Recipient Age Predicts 20-Year Survival in Pediatric Liver Transplant by Stephanie Keeling, Malcolm F. McDonald, Adrish Anand, Jordan Dunson, Elizabeth Williams, Theodore Zhang, Brian Hickner, Nhu Thao Nguyen Galván, Christine O’ Mahony, John A Goss, Abbas Rana

“…Kaplan–Meier with log-rank test as well as univariate and multivariate logistic regression methods were used to retrospectively analyze 4,312 liver transplant recipients under the age of 18 between September 30, 1987 and March 9, 1998. Our primary endpoint was 20-year survival among one-year survival. …”
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Improving children’s cooperativeness during magnetic resonance imaging using interactive educational animated videos: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial by Evelyn Gabriela Utama, Seyed Ehsan Saffari, Phua Hwee Tang

“…Methods: In this Institutional Review Board-approved prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial, 558 children aged 3–20 years scheduled for elective MRI scan from June 2017 to March 2019 were randomised into the interactive video only group and combined (regular and interactive) videos group. …”
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Characterization of Older Adults with Colorectal Cancer in the Community by Belkis Álvarez Escobar, Juan Carlos Mirabal Requena, José Alejandro Concepción Pacheco, Javier Cruz Rodríguez, Ydalsys Naranjo Hernández

“…<br /> <strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive research was carried out at the Sur Rudesindo García del Rijo Polyclinic in the municipality and province of Sancti Spíritus, from January to March 2019. We worked with an intentional sample of 127 older adults, belonging to urban clinics. …”
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Indoor Particulate Matters Measured in Residential Homes in the Southeastern United States: Effects of Pandemic Lockdown and Holiday Cooking by Sierra Laltrello, Azita Amiri, Shan-Hu Lee

“…Here, we show the first long-term measurements of household indoor PM concentrations in the southeastern United States, for one year (May 2019 through April 2020) covering the COVID-19 hard-lockdown period (March and April 2020). Particle size distributions between 0.25–35 µm were measured with a low-cost sensor, which does not utilize hazardous chemicals and radiation sources and is ideal for indoor air monitoring in real households without disruption of residents’ living conditions. …”
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The Effects of North Atlantic Oscillation on the atmospheric middle level Anomaly and precipitation of Iran.Case study: west of Iran. by Meysam Toulabi Nejad, ZAHRA Hejazizadeh, Atefeh Bosak, nasrin bazmi

“…The results indicate that between North Atlantic Oscillation changes with middle level height anomalies of the Atmosphere and the amount of precipitation in West of Iran in January, March, April and November there is communication and concurrency.  …”
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Health care providers' decision-making and early adoption of tenofovir alafenamide for HIV preexposure prophylaxis: An inductive qualitative study. by Elisabeth Merchant, Patricia Solleveld, Kevin Gibas, Douglas Krakower

“…<h4>Methods</h4>In order to better understand providers' decision-making processes when deciding between these two drugs for pre-exposure prophylaxis, we conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with resident, fellow and attending physicians in internal medicine and infectious diseases between May 2020 and March 2021. These interviews were analyzed to identify emergent codes, which were utilized in an inductive thematic analysis to identify major themes pertinent to pre-exposure prophylaxis decision-making.…”
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The needs and prioritization of nutrition and dietary support for individuals with disabilities: an exploratory study by Jong Eun Park, Yu Jin Kim, So Young Kim, Jong Hyock Park

“…Methods An online survey was conducted from March 2 to 15, 2021. The survey included 20 questions exploring perspectives on the nutritional status of PWD, their need for nutritional and dietary support policies and programs, and the prioritization of appropriate support measures. …”
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The Short‐Time Prediction of the Energetic Electron Flux in the Planetary Radiation Belt Based on Stacking Ensemble‐Learning Algorithm by Rongxin Tang, Yuhao Tao, Jiahao Li, Zhou Chen, Xiaohua Deng, Haimeng Li

“…In order to predict the variations of energetic electron fluxes for different energy channels, we proposed a new ensemble machine leaning model for differential electron flux from 30 keV to 4 MeV in the Earth's radiation belts based on the RBSP‐A observation data from March 2013 to December 2017. The deep neural network (DNN), the convolutional neural network (CNN), the combination of CNN and DNN (CNN&DNN), the linear regression (LR), and the light gradient boosting machine (LightGBM) are among the machine learning models chosen. …”
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Analysis of selected factors influencing mortality of patients with COVID-19 treated in a community hospital in a rural region of Poland by Marek Kos, Renata Hatalska-Żerebiec, Małgorzata Jurczyk-Stachyra, Karol Paciura, Justyna Janeczko, Robert Podsiadły, Piotr Sobolewski

“…The study population consisted of patients treated between 1 March 2020 and 31 May 2021. Results: We analyzed data of 24 057 Caucasian patients including 798 patients with COVID-19. …”
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Kidney stone characteristics in diabetics versus nondiabetics at a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia by Ibrahim Basem Nafadi, Abdullah Ahmed Alsulami, Nawaf Faisal Halabi, Abdulrahman Abdullah Alsubhi, Sami Wessam Maghrabi, Waleed Saad Alshehri, Majed Ramadan, Anwar Khan, Suhaib Radi

“…Data collection occurred from December 1, 2022, to March 1, 2023, and the analysis was performed using SPSS software. …”
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Identifying common baseline clinical features of COVID-19: a scoping review by Matilde Monteiro-Soares, Daniela Ferreira-Santos, Priscila Maranhão

“…Our major aim was to identify common baseline clinical features that could help recognise adult patients at high risk of having COVID-19.Design We conducted a scoping review of all the evidence available at LitCovid, until 23 March 2020.Setting Studies conducted in any setting and any country were included.Participants Studies had to report the prevalence of sociodemographic characteristics, symptoms and comorbidities specifically in adults with a diagnosis of infection by SARS-CoV-2.Results In total, 1572 publications were published on LitCovid. …”
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Purpose built catheters for minimally invasive surfactant therapy: Experience from a Canadian tertiary level neonatal intensive care unit by Talib Al Harthy, Michael R Miller, Orlando daSilva, Soume Bhattacharya

“… # Methods This retrospective cohort study included neonates who received MIST using purpose-built catheters between January 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022. Two types of purpose-built catheters were used in this period - SurfCath™ and BLEScath™. …”
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The validity of serum autotaxin as a predictor of hepatic fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by Muhammad Abdel-Gawad, Hamdiy Mahfouz, Mona Abdelmeguid, Gehad M.A.-A. Hassan, Marwa Khalaf, Hani S. Aboalam

“…Patients and methods This cross-sectional study was performed at Al-Azhar University Hospitals and Assiut Liver Center, conducted on 100 adult men and women patients who showed evidence of fatty liver disease between September 2020 and March 2021. Results There were 66 patients without fibrosis (group I) and 34 patients with fibrosis [group II] with significant change between the two groups regarding NAFLD fibrosis score [P=0.002] and grade of fibrosis by fibroscan (P< 0.001) but nonsignificant as regard FIB4 score, BARD score, and Steatosis. …”
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Collaborative Online Learning: Plurilingual and Pluricultural Development by O. Polyakova, I. N. Goryacheva, R. Galstyan-Sargsyan

“…The undergraduates who volunteered to participate in the focus group took part in five telecollaboration sessions (March-May 2020). The participants were divided into two mixed (50% Russian and 50% Spanish learners) subgroups and discussed suggested topics during online studentled bilingual sessions. …”
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Hypertriglyceridemia and hypertension-altered abdominal girdle phenotypes and their association with cardiovascular risk factors in women seen at the Provincial Climacteric Consult... by Elodia María Rivas Álpizar, Karen Lizeth García, Annia Quintana Marrero

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional study, which included 100 women who attended the Provincial Climacteric Consultation, at the Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Cienfuegos Hospital, from March 2016 to 2020. The analyzed variables were: age, skin color, smoking, arterial hypertension, obesity, physical activity, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, abdominal circumference, total cholesterol, uric acid, and triglycerides. …”
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From trainee to general practitioner: A qualitative study of transition experiences of Flemish GP trainees by Ellen Tisseghem, Joke Fleer, Melissa Horlait, Peter Pype, Emelien Lauwerier

“…All interviews were held between February 2021 and March 2021, conducted online via MS Teams, recorded, and transcribed verbatim for analysis.Findings Our analysis uncovered two adaptational processes during this transition period: personal adaptation and professional socialisation. …”
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Safety of the use of a microtracer with the feed additive consisting of chromium propionate (KemTRACE™ chromium) for all growing poultry species by EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Roberto Edoardo Villa, Giovanna Azimonti, Eleftherios Bonos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Birgit Dusemund, Ronette Gehring, Boet Glandorf, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Francesca Marcon, Carlo Nebbia, Alena Pechová, Miguel Prieto‐Maradona, Ilen Röhe, Katerina Theodoridou, Jaume Galobart, Maria Vittoria Vettori, Jordi Ortuño, Fabiola Pizzo, Jordi Tarrés‐Call

“…Abstract In the context of the FEEDAP opinion on the safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of chromium propionate (KemTRACE™ Chromium) of 18 March 2021, the EU Reference Laboratory for feed additives (EURL) was not in a position to recommend the method: proposed by the applicant for official control for the quantification of the organic chromium content in premixtures and feedingstuffs. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Management of Hypercalcemic Crisis in 155 Patients: A Single Center Retrospective Study by Yuqing Qu, Yang Liu, Xianling Wang, Qinghua Guo, Jin Du, Yu Pei, Jianming Ba, Weijun Gu, Jingtao Dou, Zhaohui Lv, Yiming Mu

“…This was a retrospective analysis of a cohort of patients with hypercalcemic crisis hospitalized in the First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital between January 2009 and March 2024. The general data, clinical manifestations, etiology, photographic examination, emergency treatment, etiological treatment, and prognosis were analysed. …”
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Retrospective analysis of the impact of dietary counselling and nutritional assessment on patients undergoing maintenance haemodialysis by Vandana Verma, Vinant Bhargawa, Vasundhara Bengani, Shweta Sharma, Rabiya Rehan

“…Material and Methods: In this retrospective study conducted from April 2021 to March 2022, data were retrieved from the hospital information system of 135 patients with end-stage renal disease who had undergone MHD three times a week. …”
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A study of the histopathological spectrum of thyroid neoplasms in a tertiary health care center by Rabia Parveen Siddiqui, Vanita Bhaskar, Kavita Swami, Varsha Pandey, Anubhav Chandrakar, Kasturi Mangrulkar

“…Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, over 50 months from January 2020 to March 2024. A total of 71 cases meeting the inclusion criteria were analyzed. …”
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