Redo Aortic Valve Replacement After Prior Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from Western Experience by Arber Aliu, Klodiana Durici, Ira Lazo, Altin Veshti

“…Data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Database reveal results that warrant attention, with concerns over reoperations after TAVR growing, mainly due to the uncertain feasibility of repeat TAVR.  …”
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Association between healthy lifestyle choices and mental health among students: a cross sectional study by Yan Wang, Jiayu Zhang, Lihua Huang, Xiaonan Li, Yanyan Zhong

“…Multiple analysis revealed that personal characteristics including female (1.280[1.035—1.582]), obesity (2.015[1.278—3.175]), general or poor health status (1.738[1.380—2.188]; 4.265[1.125—16.165]), occasionally attending health knowledge lectures or paying attention to health books and information (1.376[1.055—1.795]), healthy lifestyle choices including occasionally or seldom eating breakfast (1.393[1.105—1.757]; 1.825[1.287—2.587]), occasionally or seldom getting enough sleep (2.800[2.179—3.597]; 3.544[2.209—5.685]), a poor or very poor irregular schedule (1.792[1.222—2.628]; 3.619[1.380—9.486]), seldom or no physical exercise (1.395[1.053—1.847]; 1.377[1.066—1.779]), and often smoking (3.320[1.281—8.604]) were identified as significant predictors of poor mental health. …”
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Turkish-Iranian Relations in the Middle East: in Search of the Regional Balance by I. A. Svistunova

“…Turmoil in the Middle East attracts the attention of researchers to the issue of Turkish-Iranian relations. …”
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Academician V. H. Serheiev – Control System Designer, Founder of the Scientific and Design School, Honored Citizen of Kharkiv (on His 110th Birthday) by Elena Tverytnykova, Olena Voitiuk

“…Serheiev devoted a lot of attention to people. At his initiative and with his support, a district named after the founder of aerodynamics, M. …”
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The association between neutrophil to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and gallstones: a cross-sectional study by Yinkang Wang, Xingchen Shang, Yinchao Zhang, Yu Zhang, Wei Shen, Qian Wu, Wenyi Du

“…The metric neutrophil to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHR) derived from HDL-C has attracted much attention. The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between NHR and gallstones in a population of American adults. …”
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Explainable Self-Supervised Dynamic Neuroimaging Using Time Reversal by Zafar Iqbal, Md. Mahfuzur Rahman, Usman Mahmood, Qasim Zia, Zening Fu, Vince D. Calhoun, Sergey Plis

“…Methods: We pretrained an LSTM-based model with attention using the TR approach, focusing on learning the direction of time in fMRI data, achieving over 98 % accuracy on HCP and UK Biobank datasets. …”
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Poor Control of Plasma Triglycerides Is Associated with Early Decline of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rates in New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in China: Results from a 3-Year Follow-U... by Chuan Wang, Lingshu Wang, Kai Liang, Fei Yan, Xinguo Hou, Fuqiang Liu, Li Chen

“…It is time to pay more attention to the control of TG in new-onset T2DM.…”
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Roadmap for Designing Donor-<inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="bold-sans-serif">π</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-Acceptor Flu... by Guliz Ersoy, Maged Henary

“…Donor acceptor (D-<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">π</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-A) fluorophores containing a donor unit and an acceptor moiety at each end connected by a conjugated linker gained attention in the last decade due to their conjugated system and ease of tunability. …”
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A Heterogeneous Ensemble Learning Method Combining Spectral, Terrain, and Texture Features for Landslide Mapping by Yi He, Hesheng Chen, Qing Zhu, Qing Zhang, Lifeng Zhang, Tao Liu, Wende Li, Huaiyuan Chen

“…Then, we construct a heterogeneous ensemble learning landslide recognition method, which combines the advantages of fully convolutional network, U-Net, and attention U-Net base classifiers to fully learn the multidimensional features of landslides. …”
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Driving-Related Neuropsychological Performance in Stable COPD Patients by Foteini Karakontaki, Sofia-Antiopi Gennimata, Anastasios F. Palamidas, Theocharis Anagnostakos, Epaminondas N. Kosmas, Anastasios Stalikas, Charalambos Papageorgiou, Nikolaos G. Koulouris

“…All subjects underwent an attention/alertness battery of tests for assessing driving performance based on the Vienna Test System. …”
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Stress factors among physiotherapy students at a university in Gauteng, South Africa by Zander I. Collins, Chané Siepker, Kelebogile J. Ralehlaka, Boitshoko C. Molefe, Tiisetso C. Phala, Simphiwe A. Vilankulu, Makwena M. Sibuyi, Thembelihle S. Ntuli

“…Conclusion: The study found the severity of stress levels to be slightly below what has been reported in other studies. However, attention needs to be directed to female students to develop emotional self-efficacy skills. …”
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The association between health literacy, private health insurance, and medical expenditure in South Korea by Jeehye Lee, Hye Sook Min, Dong-Hee Ryu

“…The positive association between PHI and OOP medical expenditure highlights the need for policy attention to ensure sustainable healthcare financing and appropriate medical service utilization in Korea's healthcare system.…”
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Conceptual Principles of State Policy in the Field of Higher Education in Ukraine: Administrative and Legal Aspect by V. V. Abroskin

“…The emphasis has been placed on the fact that due to the competent use of the necessary tools during the development and implementation of state policy in the field of higher education it is possible to create conditions for the reproduction of educational potential of our state. Particular attention has been paid to the fact that the main purpose of higher education is the state investment in human capital in order to develop skills and professional competencies for priority areas of economic activity. …”
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Vegetation Dynamics and Sensitivity Responds to Climate Change in the Upstream of the Yellow River, China by XiangYu Lan, RuoWei Li, Xin Wang, TianCai Zhou, YunHui Li, JieJi Duo, Jian Sun

“…Generally, our findings highlight that more attention should be paid to the potential ecological risk areas (e.g., the southwestern URYR) with high temperature-sensitive vegetation (e.g., alpine meadow, alpine cushion vegetation, and alpine sparse vegetation). …”
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ТHE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HESIODS AS THE BIRTH OF PHILOSOPHICAL ONTOLOGY by Ігор ПАВЛЕНКО

“… The work of Hesiod, an ancient Greek epic poet, is considered, in particular, his poem “Theogony”, as one of the first cosmogonic constructions in European culture. Particular attention is drawn to the image and concept of Chaos – the initial state of the world, which also has a creative, creative essence. …”
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Enhanced Influence of Late‐Winter Arctic Oscillation on Early Spring Temperature in North and Northeast Asia by Xin Zhou, Tingting Han, Huijun Wang, Botao Zhou, Shengping He

“…However, the stability of the precursor signals in AO for Asian surface air temperature (SAT), which is important for short‐term climate prediction, has received little attention. In this study, a strengthened relationship is identified between the late‐winter AO and the early spring SAT over North and Northeast Asia (NNA) around the 1990s. …”
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Studying gender in the experiences of patients with heart failure: A scoping review of qualitative studies and methodological recommendations by Elias Thomas, Petra Verdonk, Jeanine Roeters-van Lennep, Hanneke Rhodius-Meester, Louis Handoko, Linda Schoonmade, Majon Muller, Maaike Muntinga

“…This led to results and conclusions which were drawn along binary lines – representing gender as two separate, oppositional and mutually exclusive categories, and paying little attention to the dynamic, relational and context-dependent aspects of gender. …”
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Evaluation and Comparison of Iodine-Based and Biosynthesized Gold Nanoparticles as X-Ray Contrast Agent and Their Effects on Renal Functions in Male Wistar Rats by Paul Ayanlola, Gbadebo Isola, Waidi Saka, Margaret Akinloye, Abraham Aremu, Mustapha Lawal

“…Introduction: Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have gained significant attention as a promising contrast agent to overcome the challenges of iodine-based contrast agents (ICAs), such as poor contrast, and renal toxicity. …”
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Experiences of change following a blended intervention for adults with ADHD and emotion dysregulation: a qualitative interview study by Emilie S. Nordby, Viktor Schønning, Alice Barnes, Hayley Denyer, Jonna Kuntsi, Astri J. Lundervold, Frode Guribye

“…Abstract Background Emotion dysregulation commonly co-occurs with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), leading to a range of negative outcomes. …”
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The assessment of the facial skin microbiota in patients with seborrheic dermatitis and metabolic syndrome by Kristina Yu. Molodykh, Elena R. Araviiskaia, Evgeny V. Sokolovskiy, Lyudmila A. Kraeva

“…Background. Currently, the attention of dermatologists is often directed to the study of changes in bacterial colonization of the skin, as one of the important links in the pathogenesis of skin diseases, including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, acne, and seborrheic dermatitis. …”
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