The effects of the positioning of a bolt in the femoral neck system on the short-term outcomes of middle-aged and young adults with displaced femoral neck fractures by Yujie Jin, Xiaoqiang Zhou, Zhiqiang Li, Yubo Liu, Renjie Xu, Jun Shen, Xiangxin Zhang, Xiao Yu

“…The quality of fracture reduction, time to postoperative weight-bearing of the affected limb, time to fracture healing, and the TAD, LFNS, HHS and EQ-5D-5L utility index at the last follow-up visit were compared between the groups. …”
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Target trial emulation to evaluate the effect of immune-related adverse events on outcomes in metastatic urothelial cancer by Renate Pichler, Josef Fritz, Sarah Maier, Melanie R. Hassler, Johanna Krauter, David D`Andrea, Ekaterina Laukhtina, Kilian Gust, Keiichiro Mori, Karl H. Tully, Dora Niedersuess-Beke, Lea Korber, Jasmin Alija Spiegelberg, Thomas Bauernhofer, José D. Subiela, Roman Mayr, Andreas Kronbichler, Marco Moschini, Jeremy Teoh, Benjamin Pradere, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Hanno Ulmer, Laura S. Mertens, European Association of Urology–Young Academic Urologists (EAU-YAU): Urothelial Carcinoma Working Group

“…However, these associations are likely affected by immortal time bias and do not represent causal effects. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of irAEs on outcomes while correcting for immortal time bias, using target trial emulation (TTE). …”
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Influences of Different Preparation Conditions on Catalytic Activity of Ag2O-Co3O4/γ-Al2O3 for Hydrogenation of Coal Pyrolysis by Lei Zhang, Sha Xiang-ling, Lei Zhang, Wang Rui, Zhang Lixin, Shu Xinqian

“…The effects of the metal loading, calcination time, and calcination temperatures of Ag and Co, respectively, on the catalytic activity were investigated. …”
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From block to shred: Understanding the factors influencing shreddability of mozzarella cheese by Gunvantsinh Rathod, Suresh Sutariya, Ram Kumar, Praveen Upreti, Prafulla Salunke, J.K. Amamcharla

“…Textural parameters were significantly affected by fat content and storage time, whereas wire cutting parameters were significantly affected by fat content, storage time, and temperature. …”
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Mind the perception gap: Identifying differences in views among stakeholder groups of shared mobility services through bayesian best-worst method by Ehsan Amirnazmiafshar, Marco Diana

“…Operators undervalue trip-related factors, such as travel time and departure time, while overemphasizing user-friendliness. …”
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Leisure activities of young drug users and non-drug users: association with five personality factors by B. O. Bazyma, O. O. Serdiuk

“…Low values of the big five personality factors “C” – conscientiousness (r=0.063, p<0.01) and work in free time (r=–0.136, p<0.01) – have a positive correlation with drug use. …”
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Cimetidine Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Subjects: A Comparison of Tablets and Suspension by ABR Thomson, P Kirdeikis, L Zuk, RE Samuels, P Zarevics

“…Cimetidine tablet and suspension were superior to placebo tablet or suspension or to the magnesium hydroxide/aluminum hydroxide suspension in the area under the pH time curve from 0 to 6 h, percentage time pH of at least 3.5, change from pretreatment pH area under the pH time curve (0 to 6 h) and maximum increase in pH. …”
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EDUCATIONAL TRAINING SIMULATOR FOR MONITORING READING TECHNIQUE AND SPEED BASED ON SPEECH-TO-TEXT (STT) METHODS by Olesia Barkovska, Heorhii Ivashchenko, Dmytro Rosinskiy, Daniil Zakharov

“…The results of testing children with lisping and rhotacismus problems showed that the Jaro algorithm has a slightly higher accuracy of comparing two texts (by an average of 1.14%), and, at the same time, a shorter comparison time for large text arrays (by 39%). …”
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Association of intraprocedural near admission-level blood pressure with functional outcome in stroke patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy by Min Chen, Lukas Daniel Sauer, Mika Herwig, Jessica Jesser, Meinhard Kieser, Arne Potreck, Markus Möhlenbruch, Peter Arthur Ringleb, Silvia Schönenberger

“…Abstract Background Optimal blood pressure management during endovascular stroke treatment is not certain. We hypothesized that time or proportion of intraprocedural systolic blood pressure spent in a range around admission blood pressure might be associated with better clinical outcome. …”
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Application of Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm–PID Cascade Speed Controller to Marine Gas Turbine Engine Based on Sensitivity Function Analysis by Yunhyung Lee, Kitak Ryu, Gunbaek So, Jaesung Kwon, Jongkap Ahn

“…A third-order model with time delay was derived at three operating points using commissioning data to capture the engines’ inherent characteristics. …”
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Characterization of New Particle Formation in Soft X-ray Radiolysis Reactor: AMCs-to-Secondary Inorganic Aerosols by Jiyoon Shin, Kyungil Cho, Yoonkyeong Ha, Giwon Kang, Jihye Park, Hunkwan Park, Changhyuk Kim

“…The NPF and subsequent particle growth in the reactor were also positively affected by the exposure time to soft X-rays and the residence time. The exposure time was controlled by the number of soft X-ray emitters, and the residence time in the reactor was adjusted by the number of reactor modules and the inlet flow rate. …”
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Colonic Transendoscopic Enteral Tubing: Route for a Novel, Safe, and Convenient Delivery of Washed Microbiota Transplantation in Children by Min Zhong, Heena Buch, Quan Wen, Chuyan Long, Bota Cui, Faming Zhang

“…Multivariate analysis demonstrated that endoscopic clip number (P=0.009) was an independent contributing factor for the retaining time of tube. With increase in the number of large clips, the retention time of TET tube was prolonged. …”
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Mucosal snare resection-endoscopic submucosal excavation for gastric submucosal tumors: a retrospective study (with video) by Wei Wei, Xiaolong Zheng, Yongli Ye, Hongxia Li, Yiping Hong, Jianting Cai

“…Factors such as operation time, intraoperative perforation, postoperative adverse events, postoperative fasting time, antibiotic use, hospitalization duration, costs, and pathological diagnosis were compared between the two procedures.ResultsA total of 180 patients with submucosal tumors were included in this study. …”
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DGL-STFA: Predicting lithium-ion battery health with dynamic graph learning and spatial–temporal fusion attention by Zheng Chen, Quan Qian

“…Existing methods often fail to capture the dynamic interactions between health indicators over time, resulting in limited predictive accuracy. To address these challenges, we propose a novel framework, Dynamic Graph Learning with Spatial–Temporal Fusion Attention (DGL-STFA), which transforms health indicator time-series data into time-evolving graph representations. …”
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Assessing the Benefit of a Digital Pain Alert System in a Community Hospital by Grosman-Rimon L, Jorgoni L, Casey J, Tory S, Kumbhare D, Solanki J, Collins BE, Wegier P

“…Data included pain alert activation frequency, pain alert response duration (time from pain alert activation to alert stop when medication was administered), the department from which the pain alert was activated.Results: There was a steady significant decrease in the mean pain alert response duration over time from 2020 to 2023. …”
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Boosting knowledge, attitudes, and practices: An experimental controlled study evaluating the effectiveness of m-health training on antimicrobial resistance for hemodialysis nurses by Hossam Alhawatmeh, Mohammed Aljarrah, Issa M Hweidi, Nezam Al-Nsair, Mohammad S Alyahya, Sawsan Abuhammad

“…The nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding antimicrobial resistance were assessed with self-developed instruments at three time points: Baseline (Time 1), immediately after the intervention (Time 2), and 1 month later (Time 3). …”
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Comparison of the Success of Two Techniques for the Endotracheal Intubation with C-MAC Video Laryngoscope Miller Blade in Children: A Prospective Randomized Study by Renu Sinha, Ankur Sharma, Bikash Ranjan Ray, Ravinder Kumar Pandey, Vanlalnghka Darlong, Jyotsna Punj, Chandralekha Chandralekha, Ashish Datt Upadhyay

“…Styletted ETT significantly reduces time for intubation and time for procedure in comparison to nonstyletted ETT.…”
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The Model of the Optimal Number of Public Transport Vehicles in Mixed Traffic Flow Conditions: A Case Study by Milja M. Simeunović, Vuk Z. Bogdanović, Milan M. Simeunović, Pavle M. Pitka, Zoran M. Papić, Dane M. Drašković

“…In this paper, a network optimization model was developed for defining the influence of the change of traffic flow parameters in a mixed traffic flow on travel time of PT vehicles. The model takes into consideration uncertain time unevenness of the change of traffic flow parameters, which enables determining the optimization of travel time and defining the necessary number of public transport vehicles for the purpose of keeping to the planned schedule. …”
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Rapid estimation method of lithium battery state of health based on novel health feature by DONG Xiaohong, DONG Jinbo, WANG Mingshen, ZENG Fei, PAN Yi

“…Most data-driven lithium battery SOH estimation methods are computationally intensive and difficult to use in real-time in battery management system microcontrollers. …”
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Prebiotic- and Panthenol-Containing Multipurpose Healing Dermocosmetics Post-Cryotherapy for Actinic Keratoses: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial by Cesare Ariasi, Carola Romanò, Cesare Tomasi, Simone Soglia, Gaetano Licata, Luca Rubelli, Piergiacomo Calzavara Pinton, Marina Venturini, Mariachiara Arisi

“…Results: There was a gain of 4.5 days (40%) in healing time in the BA+DC group compared to the BA group, with a median time of 7 days versus 11.5 days (P<0.0005). …”
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