Association between urinary metallothionein concentration and causes of death among cadmium-exposed residents in Japan: a 35-year follow-up study by Lianen Li, Rie Okamoto, Xian Liang Sun, Teruhiko Kido, Kazuhiro Nogawa, Yasushi Suwazono, Hideaki Nakagawa, Masaru Sakurai

“…Method: The study involved a total of 1,398 men and 1,731 women were conducted between 1981 and 1982, with follow-up until November 2016. The study employed the Cox proportional-hazards model to examine the association between higher urinary MT concentrations and the risk of all-cause or cause-specific mortality within the population. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Performed Under Wide-Awake, Local Anesthesia, No Tourniquet in an Office-based Procedure Room Versus Operating Room Setti... by Madison Milhoan, MD, Winston Scambler, BS, William F. Pientka, II, MD

“…Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of all patients aged ≥18 years who underwent ECTR during the period November 2020 to December 2022 by a single hand surgeon at a single level-1 trauma center. …”
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DATA MINING ALGORITHMS FOR PREDICTION OF STUDENT TEACHERS’ PERFORMANCE IN ICT: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW by Juma Habibu Shindo, Mohamedi Mohamedi Mjahidi, Mohamed Dewa Waziri

“…It makes for clear reporting and offers a detailed checklist and flow diagram that direct the review procedure. On November 6, 2022, about 196 scholarly articles were downloaded from three digital libraries: Science Direct (38), ACM Digital Library (72), IEEE Xplore (51), and 35 from the Google Scholar search engine. …”
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Highly Time-Resolved Elemental Source Apportionment at a Prague Urban Traffic Site by Laurence C. Windell, Petra Pokorná, Jaroslav Schwarz, Petr Vodička, Philip K. Hopke, Naděžda Zíková, Radek Lhotka, Jakub Ondráček, Petr Roztočil, Michal Vojtišek, Vladimír Ždímal

“…Abstract Positive Matrix Factorization was used for source apportionment of 2-hour online metals (Xact625i; PM2.5) and elemental and organic carbon (EC/OC analyser; PM1) data at an urban traffic site in Prague, Czech Republic, for two month-long periods in spring (February–March) and winter (November–December), 2020 (400 samples). Five factors were obtained for spring: Local heating (39%), Soil/road dust (21%), Secondary inorganic aerosol (20%), Traffic (12%), and Road salt (9%), while four factors were resolved for winter: Local heating (20%), Soil/road dust (31%), Secondary inorganic aerosol (SIA; 36%), and Traffic (13%). …”
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Application of efgartigimod in Chinese patients with myasthenia gravis: a single-center real-world prospective study by Geke Zhu, Han Zhou, Wanying Wang, Yongbo Ma, Xiangtao Nie, Wenjing Qi, Lei Hao, Xiuming Guo

“…Results: Twenty five Chinese MG patients were enrolled between November 2023 and June 2024, including 3 with ocular MG (OMG) and 22 with generalized MG (GMG). …”
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Examines The Impact of Product And Service Quality On Customer Satisfaction at PT. BMTP With Personal Branding by Andi Nadirah M., Indrawan, Suparman Parintak, Anne Attas, Burhanuddin Harahap

“…BMTP, data collected from November to December 2023. The research sample was 120 customer respondents, Data was collected by administering a questionnaire with structure to the respondents based on the scale known as the Likert. …”
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Comparative the impact intraoperative phrenic nerve sacrifice on prognosis patients with thymoma by Hongyun Ruan, Xuehui Shang, Dongjie Yan, Bin Liu, Fangchao Liu, Zhi Yang

“…Methods A total of 209 patients who underwent thymoma resection in the Department of Thoracic Surgery at our hospital from February 2006 to November 2022 were collected for retrospective analysis. …”
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The divergent histories of Bose-Einstein statistics and the forgotten achievements of Władysław Natanson (1864–1937) by Michał Kokowski

“…The article is accompanied by four appendixes: the first presents reflections on the methodology of historiography and historiography of exact sciences, the second – a commentary on the use of the terms: “Bose statistics”, “Bose-Einstein statistics”, “Einstein-Bose statistics” and “Planck-Bose statistics”, the third – a very important letter by Max Planck to  Władysław Natanson (of 25 January 1913), and the fourth – the excerpts of two letters from Sommerfeld to Rubinowicz (of 1 October 1919 and 1 November 1919). …”
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Spatiotemporal Response of MODIS Derived Vegetation index to climatic condition Case study: Kohgiloyeh O Boirahmad Province of Iran by Mohammad Hossein Nasserzadeh, zahra Hejazizadeh, Zahra Gholampour, Bohloul Alijani

“…In transient months such as May, October and November,(temperate months in study region ) the spatial correlation among NDVI and LST is falling to 0.30 to 0.35 which is not statistical significant in 0.95 confident level. …”
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Effective interventions to prevent youth vaping behaviours: a rapid review by Ana Paula Belon, Laura Nieuwendyk, Tasha Allen, Melissa Worrell, Candace I J Nykiforuk

“…Objective To identify effective policies and non-policy interventions preventing youth vaping behaviour initiation and assess their effectiveness by the level of intrusiveness and subpopulations.Design This systematic rapid review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.Data sources Searches on MEDLINE and APA-PsycINFO for studies published between January 2019 and November 2023.Eligibility criteria Observational, intervention or mixed-method studies and quantitative systematic reviews/meta-analyses measuring the impact of interventions on youth (6–18 years) who never vaped or who had experimentally vaped.Data extraction and synthesis A predesigned form was used to extract data. …”
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Risk assessment of non-point source pollution in tropical watersheds considering water functional zones by Shiyu Xue, Yanhu He, Hao Cai, Jun Li, Lirong Zhu, Changqing Ye

“…In terms of temporal distribution, the risk of NPS pollution from ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N), TN, and TP increased by 26.68%, 58.70%, and 21.05%, respectively, during the wet season (May − October) compared to the dry season (November − April). Furthermore, there is no significant positive correlation between the risk of NPS pollution and the corresponding land-based NPS pollution load. …”
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A Mechanism Exploration of Metabolic Syndrome Causing Nodular Thyroid Disease by Zexin Li, Lili Zhang, Yingshi Huang, Peixuan Yang, Wencan Xu

“…A total of 2722 subjects, who underwent health checkup in our institute from December 2014 to November 2018, were retrospectively and randomly collected. …”
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Perceptions of Patients and Nurses about Bedside Nursing Handover: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis by Huda Anshasi, Zainab Abdullah Almayasi

“…A meta-synthesis review was conducted to identify qualitative studies that reported patients and nurses’ perceptions about bedside handover using seven electronic databases, including CINAHL, PsycINFO, Embase, Education Database (ProQuest), Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, and PubMed, from January 2013 to November 2023. The authors independently selected reviews, extracted data, and evaluated the quality of included studies using the 10-item JBI Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument tool. …”
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Hidden cause of paralysis: tight filum terminale in spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality by Yi Yuan, Yi Yuan, Zong Jian An, Fei Gao, Zhi Hui Li, Wei Li Xu, Yong Sun

“…ObjectiveTo explore the clinical characteristics and surgical treatment outcomes of spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) in children.MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of four children diagnosed with SCIWORA who were admitted to the Neurosurgery Department of Qingdao Women and Children's Hospital from November 2022 to June 2024. All four pediatric patients underwent laminectomy for spinal canal decompression along with resection of the filum terminale. …”
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Risk prediction models for post-intensive care syndrome of ICU discharged patients: A systematic review by Pengfei Yang, Fu Yang, Qi Wang, Fang Fang, Qian Yu, Rui Tai

“…Objectives: This systematic review aimed to assess the properties and feasibility of existing risk prediction models for post-intensive care syndrome outcomes in adult survivors of critical illness. Methods: As of November 1, 2023, Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, PsycInfo, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), SinoMed, Wanfang database, and China Science and Technology Journal Database (VIP) were searched. …”
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IVUS-Guided Zero-Contrast PCI in CKD Patients: Safety and Short-Term Outcome in Patients with Complex Demographics and/or Lesion Characteristics by Prathap Kumar, Blessvin Jino, Ali Shafeeq, Stalin Roy, Manu Rajendran, Sandheep George Villoth

“…Patients who underwent IVUS-guided zero-contrast PCI at a tertiary center, from November 2019 to May 2020, were included in this prospective analysis. …”
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Efficacy of virtual reality techniques in cardiopulmonary resuscitation training: protocol for a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and trial sequential analysis by Jia Wang, Lu Zhang, Guo Chen, Li Du, Jianqiao Zheng, Xiaoqian Deng

“…Thus, we will perform a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify the efficacy of the VR technique on CPR quality.Methods and analysis We will search PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Ovid Medline, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese BioMedical Literature, Wanfang and VIP databases from inception to November 2021, to identify randomised controlled trials and the first period in randomised cross-over trials assessing the efficacy of VR techniques versus non-VR techniques for adult participants accepting adult CPR training. …”
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Enhancing Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus undatus) Propagation Efficiency through Growing Media by P. K. Anagha, D. P. Prakasha, N. Anand, M. Vijay, Shivayogi Ryavalad, Mude Ramya Sree

“… The experiment was carried for one and half year during November, 2019 to January, 2020 under the shade house of Fruit nursery at Main Horticultural Research and Extension Centre (MHREC), College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India to assess the influence of different media on root induction, growth and shoot parameters in dragon fruit. …”
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Factors Predicting Insecticide-Treated Bednet Use among Children under Age Five in Female-Headed Households in Ghana: An Analysis of the 2019 Malaria Indicator Survey by Desmond Klu, Grace Frempong Afrifa-Anane, Michael Larbi Odame

“…This survey was carried out between September 25 and November 24, 2019. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 25, employing both descriptive and binary logistic regression modelling. …”
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How do electronic risk assessment tools affect the communication and understanding of diagnostic uncertainty in the primary care consultation? A systematic review and thematic synt... by Sarah Gerard Dean, Joshua Feyi-Waboso, Mark Tarrant, Raff Calitri, Elizabeth Shephard, Alex Burns, Brian Donnelly

“…Database searches on 27 November 2019 were of MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and Web of Science, and a secondary search of the references of included articles. …”
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