Research on the numerical simulation of dynamic explosion shock wave propagation characteristics between floors by Ke Wu, Bo Chen, Hao Li, Yunfeng Zhang, Damin Zhang, Yixuan Wu, Yaguang Sui

“…Moreover, a model capable of assessing this pressure non-uniformity feature has been established in this paper, which can estimate the pressure distribution characteristics under different initial velocity circumstances rather rapidly and accurately.…”
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Exploring DNA methylation, telomere length, mitochondrial DNA, and immune function in patients with Long-COVID by Andrea Polli, Lode Godderis, Dries S. Martens, Madhura Shekhar Patil, Jolien Hendrix, Arne Wyns, Jente Van Campenhout, Emma Richter, Lara Fanning, Olivia Vandekerckhove, Eveline Claeys, Wim Janssens, Natalie Lorent

“…Common persistent symptoms are fatigue, sleep disturbances, post-exertional malaise (PEM), pain, and cognitive problems. Long-COVID is estimated to be present in about 65 million people. …”
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Effects of Minimally Invasive Versus Open Pancreatoduodenectomy on Short-Term Surgical Outcomes and Postoperative Nutritional and Immunological Statuses: A Single-Institution Prope... by Shinsei Yumoto, MD, Hiromitsu Hayashi, MD, PhD, Kosuke Mima, MD, PhD, Daisuke Ogawa, MD, Rumi Itoyama, MD, PhD, Yuki Kitano, MD, PhD, Shigeki Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Hirohisa Okabe, MD, PhD, Hideo Baba, MD, PhD

“…Compared with OPD, MIPD was significantly associated with less estimated blood loss (P < 0.0001), fewer intraoperative blood transfusions (P = 0.001), longer operative time, shorter postoperative hospital stay (P < 0.0001), fewer postoperative complications (P = 0.001) (especially clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula [P = 0.018]), and a higher rate of textbook outcome achievement (70.7% vs 48.5%, P = 0.001). …”
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Early therapeutic drug monitoring of methotrexate and its association with acute kidney injury: A retrospective cohort study by Nicolás Tentoni, Miriam Hwang, Gabriela Villanueva, Ryan Combs, Jennifer Lowe, Laura B. Ramsey, Zachary L. Taylor, Thais Murciano Carrillo, María Dolores Aumente, Teresa López‐Viñau López, Carmelo Rizzari, Scott C. Howard

“…After adjusting for age, sex, dose (mg/m2), infusion duration, HDMTX course, and baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate, it remained significant for AKI with an OR of 1.29 and 95% confidence interval of 1.03–1.65. …”
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ConvXGB: A novel deep learning model to predict recurrence risk of early-stage cervical cancer following surgery using multiparametric MRI images by Ji Wu, Jian Li, Bo Huang, Sunbin Dong, Luyang Wu, Xiping Shen, Zhigang Zheng

“…Background: Accurate estimation of recurrence risk for cervical cancer plays a pivot role in making individualized treatment plans. …”
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Associations and potential epigenetic changes between air pollution and osteoarthritis risk and survival: Insights from a prospective cohort study by Jing Qian, Jiahao Zhu, Yifan Wang, Ruoqi Dai, Jingyou Miao, Ye Yang, Wenxia Zhao, Jing Wang, Lilu Ding, Dan Zhou, Min Yu, Yingjun Li

“…Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study in the UK Biobank, estimating exposure levels of particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10, PM2.5–10), nitrogen oxides (NO2, NOx), and air pollutants exposure score (APES). …”
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The Relationship between the Depression and Anxiety Stress Survey Questionnaire, Salivary Cortisol and Heart Rate Variability by Fateme Sangtarash, Haniyeh Choobsaz, Milad Zarrin, Sousan Salari, Ehsan Mokari Manshadi, Ali Akbar Esmaeili, Sayyed Hossein Mozaffari, Boshra Hatef

“…Conclusion: The anxiety-DASS subscale represents the sympathetic-adrenal medulla (SAM) activity. Clinicians can estimate the activity of this stress axis by using the anxiety subscale of the DASS questionnaire. …”
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Assessing dynamic coastal vulnerability to climate hazards: A geospatial approach in Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh, India by Ganni Satya Venkata Sai Aditya Bharadwaz, Indrajit Pal, Chitrini Mozumder, Mokbul Morshed Ahmad

“…The composite assessment of dynamic coastal vulnerability was estimated and mapped annually, revealing significant impacts across the district. …”
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What should be publicly funded in the Colombian health system? A mixed methods study of citizens’ perceptions by Juan Carlos Velasquez, Claudia Marcela Vélez, Diana Patricia Díaz-Hernández, Pamela Velázquez-Salazar, Gilma Hernández-Herrera, Daniel Felipe Patiño-Lugo, Olga Francisca Salazar-Blanco, Leydi Camila Rodríguez-Corredor, Viviana María Vélez-Marín, Anny Julieth Jaramillo-García

“…We performed a content analysis of the interviews, and, for the quantitative strand, we performed a principal component analysis and varimax rotation to identify view patterns. We also estimated the z-scores of each statement and the load to each factor. …”
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Improving Fugitive Dust Emission Inventory from Construction Sector Using UAV Images Recognition by Yuyao He, Jicheng Jang, Yun Zhu, Pen-Chi Chiang, Jia Xing, Shuxiao Wang, Bin Zhao, Shicheng Long, Yingzhi Yuan

“…Post integration of monitoring data through the Software for the Modeled Attainment Test - Community Edition (SMAT-CE), the contributions of construction dust to local PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations were estimated at 3.27 ± 0.8 µg m–3 and 1.11 ± 0.27 µg m–3, respectively, with more pronounced impacts observed in the central, northwestern, and south-central zones of the study region. …”
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Short-term effects of empagliflozin on preventing contrast induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, a randomised trial by Zeinab Sadat Hosseini, Mohammad Javad Jamili, Behzad Ensan, Ghazaleh Donyadideh, Bahram Shahri, Hamid Eshraghi, Susan Darroudi, Mohsen Moohebati

“…Renal function parameters such as estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), creatinine, cystatin C, and urea were evaluated. …”
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Development and Evaluation of a Deep Learning–Based Pulmonary Hypertension Screening Algorithm Using a Digital Stethoscope by Ling Guo, Nivedita Khobragade, Spencer Kieu, Suleman Ilyas, Preston N. Nicely, Emmanuel K. Asiedu, Fabio V. Lima, Caroline Currie, Emileigh Lastowski, Gaurav Choudhary

“…Methods Approximately 6000 PCG recordings with the corresponding echocardiogram‐based estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure values, as well as ≈169 000 PCG recordings without associated echocardiograms, were used for training a deep convolutional network to detect pulmonary artery systolic pressures ≥40 mm Hg in a semisupervised manner. …”
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Incidence and Factors Associated with Postoperative Delayed Hyponatremia after Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review by Cheng-Chi Lee, Yu-Chi Wang, Yu-Tse Liu, Yin-Cheng Huang, Peng-Wei Hsu, Kuo-Chen Wei, Ko-Ting Chen, Ya-Jui Lin, Chi-Cheng Chuang

“…No overt variations of the pooled estimates were observed upon subgroups stratified by endoscopic and microscopic procedure, publication year, and patients’ age. …”
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SFMHANet: Surface Fitting Constrained Multidimensional Hybrid Attention Network for Aero-Optics Thermal Radiation Effect Correction by Yu Shi, ShanLin Niu, Lei Wang, Liang Ye, YaoZong Zhang, HanYu Hong

“…First, according to the characteristics of the aero-optics thermal radiation bias field belonging to low frequency, we initially estimate the aero-optics thermal radiation bias field using biharmonic spline interpolation surface fitting based on wavelet decomposition. …”
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Level of and trends in women’s empowerment inequalities in antenatal care services in Ethiopia: further analysis of the Ethiopia demographic and health surveys, 2000-16 by Gebretsadik Shibre, Wubegzier Mekonnen, Damen Haile Mariam

“…By the measure of average marginal effect, there were disparities favoring empowered women based mainly on the point estimates, except that the attitude toward violence disparity in 2016 occurred to the advantage of poorly empowered women. …”
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The Economic Implications of Psychosocial Peer Support for Health Workers in German Hospitals by Strametz R, Roesner H, Neusius T, Wiesenhuetter I, Bushuven S, Mira JJ, Hinzmann D, Heininger S

“…Economic impact assessments were conducted to estimate the potential cost savings associated with implementing a peer-support program.Results: The economic analysis reveals significant annual costs associated with SVP-induced absenteeism: approximately 1.56 billion euros for physicians and 1.87 billion euros for nurses. …”
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First detection of Culex tritaeniorhynchus in Western Australia using molecular diagnostics and morphological identification by Kimberly L. Evasco, Craig Brockway, Tamara Falkingham, Margaret Hall, Nerida G. Wilson, Abbey Potter

“…The findings are significant given the detection of the species coincides with the first significant outbreak of JEV activity on mainland Australia involving an estimated 45 human cases of Japanese encephalitis, 80 impacted commercial piggeries and widespread feral pig activity. …”
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Treatment Patterns of Long-Acting Somatostatin Analogs for Neuroendocrine Tumors by Callisia N. Clarke, Paul Cockrum, Thomas J.R. Beveridge, Michelle Jerry, Donna McMorrow, Anh Thu Tran, Alexandria T. Phan

“…Continuous variables, categorical variables, and Kaplan-Meier estimated treatment durations were compared using _t_-tests, chi-square/Fisher’s tests, and log-rank tests, respectively. …”
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Experimental investigation of thermal characteristics of a 12S1P Li-ion NMC-21700 battery module under different environments for EV applications by Jay Patel, Rajesh Patel, Rajat Saxena, Abhishek Nair

“…Experiments are performed on a single NCM-21,700 cell to estimate the heat generation during charge and discharge. …”
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First Report of SNPs Detection in TMEM154 Gene in Sheep from Poland and Their Association with SRLV Infection Status by Magdalena Materniak-Kornas, Katarzyna Piórkowska, Katarzyna Ropka-Molik, Adrianna Dominika Musiał, Joanna Kowalik, Anna Kycko, Jacek Kuźmak

“…All these animals were also genotyped to characterize the presence of SNPs in TMEM154 gene and estimate their potential of being the SRLV-resistance marker. …”
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