Prohibiting Babel-A call for professional remote interpreting services in pre-operation anaesthesia information. by Gernot Gerger, Nikolaus Graf, Elisabeth Klager, Klara Doppler, Armin Langauer, Verena Albrecht, Aylin Bilir, Harald Willschke, David M Baron, Maria Kletecka-Pulker

“…<h4>Methods</h4>In three groups (N per group = 30), we compared how using lay or professional interpreters affected non-German speaking patients' subjectively perceived understanding (understood vs. not understood) and recollection (recollected vs. not recollected) of information about general anaesthesia. …”
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Kan man utbilda Professionellt omdöme? by Eva Schwarz, Carl Cederberg, Petra Lundberg Bouquelon, Maria Pröckl

“…We summarize some of the overall theses of the contributions and even present our own reflections on the subject matter. The published contributions show that the question of how to educate the professional judgement plays a central role in various professional training programs. …”
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Normative Parameters of Gastrocnemius Muscle Stiffness and Associations with Patient Characteristics and Function by Larisa R Hoffman, Shane L Koppenhaver, Cameron W MacDonald, Johnny M Herrera, Joshua Streuli, Zachary L Visco, Nicole Wildermuth, Stephanie R Albin

“… # Level of Evidence 2b Individual Cohort Study # Clinical Relevance *What is known about the subject:* Muscle stiffness has been shown to be related to individuals with pathology such as Achilles tendinopathy; however, research is sparse regarding normative values of muscle stiffness. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF SIMULATIVE MODELLING OF THE INFORMATION SECURITY SYSTEM IN THE CORPORATE NETWORKS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Vagif Gasimov, Balami Ismailov

“…At the same time, UA requests were the simplest flows, and the service time was subject to exponential, constant and Erlang distribution laws. …”
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Final-year students’ perceptions of online integrated primary care learning by Aviva Ruch, Joel Francis, Ann Z. George

“…Background: Integrated primary care (IPC) is a final-year medical subject at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. …”
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IL-34 aggravates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by upregulating the HMGB1-IL-17A-IL-6 axis through the JAK signaling pathway. by Ruisong Ma, Xiaochun Hu, Wenwen Fu, Xiaorong Hu

“…First, eighteen rats were subjected to 30 min of LAD ligation followed by 0 h, 1 h, 2 h, 4 h, 8 h or 24 h of reperfusion (n = 3 for each group). …”
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Legal liability for offenses in the health care sphere in Ukraine by S. V. Knysh

“…The author has supported the opinion that cases, where medical employees and pharmacists are the subjects, are admitted the most complex according to the degree of difficulty, because they need to find out special issues of medical nature. …”
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PHRASEOLOGICAL EXPRESSIONS WITH THE COMPONENT ‘SHOES’ IN THE LINGUOCULTURAL PICTURE OF THE CHINESE WORLD by Ma Guangdong

“…The purpose of the study is to identify the unique value of phraseological expressions with the component “shoes” in portraying characters, containing philosophical wisdom, reflecting social customs and history through systematic analysis and classification. The subject of the study is to identify the cultural role of phraseological phrases with the component “shoes” for a deep understanding of interpersonal relationships and moral concepts of Chinese society. …”
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Effect of curing temperature on the soil physical and mechanical properties on clay shale geopolymer fly ash stabilization by Edi Hartono, Willis Diana, Agus Setyo Muntohar, Muhammad Azhar, Lia Indriani

“…Before the unconfined compressive strength test, the specimens were subjected to various curing temperatures from 26oC to 60oC. …”
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Age-Related Physiologic Thinning Rate of the Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in Different Levels of Myopia by Daun Jeong, Kyung Rim Sung, Youn Hye Jo, Sung-cheol Yun

“…This study analyzed 223 eyes of 141 healthy subjects followed for more than 5 years and underwent at least five serial spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) examinations. …”
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Migration in Elista during the Restoration of the Kalmyk ASSR and the Return of Kalmyks from Places of Deportation. 1957–1963 by Sergey S. Belousov

“…To solve this problem, the authorities attracted Kalmyks returning from places of deportation to the city, conducted recruitment among workers from other subjects, invited military personnel demobilized by their army, and sent graduates of vocational schools to the city. …”
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Phenotypic and Allelic Distribution of the ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups among students at Hawassa University, Ethiopia by Mihret A. Hailu, Wendawek A. Mengesha, Zelalem G. Tolesa

“…A similar pattern of distribution of the ABO and Rh blood groups was found in male and female study subjects. The present study will generate baseline data that could be used in blood bank management and transfusion, genetic counseling, population genetic and anthropological studies, and for disease management. …”
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Semaglutide combined with empagliflozin vs. monotherapy for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetes: Study protocol for a randomized clinical trial. by Yu-Hao Lin, Zhi-Jun Zhang, Jin-Qing Zhong, Zhi-Yi Wang, Yi-Ting Peng, Yan-Mei Lin, Huo-Ping Zhang, Jian-Qing Tian

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This 52-week double-blinded, randomised, parallel-group, active-controlled trial evaluates the effects of semaglutide, empagliflozin and semaglutide + empagliflozin in 105 eligible overweight/obese subjects with NAFLD and T2DM. The primary outcome will be a change from baseline to week 52 in the controlled attenuation parameter, free fatty acid and glucagon. …”
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Analyzing Urban Parks for Older Adults’ Accessibility in Summer Using Gradient Boosting Decision Trees: A Case Study from Tianjin, China by Haobo Zhao, Gang Feng, Wei Zhao, Yaxin Wang, Fei Chen

“…In this research, three parks in the Nankai District, Tianjin, are taken as the subject of a case study to explore the spatial factors that may exert influence on the behavior distribution of older adults in summery urban parks’ planning and design. …”
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Can Melatonin Act as an Antioxidant in Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Oxidative Stress Model in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells? by Solaleh Emamgholipour, Arash Hossein-Nezhad, Mohammad Ansari

“…PBMCs were isolated from healthy subjects and treated as follows: (1) control (only with 0.1% DMSO for 12 h); (2) melatonin (1 mM) for 12 h; (3) H2O2 (250 μM) for 2 h; (4) H2O2 (250 μM) for 2 h following 10 h pretreatment with melatonin (1 mM). …”
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Contrast sensitivity before and after refractive error correction among refractive error patients in Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia 2023 by Balcha Negese Kebede, Seid Mohammed Seid, Eyerus Gesesse Samuel

“…Methods Objective and subjective refractions were done for each patient, then Pelli- Robson contrast sensitivity was measured for them using computer based Pelli-Robson chart at 1 m. …”
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Savoirs médicinaux interspécifiques et interactions entre cornacs et éléphants dans le district de Thongmyxay au Laos by Jean-Marc Dubost, Eric Deharo, Sysay Palamy, Chithdavone Her, Chiobouaphong Haekovilay, Lamxay Vichith, Sébastien Duffilot, Sabrina Krief

“…We investigated in particular the interactions between mahouts' observation of elephants and their own medicinal practices (human and ethnoveterinary), which have been the subject of two previous publications. Based on this material, supplemented by data collected on the status of domestic village elephants and interviews with four local healers, we discuss here with a multispecies approach combining ethnographic data and ethological knowledge, the modalities of construction and possible exchanges of medicinal knowledge between the two species. …”
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Predicting Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Disease with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A One-Year Observational Study by Pei-Hao Chen, Fang-Yu Cheng, Shih-Jung Cheng, Jin-Siang Shaw

“…Cognitive decline was defined as subjective cognitive impairment with an objective decline in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) ≥2 points at the one-year follow-up. …”
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Effects of Water Deficit on Growth, Biomass Allocation and Photosynthesis of <i>A. senegal</i> Seedlings from Nguru and Gujba Provinces of Yobe State, North Eastern Nigeria by A.U. Jibo, M.G. Barker

“…The effects of water deficit on growth, biomass allocation and photosynthesis of A. senegal seedlings from Nguru and Gujba province of Yobe state, North Eastern Nigeria were studied under glasshouse conditions for 120 days. Plants were subjected to three watering regimes; control (well-watered) conditions corresponding to 25% gravimetric water content (GWC), mild water deficit at 15% (GWC) and severe-water-deficit at 10% (GWC), respectively. …”
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The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Blood Lipids in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Hong Gao, YanTao Li, WenNan Yan, Fei Gao

“…Ten studies were included in this study, including 543 subjects. The results of the meta-analysis showed that, compared with placebo, vitamin D supplementation can significantly reduce total cholesterol level (WMD = –11.32, 95% CI = [–14.51, –8.41], P<0.00001), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level (WMD = –4.83, 95% CI = [–7.52, –2.14], P=0.0004), and triglyceride level (WMD = –8.23, 95% CI = [–13.08, –3.38], P=0.0009, but the effect on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level is not statistically significant (WMD = –0.32, 95%CI = [–1.24, 0.60], P=0.50). …”
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