Dementia and patient outcomes after hip surgery in older patients: A retrospective observational study using nationwide administrative data in Japan. by Noriko Morioka, Mutsuko Moriwaki, Jun Tomio, Kiyohide Fushimi, Yasuko Ogata

“…Dementia was not associated with the length of hospital stay (% change) (-0.7%, 95% CI -1.6-0.3%). Admission from home, discharge to home, and lower nurse staffing were associated with prolonged hospital stays.…”
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Improving the binding affinity of plastic degrading cutinase with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyurethane (PU); an in-silico study by Deves Sabari V L, Gokulnath Rajmohan, Roshine S B, Srivaishnavi S, Kishore Nagasubramanian, Senthil Kumar G, Ponnusami Venkatachalam

“…Subsequent in vitro studies can ensure the improved degradation of both PET and PU by the variants.…”
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Effect of Rosiglitazone and Insulin Combination Therapy on Inflammation Parameters and Adipocytokine Levels in Patients with Type 1 DM by Metin Guclu, Ozen Oz Gul, Soner Cander, Oguzkaan Unal, Guven Ozkaya, Emre Sarandol, Canan Ersoy

“…While leptin and resistin levels decreased in both groups (group 1: resistin 6.96 ± 3.06 to 4.99 ± 2.64, P=0.006; leptin 25.8 ± 17.6 to 20.1 ± 12.55, P=0.006; group 2: resistin 7.16 ± 2.30 to 5.57±2.48, P=0.031; leptin 16.72 ± 16.1 to 14.0 ± 13.4, P=0.007) Hgb and fibrinogen levels decreased only in group 1 (Hgb 13.72 ± 1.98 to 13.16 ± 1.98, P=0.015, and fibrinogen 4.00 ± 1.08 to 3.46 ± 0.90, P=0.002). …”
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Виклики і розвиток авіоніки: система переривання польоту by Валерій Мазуренко

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The Validity of a Portable Strain-Gauge Apparatus Versus a Commercial Isokinetic Dynamometer for Evaluating Knee Extension Kinetics by Dustin Oranchuk, Chris Juneau, Shelley Diewald, Jono Neville, John Cronin

“…Very large significant between-device correlations were found for PF (*r*=0.77, *p*=0.001) and PRFD (*r*=0.73, *p*=0.003), while small and moderate non-significant between-device correlations were found for RFD~2080~ (*r*=0.48, *p*=0.079) and IMP~2080~ (*r*=0.59, *p*=0.060). …”
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Effectiveness of psychoeducational interventions on psychological distress and health-related quality of life among patients with maintenance hemodialysis: a systematic review and... by Liyuan Zhang, Li Zou, Lijuan Zhou

“…The results of meta-analyses showed that psychoeducational intervention had significant short-term (< 1 m) (SMD: −0.87, 95% CI: −1.54 to −0.20, p = 0.01, I2 = 91%; 481 participants), and medium-term (1–3 m) (SMD: −0.29, 95% CI: −0.50 to −0.08, p = 0.01, I2 = 49%; 358 participants) on anxiety in MHD patients, but the effects could not be sustained at longer follow-ups. …”
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Prednisolone pharmacokinetics in dogs with protein‐losing enteropathy by Sara A. Jablonski, Jessica L. Strohmeyer, John P. Buchweitz, Andreas F. Lehner, Daniel K. Langlois

“…Results The PLE dogs had a shorter half‐life of the terminal slope than control dogs (harmonic mean of 1.3 vs 1.8 hours; P = .05) whereas the percentage of serum prednisolone that was non‐protein bound was higher in PLE dogs than in control dogs (median of 15.7% vs 6.7%; P = .02) at T1. Total prednisolone drug exposures and maximum total serum drug concentrations did not differ between PLE and control dogs at T1 or T2, nor did they differ between short‐term responders and non‐responders within the PLE population (P > .05 for all comparisons). …”
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بررسی اثر استفاده از پوشش‌های سطحی زیست‌تخریب‌پذیر روی جذب آب و ویژگی های مکانیکی کاغذ سفید مورد استفاده در محیط‌های سرد... by جعفر ابراهیم پور کاسمانی, احمد ثمریها, داریوش خادمی شورمستی

“…برای این منظور کاغذ سفید 127 گرمی تهیه و مورد آزمون قرار گرفت. ابتدا کاغذها روی یک تخته لایه مهار شدند. …”
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Comparison of the performance of three classification criteria for Behçet's Disease in a single centre cohort from South India by Vishnu S Chandran, Suma Balan

“…PPV was similar in all the three criteria with ISG 100%, revised ICBD 93.75%, and PEDBD 91.67%. NPV in revised ICBD was 77.78%, ISG was 47.06%, and PEDBD 53.85%. …”
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Change in mineral composition and cooking quality in legumes grown on semi-arid alfisols due to elevated CO2 and temperature by K. Sreedevi Shankar, M. Vanaja, Mekala Shankar, Asma Siddiqua, K. L. Sharma, V. Girijaveni, V. K. Singh

Subjects: “…elevated CO2…”
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Acute recovery of heart rate in a functional fitness session and its relationship with maximum oxygen consumption by Brian Johan Bustos-Viviescas, Carlos Enrique García Yerena, Rafael Enrique Lozano Zapata, Amalia Villamizar Navarro, John Alexander García Galviz

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> descriptive study with a quantitative approach with a convenience sample made up of 14 men (age 21.32±4.36 years; body mass 71.42±14.68 kg; height 1.75±0.17 m; BMI 23 01±3.61 kg/m2) and 5 women (age 22.81±3.48 years; body mass 65.82±8.45 kg; height 1.56±0.21 m; BMI 21.54± 1.35 kg/m2), they performed a maximal and incremental cardiorespiratory test (Course-Navette) and the WOD Pukie (150 burpees in the shortest possible time) on two days separated by 48 hours. …”
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Forecasting GOES 15 >2 MeV Electron Fluxes From Solar Wind Data and Geomagnetic Indices by C. Forsyth, C. E. J. Watt, M. K. Mooney, I. J. Rae, S. D. Walton, R. B. Horne

“…The training data set gives peak ROC scores of 0.71 to 0.87 and peak Brier skill scores of −0.03 to 0.32. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Hemodialysis Patients Six Months after Infection Compared to Healthcare Workers by Henri Boulanger, Salima Ahriz Saksi, Jedjiga Achiche, Florence Batusanski, Nicolas Stawiarski, Ali Diddaoui, Luc Fromentin, Mokhtar Chawki

“…Moreover, the circulating levels of the SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in surviving hemodialysis patients (n = 59) were similar to those of the control group (n = 17). …”
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Ensuring representative sample volume predictions in microplastic monitoring by Richard K. Cross, Sarah L. Roberts, Monika D. Jürgens, Andrew C. Johnson, Craig W. Davis, Todd Gouin

“…In this way, we demonstrate application of the tool to evaluate historic data, but also to assist in new study designs to ensure that environmental microplastic exposure data is relevant and reliable. The tool can also be applied to other data for randomly dispersed events in space or time, and so has potential for transdisciplinary use. …”
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Predicting Discharge Location among Low-Energy Hip Fracture Patients Using the Score for Trauma Triage in the Geriatric and Middle-Aged (STTGMA) by Sanjit R. Konda, Hesham Saleh, Ariana Lott, Kenneth A. Egol

“…There were 214 (52.5%) intertrochanteric fractures, 167 (40.9%) femoral neck fractures, and 27 (6.6%) subtrochanteric femur fractures. …”
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Immunopathological Changes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Respiratory Infection in Lambs by Abbas A Hamzah, Zainab I Ibrahim

“…A total of 6 male un-weaned lambs aged between 1 to 2 months and weighing 5 to 7 kg were subjected to S. pneumoniae strain ATCC 6303 serotype 3 at ‎2×106 ‎CFU/mL by inhalation to induce pneumonia. …”
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黑龙江省泰湖湿地公园春季鸟类多样性初步研究 by 朱思雨 刘善辉 卢琳琳

“…优势度指数为林地(0.269 7)>水域(0.210 7)>沼泽(0.127 7)>草甸(0.090 7)。鉴于泰湖湿地鸟类多样性现状和对维持当地生态平衡的重要性,建议加强对该地区鸟类的保护工作。…”
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Feasibility of Neurorehabilitation Using a Hybrid Assistive Limb for Patients Who Underwent Spine Surgery by Aya Yatsugi, Takashi Morishita, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Naoya Kotani, Kenji Yagi, Hiroshi Abe, Etsuji Shiota, Tooru Inoue

“…After HAL treatment, the speed during the 10MWT significantly improved from 64.1 ± 16.0 to 74.8 ± 10.8 m/min, and the walking cadence decreased from 102.7 ± 17.6 to 92.7 ± 10.9 steps/min. The BI score also improved from 83.3 ± 16.0 to 95.6 ± 5.8, and the WISCI II score improved from 19.7 ± 0.5 to 20.0 ± 0.0. …”
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Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Utilization and Barriers by Senior Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Residents at Two Teaching Referral Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Ayalew Zewdie Tadesse, Temesgen Beyene Abicho, Dirijit Mamo Alemu, Anne Aspler

“…Seventy-six residents out of 78 (97.4%) responded to the online survey. The mean age was 29.9 years with an SD of 2.87. …”
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Effect of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation with intermittent sigh breaths on carbon dioxide levels in neonates by Kulthida Baingam, Anucha Thatrimontrichai, Manapat Praditaukrit, Gunlawadee Maneenil, Supaporn Dissaneevate

“…Results Thirty neonates with a mean gestational age of 33.6±4.1 weeks and median date of intervention of 1.88 days (interquartile range, 0.87–3.79 days) were enrolled. The mean PaCO2 level was significantly lower in the HFOV with Sighs group (45.2±6.6 mmHg) versus the HFOV alone group (48.8±3.1 mmHg) with a mean difference (MD) of -3.6 mmHg (95% confidence interval [CI], -6.3 to -0.9; P=0.01). …”
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