Predictive Value of Post-Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Quantitative Flow Ratio for Vessel-Oriented Composite Endpoint by Weibin Liu, Huaxiu Cai, Yin Zheng, Yongkang Wen, Sicheng Chen, Xiuying Xie, Huan Zeng, Hengqing Zhu, Zhonghan Ni, Fang Pei, Jun Cao, Gang Cao

“…The results of the studies included in this meta-analysis all showed that low post-PCI QFR was an independent risk factor for post-PCI VOCE after adjusting for other factors, HR (95% CI) ranging from 2.718 (1.347–5.486) to 6.53 (2.70–15.8). …”
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Analysis of the effectiveness of premedication in preventing early adverse reactions to antivenom serum from 2017 to 2021: A cohort study by Gustavo Abud Priedols, Jonas Alher Meira Alves, Jordana Meirelles de Oliveira, Jéssica Vertuan Rufino, Edmarlon Girotto, Camilo Molino Guidoni

“…This is a cohort study conducted with data from the Londrina Information and Toxicological Assistance Center (CIATox-Londrina) at the University Hospital of the State University of Londrina (HU-UEL), which included patients treated with AVS between January/2017 and December/2021. The independent variable was performing the premedication protocol and the dependent variable was the occurrence of EAR after AVS administration. …”
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Assessment of Resistance and Bioremediation Ability of Lactobacillus Strains to Lead and Cadmium by Anna V. Kirillova, Anna A. Danilushkina, Denis S. Irisov, Nataliya L. Bruslik, Rawil F. Fakhrullin, Yuri A. Zakharov, Vladimir S. Bukhmin, Dina R. Yarullina

“…Heavy metal ion binding by LAB was reported as metabolism-independent surface process. In this work ten Lactobacillus strains were investigated with respect to hydrophobicity, Lewis acid-base, and electrostatic properties of their outer cell surface in order to characterize their Cd and Pb removal capacity. …”
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Evaluation of respiratory muscle strength in individuals having Down syndrome by Fernanda Roseane Furlan, Dayla Sgariboldi, Patrícia Brigatto, Eli Maria Pazzianotto- Forti

“…After, comparison tests were used for two independent samples (Student’s t and Mann-Whitney tests), adopting a significance level of 5%. …”
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Maintenance Scheduling of Wind Units from the Power Plant Owner’s Perspective with the Objective of Minimizing Economic Loss by Amir Allame, Asghar Akbari Foroud

“…The maintenance scheduling of wind units can be analyzed through the lens of an Independent System Operator (ISO) with goals that encompass cost minimization, enhanced system reliability, or improved social welfare. …”
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Factors associated with receiving a Functional Disorder diagnostic label: A systematic review. by Mais Tattan, Judith Rosmalen, Denise Hanssen

“…Screening, data extraction and quality ratings (using the QuADS instrument) were performed by two independent reviewers.<h4>Results</h4>15 Studies were identified (10 quantitative and 5 qualitative). …”
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Power allocation optimization strategy for multiple virtual power plants with diversified distributed flexibility resources by Zejian Qiu, Xin Zhang, Zhanyuan Han, Fengchao Chen, Yuxin Luo, Kuan Zhang

“…Specifically, a distributed EHVPP division method based on the granular K‐medoids clustering algorithm is proposed to realize the independent autonomy and coordinated interaction between EHVPPs, and in order to quantify the operation and regulation capacity of distributed EHVPPs, an aggregation approach of regulating feasible domains of flexibility resources based on the improved zonotope approximations is developed. …”
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An Approach To Study The Effects of GBP/USD Exchange Rate and Gold Prices on Brent Oil Prices Using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) by Shaho Muhammad Wstabdullah, Muhammed Ali Kamal, Hozan Khalid Hamarashid

“…The aim of this study is to focus on the trend of the relation between the GBP/USD rate and Brent Oil prices, which is done through the adoption of dependent variable which the oil price and the independent variable which is the dollar exchange rate. …”
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Who is Responsible for Instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo? by G. M. Sidorova

“…Furthermore, western ideologists arouse "separatism-oriented" theories similar to "balkanization", in other words, a breakdown of this giant country into several independent states. The Congolese are tremulous to this issue, they try to counter such approachs and defend the territorial integrity of the DRC. …”
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Awareness and Treatment Decisions on Tooth Wear among Jordanian Dentists and Prosthodontists: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study by Samiha Sartawi, Nesreen A. Salim, Duaa Taim

“…A questionnaire was disseminated to a random sample of 200 general dentists and 100 prosthodontists working in the Ministry of Health, academia, private practices, and military services. Chi square and independent t-tests were performed for statistical analysis. …”
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Robust Optimization of Alginate-Carbopol 940 Bead Formulations by J. M. López-Cacho, Pedro L. González-R, B. Talero, A. M. Rabasco, M. L. González-Rodríguez

“…A L18 Taguchi orthogonal array design was employed to investigate the effect of eight independent variables involved in the formulation of alginate-Carbopol beads. …”
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Professional Values of Undergraduate Students at a Nursing School in South Africa by Portia Bimray, Jennifer Chipps, Victoire Ticha

“…Means, frequencies, and confidence intervals were used to describe the values and Mann–Whitney U tests and Kruskal–Wallis independent sample tests were used to compare the findings with the demographic characteristics. …”
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The Experience of University Department in Organizing Research Circles at Schools as a Direction of University Career Guidance Work by E. A. Kogan, D. I. Ponomareva

“…The authors present an experience of organizing and conducting research circles in sociology and social psychology for students of grades 8-11.The activity of the sociological research circle “First steps in science” was aimed at forming students’ ideas about research, its methods and stages; developing skills of independent work with the received social information; obtaining skills for developing, conducting and presenting research results. …”
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Differences and driving factors of leaf functional traits between old tree and mature tree of Pinus tabulaeformis in the Loess Plateau by Yuting Lei, Zimao Feng, Zhong Zhao

“…The difference was mainly driven by soil property and genetic factors (common explanation rate was 67.89%), and the independent effect of genetic factors (10.09%) was slightly higher than that of soil property factors (2.88%). …”
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Twin Subgraphs and Core-Semiperiphery-Periphery Structures by Ricardo Riaza

“…This research, which leads to graph-theoretic results of independent interest, is motivated by the need to provide a systematic approach to the analysis of core-semiperiphery-periphery (CSP) structures, a notion which is widely used in network theory but that somehow lacks a formal treatment in the literature. …”
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Completeness of Telehealth Interventions Reporting in Randomized Controlled Trials for Caregivers of People With Dementia: Systematic Review by Ling Zhu, Yurong Xing, Wenhui Xu, Hongfei Jia, Xiaoxiao Wang, Shiqing Liu, Yaping Ding

“…RCTs of telehealth interventions for caregivers of people with dementia were included. Two independent researchers extracted the descriptive information and assessed the methodological quality (Cochrane risk of bias tool) and the completeness of reporting of the intervention by using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR)-Telehealth checklist, which consists of 12 items. …”
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Misères et splendeurs d’un mendicant dans 'Le Seigneur vous le rendra' de Mahi Binebine by Mohamed Semlali

“…If the marvellous is not completely evacuated, if the narrator claims a part of fantasy in his story, the novel is there to remind us that a literary work is also a reflection on the human condition of those left behind and on the alienation of the individual who must redouble his ingenuity to assert himself as a singular and independent being. …”
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Femtosecond System with Pulse Pumping of Seed Laser and Amplifier by Using a Single Power Unit by S. A. Tikhomirov

“…For several decades development of methods for generating ultrashort pulses has been an  independent urgent scientific and technical problem. …”
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A Systematic Review of the Effect of Oral Rinsing with H2O2 on Clinical and Microbiological Parameters Related to Plaque, Gingivitis, and Microbes by Francisco Wilker Mustafa Gomes Muniz, Juliano Cavagni, Gerson Pedro José Langa, Bernal Stewart, Zilson Malheiros, Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rösing

“…Five databases (PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science) were searched with the following focused question: what is the effect of hydrogen peroxide, in comparison to chlorhexidine or to a placebo solution, in oral microbiota control, dental plaque, and gingival inflammatory outcomes? Two independent examiners retrieved the articles and evaluated the evidence. …”
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OSAS-Related Inflammatory Mechanisms of Liver Injury in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Elena Paschetta, Paola Belci, Anna Alisi, Daniela Liccardo, Renato Cutrera, Giovanni Musso, Valerio Nobili

“…Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a common sleep disorder, affecting over 4% of the general population, and is associated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease, independent of obesity and traditional risk factors. …”
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