Combined Ventilation of Two Subjects with a Single Mechanical Ventilator Using a New Medical Device: An In Vitro Study by Ignacio Lugones, Matías Ramos, María Fernanda Biancolini, Roberto Orofino Giambastiani

“…The driving pressure can be adjusted to meet the requirements of subjects with different weights and lung compliances. …”
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A qualitative study of how clinicians reach agreement in perioperative pathway development: the Consensus Model for Standardising Healthcare by Lisa Pagano, Janet C. Long, Emilie Francis-Auton, Andrew Hirschhorn, Gaston Arnolda, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Mitchell N. Sarkies

“…Data were collected from nine semi-structured interviews and 16 h of participant observations during consensus development or implementation meetings. Data collection and analysis occurred concurrently until theoretical saturation was achieved. …”
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Contradictions of students’ motivation for participation in the activities of voluntary organisations by A. V. Starshinova

“…The formal approach to volunteering fails to meet either the public interest or the needs and expectations of young people. …”
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Designing multivalent NiMn-based layered nanosheets with high specific surface area and abundant active sites for solid-state hydrogen storage in magnesium hydride by Tao Zhong, Tian Xu, Liuting Zhang, Fuying Wu, Yiqun Jiang, Xuebin Yu

“…Our work indicates that the application of 2D metal-based catalysts is a feasible and promising approach towards MgH2 for solid-state hydrogen storage to meet technical and scientific requirements.…”
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Barriers to healthcare professionals screening, recognizing, and managing delirium in the adult patients receiving specialist palliative care: a mixed-methods systematic review by Fang Qian, Danyang Yao, Huanhuan Shi, Tao-Hsin Tung, Dongjun Bi

“…Results 21 articles that meet the selection criteria have been identified, with 11 quantitative, 8 qualitative and 2 mixed-methods, collectively involving 857 patients and 649 healthcare professionals. …”
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The Utah Population Database. A Model for Linking Medical and Genealogical Records for Population Health Research by Ken R. Smith, Alison Fraser, Diana Lane Reed, Jahn Barlow, Heidi A. Hanson, Jennifer West, Stacey Knight, Navina Forsythe, Geraldine P. Mineau

“…In this paper we describe a successful example of a database that meets these needs. The Utah Population Database (UPDB) is a unique and powerful database rarely found in the world that has been addressing these data requirements for over 40 years. …”
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The assessment of the use of vehicles with different types of drive in car-sharing systems by Ewelina Sendek-Matysiak

“…The proposed method serves as a decision-making guide for implementing or modernizing fleets in car-sharing systems, which can be used by car-sharing operators to organize their vehicle fleets, as well as by city authorities in selecting car-sharing service providers whose fleet meets their expectations. …”
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Gendered impact of COVID-19 containment measures on unpaid care work and mental health in Europe: a scoping review protocol by Kathleen Pöge, Hande Gencer, Regina Brunnett, Maria A Marchwacka, Petra Rattay, Tobias Staiger, Hürrem Tezcan-Güntekin

“…We will conduct a grey literature search using Google Scholar and targeted hand-search on known international and European websites and include reports, working papers, policy briefs and book chapters that meet the inclusion criteria. Studies that report gender-segregated findings for mental health outcomes associated with unpaid care work in the context of COVID-19 containment measures in Europe will be included. …”
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Qualitative focus group discussions exploring PrEP method and service delivery preferences among female sex workers and their managers in four Zambian provinces by Holly M Burke, Emily Evens, Tendai Munthali, Featherstone Mangunje, Mercy L Kotaka, Bupe Musonda, Musonda Musonda, Catherine S Todd

“…Many FSWs had personal oral PrEP experience and appreciated the high effectiveness but conveyed that the realities of daily use, including pill visibility, and attributed side effects did not meet their needs. FSWs and managers also identified frequent stigma and misinformation-related barriers to PrEP access and use at community and facility levels. …”
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Simulation of the Performance of Kevlar Impregnated Shear Thickening Fluid Ballistic Test Results (STF) Ballistic Test Results by Riduwan Prasetya, Andoko Andoko, Suprayitno Suprayitno, Retno Wulandari, Prihanto Trihutomo, Kenji Mishima, Dawid Janas

“…This study concludes that STF-impregnated Kevlar fabric, particularly the SiO2-PEG200-B4C variant, not only surpasses the ballistic performance of neat Kevlar but also meets the criteria for NIJ Level IIIA standards, highlighting its potential as a highly effective material for advanced soft body armor designs.…”
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Kojic Acid Derivative as an Antimitotic Agent That Selectively Kills Tumour Cells by Giuseppina Pichiri, Marco Piludu, Terenzio Congiu, Nicole Grandi, Pierpaolo Coni, Monica Piras, Mariusz Jaremko, Joanna Izabela Lachowicz

“…There are a few approaches that may be used to meet this objective, mainly through inhibiting DNA replication or mitosis. …”
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Mechanisms and thresholds of land use affecting surface water quality in Hangzhou City’s residential areas by Qianhu Chen, Jinye Huang

“…However, we can successfully control this negative impact by increasing the degree of green space dominance and aggregation. (3) To meet the standards for Class III water quality, various types of residential areas must adopt distinct control indicator thresholds: Compared to multi-story residential areas’ dispersed green spaces, small high-rise residential areas feature highly interconnected and clustered green spaces, which increases surface runoff pooling and spillover. …”
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Five lessons from a mid-level health manager intervention to increase uptake of tuberculosis prevention therapy in Uganda: ‘it is a completely different thing to implement what you... by Jason Johnson-Peretz, Canice Christian, Cecilia Akatukwasa, Fred Atwine, Elijah Kakande, Moses R. Kamya, Diane V. Havlir, Carol S. Camlin, Gabriel Chamie

“…Objectives The SEARCH-IPT trial led a series of mini-collaborative meetings, which provided business leadership and management training for an intervention group of mid-level healthcare system managers in rural Eastern, East-Central, and Southwestern Uganda to see whether this would increase uptake of isoniazid-prevention therapy (IPT) for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in intervention districts. …”
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Enhancing patient engagement: the influence of an in-consult patient decision aid on shared decision-making for lung tumour radiation – protocol for the randomised trial ‘SDM Lung... by Karina Dahl Steffensen, Signe Timm, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Thomas Leth Fink, Charlotte Kristiansen, Torben Schjødt Hansen, Rune Slot Thing

“…Results from this study will be presented at scientific meetings and published in English peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04940936).…”
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Neonatal and perinatal mortality in the urban continuum: a geospatial analysis of the household survey, satellite imagery and travel time data in Tanzania by Lenka Benova, Claudia Hanson, Aliki Christou, Aline Semaan, Peter M Macharia, Jessie Pinchoff, Andrea B Pembe

“…Travel time to the nearest hospital was not associated with neonatal or perinatal mortality.Conclusion Addressing high rates of neonatal and perinatal mortality in densely populated urban areas is critical for Tanzania to meet national and global reduction targets. Urban populations are diverse, and certain neighbourhoods or subgroups may be disproportionately affected by poor birth outcomes. …”
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Advances in the pilot point inverse method: Où En Sommes-Nous maintenant? by White, Jeremy, Lavenue, Marsh

“…At a conference some years ago, one of the attendees came up to Ghislain de Marsily and asked, “Excuse me, but aren’t you the de Marsily who developed the Pilot Point Method? It is an honor to meet you.” His response highlights one of Ghislain’s greatest qualities, his humility: “Yes I am, thank you, you are very kind, but that was a very long time ago.” …”
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Human development III: Bridging Brain-Mind and Body-Mind. Introduction to “Deep” (Fractal, Poly-Ray) Cosmology by Søren Ventegodt, Tyge Dahl Hermansen, Erik Rald, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Maj Lyck Nielsen, Birgitte Clausen, Joav Merrick

“…We need to develop our mental understanding, deepen our cosmology, and develop our sexuality and body-mind in order to make them meet and merge. To facilitate this existential healing, we propose a third integrative way of looking at our human nature, which we call “the energetic-informational interpretation of reality”. …”
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CPW-Fed Dual Band Flexible Antenna for Energy IoT Applications at 380/940 MHz by Soyeong Lee, Sangjoon do, Hoosung Lee, Daeyeong Yoon, Yong Bae Park

“…These results indicate that the proposed antenna meets the requirements for efficient operation in KEPCO’s IoT infrastructure.…”
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The People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs (NKID) of the USSR in the City of Kuibyshev (1941-1943) by S. I. Chernyavsky

“…By way of ambassadors of these countries the key tasks of forming the anti-Hitler coalition were being solved, and the dates of summit meetings were agreed upon.The crowding of the central office staff and foreign diplomats in a small regional city certainly introduced difficulties into the practical implementation of many tasks. …”
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An Outdoor Walking Program for Immigrant Muslim Older Adults: A Community‐Based Participatory Intervention by Jordana Salma, Shelby Yamamoto, Nancy M Salbach, Ruth Barclay, Allyson Jones

“…Impact Immigrant Muslim older adults lack access to evidence‐based physical activity programming that meets their cultural and religious preferences. This study provides some insights into ways to engage this population in similar programs. …”
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