Long-term outcomes of Fontan palliation; the influence of the dominant ventricle by Abdelmonem M. Helal, Jameel Al-Ata, Nashwa Mostafa Badawy, Ahmed Abdelwahed, Wejdan Khaled Ba-Atiyah, Anhar Ali Baeshen, Abdullah J. Alata, Ahmed F. Elmahrouk, Mohammad S. Shihata, Ahmed A. Jamjoom, Samia Bekheet

“…During a median follow-up of 80 months, the freedom from surgical reintervention at 5, 10, and 15 years was highest in the left-dominant group (97%) compared to right dominance (93%, 78%) and codominance (97%, 87%). …”
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Balancing the solar irradiance needs: optimising growth in sphagnum palustre through tailored UV-B effects by JiaYue Sun, Ling Xu, Lian Liu, BeiBei Huang, XingYu Liu, JunFeng Xu, Lin Wu

“…The capitulum area, plant height, capitulum biomass, and individual biomass of Sphagnum palustre increased by 14.60%, 1.27%, 10.98%, and 16.49%, respectively, compared to the control. …”
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What Can Be Done to Improve the Mental Health of University Students? Identifying Determinants of Psychological Distress at an Australian University by Patrick J. Owen, Shane A. Kavanagh, Anthony D. LaMontagne

“…Community determinants were social inclusion (-0.97 [-1.34, -0.59]), social acceptance (-0.82 [-1.32, -0.33]), and overall satisfaction (-1.74 [-2.21, -1.28]) at university. …”
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Pendekatan Soft System Methodology (SSM) untuk membangun SIMOKAUD Holistik Integratif by Erly Krisnanik, Tri Rahayu, Kraugusteeliana Tambun

“…The contribution of this research is in the form of an Integrative Holistic Early Childhood Health Monitoring Information System (SIMOKAUD) which can be used by Kuntum Mekar PAUD to monitor the health development of their students. …”
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A sweeping view of avian mycoplasmas biology drawn from comparative genomic analyses by Elhem Yacoub, Vincent Baby, Pascal Sirand-Pugnet, Yonathan Arfi, Helmi Mardassi, Alain Blanchard, Salim Chibani, Boutheina Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi

“…No host co-evolution of avian mycoplasmas can be inferred from the proposed phylogenetic scheme. …”
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تحلیل مقایسه‌ای اثرات الگوهای اسکان مجدد پس از وقوع مخاطرات طبیعی بر کیفیت زندگی روستاییان (موردمطالعه: زلزله سال 1376 شهرستان زیرکوه)... by علی اکبر عنابستانی, مهدی جوانشیری, هانیه حق پناه

“…نتایج پژوهش حاضر نشان می‌دهد سیاست‌های اسکان مجدد روستاها توانسته بهبود نسبی در کیفیت زندگی ساکنان روستایی با میانگین 2.57 ایجاد کند که در بعد اجتماعی- فرهنگی با میانگین 2.717 بالاترین و در بعد اقتصادی با میانگین 2.15 کمترین سطح رضایت‌مندی از شرایط موجود وجود دارد. …”
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Contamination profile of heavy metals in marine fish and shellfish by M.A. Salam, S.C. Paul, S.N.B.M. Noor, S.A. Siddiqua, T.D. Aka, R. Wahab, E.R. Aweng

“…However, the highest concentrations (µg/g) was for Zn (72.97±2.75), followed by Fe (4.309±0.68), Cd (1.189±0.78), Cu (1±0.87) and Pb (0.41±0.19) among all the heavy metal contents of fish. …”
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Factors Associated with Maternal Near Miss among Women Admitted in West Arsi Zone Public Hospitals, Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study by Fikadu Nugusu Dessalegn, Feleke Hailemichael Astawesegn, Nana Chea Hankalo

“…The odds of maternal near miss were statistically significantly associated with women’s lack of formal education [AOR=2.24, 95% CI: (1.17, 4.31)]. Not attending antenatal care [AOR=3.71, 95% CI: (1.10, 12.76)], having prior history of cesarean section [AOR=3.53, 95% CI: (1.49, 8.36)], any preexisting chronic medical disorder [AOR=2.04, 95% CI: (1.11, 3.78)], and having experienced first delay [AOR=5.74, 95% CI: (2.93, 11.2)]. …”
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Lifestyle Intervention Improves Heart Rate Recovery from Exercise in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the Look AHEAD Study by Paul M. Ribisl, Sarah A. Gaussoin, Wei Lang, Judy Bahnson, Stephanie A. Connelly, Edward S. Horton, John M. Jakicic, Tina Killean, Dalane W. Kitzman, William C. Knowler, Kerry J. Stewart, Look AHEAD Research Group

“…At Year 1, all exercise and HRR variables in ILI improved (P<0.0001) versus DSE: heart rate (HR) at rest was lower (72.8±11.4 versus 77.7±11.7 b/min), HR range was greater (57.7±12.1 versus 53.1±12.4 b/min), HR at 2 minutes was lower (89.3±21.8 versus 93.0±12.1 b/min), and HRR was greater (41.25±22.0 versus 37.8±12.5 b/min). …”
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Supportive functions of soil organic carbon for ecosystem services in karst desertification areas by Wang Xingfu, Liu Yi, Xiong Kangning, Huang Xianfei, Zhang Zhenming

“…The values range of TN, TP, and TK were 1.04 to 2.95, 0.38 to 1.29, and 1.17 to 13.60 g·kg−1 respectively, and their average values were 2.01, 1.06, and 5.37 g·kg−1. …”
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Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Production following Cardiopulmonary Bypass Was Not Associated with Pulmonary Dysfunction after Cardiac Surgery by Tso-Chou Lin, Feng-Yen Lin, Yi-Wen Lin, Che-Hao Hsu, Go-Shine Huang, Zhi-Fu Wu, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chi-Yuan Li, Chien-Sung Tsai

“…The plasma MMP-9 levels at 4 and 6 h were not correlated with prolonged CPB time and displayed no association with postoperative PaO2/FiO2, regardless of reduced ratio from preoperative 342.9±81.2 to postoperative 207.3±121.3 mmHg (P<0.001). …”
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Development and validation of a prediction model for acute kidney injury following cardiac valve surgery by Xiaotong Jia, Jun Ma, Zeyou Qi, Dongni Zhang, Junwei Gao

“…Based on multivariate analysis, advanced age (OR: 1.855; p = 0.011), preoperative hypertension (OR: 1.91; p = 0.017), coronary heart disease (OR: 6.773; p &lt; 0.001), preoperative albumin (OR: 0.924; p = 0.015), D-Dimer (OR: 1.001; p = 0.038), plasma creatinine (OR: 1.025; p = 0.001), cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) duration (OR: 1.011; p = 0.001), repeat CPB (OR: 6.195; p = 0.010), intraoperative red blood cell transfusion (OR: 2.560; p &lt; 0.001), urine volume (OR: 0.406 p &lt; 0.001) and vasoactive–inotropic score (OR: 1.135; p = 0.009) were independent risk factors for AKI. …”
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Analyzing Drivers of Tropical Moist Forest Dynamics in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park Landscape, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from 1990 to 2022 by Nadège Cizungu Cirezi, Jean-François Bastin, Yannick Mugumaarhahama, Yannick Sikuzani Useni, Katcho Karume, Raymond Sinsi Lumbuenamo, Jan Bogaert

“…The findings indicate that the grid size considered does not significantly influence TMF dynamics in the KBNP landscape (<i>p</i>-value = 0.67, α = 0.05). The edge and outer zones experienced substantial dynamics, with approximately 30% forest cover loss in both areas, contrasting with the relatively stable TMF cover (~100%) in the inner zone. …”
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Electrocardiographic Frontal QRS-T Angle Is Independently Associated with the Presence of Celiac Disease and Disease Duration by Betül Ayça Yamak, İbrahim Ethem Güven, Mustafa Candemir

“…<b>Results:</b> The median disease duration was 38.5 (16 to 96) months in the CD group. Significantly wider QRS interval (92 (86 to 96) vs. 83 (76.3 to 93), <i>p</i> < 0.001) and fQRS-T (23 (13 to 37) vs. 18 (6.3 to 27), <i>p</i> < 0.001) values were observed in the CD group. …”
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Viability of pollen in sweet cherry (<i>Cerasus avium</i>) varieties of different ecogeographic origin in the Northwestern region of Russia by S. Yu. Orlova, A. V. Pavlov, V. G. Verzhuk

“…Pollen viability after cryopreservation significantly decreased by 8.7‑17.3% in cvs. ‘Bryanochka’ (gr. II), ‘Alebastrovaya’ (IV),’ Bryanskaya rozovaya’ (II) and ‘Adelina’ (III). …”
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加氏乳杆菌对溃疡性结肠炎小鼠黏膜的干预作用 by 简正阳, 陈佳敏, 刘秀, 贺青

“…结果与模型组相比，加氏乳杆菌组DAI评分降低，结肠缩短程度较轻，HE染色显示加氏乳杆菌组结肠组织损伤减轻；加氏乳杆菌组结肠组织IL-10、TNF-α水平下降；Bcl-2蛋白表达量增加，TUNEL染色显示黏膜凋亡细胞显著减少［病理评分：7.17 <italic>vs.</italic> 2.83；TNF-α：（691.02 <italic>vs.…”
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A supervised model to identify wolf behavior from tri-axial acceleration by Charlotte Lorand, Léa Bouet, Olivier Devineau, Marianna Chimienti, Alina L. Evans, Peggy Callahan, Mark Beckel, Timothy G. Laske, Ane Eriksen

“…Results We present: (1) a model classifying fine-scale acceleration data (32 Hz) into 12 distinct behaviors (lying, trotting, stationary, galloping, walking, chewing, sniffing, climbing, howling, shaking, digging and jumping) with a class recall of 0.77–0.99 (0.01–0.91 in cross-validation), (2) a model classifying activity data (5-min averages) into 3 behavior categories (static, locomotion and miscellaneous) with a class recall of 0.43–0.91 (0.39–0.92 in cross-validation). …”
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Impact of Hypoglycemia on Health-Related Quality of Life among Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study in Thailand by Thongchai Pratipanawatr, Bancha Satirapoj, Boonsong Ongphiphadhanakul, Sompongse Suwanwalaikorn, Wannee Nitiyanant

“…HRQoL was significantly lower among patients reporting at least one of hypoglycemic symptoms, measured by EQ-VAS scores (mean±SD; 73.66±13.18, 73.56±15.10, or 68.93±14.76 vs. 77.01±13.02, one-way ANOVA; p=0.006) and EQ-5D-3L index scores (0.62±0.47, 0.68±0.38, or 0.58±0.51 vs. 0.79±0.31, one-way ANOVA; p<0.001) for mild, moderate, or severe/very severe hypoglycemic patients compared with patients without hypoglycemic symptoms. …”
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Complement inhibition targets a rich-club within the neuroinflammatory network after stroke to improve radiographic and functional outcomes by Youssef M. Zohdy, Tomas Garzon-Muvdi, Jonathan A. Grossberg, Daniel L. Barrow, Brian M. Howard, Gustavo Pradilla, Firas H. Kobeissy, Stephen Tomlinson, Ali M. Alawieh

“…Similar findings were observed with functional and cognitive outcomes, showing R2 values of 0.58, 0.7, 0.54, and 0.7 for neurological severity scores, corner tasks, passive avoidance, and novel object recognition tasks, respectively (P < 0.001). …”
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Immediate Results of Colonic Flat Epithelial Neoplasms Removal Using Diathermic Snare Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Mucosectomy Combined with Dissection in the Submucosal Layer:... by A. A. Fedorenko, P. V. Pavlov, A. P. Kiryukhin, A. S. Tertychnyy

“…The mean age of patients was 64.9 ± 10.7 years, with an age range of 39 to 88 years. …”
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