Nutrition in neonatal and pediatric patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A survey of current practice in the US and Canada by Jamie M. Furlong-Dillard, Michael D. Facciolo, Caroline P. Ozment, and the Pediatric ECMO (PediECMO) Subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network and Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO)

“…Physicians report “always” providing nutrition parenterally 28% and enterally 17% of the time with 11% of institutions using a protocolized approach. …”
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C-reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio as a Predictor of Infectious Etiology in Patients Admitted to General Medicine: A Single-center Prospective Observational Study by Arup Kumar Sarma, Ashabari Das, Bandana Thakuria, Priyam Saikia

“…Background and Aim: Procalcitonin (PCT) is widely used to predict progression to sepsis, but PCT is expensive, time-consuming, and may not be routinely available, whereas parameters such as total leucocyte count (TLC), neutrophil and lymphocyte percentage, C-reactive protein (CRP), and albumin are routinely done as initial workup of patient. …”
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Dukungan Keluarga dan Lama Dialisis Sebagai Faktor Berhubungan Dengan Kepatuhan Pembatasan Cairan Pasien Gagal Ginjal Kronik by Tiurmaida Simandalahi, Siska Sakti, Ropendi Pardede

“…There was a significant relationship between family support (p = 0.030) and dialysis time (p = 0.001) with fluid restriction compliance. …”
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Numerical Study of the Air Ingress Accident of the HTR-PM and Possible Mitigation Measures by Wei Xu, Han Zhang, Heng Xie, Lei Shi, Jun Sun

“…Considering the injection velocity, the total usage amount, and the start time of gas injection, helium injected with a small flow rate is suggested.…”
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The personnel policy for curators in the Kazan educational district and the age dynamics of professors at the Kazan University during 1804–1884 by T.V. Kostina, A.V. Kouprianov

“…Petersburg, Moscow, and Dorpat has been analyzed from the time when the universities were established until 1884. …”
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Curing Temperature Effects on the Tensile Properties and Hardness of γ−Fe2O3 Reinforced PDMS Nanocomposites by Yvonne Konku-Asase, Abu Yaya, Kwabena Kan-Dapaah

“…Although several research groups have investigated the effects of preparation conditions—especially curing temperature and time—on bulk mechanical properties of plain PDMS, there are no reported similar studies for its nanocomposites. …”
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Understanding the nature of substance use in Zimbabwe: State of the art and ways forward: A scoping review protocol. by Blessing N Marandure, Samson Mhizha, Amanda Wilson, Clement Nhunzvi

“…Thus the present work presents a timely effort that capitalises on current efforts by the government to address substance use in the country.…”
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LightCDD: Application of a Capability-Driven Development Method for Start-ups Development by Hasan Koç, Marcela Ruiz, Sergio España

“…It reduces the set of modeling constructs and guidelines to facilitate its adoption by entrepreneurs, yet keeping it expressive enough for their purposes and, at the same time, compatible with the CDD methodology. We provide a booklet with the LightCDD method for start-ups development. …”
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Risky sexual behaviour and HIV testing uptake among male college students: a cross-sectional study in China by Yan Luo, Gang Zhao, Junfang Xu

“…This highlights the importance of carrying out targeted and timely HIV risk education towards college students.…”
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Optical Coherence Tomography (Angiography) Biomarkers in the Assessment and Monitoring of Diabetic Macular Edema by Corina-Iuliana Suciu, Vlad-Ioan Suciu, Simona-Delia Nicoara

“…Significant progress has been made in recent years in optical coherence tomography and angiography technology. At the same time, various parameters have been attributed the role of biomarkers creating the frame for new monitoring and treatment strategies and offering new insights into the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema. …”
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Cerebrospinal fluid and serum cytokine profiles in severe viral encephalitis with implications for refractory status epilepticus: a retrospective observational study by Peipei Huang, Fan Yang, Ruirui Dong, Lijun Wen, Qiuling Zang, Dandan Song, Junshuang Guo, Yating Wang, Ruike Zhang, Zhiping Ren, Jinjin Qin, Junfang Teng, Wang Miao

“…During the early stage of SVE, CSF interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8 levels were significantly higher, declining over time and affecting the prognosis. CSF IL-6 and IL-8 levels were significantly elevated in the RSE group compared to patients without seizures and with controlled seizures, decreasing gradually and independently of serum cytokine levels. …”
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Design and Experiment Study of Ultrasonic Longitudinal-Torsional Compound Consolidation Vibration System for Metal Foil by Xiangqiang Zhong, Benxue Zhang, Weiqing Huang, Zhimin Di, Huajie Fang

“…When the frequency is near 20000 Hz, the resonance is achieved in three directions at the same time, and the resonance frequency is 19800 Hz. Through the frequency-scanning test, the maximum longitudinal amplitude of the consolidation vibration system is 16 μm, and the maximum torsional amplitudes of X and Y are 7.9 μm and 8.1 μm. …”
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Toward Questionnaire Complexity Reduction by Decreasing the Questions by Miguel A. Molina-Cabello, José Serrano-Angulo, Jesús Benito-Picazo, Karl Thurnhofer-Hemsi

“…Yet, the sheer volume of questions can lead to challenges in data management for teachers and a decline in student interest due to the time-consuming nature of fulfilling these tasks. …”
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Legal and Ethical Challenges of the Use of Nuclear Technologies in Space: Risks and Opportunities by Larysa Soroka, Anna Danylenko, Maksym Sokiran

“…In particular, it has been stated that the presence of a nuclear arsenal can act as a deterrent, forcing potential aggressors to reevaluate their actions. At the same time, the countries that do not possess nuclear weapons but are under threat of armed aggression often face limited assistance due to the unwillingness of partner states to scale up conflict or be engaged in direct confrontation. …”
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A new approach to estimate neighborhood socioeconomic status using supermarket transactions and GNNs by Eduardo Cruz, Monica Villavicencio, Carmen Vaca, Lisette Espín-Noboa, Nervo Verdezoto

“…Governments face challenges in measuring socioeconomic status with fine spatial resolution because traditional data collection methods, such as censuses and surveys, are time-consuming, labor-intensive, performed at long intervals, and cover only a limited population. …”
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Inhibition of <i>Salmonella enterica</i> and Enterohemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> by Ethanolic Extracts of Pomegranate Peels by Weifan Wu, Kevin Mis Solval, Jinru Chen

“…The extracts of three products were more effective (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.05) against <i>E. coli</i> than the extract of the remaining product, which had a similar activity to the extracts of two of the products used against <i>S. enterica</i>. Longer treatment time and higher extract concentration resulted in greater pathogen population reductions. …”
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The trend of urban environment quality as an importaut factorof migration processes by V. Yu. Novikov

“…The successes of socio-economic development of cities are confirmed by practice when the planned activities are fully implemented.At the same time, the goals are to consolidate the indigenous population of cities, to attract high-quality specialists from other cities with favorable living conditions. …”
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THE QUALITY OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN THE UNIVERSITY THROUGH STUDENTS’ EYES by S. S. Kotova, I. I. Hasanova

“…The results of the questionnaire are presented. 1–4 year students of full-time education at the Russian Vocational PedagogicalUniversity, in total – 36 groups take part in the questionnaire. …”
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE USAGE OF LEAN CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES IN NIGERIA by Olatunji J OLADIRAN

“…The findings reveal that fail-safe quality and safety, daily huddle meetings, increased visualisation, and the 5S process are poorly used, while the other eight techniques, namely Last Planner® System (LPS®), first-run studies, just-in-time (JIT), total production maintenance, concurrent design, kaizen, design for buildability, and supply chain management, are not used at all. …”
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Hardware-efficient preparation of architecture-specific graph states on near-term quantum computers by Sebastian Brandhofer, Ilia Polian, Stefanie Barz, Daniel Bhatti

“…Our model incorporates information about gate cancellations, gate commutations, and accurate gate timing to determine an optimized graph state preparation circuit. …”
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