Air Quality Status in Wuhan City during and One Year after the COVID-19 Lockdown by Crystal Jane Ethan, Kingsley Katleho Mokoena, Yan Yu

“…Cohen’s d was estimated to quantify the standardized mean difference observed. Based on the average AQI, the air quality in Wuhan during and after the lockdown was rated “good”; and ranged between 59.7 and 99.8. …”
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Select toxic metals status of pregnant women with history of pregnancy complications in Benin City, South-South Nigeria by OE Otebhi, HB Osadolor

“…Some demographic characteristics and 4ml of blood samples were obtained from each subject for the analysis of lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic by standard methods. Pregnant women with history of pregnancy complications recorded a highly significant increase in the toxic metal (lead) mean value of 25.81μg/dl as against 23.70μg/dl for pregnant women without history of pregnancy complications and 11.23μg/dl for non-pregnant (control) women without history of pregnancy complications as well as significant increases in the mean values of other toxic metals (mercury, cadmium and arsenic) compared with controls (p<0.001). …”
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Gravitational waves and dark matter in the gauged two-Higgs doublet model by Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf, Van Que Tran, Tzu-Chiang Yuan

“…The G2HDM introduces a dark replica of the Standard Model electroweak gauge group, inducing an accidental Z 2 symmetry which not only leads to a simple scalar potential at tree-level but also offers a compelling vectorial dark matter candidate. …”
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Morphological characterization of spleen and bursa of Fabricius of Pekin ducks in selenium-deficient area by Ye. E. Lazareva

“…Control group was fed with standard mixed feed for meat-type poultry. The test group of ducks was fed with the feed supplemented with DAFS-25k organic selenium additive, 1.3 mg/kg of feed, that fully compensated selenium deficiency. …”
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Impact of Non-Surgical Periodontal Treatment on Total WBC Count in Patients with Periodontitis by Hozan Wrya Azeez, Arkhawan Ali Abdulhaq, Ziwar Ahmed Salih

“…Statistical tests were done by standard program data processing (MS excel) paired t test. …”
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Stochastic Diffusive Modeling of CO₂ Emissions with Population and Energy Dynamics by Muhammad Shoaib Arif, Kamaleldin Abodayeh, Hisham M. Al-Khawar, Yasir Nawaz

“…The proposed scheme demonstrates superior accuracy to the non-standard finite difference method, establishing its efficacy in modeling complex environmental processes. …”
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Socio-demographic profile and clinical co-morbidities of cannabis users attending a tertiary care hospital in India: A retrospective case record study by Soumya Jha, Rupa Jha, Wenona Fernandes, Ashish Srivastava

“…Results: One hundred and sixty-four cannabis users were evaluated which consisted of 140 males and 24 females, the mean age being 28 years with a standard deviation of 7.68. Ganja was the most commonly used form smoked as joints. …”
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Effect Of Intraoperative Erector Spinae Block For Faster Recovery And Reduced Post-Operative Pain In Patients Undergoing Discectomies & Spinal Decompression by Arham Azizi, Athar Muniruddin Siddiqui, Naseem Munshi, Muhammad Salman Masroor, Zahra Salahuddin, Muhammad Hassan

“…Participants were divided into two groups: those receiving ESB (n=33) and a control group receiving standard pain management (n=33). The primary outcome measured was the intensity of postoperative pain, assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) at 6 hours, 12 hours, and 24 hours post-surgery. …”
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Adverse childhood experiences screening in pediatric primary care and changes in the rate of visits to social work and behavioral health by Sonya Negriff, Margo Sidell, Lee Barton, Mercie J. DiGangi

“…Poisson regression was used to compare the rate of referrals and visits to social work and behavioral health visits for clinics doing standardized ACEs screening (i.e., intervention clinics; n = 28) versus clinics not screening (i.e., control clinics; n = 64) during June 1-December 31 2022 as well as for these same months in 2020 and 2021. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Healthcare Resource Use, Treatment Patterns, and Treatment-related Events in Patients with Huntington’s Disease–associated Chorea Initiated on Tetrabenazi... by Victor W. Sung, Sanjay K. Gandhi, Victor Abler, Brian Davis, Debra E. Irwin, Karen E. Anderson, Ravi G. Iyer

“…**Results:** 1644 patients met selection criteria (mean age ± standard deviation: 54.5 ± 15.5), of which 151 (9.2%) were treated with tetrabenazine during the study period. …”
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Modeling to medical and economic data using: The transmuted power unit inverse Lindley distribution by Eman A. Eldessouky, Osama H. Mahmoud Hassan, Badr Aloraini, Ibrahim Elbatal

“…Modeling biomedical and economic data accurately poses considerable challenges due to the complexity of these datasets, which frequently display variability, skewness, and heavy tails. Standard probability distributions often do not adequately represent these complexities, resulting in erroneous conclusions. …”
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Impact of developmental state, p53 status, and interferon signaling on glioblastoma cell response to radiation and temozolomide treatment. by Artem Berezovsky, Oluwademilade Nuga, Indrani Datta, Kimberly Bergman, Thais Sabedot, Katherine Gurdziel, Susan Irtenkauf, Laura Hasselbach, Yuling Meng, Claudius Mueller, Emanuel F Petricoin, Stephen Brown, Neeraja Purandare, Sidhesh Aras, Tom Mikkelsen, Laila Poisson, Houtan Noushmehr, Douglas Ruden, Ana C deCarvalho

“…Glioblastoma (GBM) tumors exhibit extensive genomic, epigenomic, and transcriptional diversity, with significant intratumoral heterogeneity, complicating standard treatment approaches involving radiation (RT) and the DNA-alkylating agent temozolomide (TMZ). …”
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Evaluation of Inhaler Technique in Patients with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Andaman and Nicobar Islands – An Observational Study by M. Natraj, Vishal Singh, T. Anbarasan

“…We requested the patients to demonstrate the inhaler technique in the presence of the healthcare professional which was subsequently assessed using a standard validated checklist. Results: The majority of the patients were in the age group of 51–70 years of age (55%) with 46% of them being male patients. …”
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Peran Media Sosial dalam Transformasi Proses Pembelajaran dan Interaksi Sosial pada Generasi Digital by Abas Firdaus Basuni, Tutuk Ningsih

“…Furthermore, exposure to idealized standards on social media triggers anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. …”
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Prevalence, outcome and conduct of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation in government hospitals of Nepal. by Pawan Kumar Hamal, Surendra Kunwar, Kapil Gautam, Ramesh Bhattarai, Rupesh Kumar Yadav, Ritesh Lamsal, Radeep Singh, Sonam Pathak, Nabin Pokhrel

“…To improve outcomes, it is essential to implement standardized procedures and ensure high quality resuscitation delivery before and after the event supported by well-trained healthcare personnel and adequate infrastructure.…”
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The potentials of biomass carbon and CO2 absorption in various land uses of dryland in Aceh Besar Regency, Indonesia by Sufardi Sufardi, Helmi Helmi, Syafruddin Syafruddin, Arabia Teti, Khairullah Khairullah, Abdullah Umar H.

“…The biomass retrieval was based on The Indonesian National Standard Agency (BSN) procedure No. SNI 7724:2011. …”
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Application of deep learning algorithm for judicious use of anti-VEGF in diabetic macular edema by Anwesa Mondal, Apurba Nandi, Subhasish Pramanik, Lakshmi Kanta Mondal

“…Abstract Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) is a major complication of diabetic retinopathy characterized by fluid accumulation in the macula, leading to vision impairment. The standard treatment involves anti-VEGF (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor) therapy, but approximately 36% of patients do not respond adequately, highlighting the need for more precise predictive models to guide treatment. …”
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Towards Sustainability: Tracking Carbon Footprint Trends at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife by Kgaphudi Wendy Madiope, Jacob Adedayo Adedeji, Sebataolo Rahlao

“…Using the greenhouse gas protocol corporate accounting and reporting standard as a guide, the study methodology examines greenhouse gas emissions from direct (Scope 1) and indirect (Scopes 2 and 3) sources related to Ezemvelo wildlife activities over five years (2014/2015--2018/2019). …”
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Electrochemically reduced graphene oxide integrated with carboxylated-8-carboxamidoquinoline: A platform for highly sensitive voltammetric detection of Zn(II) ion by screen-printed... by Ling Ling Tan, Nur Syamimi Mohamad, Nurul Izzaty Hassan, Choo Ta Goh

“…The green Zn(II) sensor demonstrated a quick response time (60 s), broad linear range [1 pM-1 μM Zn(II) ion], a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.53 pM, 35 days of storage period (≥80% of its initial response retained), good reproducibility [relative standard deviation (RSD) = 3.4%], and repeatability (RSD = 4.4%). …”
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Comparing Treatment with Nebulized 3% Hypertonic Saline Versus Nebulized 0.9% Saline In Patients With Acute Bronchiolitis: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial by Uzma Abid, Ayesha Afzal, Nahdia Zaman, Ammara Farooq, Sidrah Yousaf, Sonia Fazal

“…The intervention group was nebulized with 3 ml of 3% hypertonic saline 6 hourly while the control group was nebulized with 0.9% saline 6 hourly during hospital stay in addition to the standard treatment. Children in both groups were monitored in terms of clinical severity score, feeding, hydration status, length of hospital stay, duration of oxygen supplementation, development of any adverse effect, and outcome (length of hospital stay and clinical severity score) was observed. …”
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