Pollution Characterization, Meteorological Effects, and Sources of Carbon Aerosols in PM2.5 in Urban Xiangtan during Winter by Lizhi He, Zhenghui Xiao, Cheng Xie, Yangfei Ou, Sisi Wang

“…According to potential source contribution function analysis, the EC and OC potential source regions were widely dispersed and the high value source areas of OC and EC were from major traffic cities that were prone to motor vehicle pollution, such as Chang-Zhu-Tan.…”
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Surgical Treatment of Epiblepharon Effectively Alleviates Keratopathy but Not Astigmatism: A Case-Control Study Utilizing Vector Analysis in East Asian Children by Shang-Te Ma, Yao-Lin Liu, Ching-Ju Hsieh, Yo-Shen Chen, Tzu-Hsun Tsai

“…Therefore, surgical indications should majorly base on the severity of symptoms and keratopathy.…”
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Prevalence and spectrum of haemoglobinopathies in females of reproductive age group- A first tertiary care center experience in Punjab, North India by Vikram Narang, Anshul Jain, Sumit Grover, Ankita Soni, Monika Narang, Ashima Taneja

“…Results: During the study period, 72.2% of the females were affected with β-thalassemia trait, followed by HbD Punjab trait (17.8%), HbQ India trait (2.9%), β-thalassemia major (1.8%), and two cases (1.2%) each of HbS trait, HbD Iran trait, and compound heterozygous of HbD Punjab and β-thalassaemia, whereas HbE trait, compound heterozygous of HbQ and β-thalassemia, compound heterozygous of HbJ-variant and β-thalassemia had one case each (0.6%). …”
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Radical Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Benign Disease by D. O. Kavanagh, C. O'Riain, P. F. Ridgway, P. Neary, T. C. Crotty, J. G. Geoghegan, O. Traynor

“…The mean age was 50 years (range: 30–75). The major presenting features included jaundice (five), pain (two), gastric outlet obstruction (one), and recurrent gastrointestinal haemorrhage (one). …”
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Effects of falls prevention interventions on falls outcomes for hospitalised adults: protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis by Anne-Marie Hill, Meg E Morris, David L Carey, Susan C Slade

“…Introduction Falls are a major global public health problem and leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury and hospitalisation. …”
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Analgesic Quality Improvement in Paravertebral Blocks for Pediatric Nuss Procedure: An Exploratory Report on the Effects of Perineural Combined Glucocorticoids by Donham RN, Jin E, Caty MG, Thomas DA, Yuan C, Hollingsworth K, Zhang X, Yanez ND, Li J

“…An electronic health record review of patients undergoing Nuss procedures by a single surgeon at a major academic children’s hospital from June 2013 to December 2021 was performed with no patients excluded. …”
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Refining MR-guided thermal ablation for HCC within the Milan criteria: a decade of clinical outcomes and predictive modeling at a single institution by Fu-Qun Wei, Pei-Shu Huang, Bing Zhang, Rui Guo, Yan Yuan, Jin Chen, Zheng-Yu Lin

“…Poorer outcomes were associated with age ≤ 60 years, tumor size > 2 cm, multiple tumors, cirrhosis, proximity to major vessels, and narrow ablation margins (P < 0.05). …”
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Factors affecting DH plants <i>in vitro</i> production from microspores of European radish by E. V. Kozar, E. A. Domblides, A. V. Soldatenko

“…For the first time Murashige and Skoog based culture medium has been used for embryogenesis induction, and a major dependence of embryogenesis induction on the genotype x medium interaction was found. …”
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Early outcomes of treatment selections for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms: The first five year experience of a single center by Bahadir Aytekin, Goktan Askin, Naim Boran Tumer, Hayrettin Levent Mavioglu, Seref Alp Kucuker, Ahmet Saritas, Hakki Zafer Iscan, Mehmet Ali Ozatik, Erol Sener

“…Early mortality rates were significantly lower in the EVAR group (1.3% for elective and 27.8% for emergent) compared to the OSR group (6.1% for elective and 54.2% for ruptured cases, p=0.001). Major postoperative complications occurred in 12.5% of elective EVAR patients and 39.4% of elective OSR patients (p=0.001), while in ruptured cases, the rates were 11.1% and 58.3%, respectively (p=0.001). …”
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‘Coming out’/self-disclosure in LGBTQ+ adolescents and youth: International and Indian scenario - A narrative review of published studies in the last decade (2012-2022) by Swapnajeet Sahoo, Velprashanth Venkatesan, Rahul Chakravarty

“…The cross-sectional studies mainly explored parental reactions, stigma, parental support, psychological distress, and perceived stress in the participants. Major themes emerging from the qualitative studies were the experience of prejudice from various strata of society, such as parental, societal, racial, cultural, and religious factors that lead to problems of hiding, internalized homophobia, and anticipatory rejections that put this population under extreme conditions. …”
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Precipitation Chemistry and Occurrence of Acid Rain over the Oil-Producing Niger Delta Region of Nigeria by John Kanayo Chukwu Nduka, Orish Ebere Orisakwe

“…This study investigated the nitrate, sulfate, total dissolved solid (TDS), electrical conductivity, total hardness (TH), and bicarbonates of rainwater samples collected from Warri and Port Harcourt between April–June, July–August, and September–October of 2005 and 2006 to depict onset of rainy season, mid-rainy season, and end of rainy season for the two major crude oil–producing cities of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria (although Port Harcourt is also noted for non-oil manufacturing industries). …”
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Impact of leadless pacemaker implantation site on cardiac synchronization and tricuspid regurgitation by Xiao-fei Gao, Hong Zhu, Jia-sheng Zhang, Ning-Zhang, Xiao-hong Pan, Yi-Zhou Xu

“…During the 1-month follow-up, neither group reported major complications such as bleeding, cardiac tamponade, pacemaker detachment, or malignant arrhythmias. …”
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Agrobiodiversity as a Reservoir of Medicinal Resources: Ethnobotanical Insights from Aymara Communities in the Bolivian Andean Altiplano by Simón Cocarico, Diego Rivera, Stephan Beck, Concepción Obón

“…In total, we recorded 1477 use reports addressing 260 pathologies across 28 major health categories. Notably, cultivated plants and weeds represent 38.8% of the medicinal species, highlighting their essential role in local healthcare practices. …”
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Optimization of the Offshore Wind Turbines Layout Using Cuckoo Search Algorithm by Ibrahim Abdulwahab, Solomon Andrew Onazi, Gideon Rimamfate, Akande Abdulwasiu, Abubakar Umar, N.A Iliyasu

“…Developing effective means of optimizing wind farm configurations is a major concern for energy communities. This has continuously led to increased power generation and a corresponding cost reduction. …”
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Determinants of Under-Five Child Mortality in Ethiopia: Analysis Using Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, 2016 by Addisalem Tebeje Zewudie, Abebaw Addis Gelagay, Engidaw Fentahun Enyew

“…So, government policy, nongovernmental organizations, and all concerned bodies should be focused on the major determinants of under-five child mortality and put in a lot more effort to reduce under-five child mortality, and health intervention policies should be revised.…”
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Environmental Sustainability, Value Re-Orientation as Panacea to Gender-Based Violence and Culture of Silence Among Adolescent Girls by Florence Adeoti Yusuf, Adesile Moshood Imran, Peter Sanjo Adewale

“…Environmental stressors, power imbalances, gender inequalities and social norms were identified as major causes of GBV that result in physical, reproductive, and mental health consequences for victims. …”
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Study on Preservation of Chilled Beef with Natural Essential Oil Nanocapsules by Bin Xi, Yaqin Gao, Tianfen Guo, Weihong Li, Xiaoling Yang, Tianqing Du

“…Through the above experimental results, we applied the compound essential oil to the preservation of cold and fresh beef at nanometer level and found that the effect was significant, which was worthy of application in major beef products processing plants.…”
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Habitat Distributions and Abundance of Four Wild Herbivores on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: A Review by Tian Qiao, Chiwei Xiao, Zhiming Feng, Junzhi Ye

“…Here, we firstly review the distributions and abundance of four major WHs on the QTP across different periods, examining the underlying causes of changes and HWCs. …”
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Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Enterovirulent E. coli Isolates Harboring Broad-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Genes in Cancer Patients at the Laquintinie Hospital in Douala, Littoral Re... by Michael F. Kengne, Armelle T. Mbaveng, Wiliane J. T. Marbou, Ousenu Karimo, Ballue S. T. Dadjo, Delano G. T. Fonjou, Ornella D. Tsobeng, Victor Kuete

“…Cases of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) infections are becoming increasingly frequent and represent a major threat to our ability to treat cancer patients. …”
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Evaluation of spring bread wheat accessions from the VIR collection for resistance to loose smut by M. M. Kovaleva, E. V. Zuev, A. N. Brykova

“…Loose smut caused by Ustilago tritici (Pers.) Rostr. is one of the major diseases of wheat widespread in all areas of its cultivation. …”
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