Epidemiology and impact of device-specific infections on patients receiving left ventricular assist devices by Amit Iyengar, MD MSE, Jason Feinman, MD, Joyce Jiang, BS, Cindy Song, BA, Spencer Kim, BA, Alvin Mathew, MD, Sophia Golec, MD, Aarti Rao, MD, Ankitha Radakrishnan, MD, Michaela Asher, MPhil, David Rekhtman, BS, John DePaolo, MD PhD, Noah Moss, MD, Shinobu Itagaki, MD, Anelechi Anyanwu, MD, Joyce Wald, DO, Marisa Cevasco, MD MPH, Aditya Parikh, MD

“…LSI patients were hospitalized an extra 8 (0−28) days for infection-related reasons. Conclusion: LSIs remain pervasive, with most related to Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas, and Serratia, and are associated with significantly increased rehospitalization burden. …”
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Gas Hydrate Accumulation and Occurrence Associated with Cold Seep Systems in the Northern South China Sea: An Overview by Wei Zhang, Jinqiang Liang, Qianyong Liang, Jiangong Wei, Zhifeng Wan, Junxi Feng, Wei Huang, Jing Zhao, Miaomiao Meng, Wei Deng, Chongmin Chen

“…We also discuss the paragenetic relationship between the gas-bearing fluid and the seafloor morphology of cold seeps and the deep-shallow coupling of gas hydrates, cold seeps, and deep petroleum reservoirs. It is reasonable to conclude that the deep petroleum systems and gas-bearing fluid activity jointly control the development of cold seep systems and the accumulation of gas hydrates in the northern South China Sea. …”
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Multisensory Stimulation in Rehabilitation of Dementia: A Systematic Review by Andrea Calderone, Angela Marra, Rosaria De Luca, Desirèe Latella, Francesco Corallo, Angelo Quartarone, Francesco Tomaiuolo, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Dementia leads to cognitive decline, affecting memory, reasoning, and daily activities, often requiring full-time care. …”
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A new multi-grid bathymetric dataset of the Gulf of Naples (Italy) from complementary multi-beam echo sounders by F. Foglini, M. Rovere, R. Tonielli, G. Castellan, G. Castellan, M. Prampolini, M. Prampolini, F. Budillon, M. Cuffaro, G. Di Martino, V. Grande, S. Innangi, M. F. Loreto, L. Langone, F. Madricardo, A. Mercorella, P. Montagna, C. Palmiotto, C. Pellegrini, A. Petrizzo, L. Petracchini, A. Remia, M. Sacchi, D. Sanchez Galvez, A. N. Tassetti, F. Trincardi

“…This area is particularly vulnerable to abrupt changes driven by the dynamics of several volcanic complexes, active in the area, and by human-induced impacts reflecting the proximity to the highly populated and touristic coastal area of Naples and nearby famous islands. For these reasons, the seafloor of the area needs to be known and constantly monitored. …”
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Pancreatic resection with perioperative drug repurposing of propranolol and etodolac: trial protocol of the phase-II randomised placebo controlled PROSPER trial by Phillip Knebel, Thilo Hackert, Markus W Büchler, Ilse Rooman, Markus K Diener, Felix J Hüttner, André L Mihaljevic, Oliver Strobel, Gauthier Bouche, Johannes Hüsing

“…Therefore, a drug repurposing of betablockers and cyclooxygenase inhibitors seems reasonable to attenuate tumour-associated inflammation by inhibiting psychological, surgical and inflammatory stress responses. …”
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Can We Improve Confusion, Uremia, Respiratory Rate, Blood Pressure, Age &gt;65 with Lactate and Procalcitonin to Predict Mortality in Pneumonia? by Ahmet Burak Urfalioglu, Satuk Bugra Yapici, Durdu Mehmet Uzucek, Dervis Yildiz, Kemal Sener, Adem Kaya, Akkan Avci, Sadiye Yolcu

“…Discussion: Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, and sepsis are common reasons for ED presentations and may be fatal, especially in the elderly population. …”
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Psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy: population co-occurrence, genetic correlations and causal effects by Neil M Davies, Dheeraj Rai, Harriet Forbes, Christina Dalman, Torbjörn Tomson, Daniel Berglind, Michael Lundberg, Cecilia Magnusson, Craig Newschaffer, Brian K Lee, Viktor H Ahlqvist, Paul Madley-Dowd, Christina Dardani, Jessica Rast, Caichen Zhong, Renee M Gardner, Kristen Lyall

“…Background Psychiatric comorbidities are common in patients with epilepsy. Reasons for the co-occurrence of psychiatric conditions and epilepsy remain poorly understood.Aim We aimed to triangulate the relationship between epilepsy and psychiatric conditions to determine the extent and possible origins of these conditions.Methods Using nationwide Swedish health registries, we quantified the lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders in patients with epilepsy. …”
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Advancing treatment choices: CDK4/6 inhibitor switching in HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer by Paola Zagami, Angela Esposito, Beatrice Taurelli Salimbeni, Pier Paolo Maria Berton Giachetti, Roberta Scafetta, Matteo Lambertini, Massimo Di Maio, Giuseppe Curigliano, Carmen Criscitiello, Saverio Cinieri

“…Yet, 49 % of respondents emphasized the need for more real world evidence on CDK4/6i switch safety and efficacy. 96 % of respondents reported discontinuation rates between 0% and 25 % of patients, with constipation and hematological toxicity being the most frequent treatment discontinuation reasons. The oncologists prescribing CDK4/6i switch reported that most of these patients were in first line treatment (85 %) and the most common second CDK4/6i most frequently initiated was palbociclib (69 %), then abemaciclib (17 %) and ribociclib (14 %). …”
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Five-year Variations in Air Pollutant Emissions with Ultra-low Emission Retrofits in a 660 MW Coal-fired Power Unit by Zhiyong Li, Zhuangzhuang Ren, Chengjing Cao, Chen Liu, Zhen Zhai, Jixiang Liu, Ziyi Zhan, Changtao Huang, Lan Chen, Hongdan Yuan

“…Unlike EFs expressed in mg m−3, the most decreases of EFs in kg h−1 and g MWh−1 in 2015 by more than 97.0% compared to 2014 for three air pollutants arisen from reasonable air supply or enhancement in thoroughness of coal combustion.…”
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Structural performance of lightweight fibre-reinforced oil palm shell concrete subjected to impact loadings under varying boundary conditions by Idris Ahmed Ja'e, Zakaria Che Muda, Agusril Syamsir, Chiemela Victor Amaechi, Hamad Almujibah, Ali.E.A. Elshekh, Maaz Osman Bashir, Abdulrazak H. Almaliki

“…However, these only had a minimal influence on controlling crack length and width, and did not result in reasonable improvement of the residual strength. These findings highlight the limitations as well as the potential of utilising OPS in fibre-reinforced lightweight suspended concrete slabs and other impact-resistant constructions.…”
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Understanding the Broad-line Region of Active Galactic Nuclei with Photoionization. I. The Moderate-accretion Regime by Qiaoya Wu, Yue Shen, Hengxiao Guo, Scott F. Anderson, W. N. Brandt, Catherine J. Grier, Patrick B. Hall, Luis C. Ho, Yasaman Homayouni, Keith Horne, Jennifer I-Hsiu Li, Donald P. Schneider

“…The UV/optical line strengths and their dependences on accretion parameters are reasonably well reproduced by the locally optimally emitting cloud photoionization models. …”
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Polygenic prediction of human longevity on the supposition of pervasive pleiotropy by M. Reza Jabalameli, Jhih-Rong Lin, Quanwei Zhang, Zhen Wang, Joydeep Mitra, Nha Nguyen, Tina Gao, Mark Khusidman, Sanish Sathyan, Gil Atzmon, Sofiya Milman, Jan Vijg, Nir Barzilai, Zhengdong D. Zhang

“…Given the highly complex and non-linear interactions between the genetic determinants of longevity, we reasoned that a composite polygenic score would approximate a substantial portion of the variance in lifespan and developed the integrated longevity genetic scores (iLGSs) for distinguishing exceptional survival. …”
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A combination of clinical, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic parameters predicts pulmonary hypertension occurrence in patients with end-stage renal disease by Handong Ding, Handong Ding, Handong Ding, Fei Zhang, Fei Zhang, Fei Zhang, Jinbiao Zhong, Jinbiao Zhong, Jinbiao Zhong, Jiashan Pan, Jiashan Pan, Jiashan Pan, Yiding Chen, Yiding Chen, Yiding Chen, Ji Zhang, Ji Zhang, Ji Zhang, Qin Wang, Guiyi Liao, Guiyi Liao, Guiyi Liao, Zongyao Hao, Zongyao Hao, Zongyao Hao

“…Twenty-one patients were excluded due to incomplete data among other reasons. Finally, 349 patients were included in the analysis, of whom, 158 (45%) developed PH.ResultsAnalysis of electrocardiogram reports suggested that a corrected Q-T interval (QTc) of &gt;438.5 ms was associated with PH. …”
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Surgical cooperation of laparoscopic oral mucosa repair and ureteral reconstruction with robotic assistance (机器人辅助腹腔镜下口腔黏膜修复重建输尿管的手术配合)... by ZHAO Yanan (赵雅楠), ZUO Jing (左静), WU Heyu (吴荷玉)

“…Conclusion Adequate preoperative preparation, reasonable operating room layout, and skilled intraoperative cooperation are considerable issues of improving the efficiency of the surgeon's operation and are an important part of the successful completion of the operation. …”
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Acceptability patterns of hypothetic taxes on different types of foods in France by Florian Manneville, Barthélemy Sarda, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Sandrine Péneau, Bernard Srour, Julia Baudry, Benjamin Allès, Yann Le Bodo, Serge Hercberg, Mathilde Touvier, Chantal Julia

“…Participants completed an ad hoc web-based questionnaire to test patterns of hypothetical food taxes acceptability (i.e. overall perception combined with reasons for supporting or not) on eight food types: fatty foods, salty foods, sugary foods, fatty and salty foods, fatty and sugary products, meat products, foods/beverages with unfavourable front-of-pack nutrition label and ‘ultra-processed foods’. …”
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Socio-Political Phenomenon of Changes in Citizenship in Guilan Province in Qajar Era by Mahdi Ebadi, Zoleykha Ghaffari roodsari

“…The study examined the efforts of foreign governments to increase their nationals among the people of Guilan, as well as the measures taken by the Qajar government to prevent this social phenomenon. Examining the reasons and factors behind the acceptance of foreign citizenship in Guilan Province and its consequences could shed light on an important aspect of the challenges faced by the Qajar government during this period of Iran's history. …”
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The Role of Iranians in Istanbul in Publishing and Distributing Modernist and Constitutionalist Texts by Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi, Hassan Hazrati

“….), many Iranians migrated to Ottoman territories due to economic, political, and cultural reasons, with a significant number settling in Istanbul. …”
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VANDAL BEHAVIOUR OF ADOLESCENTS AS A LEGAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM by O. V. Gurova

“…The contradictions in the psychological theory, educational practice and consciousness of society were revealed: between the widespread occurrence of acts of vandal behaviour and the limited methods and means to prevent it; between the mass involvement of adolescents in vandalism and the lack of specialised age-based programmes to correct vandal behaviour; between the prevalence of unauthorized graphic activity of schoolchildren and other forms of vandal behaviour in the educational environment and the reluctance of teachers and administration of educational institutions to recognise this as a noteworthy problem; between the social significance of determination of lawful and effective punishment (in terms of prevention) and insufficient attention to personal reasons that encourage a person to commit or not to commit vandal acts; between common scientific interest in the individual psychological and socio-typological features of adolescents committing vandalism and inadequate attention to the socio-psychological motivational determinants, initiating and forming the readiness to commit vandal actions. …”
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Development of core competency index system for stomatological nurse specialist (口腔专科护士核心能力框架的构建) by WU Hong (吴宏), FENG Zhien (冯芝恩)

“…Conclusion The core competency index system for stomatological nurse specialist is scientific, reasonable and credible. It provides objective basis for comprehensive specialized development of nurses' ability. …”
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Prevalence and Economic Impact of Acute Respiratory Failure in the Prehospital Emergency Medical Service of the Madrid Community: Retrospective Cohort Study by Ana María Cintora-Sanz, Cristina Horrillo-García, Víctor Quesada-Cubo, Ana María Pérez-Alonso, Alicia Gutiérrez-Misis

“…These respiratory diseases that cause acute respiratory failure (ARF) are one of the main reasons for hospitalization and death, generating high health care costs. …”
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