Artificial neural networks analysis predicts long-term fistula function in hemodialysis patients following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty by Aichi Chien, Ayush Lall, Maitraya Patel, Lucas Cusumano, Justin McWilliams

“…Kidney failure is particularly common in the United States, where it affects over 700,000 individuals. …”
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Addressing the gap in preterm resuscitation practices in high-income and low-middle income countries: a multicenter survey of the Asian neonatal network collaboration by Rinawati Rohsiswatmo, Rizalya Dewi, Jennie Sutantio, Zubair Amin, Young-Ah Youn, Sae Yun Kim, Su Jin Cho, Yun Sil Chang, Satoshi Kusuda, Fuyu Miyake, Tetsuya Isayama

“…This study aimed to evaluate the resuscitation practices of high-risk infants in a large multi-country sample of healthcare facilities among HICs and LMICs in Asia under the AsianNeo Network.MethodsIn 2021, a customized 6-item online survey on resuscitation practices of infants born at <29 weeks gestation (or birth weight <1,200 g) was sent by the representative of each country's neonatal network to all the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) participating in AsianNeo network. …”
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The Cost of an Operating Room Minute for Heart Valve Procedures by Eugene A. Grossi, Matthew Moore, Peter J. Mallow, John A. Rizzo

“…**Background:** Heart valve disease is very common, with approximately 5 million people diagnosed with this disease annually in the United States. There has been substantial innovation in the technologies and techniques of surgical repair and replacement over the past decade. …”
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Association between systemic immune-inflammation index and the risk of all-cause, cancer and non-cancer mortality in the general population: results from national health and nutrit... by Siyu Wu, Zhao Liu, Xing Li, Shan Gao, Peng Xia

“…This study aimed to identify the association between SII with all-cause, cancer and non-cancer mortality among general population in the United States. Methods 25,955 participants (≥ 20 years) were included from 2005 to 2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and were divided into four groups according to the SII quartiles. …”
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The Impact and Mechanism of New-Type Urbanization on High-Quality Forestry Development: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin in China by Longbo Ma, Qian Wang, Yiqi Zhu, Zujun Liu

“…At the national level, specific ecological areas should be taken as units, and a collaborative development plan for new-type urbanization and high-quality forestry development should be formulated based on the land spatial planning system. …”
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Portland (Oregón, EE.UU.) (2016) by Jesús M. González Pérez, María José Piñeira Mantiñán

“…This process is not exclusive of the United States or Latin America, but it has also become common in the successful European welfare sates or in the emerging economies of Asia. …”
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France in the EU Economic System: The Peerless Second by O. V. Butorina

“…The conceptual frameworks of German ordoliberalism and French dirigisme underpin the dual foundations of European economic integration. The United Kingdom’s departure from the EU has reconfigured the composition of the Union’s core, amplifying Germany’s significance. …”
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Assessment of air pollutants when burning alternative fuels by Olena Levytska, Artem Sikorsky

“…Technologies for obtaining briquettes and pellets are applicable to such waste and can be used for the operation of low- and medium-sized boiler units. The calculations carried out by the researchers show that emissions from the incineration of the industrial gases such as processed coke-oven and blast-furnace gases and also solid waste are comparable and for a number of chemicals are less than during the combustion of popular fuel oils. …”
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Brief Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Women With Myocardial Infarction by Tanya M. Spruill, PhD, Chorong Park, PhD, RN, Jolaade Kalinowski, EdD, Milla E. Arabadjian, PhD, RN, Yuhe Xia, MSc, Amanda J. Shallcross, ND, MPH, Pallavi Visvanathan, PhD, Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, MD, MS, Anaïs Hausvater, MD, Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, Hua Zhong, PhD, Ki Park, MD, Puja K. Mehta, MD, Dwithiya K. Thomas, MD, Jeffrey Trost, MD, Kevin R. Bainey, MD, Bobak Heydari, MD, Janet Wei, MD, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, PhD, RN, Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS, Judith S. Hochman, MD, Harmony R. Reynolds, MD

“…Methods: Women with elevated stress (Perceived Stress Scale [PSS-4]≥6) at least 2 months after MI were enrolled from 12 hospitals in the United States and Canada and via community advertising. …”
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Women in Ancient Egypt: determination of legal status and peculiarities of marriage and family relations by I. A. Lohvynenko, Ye. S. Lohvynenko

“…Generalisations and conclusions have been made, stating that it was in the religion of Ancient Egypt that the united cults of the divine couple with a son-infant appeared, which became a model for the Egyptians in creating their own family. …”
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A scoping review on U.S. undergraduate students with disabilities in STEM courses and STEM majors by Maura Borrego, Ariel Chasen, Hannah Chapman Tripp, Emily Landgren, Elisa Koolman

“…Abstract Background The purpose of this scoping review is to describe how the literature has discussed and studied disability in undergraduate-level STEM courses in the United States. A Critical Disability Studies lens informed our inclusion criteria. …”
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Alcohol Relapse After Liver Transplantation: Risk Factors, Outcomes, and a Comparison of Risk Stratification Models by Karen Young, Yuval A. Patel, Benson Hoffman, Sarah Peskoe, Shein-Chung Chow, Karli Erhart, Jennifer Jackson, Stephanie Garbarino

“…Background and Aims: Alcohol-related liver disease is a leading cause of liver transplantation (LT) in the United States; however, alcohol relapse remains a risk, and real-world assessment of relapse prediction scores is lacking. …”
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Detection and analysis of dynamic patterns of diurnal expression of mammalian genes by O. V. Podkolodnaya, N. N. Tverdokhleb, N. L. Podkolodnyy

“…As a result, the groups of genes united by the similarity of the shape of the daily expression curve without regard to their phase characteristics were identifed. …”
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Evaluation of the effect of cell freshness on pyrogen detection using a serum-free monocyte-activation test. by Katsuhiko Hayashi, Mizuki Sano, Toshie Kanayasu-Toyoda, Yuji Morita, Teruhide Yamaguchi, Kenji Ohya, Yutaka Kikuchi, Ken-Ichi Izutsu, Yukiko Hara-Kudo

“…PBMCs were incubated with a two-fold dilution series of LPS at 0.001-4.096 endotoxin units/mL (EU/mL). Interleukin-6 levels in the culture supernatant were quantified by ELISA in the presence and absence of LBP. …”
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Predominance of OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in a Moroccan Hospital by El Mehdi Belouad, Elmostafa Benaissa, Nadia El Mrimar, Fatna Bssaibis, Adil Maleb, Mostafa Elouennass

“…These strains were isolated mainly from urinary samples (74.8%) in patients admitted to emergency and surgical units. 81.1% of strains are producing ESBL and 29% are carbapenemase producers as confirmed by the Carba NP test, immunochromatographic test, and molecular testing. …”
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Transcending the painful boundaries...: a few additions to Vanda Zaborskaitėʼs biography by Žydronė Kolevinskienė

“…However, her firm position, exceptional competence, high criteria for literary education, uncompromising opinion, encouragement of critical thinking and confidence allowed the people of the Department of Lithuanian and Foreign Literature of the Pedagogical Institute to unite for the future of the school, for the survival of the studies of the Lithuanian language because, for her, the studies of the Lithuanian language represent the consciousness of ‘Lithuanianness’. …”
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“Diversity’s good unless you have a Southern accent, then you’re a hick”: Self-evaluation, linguistic insecurity and symbolic domination in Middle Tennessee by Marc-Philippe Brunet

“…The linguistic variety spoken in the south of the United States (Southern American English, hereafter SAE), is a well-documented field of investigation (Farington et al., 2018; Feagin, 2018; Fridland, 2003, 2008; Labov et al., 2006; Nunnally & Bailey, 2018; Reed, 2014). …”
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Ensuring the Reliability and Efficiency of the Power Industry in the Agricultural Sector of the Republic of Belarus in Modern Conditions by I. V. Protosovitskii, E. P. Zabello, M. A. Prishchepov, V. A. Daineko

“…Since there are a number of technologies in agriculture where electric energy is used without the electric drive units application and each of the technological processes has its own requirements for the reliability and quality of electric energy, the scheme of mutual redundancy from adjacent substations using distributed generation sources and technical means of automated energy accounting, control and management of electrical loads, is considered.…”
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The Impact of Insulin Degludec on Glucocorticoid-Induced Hyperglycemia in Patients with Diabetes and COVID-19 Infection by Varun Prasanna, Ravindranath Venketesan

“…The average IDeg dose increased significantly from baseline to day 7/discharge (15.6 ± 5.0 and 20.1 ± 6.5 units, respectively; P < 0.05). There was nonsignificant increase in average HA dose from 53.1 ± 16.7 IU on day 1 to 59.8 ± 16.6 IU on discharge day. …”
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Thoracolumbar and Lumbopelvic Spinal Alignment During the Barbell Back Squat: A Comparison Between Men and Women by Victor Bengtsson, Lars Berglund, Fredrik Öhberg, Ulrika Aasa

“…Spinal alignment and range of motion were measured using inertial measurement units placed on the thoracic, lumbar and sacral spine. …”
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