Can invasive interventions be avoided with a holistic swallowing therapy program in older patients in intensive care units: percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes or oral intake... by Çağla Eliküçük, Fatma Esen Aydinli, Nazan Has Selmi, Cansu Uzunoğlu, Murathan Köksal, Volkan Öter, Belgin Akan, Erdal Birol Bostanci, Güldeniz Argun

“…The bedside water swallowing test results demonstrated statistically significant differences in therapy timings among older patients (p < 0.001). There were significant improvements in swallowing physiology, as represented by the improved oral and pharyngeal composite scores of the Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile (MBSImP) and Penetration-Aspiration Scala (PAS) levels. …”
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Optimized Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Control for Low-Speed Vehicle Pedal Pressing Automation Using Hybrid Spiral Sine Cosine Algorithm by Azrul Azim Abdullah Hashim, Nor Maniha Abdul Ghani, Salmiah Ahmad, Mohd Ruzaini Hashim, Noor Zirwatul Ahlam Naharuddin, Addie Irawan

“…The results presented in this paper prove the fact that the analyzed Type 2 FLC optimized by the SSCA method performs better than the traditional Type 1 FLC in terms of the key metrics, with improvements of 32.4242% in overshoot, 0.364 seconds in settling time, and a reduction of 0.002009 in steady-state error at 2 km/h reference speed. …”
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Multiple ovulation was positively associated with milk yield independently of circulating progesterone concentrations in multiparous high-producing Holstein cows submitted to Doubl... by T.J. Valdés-Arciniega, E. Anta-Galván, I.M.R. Leão, T.O. Cunha, M.S. El Azzi, N.B. Cook, J.P.N. Martins

“…The study used first-service multiparous cows submitted to a Double-Ovsynch program (GnRH; 7 d later, PGF2α; 3 d later, GnRH; 7 d later, GnRH [G1]; 7 d later, PGF2α [PG1]; 1 d later, PGF2α; ∼32 h later, GnRH [G2]; ∼16 h later, timed AI [TAI]). To assess ovulatory response and proportion of MOV, ovarian ultrasonography examinations were performed at G1 (n = 1,215) and G2 (n = 1,345) and from 40 to 48 h after each GnRH. …”
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Measurement report: Analysis of aerosol optical depth variation at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica by L. Chen, L. Chen, L. Zhang, Y. She, Z. Zeng, Y. Zheng, B. Tian, W. Zhang, Z. Liu, H. Che, M. Ding

“…We observed a peak in AOD (<span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 0.06) at 14:00 local time (LT) at Zhongshan Station, possibly associated with a slight decrease in boundary layer height (BLH). …”
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Gamified Web-Delivered Attentional Bias Modification Training for Adults With Chronic Pain: Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial by Julie F Vermeir, Melanie J White, Daniel Johnson, Geert Crombez, Dimitri M L Van Ryckeghem

“…However, no differential effects were observed over time between the 3 conditions on measures of engagement, pain intensity, pain interference, attentional bias, anxiety, depression, interpretation bias, or perceived improvement (all P values>.05). …”
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Emergence of mcr-8.1-bearing MDR-hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 by Jie Sheng, Rory Cave, Mary M. Ter-Stepanyan, Siyu Lu, Yingxiong Wang, Taihang Liu, Hermine V. Mkrtchyan

“…ABSTRACT We report for the first time whole-genome sequencing of four multidrug-resistant sequence type (ST) 307 Klebsiella pneumoniae recovered from patients in two hospitals in Armenia. …”
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Evaluation of the efficacy of transpupillary hexagonal pattern laser coagulation of the retina in the treatment of active stages of retinopathy of prematurity by A.V. Tereshchenko, I.G. Trifanenkova, Yu.A. Sidorova, V.V. Firsova

“…In patients treated with the hexagonal pattern LCR, the total number of coagulates, number of single coagulates, total energy load and the total treatment time were less than those in patients for whom the square matrix patterns were used. …”
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Studying the Beneficial Indicators of Intercropping of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) with Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik), and Bitter Vetch (Lath... by Amin Yari, Farzad Mondani, Alireza Bagheri, Hamid Reza Chaghazardi

“…Introduction[1] Intercropping is an agroecological technique in which two or more species are grown in the same area for a certain period of time. These species should be complementary to each other regarding the use of productive resources. …”
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Ethnic and racial discrimination in maternal health care in Mexico: a neglected challenge in the search for universal health coverage by Edson Serván-Mori, Sergio Meneses-Navarro, Rocío García-Díaz, Diego Cerecero-García, David Contreras-Loya, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Arachu Castro

“…We defined ECMH as adequate antenatal care (ANC), skilled and/or institutional delivery care, timely postpartum care, and complication-free postpartum/puerperium. …”
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Designing a Model for Credit Risk Assessment of Customers for Guarantees Issued by the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran via Artificial Neural Network Model by Farshid Ahmadi Sartakhti, Kambiz Hojabr Kiani, Seyed Shamsoddin Hoseini, Abbas Memarnejad

“…ObjectiveOne of the most important risks faced by financial institutions is credit risk, which is formed by the possibility of the receiver's default in repaying the loan or repaying the loan on time. One of the pivotal financial institutions in Iran's economy is the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran. …”
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Long-Term Safety of Ixekizumab Treatment in Patients with Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis, or Axial Spondyloarthritis: a Post Hoc Analysis of Cerebro-Cardiovascular Events by Mark Lebwohl, Atul Deodhar, Sergio Schwartzman, Carlo Salvarani, Meghan Feely McDonald, Natalia Bello, Elsie L. Grace, Elsa Inman, Andris Kronbergs, Marcus Ngantcha, Proton Rahman, Kim A. Papp, Joseph F. Merola, Alice B. Gottlieb, Andrew Blauvelt

“…Patients with these conditions are often exposed for extended time periods to biologics, such as ixekizumab (IXE). …”
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Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening and Screening Modalities among Patients seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers Funded by the United States Health Resources and Servic... by Megan R.M. Aaronson, Nadereh Pourat, Connie Lu, Jayraan Badiee, Helen Yu-Lefler, Benjamin Picillo, Hank Hoang, Folasade P. May

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Role of sphingolipid metabolism signaling in a novel mouse model of renal osteodystrophy based on transcriptomic approach by Yujia Wang, Yan Di, Yongqi Li, Jing Lu, Bofan Ji, Yuxia Zhang, Zhiqing Chen, Sijie Chen, Bicheng Liu, Rining Tang, Yuanyuan Ji

“…DEGs were validated via quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Results:. …”
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Advanced Fractional Mathematics, Fractional Calculus, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence with Applications in Complex Chaotic Systems by Dumitru Baleanu, Yeliz Karaca

“…Chaos, comprehended characteristically, is the mathematical property of a dynamical system which is a deterministic mathematical model in which time can be either continuous or discrete as a variable. …”
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The Effect of Wheat Residues and Vermicompost on the Quality Characteristics of Corn (Zea mays L.) Forage and Soil Fertility by Hasanali Pooresmaeil, Mehdi Dahmradeh, Ahmad Ghanbari

“…These practices contribute to a reduction in soil fertility over time. One of the most important effective factors in sustainable agriculture is plant nutrition, which uses nutrients in the soil. …”
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Analisis Cakupan Antenatal Care K4 Program Kesehatan Ibu dan Anak di Wilayah Kerja Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Padang Pariaman by Elmispendriya Gusna, Pelsi Sulaini, Hafni Bachtiar

“…<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Kata kunci:</strong> cakupan antenatal care K4, motivasi, supervisi</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p><em>The achievement of K4 (four time antenatal care) target will be success with support from motivation of village midwives and routine supervision of coordinator midwives. …”
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Potential impacts of marine fuel regulations on an Arctic stratocumulus case and its radiative response by L. F. Escusa dos Santos, L. F. Escusa dos Santos, H. C. Frostenberg, A. Baró Pérez, A. M. L. Ekman, A. M. L. Ekman, L. Ickes, E. S. Thomson

“…With the retreating sea ice, shipping activity will likely increase in the future, driven by economic activity and the potential for realizing time and fuel savings from using shorter trade routes. …”
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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF CHICKPEA by S. Sots, I. Kustov, I. Butsenko, I. Solonytska

“…The kabuli variety also contains iron, magnesium, and phosphorus in its mineral complex, though their concentrations may be slightly lower than in the desi variety. At the same time, kabuli chickpea has a higher content of monounsaturated fatty acids, making it beneficial for cardiovascular health. …”
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The Influences of Rootstock on the Performance of Pinot Noir (Vitis vinifera L.): Berry and Wine Composition by Yipeng Chen, Zijian Liang, Mark Krstic, Peter Clingeleffer, Kate Howell, Deli Chen, Pangzhen Zhang

“…The phenolic composition of the wine over the two vintages was identified and quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-QTOF-MS/MS) and HPLC with diode-array detection (HPLC-DAD). …”
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plaTform fOr Urinary tract infection diagnostiC evAluatioN (TOUCAN): a protocol for a prospective diagnostic accuracy study of point-of-care testing in patients suspected of acute... by Thomas R Fanshawe, Philip J Turner, Gail N Hayward, Margaret Glogowska, Alastair D Hay, Michael Moore, Mark Lown, Christopher C Butler, Mandy Wootton, Mark H Wilcox, Jane Freeman, Nicola Kenealy, Valerie Tate, Owain Llion, Rebecca Lowe

“…However, current diagnostics for UTI are unfit for purpose in acute (highest prescribing) settings, being too slow to inform the required immediate decision-making and often confounded by sample contamination.Rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests (POCTs) that facilitate timely decision-making are potential solutions to this problem. …”
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