Ethical challenges in palliative sedation of adults: protocol for a systematic review of current clinical practice guidelines by Cécile Jaques, Ralf J Jox, Martyna Tomczyk

“…Nor is our aim to assess the quality of the CPGs.Methods and analysis We will perform a systematic review of CPGs on palliative sedation for adults via five electronic databases, grey literature search tools, citation tracking and contact with palliative care experts. …”
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A network-based systems genetics framework identifies pathobiology and drug repurposing in Parkinson’s disease by Lijun Dou, Zhenxing Xu, Jielin Xu, Chengxi Zang, Chang Su, Andrew A. Pieper, James B. Leverenz, Fei Wang, Xiongwei Zhu, Jeffrey Cummings, Feixiong Cheng

“…Integrating network proximity-based drug repurposing and patient electronic health record (EHR) data observations, we identified Simvastatin as being significantly associated with reduced incidence of PD (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.91 for fall outcome, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.87–0.94; HR = 0.88 for dementia outcome, 95% CI: 0.86–0.89) after adjusting for 267 covariates. …”
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Digital Radiography for Determination of Primary Tooth Length: In Vivo and Ex Vivo Studies by Maria D. Basso, Fabiano Jeremias, Rita C. L. Cordeiro, Lourdes Santos-Pinto

“…The apparent tooth length (APTL) was obtained from the computer screen by means of an electronic ruler accompanying the digital radiography software (CDR 2.0), whereas the actual tooth length (ACTL) was obtained by means of a digital calliper following extraction. …”
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Therapeutic strategies for tongue musculature: a systematic literature review by Andressa Colares da Costa Otavio, Arthur Cherem Netto Fernandes, Maria Eduarda Pollachinni Andrade, Brenda Barros Dias, Erissandra Gomes, Marco Aurélio Vaz

“…Research strategies Regional Portal of the Virtual Health Library for Latin America and the Caribbean, Embase, PubMed/MEDLINE, Scientific Electronic Library Online, SciVerse Scopus and Cochrane databases were consulted, with the descriptors "exercise therapy” OR “physiology” OR “musculoskeletal physiological phenomena” OR “digestive system and oral physiological phenomena” AND “speech therapy” OR “myofunctional therapy” OR “speech language pathology” AND “tongue”. …”
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Negative effects of humor in marketing communications by Baltezarević Ivana, Baltezarević Radoslav

“…Clumsily created humorous content, on the other hand, is likely to produce consumer unhappiness and trigger negative electronic word of mouth (which is very difficult to control), causing significant damage to brand image and influencing purchasing decisions.…”
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THE ROLE OF MEDIA SOURCES IN THE FORMATION OF OPINIONS REGARDING THE ANTI-COVID-19 VACCINATION by RUSNAC Svetlana, CORDONEANU Elena

“…The research estimated the predictors of the willingness of citizens of the Republic of Moldova to get vaccinated against COVID-19: 1) trust in the official media, in government and medical institutions involved in the management of the pandemic crisis; 2) concern about the real danger caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus; 3) the ability of medical institutions as bearers of official messages to debunk misinformation from the electronic media, especially from social networks. Age, gender, and area of residence are also significant predictors of availability for anti-COVID-19 vaccination: adults, men, and urban residents are more likely to receive the vaccine.…”
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A systematic review of Streptococcus Mutans and Veillonellae species interactions in dental caries progression: Positive or Negative impact? [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2... by Faizul Hasan, Prawati Nuraini, Ariadna Adisattya Djais, Ervina Restiwulan Winoto, Tantiana Tantiana, Rini Devijanti Ridwan, Juni Handajani, Rajesh Ramasamy, Silvia Anitasari, Hendrik Setia Budi

“…Methods This systematic review was accorded to the guideline of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Three electronic databases, namely PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane library, were used to conduct a systematic search for eligible studies from their inception until July 18, 2023. …”
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Perception of Iraqi Orthodontists and Patients toward Accelerated Orthodontics by Ali M. Al-Attar, Samher Al-Shaham, Mushriq Abid

“…Materials and Methods. An electronic survey was conducted from August to October 2020. …”
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Microscopic Mechanism of the Interaction in the Adsorption of Caramel Pigments onto Rosin-Based Decolorizing Resin for Sugar by WEI Yanhong, WANG Jiaxin, JIAO Li, LIAO Chunyu, LEI Fuhou, LI Wen

“…The focus was on the multidimensional visualization of the micro-mechanism of the interaction in the adsorption of caramels by the rosin-based resin at the molecular, atomic, and electronic levels on the basis of quantum chemical theoretical calculations (including electrostatic potential, electrostatic potential interaction, average local ionization energy, frontier molecular orbitals, independent gradient model, and Hirshfeld surface analyses). …”
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Identifying time patterns in Huntington’s disease trajectories using dynamic time warping-based clustering on multi-modal data by Alexia Giannoula, Audrey E. De Paepe, Ferran Sanz, Laura I. Furlong, Estela Camara

“…However, extracting meaningful information from Real-World Data, such as Electronic Health Records, still remains challenging due to methodological and computational issues. …”
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Blood culture bottle shortage mitigation efforts: analysis of impact on ordering and patient impact by Christopher D. Doern, Melissa Whitman, Michelle Doll, Suzanne Lavoie, David Friedel, Gonzalo Bearman, Jeffrey Kim, Heather Masters, Susan Roseff, Jim Willis, Roxanne Mercer, Aaron Hill, Ramana Feeser, Harinder Dhindsa, Frank Petruzella, Anne Jackson, Michael Vitto, Josh Plauny, Alexandra Bryson

“…Interventions included communication of blood culture guidance as well as an electronic health record order designed to guide providers and discourage wasteful ordering. …”
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Building ADMISSION – A research collaborative to transform understanding of multiple long-term conditions for people admitted to hospital by Miles D Witham, Victoria Bartle, Sue Bellass, Jonathan G Bunn, Duncan Cartner, Heather J Cordell, Rominique Doal, Felicity Evison, Suzy Gallier, Steve Harris, Susan J Hillman, Ray Holding, Peta Leroux, Tom Marshall, Fiona E Matthews, Paolo Missier, Anand Nair, Mo Osman, Ewan R Pearson, Chris Plummer, Sara Pretorius, Sarah J Richardson, Sian M Robinson, Elizabeth Sapey, Thomas Scharf, Rupal Shah, Marzieh Shahmandi, Mervyn Singer, Jana Suklan, James MS Wason, Rachel Cooper, Avan A Sayer

“…Data collection The programme uses routinely collected electronic health record data from large UK teaching hospitals, population-based cohort data from UK Biobank and routinely collected blood samples from The Scottish Health Research Register and Biobank (SHARE). …”
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Probabilistic Prediction of Dst Storms One‐Day‐Ahead Using Full‐Disk SoHO Images by A. Hu, C. Shneider, A. Tiwari, E. Camporeale

“…Dst provides essential information about the strength of the ring current around the Earth caused by the protons and electrons from the solar wind, and it is routinely used as a proxy for geomagnetic storms. …”
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Coal as a non-conventional resource of rare earth elements (REEs) and trace elements: Benefits and impacts on environment and human health – A review by Himanshu Jaiswal, Alok K. Singh

“…In the current scenario of increasing demands for electronic gadgets, electric vehicles, permanent magnets, renewable energy, and defense industries, the need for REEs has grown exponentially. …”
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Characterization of flavor fingerprinting of red sufu during fermentation and the comparison of volatiles of typical products by Peng Wang, Xiaoran Ma, Wenping Wang, Dandan Xu, Xin Zhang, Jian Zhang, Yong Sun

“…In this study, the volatile aroma analysis of Wangzhihe red sufu (WRS) from different fermentation stages and four typical red sufu products from different locations was carried out by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry/olfactory (GC–MS/O), electronic nose (E-nose) and sensory evaluation. Results showed that 106 volatile compounds were identified in Wangzhihe red sufu during fermentation process, in which phenolics and alcohols were dominant at molded and salted phetze stages, while esters and alcohols became predominate at post-fermentation stage. …”
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Predicting intracerebral hemorrhage after endovascular therapy for anterior circulation strokes using CT-ASPECT, CTP-ASPECT and DWI-ASPECT: Protocol for a systematic review. by Vincent Brissette, Chirayu Bhatt, Brian Dewar, Risa Shorr, Jordi Pardo, Robert Fahed, Michel Shamy, Dar Dowlatshahi

“…<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>We will conduct a broad search of various electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews) to identify studies published after January 1st, 2012 (commonly accepted as the beginning of the modern EVT era based on availability of stent-retrievers). …”
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Gate-to-gate life cycle assessment of lithium-ion battery recycling pre-treatment by Anna Pražanová, Michael Fridrich, Jan Weinzettel, Vaclav Knap

“…This study presents a gate-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA) of a recycling pre-treatment process at a small-scale plant in the Czech Republic, focusing on spent LIBs from electric vehicles (EVs) and consumer electronics cells (CECs). Using the SimaPro LCA software and the Ecoinvent 3.9 database, the analysis evaluated the environmental impact of recycling operations across several categories, including climate change, eutrophication, freshwater, and resource use, minerals and metals. …”
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Biblioteka mojego wieku – czyli jaka? by Artur Jazdon

“…Anticipated roles and tasks within the management and access to resources, building up own electronic resources and their processing, library space, embarking on tasks hitherto not regarded as strictly ''library" tasks as well as the most important changes in the author's view such as those to be introduced in user services, in-service trainings, education and propagation of knowledge are discussed in the article. …”
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Motivation, barriers and preferences of lifestyle changes among older adults with frailty and mild cognitive impairments: A scoping review of qualitative analysis. by Jamilah Mohammad Hanipah, Arimi Fitri Mat Ludin, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Ponnusamy Subramaniam, Suzana Shahar

“…We conducted searches in electronic literature searches such as PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Reviews, ProQuest, and grey resources to find articles published in English between January 2010 and October 2023. …”
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Effect of Statins on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Coronary Artery Spasm: A Meta-Analysis of the Asia Region by Tian-Jun Zhao, Duan Luo, Xi Jiang, Feng Tang, Hui Jiang

“…We systematically searched electronic databases for studies on the effect of statins on MACE in patients with CAS in Asia and published up to September 2022. …”
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