Pengaruh Pursed Lip Breathing Terhadap Peningkatan Toleransi Aktivitas Pada Pasien Penyakit Paru Obstruktif Kronik (PPOK) by Ririn Andasari, Saleha Salihun, Ayu Rizki Prabaningtyas

“…Penelitian ini termasuk Pra Eksperimentaldenganpre test-post test one-group design yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh Pursed Lip Breathing terhadap peningkatan toleransi aktivitas pada pasien PPOK di BBKPM Makassar.Sampel penelitian adalah pasien PPOKyang dipilih sesuai dengan kriteria inklusi, dan diperoleh sampel sebanyak 11 orang yangdiberikan latihanPursed Lip Breathing. …”
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A Comparison of Patient and Provider Perspectives on an Electronic Health Record–Based Discharge Communication Tool: Survey Study by Dorothy Yingxuan Wang, Eliza Lai-Yi Wong, Annie Wai-Ling Cheung, Kam-Shing Tang, Eng-Kiong Yeoh

“…Patient-provider comparison items focused on 3 aspects of the design quality of the tool (information clarity, adequacy, and usefulness) and overall satisfaction with the tool. …”
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Public administration bodies in the sphere of health protection of Ukraine by Pravylo О.

“…The author emphasizes that among a significant number of public and private law bodies which are designed to ensure the realization of the right of citizens to healthcare in Ukraine, the key subjects of administrative and legal regulation of relations in the healthcare sector are executive authorities and their officials. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Primary Trabeculectomy in Diabetic Patients without Retinopathy with Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma by Jian Liu, Miaomiao Zhang, Bin Li, Jianrong Wang

“…To evaluate primary trabeculectomy with adjunctive mitomycin-C (MMC) in diabetic patients without retinopathy with primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG). Design. This is a retrospective case series comparison. …”
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Axial spondyloarthritis in India: determining the delay in diagnosis, impact on work productivity, and attitude of patients toward treatment by Kamini Narendra Reddy, Asawari Raut, Pravin Patil

“…Data regarding disease duration, delay in diagnosis, and other demographics were collected using an investigator-designed questionnaire. Disease activity, quality of life, and loss in work productivity were determined using standardized scales. …”
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Harnessing the Influence of Pressure and Nutrients on Biological CO₂ Methanation Using Response Surface Methodology and Artificial Neural Network—Genetic Algorithm Appro... by Alexandros Chatzis, Konstantinos N. Kontogiannopoulos, Nikolaos Dimitrakakis, Anastasios Zouboulis, Panagiotis G. Kougias

“…Using a face-centered composite design, batch mode experiments were conducted to optimize methane production. …”
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The relative risk of fatal poisoning by methadone or buprenorphine within the wider population of England and Wales by Dave Marteau, Rebecca McDonald, Kamlesh Patel

“…Objective To examine the population-wide overdose risk emerging from the prescription of methadone and buprenorphine for opioid substitution treatment in England and Wales.Design Retrospective administrative data study.Setting National databases for England and Wales.Participants/cases Drug-related mortality data were drawn from the Office for National Statistics, and prescription data for methadone and buprenorphine were obtained from the National Health Service for the years 2007–2012. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Dry and Cryogenic Friction Stir Welding of AA7075 Aluminium Alloy by A. Praveen Raj Navukkarasan, K. Shanmuga Sundaram, C. Chandrasekhara Sastry, M. A. Muthu Manickam

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Hip and Groin Problems in Female Team-Sport Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Study by Juan Diego Stadelmann, Freddy Reichmann, Romana Franceschini-Brunner, Andrea Mosler, Nicola A. Maffiuletti, Mario Bizzini

“…Secondary aims were to categorize the groin problems according to the Doha Agreement classification system and to explore the association between hip muscle strength and self-reported hip and groin function. # Study Design Cross-sectional study. # Methods Female athletes who participated in various sports underwent preseason assessment of isometric hip adduction and abduction strength, with pain levels recorded during respective contractions, and self-reported function on the Copenhagen Hip and groin Outcome Score (HAGOS). …”
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Quadriceps Strength following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Normative Values based on Sex, Graft Type and Meniscal Status at 3, 6 & 9 Months by Nicole A. Schwery, Michael T. Kiely, Christopher M. Larson, Corey A. Wulf, Christie S. Heikes, Ryan W. Hess, M. Russell Giveans, Braidy S. Solie, Chrisopher P. Doney

“… # Purpose To describe postoperative recovery of quadriceps strength following ACLR related to autograft selection, meniscal status, and sex. # Study Design Retrospective Cohort. # Methods One hundred and twenty-five participants who underwent ACLR with either a hamstring tendon (HT), bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) or quadriceps tendon (QT) autograft were included. …”
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Inactivation of Different Salmonella enteriditis Phage Types and Safety and Efficacy of Inactivated Products in Chicken by A. Akhtar, M. Hair-Bejo, Elawad A. Hussein, Zunita Zakaria

“…Eight chickens from each group were separated on day 14 pi for oral challenge with 0.20 mL/chicken (1010 cfu/mL) SE pt 6A and designated CV1C, CV3AC, CV6AC, CV7C, CV35C, and CV0C as control chickens. …”
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Characterization and classification of soils in the irrigable land of Achewa small-scale irrigation area, Itang special district, southwest Gambella, Ethiopia by Wasihun Mengiste, Dereje Tsegaye, Samuel Dagalo, Teshome Yitbareke

“…The characterization and classification of soils in irrigable areas are crucial for understanding soil types and nutrient status, which in turn help to optimize crop yield and to design soil management strategies. This research aimed to characterize and classify soils in the Achewa small-scale irrigation area in Itang special district of southwest Gambella, Ethiopia. …”
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Synergistic Integration of Mesocarbon Microbeads, Graphitic Nanofibers, and Mesoporous Carbon for Advanced Supercapacitor Electrodes by Palanisamy Rajkumar, Vediyappan Thirumal, Kisoo Yoo, Jinho Kim

“…This multiscale carbon architecture represents a significant advancement in the design of electrode materials for symmetric supercapacitors, offering a balance of high energy and power density, long-term stability, and excellent scalability for practical applications. …”
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A Robust Approach for Blur and Sharp Regions’ Detection Using Multisequential Deviated Patterns by Awais Khan, Ali Javed, Aun Irtaza, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood

“…Previous work on BD has emphasized much effort on designing local sharpness metric maps from the images. …”
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Factors Indicating the Accuracy of Fetal Weight Estimation in Preterm Newborns with Normal Amniotic Fluid Volume by Onur Guralp, Nevin Tuten, Abdullah Tuten, Altay Gezer

“… OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors indicating the accuracy of fetal weight estimation in the last prenatal ultrasonography before delivery in preterm newborns with normal amniotic fluid volume. STUDY DESIGN: Three hundred and seventy-one singleton pregnancies with normal amniotic fluid volume and delivered at between 24+0 and 37+0 gestational weeks were evaluated in a retrospective study. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes for Yield and Related Traits at Areka, Southern Ethiopia by Simon Yohannes, Gobeze Loha, Mesfin Kebede Gessese

“…Treatments consisted of thirty three common bean genotypes were laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. Common bean genotypes exhibited considerable variations for agronomic traits and grain yield. …”
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Not All SLAPs Are Created Equal: A Comparison of Patients with Planned and Incidental SLAP Repair Procedures by Mark C. Dougherty, J. Erik Kulenkamp, Haroutioun Boyajian, Jason L. Koh, Michael J. Lee, Lewis L. Shi

“…We hypothesized that both isolated SLAP repair and secondary SLAP repair increased with time and that patient age influenced the pathway to SLAP diagnosis and surgery—such that younger patients were more likely to have isolated SLAP repair surgery after being diagnosed in clinic. Study Design. Descriptive epidemiology study. Methods. Data were obtained from the MarketScan database from 2003 to 2013. …”
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Towards autonomous robotic THz-based in vivo skin sensing: the PicoBot by Anubhav Dogra, Dominic Jones, Arturo Ignacio Hernandez Serrano, Shruti Chakraborty, Jacob Joshua Young, Benjamin George Page, Joseph Hardwicke, Pietro Valdastri, Emma Pickwell-MacPherson

“…This paper proposes an autonomous robotic THz acquisition system, the PicoBot, designed for non-invasive diagnosis of healthy and diseased skin conditions, based on hydration levels in the skin. …”
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Enhanced Ciprofloxacin Ozonation Degradation by an Aqueous Zn-Cu-Ni Composite Silicate: Degradation Performance and Surface Mechanism by Yue Liu, Rong Guo, Jie Li, Yizhen Cheng, Congmin Wang, Weiqiang Wang, Huifan Zheng

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Maternal Rat Diabetes Mellitus Deleteriously Affects Insulin Sensitivity and Beta-Cell Function in the Offspring by Abdel-Baset M. Aref, Osama M. Ahmed, Lobna A. Ali, Margit Semmler

“…This study was designed to assess the effect of maternal diabetes in rats on serum glucose and insulin concentrations, insulin resistance, histological architecture of pancreas and glycogen content in liver of offspring. …”
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