Does an emergency access button increase the patients’ satisfaction and feeling of safety with the out-of-hours health services? A randomised controlled trial in Denmark by Morten Bondo Christensen, Helle Collatz Christensen, Bo Christensen, L Huibers, Jonas Fynboe Ebert

“…The OR for answering in the two categories with highest satisfaction when provided with the EAB option was 1.34 (95% CI 1.07 to 1.68) for satisfaction with the waiting time, 1.21 (95% CI 0.91 to 1.60) for overall satisfaction and 1.46 (95% CI 1.12 to 1.89) for feeling of safety. …”
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Validation of SOC Estimation Using OC and EC Concentration in PM2.5 Measured at Seoul by Ha Young Yoo, Ki Ae Kim, Yong Pyo Kim, Chang Hoon Jung, Hye Jung Shin, Kwang Ju Moon, Seung Myung Park, Ji Yi Lee

“…We compared the (OC/EC)pri ratio from 1-h data with 24-h data and revealed that (OC/EC)pri estimated from 24-h data had twice larger than 1-h data due to the low time resolution of sampling. We finally confirmed that the most appropriate value of (OC/EC)pri is that calculated by a regression analysis of 1-h data and estimated SOC values at PM2.5 of the Seoul atmosphere.…”
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Upper Quarter Injury Rates and Risk in United States High School Athletes Prior To and During the Prolonged Sport Stoppage by Garrett Bullock, Charles Thigpen, Albert Prats-Uribe, R. Gill Gilliand, Ellen Shanley

“…Injury rates were calculated per 1,000 athletes per academic year. Interrupted time series models assessed the incidence ratio between academic years…”
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Leveraging Smart Telemedicine Technology to Enhance Nursing Care Satisfaction and Revolutionize COVID-19 Care: Prospective Cohort Study by You-Lung Chang, Chi-Ying Lin, Jiun Hsu, Sui-Ling Liao, Chun-Ti Yu, Hung-Chueh Peng, Chung-Yu Chen, Matthew Huei-Ming Ma, Juey-Jen Hwang

“…Of these, 27 patients participated in thie study: the QOCA remote home care system was deployed 36 times in the isolation ward and 21 times to those in home isolation. …”
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Videofluoroscopic swallowing study predicts clinical outcomes in critically Ill children with dysphagia: a retrospective observational study by Yoonju Na, Jaeyoung Choi, Jihong Choi, Su Mi Oh, Hyuna Jang, Suein Choi, Joongbum Cho, Jeong-Yi Kwon

“…Logistic regression analysis revealed that the time from PICU admission to VFSS and intubation duration significantly influenced LOS. …”
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Reconstruction of Alzheimer’s Disease Cell Model In Vitro via Extracted Peripheral Blood Molecular Cells from a Sporadic Patient by Sijun Liu, Yuying Zhao, Xiaoying Su, Chengcheng Zhou, Peifen Yang, Qiusan Lin, Shijun Li, Hanxu Tan, Qi Wang, Changjun Wang, Qingguang Wu

“…Immunofluorescence staining and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) suggested that PBMC-iPSCs were successfully differentiated into neural cells. …”
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Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with insulinoma–a single center's experience of 76 cases over a 10-year period by Wei Li, Yali Cheng, Qingyong Ma, Zheng Wu, Zheng Wang

“…Loss of consciousness (68 %), sweating (59 %), vertigo (56 %) are three most shown symptoms. The average time from symptom onset to diagnosis of insulinoma was 33.4 month. …”
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Exercise during pregnancy modulates infant cellular and whole‐body adiposity by Alex Claiborne, Filip Jevtovic, Donghai Zheng, Cody Strom, Breanna Wisseman, Samantha McDonald, Edward Newton, Steven Mouro, James DeVente, Joseph A. Houmard, Nicholas T. Broskey, Linda E. May

“…Pregnant women completed ~24 weeks of supervised exercise training; for standardization of exercise analysis (frequency, intensity, time, and volume‐FIT‐V), metrics were assessed from 16 to 36 weeks. …”
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Development trend of primary healthcare after health reform in China: a longitudinal observational study by Hui Li, Jie Feng, Zuxun Lu, Yanhong Gong, Xuan Zhou, Guopeng Zhang, Xiaoxv Yin, Jianxiong Wu

“…The Cochran-Armitage trend test and linear trend test were used to identify the indicators’ trends over time.Results From 2009 to 2018, the amounts of health resources allocation and health service provision of Chinese primary healthcare institutions showed a significant upward trend (p<0.001). …”
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Comparative study of phenotypic and genotypic expression of virulence factors in colonizing and pathogenic carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) by Swati Sharma, Kamal Singh, Ashish Chaurasiya, Tuhina Banerjee, Royana Singh, Ghanshyam Yadav, Ashok Kumar

“…The virulent genes pgaA, csuE, bap, ompA, abaI, pilA and bauA were detected by simplex-PCR and Quantitative Real-Time PCR was done for expressional studies. In-vivo survival percentage was studied by Galleria mellonella (wax moth) killing assay. …”
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Accuracy of a step counter during treadmill and daily life walking by healthy adults and patients with cardiac disease by Erik Elgaard Sørensen, John Hansen, Charlotte Brun Thorup, Mette Grønkjær, Jan Jesper Andreasen, Birthe Irene Dinesen

“…Thus, none of the 24-hour tests had less than the expected 20% error. In time periods of evident walking during the 24 h test, the Zip had an average per cent relative error of <3% at 3.6 km/hour and higher speeds.Conclusions A speed of 3.6 km/hour or higher is required to expect acceptable accuracy in step measurement using a Zip, on a treadmill and in real life. …”
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Short- to Medium-Term Weather Forecast Skill of the AI-Based Pangu-Weather Model Using Automatic Weather Stations in China by Siyi Xu, Yize Zhang, Junping Chen, Yunlong Zhang

“…Additionally, the forecast skill of Pangu diminishes as the lead time extends, but it tends to surpass traditional NWP systems with longer lead times. …”
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Screening of Solvent Systems for Countercurrent Chromatography Separation of Polar Constituents from <i>Ginkgo biloba</i> L. Seeds by Ruxi Hu, Zhuo Liu, Yi Zhou, Peng Tian, Luqi Li, Zhi Yang, Yatuan Ma

“…The separation of large polar constituents presents a substantial challenge in natural product research when employing column chromatography techniques, as the process is both complex and time-consuming. In this study, an acetonitrile/tetrahydrofuran/di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid/aqueous saturated sodium chloride solvent system was developed and utilized for the countercurrent chromatography of polar constituents from <i>Ginkgo biloba</i> L. seeds. …”
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Sociodemographic factors, clinical characteristics, outcomes and short-term follow-up in COVID-19 patients with new onset hyperglycemia and pre-existing diabetes on admission in a... by Nadira Sultana Kakoly, S M Kamrul Hasan, Mohammad Mahfuzul Hoque, Rifat Hossain Ratul, Md Abdullah Saeed Khan, Dipak Kumar Mitra, Baki Billah

“…The Cox proportional hazard model was used to examine factors associated with time to death in the hospital. All statistical analyses were performed using Stata Version 17.…”
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Isolation and characterization of a novel highly efficient bacterium Lysinibacillus boronitolerans QD4 for quantum dot biosynthesis by Xingyu Gu, Xingyu Gu, Xiaoju Li, Ruijia Zhang, Ruijia Zhang, Ruoli Zheng, Ruoli Zheng, Mingrui Li, Mingrui Li, Rong Huang, Xin Pang

“…The distinctive yellow fluorescence from CdS quantum dots is visible after only a short induction time (a few hours). Moreover, the properties of the CdS quantum dots are characterized by fluorescence spectroscopy, UV-absorption spectroscopy, TEM, XRD, XPS, and infrared spectroscopy. …”
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Left ventricular hypertrophy in young hypertensives: the possible crosstalk of mTOR and angiotensin-II -a case-control study by Busayo Onafowoke Oguntola, Stephen Olawale Oguntola, Opeyemi Ezekiel Ojo, Pauleen Ayomide Ukpabio, Adams Olalekan Omoaghe, Kehinde Samuel Olaniyi

“…Also, hypertensives with LVH had a significantly increased blood pressure, body mass index, serum level of TG, TG/HDL, TC/HDL, chemerin, troponin T, Galectin-3 and total mTOR compared to normotensive and hypertensives without LVH. At the same time, serum NF-kβ and Ang II were only significant when compared with normotensive but not hypertensives without LVH. …”
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Inheritance of resistance to maize lethal necrosis in tropical maize inbred lines by Hilda M. Kavai, Hilda M. Kavai, Dan Makumbi, Felister M. Nzuve, Vincent W. Woyengo, L. M. Suresh, William M. Muiru, Manje Gowda, Boddupalli M. Prasanna

“…Disease ratings at four time points, grain yield (GY), and other agronomic traits were analyzed using Griffing’s Method 3 and Hayman’s diallel models. …”
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The Importance of Platelet-Derived Growth Factors as Markers of Survival and Severity of COVID-19 in Patients Undergoing Monthly Follow-Up by Elżbieta Cecerska-Heryć, Dominika Nieszpór, Natalia Serwin, Ewa Pius Sadowska, Marta Gliźniewicz, Bartłomiej Grygorcewicz, Karol Serwin, Anna Michalczyk, Marta Budkowska, Małgorzata Goszka, Aleksandra Polikowska, Radosław Birger, Bogusław Machaliński, Barbara Dołęgowska

“…The study group consisted of 50 patients (23 men and 27 women) at the time of COVID-19 detection, 7 days after detection, then 14 and 28 days after detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. …”
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Research on Traffic Accident Severity Level Prediction Model Based on Improved Machine Learning by Jiming Tang, Yao Huang, Dingli Liu, Liuyuan Xiong, Rongwei Bu

“…The research results of this study have broad prospects in the field of intelligent driving. It can realize real-time accident prediction and early warnings, and provide decision support for drivers and autonomous driving systems. …”
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The potential role of differentially expressed tRNA-derived fragments in high glucose-induced podocytes by Zhenxing Zhang, Yunyang Qiao, Jialing Ji, Chan Huang, Huimin Shi, Weihua Gan, Aiqing Zhang

“…The 10 tRFs with the highest differential expression were detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), and these results were consistent with the sequencing results. …”
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