Leveraging the McGeer Criteria to Estimate the Frequency of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for Urinary and Respiratory Tract Infections Relative to the Onset of the COVID-19... by Paulina M. Colombo, Ferris A. Ramadan, Dilsharan Kaur, Darunee Armenta, Peter P. Patterson, Katherine D. Ellingson

“…<b>Methods</b>: A retrospective review of electronic medical records from a 300-bed SNF (March 2019–March 2021) identified suspected UTIs and RTIs based on laboratory tests and antibiotic requests. …”
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Exploring the ethical issues in research using digital data collection strategies with minors: A scoping review. by Danica Facca, Maxwell J Smith, Jacob Shelley, Daniel Lizotte, Lorie Donelle

“…Scholarly literature was searched using electronic academic databases for articles that provided explicit ethical analysis or presented empirical research that directly addressed ethical issues related to digital data collection used in research with minors. …”
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Simulation and Experimental Study of the Single-Pulse Femtosecond Laser Ablation Morphology of GaN Films by Mingyuan Wang, Tong Zhang, Yanping Yuan, Zhiyong Wang, Yanlei Liu, Lin Chen

“…Gallium nitride (GaN) exhibits distinctive physical and chemical properties that render it indispensable in a multitude of electronic and optoelectronic devices. Given that GaN is a typical hard and brittle material that is difficult to machine, femtosecond laser technology provides an effective and convenient tool for processing such materials. …”
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Bio-Tribocorrosion of Titanium Dental Implants and Its Toxicological Implications: A Scoping Review by Sumit Gaur, Rupali Agnihotri, Sacharia Albin

“…The original research related to the bio-tribo or tribocorrosion of the dental implants was searched in electronic databases like Medline (Pubmed), Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science. …”
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The Associations between VEGF Gene Polymorphisms and Diabetic Retinopathy Susceptibility: A Meta-Analysis of 11 Case-Control Studies by Liyuan Han, Lina Zhang, Wenhua Xing, Renjie Zhuo, XiaLu Lin, Yanhua Hao, Qunhong Wu, Jinshun Zhao

“…Data were collected from the following electronic databases: PubMed, Embase, OVID, Web of Science, Elsevier Science Direct, Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), and Cochrane Library with the last report up to January 10, 2014. …”
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A Decision-Making Method for Ship Collision Avoidance Based on Improved Cultural Particle Swarm by Yisong Zheng, Xiuguo Zhang, Zijing Shang, Siyu Guo, Yiquan Du

“…Thirdly, the ship steering angle direction decision method in the first stage and the ship steering angle decision method in the second stage are integrated into the electronic chart platform to verify the effectiveness of the decision-making method of ship collision avoidance presented in this paper. …”
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Synthesis and Structural Studies on Transition Metal Complexes Derived from 4-Hydroxy-4-methyl–2-pentanone-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl-hydrazone by M. Neelamma, P. Venkateswar Rao, G. H. Anuradha

“…Characterization has been done on the basis of analytical, conductance, thermal and magnetic data, infrared, 1H NMR, electronic, mass and ESR spectral data. From analytical and thermal data, the stoichiometry of the complexes has been found to be 1:1 (metal: ligand). …”
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Health Care System in Sudan: Review and Analysis of Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threats (SWOT Analysis) by Ebrahim Mohammed Abdullah Ebrahim, Luam Ghebrehiwot, Tasneem Abdalgfar, Muhammad Hanafiah Juni

“…Materials and Methods: The search was done from two electronic databases: MEDLINE/Pubmed and from public search engines: Google Scholar and Google with key Search words used mainly as “Healthcare system in Sudan “. …”
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Specific Features of Counteracting VAT Evasion: Experience of Ukraine and Foreign Countries by N. S. Horobets

“…The emphasis has been placed on such methods of counteracting VAT evasion as enshrining legal liability for VAT evasion at the legislative level; exercising tax control over the entities that are registered as value added taxpayers; usage of electronic document management and other opportunities of the digital economy, which allows to identify risks in the activities of taxpayers during their initial registration, etc. …”
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Acromegaly: Is earlier diagnosis possible? Exploration of a screening algorithm to select high-risk patients by Tessa N.A. Slagboom, David de Jong, Peter H. Bisschop, Madeleine L. Drent

“…Data were extracted from the electronic health records of a tertiary centre. Multiple sources (literature review, real-world evidence and expert opinion) were used to identify predictors such as clinical manifestations, comorbidities and frequently consulted specialists, for inclusion in the algorithm. …”
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Effects of image compression on face image manipulation detection: A case study on facial retouching by Christian Rathgeb, Kevin Bernardo, Nathania E. Haryanto, Christoph Busch

“…Subsequently, reference images are compressed applying JPEG and JPEG 2000 at compression levels recommended for face image storage in electronic travel documents. Novel detection algorithms utilising texture descriptors and deep face representations are proposed and evaluated in a single image and differential scenario. …”
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Exploring national and regional trends in smoking prevalence among women: A systemic review and meta-analysis by Ali Abkr Shok, Hassan Abdullah Najmi, Mohammed Ali Refaey, Fuad Ali Sahli, Attyah Ahmed Aahwas, Yahia Abdullah Maghlat, Abdullah Hassan Abu Ageel, Nawaf Omar Hamzi, Turky Mohammed Kulib Ali, Yahya Hassan Zarban, Abutalib Hassan Zarban

“…A systematic search was conducted across multiple electronic databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Ovid, focusing on studies published between January 2019 and March 2024. …”
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Research on Performance and Mechanism of the NH3-SCR Reaction over Fly Ash-derived Mn-Ce/Zeolite X by Weijia Ren, Qi Xin, Zhesheng Hua, Zhong Zheng, Lifeng Xiao, Shaojun Liu, Chenghang Zheng, Yang Yang

“…The characterization results showed that the amorphous structure and good dispersion between Mn and Ce on the surface of the zeolite changed the electronic properties of the active components, improved its low-temperature catalytic activity, brought it characteristics of Mn and Ce at the same time, and broaden the reaction temperature range. …”
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Detecting changes in tobacco product marketplace prominence using social media, advertising, sales, and web traffic data: The example of Puff Bar in the United States tobacco marke... by Stephanie R Pitts, Sarah Trigger, Dannielle E Kelley

“…Puff Bar, a disposable electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS), was the ENDS brand most commonly used by U.S. youth in 2021. …”
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Assessment of potential drug-drug interactions in hospitalized patients with infectious diseases: an experience from a secondary care hospital [version 4; peer review: 2 approved,... by Padma G.M. Rao, Rashid Ain Ur, Sathvik Belagodu Sridhar, Abu Nawa Ahmad Ismail, Javedh Shareef

“…Data were collected from patient case records, and prescriptions were screened for pDDIs and classified based on the severity from a portable electronic physician information database (PEPID) resource analyzed using SPSS, version 27.0. …”
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Quality of registration and adherence to guidelines for blood management in CABG surgeries: a case study by Giulia M.R., Eline Vlot, Thomas van Dijk

“…The widespread adoption of electronic health record (EHR) offers the opportunity to improve clinical outcomes through use of decision support system to guide the healthcare providers through best practices and guidelines. …”
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App-Based Tele Ophthalmology: A Novel Method of Rural Eye Care Delivery Connecting Tertiary Eye Care Center and Vision Centers in India by Anthony Vipin Das, Shravani Mididoddi, Priyanka Kammari, Navya Deepthi Davara, Abhinav Loomba, Rohit Khanna, Mukesh Taneja

“…The study aims to describe a novel method of utilization of the eyeSmart EMR (electronic medical record) app. It describes the demographic distribution, clinical presentation, query requested by the vision technician, and management advised to the patients by using “eyeSmart EMR” app from the vision centers located across a three-tier eye care network in India. …”
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Role of denoisers in simulation-based inference from graph-structured data: a case study for position inference in an astroparticle detector by Venkat Roy, Aaron Higuera, Shixiao Liang, Christina Peters, Waheed U. Bajwa, Christopher D. Tunnell

“…In experimental situations, these measurements are corrupted by noise generated by secondary optical and electronic processes. The proposed KBLG denoiser is used to denoise the multiple snapshots of the experimental measurements, which are then used for position reconstruction using a multilayer perceptron trained using noiseless simulated data. …”
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Surgical Treatment Intensity at the End of Life in Patients With Cancer: A Systematic Review by Samuel Lawday, BMBS, MByRes, Benjamin E. Zucker, MA, MBBS, MRCS, Shona Gardner, MBChB, MRCS, James Robb, MBChB, MA, Lorna Leandro, MA, BM, BCh, William Hollingworth, PhD, Jane Blazeby, MBChB, MD, Angus G.K. McNair, PhD, FRCS, Charlotte Chamberlain, PhD, MRCP

“…This PROSPERO registered systematic review used PRIMSA guidelines to search electronic databases for observational studies detailing surgical intensity at the EoL in adult cancer patients. …”
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Overcoming Missing Data: Accurately Predicting Cardiovascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes, A Systematic Review by Wenhui Ren, Keyu Fan, Zheng Liu, Yanqiu Wu, Haiyan An, Huixin Liu

“…This study aimed to investigate the presence of and approaches to missing data in these prediction models. The MEDLINE electronic database was systematically searched for English‐language studies from inception to June 30, 2024. …”
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