Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score Predicts the Mortality of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by You Chen, Min Han, Ying-Ying Zheng, Feng Zhu, Aikebai Aisan, Tunike Maheshati, Yi-Tong Ma, Xiang Xie

“…There were significant differences in the incidences of ACM (p=0.038) and CM (p=0.027) among the four MELD groups, but there was no significant difference in MACEs (p=0.496), MACCEs (p=0.234), readmission (p=0.684), and bleeding events (p=0.232). After adjusting the age, gender, smoking, drinking status, and diabetes by a multivariable Cox regression analysis, MELD remains independently associated with ACM (HR:1.57, 95%CI 1.052–2.354, p=0.027) and CM (HR:1.434, 95% CI 1.003–2.050, p=0.048). …”
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Public knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers to skin cancer screening in the United Arab Emirates. by Anan S Jarab, Walid Al-Qerem, Karem H Alzoubi, Mariam Al Mohammad, Shrouq R Abu Heshmeh, Yazid N Al Hamarneh, Tareq Mukattash, Maher Khdour

“…Female gender (OR = 1.833, 95%CI: 1.361-2.469), being married (OR = 1.415, 95%CI: 1.006-1.992), being a non-smoker (OR = 1.568, 95%CI: 1.045-2.352) or a former smoker (OR = 2.555, 95% CI: 1.082-6.034), and more favourable attitudes (OR = 1.071, 95%CI: 1.044-1.096) were associated with higher screening practices.…”
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Antimalarial Activity of Extract and Fractions of Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr. by Wiwied Ekasari, Dwi Fatmawati, Siti M. Khoiriah, Wenda A. Baqiuddin, Hawi Q. Nisa, Adinda A. S. Maharupini, Tutik S. Wahyuni, Rice D. Oktarina, Eko Suhartono, Ram K. Sahu

“…In a prophylactic test, ethanolic extract showed parasite growth inhibitory activity of 67.74 ± 9.21% after the administration of 400 mg/kg body weight for 4 days before infection, and 65.30 ± 10.44% after the administration of 200 mg/kg body weight for 8 consecutive days (4 days before and after infection). …”
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Characterization of a-Si:H/c-Si Heterojunctions by Time Resolved Microwave Conductivity Technique by Amornrat Limmanee, Joaquim Nassar, Igor P. Sobkowicz, Jaran Sritharathikhun, Kobsak Sriprapha, Guillaume Courtois, Francois Moreau, Pere Roca I Cabarrocas

“…It was found that the TRMC decay time and decay curve shape varied with the laser wavelength and power intensity and also depended on sample structures. By using 1064 nm laser pulse with high excitation, differences in the decay curve shape between samples with and without p-n junction were observed. …”
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Genetic diversity of wild stone fruit species: specific aspects of <i>ex situ</i> conservation by G. V. Eremin, V. G. Eremin, I. S. Chepinoga, T. A. Gasanova

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Liquidus temperatures of Na3AlF6-AlF3-CaF2-KF-LiF-Al2O3 melts by Peng J.P., Di Y.Z., Wang Y.W., Bai Y.B., Feng N.X.

“…An empirical equation was derived to describe the liquidus temperatures for the primary crystallization of this multicomponent electrolyte system: t/℃=1011 + 0.7w(AlF3) - 0.232w(AlF3)2 - 7.65w(Al2O3) + 0.523w(Al2O3)2 - 8.96w(LiF) + 0.043w(LiF)2 - 3.32w(KF) - 0.12w(KF)2 - 3.28w(CaF2) +0.037w(CaF2)2 + 0.091w(AlF3)w(LiF) + 0.074w(AlF3)w(KF) + 0.084w(AlF3)w(CaF2) - 0.27w(Al2O3)w(LiF), where w(AlF3) denotes the mass fraction of excess aluminum fluoride with respect to cryolite. …”
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Parchment Glutamine Index (PQI): A novel method to estimate glutamine deamidation levels in parchment collagen obtained from low-quality MALDI-TOF data by Nair, Bharath, Palomo, Ismael Rodríguez, Markussen, Bo, Wiuf, Carsten, Fiddyment, Sarah, Collins, Matthew James

“…During liming, collagen peptides containing Glutamine (Q) undergo deamidation resulting in a mass shift of 0.984 Da. Assessing the extent of deamidation can inform us about parchment production patterns and quality. …”
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Assessment of Economic Management of Land Resources to Enhance Food Security by Dinara Tleshpayeva, Natalia Bondarenko, Mikhail Leontev, Galina Mashentseva, Julia Plaksa, Andrey Zharov, Diana Stepanova, Agzhan Karbozova

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Niveles de carga viral plasmática de VIH en pacientes con tratamiento antirretroviral de Villa Clara. by Rafael Abreu Duarte, Yaneisy Valdés Domínguez, María de Lourdes Sánchez Alvarez, Maribel Alonso Ledo, Marlevis Bello Pérez, Adrían Fernández Martínez

“…Introducción: el Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana (VIH) se descubrió en 1983. Forma parte de la familia Retroviridae. El desarrollo de la terapia antirretroviral de gran actividad (TARGA), constituye uno de los progresos más relevantes en el enfrentamiento a la epidemia del VIH/sida. …”
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Effect of Imatinib on Bone Marrow Morphology and Angiogenesis in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia by Neetu Pandey, Geeta Yadav, Rashmi Kushwaha, Shailendra Prasad Verma, Uma Shankar Singh, Ashutosh Kumar, Prabhaker Mishra

“…Pretherapy mean MVD of patients (14.69 ± 5.28) was higher than that of controls (6.32 ± 1.64). …”
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Prognostic Factors of Liposarcoma in Head and Neck by Shuo DING, Zhigang HUANG, Jugao FANG, Yang ZHANG, Lizhen HOU, Wei GUO, Gaofei YIN, Qi ZHONG

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Smart surgical telementoring system with patch-to-pixel point tracking method by Yanwei Qu, Ling Li, Tongtong Li, Jieyu Zheng, Wentao Tang, Xiaojian Li

“…Experimental results indicate that the proposed system has a transmission speed of 1.99M/s and a transmission latency of 171 ​ms when transmitting video at a resolution of 1920 ​× ​1080px, while the proposed method can achieve an accuracy of 96.6 ​% when the pixel error is 4. …”
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Дослідження впливу умов лабораторного тестування на робочі параметри холловського двигуна ST-25 by Віктор Перерва, Олександр Петренко

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Prebreeding studies of leaf rust resistant <i>Triticum aestivum/T. timopheevii</i> line L624 by S. N. Sibikeev, I. G. Adonina, A. E. Druzhin, O. A. Baranova

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Behavioural factors associated with cigarette quitting behaviour: an analysis of cross-sectional survey data collected in three low-income South African communities by Laura Rossouw, Samantha Filby

“…Being impatient reduces the odds of making a quit attempt (OR=0.814, 95% CI: 0.702 to 0.943), as does a tendency to postpone important tasks (OR=0.784, 95% CI: 0.644 to 0.956).Conclusions Non-pharmacological cessation support to low-income smokers should challenge potential lifetime quitters to practice self-control, equip them with tools to manage stress, and tackle temptations to time-discounting. …”
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Application of Spectral Computed Tomography Single-energy Technique to Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease by Pengfei WU, Chuanbing WANG

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Experimental Assessment of Finite Control Set - Model Predictive Control Applied to a Dual-Converter-Based Rectifier With a Floating DC link by Liane M. de Oliveira, Victor F. M. B. Melo, Iaryssa P. Teles, Emerson de L. Soares, Edison R. C. da Silva, Bruna S. Gehrke, Edgard L. L. Fabrício, Gilielson F. da Paz

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Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Biomechanical Factors During 90° Change of Direction are Associated to Non-Contact ACL injury in Female Soccer Players by Stefano Di Paolo, Alberto Grassi, Filippo Tosarelli, Matteo Crepaldi, Laura Bragonzoni, Stefano Zaffagnini, Francesco Della Villa

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Echocardiographic Parameters as Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Miroslava Sladojevic, Srdjan Sladojevic, Dubravko Culibrk, Snezana Tadic, Robert Jung

“…Developed model has been designed with 4 independent echocardiographic predictors of in-hospital mortality: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF RR =0.892; 95%CI =0.854–0.932, P<0.0005), aortic leaflet separation diameter (AOvs RR =0.131; 95%CI =0.027–0.627, P=0.011), right ventricle diameter (RV RR =2.675; 95%CI =1.109–6.448, P=0.028) and right ventricle systolic pressure (RVSP RR =1.036; 95%CI =1.000–1.074, P=0.048). Model has good prognostic accuracy (AUROC =0.84) and it retains good (AUROC =0.78) when testing on the validation cohort. …”
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An Electronic Barrel Bung to Wirelessly Monitor the Biological Aging Process of Fino Sherry Wine by Juan J. Sanchez-Gil, Eduardo Canete-Carmona, Maria Brox, Andres Gersnoviez, Miguel Angel Molina-Espinosa, Juan C. Gamez-Granados, Juan Moreno

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