Magnetic resonance angiography in diagnostic long-term follow-up of primary patency of the MOTIV drug-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold in the region below the knee: 5 years... by Christian Nasel, Mario Kirschner, Karoline Rizzi, Nicola Schweinhammer, Ewald Moser

“…The retrospective 5-years PP-probability was 0.87 (CI95%: [0.71,1.0]) with 2 stent-occlusions observed after 90 days. …”
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Lessons from COVID-19 and Seoul: Effects of Reduced Human Activity from Social Distancing on Urban CO2 Concentration and Air Quality by Hayoung Park, Sujong Jeong, Ja-Ho Koo, Sojung Sim, Yeon Bae, Yeonsoo Kim, Chaerin Park, Jeongyeon Bang

“…Due to the reduction in human activity in 2020, local measurements of CO and NO2 show a decrease in background concentration (up to −11.9% and −41.7%, respectively) and urban enhancement (up to −16.7% and −38.1%, respectively) compared to the previous year. …”
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Effect of Al addition on the room and cryogenic temperature deformation of Mg-xAl-1Zn-1Ca alloy (x = 1, 2 wt.%) by Hafiz Muhammad Rehan Tariq, Umer Masood Chaudry, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Minki Kim, Mansoor Ali, Tea-Sung Jun

“…Tensile tests were performed at room (24 °C, RT) and cryogenic temperature (-150 °C, CT) to probe the dislocation and twinning evolution and its consequent effect on the strength, ductility and hardening characteristics. …”
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Cost–consequence analysis of COPD treatment according to NICE and GOLD recommendations compared with current clinical practice in the UK by Jennifer K Quint, Helene Vioix, Toby Capstick, Sue Langham, Jennifer Cook, Antony Wright, Shamika de Silva

“…Objectives The objective of this study was to model the clinical and economic impact of adapting current clinical practice in the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to treatment according to national and international guideline recommendations.Design Treatment mapping was undertaken to hypothetically redistribute patients from current clinical practice, representing actual prescribing patterns in the UK, to an alternative recommendation-based treatment scenario, representing prescribing in accordance with either National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance [NG115] or Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2020 strategy.Setting Primary care practices in the UK (1-year time horizon).Participants Adults with COPD undergoing long-acting inhaler maintenance therapy in the UK (N=1 067,531).Interventions Inhaler maintenance therapy.Outcome measures Costs and clinical outcomes (type of treatment, rates of moderate and/or severe exacerbations, and mild-to-moderate and/or severe pneumonia events) were modelled for the two alternative pathways.Results Compared with current clinical practice, treating patients according to NICE guidance resulted in an estimated annual reduction in expenditure of £46.9 million, and an estimated annual reduction in expenditure of over £43.7 million when patients were treated according to GOLD 2020 strategy. …”
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Carboxymethyl cellulose/shellac composite loaded with pomegranate extract and jojoba oil as anti-mycotic and anti-mycotoxigenic food packaging materials by Salah A. A. Mohamed, Amr Farouk, Adel G. Abdel-Razek, El-Shahat Nashy, Mohamed El-Sakhawy, Ahmed Noah Badr

“…The E10 was characterized for emulsion stability, particle size, zeta potential, pH, PDI, and acidity that were recorded at 88.16 ± 2.87%, 54.81 nm, 38.74 mV, 6.34 ± 0.54, 31.12 ± 1.02, and 6.02 ± 0.34 mg/L, respectively. …”
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Impact of Land-Use Change on Atmospheric Environment Using Refined Land Surface Properties in the Pearl River Delta, China by Anqi Lai, Yiming Liu, Xiaoyang Chen, Ming Chang, Qi Fan, Pakwai Chan, Xuemei Wang, Jianing Dai

“…Simulations of two months in 2014 (January and July) showed that land-use change increased the monthly averaged 2 m temperature by 0.24°C and 0.27°C in January and July, respectively. …”
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Research progress on modification of hemodialysis membranes with anticoagulant properties by Xuan WANG, Zehua LI, Runjie SHI, Tiantian LI, Ruolin WANG, Chunmei NIU

“…This review also puts forward prospect on the developing direction of anticoagulant modification technology for dialysis membranes: 1) developing intelligent responsive materials to achieve dynamic anticoagulant functions; 2) constructing a biomimetic membrane surface to reduce the body's rejection reaction; 3) designing dynamic and renewable surfaces that can self-recover or regenerate; 4) carrying out green modification methods which can not only achieve efficient anticoagulant modification but also reduce environmental pollution.…”
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Scientometric Assessment of Global Research Output about Monkeypox during 1970–2022 by Brij Mohan Gupta, Mallikarjun Kappi, Manish Mohan Gore, Atul Gupta

“…Results and Conclusion: The findings reveal that the most productive year of publication was 2003 which included 62 publications with the majority published in Emerging Infectious Diseases (35 papers) and Journal of Virology (32 papers) and Science (60.6), and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (60.44) achieved the highest citation impact per paper. USA (55.37% share), UK (6.63% share), and Germany (6.11% share) are the most productive countries, and Switzerland (47.93 and 1.84), Canada (46.57 and 1.79), and Belgium (37.32 and 1.43) are the most impactful countries. …”
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Modello di tenuta della flangia bullonata, senza guarnizione, mediante l’analogia della meccanica della frattura di una fessura parzialmente aperta by M. Beghini, L. Bertini, C. Santus, C. Cagnarini, P. Romanello

“…I compressori centrifughi di elevate dimensioni non permettono l’utilizzo di guarnizioni deformabili, per cui le due metà della flangia di connessione sono forzate mediante bullonatura e la tenuta è affidata al contatto completo delle due superfici. …”
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Endophthalmitis following Intravitreal Injection, Cataract Surgery, and Vitrectomy: Clinical Features and Visual Outcomes by Ana Maria Cunha, Maria Manuel Iglésias, Amândio Rocha-Sousa, Fernando Falcão-Reis, Manuel Falcão

“…Endophthalmitis post-PPV had a worse visual outcome (88.9% of patients with VA worse than or equal to CF 95% CI 51.3 to 100.0%) than endophthalmitis following cataract surgery (25.9% of patients with VA worse than or equal to CF 95% CI 11.0 to 39.9%) and the IVI subgroup (44.0% of VA worse than or equal to CF 95% CI 24.0 to 67.0%) (p=0.001 and p=0.047). …”
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Spatiotemporal Pattern Evolution in Global Green Trade Networks: Implications for Health Economics by Haiyan Zhou, Shaobin Wei, Xun Xi, Haitao Zhou, Hao Hu

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Healthcare worker views on antimicrobial resistance in chronic respiratory disease by Sachin Ananth, Adekunle O. Adeoti, Animesh Ray, Peter G. Middleton, Miquel Ekkelenkamp, Stephanie Thee, Anand Shah, the AMR-Lung Clinical Research Collaboration

“…However, only 43.4% of respondents thought that there were adequate antimicrobial stewardship programmes in their area for chronic respiratory disease, with limited availability in outpatient (29.0%) and ambulatory settings (24.7%). Developing rapid diagnostics for antimicrobial susceptibility (59.5%) was perceived to be the most common challenge in implementing antimicrobial stewardship, with an improved understanding of regional epidemiology of AMR strains the most important factor to improve outcome (55.2%). …”
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The Impact of Chronic Low-Back Pain on Quality of Life among Samples of Iraqi Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Nadia Ayad Mohammed Jawad, Mohammad Hadi Alosami, Zainab Fadhil Mahdi

“…Results: In the study, there were 100 patients with persistent LBP, ranging in age from 17 to 58, with a mean (standard deviation [SD]) age of 45.54 (11.36) years. …”
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Das Buch De Medicina der Etymologiae Isidors von Sevilla. Kritische Überlegungen zur Wissenorganisation von „moderner” Edition und mittelalterlichen Codices by Daniel Pfitzer

“…For this purpose, the so far disregarded Cod. 25(2) from the Biblioteca de la Real Academia de la Historia in Madrid is also taken into account. …”
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Técnicas de avanzada en el diagnóstico patológico de edificaciones:: "El Templete" de la Habana Vieja Advanced techniques in building pathology diagnosis:: "El Templete" of Old Hab... by José Armando Chávez Hernández, Jorge Luis Broche Lorenzo, Carlos A Recarey Morfa, Fernando Sánchez García, Miguel Angel Maestre Mesa, Noel Pérez Martínez

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Clinical Trial Assessing the Efficacy of Gabapentin Plus B Complex (B1/B12) versus Pregabalin for Treating Painful Diabetic Neuropathy by Alberto Mimenza Alvarado, Sara Aguilar Navarro

“…Two hundred and seventy patients were evaluated, 147 with GBP/B1/B12 and 123 with PGB, with a 7/10 pain intensity on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). …”
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Bridging inequity gaps in healthcare through tailored support: implementation perspectives of the Social Health Bridge-Building Programme by Gitte Valentin, Thomas Maribo, Claus Vinther Nielsen, Merete Tonnesen, Lisa Gregersen Oestergaard

“…The frequency of accompaniments over six months were collected through telephone calls. Results A total of 187 users of the programme responded. The Individuals were characterised by short educational attainment, limited social support, unemployment, as well as poor physical and mental health. …”
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Análise das publicações sobre os comitês de ética em pesquisa em Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) by João Beccon Almeida Neto, Tulio Batista Franco

“…Nesse sentido, quatro questões nos parecem marcantes: (a) a ingerência promovida pelos CEPs em relação ao método das pesquisas; (b) a questão da análise ética das pesquisas oriundas das ciências humanas não pode ser vista como uma relação de inclusão ou exclusão; (c) a burocratização dos CEPs; e (d) a questão em relação à necessidade de acreditação dos CEPs. …”
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Soil moisture retrieval over agricultural region through machine learning and sentinel 1 observations by Deepanshu Lakra, Deepanshu Lakra, Shobhit Pipil, Prashant K. Srivastava, Suraj Kumar Singh, Manika Gupta, Rajendra Prasad

“…Specifically, the RF model exhibited outstanding accuracy and robustness in both the training [RMSE (%): 3.44, R-squared: 0.88, correlation: 0.95] and validation phases [RMSE (%): 7.06, R-squared: 0.61, correlation: 0.8], marking it as the most effective model followed by the CNN model with [RMSE (%): 3.9, R-squared: 0.84, correlation: 0.92] during training and [RMSE (%): 8.44, R-squared: 0.43, correlation: 0.67] for validation, highlighting challenges in the model generalisation.…”
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Identifying barriers that prevent US insured adults at-risk for and diagnosed with type 2 diabetes from accessing primary care services: An exploratory study by Tamara Crawford

“…Lack of family and friend support was the least reported barrier (7.8% of sample). Regression analyses showed a significant association between reported barriers and participants’ access to primary care services by measuring participants’ last primary doctor’s appointment (R2 = 0.47, P = 0.001). …”
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