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Cristina Alfaro‐Diaz, Ana Canga‐Armayor, Navidad Canga‐Armayor, María Pueyo‐Garrigues, Nuria Esandi

“…Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, t‐tests, analysis of variance, Pearson's and Spearman's correlations, and multiple linear regression. Results Nurses generally had a positive attitude toward the importance of involving families in nursing care (M = 106.0; SD 11.9). …”
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Connecting the uninsured to care: Engaging new primary care patients at a new York City safety net system by Caroline Cooke, Christine Zhang, Jonathan Jiménez, Remle Newton-Dame

“…Characteristics and utilization were compared to new Medicaid patients (n = 19,701). A generalized estimating equation calculated odds of returning to primary care and visiting specialty care among new NYC Care versus Medicaid patients. …”
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The effect of R&D capitalization on revenue-expense matching: Focusing on the bio-pharmaceutical industries in South Korea by Dongjoon Choi, Inkyung Yoon, Hansol Lee

“…The results indicate that R&D capitalization generally weakens revenue-expense matching in these industries. …”
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Association Between Surgeon Sex and Days Alive at Home Following Surgery: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Kiyan Heybati, BHSc, Raj Satkunasivam, MD, MS, Khatereh Aminoltejari, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Hannah S. Thomas, MBChB, MS, Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD, Natalie Coburn, MD, MPH, Frances C. Wright, MD, Med, FRCSC, Lesley Gotlib Conn, PhD, Amy N. Luckenbaugh, MD, Sanjana Ranganathan, MD, Carlos Riveros, MD, Colin McCartney, MBChB, PhD, FRCA, FFARCSI, FRCPC, Kathleen Armstrong, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Barbara Bass, MD, Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, CM, Angela Jerath, MD, MSc, Christopher J. D. Wallis, MD, PhD

“…The data was summarized using descriptive statistics and adjusted using multivariable generalized estimating equations. Results:. During the study period, 1,165,711 individuals were included, of which 61.9% (N = 721,575) were female. …”
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Comparing space-based to reported carbon monoxide emission estimates for Europe's iron and steel plants by G. Leguijt, G. Leguijt, J. D. Maasakkers, H. A. C. Denier van der Gon, A. J. Segers, T. Borsdorff, I. R. van der Velde, I. R. van der Velde, I. Aben, I. Aben

“…For the remaining plants, we generally find lower emission rates than reported. …”
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Clinical, biochemical and molecular characteristics of classic homocystinuria in Saudi Arabia and the impact of newborn screening on prevention of the complications: A tertiary cen... by Ahmed Sarar Mohamed, Talal AlAnzi, Amal Alhashem, Hadeel Alrukban, Fahad Al Harbi, Sarar Mohamed

“…Abstract Background Classic homocystinuria (HCU) is a rare inborn metabolic disease that is generally asymptomatic at birth. If untreated, it can cause a wide range of complications including intellectual disability, lens dislocation, and thromboembolism. …”
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Trazodone effectiveness in depression: impacts of trazodone extended release vs SSRIs on the health status and quality of life of patients with major depressive disorder by Marcin Siwek, Adrian Andrzej Chrobak, Anna Julia Krupa, Aleksandra Gorostowicz, Andrzej Juryk, Dominika Dudek

“…Studies have confirmed that antidepressants generally improve the functional outcomes in MDD, but very few works have compared the efficacies of specific drugs. …”
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Oral health status, behavior and impact profile among naval personnel in the Malaysian naval armed forces by Nik Madihah Nik Azis, Raja Noreihan Raja Abdullah, Mohamad Nur Adzmi Mohamad Ayub, Badiah Baharin

“…Additionally, oral health behaviours were generally inadequate, with 12% of participants reporting infrequent brushing and 68.2% indicating limited use of interdental aids. …”
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Opioid consumption frequency and its associations with potential life problems during opioid agonist treatment in individuals with prescription-type opioid use disorder: explorator... by Anne Bouthillier, Gabriel Bastien, Christina McAnulty, Hamzah Bakouni, Bernard Le Foll, M. Eugenia Socias, Didier Jutras-Aswad

“…A repeated-measures generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) was used to evaluate the influence of OUF on potential life problems. …”
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Partie 1 : Existe-t-il une corrélation entre le diamètre de la plaie de taille et la profondeur du cône de dessèchement ? by Emilie Bruez, Céline Cholet, Massimo Guidici, Marco Simonit, Mathilde Boisseau, Xavier Poitou, Patrice Coll, Laurence Gény-Denis

“…Dans la pratique il est généralement admis que la longueur de ce bois doit être équivalente à son diamètre car la profondeur de la nécrose correspondrait au diamètre de la plaie de taille et qu’il peut être supprimé l’année suivante. …”
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a young male with IgA nephropathy and chronic kidney disease: a case report from the Maldives by Rajib Kumar Dey, Gunjan Khadka, Shifa Ishaq, Aishath Zeena Abdul Jaleel, Aminath Shafeenaz Moosa, Saifullah Muslim, Ali Nazeem

“…Case presentation This case report discusses a case of a 27-year-old male with underlying IgA nephropathy, who presented with generalized throbbing headache, along with 1-day history of nausea and vomiting. …”
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Safety and Intranasal Retention of a Broad-Spectrum Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibody SA55 Nasal Spray in Healthy Volunteers: A Phase I Clinical Trial by Chaoying Hu, Yibo Zhou, Xing Meng, Jianhua Li, Jinxia Chen, Zhifang Ying, Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Yaling Hu, Yunlong Cao, Ronghua Jin

“…The nasal local drug concentration and neutralizing activity were generally stable within 4–8 h, with favorable neutralization activity against Omicron BF.7 and XBB strains. …”
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Large language models for pretreatment education in pediatric radiation oncology: A comparative evaluation study by Dominik Wawrzuta, Aleksandra Napieralska, Katarzyna Ludwikowska, Laimonas Jaruševičius, Anastasija Trofimoviča-Krasnorucka, Gints Rausis, Agata Szulc, Katarzyna Pędziwiatr, Kateřina Poláchová, Justyna Klejdysz, Marzanna Chojnacka

“…While fine-tuned GPT-3.5 generally outperformed basic GPT-3.5, it often provided overly simplistic answers. …”
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Water quality assessment using IRWQIsc and NSFWQI water quality indicators; A case study: Talar River (Iran) by Mohammad Roshani-Sefidkouhi, Fatemeh Mortezazadeh, Masoumeh Eslamifar, Esmaeil Babanezhad, Masoomeh Sheikhi, Fathollah Gholami-Borujeni

“…IRWQIsc and NSFWQI indicated generally poor water quality across all sampling sites, with slight seasonal variations suggesting slightly better conditions in summer for IRWQIsc and winter for NSFWQI. …”
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Enhanced precision in stone localization and intraoral removal in sialolithiasis: the role of preoperative computer tomographic scanning in surgical planning by Soo Yeon Jung, Mi Sun Chun, Yu Jin Go, Ju Hyun Yun, Han Su Kim

“…The hilum was the most common stone location, and deeper stones, approached laterolingually, were generally larger. Analysis identified a 4.25 mm width as the most sensitive and specific threshold for deep stones. …”
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Cytokine Profile in Early Infection by Leptospira interrogans in A/J Mice by Lorena Bavia, Íris A. de Castro, Mariane Tami Amano, Ana Maria Gonçalves da Silva, Silvio Arruda Vasconcellos, Lourdes Isaac

“…Since rodents are at the same time the main reservoir and generally asymptomatic to Leptospira infection, understanding why some animal species are resistant and others are susceptible to this infection would shed some light in how to control this important zoonosis. …”
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Electroacupuncture Treatment Alleviates the Remifentanil-Induced Hyperalgesia by Regulating the Activities of the Ventral Posterior Lateral Nucleus of the Thalamus Neurons in Rats by Hong-Yan Zhao, Ling-Yu Liu, Jie Cai, Yan-Jun Cui, Guo-Gang Xing

“…Mechanisms underlying remifentanil- (RF-) induced hyperalgesia, a phenomenon that is generally named as opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH), still remain elusive. …”
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Parameters of the Component Composition of the Body and Their Relationship with the Development of Ascites in Liver Cirrhosis by Yu. O. Zharikov, M. S. Zharkova, A. N. Gadjiakhmedova, A. M. Aliyeva, V. N. Nikolenko, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Patients with a lower percentage of body fat mass had a more severe ascites severity and vice versa, and the proportion of fat mass was generally higher in women than in men (r = –0.290; p = 0.002). …”
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Growth and Productivity Assessment of Short-Duration Rice (Oryza sativa L. and Upland NERICA) Genotypes in Semiarid North-Central Namibia by Simon K. Awala, Kudakwashe Hove, Vistorina Shivute, Johanna S. Valombola, Pamwenafye I. Nanhapo, Yoshihiro Hirooka, Osmund D. Mwandemele, Morio Iijima

“…The IRRI genotypes produced a higher number of tillers, shoot biomass, and grain yield than the NERICA ones, which were early maturing, were taller, and had higher 1000-grain weight across the years. Generally, most of the genotypes had lower grain yield and higher shoot biomass in the first year, due to the prevailing cool, rainy, and seemingly cloudy weather conditions associated with lower temperature and lower solar radiation. …”
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