The Effect of Anesthetic Depth on the Occurrence of Emergence Delirium in Children Undergoing Strabismus Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study by Yea-Ji Lee, Jung-Won Hwang, Sang-Hwan Do, Hyo-Seok Na

“…In adults, a deeper intraoperative level of anesthesia has been reported as an independent predictor of postoperative delirium. However, the effect of anesthetic depth on ED has rarely been demonstrated in the pediatric population. …”
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Estimation of the Corneal Young’s Modulus In Vivo Based on a Fluid-Filled Spherical-Shell Model with Scheimpflug Imaging by Po-Jen Shih, Chun-Ju Huang, Tzu-Han Huang, Hung-Chou Lin, Jia-Yush Yen, I-Jong Wang, Hui-Jyun Cao, Wen-Pin Shih, Chi-An Dai

“…Therefore, it is important to independently measure the Young’s modulus instead of depending on the correlation with the other parameters. …”
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Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Adjustment among Doctors and Nurses in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Rawalpindi-Pakistan: A Cross Sectional Study by Naushaba Malik, Minaal Ahmed Malik, Shahbakht Aftab, Rida Noor, Usman Khalid, Tayyaba Shahzad

“…The relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological adjustments among the two groups was assessed by applying an independent T-test. Results: The current study explored that doctors were emotionally intelligent and psychologically well-adjusted as compared to nurses. …”
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Replication and Meta-Analysis of 13,000 Cases Defines the Risk for Interleukin-23 Receptor and Autophagy-Related 16-Like 1 Variants in Crohn’s Disease by Lynn Cotterill, Debbie Payne, Scott Levison, John McLaughlin, Emma Wesley, Mark Feeney, Hilary Durbin, Simon Lal, Alistair Makin, Simon Campbell, Stephen A Roberts, Catherine O’Neill, Cathryn Edwards, William G Newman

“…To assess the effect size of these variants, an independent case-control association study and meta-analysis were performed.…”
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A Modified WASPAS Method for the Evaluation of E-Commerce Websites Based on Pythagorean Fuzzy Information by Xiufang Ou, Bingbin Chen

“…The global fitness value and mean execution time from 50 independent runs are calculated for these datasets, and statistical indicators are used to see the stability of the study. …”
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Elderly Self-Help Groups: A Community-Based Education and Peer Support Program for Hypertension Control, Supporting SDG 3 on Health and Well-being by Heni Kusumawardani Lita, Hasra Azera, Triyanto Endang, Iskandar Asep

“…An SHG intervention was given for this investigation. The paired and independent t-tests were utilised in the analysis. According to the study's findings, the SHG significantly reduced older adults's blood pressure compliance for both the systole and diastole of their blood pressure (p = 0.004) and p = 0.003). …”
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Efficacy of Telerehabilitation Protocols for Improving Functionality in Post-COVID-19 Patients by Jose Luis Estela-Zape, Valeria Sanclemente-Cardoza, Leidy Tatiana Ordoñez-Mora

“…Conclusions: Telerehabilitation positively impacts lung volumes, pulmonary capacities, dyspnea reduction, functionality, muscle performance, and independence in post-COVID-19 patients.…”
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN LISTED INDIGENOUS OIL AND GAS FIRMS by Abubakar Ajide ARIKEWUYO, Abdullahi Adio Babatunde, Yusuf Olamilekan Quadri

“…The data was analyzed using panel data regression technique to examine the extent of the impact of the independent variables on the dependent variables. The study revealed that at 0.05 significant level, Short-term Debt (STD) and Equity (EQ) have a positive and significant impact on the financial performance of listed oil and gas firms in Nigeria in terms of Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE) while Long-term Debt (LTD) had a negative significant impact on the financial performance in terms of Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE) of listed indigenous oil and gas firms in Nigeria. …”
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Relationship between Indicators of Nutritional Status and the Development of Pneumonia Associated with Ischemic Stroke by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Alexis Álvarez Aliaga, Julia Matilde Pupo Jiménez, Joel Berdú Saumell, Marta Elena Hernández Galano

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> 361 patients belonging to a prospective cohort study with the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke, admitted consecutively to the stroke room, internal medicine and clinical intermediate therapy of the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes General University Hospital during the first 7 days were studied from their admission, since September 2016 to December 2018. Independent predictors of pneumonia associated with ischemic stroke were obtained using multivariate logistic regression. …”
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Asthma and Asthma Medication Are Common among Recreational Athletes Participating in Endurance Sport Competitions by Amanda Näsman, Tommie Irewall, Ulf Hållmarker, Anne Lindberg, Nikolai Stenfors

“…We found no association between training volume and daily use of asthma medication, except a trend in relation to short-acting beta-agonists. Independent predictors of self-reported asthma were female sex, allergic rhinitis, previous eczema, family history of asthma, cycling, and training for >5 h 50 min/week. …”
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FHL1 as a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target in acute promyelocytic leukaemia by Bo Luo, Wei Li, Jingyuan Zeng, Yingyu Mao, Shuang He, Nan Hu, Qulian Guo, Xiaoli Zheng

“…FHL1 was found to be the most prognostic independent biomarker by GSE12417 screening and GSE37642 validation. …”
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China’s Perceptions of Russia during the Ukraine Conflict by Srikanth Kondapalli

“…Initially, China refrained from criticizing Russia's military actions and adopted a "neutral" or "independent" stance in response to Western criticism. …”
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Combustion Characteristics of Horizontal Diesel Spray Burner in Low-Pressure Chamber Based on Multivariate Correlation Analysis by Kai Xie, Yunjing Cui, Xingqi Qiu, Jianxin Wang

“…The flame morphology, flame temperature, and NO emission were investigated, and their correlation with each independent variable was analyzed. In addition, burning of droplet swarm was obtained with the simulate numerical calculation by the ANSYS FLUENT. …”
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The Persistence of Antibiotic Resistance in Observational Studies: Is It Really Due to Differences in Sub-Populations Rather than Antibiotic Use? by Peter Collignon, John J. Beggs

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Genetic Selection Pressure on TLR9 Gene Increases Individual Susceptibility to Systemic Inflammatory Disease: A Case Study of Kano State Population by Yusuf Jibril Habib, Mohammed Sani Jaafaru

“…The mutant allele was more common (67%) and gender-independent. The gradual incidence of changed alleles in both identities suggests the population was chosen to survive tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. …”
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Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among refugees and other migrant populations: A systematic scoping review. by Yasaman Yazdani, Poojitha Pai, Shahab Sayfi, Arash Mohammadi, Saber Perdes, Denise Spitzer, Gabriel E Fabreau, Kevin Pottie

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A systematic search of Medline, Embase, Scopus, APA PsycInfo and Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) was conducted up to 31 January 2023 to identify the relevant English peer-reviewed observational studies. Two independent reviewers screened abstracts, selected studies, and extracted data.…”
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Prognostic Value of GPNMB, EGFR, p-PI3K, and Ki-67 in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Bo Wang, Mengyan Li, Anna Su, Yongmei Gao, Yan Shi, Chao Li, Wenying Liu, Liping Su, Wan Li, Yuqing Ma

“…Patients with high expression of GPNMB, p-PI3K, and Ki-67 had worse OS. p-PI3K, Ki-67, nerve invasion, and lymphatic metastasis were independent risk factors, and postoperative adjuvant therapy was a protective factor in ESCC. …”
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The prognostic value of ferritinemia level in patients with chronic hepatitis C by N. C. Sargsyants, E. H. Grigoryan

“…Application of logistical regression analysis demonstrated, that the baseline ferritin level is independent predictor of sustained virologic response at treatment by pegilated interferon α-2a with ribavirin.…”
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Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Type 2 Diabetes Mortality Attributable to Particulate Matter Pollution in China and the U.S. by Xiaoxue Liu, Maigeng Zhou, Chuanhua Yu, Zhi-Jiang Zhang

“…We performed an age-period-cohort (APC) analysis to estimate the independent effects of age, period, and cohort on mortality of type 2 diabetes attributable to particulate matter pollution. …”
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What Is Affecting the Residents’ Subjective Perception toward Objective Environment Quality? by Jihong Zhang, Chaopeng Xie, Chuan Chen, Ninghan Xu, Rui Gao

“…Here, based on the environmental subjective assessment of more than 4,600 independent samples from 56 cities in 2014, this paper constructed an index between subjective and objective scores for each sample and its city, separating the total samples into two groups. …”
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