Mass Casualty Incident Training in Immersive Virtual Reality: Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Multimethod Performance Indicators by Anke Sabine Baetzner, Yannick Hill, Benjamin Roszipal, Solène Gerwann, Matthias Beutel, Tanja Birrenbach, Markus Karlseder, Stefan Mohr, Gabriel Alexander Salg, Helmut Schrom-Feiertag, Marie Ottilie Frenkel, Cornelia Wrzus

“… BackgroundImmersive virtual reality (iVR) has emerged as a training method to prepare medical first responders (MFRs) for mass casualty incidents (MCIs) and disasters in a resource-efficient, flexible, and safe manner. …”
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Sacredness of the Landscape of Vokė River in the Geography of Tatar Life Stories by Lina Leparskienė

“…In their life stories the landscape of Vokė emerged as a home of many generations, space of ancestral graves and Muslim faith, as well as a realm of peaceful neighbourhood with Christians and Jews. …”
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Current trends of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA): choosing between robotic-assisted and conventional surgeries and timing of procedures by Kelvin S. C. Cheung, Kai Chun Augustine Chan, Amy Cheung, Ping Keung Chan, Michelle Hilda Luk, Kwong Yuen Chiu, Henry Fu

“…Abstract Background With robotic advancements in UKA technology, we sought to explore if robotic-assisted UKA could translate to clinical benefits such as reduced hospital stays and lowered emergency readmissions. Also, current utilization trends of UKA and choice of procedure timing (unilateral [uUKA] vs. one-staged bilateral UKA [biUKA]) could be explored. …”
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The Mast Cell-Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Interplay at the Host-Microbe Interface by Claudio Costantini, Giorgia Renga, Vasilis Oikonomou, Giuseppe Paolicelli, Monica Borghi, Marilena Pariano, Antonella De Luca, Matteo Puccetti, Claudia Stincardini, Paolo Mosci, Andrea Bartoli, Teresa Zelante, Luigina Romani

“…The scenario that is emerging unveils a delicate equilibrium that balances the effector functions of mast cells to guarantee host protection without compromising tissue homeostasis. …”
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Theory of Faults (ToF): Numerical Quality Management in Complex Systems by Niv Yonat, Igal M. Shohet

“…A statistical analysis provides a phase parameter, descriptive statistics elucidate trending and emergent behaviors, digital signal processing expounds the effects of signals on information overload, and a directed-network analysis portray morphology, entropy, and time effects. …”
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Non-Viral Delivery Systems to Transport Nucleic Acids for Inherited Retinal Disorders by Md Jobair Jony, Ameya Joshi, Alekha Dash, Surabhi Shukla

“…The focus is on the emerging role of non-viral delivery systems, which promise to address the current limitations of specificity, untoward effects, and immunogenicity in existing gene therapies. …”
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Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Alphacoronaviruses in Bat Populations of Rostov and Novosibirsk Regions of Russia, 2021–2023 by Olesia V. Ohlopkova, Igor V. Popov, Ilia V. Popov, Kristina A. Stolbunova, Marina A. Stepanyuk, Alexey D. Moshkin, Aleksei A. Maslov, Ivan A. Sobolev, Aleksey V. Malinovkin, Elizaveta V. Tkacheva, Daria A. Bogdanova, Ekaterina A. Lukbanova, Alexey M. Ermakov, Alexander Y. Alekseev, Svetoslav D. Todorov, Alexander M. Shestopalov

“…Bats are natural reservoirs for many emerging viruses, including coronaviruses that were probably progenitors to human coronaviruses with epidemic and pandemic potential, which highlights the importance of screening studies of bat-derived viruses. …”
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DYRK1A (Dual-Specificity Tyrosine-Phosphorylated and -Regulated Kinase 1A): A Gene with Dosage Effect During Development and Neurogenesis by M. Dierssen, M. Martínez de Lagrán

“…DYRKs (dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinases) are an emerging family of evolutionarily conserved dual-specificity kinases that play key roles in cell proliferation, survival, and development. …”
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OPTIMIZING PERIOPERATIVE CARE FOR PERIHILAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA: THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT, NEOADJUVANT THERAPY, AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY by María Inés GAETE, José Donizeti de MEIRA JUNIOR, Soledad LOYOLA, Luís MENESES, Jorge DREYSE, Joaquín HEVIA, Eduardo BRICEÑO, Jorge MARTINEZ

“…CONCLUSIONS: This article highlights the importance of a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach in managing complex oncological surgeries, especially regarding the hospital’s rescue capacity for severe postoperative complications. Emergent management with interventional radiology had a central role in resolving life-threatening complications.…”
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Global disparity in synergy of solar power and vegetation growth by Shi Chen, Yuhan Wang, Xi Lu, Kebin He, Jiming Hao

“…PV system design, especially lower installation density, along with favorable pre-existing attributes especially low original vegetation coverage, emerge as pivotal factors potentially improving PV positive impacts. …”
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Learning enhances behaviorally relevant representations in apical dendrites by Sam E Benezra, Kripa B Patel, Citlali Perez Campos, Elizabeth MC Hillman, Randy M Bruno

“…Reinforcement learning, but not repeated stimulus exposure, enhanced tuft selectivity for both directions equally, even though only one was associated with reward. Selective tufts emerged from initially unresponsive or low-selectivity populations. …”
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A comprehensive review of fiber-reinforced topology optimization for advanced polymer composites produced by automated manufacturing by Bence Szederkenyi, Norbert Krisztian Kovacs, Tibor Czigany

“…The main conclusions of the paper highlight the emerging trends in research, the potential of fiber-reinforced polymer composites designed by FRTO, the challenges facing the field, and the efficiency improvements and synergy with AI, indicating an evolving role for TO in structural optimization.…”
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“Spice” (Synthetic Marijuana) Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Case Series by E. Ul Haq, A. Shafiq, A. A. Khan, A. A. Awan, S. Ezad, W. J. Minteer, B. Omar

“…All patients underwent emergent coronary angiography, with two needing stent placement and the third requiring only aspiration thrombectomy. …”
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Zinc Transporters, Mechanisms of Action and Therapeutic Utility: Implications for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Stephen A. Myers, Alex Nield, Mark Myers

“…Evidence on the role of these proteins in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is now emerging. Zinc plays a key role in the synthesis, secretion and action of insulin in both physiological and pathophysiological states. …”
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To the centenary of the birth of outstanding evolutionist Dmitri Konstantinovich Belyaev by V. K. Shumny

“…The global importance of the “master – follower” paradigm as a basis of the continuity of generations is underlined and re-underlined, for this is a very special point in the scientific community, especially when new schools of science emerge.…”
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Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Site-Vicinity Infrastructure for Supporting the Accident Management of a Nuclear Power Plant by T. J. Katona, A. Vilimi

“…The design basis earthquake affects large area around the plant site and can cause serious consequences that will affect the logistical support of the emergency actions at the plant, influence the psychological condition of the plant personnel, and determine the workload of the country’s disaster management personnel. …”
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A Loading Dose of IV Salbutamol in an Adolescent with Severe Acute Asthma and Cardiac Arrest by Shelley A. Boeschoten, Ruben S. van der Crabben, Annemie L. M. Boehmer, Matthijs de Hoog, Corinne M. P. Buysse

“…Having a loading dose of IV salbutamol available for emergency medical services use for SAA in children with life-threatening SAA in the out-of-hospital setting is important to consider. …”
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The Theranostic Genome by Xiaoying Xu, Pablo Jané, Vincent Taelman, Eduardo Jané, Rebecca A. Dumont, Yonathan Garama, Francisco Kim, María del Val Gómez, Karim Gariani, Martin A. Walter

“…Abstract Theranostic drugs represent an emerging path to deliver on the promise of precision medicine. …”
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Enhancing integrated reporting quality through boardroom diversity: the critical role of board diligence in the petroleum industry by Ally Adam Mshana, Siasa Issa Mzenzi, Said Juma Suluo

“…In contrast, age diversity exerts a negative influence. Board diligence emerges as a crucial moderator, amplifying the positive effects of gender diversity and the negative impact of age diversity. …”
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Confrontation Naming and Reading Abilities at Primary School: A Longitudinal Study by Chiara Luoni, Umberto Balottin, Laura Rosana, Enrico Savelli, Silvia Salini, Cristiano Termine

“…Performance on the BNT emerged as a function of IQ and SES. Significant correlations between confrontation naming and reading abilities, especially comprehension, were found; BNT scores correlated better with reading fluency than with reading accuracy. …”
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