Improving 1-year liver allograft survival hazard ratios by Resham­ Ramkissoon, Ashley Rosier, Savitha Iyengar, Timucin Taner, William Sanchez

“…Using a causality tree, we identified there was no ‘real time’ assessment of programme risk or objective metric to assess this. …”
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The Effect of Self-Myofascial Release on the Pennation Angle of the Vastus Medialis Oblique and the Vastus Lateralis in Athletic Male Individuals: An Ultrasound Investigation by Queenie Mae Torrente, Alban Killingback, Philip J Adds, Claire Robertson

“… # Study Design Cohort Study # Methods Twenty-five young, athletic, male participants were recruited to use a foam roller, along the full length of both anterior thighs, three times weekly, on three separate days, for seven weeks. …”
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Dynamic interplay of autophagy and membrane repair during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. by Jacques Augenstreich, Anna T Phan, Charles N S Allen, Anushka Poddar, Hanzhang Chen, Lalitha Srinivasan, Volker Briken

“…The LC3 recruitment to MCVs displayed a high variability in timing that was independent of the size of the MCV or the bacterial burden. …”
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Predatory ability of <i>Sycanus annulicornis</i> Dohrn. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on nettle caterpillar prey (<i>Setora nitens</i> Walker.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the laboratory by Rusli Rustam, Dwi Yuwanda Nasution, Yunandra Yunandra, Mukhlis Ibrahim

“…Results showed that the handling time for one S. nitens by S. annulicornis ranged from 3.86 to 5.14 hours. …”
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Use of metallic ureteric stents for chronic ureteric obstruction and its association with value-based care by Yu Xi Terence Law, Ang Zhou, David Terrence Consigliere, Benjamin Yen Seow Goh, Ho Yee Tiong

“…Conclusion: Resonance MS is a better option than PS to manage CUO from malignant and benign causes because its significantly longer indwelling time mitigates the higher unit cost of the stent. …”
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The potentials of biomass carbon and CO2 absorption in various land uses of dryland in Aceh Besar Regency, Indonesia by Sufardi Sufardi, Helmi Helmi, Syafruddin Syafruddin, Arabia Teti, Khairullah Khairullah, Abdullah Umar H.

“…The study was conducted on 12 land utility types (LUTs For each LUT, 5-6 sites were selected, and each location was repeated three times so that a total of 300 sample points were observed. …”
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Bridging gaps in healthcare: child health services and specialist care collaboration for young children with autism and coexisting conditions by Gudrun Nygren, Gudrun Nygren, Christopher Gillberg, Emilia Carlsson, Emilia Carlsson

“…The mean age at autism diagnosis decreased from 44 to 31 months. Waiting times from referral to intervention were shortened. …”
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ICEEMDAN–VMD denoising method for enhanced magnetic memory detection signal of micro-defects by Shouhong Ji, Jie Yan, Yang Liu, Guojun He

“…The SNR of each gradient component of the magnetic field signal could be improved by up to ten times, and the FEs of the signal components and their corresponding gradient components could be reduced by 24.198%–81.011%, respectively.…”
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Metabolic control and its associated factors in type 1 diabetic people: longitudinal trajectory modeling by Zahra Khosravi, Ali Taghipour, Monavar Afzalaghaee, Habibollah Esmaily, Ahmad Khosravi

“…The participants’ glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) was measured three times with a six-month interval between each measurement. …”
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Caregiver’s Opinions on the Design of the Screens of a Future Gamified Mobile Application for Self-Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Children in Saudi Arabia by Demah M. Alsalman, Zahra Bu Ali, Zainab Alnosaier, Norah Alotaibi, Turki M. Alanzi

“…The key features of the screens were caring for a character; using a challenging friend; inclusion of points, level, and leaderboard as rewarding principles; use of reminders and notifications for doctor’s appointments, insulin injection times, blood glucose readings; and tips for improving medication adherence, increasing blood glucose readings, supporting physical activities, and adopting healthy eating habits. …”
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Haematopinus suis Infestation in Pig Farms in Busogo Sector, Rwanda by E. Niyonsenga, J. Twizerimana, M. F. Mwabonimana

“…Results related to pig hygiene revealed that all farmers were practicing washing skin three times per week, whereas only 60.0% of them were removing the bedding in their piggery. …”
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Digitalization of business increases the costs of information security by O M. Makhalina, V. N. Makhalin

“…According to IDC forecasts, by 2025 the volume of data worldwide will increase by 10 times compared to 2017. The average costs of restoring companies ‘ activities related to cybercrimes have been given. …”
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Hybrid physical model and status data-driven approach for quality-reliable digital light processing 3D printing by Lidong Zhao, Xueyun Zhang, Zhi Zhao, Limin Ma, Lifang Wu

“…In this paper, we propose a hybrid approach that combines physical models with real-time status data to achieve quality-reliable DLP 3D printing. …”
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Beekeepers' perceptions toward a new omics tool for monitoring bee health in Europe. by Elena Cini, Simon G Potts, Deepa Senapathi, Matthias Albrecht, Karim Arafah, Dalel Askri, Michel Bocquet, Philippe Bulet, Cecilia Costa, Pilar De la Rúa, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Anina Knauer, Marika Mänd, Risto Raimets, Oliver Schweiger, Jane C Stout, Tom D Breeze

“…In order to successfully tackle colony health issues, it is recommended using the BHC five times per year, from the end to the beginning of winter. …”
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Algo-Trading Strategy for Intraweek Foreign Exchange Speculation Based on Random Forest and Probit Regression by Younes Chihab, Zineb Bousbaa, Marouane Chihab, Omar Bencharef, Soumia Ziti

“…This indicates a good prediction of the behavior market and it helps to identify the good times to enter it or to leave it.…”
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Development of Hybrid Intrusion Detection System Leveraging Ensemble Stacked Feature Selectors and Learning Classifiers to Mitigate the DoS Attacks by P. Mamatha, S. Balaji, S. Sai Anuraghav

“…Since these technologies are deeply rooted in the individual’s comfort life, protecting the user’s privacy and security against the growing DoS attack has become a major challenge among researchers. In recent times, intrusion detection systems (IDS) have developed a vital part in ensuring security against these growing attacks. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery in Patients Living with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes by Gábor Kovács, Elemér Mohos, János Tibor Kis, Ádám Tabák, Péter Gerendy, Judit Pettkó, Dávid Nagy, Dávid Győrbíró, Zoltán Kaló

“…Bariatric surgeries extended the life expectancy and the disease-free survival times of all the investigated diabetes complications. …”
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Fluorescent Sensors Based on Organic Polymer-Capped Gold Nanoparticles for the Detection of Cr(VI) in Water by Na Wang, Liangchen Wang, Hong Yang, Tingting Xiong, Shangping Xiao, Jiawen Zhao, Weiping Du

“…The fluorescence intensity, as well as the response behavior of the sensors, is dependent on the pH values of buffer solution and dilution amounts of the sensors. When diluted 50 times with pH 2.0 buffer solution, the sensors show good linear responses toward Cr(VI) at concentrations between 2.8–5.9 μM and 5.9–29 μM. …”
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Energy-efficient microwave heating for rapid fabrication of porous carbon nanofibers by Haoyue Zhao, Xinyu Li, Fangqin Su, Ning Qi, Jian Fang

“…However, the inefficient heat transfer process of traditional heating methods often results in inhomogeneous heating, low porosity, long preparation times, and high energy consumption. Here, we first use electrospinning and microwave heating techniques to rapidly fabricate porous CNFs with the help of microwave absorbers. …”
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Anterolateral Minithoracotomy Mitral Valve Surgery with Central Cannulation: A Three-year Single-Center Experience by Anil Sharma, Sunil Dixit, Mohit Sharma, Jai Kishan Suthar, Sourabh Mittal

“…The mean cardiopulmonary bypass and cross-clamp times were 54.45 ± 4.95 min and 36.85 ± 4.39 min, respectively. …”
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