Risk Factors for Postoperative Infections in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Undergoing Emergency Craniotomy by Zhang Z, Xu L, Xu S

“…This study aims to identify the risk factors associated with these infections to improve patient outcomes.Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted, including 312 severe TBI patients who underwent emergency craniotomy at Brain Hospital of Hunan Province between December 2019 and December 2021. …”
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Immediate Effect of Kinetic Chain Activation and Mulligan’s Bent Leg Raise Technique in Patients with Asymptomatic Hamstring Tightness: A Randomised Clinical Trial by Santosh Channabasapa Metgud, Santosh D Patil, Omkar Anand Gaonkar

“…Conclusion: The study concluded that both Mulligan’s BLR and KCAT were equally effective and could be used as adjuncts in improving hamstring flexibility.…”
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A Nomogram Based on Immune Inflammation Indicators for Rotaviral Diarrhea in Children Under 5 years Old: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study by Chen J, Chen X, Huang X, Liu J, Yu Q

“…Jing Chen,1,* Xiao Chen,2,* Xiaoling Huang,1 Jia Liu,1 Qingfeng Yu1 1Department of Pediatrics, The First People’s Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Orthopedics, The First People’s Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jing Chen, Department of Pediatrics, The First People’s Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China, Email 983394631@qq.comObjective: This study investigates the relationship between immune inflammation indicators and rotaviral-induced diarrhea in children under five years old.Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 439 children with diarrhea between January 2022 and December 2023. …”
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Prevalence and covariates of chronic respiratory disorders among middle-aged Bangladeshi people: A rural community-based study by Md Hassan Rashidul, Md Hasan Iqbal, Abdullah H. K. Khan, Liaquat Ali, Jannatul Nayeem

“…The spirometry-positive CRD subjects were found to be distributed almost equally (COPD, 7%; asthma, 5%; and restrictive, 7%). …”
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Gushen Antai pill for expected normal ovarian responders undergoing IVF-ET (GSATP-FreET): interim analysis of a randomized controlled trial by Ying Xu, Xin Hu, Kai-Liang Ai, Zhen-Gao Sun, Jing-Yan Song

“…Despite this, no high-quality studies have been performed on the combination of LPS and GSATP for the embryo transfer of fresh IVF cycles. Methods A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial started on June 15, 2021 at 20 reproductive centers of public tertiary hospitals. …”
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Early deep sedation was associated with post-hospital one-year mortality in critically ill surgical patients: a propensity-matched retrospective cohort study by Peng-Yen Wu, Shang-Yi Lee, Li-Ting Wong, Wen-Cheng Chao

“…Abstract Objective Sedation is a crucial issue in critical care, but the impact of early deep sedation on post-hospital mortality in critically ill surgical patients remains unclear. Methods We linked the 2015–2020 critical care database at Taichung Veterans General Hospital with the nationwide death registration in Taiwan. …”
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The Main Problems of Scientific Support of Flax Growing by R. A. Rostovtsev, V. G. Chernikov, I. V. Ushchapovsky, R. A. Popov

“…They showed the advantages of the method of the tape wrapping on linen, which created equal conditions for aging for the upper and lower layers, which was especially effective when the straw yield was more than 3.5 tons per hectare. …”
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Increasing reliability of traction electric motors of diesel locomotives taking into account thermophysical parameters of insulation and armature winding conductors by V. I. Kiselev, T. O. Vakhromeeva, A. I. Fedyanin

“…The use of insulating materials for the armature winding with coefficients of thermal linear expansion equal to the coefficient of thermal expansion of the copper conductors of the winding will improve the reliability of traction electric motors of diesel locomotives in operation.…”
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Acute myeloid leukemia with RAM immunophenotype: A report of three patients and comprehensive literature review by Xenia Parisi, Anindita Ghosh, L. Jeffrey Medeiros

“…These patients were toddler age (1–3 years) with an equal sex distribution and clinically presented with low circulating blasts and cytopenias. …”
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IMPACT OF THE FREQUENCY OF USING NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS ON THE RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION OF SACROILIITIS IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS by D. G. Rumyantseva, T. V. Dubinina, Sh. F. Erdes

“…After 2-year follow-up, the median stage of radiographic sacroiliitis (SI) in Group 1 was unchanged and remained equal to 4; that in Group 2 in this period significantly increased from 3 to 4 scores (p < 0.05). …”
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Impact of Preoperative Daytime Sleepiness and Insomnia on Therapy Adherence and Neurostimulation Amplitude in Unilateral Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation by Pordzik J, Ludwig K, Ruckes C, Gouveris H

“…The aims of this study were to investigate 1) details regarding therapy adherence under HGNS therapy and 2) the possible association between age, insomnia, daytime sleepiness, polysomnography (PSG)-based metrics, neurostimulation parameters and HGNS-therapy adherence.Methods: Forty-three consecutive patients with detailed information about therapy adherence time were included. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Evidence-based Practice Implementation Questionnaire in Nurses by Ommolbanin Zare, Abbas Ebadi, Giti Ozgoli, Nourossadat Kariman

“…Also, its re-test reliability was equal to 0.85. Conclusion: The Persian version of the EBP implementation scale has acceptable reliability and validity. …”
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SELECTION OF AN OPTIMAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY-OF-LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS by L. D. Vorobyeva, E. A. Aseeva, S. K. Solovyev, S. I. Glukhova

“…Both SF-36 and LupusQol equally reflect HRQOL changes in the presence of irreversible organ damages. …”
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Participatory research with carers: A systematic review and narrative synthesis by Bryher Bowness, Claire Henderson, Samia C. Akhter Khan, Mia Akiba, Vanessa Lawrence

“…Four themes were identified, relating to the outcomes, challenges, and practicalities of involving carers: (re) building relationships with carers; carers as equals not afterthoughts; carers have unique experiences; carers create change. …”
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Wpływ pełzania betonu na sprężone ustroje prętowe by Andrzej CHUDZIKIEWICZ

“…Concrete creep in prestressed beam structures This paper is concerned with some general methods of solution of problems under consideration. …”
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Brain SPECT in dementia a clinical-scintigraphic correlation SPECT cerebral na demência: uma correlação clínico-cintilográfica by Carlos A. Buchpiguel, Sandra C. Mathias, Liliam Y. Itaya, Nélio G. Barros, Luis A.P. Portela, Jose M. M. Freitas, Paulo Caramelli, Paulo E. Carrilho, Luiz A. Bacheschi, Fausto H Hironaka, Ricardo Nitrini

“…In the diagnosis of dementia, CT and SPECT showed equal sensitivity (82.7%) and statistically similar specificity (63.8 and 81.8%, respectively). …”
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Association of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Lymphotoxin Alpha Gene Polymorphisms with the Presence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Amira P Tarigan, Tamsil Syafiuddin, Faisal Yunus, Suradi Suradi

“…Results: of the total of 227 samples that met inclusion criteria and after equalizing the age and history of smoking, 186 subjects were enrolled, of which, 93 people as COPD group and 93 people as non-COPD group. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF ENTRY LEVEL OF MARKETOLOGIST LEADERSHIP COMPETENCE FORMATION by Olena I. Kazakevych

“…Quantitative and qualitative composition of the participants of the experiment was determined and stated, division of the graduates into the experimental (EG) and control (CG) groups was proved to be equal and equidistant. Criteria (motivational, cognitive, activity and personality) and indicators for the assessment of leadership competence level of future marketologists according to its structure were developed and described, diagnostic methods revealed, identified and the levels of competence formation (high, sufficient, low) described. …”
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Risk of Acute Kidney Injury after Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Poor Glycemic Control by Aqeel Ahmad, Yasir Khan, Waseem Rehman, Naeem Ullah, Fauzia Zafar, Muhammad Rassan

“…Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore from 1st October 2021 to 30th September 2022. Material & Methods: 130 diabetic patients were divided into two equal groups of 65, exposed to poor glycemic control (HbA1c ? …”
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Influence of Various Chemical Surface Treatments, Repair Materials, and Techniques on Transverse Strength of Thermoplastic Nylon Denture Base by Ghassan Abdul-Hamid Naji

“…These samples were then divided into three equal groups. Fifty samples were repaired by microwave heat-polymerization, fifty samples were repaired using the Ivomate autopolymerization, and the other fifty were repaired using light-polymerized acrylic resin. …”
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