Croatian National Data and Comparison with European Practice: Data from the Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Survey II Multicenter Registry by Sandro Brusich, Ivan Zeljković, Nikola Pavlovic, Ante Anić, Zrinka Jurišić, David Židan, Marina Klasan, Zlatko Čubranić, Kenneth Dickstein, Cecilia Linde, Camilla Normand, Sime Manola

“…Primary heart failure (HF) aetiology was nonischemic in 61.1% of patients, and HF with wide QRS was the most common indication for the implantation (73.5%). 80% of patients had complete left bundle branch block, and over two-third had QRS ≥150 ms. …”
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Ultrasonographic Validation for Needle Placement in the Tibialis Posterior Muscle by Stephanie R. Albin, Larisa R. Hoffman, Cameron W. MacDonald, Micah Boriack, Lauren Heyn, Kaleb Schuler, Annika Taylor, Jennie Walker, Shane L. Koppenhaver, Mark F. Reinking

“… # Results Ultrasonography confirmed the needle filament was inserted into the TP muscle in all 20 individuals and did not penetrate the neurovascular bundle in any individual. The mean distance from the needle to the tibial nerve and posterior tibial artery was 10.0 + 4.7 mm and 10.2 + 4.7 mm respectively. …”
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Enhancing feature selection for multi-pose facial expression recognition using a hybrid of quantum inspired firefly algorithm and artificial bee colony algorithm by Mu Panliang, Sanjay Madaan, Siddiq Ahmed Babikir Ali, Gowrishankar J., Ali Khatibi, Anas Ratib Alsoud, Vikas Mittal, Lalit Kumar, A. Johnson Santhosh

“…The firefly agents initially move toward the brightest firefly until identified, then search transition to the ABC algorithm, targeting positions with the highest nectar quality. …”
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Building support for children and families affected by stroke (BUILD CARE): Study protocol. by Maja Kevdzija, Lisa Bartha-Doering, Ruth Heying, Ann Heylighen, Andrea Jelić, Pleuntje Jellema, Anna Franziska Kalhorn, Sophie Mandl, Gesine Marquardt, Birgit Moser, Magdalena Muszynska-Spielauer, Els Ortibus, Anna-Theresa Renner, Anne-Sophie Schoß, Piet Tutenel

“…This is a 3-year project that will continue until the end of August 2025. Ethical approvals in all countries were obtained at the time of protocol submission, and data collection for all three research phases started in the second half of 2023 and is currently ongoing. …”
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Effect of potassium rates and application methods in no-till on soil K availability and crop yield by Gustavo Pesini, Dayana Jéssica Eckert, Matheus Ferrari Menegat, Gustavo Frosi, João Pedro Moro Flores, Lucas Aquino Alves, Dionata Filippi, Tadeu Luis Tiecher, Danilo Rheinheimer dos Santos, Tales Tiecher

“…Band application of K can decrease the K gradient and increase soybean and wheat yield when the available K content is below 64 mg dm-3 in the 0.10-0.20 m soil layer, coinciding with the critical level adopted in the south of Brazil until 2016. The replacement of K removed by soybean and wheat grains under NT with low soil K availability at 0.10-0.20 m should be band applied in-furrow along the sowing line.…”
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Twelve barriers to COPD diagnosis in France: a comparative qualitative study by Maxime Patout, Laurie Fraticelli, Maéva Zysman, Olivier Le Rouzic, Elisabetta Scanferla, Clémence Martin, Mathieu Delorme, Cécilia Nocent-Ejnaini, Guillaume Roucoux, Lize Kiakouama Maleka, Annaig Ozier, Yassine Benarbia, Lize Kiakouama, Olivier Le Rouzic, Jean-Paul Vasseur, Marie-Agnès Wiss-Laurent, Carla Zonca, Nissrine Erraji, Matthieu Chanard, Fabienne Peretz, Catherine Beseme, Antonio Correira Dos Santos, Héla Saïdi, Lynda Saïl

“…Data collection proceeded until 15 patients and 15 physicians (eight pulmonologists, seven GPs) were interviewed. …”
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Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008) by Asunción Díaz García, José Luis Oliver-Ramírez

“…These calls continued throughout the last third of the 20th century, until eventually experiencing a decline in the new millennium. …”
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Cardioprotective effect of crocin in patients with breast cancer receiving anthracycline-based chemotherapy: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study by Xinye Li, Xin Su, Wanping Liang, Li Wang, Chao Yuan, Juping Xu, Yijun Zhang, Yan Liu, Ning Ma, Fan Yang, Yiyuan Yang, Liyuan Tao, Shipeng Sun, Hongcai Shang, Yanwei Xing

“…Primary efficacy outcome was the proportion of patients with a drop in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of at least 10 % from baseline until 6 months. We randomized 200 patients; 7 of them had no valid randomization as the change in chemotherapy scheme. …”
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Etiology of Tendency Toward Using Cannabis: A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of Teenager’s Consumers by Soodabeh Rostami, Atousa Kalantar Hormozi, Mohammad Asgari, Ezzatollah Kordmirza Nikoozadeh

“…Data collection continued until reaching the theoretical saturation stage, and the collected data were analyzed by the coding method. …”
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Extrapulmonary manifestations and complications of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection: a systematic review by Jiacai Cho, Joanne Lee, Ching-Hui Sia, Chieh Sian Koo, Benjamin YQ Tan, Weizhen Hong, Ellie Choi, Xueying Goh, Louis Chai, Nisha Suyien Chandran, Horng Ruey Chua, Bernard PL Chan, Mark Muthiah, Ting Ting Low, Eng Soo Yap, Manjari Lahiri

“…Early manifestations (preceding respiratory symptoms until Day 6 of onset) included olfactory and gustatory disturbance (self-reported in up to 68% and 85% of cases, respectively), gastrointestinal symptoms (up to 65.9%) and rash (up to 20.4%). …”
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The association between TyG index and cardiovascular mortality is modified by antidiabetic or lipid-lowering agent: a prospective cohort study by Changchang Fang, Nanqin Peng, Jiang Cheng, Xiyu Zhang, Wenli Gu, Zicheng Zhu, Xiaoping Yin, Zhiwei Yan, Jing Zhang, Peng Yu, Xiao Liu

“…Mortality outcomes were tracked through linkage with National Death Index records until December 31, 2019. Data on the use of antidiabetic and hypolipidemic medications (including prescribed insulin, diabetic pills, and cholesterol-lowering agents) were self-reported by participants. …”
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Development of Fermentation-induced Soymilk Gel: Effects of Different Lactic Acid Bacteria on the Physicochemical Characteristics by Fatemeh Rahmani, Ali Moayedi, Marteza Khomeiri, Mahboobeh Kashiri

“…Lactiplantibacillus plantarum MCM4, Streptococcus thermophilus, and Weissella confusa MDM8) were inoculated to the soy milk matrix, and incubated at 37 °C until reaching pH 4.7. To understand the effects of acidifying and proteolytic activity of starter culture, syneresis, cell counts, free amino acid content (O-phthalaldehyde method), evaluation of proteolysis using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and textural parameters of soymilk gels during fermentation were investigated. …”
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Human Placental Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of ARDS in Rat by Zurab Kakabadze, Nicholas Kipshidze, Teona Paresishvili, Nodar Kipshidze, Zurab Vadachkoria, David Chakhunashvili

“…In recent years, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the number of patients with ARDS has increased significantly. Unfortunately, until now, there are no effective treatments for ARDS caused by COVID-19. …”
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The Application of Advanced Bone Imaging Technologies in Sports Medicine by Samuel S. Tadros, Scott Epsley, Sameer Mehta, Brandon C. Jones, Hiran I. Rajapakse, Rashad Madi, Austin Alecxih, Daniel Kargilis, Chamith S. Rajapakse

“…Until recently, the evaluation of bone health and fracture risk through imaging has been limited to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and plain radiographs, with a limited application in the athletic population. …”
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Circle chaotic map tuna swarm optimization (CCMTSO) based feature selection and deep learning approach for air quality prediction by Aradhyamatada Swamy, Rohitha U.M.

“…Using the training set, the network is trained until convergence once the model's structure has been established. …”
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Perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among pregnant and lactating women in Singapore: a pre-vaccine rollout cross-sectional study by Pooja Agarwal Jayagobi, Chengsi Ong, Kee Thai Yeo, Caleb Chun Wei Lim, Meei Jiun Seet, Lee Koon Kwek, Chee Wai Ku, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Manisha Mathur, Mei Chien Chua

“…Pregnant women who were unsure or unwilling to take the vaccine cited concerns about safety of the vaccine during pregnancy (92.9%), while lactating women were concerned about its potential long-term negative effects on the breastfeeding child (75.6%). …”
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Healthy dietary patterns and the incidence of chronic kidney disease: results from a prospective cohort study by Yong-Ping Lu, Bin Xia, Xiao-Hua Wang, Qiang-Sheng He, Chang-Bo Qu, Ying-Ying Xie, Tian-Jiao Cui, Si-Qing Wu, Jin-Yu Zhao, Zhi-Hua Zheng, Ting Zhu, Jin-Qiu Yuan, Chun Tang

“…The baseline for analysis was the first 24-hour dietary recall in 2011, with follow-up extending until the earliest occurrence of CKD diagnosis, death, or the end of the study period. …”
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Meta-Analysis: Overweight, Obesity, and Parkinson's Disease by Jinhu Chen, Zhenlong Guan, Liqin Wang, Guangyao Song, Boqing Ma, Yanqin Wang

“…Overweight, obesity, and PD were used as keywords, and published works were retrieved until September 30, 2013. The extracted data were classified (BMI≥30,25≤BMI<30,  and BMI<25) according to BMI values and analyzed using RevMan5.2 and Stata11.0. …”
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FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC CARE OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED OFFENDERS DIMINISHES RISK FOR CRIMINAL RECIDIVISM - FINNISH REGISTER-BASED STUDY by AULIKKI AHLGRÉN-RIMPILÄINEN, MAIJA LINDGREN, PETTERI JOELSSON, NINA LINDBERG

“…The reoffence data was derived from the Police crime register up until 2020. During the follow-up, missing or deceased persons were excluded from the study. …”
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Clinical Efficacy Evaluation of Sirolimus in Congenital Hyperinsulinism by Somayyeh Hashemian, Reza Jafarzadeh Esfehani, Siroos Karimdadi, Rahim Vakili, Daniel Zamanfar, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…The participants who were unresponsive to diazoxide and octreotide therapy received 0.5 mg/m2/d of sirolimus, and the dose was gradually increased until a serum concentration of 5–15 ng/ml was achieved. …”
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