Incidence and Impact of Ventilator Associated Multidrug Resistant Pneumonia in Patients with SARS-COV2 by Seife Yohannes, Zaki Ahmed, Rachel Schelling, Swaminathan Perinkulam Sathyanarayanan, Alexandra Pratt, Mathew P. Schreiber

“…Patients who developed VAP had almost twice as long hospital and ICU LOS.…”
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Drift-Alfvén wave turbulence induced particle and heat transport in I-mode pedestal plasmas by Junang Zhang, Lu Wang, Weixin Guo

“…The particle diffusivity is $0.21\,{{\text{m}}^2} \cdot {{\text{s}}^{ - 1}}$ , which is about twice of the experimental value. Meanwhile, the electron thermal conductivity is $0.27\,{{\text{m}}^2} \cdot {{\text{s}}^{ - 1}}$ , and is in very good agreement with the corresponding experimental and simulation values. …”
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Effects of proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists on response to fidaxomicin or vancomycin in patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea by Thomas Louie, Karl Weiss, Mark A Miller, Kathleen Mullane, Derrick W Crook, Sherwood L Gorbach

“…However, it is not known whether the use of PPIs or histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs) concurrently with CDAD-targeted antibiotic treatment affects clinical response or recurrence rates.Design In two phase 3 trials, patients with toxin-positive CDAD were randomised to receive fidaxomicin 200 mg twice daily or vancomycin 125 mg four times daily for 10 days. …”
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Feasibility of using Nanofiltration membranes to delay Reverse Osmosis membrane fouling and to reduce energy consumption (BWC desalination plant) by Mourad Berrabah, Khadidja Benyahia, Ahlem Zerfa, Hassiba Bouabdesselam

“…It allows for partial desalination and also allows for the preparation of water for industrial use (cooling....) at twice the pressure and at higher conversion rates (90%). …”
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Predicting Future Surface Runoff Delivered to the Euphrates River Using LARSWG and SWAT Models: (Sahiliya Valley in the Iraqi Western    Desert as a Case Study) by Wisam Abdulabbas Abidalla, Basim Sh. Abed

“…The data results from SWAT modelling shows that maximum runoff occurs in October and November in winter season, and March in spring season in each year, and the runoff occurs at a rate of one to four (1-4) times annually, and in some years twice only. This means that the amount of surface runoff water added to the Euphrates River is limited from this valley. …”
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Effect of vasopressin on the expression of genes for key enzymes of interstitial hyaluronan turnover and concentration ability in WAG rat kidneys by L. N. Ivanova, A. V. Babina, G. S. Baturina, L. E. Katkova

“…The V2 receptor-selective vasopressin analog dDAVP (100 μg/kg bw, ip, twice a day for 2 days) induced a considerable decrease in Has2 mRNA content in the papilla with less pronounced changes in the cortex. …”
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The Effect of a Nurse-Led Multidisciplinary Team on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates by W. Bradley Dosher, Elena C. Loomis, Sherry L. Richardson, Jennifer A. Crowell, Richard D. Waltman, Lisa D. Miller, Muhammad Nazim, Faisal A. Khasawneh

“…A nurse-led interdisciplinary team dedicated to VAP prevention rounding twice a week to ensure adherence with a VAP prevention bundle lowered VAP rates in a community-hospital open MICU. …”
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Mortality and patient disposition after ICU tracheostomy for secretion management vs. prolonged ventilation: a retrospective cohort study by Dominique Dundaru-Bandi, Linda M. Zhu, Milana Schipper, Paul J. Warshawsky, Blair C. Schwartz

“…Patients receiving a tracheostomy for secretion management were twice as likely to be discharged to a new institution compared to prolonged ventilation patients. …”
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The use of modern e-health services including telemedicine and telepharmacy for remote patient care in Saudi Arabia by Farah K. Alhomoud

“…Female HCPs used e-health applications twice as often as males, and a decline in e-health use was seen with increasing age of participants. …”
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Gossypol is a natural product with good antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates by Jersley D. Chirawurah, Felix Ansah, Samuel Blankson, Bridget Adikah, Silas Nkansah Yeboah, Lucas Amenga-Etego, Gordon A. Awandare, Yaw Aniweh

“…On average, gossypol was found to be twice as potent against the laboratory strains compared to the clinical isolates, with IC₅₀ values of 6.490 µM and 11.670 µM, respectively. …”
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Problema protocronismului. Precizări by Edgar Papu

“…His idea about the Romanian aesthetic forms anticipating or preparing currents, motives or procedures that were later to be experienced and dealt with by the Western culture was published twice before (1977 and 1989), but this one is the first uncensored text diffused after the fall of the communist regime in Romania. …”
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Identification of duplicate accessions in the pea (<i>Pisum sativum</i> L.) collection at VIR by E. V. Semenova, V. V. Vasipov, I. N. Anisimova

“…The studied material included 17 pairs of Pisum sativum L. accessions from the VIR collection which presumably had been erroneously registered twice in the VIR catalogue; however, they had identical introductory numbers. …”
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Evolution of Sleep Apnea and Arousals in Patients with Ischemic Stroke: A Longitudinal Follow-Up Study by PR Srijithesh, Sivasubramanian Mythirayee, Doniparthi Venkata Seshagiri, Nitish L Kamble, Sanjib Sinha, Ravi Yadav

“…Patients underwent overnight polysomnography (PSG) twice – within 1 month of stroke onset and again after 3 months. …”
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Improved Medication Adherence with the Use of Extended-Release Tacrolimus in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Manisha Verma, Radi Zaki, Johnathan Sadeh, John P. Knorr, Mark Gallagher, Afshin Parsikia, Victor Navarro

“…Once-dailyextended-release tacrolimus (TAC-ER) may improve adherence when compared to twice-dailyimmediate-release tacrolimus (TAC-IR). …”
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Economic impacts of floods in China and adaptation strategies under climate change by Ying Xue, Jun Xia, Yuan Liu, Lei Zou

“…The findings revealed that the IELs were up to $37.9 billion, nearly twice the direct economic losses. Additionally, a sensitivity analysis showed that increasing production capacity and the timing required to achieve it were two key factors to reduce IELs. …”
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Role of Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE) In Improving the Socio- Economic Wellbeing of the Elderly Persons in Ikumba Sub-County Rubanda District. by Akampurira, Anthony

“…Public sensitization campaigns were recommended to be conducted at least twice per quarter to ensure those nearing eligibility are aware of the program and can apply for inclusion. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Periapical Radiography in Detection and Measurement of the External Root Resorption in Primary Molars: A Single-Blind Prospective Clinical Study by Shirin Taravati, Zohreh Balak, Vahid Rakhshan

“…After the extraction, the extent of resorption was directly measured, twice, by third and fourth observers blinded to radiographic estimates. …”
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Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in five US jurisdictions: Comparison of Delta and Omicron variants. by Julia M Baker, Jasmine Y Nakayama, Michelle O'Hegarty, Andrea McGowan, Richard A Teran, Stephen M Bart, Lynn E Sosa, Jessica Brockmeyer, Kayla English, Katie Mosack, Sanjib Bhattacharyya, Manjeet Khubbar, Nicole R Yerkes, Brooke Campos, Alina Paegle, John McGee, Robert Herrera, Marcia Pearlowitz, Thelonious W Williams, Hannah L Kirking, Jacqueline E Tate

“…Risk for household contacts of symptomatic index cases was twice that of household contacts of asymptomatic index cases (relative risk = 2.0, 95% confidence interval: 1.4-2.9), emphasizing the importance of symptom status, regardless of variant. …”
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Evaluating the effects of chlorhexidine and vitamin c mouthwash on oral health in non-surgical periodontal therapy: a randomized controlled clinical trial by Nurdan Ozmeric, Ayaz Enver, Sila Cagri Isler, Ceren Gökmenoğlu, Merve Topaloğlu, Hilal Selamet, Gökçen Altun, Selin Aykol Sayar

“…After using the mouthwash for 60 s twice daily along 14 days, patients recalled for evaluation of plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), bleeding on probing (BOP) and staining. …”
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Clinical Examination and Self-Reported Upper Extremity Impairments in Patients with Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Kerstin Gutefeldt, Simon Lundstedt, Ingrid S. M. Thyberg, Margareta Bachrach-Lindström, Hans J. Arnqvist, Anna Spångeus

“…Before the visit, a questionnaire on UEIs was filled in twice (test-retest) followed by clinical testing at the planned visit. …”
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