Physicians’ Perceptions of the Quality of Palliative Care and of the Importance of Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Teams in Norwegian Nursing Homes by Skomakerstuen Ødbehr L, Hov R, Sanaker H, Sandsdalen T

“…Liv Skomakerstuen Ødbehr,1,* Reidun Hov,2,* Harald Sanaker,3,* Tuva Sandsdalen1,* 1Department of Health and Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, University of Inland Norway, Elverum, Norway; 2Centre for Development of Institutional and Home Care Services Inland (Hedmark) Norway, Hamar Municipality, Norway; 3Municipal Medical Center, Ringsaker Municipality, Brumunddal, Norway*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Liv Skomakerstuen Ødbehr, Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, University of Inland Norway, Post Box 400, Elverum, 2418, Norway, Tel +47 959 079 84, Email liv.odbehr@inn.noPurpose: The palliative phase of a patient’s life is often characterized by disease complexity, increasing the need for holistic care, support for the patient’s relatives, and the up-to-date knowledge of a multidisciplinary healthcare team. …”
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Cooling and Sterile Inflammation in an Oxygen-Glucose-Deprivation/Reperfusion Injury Model in BV-2 Microglia by Jana Lücht, Nele Rolfs, Sylvia J. Wowro, Felix Berger, Katharina R. L. Schmitt, Giang Tong

“…Cultured supernatants were harvested after exposure to OGD for analysis of DAMP secretions, including high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), and CIRBP, and cytotoxicity was assessed by lactate dehydrogenase releases after exposure to OGD and reperfusion. …”
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Exploring the Relationship Between Sleep Apnea, Myocardial Infarct Size, and Coronary Collaterals in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Multidisciplinary Study by Kundel V, Devarakonda K, Khan S, Suarez-Farinas M, Cohen O, Santos-Gallego C, Menegus MA, Kini A, Vengrenyuk Y, Okamoto N, Ueda H, Gidwani U, Kizer JR, Redline S, Kaplan R, Shah N

“…Vaishnavi Kundel,1 Kavya Devarakonda,1 Samira Khan,1 Mayte Suarez-Farinas,1 Oren Cohen,1 Carlos Santos-Gallego,1 Mark A Menegus,2 Annapoorna Kini,1 Yuliya Vengrenyuk,1 Naotaka Okamoto,1 Hiroshi Ueda,1 Umesh Gidwani,1 Jorge R Kizer,3 Susan Redline,4 Robert Kaplan,2,5 Neomi Shah1 1Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; 2Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; 3Cardiology Section, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; 4Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 5Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USACorrespondence: Vaishnavi Kundel, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1232, New York, NY, 10029, USA, Tel +1-212-241-1967, Email Vaishnavi.kundel@mssm.eduPurpose: We designed a study investigating the cardioprotective role of sleep apnea (SA) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), focusing on its association with infarct size and coronary collateral circulation.Methods: We recruited adults with AMI, who underwent Level-III SA testing during hospitalization. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Hospital-Wide Bacterial Species and Antibiograms to Inform Management at a Zonal Tertiary Hospital in Mwan... by Justine BN, Mushi MF, Silago V, Igembe Z, Muyombe J, Kishengena PP, Michael Jnr NS, Maganga MG, Massenga A, Tegete F, Massaga FA, Seni J

“…Baraka N Justine,1 Martha F Mushi,1 Vitus Silago,1 Zechariah Igembe,2 John Muyombe,2 Peter Peter Kishengena,2 Nyanda Shango Michael Jnr,2 Mathew Gabriel Maganga,3 Alicia Massenga,4,5 Francis Tegete,6 Fabian A Massaga,5,7 Jeremiah Seni1,2 1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill-Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania; 2Clinical Microbiology Unit, Central Pathology Laboratory, Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania; 3Department of Pharmacy and Quality Assurance Unit, Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania; 4Department of Pediatric Surgery, Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania; 5Department of General Surgery, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania; 6Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania; 7Department of General Surgery, Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, TanzaniaCorrespondence: Jeremiah Seni, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill-Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, P.O. Box 1464, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania, Tel +255 784 593000, Email senijj80@gmail.comPurpose: The National Action Plan on antimicrobial resistance (NAP-AMR) in Tanzania is focused on blood stream infections and urinary tract infections despite skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) being common. …”
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Feedback of aggregate patient-reported outcomes (PROs) data to clinicians and hospital end users: findings from an Australian codesign workshop process by Monique F Kilkenny, Dominique A Cadilhac, Shaun L Hancock, Violet Marion, Paulette Kelly, Sibilah Breen, Benjamin Clissold, Lauren Sanders, Olivia Francis Ryan, Penina Gunzburg, Shae Cooke, Lauren Guy

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Indications for an antidepressive effect of thymosin alpha-1 in a small open-label proof of concept study in common variable immune deficiency patients with depression by Daniël G. Aynekulu Mersha, Sarah E. Fromme, Frank van Boven, Gara Arteaga-Henríquez, Annemarie Wijkhuijs, Marianne van der Ent, Raf Berghmans, Bernard T. Baune, Hemmo A. Drexhage, Virgil Dalm

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Renewed Global Partnerships and Redesigned Roadmaps for Rabies Prevention and Control by Tiziana Lembo, Michaël Attlan, Hervé Bourhy, Sarah Cleaveland, Peter Costa, Katinka de Balogh, Betty Dodet, Anthony R. Fooks, Elly Hiby, Fernando Leanes, François-Xavier Meslin, Mary Elizabeth Miranda, Thomas Müller, Louis H. Nel, Charles E. Rupprecht, Noël Tordo, Abbigail Tumpey, Alexander Wandeler, Deborah J. Briggs

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Molecular and immune landscape of tumours in geriatric patients with non-small cell lung cancer, melanoma and renal cell carcinoma by Abdul Rafeh Naqash, April K Salama, Emil Lou, Andrew Elliott, Wafik S El-Deiry, Chul Kim, Stephen V Liu, Anwaar Saeed, Hirva Mamdani, Khalil Choucair, Dipesh Uprety, Phillip Walker, Himisha Beltran, Matthew James Oberley, Azhar Saeed, Lujia Chen

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Unique thermal architecture integrating heliostat solar fields with a dual-loop power generation cycle employing thermoelectric; thermal/financial study and GA optimization by Amr S. Abouzied, Xiaoming Guo, Azher M. Abed, Mohammed A. Alghassab, Fahad M. Alhomayani, Baseem Khan, Yasser Elmasry, Ahmad Almadhor, Salem Alkhalaf, Albara Ibrahim Alrawashdeh

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Microbes and metabolites of a plant-parasite interaction: Deciphering the ecology of Tetrastigma host choice in the world’s largest parasitic flower, Rafflesia by Jeanmaire Molina, Roche C. de Guzman, Rinat Abzalimov, Wenkai Huang, Anusha Guruprasad, Ronniel Pedales, Adhityo Wicaksono, Destiny Davis, John Rey Callado, Hans Bänziger, Piyakaset Suksathan, William Eaton, Pride Yin, Marco Bürger, Mick Erickson, Stephen Jones, James Adams, Susan Pell

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Determining the status of ecosystem degradation trends and their implications for ecological integrity in the southern African grassland biome by L.R. Vukeya, T.M. Mokotjomela, N. Pillay

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One-pot green synthesis of BSA-capped O-CQDs as an effective fluorescent sensing platform for sensitive and selective detection of promethazine drug by S. Viji, A. Dinesh, K. Radhakrishnan, L. Srimathi Priya, C. Sivasankari, Madhappan Santhamoorthy, Manikandan Ayyar, V. Mohanavel, Mohamed Hashem, Hassan Fouad, G. Ramachandran, S. Santhoshkumar

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Hydrogen production by the water-gas shift reaction: A comprehensive review on catalysts, kinetics, and reaction mechanism by Leila Dehimi, Oualid Alioui, Yacine Benguerba, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Javed Khan Bhutto, Ahmed M. Fallatah, Tanuj Shukla, Maha Awjan Alreshidi, Marco Balsamo, Michael Badawi, Alessandro Erto

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Synthesis of Mg-, Al- and Mg/Al-date palm fronds modified biochars: characterization and investigations on phosphorus adsorption characteristics by Jellali, Salah, Hadroug, Samar, Al-Wardy, Malik, Hamdi, Helmi,  Al-Sabahi, Jamal, Bekri, Imene, Al-Raeesi, Ahmed, Hamdi, Wissem,  Jeguirim, Mejdi

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Modeling the determinants of attrition in a two-stage epilepsy prevalence survey in Nairobi using machine learning by Daniel M. Mwanga, Isaac C. Kipchirchir, George O. Muhua, Charles R. Newton, Damazo T. Kadengye, Abankwah Junior, Albert Akpalu, Arjune Sen, Bruno Mmbando, Charles R. Newton, Cynthia Sottie, Dan Bhwana, Daniel Mtai Mwanga, Damazo T. Kadengye, Daniel Nana Yaw, David McDaid, Dorcas Muli, Emmanuel Darkwa, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Gershim Asiki, Gergana Manolova, Guillaume Pages, Helen Cross, Henrika Kimambo, Isolide S. Massawe, Josemir W. Sander, Mary Bitta, Mercy Atieno, Neerja Chowdhary, Patrick Adjei, Peter O. Otieno, Ryan Wagner, Richard Walker, Sabina Asiamah, Samuel Iddi, Simone Grassi, Sloan Mahone, Sonia Vallentin, Stella Waruingi, Symon Kariuki, Tarun Dua, Thomas Kwasa, Timothy Denison, Tony Godi, Vivian Mushi, William Matuja

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Biological subphenotypes in patients hospitalized with suspected infection in Thailand: a secondary analysis of a prospective observational studyResearch in context by Prapassorn Poolchanuan, Taylor D. Coston, Viriya Hantrakun, Parinya Chamnan, Gumphol Wongsuvan, Pavan K. Bhatraju, Narisara Chantratita, Direk Limmathurotsakul, T. Eoin West, Shelton W. Wright

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Groundwater vulnerability and, risk assessment of seawater intrusion for the development of a strategy plan towards sustainability: Case of the Souss-Massa coastal area, Morocco by Yassine Ez-zaouy, Lhoussaine Bouchaou, Mohammed Hssaisoune, Abdelhaq Aangri, Gianluigi Busico, Saadou Oumarou Danni, Oumaima Attar, Mohamed Nehmadou, Aicha Saad, Yassine Ait Brahim

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Defining Nocturnal Polyuria in Adolescents by Tasmia Promi, Anthony Brooks, Gulzhan Tologonova, Marie-Claire Roberts, Sarita Dhuper, Meseret Tena, Oluwatoyin Bamgbola, Monique Hanono, Jeffrey P. Weiss, Karel Everaert, Tine DeBacker, Thomas F. Monaghan, Louis Salciccioli, Stephen Wadowski, Elka Jacobson-Dickman, Jason M. Lazar

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Role of stability analysis and waste discharge concentration of ternary hybrid nanofluid in a non-Newtonian model with slip boundary conditions by Nurhana Mohamad, Shuguang Li, Umair Khan, Anuar Ishak, Ali Elrashidi, Mohammed Zakarya

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Acetylation of proximal cysteine-lysine pairs by alcohol metabolism by Courtney D. McGinnis, Peter S. Harris, Brenton I.M. Graham, John O. Marentette, Cole R. Michel, Laura M. Saba, Richard Reisdorph, James R. Roede, Kristofer S. Fritz

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