Risk factors and preventive measures for severe orofacial and neck infections: a three-year observational study by Jarno Velhonoja, Meira Lääveri, Tero Soukka, Saara Haatainen, Noora Al-Neshawy, Ilpo Kinnunen, Heikki Irjala

“…Length of stay (LOS), intensive care unit (ICU) stay, complications and mortality were used as the main outcome variables, and various pre-admission factors and clinical and laboratory parameters were used as the predictor variables. …”
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Influence of forage-to-concentrate ratio on the effects of a radiata pine bark extract on methane production and fermentation using the rumen simulation technique by N. Vera, S. Suescun-Ospina, C. Gutiérrez-Gómez, P. Williams, C. Fuentealba, R. Allende, J. Ávila-Stagno

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Cardiovascular risk and mortality in men receiving testosterone replacement therapy for Klinefelter syndrome in Denmark: a retrospective cohort studyResearch in context by Simon Chang, Lars Pedersen, Anne Skakkebæk, Agnethe Berglund, Claus H. Gravholt

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Effect of the gut microbiome in glaucoma risk from the causal perspective by He Chen, Meng Zhou, Zicheng Zhang, Siqi Bao, Jia Qu, Yaxuan Wu, Ronghua Shi

“…An independent cohort from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol (MRC-IEU) Consortium (1715 cases and 359 479 controls) was used to validate causal effects.Results Results of the MR analysis suggested that the family Oxalobacteraceae (OR 0.900, 95% CI 0.843 to 0.961, p=0.002) and the genus Eggerthella (OR 0.881, 95% CI 0.811 to 0.957, p=0.003) had a negative effect on glaucoma, whereas the genus Bilophila (OR 1.202, 95% CI 1.074 to 1.346, p=0.001), LachnospiraceaeUCG010 (OR 1.256, 95% CI 1.109 to 1.423, p=0.0003) and Ruminiclostridium 9 (OR 1.258, 95% CI 1.083 to 1.461, p=0.003) had a positive effect on glaucoma. …”
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Prevalence of Depression and Sleep Disorders in Patients on Dialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Qatar by Fadwa Al-Ali, Mostafa Elshirbeny, Abdullah Hamad, Ahmad Kaddourah, Tarek Ghonimi, Rania Ibrahim, Tarek Fouda

“…This prospective cross-sectional study included adult ESRD patients receiving either hemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD) in the main tertiary dialysis unit in Qatar. We administered two surveys to evaluate depression (the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, http://www.bmedreport.com/archives/7139) and sleep disorders (the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, https://www.sleep.pitt.edu/instruments/). …”
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Germ cell quantification in human fetal and prepubertal testis tissues: a comparison of current methodologies by Emma Kearney, David Greenald, Gabriele Matilionyte, Sheila Lane, Melissa D Tharmalingam, Jill Davies, Jan-Bernd Stukenborg, Grace Forsyth, Rod T Mitchell

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Intravenous Administration of Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Protein Extracts Improves Neurological Deficits in a Rat Model of Stroke by Kai Zhao, Rui Li, Changcong Gu, Long Liu, Yulong Jia, Xize Guo, Wanping Zhang, Chunying Pei, Linlu Tian, Bo Li, Jianrong Jia, Huakun Cheng, Hongwei Xu, Lixian Li

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OPTIMASI NILAI h1/d PADA KEBERLAKUAN PERSAMAAN BERNOULLI by Hindaresmi Hindaresmi, Moh. Toifur

“…The video generated from the water leak recording is then tracked using the tracker application to get the h1 value per unit of time. The results obtained from this study were found a relationship between the rate of decrease in water and the diameter of the leak hole, namely the larger the diameter of the leak hole, the greater the rate of water reduction that occurred on the surface of the vessel and a relationship was obtained between the speed of water reduction (efflux speed) and the flow rate. water in the leak hole, namely the greater the efflux velocity, the greater the rate of water leakage on the side of the vessel.   …”
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Severe Obesity in Women Can Lead to Worse Memory Function and Iron Dyshomeostasis Compared to Lower Grade Obesity by Jessica M. V. Pino, Vitória F. Silva, Marcos Mônico-Neto, Danielle C. Seva, Melissa Y. Kato, July N. Alves, Gabriela C. Pereira, Hanna Karen M. Antunes, Thales D. Galvao, Lia R. A. Bitterncourt, Sergio Tufik, Lysien I. Zambrano, Ana R. Dâmaso, Lila M. Oyama, David Thivel, Raquel M. S. Campos, Kil S. Lee

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Study on the evolution of the spatial patterns and driving factors of national agricultural cultural heritage in China. by Lifei Xu, Yuyu Liao, Jun Liu

“…In analyzing spatial autocorrelation, drawing on existing relevant research results, the study selected county-level administrative districts as the research unit. The analysis results show that there is a positive spatial correlation between China's national agricultural cultural heritage sites in 2017 and beyond, with the spatial distribution types mainly being LL and LH. …”
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Vaccine effectiveness against influenza-associated hospitalizations in adults with liver disease, 2015–2020: US Hospitalized Adult Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Network (HAIVEN)... by Po-Han Huang, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Richard K. Zimmerman, Samantha M. Olson, H. Keipp Talbot, Yuwei Zhu, Manjusha Gaglani, Kempapura Murthy, Arnold S. Monto, Emily T. Martin, Fernanda P. Silveira, G.K. Balasubramani

“…Compared with those without liver disease, adults with liver disease were more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit (15.7% vs 12.8%, p = .001) or to die in hospital (3.0% vs 1.4%, p < .001). …”
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Doxycycline Usage for Prevention of Leptospirosis among Farmers and Reasons for Failure to Use Chemoprophylaxis: A Descriptive Study from Southern Sri Lanka by C. L. Fonseka, B. N. Vidanapathirana, C. M. de Silva, A. A. B. B. Athukorala, P. R. Goonawardena, A. P. Karunathilake, I. H. Rajapakse, A. S. Dissanayake

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Celastrol boosts fluconazole efficacy against vaginal candidiasis: in vitro and in vivo evidence by Fatma Al-zahraa A. Yehia, Hisham A Abbas, Tarek M. Ibrahim, Basem Mansour, Zuhier A. Awan, Mohammed W. Al-Rabia, Wesam H. Abdulaal, Mustafa Adnan Zeyadi, Solomon Z. Okbazghi, Tarek S. Ibrahim, Wael A. H. Hegazy, Salwa E. Gomaa

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Inflammatory-Related Clinical and Metabolic Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients by Maria Martinez-Urbistondo, Alberto Mora-Vargas, Esther Expósito-Palomo, Raquel Castejón, M. Jesús Citores, Silvia Rosado, Carmen de Mendoza, Isolina Baños, Ana Fernández-Cruz, Lidia Daimiel, Rodrigo San-Cristóbal, Juan Antonio Vargas, J. Alfredo Martinez

“…Plasma IL-6 determinations evidenced a consistent association with hospital stay days, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission, and mortality rates. Similar trends were found for other proinflammatory variables, where ferritin and NLI showed a remarkable value as surrogates. …”
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Assessment of Peacock Spot Disease (<i>Fusicladium oleagineum</i>) in Olive Orchards Through Agronomic Approaches and UAV-Based Multispectral Imaging by Hajar Hamzaoui, Ilyass Maafa, Hasnae Choukri, Ahmed El Bakkali, Salma El Iraqui El Houssaini, Rachid Razouk, Aziz Aziz, Said Louahlia, Khaoula Habbadi

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Outpatient treatment of worsening heart failure with intravenous and subcutaneous diuretics: a systematic review of the literature by Eric Wierda, Cathelijne Dickhoff, Martin Louis Handoko, Liane Oosterom, Wouter Emmanuel Kok, Y. deRover, B.A.J.M. deMol, Loek vanHeerebeek, Jutta Maria Schroeder‐Tanka

“…Conclusions The reviewed studies present practice‐based results of treatment of patients with worsening HF with intravenous or subcutaneous diuretics in an outpatient HF care unit and report that it is effective by relieving symptoms with a low risk of adverse events. …”
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Evaluation of municipal waste collection performance using operational data by G.M. Hoang, H.T.T. Ha, N.T.L. Le, N.D. Toan

“…The operational efficiency indicators, including the deadhead rate, waste collected per distance unit, stopping time rate, and costs, are estimated to evaluate the effectiveness of municipal solid waste collection services.FINDINGS: The results indicate that solid waste collection efficiency of 1.67 tons/kilometers is low for high-density population areas. …”
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An atomically controlled insulator-to-metal transition in iridate/manganite heterostructures by Enyang Men, Deyang Li, Haiyang Zhang, Jingxin Chen, Zhihan Qiao, Long Wei, Zhaosheng Wang, Chuanying Xi, Dongsheng Song, Yuhan Li, Hyoungjeen Jeen, Kai Chen, Hong Zhu, Lin Hao

“…We further showcased the central role of effective correlation in modulating the insulator-to-metal transition, by demonstrating that the critical thickness of iridate for triggering the metallic state can be systematically reduced down to a single unit-cell layer.…”
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In-hospital costs of diabetic foot infection at a national referral hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia by Fitrianingsih, Rani Sauriasari, Em Yunir, Agusdini Banun Saptaningsih

“…Data were taken from the medical admissions record unit, electronic health records (EHR), hospital integrated system (HIS) and the foot registry system in the metabolic endocrine division, in relation to diabetic foot infection (DFI) as the primary or secondary diagnosis. …”
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Continuous overnight monitoring of body temperature during embryo transfer cycles as a proxy for establishing progesterone fluctuations by comparison with P4 blood progesterone res... by T.G. Knowles, J.A. García-Velasco, M. Toribio, N. Garrido, A.I. Barrio Pedraza, C. Colomé Rakosnik, A. Salazar Vera, R. Milnes

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