Enteral Nutrition Practices and Complications in ICU Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study of Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives in Saudi Arabia by Zaher S, Alhindi R, Alturki L, Alsobhi E, Alahmadi L, Aldhowayan HA

“…Box 344, Madinah, 42353, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Email Sz332@cam.ac.uk; szaher@taibahu.edu.saBackground: Enteral Nutrition (EN) is the preferred method for providing nutritional support in intensive care units (ICUs) compared to parenteral nutrition (PN) due to its physiological advantages, safety profile, and cost-effectiveness compared to parenteral nutrition (PN). …”
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Internet use and adolescent development in rural China: A scoping review protocol of research landscape and gaps. by Linxiao Zhang

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>The standard for conducting this scoping review is the five-stage model proposed by Arksey and O'Malley, and the reporting standard is the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). …”
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Elliptical FRP-Concrete-Steel Double-Skin Tubular Columns under Monotonic Axial Compression by Bing Zhang, Gui-Sen Feng, Yan-Lei Wang, Cong-Cong Lai, Chen-Chen Wang, Xia-Min Hu

“…When subjecting to different loads in the two horizontal directions, elliptical columns are preferred as they can provide different bending stiffness and moment capacity around two axes of symmetry without significantly reducing the confining effect of the FRP tube. …”
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Competency and Educational Needs: Results of an AI Survey of Members of the European Society of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgeons (ESPES) by Holger Till, Hesham Elsayed, Maria Escolino, Ciro Esposito, Sameh Shehata, Georg Singer

“…The majority (95%) expressed interest in further AI/ML training, preferring online courses, workshops, and hands-on sessions. …”
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Reconstruction of Partial Glossectomy Defects in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Oral Tongue: A Prospective Clinical Study on the Assessment and Comparison of Intraoperati... by Shubhanshi Kangloo, Nitin Bhola, Anchal Agarwal, Raj Kumar Chakraborty, Priyatam Mishra, Saurabh Pillai

“…Due to certain drawbacks, microvascular-free flaps are avoided; instead, local/regional flaps are preferred. Islanded Nasolabial Flap Tunneled Under the Mandible (INFTUM) is a modification of the conventional nasolabial flap based on the facial artery. …”
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Fabrication of Cu: ZnO thin film sensor for ethanol vapor detection by Robin Simkhada, Dalton R. Gibbs, Soma Dhakal, Dipak Oli, Rishi Ram Ghimire, Deependra Das Mulmi, Leela Pradhan Joshi

“…The XRD analysis showed a polycrystalline nature with preferred orientation along (100) and (002) crystal planes. …”
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Effect of feeding rate and composition for bioconversion of wastewater treatment plant sludge from the milk and creamer processing industries using black soldier fly larvae by Ursada Riang, Bagastyo Arseto Yekti, Purnomo Alfan

“…Creamer processing industrial sludge, particularly from filter press is preferable for larval growth than the milk industry. …”
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Infection Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance Levels in Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis in Gynecological Outpatients of a Tertiary Hospital in China from 2015 to 201... by Wei Zhang, Lijuan Li, Xuelian Zhang, Hongshu Fang, Huajian Chen, Changxian Rong

“…Doxycycline, josamycin, and minocycline were preferred because they had the lowest levels of resistance. …”
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Meta-analysis examining the association between low platelet monoamine oxidase levels and Zuckerman's sensation seeking scale in a sex dependent manner by Jordan Winfield, Ian A. Mendez, Gabriel A. Frietze

“…To identify studies to include in this meta-analysis, a preliminary database was produced by searching PsycInfo, Medline, PubMed, ProQuest, and ScienceDirect, from the time period of January 01, 1970 through August 01, 2022. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed for study inclusion. …”
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Evaluation of quality policies and strategies in health systems: a scoping review by Zenewton André da Silva Gama, Márcia Cunha da Silva Pellense, Pedro Jesús Saturno Hernández, Anna Cláudia Sales Gomes Caldas

“…This study aims to map studies evaluating policies and strategies for quality in health systems around the world.Design This is a scoping review based on the guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR).Data sources The search for articles was carried out in the Embase, Medline/Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases and in the grey literature in July 2024.Eligibility criteria Publications describing a tool for evaluating interventions for quality in the health system and studies containing at least one conceptual framework related to the evaluation of policies and strategies for quality in the health system, in any language, were included.Data extraction and synthesis Data selection was carried out independently by two reviewers, whose conflicts were resolved by consensus and the decision of a third reviewer. …”
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Phenetic analysis of natural apricot populations in the Mountainous Dagestan for endocarp (stone) features by D. M. Anatov

“…The natural populations of apricot in the Mountainous Dagestan are spread along the valleys of the Avar Koysu, Andi Koysu, Kazikumukh Koysu and Kara Koysu rivers, at altitudes of 350–1500 m ASL, and (sporadically) over the southern slopes – up to 1900 m ASL. They prefer crushed limestone hillsides, where they form the so-called ‘apricot savannah’, rarely assembling into dense massifs. …”
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Facilitators and barriers in the implementation of patient-centred care interventions among general practitioners: a systematic review protocol by Wenhui Li, Min Su, Zhengrong Li, Xiaojing Fan

“…Methods This systematic literature review will adhere to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. …”
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Participatory research towards the control of snakebite envenoming and other illnesses in a riverine community of the Western Brazilian Amazon. by Alícia Patrine Cacau Santos, Evellyn Antonieta Rondon Tomé Silva, Hiran Sátiro Souza da Gama, Jady Shayenne Mota Cordeiro, Ana Paula Silva Oliveira, Jéssica Albuquerque Araújo, Rafaela Nunes Dávila, Hélio Afonso Amazonas Júnior, Altair Seabra Farias, Jacqueline Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Vinícius Azevedo Machado, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Felipe Leão Gomes Murta

“…SBE control programs in remote areas of the Brazilian Amazon should be planned with a multidisciplinary and intercultural approach, preferably integrated with broader interventions that address the population's needs for a range of health issues.…”
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Elevated Rates of Tidal Disruption Events in Active Galactic Nuclei by Karamveer Kaur, Nicholas C. Stone

“…The orbits of collisionless TDEs sometimes have a preferred orientation in apses, carrying implications for observational signatures of resulting flares.…”
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Effects of falls prevention interventions on falls outcomes for hospitalised adults: protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis by Anne-Marie Hill, Meg E Morris, David L Carey, Susan C Slade

“…The systematic review will be informed by Cochrane guidelines and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis statement. …”
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Application of complexity theory in health and social care research: a scoping review by Áine Carroll, Claire Collins, Andrew Darley, Diarmuid Stokes, Jane McKenzie

“…The review used the revised Arksey and O’Malley framework and adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR).Results 2021 studies were initially identified with a total of 61 articles included for extraction. …”
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Factors affecting DH plants <i>in vitro</i> production from microspores of European radish by E. V. Kozar, E. A. Domblides, A. V. Soldatenko

“…For the first time, we were able to realize the full production cycle of DH plants of European radish by in vitro microspore culture up to inclusion of the produced material into the selection process. We have selected: preferable flower bud size, heat shock parameters, induction and regeneration media. …”
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Navigating the Risk Landscape in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Postpercutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Narrative Review by Utkarsh Gaur, Charuta Gadkari, Aditya Pundkar

“…The primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (pPCI) has gained wide adoption as the preferred reperfusion strategy over time. The present narrative discussion highlights a wide range of factors that can confer mortality in patients with STEMI treated with PCI, focusing strongly on demographic variables and clinical presentation issues that present inherent challenges to treatment strategies. …”
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Influencing factors of pain during ultrasound-guided puncture sclerotherapy for ovarian endometriotic cysts via transabdominal and transvaginal approaches by LI Yuanhua, TIAN Hongju, YANG Qian

“…From the aspect of humanistic care, transabdominal puncture should be preferred. During needle insertion and displacement, particular attention should be given to the overweight patients and those with a history of dysmenorrhea, and appropriate pain intervention measures should be formulated. …”
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Effects of Different Organic Fertilizers on Yield and Yield-Related Characteristics in Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) Cultivation Under the Ecological Conditions of Tokat, Türkiye... by Abdulkadir Acar, Yasin Bedrettin Karan

“…This finding reveals that the use of organic fertilizer in black cumin cultivation is an important alternative for farmers who want to both increase yield and prefer a natural production method.…”
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