The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on outpatient visits for patients with cancer in Iran: an interrupted time series analysis by Siavash Beiranvand, Meysam Behzadifar, Aidin Aryankhesal, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Banafshe Darvishi Teli, Masoud Behzadifar

“…Results Following the announcement of Covid-19 in Iran, outpatient visits for patients with cancer decreased immediately and sharply, with a mean of 247.08 visits per month, which has a 95% confidence interval of [-297; -197]. …”
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From MRI to FEM: an automated pipeline for biomechanical simulations of vertebrae and intervertebral discs by Kati Nispel, Kati Nispel, Tanja Lerchl, Gabriel Gruber, Hendrik Moeller, Robert Graf, Veit Senner, Jan S. Kirschke, Jan S. Kirschke

“…We rated mesh quality metrics and processing times.ResultsWith an average number of 21 vertebrae and 20 IVDs per subject, the average processing time was 4.4 min for a vertebra and 31 s for an IVD. …”
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Stages of Change for physical activity after a school-based intervention: a cross-sectional study by Luiza Ricardo, Airton Rombaldi, Daniele Kopp, Rodrigo Ferreira, Pedro Hallal, Mario Azevedo

“…To evaluate the SoC, an adaptation of the questionnaire proposed by Dumith, Domingues and Gigante (2009) was used, considering physical activities performed at least three times per week during 20 minutes. Data collection was carried out from October to November 2013 through self-administered questionnaires in the classroom. …”
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Zinc Sulphate and Boron-Based Foliar Fertilizer Effect on Growth, Yield, Minerals, and Heavy Metal Composition of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L) Grown on an Alfisol by Christopher Aboyeji, Oluwagbenga Dunsin, Aruna O. Adekiya, Chinomnso Chinedum, Khadijat O. Suleiman, Faith O. Okunlola, Charity O. Aremu, Iyiola O. Owolabi, Temidayo A. J. Olofintoye

“…The effect of zinc was not significant on the vegetative parameters, while application 8 kg Zn·ha−1 significantly increased number of seeds, weight of seeds, seed yield per hectare, and seed quality though the values were similar to the application of 4 kg Zn·ha−1 only on the seed yield and its parameters. …”
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Infection control Surveillance of dialysis events at outpatient hemodialysis centers in Saudi Arabia: A 3-year national data by Mohammed ALQahtani, Aiman El-Saed, Faisal Alsheddi, Ahlam H. Alamri, Atef M. Shibl, Khalid H. Alanazi

“…The most frequent type of dialysis event was the in-unit intravenous antimicrobial start at 0.75 per 100 patient months, followed by positive blood culture at 0.41, and finally, local access of the infection site at 0.34. …”
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Characterising COVID-19 school and childcare outbreaks in Canada in 2021: a surveillance study by Kaitlin Patterson, Erin McGill, Demy Dam, Anna Bellos, Cameron Mark Coulby, Rachel McCormick

“…Most school and childcare outbreaks reported fewer than 10 cases per outbreak. During the start of the 2021–2022 school year (September 2021), there were fewer outbreaks in secondary schools and fewer cases among those aged 12+ years compared with January–June of 2021.Conclusion During the study period, there was no observed association between an increase in school and childcare outbreaks and an increase in incidence rates in community case data. …”
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Feather hydrolysate as a promising nitrogenârich fertilizer for greenhouse lettuce cultivation by Lisiane Sobucki, Rodrigo Ferraz Ramos, Elci Gubiani, Gustavo Brunetto, Douglas Rodrigo Kaiser, Daniel Joner Daroit

“…Results After 60 days of greenhouse lettuce cultivation, leaves per plant were superior after FH treatment. Lettuce fertilized with urea and FH presented higher and similar foliar areas. …”
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Ten-Day versus 14-Day Levofloxacin-Containing Triple Therapy for Second-Line Anti-Helicobacter pylori Eradication in Taiwan by Wei-Chen Tai, Chien-Hua Chiu, Chih-Ming Liang, Kuo-Chin Chang, Chung-Mou Kuo, Yi-Chun Chiu, Keng-Liang Wu, Ming-Luen Hu, Yeh-Pin Chou, Shue-Shian Chiou, King-Wah Chiu, Chung-Huang Kuo, Tsung-Hui Hu, Ming-Tsung Lin, Seng-Kee Chuah

“…Eradication rates attained by EAL-10 and EAL-14 were 75.6%; 95% –85.3% and 92.5%; 95% –98.1%, in the per protocol analysis and 68%; 95% –78.5% and 86%; 95% –93.4%, in the intention-to-treat analysis. …”
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Synthetic Modeling of Polarized Dust Emission in Intermediate-mass YSOs. I. Constraining the Role of Iron Inclusions and Inelastic Relaxation on Grain Alignment with ALMA Polarizat... by Nguyen Chau Giang, V. J. M. Le Gouellec, Thiem Hoang, A. J. Maury, P. Hennebelle

“…We found that to reproduce the high polarization degree of p  ∼ 5%–30% observed in protostellar envelopes by ALMA, micron-sized grains and VLGs must contain iron inclusions with N _cl  ∼ 5–10 ^3 iron atoms per cluster, assuming 30% of iron abundance locked inside dust grains under the cluster form. …”
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Assessment of Management Factors Influencing Vaccination Against Cholera in the Health District of Katana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Irène Ntererwa-Nsimire, Leonid M Irenge, Paulin B Mutombo, Eric M Mafuta, Jean-Luc Gala, Dosithée Ngo-Bebe

“…The survey targeted households (n = 404) with 1 adult person per household responding on behalf of all the members of the household and key informants (KI) who were health workers (n = 6) in 5 health areas of the Katana health district. …”
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Risk assessment of fine particulate matter exposure attributed to the presence of the cement industry by A. Mallongi, S. Stang, R.D.P. Astuti, A.U. Rauf, M.F. Natsir

“…The Monte Carlo Simulation model was used to estimate the uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of parameters.FINDINGS: The average fine particulate matter concentration was 23.68 micrograms per cubic meter, above the air quality guidelines of the World Health Organization. …”
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Prevalence, incidence and determinants of QuantiFERONTM positivity in South African schoolchildren by J. Stewart, N. Walker, K. Jennings, C. Delport, J Nuttall, A.K. Coussens, R Dyers, D.A. Jolliffe, J.C.Y. Tang, W.D. Fraser, R.J. Wilkinson, L.-G. Bekker, A.R. Martineau, K. Middelkoop

“…RESULTS: QuantiFERON-positivity at baseline (prevalence: 22.6%, 95% CI 20.9–24.4), was independently associated with increasing age (aOR 1.24 per additional year, 95% CI 1.15–1.34) and household exposure to TB during the participant’s lifetime (aOR 1.87, 95% CI 1.46–2.40). …”
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Proactive Maintenance and Data-Driven Optimization of Mineral Lubricating Oil in a Gas Engine Cogeneration System Extending Oil Change Intervals for Cost Savings and a Reduced Envi... by Krzysztof Pytel, Roman Filipek, Adam Kalwar, Małgorzata Piaskowska-Silarska, Wiktor Hudy, Jana Depešová, Franciszek Kurdziel

“…Optimized oil utilization reduced material costs for oil and filter replacements, lowering expenditures from 3021 to 1887 EUR per machine hour. Additionally, the predicted Global Warming Potential (GWP) for prematurely consumed oil amounted to 68 × 10³ kg CO₂ eq., while avoidable waste generation reached 18.2 m³ of mineral oil. …”
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Cytogenetic Identification and Molecular Marker Analysis of Two Wheat–<i>Thinopyrum ponticum</i> Translocations with Stripe Rust Resistance by Guotang Yang, Yi Han, Huihui Yin, Xingfeng Li, Honggang Wang, Yinguang Bao

“…Agronomic trait assessments uncovered advantageous properties in both lines, with SN21171 matching the recurrent parent and SN52684 exhibiting elevated higher grain number per main spike and increased thousand grain weight. …”
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Audio-Visual Distraction- A Non-Pharmacological Approach to Alleviate Pain in Pediatric Vaccine Administration: An Observational Study by Harsshika Bajaj, Akaash Tandel, Uday Rajput, Naresh Sonkawade, Rahul Dawre, Sameer Pawar, Sangeeta Chivale, Pragati Kamath, Kanchan Sakharkar, Poonam Sancheti, Murlidhar Tambe, Aarti Kinikar

“…The study group was exposed to audio-visual clip while the control group received the vaccine as per routine vaccination protocol. The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Controllability Scale score was used to assess the behavioural reactions to pain which assesses five behavioural areas. …”
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Vonoprazan-Based Regimen Is More Useful than PPI-Based One as a First-Line Helicobacter pylori Eradication: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Masafumi Maruyama, Naoki Tanaka, Daisuke Kubota, Masayuki Miyajima, Takefumi Kimura, Koujiro Tokutake, Ryujiro Imai, Toru Fujisawa, Hiromitsu Mori, Yoshiaki Matsuda, Shuichi Wada, Akira Horiuchi, Kendo Kiyosawa

“…The eradication rate was significantly higher in VPZ group than PPI group by intention-to-treat analysis (95.8% versus 69.6%, P=0.00003, 95% confidence interval [CI] 88.3-99.1% versus 57.3-80.1%) and per-protocol analysis (95.7% versus 71.4%, P=0.0002, 95% CI 88.0-99.1% versus 58.7-82.1%). …”
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Rapid depletion of “catch-and-release” anti-ASGR1 antibody in vivo by Siva Charan Devanaboyina, Peng Li, Edward L. LaGory, Carrie Poon-Andersen, Kevin D. Cook, Marcus Soto, Zhe Wang, Khue Dang, Craig Uyeda, Ryan B. Case, Veena A. Thomas, Ronya Primack, Manuel Ponce, Mei Di, Brian Ouyang, Joelle Kaner, Sheung Kwan Lam, Mina Mostafavi

“…With a high expression level of approximately one million receptors per cell, high turnover, and rapid recycling, targeting this receptor with a conventional antibody is a challenge. …”
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Evolution of Self-reported Neuropsychiatric Symptoms After Switching from Dolutegravir/Abacavir/Lamivudine to Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide: Results from the Rand... by Barbara Rossetti, Micol Ferrara, Lucia Taramasso, Francesca Bai, Francesca Lombardi, Nicoletta Ciccarelli, Miriam Durante, Francesca Alladio, Federica Bonazza, Ilaria Rancan, Francesca Montagnani, Antonio Di Biagio, Antonella d’Arminio Monforte, Maurizio Zazzi, Massimiliano Fabbiani, for DOBINeuro study group

“…The original sample size was 50 PLWH per arm, but the enrollment was prematurely stopped due to a delayed recruitment process. …”
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Efficacy and safety of combined low‐dose rituximab regimen for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy by Ying Du, Qi Yan, Chuan Li, Wenping Zhu, Chao Zhao, Yunfeng Hao, Lin Li, Dan Yao, Xuan Zhou, Ying Li, Yuting Dang, Rong Zhang, Lin Han, Yuanyuan Wang, Tao Hou, Juan Li, Hailin Li, Panpan Jiang, Pei Wang, Fenying Chen, Tingge Zhu, Juntong Liu, Shuyu Liu, Lan Gao, Yingjun Zhao, Wei Zhang

“…Methods Total 73 patients with CIDP were enrolled for the retrospective cohort study, and divided into conventional first‐line therapy cohort (n = 40) and combined low‐dose rituximab (100 mg per infusion) cohort (n = 33). The outcome measures include scores of I‐RODS, mRS, INCAT, ONLS, TSS, and COMPASS 31 scale at baseline and regular four visits (4, 16, 28, and 52 weeks), as well as proportion of favorable response and outcome, corticosteroids dosage, and deterioration occurrence during follow‐up. …”
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Unsupervised Visual-to-Geometric Feature Reconstruction for Vision-Based Industrial Anomaly Detection by Dinh-Cuong Hoang, Phan Xuan Tan, Anh-Nhat Nguyen, Duc-Thanh Tran, Van-Hiep Duong, Anh-Truong Mai, Duc-Long Pham, Khanh-Toan Phan, Minh-Quang Do, Ta Huu Anh Duong, Tuan-Minh Huynh, Son-Anh Bui, Duc-Manh Nguyen, Viet-Anh Trinh, Khanh-Duong Tran, Thu-Uyen Nguyen

“…Additionally, it provides fast inference at 8.2 frames per second with a memory footprint of only 1045 MB, making it highly efficient for industrial applications.…”
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