Aetiology of chronic liver disease is a valuable factor for stratifying adverse outcomes of acute decompensation: prospective observational study by Jung Hee Kim, Sung-Eun Kim, Do Seon Song, Hee Yeon Kim, Eileen L. Yoon, Ji Won Park, Tae Hyung Kim, Young-Kul Jung, Ki Tae Suk, Hyung Joon Yim, Jung Hyun Kwon, Sung Won Lee, Seong Hee Kang, Moon Young Kim, Soung Won Jeong, Jae-Young Jang, Jeong Ju Yoo, Sang Gyune Kim, Young-Joo Jin, Gab Jin Cheon, Byung Seok Kim, Yeon Seok Seo, Hyoungsu Kim, Dong Hyun Sinn, Woo Jin Chung, Hwi Young Kim, Han Ah Lee, Seung Woo Nam, In Hee Kim, Ji Hoon Kim, Hee Bok Chae, Joo Hyun Sohn, Ju Yeon Cho, Yoon Jun Kim, Jin Mo Yang, Jung Gil Park, Won Kim, Hyun Chin Cho, Dong Joon Kim

“…However, limited research has been conducted to analyse these discrepancies across aetiologies.Methods The prospective Korean Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (KACLiF) cohort consisted of 1,501 patients who were hospitalized with AD of CLD from July 2015 to August 2018. …”
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Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Different Amounts of Cow Manure, Chemical (Nitrogen), and Biological Fertilizers on Some Quantitative and Qualitative Traits of Thyme (Thymus vulgari... by Havva Mahnoudi asl, Mahmoud Mokhtari, Reza Sadrabadi Haghighi, مهدی الهی ترشیزی

“…The results of other researchers have considered the use of organic and biological fertilizers to increase and improve the quantitative and qualitative traits of the thyme medicinal plant, and to recommend these types of fertilizers; they have preferred these types of fertilizers over chemical fertilizers, the traits that were not significant or their studies were not symmetrical in all treatments The subject needs to conduct studies with higher accuracy for recommendation AcknowledgementIn order to carry out this research, it is necessary to acknowledge the efforts of the honorable director of the Department of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad branch, and the honorable professors and advisors who helped me in the research.…”
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Replication Study of “Visual Fixation on the Thorax Predicts Bystander Breathing Detection in Simulated Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest” by Marco Pedrotti

“…Recognition of OHCA, i.e., a victim who is unresponsive and not breathing, is essential to begin CPR as soon as possible. …”
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60-month follow-up of Long Limb vs. Standard Limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for type 2 diabetes and obesity: the LONG LIMB RCT by Saleem Ansari, Anna Kamocka, Tina Mazaheri, Ibiyemi Ilesanmi, Lara Jimenez-Pacheco, Kleopatra Alexiadou, Joanna Tan, Harvinder Chahal, Krishna Moorthy, Sanjay Purkayastha, Anne Margot Umpleby, Stephen Robert Bloom, Francesco Rubino, Alexander Dimitri Miras, Ahmed Rashid Ahmed, Tricia Tan

“…When followed up to 60 months (5 years) after the surgery, people who had either Standard or Long Limb had similar experiences, with lasting weight loss and improvement in blood sugar levels, but there was no significant difference between the older and the newer type of surgery. …”
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INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION by Vasily Ivanov, Yulia Ziyatdinova

“…The paper gives a comparative analysis of engineering education problems and their solutions in different countries and prospects for using the most successful international experience in Russia.Global innovative development is impossible without training competitive engineers who can create and implement groundbreaking technologies. …”
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Effect of Shang-tune music on the relief of negative emotions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its influencing factors (商调音乐改善慢性阻塞性肺疾病患者负面情绪的效果及其影响因素分析)... by XIE Xiaomin (谢小敏), ZHANG Yanmei (张焱梅), PAN Tiantian (潘甜甜), CAO Jing (曹静), YU Wenwen (於雯雯), WU Jingjing (吴静静), ZHAO Huan (赵焕)

“…There was a significant difference in proportion of patients who diagnosed as anxious/depressive disorders before and after intervention (P＜0. 01). …”
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Translational and clinical comparison of whole genome and transcriptome to panel sequencing in precision oncology by Irina A. Kerle, Thomas Gross, Anja Kögler, Jonas S. Arnold, Maximilian Werner, Jan-Niklas Eckardt, Elena E. Möhrmann, Marie Arlt, Barbara Hutter, Jennifer Hüllein, Daniela Richter, Martin M. K. Schneider, Mario Hlevnjak, Lino Möhrmann, Dorothea Hanf, Christoph E. Heilig, Simon Kreutzfeldt, Maria-Veronica Teleanu, Evelin Schröck, Daniel Hübschmann, Peter Horak, Christoph Heining, Stefan Fröhling, Hanno Glimm

“…In this study, we compared whole-exome/whole-genome (WES/WGS) and transcriptome sequencing (TS) with broad panel sequencing by resequencing the same tumor DNA and RNA as well as normal tissue DNA for germline assessment, from 20 patients with rare or advanced tumors, who were originally sequenced by WES/WGS ± TS within the DKFZ/NCT/DKTK MASTER program from 2015 to 2020. …”
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Peripheral blood age-sensitive immune markers in multiple sclerosis: relation to sex, cytomegalovirus status, and treatmentResearch in context by Haritha Desu, Renaud Balthazard, Audrey Daigneault, Sandra Da Cal, Wendy Klément, Jennifer Yu, Marie-Laure Clénet, Clara Margarido, Annie Levert, Canisius Fantodji, Olivier Tastet, Jean-Marc Girard, Pierre Duquette, Alexandre Prat, Gabrielle Macaron, Marie-Claude Rousseau, Nathalie Arbour, Catherine Larochelle

“…Finally, lower levels of IL-6, TNF, IL-10, and β-NGF were observed at baseline in PwMS who subsequently experienced clinical failure after DMTs initiation. …”
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Mettre en question le grapho-phonocentrisme: la langue des signes au dix-huitième siècle by Edward Nye

“…In Françoise de Graffigny’s Lettres d’une Péruvienne, Zilia is a ‘mute by convention’, that is a speaking and hearing character whom the author has deprived of the ability to communicate by transporting her into a foreign world, a character who mitigates her ignorance of French by expressing herself through signs. …”
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Association between plasma perfluoroalkyl substances and high-grade serous ovarian cancer overall survival: A nested case-control study by Wei-Yi Xing, Fang-Hua Liu, Dong-Dong Wang, Jia-Ming Liu, Wen-Rui Zheng, Jia-Xin Liu, Lang Wu, Yue-Yang Zhao, He-Li Xu, Yi-Zi Li, Yi-Fan Wei, Dong-Hui Huang, Xiao-Ying Li, Song Gao, Qi-Peng Ma, Ting-Ting Gong, Qi-Jun Wu

“…Objective: To explore the association between plasma PFASs and high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) overall survival (OS) in the population who did not smoke. Methods: We conducted a nested case-control study within the Ovarian Cancer Follow-Up Study, matching 159 dead patients and 159 survival ones based on body mass index, sample date, and age at diagnosis. …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…This payment model has the potential to prioritize care for those who are healthy and more likely to achieve favorable outcomes. …”
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The TB27 Transcriptomic Model for Predicting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture Conversion by Maja Reimann, Korkut Avsar, Andrew DiNardo, Torsten Goldmann, Gunar Günther, Michael Hoelscher, Elmira Ibraim, Barbara Kalsdorf, Stefan Kaufmann, Niklas Köhler, Anna Mandalakas, Florian Maurer, Marius Müller, Dörte Nitschkowski, Ioana Olaru, Cristina Popa, Andrea Rachow, Thierry Rolling, Helmut Salzer, Patricia Sanchez-Carballo, Maren Schuhmann, Dagmar Schaub, Victor Spinu, Elena Terhalle, Markus Unnewehr, Nika Zielinski, Jan Heyckendorf, Christoph Lange

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Presenting the Model of the Elites' Desertion Factors in Iran's Continental Plateau Oil Company by Mohammad Shaaf Amal, Ahmad Vedadi, Mehdi Tavakoli, Daryoosh Gholamzadeh

“…In the meantime, knowledge workers or elites are workers who are in a high level in terms of knowledge skills and expertise. …”
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Designing the alignment model of petrochemical projects with the country's industrial strategies in the Ministry of Petroleum by Abdolrasoul Shojaeian, ghanbar abbaspour esfadan, Changiz Valmohammadi, Aboutorab Alirezaei

“…The research conducted in the field of strategic alignment shows the existence of a positive and effective relationship between competitive strategies, technology, and organizational performance; and managers who have succeeded in aligning these strategies in their organizations emphasize that creating integration is essential for the survival and success of organizations. …”
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Identifying the factors affecting the growth of the employees of the country's property and documents registration organization by Najmeh Ahmadi, Kolsoum Nami, Nader Ghourchian, Parivash Jafari

“…According to the identification of the components of employee growth in this research, in order to facilitate and provide the conditions for employee growth, it is suggested to pay special attention to the salaries and wages and improve the livelihood of employees; to use the management raised from among the employees who have sufficient mastery and knowledge of the organization; to use training methods appropriate to the organization of documents and real estate registration; needs assessment and motivational programs should be designed in order to strengthen the motivation of employees; equal opportunities for promotion and fair evaluation of employee performance should be carried out; recruiting and maintaining human resources should be expertized; information technology should be used to improve work processes; legal and lawful support programs should be designed for employees; recruitment of employees should be based on specialized interviews; employees with morals should be appreciated materially and spiritually; and establishment of direct and reciprocal communication between employees and managers is suggested.…”
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New Information and Communication Technologies for climate services: Evidence from farmers in Ada East District, Ghana by Rebecca Sarku, Famous Addi, Emmanuel M.N.A.N. Attoh

“…Farmers with smartphones are mainly those who access daily and seasonal forecast outlooks using new ICTs, while face-to-face interactions remain the common mode for disseminating information among farmers. …”
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Call for Papers: How attractive are political parties and trade unions to young people? by IF and FRFG

“…The 2/2018 and 1/2019 double edition will have the additional help of Professor Ann-Kristin Kölln, University of Aarhus, who will be serving as guest editor. The topic of the 2/2018 and 1/2019 double issue will be: “How attractive are political parties and trade unions to young people?” …”
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Conduction system pacing using electro-anatomical mapping-guided system vs. fluoroscopy: a systematic review, meta-analysis and economic evaluation by Beatriz León-Salas, Beatriz León-Salas, Beatriz León-Salas, Beatriz León-Salas, Diego Infante-Ventura, Diego Infante-Ventura, Diego Infante-Ventura, Aránzazu Hernández-Yumar, Aránzazu Hernández-Yumar, Aránzazu Hernández-Yumar, Renata Linertová, Renata Linertová, Renata Linertová, Renata Linertová, Estefanía Herrera-Ramos, Estefanía Herrera-Ramos, Estefanía Herrera-Ramos, Estefanía Herrera-Ramos, Alezandra Torres-Castaño, Alezandra Torres-Castaño, Alezandra Torres-Castaño, Alezandra Torres-Castaño, Himar González-Pacheco, Himar González-Pacheco, Himar González-Pacheco, Himar González-Pacheco, Analía Abt-Sacks, Analía Abt-Sacks, Analía Abt-Sacks, Analía Abt-Sacks, Javier García-García, Raúl Quirós-López, Raúl Quirós-López, María M. Trujillo-Martín, María M. Trujillo-Martín, María M. Trujillo-Martín, María M. Trujillo-Martín

“…The use of EAM represents an increase of EUR 1397.81 per patient and a net budget impact of EUR 1.63 million.DiscussionEAM is a valuable alternative for patients who should not be exposed to ionizing radiation with similar effectiveness and safety than fluoroscopy. …”
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Global, regional, and national trends in drug use disorder mortality rates across 73 countries from 1990 to 2021, with projections up to 2040: a global time-series analysis and mod... by Soeun Kim, Hayeon Lee, Selin Woo, Hyeri Lee, Jaeyu Park, Tae Kim, Guillaume Fond, Laurent Boyer, Masoud Rahmati, Lee Smith, Guillermo F. López Sánchez, Elena Dragioti, Christa J. Nehs, Jinseok Lee, Hyeon Jin Kim, Jiseung Kang, Dong Keon Yon

“…Methods: In this time-series analysis and modelling study, we investigated the global trends in DUD mortality rates from 1990 to 2021 using the WHO Mortality Database and forecasted future trends through 2040. …”
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Connecting The Dots: The Impact Of Subclinical Hypothyroidism On Female Subfertility And Obesity by Naila Ashfaq, Warda Hussain, Mugheera Hussain, Neelam Saba, Asma Muddasir, Jawairiah Liaqat

“…Infertility prevalence estimates: 1990–2021. 2023 [Online available from]: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/978920068315. Retrieved from 18th Sep 2023 • Shafierizi S, Basirat Z, Nasiri-Amiri F, Kheirkhah F, Chehrazi M, Pasha H, et al. …”
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