Fatigue in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: protocol of the Dutch multicentre, longitudinal, observational FAntasTIGUE study by Mirjam A G Sprangers, Martijn A Spruit, Emiel F M Wouters, Daisy J A Janssen, Jean W M Muris, Judith B Prins, Yvonne M J Goërtz, Milou Looijmans, Melissa S Y Thong, Jeannette B Peters, Chris Burtin, Yvonne Meertens-Kerris, Arnold Coors, Jan H Vercoulen

“…Finally, at 18 and 24 months the participants will be followed up on their fatigue, number of exacerbations, exacerbation-related hospitalisation and survival.Ethics and dissemination This protocol was approved by the Medical research Ethics Committees United, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands (NL60484.100.17).Trial registration number NTR6933; Pre-results.…”
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Transformações nos modelos de produção agrícola e nas paisagens: by Roberto Verdum, Alfonso Garcia de la Vega

“…As for the methodological strategies to achieve this objective, the analysis of landscape transformations in two specific landscape units is considered fundamental: the Pla d'Urgell (Lleida Depression - ESP) and the Coxilhas do Arroio Miracatu (Pampa Depression - BRA), also for the generation of new knowledge for Geography research and teaching, from the perspective of comparison between different geographical spaces.…”
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Muscle Architecture of Leg Muscles: Functional and Clinical Significance by Gurpreet Kaur, Rekha Lalwani, Manal M. Khan, Sunita A Athavale

“…This data is vital for musculoskeletal modelling and selecting the appropriate muscle–tendon units for tendon transfers. Cadaveric data for architectural properties is the gold standard and primary input for musculoskeletal modelling. …”
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Understanding barriers to young people’s utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services in Asia-Pacific countries: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis by Daniel Mackay, Benjamin Gregory, Evi Germeni, Watcharakorn Riabroi

“…Introduction Based on the United Nations’ sustainable development goals, universal access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services should be attained by 2030. …”
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Ministry of Justice is the Main Subject for Implementing Public Administration in Providing Forensic Science Services by О. V. Agapova

“…It has been stated that the structure of the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine is hierarchically built, consists of a number of structural units that perform different functions depending on the direction and delegated powers. …”
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Comparison of Initial Clinical Presentations between Primary Hyperparathyroidism Patients from New Brunswick and Changsha by Lingqiong Meng, Shuying Liu, Aseel Al-Dayyeni, Zhifeng Sheng, Zhiguang Zhou, Xiangbing Wang

“…There are distinct biochemical and clinical differences between patients with PHPT in China and the United States. Our study revealed that Asian PHPT patients from Changsha presented more severe PHPT profiles, lower bone mineral density, and higher incidence of renal stones.…”
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‘I am happy to be listened to’: co-creation of a simple tool to measure women’s experiences of respectful maternity care in urban Tanzania by Brenda Sequeira D’mello, Natasha Housseine, Hussein Lesio Kidanto, Nanna Maaløe, Jos van Roosmalen, Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch, Thomas van den Akker, Zainab Muniro, Evance Polin, Nuswe Ambokile, Charles Festo, Jane Brandt Sørensen, David Sando

“…We aimed to (i) co-create a routine RMC measurement tool (RMC-T) for congested maternity units in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and (ii) assess the RMC-T’s acceptability among women and healthcare stakeholders. …”
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Improvement of Mechanical Characteristics on Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Surface through Zinc Oxide Atomic Layer Deposition Film by Minpyo Hong, Kyungmin Kim, Yongnam Song

“…Organic material layers in molecular units were mixed with ALD ZnO films to minimize surface cracks through a molecular layer deposition (MLD) technique. …”
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Effects of Adulteration on Diesel Oil with Kerosene Fuel in Ghana by K.O. Boadu

“…The values obtained from the experiments conform to respective standards of United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) regulations at 40CFR 79, 2017 and other literature values. …”
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Diversity of frontier processes in Amazonian subnational jurisdictions: Frontier metrics reveal major patterns of human–nature interactions by Guido Briceño, Julie Betbeder, Agnès Bégué, Guillaume Cornu, David Katz-Asprilla, Marie-Gabrielle Piketty, Solen Le Clech, Vinicius Silgueiro, Hélène Dessard, Lilian Blanc

“…Identifying the differences and similarities between units and associated changes in forest cover due to deforestation, degradation and regrowth is crucial for context-specific management and planning. …”
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Achieving water budget closure through physical hydrological process modelling: insights from a large-sample study by X. Zheng, D. Liu, S. Huang, H. Wang, X. Meng

“…We examined the efficiency of the PHPM-MDCF and the distribution of residuals across 475 contiguous United States (CONUS) basins selected by hydrological simulation reliability. …”
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Factors associated with quality of life and work ability among Finnish municipal employees: a cross-sectional study by Eliisa Löyttyniemi, Paivi Rautava, Elina Bergman, Saana Myllyntausta, Päivi Elina Korhonen

“…The aim of this study was to demonstrate factors associated with QoL and self-reported work ability among public sector employees, while taking into account several confounding factors, including sleep quality, occupational stress and psychological symptoms.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in Finland among 710 employees (89% women, mean age 49 (SD=10) years) from 10 municipal work units in 2015. Information about the participants was collected by physical examination, self-administered questionnaire and from medical history. …”
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Job Description of Community Police Officers of the National Police of Ukraine by V. I. Barko, V. V. Barko

“…It has been emphasized that scientifically substantiated professional research of professional police activity will create favorable conditions for increasing the efficiency of professional selection of personnel and appointment of police officers, will promote more efficient use of personnel potential of police units, enable improvement of training, retraining and professional development of police officers, rationalization of working conditions, reduction of morbidity, etc. …”
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Comprehensive assessment as part of the assistive technology service delivery process by Rina Juel Kaptain, Michelle Riisager, Christina Juul, Morten Rye Olsen, Eva Ejlersen Wæhrens

“…The target population was occupational therapists providing AT through the AT service delivery process in municipal units. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics.Results The sample included n = 206 Danish occupational therapists completing the questionnaire. …”
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The impact of bariatric surgery on gut microbiota: a bibliometric analysis of research trends and scientific contributions by Shuaichang Gong, Xiabiao Zhang, Xiabiao Zhang, Xiaoliang Chen, Ping Wan, Longfei Zhou, Jun Zhang

“…Since 2015, the rate of publication has significantly accelerated. The United States leads in both the number of publications and average citations per article. …”
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Relationship between accelerometer-measured physical activity and depressive symptoms in hemodialysis patients with comorbid diabetes mellitus: a multicenter cross-sectional study by Ruiting Liang, Ruiting Liang, Xiaoyu Chen, Gaowa Siqin, Zhixin Zhang, Zhixin Zhang, Shumei Zhang, Lihua Li, SarNa Talin, Qi Guo

“…Physical activity (PA) was measured using the triaxial accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X+, Pensacola, FL, United States). We measured depressive symptoms using the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) (PHQ-9 ⩾ 10). …”
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How do crime and neighborhood environment affect transit ridership? Evidence from five metropolitan cities in the Texas Triangle by Qian He, Jianling Li

“…Transit ridership is an important factor in evaluating transit service performance and an essential source of revenue for transit authorities in the United States. Alongside internal service characteristics such as average headways and service frequency, the neighborhood environment context of transit-adjacent areas has been shown to affect ridership in many ways, with neighborhood crime being a major concern. …”
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Cardiopulmonary fitness in children/adolescents with chronic kidney disease and the impact of exercise training: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational study and ra... by Fan Zhang, Yan Bai, Liuyan Huang, Yifei Zhong

“…The studies found that the mean cardiopulmonary fitness was 1.82 standardized mean differences (SMDs) units (95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.43–2.20) lower in children/adolescents with CKD than in healthy controls or reference values. …”
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Competing Risks Analysis of Cancer-associated Recurrent Thrombosis, Major Bleeds, and Death in a Geriatric Cohort by Joshua D. Brown, Kelley L. Ratermann, Kelley L. Ratermann, Jeffery C. Talbert, Jeffery C. Talbert, Val R. Adams, Val R. Adams

“…These results are consistent with United States guidelines which recommend LMWHs over warfarin for treatment and secondary prevention of VTE.…”
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Excessive copper induces lignin biosynthesis in the leaves and roots of two citrus species: Physiological, metabolomic and anatomical aspects by Xin Zhou, Xing Xiong, Fei Lu, Wenqing Shi, Yu Zhou, Ningwei Lai, Li-Song Chen, Zeng-Rong Huang

“…The histochemical staining supported that Cu stress improved the deposition of both guaiacy and syringy lignin units in citrus roots. The enzyme activity and gene expression revealed that activating lignin-biosynthetic enzymes, such as L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, peroxidase and laccase, played an essential role in lignin biosynthesis. …”
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