Pharmacists’ perceptions of the new pharmaceutical vaccination service in Romania: a comprehensive first two-years evaluation by Corneliu-Florin Buicu, Mihaela-Simona Naidin, Marius Calin Chereches, Marina-Daniela Dimulescu, Adina Turcu-Stiolica

“…Assessing how pharmacists managed this new pharmaceutical service in Romania is the subject of this study.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among all the pharmacies from Romania that were authorized to provide this service (442 pharmacies, from which 53 were in rural areas). …”
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Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in a paediatric cohort in Kuwait by Mohammad Alghounaim, Saadoun Bin-Hasan, Fatemah Alhaddad, Ali Abdulkareem, Danah Alsharrah, Abdullah Alkandari, Mona Al-Ahmad, Hashem Al Hashemi

“…The mean age of reinfected subjects was 8.5 (IQR 3.7–10.3) years and the majority (70%) were girls. …”
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Reloading mechanical characteristics of cemented tailings backfill after dynamic loading action by Xuepeng SONG, Bowen FAN, Shi WANG, Hongwei ZHANG

“…As the core load-bearing unit of cavity, the backfill is inevitably subjected to the blasting dynamic load perturbation of adjacent ore body, which in turn induces some structural changes in the internal structure of matrix and affects its re-bearing capacity and stability, which is related to the safety of mine production. …”
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Cross-Stressful Adaptation to Drought and High Salinity Is Related to Variable Antioxidant Defense, Proline Metabolism, and <i>Dehydrin b</i> Expression in White Clover by Yao Ling, Duo Wang, Yan Peng, Dandan Peng, Zhou Li

“…Plants were pretreated by initial DP or SP and then subjected to subsequent salt stress or drought stress for 10 days, respectively. …”
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Errors in Aerosol Inhaler Use and Their Effects on Maternal and Fetal Outcomes among Pregnant Asthmatic Women (Subanalysis from QAKCOP Study) by Wanis H. Ibrahim, Fatima Rasul, Mushtaq Ahmad, Abeer S. Bajwa, Laith I. Alamlih, Anam M. El Arabi, Dhabia Al-Mohannadi, Mohammed Y. Siddiqui, Israa S. Al-Sheikh, Azdin A. Ibrahim

“…Overall, wrong inhaler technique was observed in 47 (64.4%) subjects. Among pMDI users, correct inhaler use was observed in only 26/73 (35.6%) of the patients, with lack of coordination between inhalation and generation of the aerosol and failure to breathe out gently before using the inhaler, being the most common errors. …”
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Evidence for direct dopaminergic connections between substantia nigra pars compacta and thalamus in young healthy humans by Giovanni Cirillo, Giuseppina Caiazzo, Federica Franza, Mario Cirillo, Michele Papa, Fabrizio Esposito

“…Two MRI data sets were serially acquired using MS-HARDI schemes from ADNI and HCP neuroimaging initiatives in a group of 10 healthy human subjects (5 males, age range: 25–30 years). High resolution 3D-T1 images were independently acquired to individually segment the thalamus and the SNc. …”
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Specific plasma metabolite profile in intestinal Behçet’s syndrome by Cheng-cheng Hou, Hua-fang Bao, Chun-hui She, Hua-yu Chen, Guan-xing Pan, Hua-ning Chen, Hong-bing Rui

“…Methods In this study, we performed a global untargeted metabolomics approach in plasma samples from 30 IBS patients and 20 healthy subjects. P value < 0.05 and variable importance projection (VIP) values > 1 were considered to be statistically significant metabolites. …”
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Towards an Automated Design Evaluation Method for Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing by Johannes Pusicha, Henrik Stromberg, Markus Quanz, Armin Lohrengel

“…Nevertheless, WAAM is subject to design constraints and fundamentally differs from other additive manufacturing processes. …”
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Is surgery superior for distal ulna fractures? a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Zakaria Chabihi, Brahim Demnati, Mohamed Moussadiq, Tariq Aalil, Yassine Fath El Khir, El Mehdi Boumediane, Mohamed Amine Benhima, Imad Abkari

“…Abstract Background The management of distal ulna fractures remains a subject of considerable debate within orthopedic practice. …”
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Correlation of GLUT4, LEPR , and TNF-a with endometrial receptivity in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome-induced infertility by Yan Dong, Kong Wei, Yifei Li, Yan Liu, Lin Li, Yan Li

“…Methods: We prospectively enrolled 109 study subjects admitted to The Second Hospital Affiliated of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from June 2020 to August 2023, including 42 patients with PCOS-induced infertility (research group), 35 nonpregnant patients with simple PCOS (control group), and 32 nonpregnant healthy women (normal group). …”
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Understanding the use of the National Early Warning Score 2 in acute care settings: a realist review protocol by Nia Roberts, Geoff Wong, Michelle Treacy, Mandy Odell

“…A systematic search will be completed, based on subject relevancy on the following databases: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline, Embase (OvidSP), Web of Science (Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Joanna Briggs Institute, Ethos, Proquest Dissertations and Theses Global, and Google Scholar for documents dating from 1997 (date of the first published EWS) to present. …”
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Exploration and implication of green macroalgal proliferation in the Nanhui-east-tidal-flat: an investigation of post-reclamation mudflat wetlands by Jinlin Liu, Zhangyi Xia, Yinqing Zeng, Jing Xia, Jing Xia, Peimin He

“…With long-term reclamation and repeated ecological restoration projects, the intertidal vegetation is subjected to a vicious cycle of growth and destruction. …”
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Elevated-temperature performance of alkali-activated nano concrete: The role of sustainable nanomaterials by R. Samuvel Raj, G. Prince Arulraj, N. Anand, Balamurali Kanagaraj, Eva Lubloy, Paul Joseph

“…This research explores the impact of nano- fly ash (nFA), nano-ground granulated blast furnace slag (nGS), and nano-bentonite (nBT) on the properties of alkali-activated nano concrete (AANC) when subjected to high temperatures. While there is substantial research on conventional concrete, AANC, especially its high-temperature performance, remains under-explored. …”
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Trace element concentrations, multivariate analysis and health risk potential of soils from urban and peri-urban agriculture by K.M. Hawrami, A.K. Baset

“…It was noted that soils subjected to wastewater irrigation do not show significant contamination by trace elements, whereas those affected by waste disposal sites showed high levels of chromium (134 milligrams per kilogram), copper (263 milligrams per kilogram), zinc (773 milligrams per kilogram), cadmium (4.19 milligrams per kilogram) and lead (161 milligrams per kilogram). …”
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HUBUNGAN ANTARA MOTIVASI BELAJAR DENGAN PEMAHAMAN KONSEP FISIKA PESERTA DIDIK MAN BARAKA by Muhammad Amran Shidik

“…This research was included in product-moment research, where there were two variables that wanted to know the relationship and direction needed, and used quantitative research. The subjects of this study were all students of class X MIA MAN Baraka with a total of 121 students. …”
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Starvation Affects the Muscular Morphology, Antioxidant Enzyme Activity, Expression of Lipid Metabolism-Related Genes, and Transcriptomic Profile of Javelin Goby (Synechogobius has... by Xiangning Chen, Yili Xu, Xiangyu Cui, Siying Zhang, Xiangqi Zhong, Juntao Ke, Yuze Wu, Zhiyu Liu, Chaoqing Wei, Zhujin Ding, Jianhe Xu, Hanliang Cheng

“…This study investigated the effects of starvation on the muscular function, morphology, and regulatory signaling in javelin goby (Synechogobius hasta) by evaluating the biochemical, histological, antioxidant, and transcriptional changes in the musculature of S. hasta subjected to 3, 7, and 14 days fasting. The muscle glycogen and triglyceride levels in S. hasta were gradually reduced under starvation, reaching their lowest at the end of the trial (P<0.05). …”
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Detection and classification of long terminal repeat sequences in plant LTR-retrotransposons and their analysis using explainable machine learning by Jakub Horvath, Pavel Jedlicka, Marie Kratka, Zdenek Kubat, Eduard Kejnovsky, Matej Lexa

“…The trained models were subjected to explainability analysis. Positional analysis identified a mixture of interesting features, many of which had a preferred absolute position within the LTR and/or were biologically relevant, such as a centrally positioned TATA-box regulatory sequence, and TG..CA nucleotide patterns around both LTR edges. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Small Airway Function in Differentiating Cough-Variant Asthma from Typical Asthma by Yanqi Wang, Lixuan Zhao, Fang Chen, Yufeng Guo, Hongxia Ma, Baofen Han, Jiang Yi, Xiaomei Kong

“…A total of 206 asthma subjects, including 104 CVA and 102 TA, were tested for pulmonary function, bronchial provocation test and FeNO. …”
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Analysis of the mechanism of Zangjiangzhi capsule in the treatment of hyperlipidemia based on its ingredients identified by UHPLC-Q-Exactive-Orbitrap-MS by Changting He, Yuling Zhao, Yongchun Huang, Yudong Su, Shoude Zhang

“…Protein–protein interaction diagrams were constructed using the STRING database. The targets were subjected to gene ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis. …”
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Throughout Maximization for IRS-Assisted WPCN With Hybrid TDMA-NOMA Scheme by Yizheng Ma, Ruoyi Wu, Yi Zhang, Yupeng Shang, Linzhen Zhu

“…To assess the overall performance of the system model under investigation, we aim to maximize the network throughput, subject to the constraints of the downlink WET and uplink WIT time scheduling, the power allocation for each time slots, and unit-modulus IRS phase shifts of downlink WET and uplink WIT, thereby highlighting energy harvesting and information transmission capabilities. …”
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