Angiographic Restenosis in Coronary Bifurcations Treatment with Regular Drug Eluting Stents and Dedicated Bifurcation Drug-Eluting BiOSS Stents: Analysis Based on Randomized POLBOS I and POLBOS II Studies by Robert J. Gil, Jacek Bil, Adam Kern, Luis A. Iñigo-Garcia, Radoslaw Formuszewicz, Slawomir Dobrzycki, Dobrin Vassilev, Roxana Mehran

“…Dedicated bifurcation BiOSS® stents were compared with drug-eluting stents (DES) in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) or nonST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) (POLBOS I: paclitaxel eluting BiOSS® Expert vs. …”
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Effects of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, abundance, and climate conditions on bighorn sheep lamb:ewe ratios in New Mexico by Colton J. Padilla, Caitlin Q. Ruhl, James W. Cain III, Matthew E. Gompper

“…Abstract Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae is a primary causative agent responsible for initiating polymicrobial pneumonia in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis). …”
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Evidence for Activation of Toll-Like Receptor and Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Preterm Birth by Taketoshi Noguchi, Toshiyuki Sado, Katsuhiko Naruse, Hiroshi Shigetomi, Akira Onogi, Shoji Haruta, Ryuji Kawaguchi, Akira Nagai, Yasuhito Tanase, Shozo Yoshida, Takashi Kitanaka, Hidekazu Oi, Hiroshi Kobayashi

“…The interactions between the TLR-mediated acute inflammation and RAGE-mediated chronic inflammation have clear implications for preterm birth via the TLR and RAGE system, which may be acting collectively. …”
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Deconstructing the self and reshaping perceptions: An intensive whole-brain 7T MRI case study of the stages of insight during advanced investigative insight meditation by Winson F.Z. Yang, Avijit Chowdhury, Terje Sparby, Matthew D. Sacchet

“…We investigated the neurophenomenology of SoI in an intensively sampled adept meditator case study (4 hr 7T fMRI collected in 26 runs with concurrent phenomenology) who performed SoI and rated specific aspects of experience immediately thereafter. …”
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Prognostic role of con-/discordant coronary flow reserve and microvascular resistance in coronary microvascular disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Ibtihal Al Amri, Federico Oliveri, Jin Al-Gully, Jessica Parisa Forouzanfar, Jose Manuel Montero-Cabezas, Johan Wouter Jukema, Melina Cynthia den Haan, Brian Oscar Bingen

“…Our findings show the need for tailoring CFR and MR diagnostic thresholds to patient characteristics and raise questions about the presence of CMD in patients with abnormal MR with normal CFR.…”
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Effects of using different levels of dietary chitosan on some immune indices and antioxidant defense system in Vannamei shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei by Saeed Dayani, Valiallah Jafari, Roghayeh Safari, Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar

“…Materials and Methods: For this purpose, 180 pieces of Vannamei shrimp with an average weight of about 4 g were prepared and kept for 2 weeks to adapt to the test conditions. …”
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In Vitro Evaluation of the Antifungal Activity of Ghassoul-Based Formulations with Oregano and Thyme Essential Oils against Penicillium sp. by Hamid Ziyat, Mohammed Naciri Bennani, Safae Allaoui, Jamal Houssaini, Hasna Nait M’barek, Soukaina Arif, Hassan Hajjaj

“…Penicillium sp. was used as a pathogen agent for biological activity on Czapek agar medium. …”
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Deteksi Objek menggunakan Dashboard Camera untuk Sistem Peringatan Pencegah Kecelakaan pada Mobil by Raymond Sutjiadi, Timothy John Pattiasina

“…From the testing result, this application was able to detect vehicle objects in form of passenger car, bus, and truck, also could provide both visual and alarm warning when there was a vehicle come closely from in front, to warn the driver about the danger of collision. …”
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Clinical decision fatigue: a systematic and scoping review with meta-synthesis by Nicola Grignoli, Serena Petrocchi, Peter Schulz, Luca Gabutti, Greta Manoni, Jvan Gianini

“…Research on DF is scarce, and little is known about its nature in the clinical context. The objective of the present review was to provide a comprehensive framework to understand how the construct of DF in medical settings has been defined and measured. …”
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Comparison of effectiveness in smoking cessation using nicotine replacement therapy and electronic cigarettes by Adrianna Kopaczyńska, Katarzyna Szafrańska, Szymon Niemirka, Aleksandra Janiak, Kinga Dominiczak, Łukasz Grądalski, Filip Dębicki

“…The impact of electronic cigarettes on smoking cessation also remains controversial, taking into consideration how little today's medicine does know about the long-term side effects of using e-cigarettes. …”
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Measuring serious violence perpetration: comparison of police-recorded and self-reported data in a UK cohort by Rosie Cornish, Alison Teyhan, Kate Tilling, John Macleod, Iain Brennan

“…Objectives To compare risk of self-reported and police-recorded serious violence perpetration in late adolescence and early adulthood using linked UK birth cohort and police data, to examine the association between cohort participation and police-recorded violence, and to use police-records to impute missing self-reported data on violence Methods We included individuals in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) who had been informed about the study's use of their linked data and had not opted out of linkage to police records (n = 12,662). …”
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Association between secondhand smoke exposure and hypertension in never smokers: a cross-sectional survey using data from Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey... by Young Sik Park, Chang-Hoon Lee, Sang Haak Lee, Kwang-Ha Yoo, Yu-Il Kim, Chul Min Ahn, Ju Ock Kim, Ju-Heon Park, Jae Yeol Kim, Eun Mi Chun, Tae-Hoon Jung

“…This study aims to determine the association between SHS exposure estimated by questionnaire and hypertension in Korean never smokers.Setting Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) V was conducted from 2010 to 2012.Participants We selected the never smokers aged over 20 years who answered the question about the SHS exposure.Primary and secondary measures SHS exposure in both the home and work place was estimated using a self-reporting questionnaire. …”
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Determinants of school-going adolescent girls’ health and nutritional status in district Malir, Karachi: a baseline cross-sectional study by Saira Zafar, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Zoha Imtiaz Malik, Abdul Momin Rizwan Ahmad

“…., −1.62 ± 0.89 and −1.18 ± 1.05, respectively.ConclusionFindings of this study demonstrated that the high burden of underweight among school-going adolescent girls needs targeted approaches like nutrition education interventions to enhance awareness about healthy dietary behaviors, food preferences, and ensuring access to safe, sufficient, and healthy diet.RecommendationA multipronged approach is required to improve health and nutritional status of adolescent girls by involving individuals, families, education sector, health and other relevant sectors. …”
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Naturally occurring influenza reassortment in pigs facilitates the emergence of intrahost virus subpopulations with distinct genotypes and replicative fitness by Chong Li, Victoria Meliopoulos, Aaron Rendahl, Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Montserrat Torremorell

“…Here, 244 IAV plaques were isolated from 24 commercial pigs, resulting in 26 distinct genome segment constellations. About 33% (8/24) of pigs were infected with two or more different genotypes, with two pigs harboring two or more different subtypes. …”
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Pattern and Predictors of Maternal Healthcare Services Utilization among Women of Reproductive Age in Lagos, Nigeria by Esther Oluwakemi Oluwole, Alero Ann Roberts, Ifeoma Peace Okafor, Victoria Oluwasola Yesufu

“…Findings: Nearly all participants (99%) were familiar with antenatal care (ANC), while 63% knew about postnatal care services, and 82% understood modern family planning methods. …”
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Measurement, determinants and outcomes of maternal care satisfaction in Nigeria: a systematic review by Jane E Hirst, Robyn Norton, Margaret Peden, Edward Mullins, Beatrice Wuraola Ope, Tavleen Wasan

“…While our study demonstrated a correlation between MCS and socioeconomic and demographic factors, there is no complete consensus within the literature about this correlation. Furthermore, patient satisfaction was associated with women’s future health-seeking behaviour and willingness to recommend care to others.Conclusion Understanding the multifaceted nature of MCS determinants and outcomes can better equip us to provide the support and care that mothers need to thrive. …”
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The mediating effect of clinical belongingness on the relationship between anxiety and professional identity in nursing interns: a cross-sectional study by Junhao Zhang, Lijia Wang, Xue Yang, Yuwei Yang, Xuehua Wu, Huaping Huang, Guirong Li

“…However, little is known about the relationship between anxiety, PI, and clinical belongingness among nursing interns.ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between PI, clinical belongingness, and anxiety among nursing interns, and to demonstrate the mediating role of clinical belongingness in this relationship.MethodsA cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire was conducted between November 2023 and January 2024 among 1,050 nursing interns from 26 teaching hospitals in Sichuan Province, China. …”
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Outcomes and Complications of Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgeries (MIGS) in Primary Angle Closure and Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Paik B, Chua CH, Yip LW, Yip VC

“…Overall complication rate was 141/875 (16%) after excluding transient self-resolving hyphema.Conclusion: MIGS brings about sustained reduction in IOP and medication burden with favourable side-effect profile in angle closure eyes. …”
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A tannic acid-based intumescent flame retardant for improving flame retardancy of epoxy composites by Xiaosui Chen, Yaoting Ma, Shuzheng Liu, Aiqing Zhang, Wei Liu, Shengchao Huang

“…A biomass intumescent flame retardant (TA-g-DOPO) was fabricated from tannic acid (TA) and 9, 10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide (DOPO) through the bridge of silane coupling agent (KH560), which showed a low degradation rate at Tmax of 2.71%/min and a high char yield of 55.8%. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding acute coronary syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study by Mohammad Amerzadeh, Mahdie Bahrami, Mojtaba Senmar, Zahra Hosseinkhani, Zahra Shafiei Kisomi

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