The perceived workload of first-line healthcare professionals during neonatal resuscitation by Hai-Bo Huang, Kui Sang, Ming Zhou, Lin Yi, Jiang-Qin Liu, Chuan-Zhong Yang, Brenda H.Y. Law, Georg M. Schmölzer, Po-Yin Cheung

“…Background: Neonatal resuscitation is stressful for healthcare professionals as measured using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Task Load Index (NASA-TLX). Little is known regarding the perceived workload and associated factors among healthcare professionals including medical doctors (MDs) and nurses/midwives who have differences in training and experiences. …”
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Effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with extracorporeal shockwave therapy for poststroke spasticity: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Man Yang, Lu Liu, Peng-Yu Wang, Yang Zhu, Ling-Yi Liao, Qiu-Yi Peng, Yong Tao, Jin-Jing Liu, Xiang-Qin Fang, Shi-Hao Gao, Chang-Yue Gao

“…The secondary outcomes include the modified Tardieu scale for the degree of spasticity, the Fugl-Meyer assessment scale and range of motion (ROM) for motor function, the stroke-specific quality of life scale (SS-QOL) and modified Barthel index for activities of life, cortical excitability measured by TMS–surface electromyography (EMG), cerebral cortex oxygen concentrations measured by functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and Hmax/Mmax ratio measured by EMG.Ethics and dissemination This study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Army Medical Center of PLA (Approval No. 2024-04) on 24 January 2024. …”
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Environmental sustainability profiles assessment of HPLC stability indicating method for quantitation of piracetam and vincamine in pharmaceutical medications by Samya Sh. Alenezi, Ayman A. Gouda, Ragaa El Sheikh, Niaf A. Badahdah, Muneer E Alzuhiri, Ali H. Magrabi, Asim L. Jilani, Ahmed S. Darwish

“…Three methods were used to assess the environmental impact: Complementary modified green Analytical Procedure Index (ComplexMoGAPI), the eco-scale calculator, and the Analytical GREEnness metric (AGREE). …”
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Study on Discrete Null-Field Equation Methods for Bounded Simply Connected Domains: Better Locations of Source Nodes by Li-Ping Zhang, Zi-Cai Li, Hung-Tsai Huang, Ming-Gong Lee, Alexander L. Kazakov

“…Based on the sensitivity index, several better choices of pseudo-boundaries are studied for bounded simply connected domains. …”
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Hypertriglyceridemic Waist Phenotype and Lipid Accumulation Product: Two Comprehensive Obese Indicators of Waist Circumference and Triglyceride to Predict Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus... by Minrui Xu, Mingtao Huang, Deren Qiang, Jianxin Gu, Yong Li, Yingzi Pan, Xingjuan Yao, Wenchao Xu, Yuan Tao, Yihong Zhou, Hongxia Ma

“…There were additive interactions of HTGW (synergy index (SI): 1.678, 95% CI: 1.358-2.072) and high LAP (SI: 1.701, 95% CI: 1.406-2.059) with increased fasting plasma glucose (FPG) on the risk of T2DM. …”
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Effects of NDVI/Meteorological Elements on Actual Evapotranspiration in Loess Plateau over Last 20 Years by HAN Yuping, XU Dan, HUANG Huiping, JIA Dongdong, PEI Duo, ZHANG Junfeng

“…Given that the Grain for Green Program significantly enhances the vegetation coverage in the Loess Plateau and that global warming keeps worsening,studying the spatio-temporal distribution law of the evapotranspiration (ET) in the Loess Plateau and the combined influences of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and meteorological elements on the ET can guide the comprehensive management of the water resources in the plateau.Spatial regression analysis,Morlet wavelet analysis,and principal component analysis are performed to examine the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics of the ET in the Loess Plateau during the three periods of the whole year,the growing season,and the non-growing season over 2001—2020 and the combined influences of NDVI and meteorological elements with MOD16A2 ET,MOD13Q1 NDVI,and meteorological data.The results support the following conclusions:① ET increases significantly in all the three periods,with the growth rate for the whole year higher than that for the growing season and much higher than that for the non-growing season.The three periods all have a first main cycle of 14 a.ET decreases from southeast to northwest both in the whole year and the growing season,and the ET in the non-growing season is lower than that in the whole year and that in the growing season.The higher value is in the west and the south,and the spatial distribution of the interannual variation of ET is consistent with that of ET.② NDVI also increases significantly in all the three periods,and the spatial distribution of its value is consistent with that of ET.Precipitation increases remarkably in the whole year and in the growing season,with no marked growth in the non-growing season.No obvious increase trends in temperature and wind speed are observed in the three statistics periods.The spatial distribution laws of precipitation and temperature are largely consistent with that of ET.③ The contribution of each influencing factor to the change in ET varies with the period.Specifically,the first principal factors in the growing season,the non-growing season,and the whole year are respectively wind speed,temperature,and NDVI,NDVI,precipitation,and temperature,and NDVI and precipitation.…”
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Intra-Articular Application of Sluijter-Teixera Poisson Pulsed Radiofrequency in Symptomatic Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: Focus upon Clinical Efficacy and Safety by D. Filippiadis, A. Tsochatzis, E. Petsatodis, S. Galanis, G. Velonakis, C. Giankoulof, A. Kelekis

“…Mean patient age was 71.59 ± 11.99 years, mean body mass index was 30.23 ± 4.69, and male/female ratio was 9/30. …”
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The Relationship between Perirenal Fat Thickness and Reduced Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Yuan Fang, Yuechao Xu, Yuxian Yang, Chang Liu, Dong Zhao, Jing Ke

“…The basic and clinical characteristics including sex, age, diabetes duration, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), visceral fat area (VFA), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), serum uric acid (UA), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) were collected. …”
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Retrieval of Vegetation Indices and Vegetation Fraction in Highly Compact Urban Areas: A 3D Radiative Transfer Approach by Wenya Xue, Liping Feng, Jinxin Yang, Yong Xu, Hung Chak Ho, Renbo Luo, Massimo Menenti, Man Sing Wong

“…Vegetation indices, especially the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), are widely used in urban vegetation assessments. …”
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Unhealthy alcohol use and risk of coronary heart disease among young and middle-aged adults by Jamal S. Rana, Felicia W. Chi, Isaac Acquah, Stacy A. Sterling

“…Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, body mass index, physical activity, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. …”
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Diversité et importance de la flore ligneuse de la ville de Sokodé (Centre - Togo) by Samsahatou Tourey, Tchaa Boukpessi, Koffi Djagnikpo Kpedenou, Tanzidani Komlan Thiou Tchamie

“…The Shannon diversity index (4.8 bits) is relatively higher at the establishment level, followed by concessions (4.61 bits), interstices (4.03 bits) then roads (3.7 bits). …”
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Reinnervation of Free Nipple Grafts Associated With Improved Erection Function by Katya Remy, MD, Seth E. Fruge, MD, Ian L. McCulloch, MD, Kristyn Vicente, BA, Makayla Kochheiser, BA, Katherine H. Carruthers, MD, William G. Austen, Jr, MD, Lisa Gfrerer, MD, PhD, Ian L. Valerio, MD

“…Twenty patients (11 subjects and 9 controls) with comparable age, body mass index, and mastectomy weight were included. At an average follow-up of 16.8 (±7.0) months, significantly more subjects reported NE than controls (72.8% versus 38.9%, P = 0.03), with a higher median NE score (3 [range 1–4] versus 1 [range 1–2], P = 0.0005). …”
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EXtending Omalizumab Treatment Intervals in patients with Chronic spontaneous urticaria (EXOTIC): protocol of a multicentre, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial by Alexander Egeberg, Ditte Georgina Zhang, Christian Vestergaard, Simon Francis Thomsen, Jennifer Astrup Sørensen, Misbah Noshela Ghazanfar, Zarqa Ali, Jacob Thyssen

“…Blood samples, Weekly Urticaria Activity Score, Chronic Urticaria Quality of Life Questionnaire, Dermatology Life Quality Index and records of side effects and flares will be obtained throughout the study at weeks 0, 12, 24 and 36.Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the Scientific Ethical Committee of the Capital Region in Denmark, the local Data Protection Agency and the Danish Medicines Agency. …”
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Structural Characterization of Foxtail Millet (<i>Setaria italica</i>) Polysaccharides and Evaluation of Its Antioxidant and Immunostimulatory Activities by Haiying Zhang, Chengyu Peng, Wei Zhang, Huatao Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Changqing Sun, Xiaoning Cao

“…Size-Exclusion Chromatography–Multi-Angle Light Scattering–Refractive Index (SEC-MALLS-RI) and high-performance anion-exchange chromatography (HPAEC) analyses revealed that FM-D1 constitutes a highly purified neutral polysaccharide exclusively composed of glucose as the sugar unit, with a molecular weight of 14.823 kDa. …”
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Prognostication in emergency room patients: comparing ultrasensitive and contemporary quantification of cardiac troponin levels below the 99th percentile by Anna Carrasquer, Anna Carrasquer, Anna Carrasquer, Germán Cediel, Germán Cediel, Germán Cediel, Alma Gómez-Sanz, Alma Gómez-Sanz, Óscar M. Peiró, Óscar M. Peiró, Óscar M. Peiró, Isabel Fort-Gallifa, Isabel Fort-Gallifa, Isabel Fort-Gallifa, Alfredo Bardaji, Alfredo Bardaji, Alfredo Bardaji, Jose Luis Ferreiro, Jose Luis Ferreiro, Jose Luis Ferreiro

“…Both Singulex cardiac troponin I (analysed by quartiles) and Siemens cardiac troponin (analysed as detectable/undetectable) improved the predictive efficacy for the combined event over clinical variables [Harrell's C-index (95% confidence interval): 0.77 (0.74–0.80) vs. 0.79 (0.76–0.81) and 0.77 (0.74–0.80) vs. 0.78 (0.75–0.81), respectively; p = 0.018]. …”
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The Effect of Aerobic Training Program on Cardiopulmonary Parameters and Oxygen Saturation in Elite Judokas by Önder Dağlıoğlu, Tugay Yılmaz

“…Before and after the aerobic exercise program, body weight, body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BF%), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), resting heart rate (RHR), maximal heart rate (HRmax), maximal work rate (WRmax), maximal minute ventilation (VEmax)  and maximal oxygen consumption capacity (VO2max) were measured. …”
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Epidemiology of paediatric intensive care unit admissions, deaths and organ donation candidacy: A single-centre audit by John Zhong Heng Low, Joel Kian Boon Lim, Herng Lee Tan, Rudimar Martinez Fernandez, Samsudin Bin Nordin, Yee Hui Mok, Judith Ju-Ming Wong

“…After adjusting for elective admissions and admission category; comorbidity with adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.03 (1.54–5.96); higher Pediatric Index of Mortality 3 (PIM 3) score with aOR 1.06 (95% CI 1.04–1.08); and functional status scale with aOR 1.07 (95% CI 1.00–1.13) were associated with mortality. …”
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Rural-urban transformation shapes oasis agriculture in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains by Youness Boubou, Kira Fastner, Andreas Buerkert

“…For the GIS analyses, historical aerial images, multispectral satellite images, and drone-based surveys were used to generate manually classified agricultural fields and NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) time series. Our results show a major decline in cultivated land from 13 ha to 6.8 ha over the past 50 years accompanied by an expansion of modern infrastructure since the 2000s. …”
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Effectiveness of integrated chronic care interventions for older people with different frailty levels: a systematic review protocol by Gurch Randhawa, David Hewson, Nimra Khan

“…A literature search will be conducted on the databases Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and clinical trial registers. …”
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Genomic, transcriptomic, and T cell receptor profiling in stratifying response to first-line chemoradiotherapy or radiotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Xiaqin Zhang, Jianhong Lian, Fukun Chen, Kai Wang, Haoyuan Xue, Sufang Jia, Weili Wang, Zhongkang Li, Hua Liang, Hongwei Li

“…Clonality score was significantly increased from pre-treat to post-treat and from on-treat to post-treat. Shannon index was significantly decreased from pre-treat to post-treat and from on-treat to posttreat. …”
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