Descriptive Characteristics and Injury Patterns of Earthquake-Related Peripheral Nerve Injuries in the Extremities by Mehmet Ozel, Mustafa Altıntaş

“…It was found that 45.9% of PNIs (n=45) occurred in the right and 54.1% (n=53) in the left extremities. The median time under the rubble of the patients was 15 hours (IQR 8.75 - 32 hours). …”
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The relationship between mitochondrial health, telomerase activity and longitudinal telomere attrition, considering the role of chronic stress by Mauricio Guillen-Parra, Jue Lin, Aric A. Prather, Owen M. Wolkowitz, Martin Picard, Elissa S. Epel

“…In this observational longitudinal study, we examined in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), whether MHI predicted changes in telomerase activity over a 9-month period, thus impacting telomere maintenance over this same period of time. We secondarily examined the role of chronic stress, by comparing these relationships in mothers of children with an autism spectrum disorder (caregivers) vs. mothers of a neurotypical child (controls). …”
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The Effect of Hospital Boarding on Emergency Medicine Residency Productivity by Peter Moffett, Al Best, Nathan Lewis, Stephen Miller, Grace Hickam, Hannah Kissel-Smith, Laura Barrera, Scott Huang, Joel Moll

“…Boarding was defined as the time between an admission order and the patient leaving the ED. …”
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The amygdala and the pursuit of future rewards by S. Tobias Johnson, Fabian Grabenhorst

“…Recent findings indicate individuals similarly evaluate cognitive effort over time (Johnson and Most, 2023). Success and failure in these processes have been linked to differential life outcomes and psychiatric conditions. …”
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Maximum Dry Unit Weight and Optimum Moisture Content Prediction of Lateritic Soils Using Regression Analysis by Yufeng Qian

“…Soils compaction with experimental tests is a pivotal facet in the selection of materials for earth constructions. Due to the time limitations and concerns of finishing resources, it is obligate to develop some relationships for predicting compaction parameters such as maximum dry unit weight (γdmax) and optimum moisture content (ωopt) from easily estimated index properties. …”
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Projected Changes in Precipitation Extremes over Shaanxi Province, China, in the 21st Century by Ling Li, Ziniu Xiao, Shuxiang Luo, Aili Yang

“…It would be desirable to understand how they will evolve in the future as global warming becomes more serious with time. Thus, the primary objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the changing characteristics of the precipitation extremes in the 21st century over Shaanxi Province, a climate-sensitive and environmentally fragile area located in the east of northwestern China, based on a consecutive simulation of the 21st century conducted by the regional climate model RegCM4 forced by the global climate model HadGEM2-ES at high resolution under middle emission scenario of the Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5 (RCP4.5). …”
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Nanoscale thickness Octave-spanning coherent supercontinuum light generation by Susobhan Das, Md Gius Uddin, Diao Li, Yadong Wang, Yunyun Dai, Juha Toivonen, Hao Hong, Kaihui Liu, Zhipei Sun

“…., self-phase modulation, Raman transition, four-wave mixing, multiwave mixing), which are typically weak and thus require a long interaction length and the phase matching condition to enhance the efficient nonlinear light-matter interaction for broad-spectrum generation. Here, for the first time, we report octave-spanning coherent light generation at the nanometer scale enabled by a phase-matching-free frequency down-conversion process. …”
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Cretaceous-Tertiary Foraminifera and Palynomorphs from Djega Section and Inferred Paleodepositional Environments, Rio Del Rey Basin, Cameroon, West Africa by Njon Olivier Anoh, Mbanda L. Njoke, Ngoe D. Elangwe

“…The foraminiferal and palynomorph biostratigraphic distributions permitted us to recognize the succession of Campanian-Maastrichtian and Paleocene strata and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary for the first time in this basin. Lithofacies change from a monotonous thick pile of shales below, succeeded by sandstones, frequently alternating with mudstone, above. …”
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Mortality in older adults with epilepsy: An understudied entity by Syeda Amrah Hashmi, Rithvik Gundlapalli, Ifrah Zawar

“…Future directions include implementing enhanced diagnostic protocols, developing treatment plans, and integrating real‐time monitoring technologies to reduce the risk of sudden death and multifaceted premature mortality in this patient population. …”
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Observation of Gonio Structures during Microhook Ab Interno Trabeculotomy Using a Novel Digital Microscope with Integrated Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography by Akiko Ishida, Kazunobu Sugihara, Tomoki Shirakami, Aika Tsutsui, Kaoru Manabe, Masaki Tanito

“…To observe the trabeculotomy site, iOCT was performed with the real-time five-line scan mode under observation using a Swan-Jacob gonioprism lens. …”
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The impact of social media marketing efforts on buying intentions within the brewing sector by Lima Ana, Cruz Marco, Pacheco Jorge

“…The convenience sampling method is preferred due to its ease of implementation in research design, cost effectiveness and time efficiency. Statistical analysis of the data was carried out using SPSS software. …”
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Bacterial communities of diverse Drosophila species: ecological context of a host-microbe model system. by James Angus Chandler, Jenna Morgan Lang, Srijak Bhatnagar, Jonathan A Eisen, Artyom Kopp

“…In particular, it is not clear whether laboratory cultures can serve as an accurate model of host-microbe interactions that occur in the wild, or those that have occurred over evolutionary time. To fill this gap, we characterized natural bacterial communities associated with 14 species of Drosophila and related genera collected from distant geographic locations. …”
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Cement Removal from the Femur Using the ROBODOC System in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty by Mitsuyoshi Yamamura, Nobuo Nakamura, Hidenobu Miki, Takashi Nishii, Nobuhiko Sugano

“…The extent of remaining bone cement on postoperative radiography, timing of weight bearing, and the complications were evaluated. …”
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In-Process Quality Inspection of Rolling Element Bearings Based on the Measurement of Microelastic Deformation of Outer Ring by Kuosheng Jiang, Lianghe Li, Liubang Han, Shuai Gou

“…However, the signal of defective bearings is easily polluted by very weak noise using the traditional vibration-based measurement method due to the low shaft speed and light radial load condition specified for nondestructive inspection, which needs complicated and time-consuming calculation and is not suitable for online inspection. …”
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Etiopathogenesis of Sheehan’s Syndrome: Roles of Coagulation Factors and TNF-Alpha by Halit Diri, Elif Funda Sener, Fahri Bayram, Nazife Tascioglu, Yasin Simsek, Munis Dundar

“…Factor II (G20210A), Factor V (G1691A), and MTHFR (C677T and A1298C) polymorphisms were identified by real-time PCR. PAI-1 4G/5G and TNF-α (-308  G>A) gene polymorphisms were detected with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) methods. …”
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Unmanned roller lateral positioning method for asphalt road construction by Pengju Yue, Xiaohua Xia, Yongbiao Hu, Xuebin Wang, Pengcheng He, Xufang Qin

“…The proposed lateral positioning method meets the performance requirements for lateral positioning in both accuracy and real-time in asphalt road construction for unmanned rollers.…”
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Communication System Using Natural Language for Robotic Laparoscope Guidance by Pan Yan, Bernhard Lukas, Fan Cheng, Beckendorf Lukas, Wilhelm Dirk, Feußner Hubertus, Groh Georg

“…A variety of different vocabulary or phrases may be used for expressing the same command. At the same time, surgical workflows may be highly dynamic - especially in emergency situations - and thus the system must be able to grasp the user’s intent both quickly and with high accuracy. …”
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Estimation of bearing capacity and serviceability of a floor slab after high-temperature exposure by A. N. Malahova

“…In addition, for prestressed reinforced concrete structures, fire impacts can be associated with partial or even complete loss of prestress. At the same time, it is the prestress of the reinforcement that makes it possible to limit the width of the crack opening and the deflection of reinforced concrete structures within acceptable limits.Materials and methods. …”
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Large Subcapsular Splenic Hematoma with a Large Pancreatic Pseudocyst Was Successfully Treated with Splenic Arterial Embolization and Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Drainage of Pan... by Song Zhang, Fei Liu, Heena Buch, Guifang Xu, Lei Wang

“…We herein report a case of a large subcapsular splenic hematoma with a large pancreatic pseudocyst, which was successfully treated with splenic arterial embolization and ultrasound- (US-) guided percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst, for the first time. A 44-year-old male suffered from recurrent abdominal pain for more than two years. …”
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Orographic Effect and the Opposite Trend of Rainfall in Central Vietnam by Thang Nguyen Van, Mau Nguyen Dang, Van Doan Quang, Tuan Bui Minh, Khiem Mai Van, Kham Duong Van, Thuy Tran Thanh, Duong Trinh Hoang, Tam Tran Thi, Quyen Nguyen Huu, Thai Luong Xuan, Hien Tran Duy

“…Previous studies believed rainfall in central Vietnam is closely related to the cold surge; however, it fails to explain the cause of the early rainfall occurrence in August in the subregion. For the first time, this study investigates the detailed atmospheric mechanisms associated with rainfall variations in central Vietnam using the empirical orthogonal function (EOF) applied to the recently developed high-resolution Vietnam gridded precipitation (VnGP) dataset. …”
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