A single-centre experience of His bundle pacing without electrophysiological mapping system: implant success rate, safety, pacing characteristics and one-year follow up by Swee Leng Kui, Colin Yeo, Lisa Teo, Ai Ling Him, Sherida Binte Syed Hamid, Kelvin Wong, Vern Hsen Tan

“…Methods: Data of 28 consecutive patients who underwent HBP from August 2018 to February 2019 was retrospectively obtained. …”
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Forecasting dengue in Bangladesh using meteorological variables with a novel feature selection approach by Mahadee Al Mobin

“…Forecasts for 2024 using the best-performing model predict a rise in dengue cases starting in May, peaking at 24,000 cases per month by August and persisting at high levels through October before declining to half by year-end. …”
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Re-defining pT4b buccal mucosa squamous cell carcinoma: Looking beyond palliation in select patients by Prateek V. Jain, Kapila Manikantan, Gary M. Clark, Indranil Mallick, Sanjoy Chatterjee, Indu Arun, Paromita Roy, Lateef Zameer, Pattatheyil Arun

“…This study is an attempt to identify prognosticators for disease free (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in surgically treated pT4 buccal mucosa squamous cell carcinoma (BMSCC) patients. Material and methods: The cohort for this retrospective study comprised 213 patients with pT4a/b BMSCC, treated with curative intent surgery from August 2011 through December 2019. …”
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Smokeless, not harmless: Understanding Naswar's cardiovascular risks in the northwestern Pakistan by Ihsanur Rahman, Fayaz Ahmad, Naveed Sadiq

“…Methods: This case-control study recruited 112 CAD cases and 112 controls from tertiary care hospitals between July 2021 and August 2022. Consecutive sampling facilitated data collection through interviews using pre-structured questionnaire. …”
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Research on blood donation and supply of red blood cell products to medical institutions under the spread of COVID-19 disease in Japan by Tomohide Mishiba, Shinji Takeoka

“…The status of whole blood donation and RBC product transfusion was investigated based on the data provided by the JRCS from January 2020 to August 2021 on whole blood donation, manufacture and inventory adjustment of RBC products, and supply to medical institutions. …”
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Management of Glyphosate Isopropylamine-Resistant Goosegrass (Eleusine indica) Biotypes Through Pre- and Post-Emergence Herbicides by Koko Tampubolon, Edison Purba, Mohammad Basyuni, Diana Sofia Hanafiah

“…This study used the factorial Randomized Block Design with four replications. The first factor was the type of pre- and post-emergence herbicides at 1 l ha-1, respectively. …”
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Ethnic, socioeconomic, and demographic determinants of generalized anxiety disorder and fear of COVID-19 among teenagers in California, United States: a cross-sectional analysis by Elina Kumra, Amit Patange

“…Severe GAD and FCV were reported in 9.8% (n = 97) and 8.38% (n = 83) of participants. Black participants reported significantly higher levels of FCV (F = 6.867, p < 0.001) and generalized anxiety (F = 17.066, <0.001) than their counterparts Additionally, girls exhibited higher anxiety scores (t = 2.960, p = 0.003, CI = 0.23–1.15) and fear scores (t = 3.619, p = 0.001, CI = 0.40–1.37) than boys. …”
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Effect of ethnicity and other sociodemographic factors on attendance at ophthalmology appointments following referral from a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme: a retrospective cohor... by James Banks, Adnan Tufail, Ling Zhi Heng, Josef Huemer, Christopher G Owen, Alicja R Rudnicka, Yasir Khan, Abraham Olvera-Barrios, Michael Seltene, Mumina Khatun, Catherine A Egan, Zoe Ockrim, Matilda Pitt, Daisy Williams, Celestine Rutowska

“…Compared with white individuals, people of black ethnic origin were similarly likely to attend. …”
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Sociodemographic Profile of Severely Malnourished Children Admitted to a Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre in One of the Districts of Maharashtra: A Cross-sectional Study by Pratik Borkar, Rohan Sangam, Shalini Rawat, Ravindra Kembali

“…The study was conducted during the 18 month period from March 2017 to August 2018. Data was analysed by using SPSS software version 22.0. …”
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An Analysis of Biopsies for Suspected Skin Cancer at a Tertiary Care Dermatology Clinic in the Western Cape Province of South Africa by Johann de Wet, Minette Steyn, Henry F. Jordaan, Rhodine Smith, Saskya Claasens, Willem I. Visser

“…BCC (89.3%) and KS (67.7%) was the most common skin cancer in the white and black population respectively. The ratio of BCC to SCC was 2.03. …”
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Association of a Liver Allocation Policy Change With Domestic Travel for Liver Transplantation by Katie Ross-Driscoll, PhD, MPH, Chandrashekhar Kubal, MD, PhD, Arrey-Takor Ayuk-Arrey, MPH, Jonathan Fridell, MD, David Axelrod, MD, MBA

“…Incident adult liver transplant listings between August 16, 2016, and February 3, 2020 (pre-AC) or June 13, 2020, and December 3, 2023 (post-AC) were obtained from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. …”
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Machine Learning-Based Relative Performance Analysis of Monocrystalline and Polycrystalline Grid-Tied PV Systems by Asfand Yar, Muhammad Yousaf Arshad, Faran Asghar, Waseem Amjad, Furqan Asghar, Muhammad Imtiaz Hussain, Gwi Hyun Lee, Faisal Mahmood

“…In this research study, the design and performance evaluation of grid-tied photovoltaic systems has been carried out through experimentation, HelioScope simulation, and black-box machine learning methods for data-driven artificial intelligence system performance assessment and validation. …”
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Pre-emergent herbicides during the off-season of irrigated rice to control weedy rice and reduce the soil seed bank by Tilio Adan Lucas, Simone Puntel, Rafaella Boemo Mario, Leonardo da Silva Bolson, Arícia Ritter Corrêa, Pedro Henrique Folharini, Murilo Vieira Loro, André da Rosa Ulguim

“…Field experiments were conducted in a randomized complete block design with four replications in a commercial rice production area in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 growing seasons in Dom Pedrito (RS). …”
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Effectiveness of interventions for the prevention of occupational violence against professionals in health services: a protocol for a systematic review by Caroline Vieira Cláudio Okubo, Renata Cristina Campos Pereira Silveira, Maria José Quina Galdino, Daiane Rubinato Fernandes, Aline Aparecida Oliveira Moreira, Júlia Trevisan Martins

“…The search will be conducted on August 1 st 2020, without language and time restrictions. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Content of Sum of Hydroxycinnamic Acids from Leaves of Actinidia arguta Lindl. Collected in Ukraine and China by Nadiia Kovalska, Uliana Karpiuk, Valentyna Minarchenko, Iryna Cholak, Natalia Zaimenko, Nadiia Skrypchenko, Dejiang Liu

“…So, during July, the leaves can be collected from male plants, and during the end of August and start of September, leaves can be collected from both male and female plants. …”
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Perturbations in Microbial Communities at Hydrothermal Vents of Panarea Island (Aeolian Islands, Italy) by Annamaria Gallo, Fabio Sposito, Manfredi Longo, Gianluca Lazzaro, Cinzia Giuseppina Caruso, Sabina Morici, Sergio Scirè Scappuzzo, Slobodanka Radovic, Valeria Villanova, Luca Vecchioni, Marco Arculeo, Rosa Alduina

“…We aimed to analyze the microbial community of a peculiar hot spring belonging to the Panarea hydrothermal field, known as “Black Point” (BP), in two separate sampling expeditions (May and August). …”
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Contribution of Aerosol Species to the 2019 Smoke Episodes over the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia by Nur Nazmi Liyana Mohd Napi, Maggie Chel Gee Ooi, Mohd Talib Latif, Liew Juneng, Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir, Andy Chan, Li Li, Samsuri Abdullah

“…The transboundary smoke events in Indochina and Indonesia are linked to HP1 (March–April) and HP2(August–September), respectively from backward trajectory and MERRA-2 model re-analyses weather data. …”
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Divulgação de evidências científicas sobre Práticas Integrativas e Complementares em Saúde by Luciana Fernandes Paulino, Maria Eduarda Ramos da Silva, Yasmin Aguiar Faria Lima, Marina Soares Gonçalves, Thaís Matera Ferraro Teixeira, Neemias Lima da Silva, Bárbara de Lacerda Santos Oliveira, Bianca Nunes Gomes, Fátima Helena do Espírito Santo, Gleyce Moreno Barbosa

“…Os desafios enfrentados contribuíram para o aprimoramento do trabalho, em constante construção e de forma conjunta, em busca da democratização do acesso à saúde em toda sua integralidade. …”
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A bibliometric analysis of publications in 3D printing in surgery from the web of science database by Bitesh Kumar, Anjan Kumar Dhua, Mohit Garg, Vishesh Jain, Devendra Kumar Yadav, Prabudh Goel, Sachit Anand, Divya Jain

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Rockfish abundance, recruitment, and community structure trends in the western Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington, 2005-2023 by Shawn E. Larson, Katie Shelledy, Daniela Escontrela Dieguez, Jeff Christiansen, Amy Y. Olsen, Zachary Randell, Megan H. Williams, Chris VanDamme, Dayv Lowry, William Jasper

“…Strip transects were conducted annually in August from 2005 through 2023 at five permanently marked index sites. …”
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