Optimization of Cannula Visibility during Ultrasound-Guided Subclavian Vein Catheterization, via a Longitudinal Approach, by Implementing Echogenic Technology by Konstantinos Stefanidis, Mariantina Fragou, Nicos Pentilas, Gregorios Kouraklis, Serafim Nanas, Richard H. Savel, Ariel L. Shiloh, Michel Slama, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…There was strong agreement between the procedure operators and independent observers (k=0.9, 95% confidence intervals assessed by bootstrap analysis = 0.87 to 0.93; P<0.01). …”
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Development and validation of a prediction model of hospital mortality for patients with cardiac arrest survived 24 hours after cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Renwei Zhang, Zhenxing Liu, Yumin Liu, Li Peng

“…Multivariate logistic analysis revealed age (OR 1.05, 95% CI: 1.03–1.08), witnessed arrest (OR 0.28, 95% CI: 0.11–0.73), time to return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) (OR 1.05, 95% CI: 1.02–1.08), non-shockable rhythm (OR 3.41, 95% CI: 1.61–7.18), alkaline phosphatase (OR 1.01, 95% CI: 1–1.01), and sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) (OR 1.27, 95% CI: 1.15–1.4) were independent risk factors for hospital mortality for patients who survived 24 h after CPR. …”
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Private, non-profit, and plantation: Oil palm smallholders in management-assistance programs vary in socio-demographics, attitudes, and management practices. by Valentine J Reiss-Woolever, Wakhid Wakhid, Muhammad Ikhsan, Jean-Pierre Caliman, Muhammad Naim, Elfina N Azmi, Sharyn Shufiyan, John Howes, Reza Azmi, Ying Ying Lim, Siti Zulaikah Abdul Jan, Isaac Barrock, Badrul Azhar, Julia Drewer, Caroline Ward, Joshua A Jones, Sarah H Luke, Edgar C Turner, Purnama Hidayat, Damayanti Buchori

“…In Malaysia, farmers partnered with an NGO also had higher yield and fertilizer application than independent farmers, however they used significantly more herbicide and had lower total household income. …”
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Inactivation of the TIM complex components leads to a decrease in the level of DNA import into Arabidopsis mitochondria by T. A. Tarasenko, K. D. Elizova, V. I. Tarasenko, M. V. Koulintchenko, Yu. M. Konstantinov

“…At the same time, Tim23-2 may be part of the channel formed with the participation of VDAC1, while Tim17-1, apparently, is involved in an alternative DNA import pathway independent of VDAC1. The identification of membrane carrier proteins involved in various DNA import pathways will make it possible to use the natural ability of mitochondria to import DNA as a convenient biotechnological tool for transforming the mitochondrial genome.…”
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Surgical techniques and prognostic nomogram for patients with supravalvular aortic stenosis by Yuekun Sun, Lizhi Lv, Xinyue Lang, Aihua Zhi, Simeng Zhang, Cheng Wang, Qiang Wang

“…Age, gender, SVAS type, pulmonary artery stenosis, aortic valve stenosis, sinotubular junction z-score and gradient were considered independent risk factors by Lasso regression and were included in the nomogram. …”
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Association of Pneumatosis Intestinalis With Surgical Outcomes and Mortality: A Matched, Retrospective Cohort Study and Literature Review by Kyle D. Klingbeil, MD, MS, Hila Zelicha, PhD, RD, Yijun Chen, MD, Douglas S. Bell, MD, Edward H. Livingston, MD, FACS, AGAF

“…Mortality in patients who have pneumatosis is strongly associated with comorbid disease, with little to no independent association with PI. Our findings suggest that the presence of PI should not be a primary indication for surgical intervention.…”
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Factors Associated with High Sodium Intake Assessed from 24-hour Urinary Excretion and the Potential Effect of Energy Intake by Fatimah Othman, Rashidah Ambak, Cheong Siew Man, Nor Azian Mohd Zaki, Mohd Hasnan Ahmad, Nur Shahida Abdul Aziz, Azli Baharuddin, Ruhaya Salleh, Tahir Aris

“…Our results suggested that sex, ethnicity, and energy-adjusted sodium consumption were strong risk factors associated with high sodium intake independent from energy and other potential confounding factors.…”
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Effect of feedback-integrated reflection, on deep learning of undergraduate medical students in a clinical setting by Zainab Maqsood, Madiha Sajjad, Raheela Yasmin

“…Participants engaged in written reflections after each session, and the study group additionally received individualized feedback. Independent sample t-tests were used to compare pre and post-test scores between the groups, while paired t-tests assessed within-group improvements. …”
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Impact of Moderate to Severe Renal Impairment on Mortality and Appropriate Shocks in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators by Venkata M. Alla, Kishlay Anand, Mandeep Hundal, Aimin Chen, Showri Karnam, Tom Hee, Claire Hunter, Aryan N. Mooss, Dennis Esterbrooks, Syed M. Mohiuddin

“…Severe but not moderate CKD is an independent predictor for time to first appropriate shock.…”
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Quantitative Assessment of Deep Gray Matter Susceptibility and Correlation With Cognition in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis by Wenjun Wu, Yu Su, Ziji Qin, Jiamin Kang, Dongqiao Xiang, Dingxi Liu, Chuansheng Zheng, E. Mark Haacke, Lixia Wang

“…The susceptibility value of the left RN was a predictor variable for the DST, MoCA, and visuospatial–executive scores; those of the right CN and left RN were predictor variables for the naming score, and that of the left SN was an independent predictor variable for the language score. …”
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Intestinal Organoids in Colitis Research: Focusing on Variability and Cryopreservation by Talke F. zur Bruegge, Andrea Liese, Sören Donath, Stefan Kalies, Maike Kosanke, Oliver Dittrich-Breiholz, Sandra Czech, Verena N. Bauer, André Bleich, Manuela Buettner

“…Therefore, we recommend analyzing the growth characteristics and reliability of cryopreserved organoids before to their use in experiments together with conducting several independent experiments under standardized conditions. …”
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Hepatocyte Rho-associated kinase signaling is required for mice to survive experimental porphyria-associated liver injury by Jessica M. Herrera, Yun Weng, Tyler J. Lieberthal, Marcus Paoletti, Tammy T. Chang

“…ROCK1/ROCK2-deficient primary hepatocytes demonstrated increased susceptibility to both caspase-3–mediated apoptosis and caspase-3–independent forms of cell death in a cell intrinsic manner. …”
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Pulsed alternating wavelength system lighting does not negatively impact production or welfare but reduces dopamine activity and may improve bone growth in grow-out Pekin ducks by S. Tonissen, B.J. Emmert, J.M. Schober, E.M. Oluwagbenga, D.M. Karcher, G.S. Fraley

“…Bone data were analyzed with independent t-tests between treatments within each age. …”
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Amplifying and Reversing the Chiral Bias in Asymmetric Photo‐Polymerization Reaction by Dingdong Liu, Xiangxiang Xu, Zeyu Feng, Chutian Zhang, Jialei Li, Yifan Xie, Jingguo Li, Hongli Zhang, Gang Zou

“…There is a bifurcation point in the chiral bias for the orthogonal control of the polymer helicity during the asymmetric photo‐polymerization process, favoring for programmable chiroptical micropatterns and multi‐channel independent information encoding. This work not only highlights opportunities for selectively regulating the asymmetric photopolymerization but also is highly valuable for fundamental understanding of the symmetry breaking in photochemical reactions.…”
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Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Patients with Solid Tumours by Diamantis P. Kofteridis, Antonios Valachis, Eirini Koutsounaki, Sofia Maraki, Eleni Mavrogeni, Foteini N. Economidou, Dimitra Dimopoulou, Kostas Kalbakis, Vassilis Georgoulias, George Samonis

“…Severe sepsis on admission (𝑃=0.002) and prior blood transfusion (𝑃=0.043) were independent predictors of treatment failure. Conclusion. …”
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A Multiport Electric Energy Routing Scheme Applied to Battery Energy Storage System by Guanglin Sha, Qing Duan, Wanxing Sheng, Aiqiang Pan, Zhe Liu, Chunyan Ma, Caihong Zhao, Jiaxun Teng, Lumin Fu, Yi Zheng

“…In this paper, the research status of topology and control strategy of energy storage grid-connected system is analyzed, and aiming at the working characteristics of the repurposed battery, a cascade power electronic transformer (CPET) with independent DC output is proposed. The working principle of current fed isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter (CF-IBDC) and cascaded H-bridge (CHB) is analyzed, and the decoupling control strategy is designed. …”
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Dual mechanisms of G3 against Vibrio parahaemolyticus in shrimp aquaculture by Cuixia Chen, Yangyang Ge, Qilong Gu, Tianling Wang, Yanyan Yang, Jinpeng Hu, Kang Gao, Xing Zhou, Hui Li

“…Parahaemolyticus UPC-1 infection through two independent ways. In one way, G3 balanced the bacterial community of shrimp gut by selectively killing the pathogenic Vibrio bacteria. …”
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Development and Validation of a Nomogram to Predict Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study from 82938 Adults in China by Qingqing Liu, Jie Yuan, Maerjiaen Bakeyi, Jie Li, Zilong Zhang, Xiaohong Yang, Fangming Gao

“…The results were assessed by internal validation in validation set. Results. Six independent risk factors of T2DM were identified and entered into the nomogram including age, body mass index, fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and family history. …”
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Association between red cell distribution width to albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis admitted to the intensive care unit: a retrospective st... by Xuan Chen, Yuchen Luo, Side Liu

“…The univariate and multivariate Cox models revealed an independent association between high-level RAR and all-cause mortality at 28-d, 90-d and 1-y. …”
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PENGARUH PEMBELAJARAN DENGAN MODEL PROBLEM SOLVING FISIKA TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR KOGNITIF DAN KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SISWA by Yenni Novita Lestari, Eko Swistoro, Andik Purwanto

“…Based on data analysis, it showed that: (1) with using the t-test two independent samples, there was a significant effect of learning with the PSF model on cognitive learning outcomes with a value that is  (2,63 > 2.00), with effect size of 0.6 which is in the medium category and 2) there was a significant effect of learning with the PSF model on critical thinking abilities known by the difference between the average posttest score with an average score of pretest (O2 - O1) of  37.38 with effect size of 3,0, which is in the high category. …”
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