Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine comprehensive nursing interventions on prevention of abdominal distension and constipation after unilateral total knee replacement (中医综合护理预防单... by ZHANG Pan (张盼), KONG Hua (孔华), XING Liang (邢亮)

“…Methods A total of 120 patients undergoing unilateral total knee arthroplasty were randomly divided into 2 groups. The control group (n=60) used conventional nursing measures to prevent postoperative abdominal distension and constipation. …”
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Early bactericidal activity of sitafloxacin against pulmonary tuberculosis by Lihui Nie, Jing Tong, Guihui Wu, Juan Du, Yuanyuan Shang, Yufeng Wang, Zhangjun Wu, Yuanhong Xu, Yi Ren, Youyi Rao, Yu Pang, Mengqiu Gao

“…In this early bactericidal activity study, 30 patients with primary smear-positive tuberculosis were randomized to the once-daily oral administration of 200 mg sitafloxacin, 500 mg levofloxacin, or 300 mg isoniazid (INH) for 7 days. …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine enema combined with injection via gastric tube in the treatment of gastrointestinal dysfunction in ICU patients (中药胃肠联合治疗ICU患者胃肠功能障碍的效果观察)... by ZHONG Yongjian (钟永建)

“…Methods Totally70 critically ill patients with gastrointestinal dysfunction who were hospitalized in the Department of Critical Care Medicine from January 2022 to December 2022 were selected. They were randomly divided into the observation group and control group, with35 cases in each group. …”
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Construction of feature selection and efficacy prediction model for transformation therapy of locally advanced pancreatic cancer based on CT, 18F-FDG PET/CT, DNA mutation, and CA19... by Liang Qi, Xiang Li, Jiayao Ni, Yali Du, Qing Gu, Baorui Liu, Jian He, Juan Du

“…In constructing the short-term treatment efficacy prediction model, ensemble learning methods such as adaptive boosting (AdaBoost), extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), and RandomForest performed the best. However, in terms of model interpretability, decision tree methods provide the most intuitive display of the predictive details of the model. …”
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Impact of healthy lifestyle on diabetes incidence among adults of different socioeconomic status in Guizhou province: a prospective cohort study by Yiying WANG, Min CHEN, Lieqiang ZHANG, Xin WANG, Wei ZHAN, Yunxi PAN, Xiaodeng ZHAO, Tao LIU

“…MethodsA total of 9 280 permanent residents aged ≥ 18 years in Guizhou Province were recruited using multistage cluster random sampling. Face-to-face interviews with a questionnaire developed by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention，physical examinations, and laboratory tests were conducted among the residents from November 2010 to December 2012 to collect baseline data, and follow-up surveys were conducted from December 2016 to June 2021. …”
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Effect of High Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined with Voice Training on Voice Function of Patients with Parkinson's Disease by WANG Xiaowen, ZHU Qingqing, CHEN Yan, QIAN Hong, YUAN Haixin, ZHAO Gang, LIU Jie, ZHANG Fengjiao

“…ObjectiveTo observe the effect of high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) combined with voice training on voice function of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).MethodsA total of 30 patients of Parkinson's disease with voice disorder were treated in the department of rehabilitation medicine and the department of geriatrics of Shanghai Fifth Rehabilitation Hospital from October 2019 to July 2021, which were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group according to Excel RAND function, with 15 cases in each group. …”
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Evaluation of Some Cumin Ecotypes Based on Selection Index of Ideal Genotype by Masoud Golestani

“…Methods: To evaluate cumin ecotypes using the SIIG, an experiment was conducted on 12 cumin ecotypes based on a randomized complete block design with three replications in the 2022-2023 cropping season. …”
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Application effect of Zhulianhua Gargle in oral care of inpatients with hyperthermia syndrome (竹连花含漱液在实热证住院患者口腔护理中的应用效果) by HAO Tiantian (郝天天), WEI Jinrong (魏金荣), ZHANG Lingyan (张玲燕), QIU Shuang (邱爽), ZHAO Wei (赵伟), GENG Tong (耿桐)

“…Methods From January 2022 to December 2023, 240 hospitalized patients with phlegm-heat stagnation lung syndrome, intestinal damp-heat syndrome, damp-heat obstructing syndrome, and liver-stomach depression heat syndrome were selected and divided into 2 groups, with 120 cases in each group by random number table method. The observation group was treated with Zhulianhua Gargle gargling solution, while the control group was treated with saline gargling solution. …”
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Intelligent recognition algorithm and application of coal mine overhead passenger device based on multiscale feature fusion by Beijing XIE, Heng LI, Hang DONG, Zheng LUAN, Ben ZHANG, Xiaoxu LI

“…The YOLOv8n single-stage object detection algorithm was used as the baseline model, and a coal mine cmopd intelligent recognition algorithm based on multi-scale feature fusion was proposed.In the image preprocessing stage, adaptive histogram equalization was employed to enhance image quality, and random rectangle masking was applied to simulate real scenarios where cmopd is occluded by underground objects during operation. …”
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Detection Method of Apple Alternaria Leaf Spot Based on Deep-Semi-NMF by FU Zhuojun, HU Zheng, DENG Yangjun, LONG Chenfeng, ZHU Xinghui

“…Furthermore, the dataset was augmented with geometric transformations and random changes in brightness, contrast, and hue, resulting in 1 145 images under laboratory conditions and 1 419 images under natural conditions. …”
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A novel nanomaterial baffle decrease aerosols and microbial aerosols during non-contact tonometry measurements by X. Shen, Y. Guo, X, X. Wang, Y. Ye, Q. Chi, W. Zhou, Y. Chen, C. Li

“…Overall, 1594 person-time were included. The participants randomly divided into groups: NCT with a novel antimicrobial aerosol nanocomposite baffle (Group 1), NCT with a plastic baffle (Group 2), NCT without a baffle (Group 3) and participants without NCT measurements (Background investigation). …”
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Substitution time of natural food by artificial diet on survival rate and growth of pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) postlarvae during rearing in low salinity media by Ferdinand Hukama Taqwa, Daniel Djokosetiyanto, Ridwan Affandi

“…Design experiment was completely randomized design with five treatments and three replications of natural food Chironomus sp…”
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Multispecies probiotics applications through feed addition on cultured tilapia to prevent streptococcosis by Nurin Dalilah Ayu Destianingrum, Munti Yuhana, Angela Mariana Lusiastuti

“…The experimental fish with initial body weight of (13.06±0.18 g), were randomly distributed at 25 fish per 60 L water, and reared for 21 days. …”
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Indoor, outdoor, and personal exposure to PM2.5 and associated health risk in community-dwelling elderly residents in Fuzhou city, 2021: a cross-sectional study by Shuling KANG, Xin LIN, Kan LIN, Baoying LIU, Chuancheng WU, Jianjun XIANG, Jingwen CHEN, Quan ZHOU

“…MethodsA total of 247 residents (≥ 60 years of age, living at the current residence for at least 3 years, without serious respiratory/circulatory disease and without disability) were recruited from a community in Fuzhou city, Fujian province, using random sampling stratified by residential floor. Three-day continuous sampling of PM2.5 was performed by using a personal particulate sampler, a constant-temperature, constant-flow particulate sampler in the living room, and an automatic outdoor particulate sampler within 2 km of the participants' homes during the winter season for 140 participants and during the summer season for 107 participants in 2021. …”
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Effect of Sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) Hulls with Different Particle Sizes on Growth Performance and Physiological Responses of Broiler Chickens Fed Different Levels of Protein by Najibeh Beigzadeh, Smayyeh Salari, Faegheh Zaefarian, Shima Hosseinifar

“…This study investigates the performance of broilers fed on low-density crude protein diets with increasing particle size of sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) hulls.Materials and Methods: This experiment aimed to examine the effect of sunflower hull particle size on the performance and physiological response of broiler chickens fed with different protein levels. A completely randomized design based on a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement, comprising 6 treatments (6 replicates per treatment, 10 birds per replicate). …”
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Comparison of cardiovascular risk prediction models developed using machine learning based on data from a Sri Lankan cohort with World Health Organization risk charts for predictin... by Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva, Chamila Mettananda, Anuradha Supun Dassanayake, Norihiro Kato, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Maheeka Solangaarachchige, Prasanna Haddela

“…Introduction Models derived from non-Sri Lankan cohorts are used for cardiovascular (CV) risk stratification of Sri Lankans.Objective To develop a CV risk prediction model using machine learning (ML) based on data from a Sri Lankan cohort followed up for 10 years, and to compare the predictions with WHO risk charts.Design Cohort study.Setting The Ragama Health Study (RHS), an ongoing, prospective, population-based cohort study of patients randomly selected from the Ragama Medical Office of Heath area, Sri Lanka, focusing on the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases, was used to develop the model. …”
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Impact of Ketogenic and Mediterranean Diets on Gut Microbiota Profile and Clinical Outcomes in Drug-Naïve Patients with Diabesity: A 12-Month Pilot Study by Vanessa Palmas, Andrea Deledda, Vitor Heidrich, Giuseppina Sanna, Giulia Cambarau, Michele Fosci, Lorenzo Puglia, Enrico Antonio Cappai, Alessio Lai, Andrea Loviselli, Aldo Manzin, Fernanda Velluzzi

“…<b>Methods</b>: At baseline, patients were randomly assigned to either a VLCKD (KETO group) or a Mediterranean diet (MEDI group). …”
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Effect of ERAS-based sputum drainage nursing model on improving postoperative pulmonary function recovery in elderly patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (基于ERAS模式的排痰护理... by CAO Shuonan (曹硕楠), YUAN Qiaoling (袁巧玲), LIU Ranran (刘冉冉)

“…Objective　Methods 120 elderly patients suffering from aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and receiving craniotomy from June 2019 to June 2021 were enrolled. Patients were randomly and equally divided into two groups: the traditional group(n=60, who received traditional nursing model) and the ERAS group (n=60, who received ERAS-based sputum drainage nursing model). …”
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Significance of changes in levels of neutrophil extracellular traps during development of silicosis in mice by Lu HAN, Ruru CHEN, Yulu XIONG, Ziye GUO, Hailan HE, Xiaohui HAO, Heliang LIU, Lingli GUO

“…MethodsA total of 28 SPF male C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into a control group, and a model group, and the model group was subdivided into, a 2 d model group, a 7 d model group, and a 28 d model group, with 7 mice in each group. …”
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Exploration of rituximab treatment strategies for membranous nephropathy adapted to the Chinese healthcare environment by Xiaolong Wang, Xueying Cao, Jie Wu, Shuang Liang, Jian Yang, Hong Wang

“…However, our experience is limited by its retrospective design and relatively small sample size, and further large-scale randomized controlled studies are needed to confirm our preliminary findings.…”
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