Bisoprolol for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at high risk of exacerbation: the BICS RCT by Graham Devereux, Seonaidh Cotton, Mintu Nath, Nicola McMeekin, Karen Campbell, Rekha Chaudhuri, Gourab Choudhury, Anthony De Soyza, Shona Fielding, Simon Gompertz, John Haughney, Amanda Lee, Graeme MacLennan, Alyn Morice, John Norrie, David Price, Philip Short, Jorgen Vestbo, Paul Walker, Jadwiga Wedzicha, Andrew Wilson, Olivia Wu, Brian Lipworth

“…Total number of major adverse cardiovascular events. Lung function (NB, during the COVID-19 pandemic, lung function could not be assessed in participants). …”
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Submillimeter and Mid-infrared Variability of Young Stellar Objects in the M17 H II Region by Zhiwei Chen, Doug Johnstone, Carlos Contreras Peña, Jeong-Eun Lee, Sheng-Yuan Liu, Gregory Herczeg, Steve Mairs, Geumsook Park, Kee-Tae Kim, Mi-Ryang Kim, Keping Qiu, Yao-Te Wang, Xu Zhang, Megan Reiter, The JCMT Transient Team

“…This mid-IR fractional variability as a function of evolutionary stage result is similar to what has previously been found for YSO variability within the Gould Belt and the intermediate-mass star formation region M17 SWex, though overall less variability is detected in M17 in submillimeter and mid-IR. …”
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Path and Practice of Gap Management in National Parks: A Comparison Between China and the US and Inspirations Therefrom by Yun MA, Siyuan HE

“…In contrast, the US predominantly employs a “gap closing” strategy, seeking to resolve the issues of land ownership and functional discrepancy through legal tools and land regulation. …”
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Mechanical Design and Motion Analysis of a Hybrid Robot for Equine Rehabilitation by YE Zenglin, DAI Zhonghong, ZHANG Liang'an, WEI Liangguo, CHEN Hua

“…ObjectiveEquine therapy, also referred to as therapeutic riding or equine-assisted therapy, is a clinical methodology that promotes physical, psychological, and social functioning through the integration of horse handling and riding skills. …”
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Regreening Practices and Effectiveness Evaluation for Rocky Slope Drawdown Zones in Pumped Storage Power Station Reservoirs by YANG Zhi-chao, MA Xiao-xiao, CHANG Shi-ju, TANG Yu-shuang, ZHAO Rui-yi, WAN Dan, ZHANG Qian-zhu

“…This study focuses on the ecological restoration of the rocky slope drawdown zone in the Henan Tianchi Pumped Storage Power Station reservoir to ensure water resource security. [Methods] To address the severely impaired ecological function of the drawdown zone, this study conducted systematic analysis of habitat characteristics, including hydrological patterns, bank characteristics, non-point source pollution, and plant communities. …”
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On path length, beam divergence, and retroreflector array size in open-path FTIR spectroscopy by C. E. N. Power, C. E. N. Power, A. Wiacek, A. Wiacek

“…<p>Open-path Fourier transform infrared (OP-FTIR) spectroscopy is an established technique used to measure boundary layer trace gas concentrations, consisting (in this work) of a spectrometer with an active mid-IR source coupled to a single transmitting and receiving telescope, as well as a cube-corner retroreflector array separated from the spectrometer and telescope by an atmospheric path. …”
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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…Main outcome measures Cardiovascular disease hospitalisations and mortality. Data sources Aircraft noise levels modelled using a standard noise model for: (1) daily equivalent continuous sound levels at different times of day; (2) daily number of events above defined noise thresholds (2018 only). …”
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The Circular Kitchen by Bas Jansen

“…The Circular Economy (CE) presents a viable approach for achieving a sustainable built environment by minimizing resource use, environmental impacts, and waste. Geissdoerfer et al. (2017, p. 759) state that the CE is “a regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emission, and energy leakage are minimized by slowing, narrowing, and closing material and energy loops”. …”
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Re-use of Building Products in the Netherlands by Loriane Icibaci

“…The key findings in this segment were: Organizational The practice of reuse currently functions as an appendix of the demolition industry, bringing benefits as well as disadvantages. …”
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Improving outcomes for people with autism spectrum disorders by reducing mental health problems: the IAMHealth research programme including one RCT by Emily Simonoff, Gillian Baird, Bryony Beresford, Tony Charman, Martin Knapp, Andrew Pickles, Carol Povey, Tom Purser, Paramala Santosh, Vicky Slonims, Stephen Scott

“…Adolescent adaptive functioning was predicted not only by early childhood autistic symptoms and IQ and ADHD symptoms. …”
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Enhanced recovery pathway for older people with hip fracture and cognitive impairment in acute hospitals: the PERFECTED research programme including an RCT by Chris Fox, Simon P Hammond, Lee Shepstone, Fiona Poland, Catherine Henderson, Tamara Backhouse, Bridget Penhale, Simon Donell, Martin Knapp, Douglas Lewins, Alasdair MacLullich, Martyn Patel, Opinder Sahota, Toby O Smith, Justin Waring, Jane L Cross

“…In the 12 months after fracture, patients are at increased risk of cognitive and functional decline, admission to long-term care institutions and higher mortality. …”
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Spectrum of Cortactin Isoforms in the Urine of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Their Diagnostic Value as a Potential Molecular Marker of its Severity by Fayura O., Starikovych M., Abrahamovych O., Abrahamovych M., Stoyka R., Kit Yu.

“…Recently, the protein of SRC8 (Sarc family protein kinase substrate or cortactin) was detected among 12 new proteins in urine protein analyzes in breast cancer patients. …”
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تقييم تأثير وسائل الاعلام والدعاية على إدراک المستخدمين للعمارة والعمران "دراسة حالة مشروعات الاسکان في مصر"... by محمود سليمان, ولاء زقدان

“…Where the mass media vision of architecture and construction is limited to the notion th athousing projects are merely architectural designs imbedded within investment enterprises, that target profit at the first place, and that such projects are no longer inconsistent compliance with the basic needs of the units users, in terms of: functional spaces, the social or environmental needs, in accordance with the community's cultureand its distinctive characteristics.Consequently, this research sheds light on the influence exercised by the mass media on the society's culture, consciousness, awareness, and perception of the essence ofarchitecture and settlement. …”
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Establishing the best step-up treatments for children with uncontrolled asthma despite inhaled corticosteroids: the EINSTEIN systematic review, network meta-analysis and cost-effec... by Sofia Cividini, Ian Sinha, Giovanna Culeddu, Sarah Donegan, Michelle Maden, Katie Rose, Olivia Fulton, Dyfrig Hughes, Stephen Turner, Catrin Tudur Smith

“…We examined model fit by the posterior mean of the residual deviance and the deviance information criterion to select models. Pairwise MA and NMA were also carried out with a frequentist framework using the R functions ‘netmetabin’ and ‘netmeta’. …”
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Influence of Emergent Vegetation Layout on Flow Pattern in a Rectangular Shallow Basin by Junnan LYU, Yuxuan JIANG, Zhidong YAO, Chen YE, Xufeng YAN

“…They play critical roles in ecology, water resource management, environmental protection, and enhancing landscape aesthetics. …”
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The Impact of Audit Quality on Organizational Capital and Financing Capacity by Somaye Fathi, Mahdi Bahar Moghadam, Kazem Shamsadini

“…These results collectively advance our understanding of audit quality's dual function as both an organizational capital enhancer and financial constraint moderator. …”
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Preliminary Study on Natural Infection of Shellfish with Movement Disorder Nodavirus (MDNV) by Ping LI, Jitao XIA, Changming BAI, Ruidong XU, Tingting XU, Shuang LIU, Liang YAO, Xingtong YU, Qingli ZHANG

“…Shellfish is an important source of high-quality protein for human beings and simultaneously plays an important ecological service function in the marine ecosystem. …”
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SpecDis: Value Added Distance Catalog for 4 Million Stars from DESI Year-1 Data by Songting Li, Wenting Wang, Sergey E. Koposov, Ting S. Li, Youjia Wu, Monica Valluri, Joan Najita, Carlos Allende Prieto, Amanda Byström, Christopher J. Manser, Jiaxin Han, Carles G. Palau, Hao Yang, Andrew P. Cooper, Namitha Kizhuprakkat, Alexander H. Riley, Leandro Beraldo e Silva, Jessica Nicole Aguilar, Steven Ahlen, David Bianchi, David Brooks, Todd Claybaugh, Axel de la Macorra, John Della Costa, Arjun Dey, Peter Doel, Jaime E. Forero-Romero, Enrique Gaztañaga, Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, Gaston Gutierrez, Klaus Honscheid, Mustapha Ishak, Stephanie Juneau, Robert Kehoe, Theodore Kisner, Anthony Kremin, Martin Landriau, Laurent Le Guillou, Michael Levi, Marc Manera, Aaron Meisner, Ramon Miquel, John Moustakas, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, Will Percival, Claire Poppett, Francisco Prada, Ignasi Pérez-Ràfols, Graziano Rossi, Eusebio Sanchez, David Schlegel, Michael Schubnell, Hee-Jong Seo, Joseph Harry Silber, David Sprayberry, Gregory Tarlé, Benjamin Alan Weaver, Rongpu Zhou, Hu Zou

“…To build up an unbiased training sample, we do not apply selections on parallax error or signal-to-noise (S/N) of the stellar spectra, and instead, we incorporate parallax error into the loss function. …”
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Solar‐Powered Hierarchical Microenvironments with Authigenic Multi‐Field Synergies for Simultaneous Extraction of Freshwater and Cesium by Liuyan Zhu, Lin Zhu, Ting Shi, Ke Zhao, Wenwen He, Lu Han, Zeying Jin, Jialin Kang, Shanfu Sun, Ningning Cao, Zhen Yu

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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…Main outcome measures The primary outcome was diagnostic model sensitivity and specificity for detecting bladder outlet obstruction, detrusor underactivity and detrusor overactivity, with 75.0% considered minimum clinically useful performance. …”
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