Regional climatic changes and their impact on the level of avalanche hazard in East Kazakhstan by Olga Petrova, Natalya Denissova, Gulzhan Daumova, Yelena Ivashchenko, Evgeny Sergazinov

“…Despite the low heights in the mountainous area, the problem of avalanche safety is acute in the region. At the same time, the situation is complicated by not always predictable weather events, the frequency of which is increasing every year. …”
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Baska Mask versus I-gel in Spontaneously Breathing Anaesthetised Patients: A Randomised Clinical Study by Bhagyavardhan Botta, Yogarajan Ramalingam, Grishma Robba, Tanya Elizabeth, Kala Balasubramanian, Selvamani Subramanian, Senthil Kumar Vannivedu Santhnam, Kavyasri Morampudi

“…However, the I-gel mask was superior to the Baska mask in terms of ease of insertion, shorter insertion time, and negligible postoperative complications.…”
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Long-term outcomes of robot-assisted versus minimally invasive esophagectomy in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer: a propensity score-matched study by Toru Sakurai, Akihiro Hoshino, Kenta Miyoshi, Erika Yamada, Masaya Enomoto, Junichi Mazaki, Hiroshi Kuwabara, Kenichi Iwasaki, Yoshihiro Ota, Shingo Tachibana, Yutaka Hayashi, Tetsuo Ishizaki, Yuichi Nagakawa

“…Results Before PSM, the RAMIE group had a longer operation time (min) than the MIE group (P = 0.019). RAMIE also exhibited significantly lower blood loss volume (mL) (P < 0.001) and fewer three-field lymph node dissections (P = 0.028). …”
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Physicians&rsquo; Perceptions of the Quality of Palliative Care and of the Importance of Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Teams in Norwegian Nursing Homes by Skomakerstuen Ødbehr L, Hov R, Sanaker H, Sandsdalen T

“…The physicians said that they valued cooperating and exchanging expertise in an interdisciplinary team. As they had little time available for each patient, the team’s efforts were invaluable. …”
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Efficacy of carbonyl cyanide-3-chlorophenylhydrazone in combination with antibiotics against Mycobacterium abscessus by Jifang Zheng, Qiang Liu, Haoran Wang, Fengmin Huo, Junnan Jia, Hairong Huang, Suting Chen

“…The minimum inhibitory concentration and fractional inhibitory concentration index were determined for the combined treatment using CCCP with various antibiotics including clarithromycin, amikacin, linezolid, bedaquiline, and clofazimine. A time-killing assay was used to measure the effect of the combined drug regimens quantitatively. …”
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SUMO-Specific Peptidase 5 Promotes Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Growth through the NF-κB-SLC1A3 Axis by Chaoxiang Du, Yunfan Hu, Xinyu Yang, Zhe Zhang, Jianmin Gu, Tao Zhang, Renfeng Wang, Shaoyuan Zhang, Lijie Tan, Guiping Yu

“…The correlation of SENP5 with signalling pathway components was validated via real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR), western blotting (WB), and immunoprecipitation. …”
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Desain Layanan E-Surat untuk Desa Waru Barat, Pamekasan, Madura menggunakan QR-Code by Wahyudi Agustiono, Intan Rofika Putri, Devie Rosa Anamisa

“…Another flow-map evaluation also showed that the implementation of e-certificate was able to make the administrative process more streamlined, faster, remove geographical barrier, save the resources (cost, time and utility). Despite these practical implication, the contribution of this research, especially to the IT discipline which could be adopted in the future study, is the system architecture and e-certificate application along with the algorithm for generating unique QR Code to ensure the security and validity of the document.            …”
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Predictive Factors and the Predictive Scoring System for Falls in Acute Care Inpatients: Retrospective Cohort Study by Chihiro Saito, Eiji Nakatani, Hatoko Sasaki, Naoko E Katsuki, Masaki Tago, Kiyoshi Harada

“…Demographic data, candidate predictors at admission, and fall occurrence reports were collected from medical records. The outcome was the time from admission to a fall requiring medical resources. …”
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Preliminary study on unlocking growth and yield potential of USDA foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) lines with NPK fertilization by Hira Shahzadi, Shahbaz Khan, Abdulrahman Al-Hashimi, Shahzad M. A. Basra, Kashf Mehmood, Muhammad Ashfaq Wahid, Muhammad Nawaz, Sohail Irshad, Abdul Haseeb, Afroz Rais, Safia Gul, Danish Ibrar, Yheni Dwiningsih

“…NPK treatments were applied twice during the study periods: first dose was applied after one week of the emergence of seedlings and the second dose was applied at the age of four weeks of seedlings. The time to 50% emergence ranged from 4.33 (V111) to 5.92 (U2) days, and the emergence was highest in V111 (10.02), and V19 had the lowest emergence index of 4.95. …”
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Application of fuzzy logic in decision-making process for relocation of floating net cages in river fish farming by R. Pramana, B.Y. Suprapto, Z. Nawawi

“…The output of the decision-making program correlated with the issued warnings by the water quality warning indicators when the pH value exceeded the lower threshold limit.CONCLUSION: The fuzzy logic method implemented in the Python program for decision-making regarding the relocation of floating net cages in river fish farming revealed the fluctuating water quality conditions of the Musi River within a specific time duration. These conditions correlated with the proximity of the water bodies to pollution sources such as residential areas, factories, and tributaries. …”
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The Use of L-Menthol in Endoscopic Transpapillary Interventions. Prospective Randomized Dual-Center Study by M. A. Anishchenko, M. A. Nazmeev, S. G. Shapovalyants, S. A. Budzinsky, A. V. Rogov, R. R. Zaynutdinov, A. S. Melnikova, E. D. Fedorov, E. N. Platonova

“…The use of L-menthol during ERTI helps to achieve noticeable inhibition of peristalsis, promotes successful cannulation, reduces the intervention time, minimizes the risk of intraoperative complications. …”
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Increasing brain half-life of antibodies by additional binding to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein, a CNS specific protein by Marie-Lynn Cuypers, Tom Jaspers, Jarne Clerckx, Simon Leekens, Christopher Cawthorne, Guy Bormans, Frederik Cleeren, Nick Geukens, Bart De Strooper, Maarten Dewilde

“…Combining MOG and TfR binding leads to distinct PK, biodistribution, and brain exposure, differentiating it from the highly investigated TfR-shuttling. It is the first time such long brain antibody exposure has been demonstrated after one single dose. …”
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Mechanism of Acupuncture Therapy on RANKL/OPG Signaling Pathway to Regulate Bone Metabolism Balance in Osteoporosis Model Rats by Qin YIN, Hong PAN, Xiaojuan DING, Xiaoguang QIN, Xiaorong GUO

“…The rats in the blank group and the model group were given 0.9%NaCl solution for 50 μg/(kg·d)by gavage, the estradiol group was given estradiol valerate 50 μg/(kg·d)by gavage, the acupuncture group was given electroacupuncture at Shenshu, Sanyinjiao, Guanyuan, Zusanli acupoints with stimulation intensity of 2 mA, frequency of 2 Hz, 15 min/time, once a day. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)was used to analyze bone specific alkaline phosphatase(BALP), cterminal type I collagen telopeptide(CTX-I), core-binding factor-α1(CBF-α1), procollagen type I amino-terminal peptide(PINP), osteocalcin(OC)of the four groups;The relative bone volume fraction(BV/TV), trabecular number(Tb. …”
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Unravelling the role of secretory Immnuoglobulin-A in COVID-19: a multicentre study in nursing homes during the first wave by Rafael Bielza, Patricia Pérez, Nuria García, Laura Ballesteros-Sanabria, Rosa María Martínez, Azam Ghazi, Clara Hernando, María Victoria Rodríguez, Israel J. Thuissard, Cristina Andreu-Vázquez, José Manuel Bautista

“…Resident medical records were reviewed to assess symptoms, comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), reinfection, and overall 30-day mortality. Results At the time of sample collection, 274 residents (89.8%) exhibited “induced” SIgA-S1 levels (≥ 57.6 U/mL), 46 (15.1%) tested positive for PCR SARS-CoV-2, and 170 (57%) had experienced COVID-19 symptoms. …”
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Clinical Study of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined with Social Rehabilitation Training on Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder by JING Xinli, ZHU Min, NIU Yujia

“…The observation group received rTMS combined with the program for the education and enrichment of relational skills (PEERS) social rehabilitation training in addition to the routine medication, including 15 minutes rTMS treatment a time, twice a week for 12 weeks. The PEERS social rehabilitation training course consisted of 6 parts: communication, information interaction, game initiation, self-initiative, disagreement resolution and social pragmatics, which had 12 classes, 50 minutes per session, once a week, for 12 weeks. …”
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Dexmedetomidine versus Dexamethasone as Perineural Adjuvants in Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block: An Interventional Study by Charmi Hitenbhai Shah, Jinesh Pareshbhai Kothari, Nilesh Vrajmohan Shah, Rajsi Rajan Shah, Sara Mary Thomas

“…Group 2 also showed significantly longer durations for motor blockade (918.75±65.80 minutes vs. 632.60±23.09 minutes, p=3.10×10-44), postoperative analgesia (1051.00±90.18 minutes vs. 811.12±17.23 minutes, p=1.00×10-28), and time for rescue analgesia (1116.75±93.96 minutes vs. 826.50±13.92 minutes, p=2.40×10-32). …”
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No major impact of new grape varieties on Bordeaux wine typicity: expert assessments in blind and non-blind tastings by Marc Plantevin, Sophie Tempère, Cécile Thibon, Lucile Dijkstra, Julien Lecourt, Agnès Destrac-Irvine, Cornelis van Leeuwen

“…Varietal mix is strictly regulated by protected denomination of origin (PDO) rules, although these can change over time. If new varieties were to be accepted in the Bordeaux varietal mix, it would most likely be as secondary varieties accounting for a small proportion in the final Bordeaux blend. …”
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Nobiletin Attenuates Pathological Cardiac Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction via Activating PPARγ and PGC1α by Yufei Zhou, Ting Yin, Mengsha Shi, Mengli Chen, Xiaodong Wu, Kai Wang, Iokfai Cheang, Yanxiu Li, Hongcai Shang, Haifeng Zhang, Xinli Li

“…Cardiac function (echocardiography, survival rate, Evans blue, and triphenyl tetrazolium chloride staining), fibrosis (Masson’s trichrome staining, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), and western blot (WB)), hypertrophy (haematoxylin-eosin staining, wheat germ agglutinin staining, and qRT-PCR), and apoptosis (WB and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labelling (TUNEL) staining) were evaluated. …”
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Over a decade of HIV infection prevalence and incidence among Mozambican pregnant women: a secondary analysis of prospectively collected data by Anete Mendes-Muxlhanga, Arsénio Nhacolo, Antia Figueroa-Romero, Maura Mazuze, Alfredo Mayor, Anifa Vala, Esperança Sevene, Aleny Couto, Namita Eliseu, Llorenç Quintó, Gloria Matabisso, Eusebio Macete, Paula Vaz, Pedro Alonso, Clara Menendez, Raquel González, Tacilta Nhampossa

“…HIV incidence trends over time were obtained by fitting splines regression model. …”
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Users’ Perspectives of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Services: Survey Study by Kate Churruca, Darran Foo, Andrew Turner, Emily Crameri, Maree Saba, Samantha Spanos, Matthew Vickers, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis

“…The most frequently cited reasons for using DTC telemedicine were related to convenience (97/121, 80.2%) and flexibility (71/121, 58.7%), while approximately a third of the sample selected that it was difficult to see traditional health care provider in their preferred time frame (44/121, 36.4%) and that the use of DTC telemedicine allowed them to gain access to services otherwise unavailable through traditional health care (39/121, 32.2%). …”
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