Identifying research priorities in cardiac surgery: a report from the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership in adult heart surgery by Tracy Kumar, Florence Y Lai, Riccardo G Abbasciano, Bethany Tabberer, Gavin J Murphy

“…Objective To identify research priorities that address the needs of people affected by cardiac surgery and those who support and care for them.Design James Lind Alliance (JLA) process—two surveys and a consensus workshop guided by an independent JLA adviser.Setting The UK with international participation.Participants Three stakeholder groups—heart surgery patients, carers and healthcare professionals involved in care delivery.Methods The initial survey was set to collect potential research questions in cardiac surgery as identified by stakeholders. …”
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Effect of Nigella sativa extract on nasal mucosal inflammation in rats exposed to cigarette smoke by Fathika Alamanda, Anna Mailasari Kusuma Dewi, Dwi Marliyawati, Yanuar Iman Santosa

“…The study employed an experimental post-test-only control group design. Twenty-five Wistar rats were randomly assigned to one of the five groups: negative control (K-), positive control (K+), and three treatment groups of P1, P2, and P3 receiving NS at the dose of 0.5, 1, and 1.5 g/kg bw/day, respectively. …”
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Influencing Factors’ Analysis of Disturbance Degree of Key Stratum Based on the Response Surface Method by Yang Li, Nan Wang, Yuqi Ren, Xiangji Ou, Yikun Liu, Junbo Luo, Canqi Mei

“…And, the calculation results further verify the above experimental rules, which provide a certain reference and theoretical basis for the design of backfilling parameters and the management of the roof.…”
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Optimizing growth, yield, and water use efficiency of Allium hirtifolium with salicylic acid under water stress condiions by Peyman Yousefvand, Yousef Sohrabi, Andrea Mastinu, Gholamreza Heidari, Weria Weisany

“…Conducted over three consecutive growing seasons in a field (2016–2019), The study was conducted as split plot based on randomized complete block design with four replications. Irrigation as the main factors included 100 % (full irrigation), 75 % and 50 % of plant water requirement and no irrigation (dryland) and SA foliar application as sub-factors including 0, 0.5, 0.75 and 1 mM in this study. …”
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Archival and Newly Isolated Historical <i>Bacillus anthracis</i> Strains Populate the Deeper Phylogeny of the A.Br.075(Sterne) Clade by Markus Antwerpen, Peter Braun, Wolfgang Beyer, Dirk Aldenkortt, Michael Seidel, Gregor Grass

“…From the accrued new phylogenetic information, we designed and tested a variety of new SNP-PCR assays for rapid and facile genotyping of unassigned <i>B. anthracis</i> genomes. …”
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Application of suture-stretching technique in repairing skin defect of lower limb by Yuan Pan, Yingying Deng, Chaoran Hu, Kunzhi Zhu, Chao Feng

“…Among them, 77 cases were repaired using our novel technique (suture-stretching technique, we designed a simple and feasible skin traction device that used 2–0 (polydioxanone sutures) PDS sutures, 2.0 mm Kirschner wires, and nylon binding tapes to repair skin defects and accommodate irregular wounds according to Ilizarov’s “tension-stress” law, SS group); skin grafting (SG group) was used for repairing 48 cases of wounds. …”
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Customer Loyalty Based on Service Quality, Banking Image, and Fairness Mediating Role of Customer Satisfaction by Abdul Fatah Rusydi, Muhtadi Ridwan, Vivin Maharani Ekowati, Achmad Sani Supriyanto, Fuadah Binti Johari

“…Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how customer satisfaction functions as a mediating factor between service quality, banking image, fairness and customer loyalty. Design/methodology/approach: Quantitative methods are used in this study. …”
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Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization and Nitrogen Fixing Endophytic Bacteria Supplementation on Soil Fertility, N Uptake, Growth, and Yield of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Cultivated o... by Le Vinh Thuc, Tran Ngoc Huu, Trinh Minh Ngoc, Nguyen Hong Hue, Le Thanh Quang, Do Thi Xuan, Tran Chi Nhan, Ly Ngoc Thanh Xuan, Le Thi My Thu, Isao Akagi, Jun-Ichi Sakagami, Nguyen Quoc Khuong

“…The experiment followed a completely randomized block design with two factors. The first one was the levels of N fertilizer used, including 0, 50, 75, and 100% N of recommended fertilizer formula (RFF), and the other consisted of no bacteria applied, an individual strain of Enterobacter cloacae ASD-48 or E. cloacae ASD-21 applied, and their mixture, with 5 replicates. …”
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A solution at the doorsteps: Improved biofertilizer enhances soil fertility and yield of Chili ( Capsicum an-nuumL.) in Bhutan by Sonam Tashi, Kesang Wangchuk, Erica Udas, Sonam Gaki, Kamal Aryal

“…The experiments were Randomized Complete Block Designs (RCBD) consisting of three treatments (cattle dung/ urine: Jholmal 1, cattle urine: Jholmal 2, and Control), and each treatment was replicated four times. …”
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Advances and Pitfalls of Specialized Pain Care through Public and Private Health Care Providers in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands: A Physician’s Survey by Javier Medel, Ancor Serrano, Carme Batet, Lluis Lorente, Susana Bella, Marta Ferrandiz, María-del-Mar Monerris, Sergi Boada, Jesus Villoria, Maria-Victoria Ribera, Antonio Montes, Sebastian Videla

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Unveiling gratitude in Javanese Muslim hajatan traditions: Cultural wisdom and social cohesion in the midst of modernization by Rizky Andana Pohan, M. Ramli, Adi Atmoko, Sa'dun Akbar, Fattah Hanurawan

“…This research employs a qualitative approach with a participatory ethnographic design conducted over seven months in Kelurahan Mulyorejo, Kecamatan Sukun, Kota Malang. …”
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Evaluation of the role of hydroxychloroquine as a lipid profile improving and glucose adjusting drug in Egyptian females with inactive rheumatoid arthritis by Aliaa O. El-Hady, Mai M. Kamel, Yasmin T. Mosaad, Maha A. Ali, Soad S. El Molla

“…A disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) with a good safety profile and low cost has been reported to improve lipid profiles and glucose level in RA. The study was designed to evaluate the responsibility of HCQ in the improvement of lipid profile and glucose level in Egyptian Inactive Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) females. …”
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Co-occurrence of behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases and mortality risk in Spain: a population-based cohort study by Iñaki Galán, Cristina Ortiz, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez, Teresa López-Cuadrado, Ana Ayuso-Álvarez

“…Objectives This study aims to estimate the impact of the co-occurrence of behavioural risk factors on mortality in the Spanish adult population.Design Population-based cohort study based on data from the 2011–2012 Spanish National Health Survey and the 2014 European Health Survey (n=35 053 participants ≥15 years of age) both linked to mortality data as of December 2022. …”
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Effective interventions to prevent youth vaping behaviours: a rapid review by Ana Paula Belon, Laura Nieuwendyk, Tasha Allen, Melissa Worrell, Candace I J Nykiforuk

“…Objective To identify effective policies and non-policy interventions preventing youth vaping behaviour initiation and assess their effectiveness by the level of intrusiveness and subpopulations.Design This systematic rapid review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.Data sources Searches on MEDLINE and APA-PsycINFO for studies published between January 2019 and November 2023.Eligibility criteria Observational, intervention or mixed-method studies and quantitative systematic reviews/meta-analyses measuring the impact of interventions on youth (6–18 years) who never vaped or who had experimentally vaped.Data extraction and synthesis A predesigned form was used to extract data. …”
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Cost-Effective Treatment of Hemihydrate Phosphogypsum and Phosphorous Slag as Cemented Paste Backfill Material for Underground Mine by Xilong Xue, Yuxian Ke, Qian Kang, Qinli Zhang, Chongchun Xiao, Fengjian He, Qing Yu

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The Effectiveness of Drying on Residual Droplets, Microorganisms, and Biofilms in Gastrointestinal Endoscope Reprocessing: A Systematic Review by Hefeng Tian, Jiao Sun, Shaoning Guo, Xuanrui Zhu, Han Feng, Yijin Zhuang, Xiu Wang

“…Inadequate drying of gastrointestinal endoscope working channels may promote microbial reproduction and biofilm formation, increasing the risk of infection in patients. This review was designed to provide the current status of gastrointestinal endoscope drying, emphasize the importance of gastrointestinal endoscope drying, and evaluate the effectiveness of different drying methods of gastrointestinal endoscope in reducing residual droplets and microbial growth risk. …”
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Effect of Cooking Oil on the Fatty Acid Profile of Beef Sausage Fortified with Edible Deboned Meat Waste by Babatunde O. Alao, Andrew B. Falowo, Elizabeth Bosede Aladejana

“…Fresh beef sausages were formulated in ratios of 30% lean meat (LM) and 70% EMW, 50% LM and 50% EMW, and 90% LM and 10% fat (control) and designated as T1, T2, and T3, respectively. The proximate analysis results revealed significant differences (P<0.05) in fat, fat free dry matter (FFDM), and moisture contents across the treatment. …”
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Deep Ensemble Learning for Human Action Recognition in Still Images by Xiangchun Yu, Zhe Zhang, Lei Wu, Wei Pang, Hechang Chen, Zhezhou Yu, Bin Li

“…It contributes to fusing the deep information derived from multiple models automatically from the data. Finally, we design the deep ensemble learning based on voting strategy (DELVS) model to pool together multiple deep models with weighted coefficients to obtain a better prediction. …”
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Boards' strategic involvement models: Past, present, and future by Bozhinovska Tihona, Eftimov Ljupcho

“…Our purpose is to provide comprehensive answers to these questions and draft the future research agenda in this area. Study design/methodology/approach: Having in mind that boards' strategic involvement is a multi-disciplinary area, we first conducted an integrative literature review, to detect the competing groups of models, and afterwards we conducted a semi-structured literature review in order to identify the most important topics in this area and to draft the future research agenda. …”
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A Research on the Effect of Heterogeneities on Sandstone Matrix Acidizing Performance by Jianye Mou, Lei Wang, Shicheng Zhang, Xinfang Ma, Boyang Li

“…Conventional acidizing designs generally neglected the effect of heterogeneities of mineral and flow field distributions both in areal and vertical directions and assumed that the acid front propagates with a piston-like style. …”
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