Efficacy and safety of an algorithm using C-reactive protein to guide antibiotic therapy applied through a digital clinical decision support system: a study protocol for a randomis... by Vandack Nobre, Pedro R Povoa, Vitoria Moura Leite Rabelo Rezende, Isabela Nascimento Borges, Cecilia Gomez Ravetti, Renan Pedra De Souza, Paula Frizera Vassalo, Ana Clara de Paula Caldas, Felipe Rodrigues Gatto, Getulio Hideyoshi Okamura, Raquel Lopes de Brito Lacerda

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A workplace organisational intervention to improve hospital nurses’ and physicians’ mental health: study protocol for the Magnet4Europe wait list cluster randomised controlled tria... by Peter Griffiths, Jonathan Drennan, Jackie Bridges, Luk Bruyneel, Jane Ball, Linda H Aiken, Douglas M Sloane, Anners Lerdal, Matthew McHugh, Herbert Smith, Anne Marie Rafferty, Reinhard Busse, Walter Sermeus, Julia Köppen, Lars E Eriksson, Kaat Siebens, Matthew D McHugh, Anne Scott, Ingeborg Strømseng Sjetne, Sydney Anstee, Peter Van Bogaert, Rikard Lindqvist, Linda Aiken, Douglas Sloane, Hans De Witte, Wilmar B Schaufeli, Hans De Witte, Simon Dello, Dorothea Kohnen, Claudia Bettina Maier, Lisa Smeds Alenius, Mary Del Guidice, Timothy Cheney, Claudia Maier, Joan Kleine, Elaine Lehane Vera McCarthy, Noeleen Brady, Monica Bukkøy Kjetland, Paul Van Aken, Danny Van Heusden

“…The process of implementation will be evaluated using qualitative data from focus group and key informant interviews.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Ethics Committee Research UZ/KU Leuven, Belgium; additionally, ethics approval is obtained in all other participating countries either through a central or decentral authority. …”
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Changes in climate extreme indices and agricultural drought monitoring in the semi-arid areas of Borana zone, southern Ethiopia by Girma Asefa Bogale, Asfaw Kebede Kassa, Mengistu Mengesha Maja

“…Data of daily rainfall, maximum and minimum temperature from 1993 to 2022 were acquired from the National Meteorological Institute of Ethiopia and Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS). …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: NR3C2 affects the proliferation and invasiveness of colon cancer cells through the Wnt/β-Catenin signaling pathway by Ke Nie, Zhong-Jiang He, Ling-Jun Kong

“…Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to explore the potential correlation between the nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 2 (NR3C2) and outcomes of colon cancer, along with the mechanisms underlying this association. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Medium onto Perlite-Based Geopolymer by Hamid Saufi, Marouane El Alouani, Saliha Alehyen, Mohammed El Achouri, Jilali Aride, M’hamed Taibi

“…The functional group, the structure, and the morphology of the raw and the synthesized materials were characterized using FT-IR, XRD, and SEM analysis. …”
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Reliability of an Inertial Measurement System Applied to the Technical Assessment of Forehand and Serve in Amateur Tennis Players by Lucio Caprioli, Cristian Romagnoli, Francesca Campoli, Saeid Edriss, Elvira Padua, Vincenzo Bonaiuto, Giuseppe Annino

“…Traditional methods for evaluating tennis technique, such as visual observation and video analysis, are often subjective and time consuming. …”
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Health Canada's use of its priority review process for new drugs: a cohort study by Joel Lexchin

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Effectiveness of interventions on healthcare professionals’ understanding and use of conscience: a systematic review protocol by Alex Clark, Megan Kennedy, Christina Lamb, Edith Pituskin, Ken Kirkwood, Yolanda Babenko-Mould

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Identification of multicohort-based predictive signature for NMIBC recurrence reveals SDCBP as a novel oncogene in bladder cancer by Chen Zhang, Hubin Yin, Tinghao Li, Junrui Chen, Weiyang He, Ke Ren, Bo Li, Xudong Liu

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Quantum chemical study of molecular properties of small branched-chain amino acids in water by Roman Boča, Žofia Rádiková, Juraj Štofko, Beata Vranovičová, Cyril Rajnák

“…According to thermodynamic data, the SPLET mechanism of the electron-proton coupled transfer is favored over the alternative SET-PT mechanism. …”
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A comparison of statistical methods for assessing winter wheat grain yield stability by A. F. Cheshkova, P. I. Stepochkin, A. F. Aleynikov, I. G. Grebennikova, V. I. Ponomarenko

“…Genotypes were ranked according to the level of stability. Based on the analysis of the rank correlation matrix, the stability statistics were categorized in five groups. …”
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Metabolic Profile in a Cohort of Young Sicilian Patients with Klinefelter’s Syndrome: The Role of Irisin by Stefano Radellini, Valentina Guarnotta, Vincenzo Sciabica, Giuseppe Pizzolanti, Carla Giordano

“…These data were then confirmed in multivariate analysis. …”
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Exploration of rituximab treatment strategies for membranous nephropathy adapted to the Chinese healthcare environment by Xiaolong Wang, Xueying Cao, Jie Wu, Shuang Liang, Jian Yang, Hong Wang

“…We collected clinical data from these patients and categorized them into three groups on the basis of their RTX treatment background: the combined glucocorticoids (GCs) and/or immunosuppressants (IMS) and RTX monotherapy treatment groups, the initial and non-initial treatment groups, and the standard RTX and non-standard RTX treatment groups. …”
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Effect of Zhan Zhuang Qigong on upper limb static tremor and aerobic exercise capacity in patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson’s disease: study protocol for a randomised contro... by Hang Su, Xiaoyu Jiang, Limin Wang, Linlin Zhang, Qing Wang, Xihua Liu, Xiaoming Xi, Yuxiao Chen, Xinjie Qu, Haihao Cao, Wenyu Sun, Guoming Chen, Huifen Liu, Jiahui Jiang, Hongyan Bi

“…Studies have indicated that aerobic and resistance exercises alleviate PD movement disorders and improve aerobic capacity, but the effects of Qigong on PD static tremor and aerobic capacity remain unknown.Methods and analysis Objective To observe the effects of Zhan Zhuang Qigong on upper limb static tremor and aerobic capacity in patients with PD, we established a rigorous randomised, parallel-controlled, assignment hidden, evaluator-blinded protocol.Methods Seventy-two patients with PD, at the Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, were recruited and randomly divided into a control (n=36) and experimental group (n=36). …”
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Effects of a social participation-focused virtual reality intervention for community-dwelling stroke survivors with physical disabilities: a randomised controlled trial protocol by Janita Pak Chun Chau, Suzanne Hoi Shan Lo, Vivian Wing Yan Lee, Kai Chow Choi, Alexander Yuk Lun Lau, David R Thompson, Eddie Chi Fai Kwok

“…User satisfaction will be evaluated among both survivors and caregivers. Data will be collected in person at baseline, immediately after, and 3 months postintervention.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been obtained from the Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong-New Territories East Cluster Research Ethics Committee (Ref. …”
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Volatile Constituents of Some Selected Plant Species Traditionally Used as Tea in the Sharri Mountains (Kosovo) by Avni Hajdari, Nita Kelmendi, Genista Mustafa, Behxhet Mustafa, Dashnor Nebija

“…Principal component analysis (PCA) was deployed for data analysis and resulted in grouping these ten species in four principal clusters. …”
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Synovial biomarkers in the diagnosis of post-traumatic osteoarthritis following anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus injuries: protocol for a systematic review by Helena Donato, Fernando Fonseca, João Pedro Oliveira, João Castro Mendes, José Casanova, Alexandrina Ferreira Mendes

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Effect of 3-hydrazinylquinoxaline-2-thiol hydrogel on skin wound healing process in diabetic rats by Jehan Barakat Alamre, Huda Alkreathy, Ahmed S. Ali, Abdelbagi Alfadil, Sahar S. Alghamdi

“…We examined the wound closure rate, expression of inflammatory factors, growth factors in addition to the histological analysis. The results revealed a significant acceleration in wound closure in the treated group compared with the control experimental animals. …”
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Morphological Diversity among Accessions of Apple Tree (Malus × Domestica Borkh) by Simon Mada Mbovora, Cousin Musvosvi, Edmore Gasura

“…Characterization using morphological markers was done following the format of the International Board for Plant and Genetic Resources (IBPGR). Data were subjected to cluster analysis based on the unweighted paired group method using arithmetic averages (UPGMA) method. …”
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Preterm Neonates with Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury and Oxidative Stress by Clarissa Gutiérrez Carvalho, Renato Soibelmann Procianoy, Eurico Camargo Neto, Rita C. Silveira

“…Results. 20 neonates (gestational age 32.2 ± 3 weeks) were evaluated. Median O2 saturation levels pre-MV were not different in both oxygen groups. …”
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