Barriers and facilitators to the conduct of critical care research in low and lower-middle income countries: A scoping review. by Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, Ena Gupta, Nagarajan Ramakrishnan, Abi Beane, Rashan Haniffa, Nazir Lone, Nicolette de Keizer, Neill K J Adhikari

“…High-quality research has been shown to strengthen health systems; yet, research contributions from these regions remain negligible or absent. We undertook a scoping review to describe barriers and facilitators for the conduct of critical care research.…”
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Human health risks of PAHs in soil and vegetables from Tiga, Kano State, Nigeria by Enyojo S. Okwute, Zakari Mohammed, David E. Arthur, Haruna B. Wayar, Joseph C. Akan

“…Incremental lifetime cancer risk values also fell below US EPA acceptable levels (10E-06), suggesting negligible cancer risk while the hazard index was less than 1, implying no appreciable non-cancer health risks. …”
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Model Experimental Study of Carbon Fiber Heating Wire for Deicing and Snow Melting on a Bridge Deck by Yan Tan, Yuntao Zhu, Henglin Xiao

“…When the heating power is set to 190 W/m2, the influence of the ambient temperature on the measuring points of the surface layer is negligible, but the influence of the ice melting rate at different positions from the heating wire is obvious. …”
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The Influence of Coupled Thermomechanical Processes on the Pressure and Temperature due to Cold Water Injection into Multiple Fracture Zones in Deep Rock Formation by Bruno Figueiredo, Chin-Fu Tsang, Auli Niemi

“…When the temperature is constant, the influence of the hydromechanical effects on the fluid pore pressure was found to be negligible, because in such scenario, the variation of the mean effective stress was 3 MPa, which was associated with a maximum increase in the initial permeability of the fracture zone only by a factor of 1.2. …”
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The impact of chronic disease diagnoses on smoking behavior change and maintenance: Evidence from China by Xinxin Chi, Xihua Liu, Cong Li, Wen Jiao

“…A diagnosis of a mild chronic disease, such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, chronic lung disease, liver disease, or gastric disease, had more negligible and transient effects on smoking behavior. …”
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Responses of α-amylase and protease activity to chemical agents and metallic salts in barley seeds (Hordeum vulgare L.) by Amin Hossain, Umma Fatema Shahjadee, Abu Tareq Mohammad Abdullah, Mohammad Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan, Anjum Zerin Rupa

“…In contrast to K+ and Na+, which have negligible or no inhibitory effects but Zn2+, Cu2+, and Fe2+ considerably reduce the activity of both enzymes. …”
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Impact of Oxycodone HCl Extended-release Formulary Restrictions on Extended-release Opioid Market Share, Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs in Commercial and Medicare Plans by Rolin L. Wade, Chi-Chang Chen, Ajita P. De, Jaren C. Howard

“…**Conclusions:** This study observed that despite reducing the market share of OER, OER formulary restrictions had negligible impact on overall ER opioid utilization, and did not result in substantial pharmacy/medical cost savings.…”
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The Measurement of Neutron Contamination in High Energy X-Ray Radiotherapy Using a He-3 Gas Dosimeter by Alireza Vejdani, Mehdi Momennezhad, Sara Mohammadi, Vajiheh Vejdani Noghreiyan, Atefeh Rostami

“…He-3 gas dosimeter showed that the neutron dose net was negligible under the treatment field. Conclusion: He-3 gas dosimeter detected more than the usual neutron dose in 6 MV photon energy than we expected. …”
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Impact of delayed pelvic imaging on the staging of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer patients using [18F]DCFPYL PET/CT: a retrospective evaluation by Ana Rodríguez-Pajuelo, Miriam Guerra-Gómez, Juan Ignacio Cuenca Cuenca, José María Freire-Macías, José Manuel Jiménez-Hoyuela García, Rosa María Álvarez-Pérez

“…Conclusions Pelvic delayed imaging in patients with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer undergoing PET/CT with [18F]DCFPYL shows a non-negligible influence on patient staging, modifying the miTNM classification in 16.2% of cases, with pelvic lymphatic involvement benefiting the most from the dual study.…”
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Using informative priors to account for identifiability issues in occupancy models with identification errors by Monchy, Célian, Etienne, Marie-Pierre, Gimenez, Olivier

“…While both processes are prone to error in general, wrong identifications are often considered as negligible with in situ observations. When applied to passive bio-monitoring data, characterized by datasets requiring automated processing, this second source of error can no longer be ignored as misclassifications at both steps can lead to significant biases in ecological estimates. …”
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Automated Web Tool Measurement of Total Hip Arthroplasty Acetabular Component Inclination and Anteversion Angles by Christine Yoon, BS, Anna Eligulashvili, BS, Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, PhD, Barlas Goker, MD, Eli Kamara, MD, Edward Mardakhaev, MD

“…Bland-Altman analysis for all 3 measurements displayed negligible systemic bias with random scattering. Conclusions: Automated measurements obtained with a novel web tool are in strong agreement with the manually obtained ground truth measurements. …”
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Effects of the crystallinity of fluoropolymer binders components in polymer-bonded explosives on shock Hugoniots: A computational study by Wen-yu Zhou, Hua-rong Li, Yong Han, Liu Liu, Hong Yang, Yang Zhou

“…The results reveal that the Hugoniots of amorphous F2314 and F2313 exhibited negligible differences. However, increasing crystallinity significantly impacted the Hugoniot curves of both fluoropolymers, especially for F2314 with high crystallinity. …”
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Outcomes of a pilot randomized clinical trial testing brief interventions to increase HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among rural people who inject drugs attending syringe serv... by Hilary L. Surratt, Sarah Brown, Abby L. Burton, Will Cranford, Laura C. Fanucchi, Christie Green, Stephanie M. Mersch, Rebecca Rains, Philip M. Westgate

“…Expanding access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been endorsed as a key HIV prevention strategy; however, uptake among people who inject drugs (PWID) has been negligible in rural areas. Syringe services programs (SSPs) have been implemented throughout Kentucky’s Appalachian region, providing an important opportunity to integrate PrEP services. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Gas–Liquid–Solid Three-Phase Erosion in a Gas Storage Tank Tee by Zongxiao Ren, Chenyu Zhang, Zhaoyang Fan, Yanfei Ren

“…Gas storage reservoir water production is relatively low, and its maximum erosion rate of the tee exerts a negligible influence. Conversely, the maximum erosion rate of the tee is significantly influenced by the gas extraction rate, exhibiting an exponential relationship with the maximum erosion rate and the rate of gas extraction. …”
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Elucidation of novel, alternative, fiber-reinforced iron-based pozzolanic composites as SCMs by Hafiz Muhammad Nadir, Ash Ahmed, Ikram Moshi

“…NAFRIC specimens demonstrated minimal surface deterioration/elongation and negligible/no strength reduction after 270 days of concentrated sulfate attack. …”
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Trends and Spatiotemporal Patterns of the Meteorological Drought in the Ili River Valley from 1961 to 2023: An SPEI-Based Study by Su Hang, Alim Abbas, Bilal Imin, Nijat Kasim, Zinhar Zunun

“…Seasonally, the IRV experiences drier summers and wetter winters compared to regional averages, with negligible changes in autumn and milder drought conditions in spring. …”
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An Assessment of Socio-Economic Factors explaining Pupil Dropout in UPE Schools of Nyabihoko Sub- County, Ntungamo District by Abert, Musinguzi

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Using machine learning to predict outcomes following transcarotid artery revascularization by Ben Li, Naomi Eisenberg, Derek Beaton, Douglas S. Lee, Leen Al-Omran, Duminda N. Wijeysundera, Mohamad A. Hussain, Ori D. Rotstein, Charles de Mestral, Muhammad Mamdani, Graham Roche-Nagle, Mohammed Al-Omran

“…Abstract Transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) is a relatively new and technically challenging procedure that carries a non-negligible risk of complications. Risk prediction tools may help guide clinical decision-making but remain limited. …”
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Enzyme-responsive vitamin D-based micelles for paclitaxel-controlled delivery and synergistic pancreatic cancer therapy by Diana Peixoto, João M. Ravasco, Barbara Blanco-Fernandez, Francisco Veiga, Angel Concheiro, João Conde, Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos, Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo

“…Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the most feared diseases worldwide owing to its poor prognosis, negligible therapeutic advances, and high mortality. …”
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Thermal assessment of Li-ion battery cells and coolant in hybrid electric vehicles system: Application of conjugate condition and response surface methodology by Asif Afzal, M.K. Ramis, R.D. Jilte, Mamdooh Alwetaishi, Sung Goon Park, Abdulrajak Buradi, Qasem M. Al-Mdallal, Ümit Ağbulut

“…The MT difference obtained with an increase in ζcc and Re is much less and the same is negligible with Ar. Re below 500 and ζcc below 0.06 will cause a greater increase in MT, which acts as lower limits. …”
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