Long-Term Homogeneity and Trends of Hydroclimatic Variables in Upper Awash River Basin, Ethiopia by Mekonnen H. Daba, Gebiaw T. Ayele, Songcai You

“…Mann-Kendall (Z) and Sen’s slope tests (Q) were applied for the selected homogeneous time series to detect the trend and magnitude of changes in hydroclimatic variables. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of a New Outpatient Pulmonology Care Model Based on Physician-to-Physician Electronic Consultation by José Manuel Álvarez-Dobaño, Malena Toubes, José Ángel Novo-Platas, Francisco Reyes-Santías, Gerardo Atienza, Manuel Portela, Carlos Rábade, Tamara Lourido, Ana Casal, Carlota Rodríguez-García, Vanessa Riveiro, Romina Abelleira, Jorge Ricoy, Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez, Carlos Zamarrón, Felipe Calle, Francisco Gude, Luis Valdés

“…Physician-to-physiciane-consultations reduce waiting times, improve access of complex patients to specialty care, and ensure that cases are managed at the appropriate level. …”
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«Talgenism» in the Digital Age: A Domestic History of cMOOC by M. A. Babaeva, E. B. Golubev

“…One hundred years ago, the famous teacher Alexander Rivin for the first time realized the idea of collective mutual learning. …”
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Empowering access: unveiling an overall composite spatial accessibility index to healthcare services in Southeastern Iran by Ahmad Raeesi, Soheil Hashtarkhani, Mahmood Tara, Narjes Sargolzaei, Behzad Kiani

“…Almost 75% of the population had low/no access to overall primary care services within a 30-minute drive time. For secondary care, nearly 45% had low/no access to hospital inpatient beds within a 30-minute drive time, and around 40% had low/no access to specialists within a 60-minute drive time. …”
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Estimating population attributable risk fraction of determinants of pediatric obesity by Maryam Yazdi, Ibrahim Abdollahpour, Mostafa Qorbani, Saba Karimi, Mohammad Esmail Motlagh, Majid Khademian, Roya Kelishadi

“…In addition to physical examination, a self-administered questionnaire was completed to obtain the study variables including dietary behavior, physical activity, screen time, sleep duration, socioe-conomic status (SES), and passive smoking. …”
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Plant Growth and Nutritional Quality Attributes of Basella alba Applied with Variable Rates of Nitrogen Fertilizer at Different Planting Dates under Canadian Maritime Climatic Cond... by Nishchitha Hemmige Natesh, Mercy O. Ijenyo, Samuel Kwaku Asiedu, H. P. Vasantha Rupasinghe, Lord Abbey

“…Nitrogen (N) fertilization at critical planting time is important to optimize productivity and reduce nitrate accumulation in edible portions of green leafy vegetable plants. …”
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Limited Vitrectomy versus Complete Vitrectomy for Epiretinal Membranes: A Comparative Multicenter Trial by Matteo Forlini, Purva Date, Domenico D’Eliseo, Paolo Rossini, Adriana Bratu, Andrea Volinia, Giovanni Neri, Tommaso Verdina, Maria Rosaria Carbotti, Gian Maria Cavallini, Luigi Sborgia, Alessandra Galeone, Aurelio Imburgia, Alessandro Mularoni, Alessandro Meduri

“…Incidence of iatrogenic retinal breaks, retinal detachment, surgical time, and visual outcomes were compared between groups. …”
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Edible Film Whey-Gelatin: Lama Gelasi, Solubilitas dan Mikrostruktur dengan Penggabungan Bubuk Teh Hijau by Fahrullah Fahrullah, Basriani Basriani, Cis Anita, Farah Febryanti, Fitriyani Fitriyani

“…This study evaluates the effect of green tea powder on the characteristics of whey-gelatin-based edible films using a completely randomized design with three treatments: P1(5%), P2 (10%), and P3 (15%), each replicated three times. Results indicate that green tea powder significantly affects gelation time and solubility (P<0.01). …”
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Combined Aerobic and Resistance Exercises Evokes Longer Reductions on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Resistant Hypertension: A Randomized Crossover Trial by Nayara Fraccari Pires, Helio José Coelho-Júnior, Bruno Bavaresco Gambassi, Ana Paula Cabral de Faria, Alessandra Mileni Versuti Ritter, Catarina de Andrade Barboza, Silvia Elaine Ferreira-Melo, Bruno Rodrigues, Heitor Moreno Júnior

“…Notably, ambulatory BP was reduced during awake-time and night-time periods after COM. On the other hand, the effects of AER were more prominent during awake periods, while RES caused greater reductions during the night-time period. …”
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Exploration of treatment burden through examination of workload and patient capacity during transition onto kidney replacement therapy: a systematic review of qualitative research by Catrin Jones, Ross Cairns, Heather Walker, Silje Welsh, Benjamin Edgar, Karen Stevenson, Bhautesh D. Jani, Patrick B. Mark, David Kingsmore, Katie I. Gallacher

“…The aim of this review is to examine the experience of healthcare workload and the factors that affect capacity to meet that workload for people transitioning onto KRT for the first time, using a framework synthesis of published literature informed by normalisation process theory (NPT) and theory of patient capacity (TPC). …”
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A Mechanistic, Stochastic Model Helps Understand Multiple Sclerosis Course and Pathogenesis by Isabella Bordi, Renato Umeton, Vito A. G. Ricigliano, Viviana Annibali, Rosella Mechelli, Giovanni Ristori, Francesca Grassi, Marco Salvetti, Alfonso Sutera

“…We show that relapses and remissions follow exponential decaying distributions, excluding periodic recurrences and confirming that relapses manifest randomly in time. It is found that a mechanistic model with a random forcing describes in a satisfactory manner the occurrence of relapses and remissions, and the differences in the length of time spent in each one of the two states. …”
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High Prevalence but Insufficient Treatment of Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Results of a Population-Based Cohort by Claudia Ott, Anne Liebold, Angela Takses, Ulrike G. Strauch, Florian Obermeier

“…Therefore, the aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in a population-based cohort at time of first diagnosis and during the early course of the disease. …”
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A Semianalytical Model for Analyzing the Infill Well-Caused Fracture Interference from Shale Gas Reservoirs by Sidong Fang, Yonghui Wu, Cheng Dai, Liqiang Ma, Hua Liu

“…The synthetical cases show that the fracture parameters, SRV properties, and well infill time have a significant influence on the production performance of both the parent and infill wells. …”
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Enhanced Multi‐Objective Optimization Model for Bridge Performance Assessment and Prediction, Based on Improved PCA, K‐Means Clustering, and Kaplan–Meier Survival Algorithm by Chengzhong Gui, Zhi Duan, Zuwei Huang, Zhiguo Sun, Wei Qiao, Yu Cheng

“…It focuses on the processing of multi‐source heterogeneous data, selection of key sub‐parameters using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), enhanced K‐means clustering analysis, determination of structural component target thresholds, time‐dependent survival probability analysis, regression fitting, and timing prediction of the bridge system for both the components of double‐layer truss arch bridge and the bridge system. …”
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Description and biomechanical evaluation of the modified laparoscopic-assisted percutaneous gastropexy technique in dogs by Dong Woo Kim, Ho Hyun Kwak, Ho Hyun Kwak, Junhyung Kim, Heung Myong Woo

“…Both methods employed a suture length of 3 cm and four suture bites. The total surgical time (TST) and gastropexy suturing time (GST) were recorded. …”
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A novel “lateral approach short axis in-plane” technique vs. conventional “short-axis out-of-plane approach” for ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein access: a prospective rando... by Michal Kalina, Patricia Vargová, Adéla Bubeníková, Roman Škulec, Vladimír Černý, David Astapenko

“…According to the guidelines, real-time ultrasound navigation is recommended. Traditional techniques pose several disadvantages, such as suboptimal needle visualization. …”
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Filling the data gap on CGRP mAb therapy in low- to middle-income countries in Southeast Asia: insights from a real-world study in Thailand by Prakit Anukoolwittaya, Akarin Hiransuthikul, Thanakit Pongpitakmetha, Sekh Thanprasertsuk, Wanakorn Rattanawong

“…There was a significant decrease in monthly headache days (MHDs) over time (adjusted β = -0.42, p < 0.001) and a significant decrease in MIDAS score over time after the initiation of CGRP mAbs (adjusted β = -1.12, p = 0.003). …”
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Optimization of Polyphenol Extraction from Purple Corn Pericarp Using Glycerol/Lactic Acid-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent in Combination with Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction by Ravinder Kumar, Sherry Flint-Garcia, Miriam Nancy Salazar Vidal, Lakshmikantha Channaiah, Bongkosh Vardhanabhuti, Stephan Sommer, Caixia Wan, Pavel Somavat

“…The UAE technique combined with DES can efficiently extract polyphenols from purple corn pericarp in a short time.…”
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Metode Deteksi Intrusi Menggunakan Algoritme Extreme Learning Machine dengan Correlation-based Feature Selection by Sulandri Sulandri, Achmad Basuki, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar

“…After adding the CFS feature selection method to ELM the accuracy level increased significantly to 98.00% with a computing time of 2.32 seconds. …”
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Evaluation of Rivaroxaban Exposure via Anti-Xa Levels During VTE Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Patients by Kaitlin Blotske PharmD, Toral Patel PharmD, BCPS, Toby Trujillo PharmD, FCCP, FAHA, BCPS, Matthew Marlar MLS (ASCP), Stuart Lind MD, Henry Kramer MD, Kathryn Hassell MD, Tyree H. Kiser PharmD, FCCM, FCCP, BCCCP, BCPS

“…The secondary outcomes assessing the relationship between rivaroxaban drug concentrations and time since administration, r 2  = 0.16 ( P  = .049), as well as time since administration of rivaroxaban and anti-Xa activity, r 2  = 0.15 ( P  = .066), were weakly correlated and showed a trend. …”
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