Predictive value of epicardial fat thickness for left ventricular reverse remodeling after radiofrequency ablation in atrial fibrillation patients with left ventricular hypertrophy by Ke Hu, Wenhui Wang, Junping Zhen, Chunsong Kang

“…[Methods] A total of 50 patients with atrial fibrillation admitted to Shanxi Bethune Hospital from June 2021 to September 2023 were retrospectively collected.The clinical data of the patients were collected by electronic medical records.EFT was examined by echocardiography.The patients were divided into groups according to whether reverse remodeling was achieved.Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to analyze the factors of postoperative left ventricular reverse remodeling.ROC curve was used to analyze the predictive value of EFT. …”
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Evidence of factors influencing delays in the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder in adolescents and young adults. Protocol for a systematic scoping review. by Kamyar Keramatian, Emma Morton, Alexander Levit, John-Jose Nunez

“…We will search the electronic databases of MEDLINE (OVID), EMBASE, PsycINFO and CINAHL for peer-reviewed primary research articles published in academic journals. …”
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Publicaciones cubanas sobre reanimación cardiopulmocerebral: una aproximación bibliométrica. 1998 - 2018 by Jayce Díaz Díaz, Arelys Falcón Hernández

“…Se revisaron todas las publicaciones cubanas en las revistas médicas indexadas en el Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo). No se incluyeron editoriales ni cartas al editor. …”
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Roles And Responsibilities Of The Physical Therapist In Collegiate Athletics: Results Of A National Survey by Michael Zarro, Oliver Silverson, Wade Soenksen, Jill Thein-Nissenbaum, Elise Cataldo Cirone, Robert Rowland, Justin Staker

“… # Study Design Cross-sectional survey # Methods An anonymous, descriptive online survey focusing on the demographic and occupational characteristics of PTs providing care for collegiate athletes was created and distributed electronically through the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy (AASPT), a subgroup within the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)…”
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Culture and end of life care: a scoping exercise in seven European countries. by Marjolein Gysels, Natalie Evans, Arantza Meñaca, Erin Andrew, Franco Toscani, Sylvia Finetti, H Roeline Pasman, Irene Higginson, Richard Harding, Robert Pool, Project PRISMA

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We scoped the literature for Germany, Norway, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Portugal, carrying out electronic searches in 16 international and country-specific databases and handsearches in 17 journals, bibliographies of relevant papers and webpages. …”
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Los olvidados: Non-BRCA variants associated with Hereditary breast cancer in Mexican population by Dione Aguilar, María Lourdes Garza-Rodríguez, Carolina Elizabeth Muñiz-Garza, Fernando Alcorta Nuñez, Cynthia Mayte Villarreal-Garza, Oscar Vidal-Gutiérrez, Diana Cristina Pérez-Ibave, Carlos Horacio Burciaga-Flores

“…Genomic and clinical data were analyzed based on multi-gene panel results and electronic records of the medical geneticist consultation. …”
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Experimental investigation of the effect of the offset ratio on the flow characteristics and heat transfer behaviour of a wall-bounded dual jet flow by P.J. Murphy, S. Alimohammadi, S.M. O'Shaughnessy

“…The combination of a wall and offset jet in this manner is commonly encountered across many industrial applications, such as electronics cooling, wastewater evacuation, and noise suppression technologies, despite remaining relatively misunderstood across the published literature. …”
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Effectiveness of befriending interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Stefan Priebe, Joyce Siette, Megan Cassidy

“…We aim to conduct a systematic review of the benefits of befriending.Design Systematic review.Methods A systematic search of electronic databases was conducted to identify randomised controlled trials and quasi-experimental trials of befriending for a range of physical and mental health indications including depression, anxiety, mental illness, cancer, physical illness and dementia. …”
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The Last Word Political posters: communicators or decorations? by Lynette Fourie

“…The Democratic Alliance (DA) felt so strongly about their posters that they (as they did in 2004) installed electronic sensors in certain areas on their posters to alert them of vandalism (Anon, 2006). …”
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Utility of 5-ALA for resection of CNS tumours other than high-grade gliomas: a protocol for a systematic review by Michael D Jenkinson, Ashwin Venkatesh, Colin Watts, Michael T C Poon, Victoria Wykes, Stephen John Price, Puneet Plaha, Georgios Solomou, Melissa Gough, Conor S Gillespie, Aref-Ali Gharooni, Waqqas Patel

“…We sought to conduct a systematic review of the literature summarising surgical outcomes, evaluate the quality of diagnostic accuracy reported in the literature and qualitatively assess the evidence to inform future studies.Methods and analysis We will search electronic databases (Medline, Embase) with subsequent interrogation of references lists of articles reporting the use of 5-ALA for brain tumours other than high-grade glioma adult patients, which also report the extent of resection and/or survival. …”
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Analysis of Interarch Tooth Size Relationship in Nepalese Subjects with Normal Occlusion and Malocclusions by Rajeev Kumar Mishra, Dashrath Kafle, Rahul Gupta

“…The study models of the subjects with normal occlusion and Angle’s Class I malocclusion and Class II malocclusion and fulfilling the inclusion criteria were retrieved from department archives. An electronic digital caliper was used to measure mesiodistal tooth size of the maxillary and mandibular teeth anterior to the second molars. …”
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Télémonitorage des grandes fonctions physiologiques chez les primates vigiles by Guy Germain

“…Progress in remote transmission also stems from the miniaturization of electronic emitting- and acquisition-devices that are less energy demanding and therefore have much greater transmission range and autonomy. …”
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Current Distribution of the Turkestan White Stork (Ciconia ciconia asiatica) in Kazakhstan by Vassiliy Fedorenko, Yuliya Zima

“…In addition, satellite images revealed more than 120 power line pylons with White Stork nests in the territory of Uzbekistan in close proximity to the Kazakhstan border. All literary and electronic sources available to the authors have been meticulously reviewed. …”
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Fatigue interventions in long term, physical health conditions: A scoping review of systematic reviews. by Katrin Hulme, Reza Safari, Sarah Thomas, Tom Mercer, Claire White, Marietta Van der Linden, Rona Moss-Morris

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Scoping review methodological frameworks were used. Electronic bibliographic databases were searched (inception to November 2016) for systematic reviews of fatigue interventions in long term conditions. …”
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Mortality and morbidity patterns in Yaoundé, Cameroon: an ICD-11 classification-based analysis by Georges Nguefack-Tsague, Fabrice Zobel Lekeumo Cheuyem, Boris Edmond Noah, Valérie Ndobo-Koe, Adidja Amani, Léa Melataguia Mekontchou, Marie Ntep Gweth, Annick Collins Mfoulou Minso Assala, Marie Nicole Ngoufack, Pierre René Binyom

“…Less than one-fifth (18.2%) of health care providers were able to understand data flow, correctly archived data (36.6%) and used electronic tools for data quality control (40.0%). Conclusion There were high levels of heterogeneities of morbidity and mortality causes among patients admitted to the Yaoundé Central Hospital in 2021. …”
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Implementation of a rapid host-protein diagnostic test for distinguishing bacterial and viral infections in adults presenting to urgent care centers: a pragmatic cohort study by Boaz Kalmovich, Daniella Rahamim-Cohen, Ilan Yehoshua, Sara Kivity, Noam Orvieto, Shirley Shapiro Ben David

“…Physicians who ordered MMBV reported electronically (in real-time) whether they intended to prescribe antibiotics before ordering the test and upon UCC discharge whether MMBV aided in patient management. …”
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Low Thermal Resistance of Diamond‐AlGaN Interfaces Achieved Using Carbide Interlayers by Henry T. Aller, Thomas W. Pfeifer, Abdullah Mamun, Kenny Huynh, Marko Tadjer, Tatyana Feygelson, Karl Hobart, Travis Anderson, Bradford Pate, Alan Jacobs, James Spencer Lundh, Mark Goorsky, Asif Khan, Patrick Hopkins, Samuel Graham

“…Abstract This study investigates thermal transport across nanocrystalline diamond/AlGaN (aluminum gallium nitride) interfaces, crucial for enhancing thermal management in AlGaN‐based electronic devices. Chemical vapor deposition growth of diamond directly on AlGaN resulted in a disordered interface with a high thermal boundary resistance (TBR) of 20.6 m2‐KGW−1. …”
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Factors associated with infant mortality in Nigeria: A scoping review. by Loveth Dumebi Nwanze, Alaa Siuliman, Nuha Ibrahim

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This review followed the five-stage principles of Arksey and O'Malley's framework. Four electronic databases were searched with no limit to publication date or study type: Ovid MEDLINE, PubMed, CINAHL Complete, and Web of Science. …”
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Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on the Barriers to Providing HIV Services to Children in Sub-Saharan Africa by Chipo Mutambo, Khumbulani Hlongwana

“…English articles published between 2010 and April 2018 were searched in electronic databases including Sabinet, MEDLINE, PubMed, and Google Scholar. …”
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How Russian Doctoral Education Fulfills Its Main Mission: Scientometric Assessments (Article 2) by B. I. Bednyi, A. A. Mironos, N. V. Rybakov

“…Information on the results of each graduate’s research activities was obtained from open sources: the portal of the Higher Attestation Commission, the electronic catalog of the Russian State Library, Scopus and eLibrary.ru databases, as well as the database of the Industrial Property Institute. …”
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