Association of liver biopsy pathology on outcome of patients undergoing heart transplantation by Lauren S. Eichenwald, MD, Raffi Karagozian, MD, Adam J. Eichenwald, PhD, John Morrissey, MD MBA, Saurav Kini, MD, Ariella Stein, MSCIS-HI, Amanda R. Vest, MBBS MPH

“…At-risk period starts at the time of waitlist; the end of the follow-up period was mortality on the waitlist, mortality post-HT, or administrative censoring at the end of the study. …”
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Availibilty Pada Aplikasi mobile Banking: Case Study Bank XYZ by Malvin Edward Makahanap

“…Evaluasi availability dilakukan dengan melakukan kalkulasi atas waktu yang dibutuhkan oleh komponen yang bisa diperbaiki untuk pulih dari kondisi unavailable pada periode waktu tertentu. MTTR (Mean Time to Repair) dan MTBF (MeanTime Between Failure) digunakan dalam melakukan analisa terhadap availability. …”
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Characterisation of internal tremors and vibration symptoms by Harlan M Krumholz, Mitsuaki Sawano, Richa Sharma, Tianna Zhou, Dorothy Massey, Anna D Baker, Diana Berrent Güthe, Nick Güthe, Suzanne Pincus Shidlovsky, Liza Fisher, Connor B Grady, Cesar Caraballo

“…Among the responses, many described symptoms that varied in location, timing and triggers, occurred soon after their COVID-19 infection, and were markedly debilitating. …”
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Deformations and seepage-induced erosion of fractured rocks in fault under confined settings by Wenbin SUN, Dianjin TIAN, Cheng MA, Yanchao XUE, Can YANG, Kaipeng ZHU

“…The fitted curves of the lost mass of particles exhibited an exponential growth function with time, with the lost mass being inversely proportional to the confining axial stress. …”
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Impacts of National Reimbursement Drug Price Negotiation on drug accessibility, utilization, and cost in China: a systematic review by Zheng Zhu, Jiawei Zhang, Zhihu Xu, Quan Wang, Yu Qi, Li Yang

“…The study design had to be a randomized or non-randomized trial, an interrupted time series (ITS) analysis, a repeated measures study, or a controlled before‐after (CBA) study. …”
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Metabolites induced by citrus tristeza virus and ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ influence the feeding behavior of Diaphorina citri: an electrical penetration graph and LC–MS/M... by Jingtian Zhang, Fengchun Xia, Yuhe Li, Yangyang Liu, Fengnian Wu, Xiaoling Deng, Meirong Xu

“…This combinged with the anatomical alterations might interfere with D. citri feeding in the citrus phloem, as reflected by the time reduction of sap-sucking there. These findings will provide new insights into the interactions between CTV and CLas in citrus and the insect vector D. citri that transmiting these pathogens.…”
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Clinical Profile and Prescription Patterns in Culture-proven Enteric Fever in Children by Divya Priyadharshini, Mobill Clinton, Nandini Sethuraman, Mathrubootham Sridhar, Vidya Krishna

“…The average inpatient fever defervescence time was 4.62 days (range: 1–28 days). A total of 26 children (20.3%) experienced fever defervescence after 5 days. …”
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Laminoplasty vs laminectomy in the surgical management of spinal intradural extramedullary tumors by Deepak Kumar Singh, Prevesh Kumar Sharma, Vipin Kumar Chand, Kaif Mohammad, Kuldeep Yadav, Neha Singh

“…The average operative time for laminectomy procedures was 138.86 ± 10.90 min, while it was 145.19 ± 9.54 in the laminoplasty group. …”
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Novel Fusion Technique for High-Performance Automated Crop Edge Detection in Smart Agriculture by F. Martinez, James B. Romaine, P. Johnson, A. Cardona Ruiz, Pablo Millan Gata

“…To address this, a novel technique has been developed to automatically detect the vegetative area of lettuces, optimising time and eliminating subjectivity during crop inspections. …”
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Size-resolved Compositional Analysis and Source Apportionment of Submicron Aerosol during Lockdown Period Using HR-ToF-AMS by Prodip Acharja, Akash Vispute, Prasanna Lonkar, Suresh W. Gosavi, Sreyashi Debnath, Narendra G. Dhangar, Kaushar Ali, Gaurav Govardhan, Sachin D. Ghude

“…Abstract The size-resolved compositional analysis of non-refractory submicron aerosol (NR-PM1) was conducted using the Aerodyne High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS) instrument over Pune, India during the COVID-19 lockdown period. …”
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A Personalized Muscle–Tendon Assessment and Exercise Prescription Concept Reduces Muscle–Tendon Imbalances in Female Adolescent Athletes by Theresa Domroes, Kolja Weidlich, Sebastian Bohm, Falk Mersmann, Adamantios Arampatzis

“…Methods At four measurement time points during a competitive season, we used dynamometry and ultrasonography to assess knee extensor muscle strength, patellar tendon stiffness and strain. …”
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Efficacy of electroacupuncture for insomnia in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaodong Liu, Ning Xu, Shangpei Wang, Qingjun Jia

“…EA also significantly lowered Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-Anxiety) scores (SMD = −0.59, 95% CI [−0.91, −0.26], p < 0.001) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Depression (HADS-Depression) scores (SMD = −0.73, 95% CI [−1.06, −0.40], p < 0.001), while increasing total sleep time (TST) (SMD = 0.65, 95% CI [0.14, 1.17], p = 0.013). …”
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Derivation of a simple risk calculator for predicting clinical worsening in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to interstitial lung disease by K. El-Kersh, R. Bag, N. Bhatt, C. King, A. Waxman, F. Rischard, H. Kim, D. Cella, E. Shen, SD Nathan

“…Background: Pulmonary hypertension due to interstitial lung disease (ILD-PH) portends very poor clinical outcomes, with a median survival time of 1.5 to 2 years. Currently, there is no tool to assess the risk of clinical worsening in patients with ILD-PH. …”
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Elastosonographic Evaluation of Endometrium in Postmenopausal Bleeding by İsmail Burak Gültekin, Orhan Altınboğa, Serap Gültekin, Elif Akkaş Yılmaz, Gökşen İnanç İmamoğlu, Afra Alkan, Tuncay Küçüközkan

“…B-mode scanning, Doppler and real-time tissue elastography (RTE) were performed by the same single operator, blinded to the study design. …”
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Combination of autoimmune hepatitis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (Clinical case) by A. A. Driga, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…To describe clinical case with a rare combination of two diseases which developed almost asymptomatically for a long time: autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) of the 1-st type and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) on a background of morbid obesity, 2-nd type diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia. …”
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The Role of Local Government Councils in Emancipating Special Interest Groups: A Case Study of PWDs in Bukimbiri Sub-County Kisoro District. by Kamusiime, Daniel

“…According to Sarantakos (2005), cross-sectional research is designed by taking a cross-section of it at one time. This enabled the researcher to obtain a 'snapshot' of the outcome and the characteristics associated with the population under study, at a specific point in time. …”
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The Role of Local Government Councils in Emancipating Special Interest Groups: A Case Study of PWDs in Bukimbiri Sub County Kisoro District . by Kamusiime, Daniel

“…According to Sarantakos (2005), cross-sectional research is designed by taking a cross-section of it at one time. This enabled the researcher to obtain a 'snapshot' of the outcome and the characteristics associated with the population under study, at a specific point in time. …”
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Economia criativa e resistência: o artesanato indígena no Estado do Rio de Janeiro by Diego Santos Vieira de Jesus

“…Craft can lead to greater autonomy and development of indigenous communities by linking aesthetic, symbolic and social elements of local crafts to the improvement of the political and socioeconomic living conditions of communities in the context of the stimulus to creative sectors in areas of the state of Rio de Janeiro. At the same time, craft offers greater visibility to cultural production of marginalized social groups such as indigenous people and brings potentially transformative discussions about their conditions and position in public policies and laws aimed at the craft itself, as well as the craftsmen’s social organizations.…”
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Organization of Free and Open Source Software Projects: In-between the Community and Traditional Governance by Isabela Neves Ferraz, Carlos Denner dos Santos

“…It is necessary that the studies consider the context of functioning, as well as the changes and interorganizational relationships established by the projects over time. Considering these issues, it is believed that approximations between projects and traditional organizations can occur, even if community characteristics are maintained.…”
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