Drug administration errors among anaesthesia providers in South Africa: a cross-sectional descriptive study by René van Wyk, Ryan Alroy Davids

“…Implementation of system based preventative strategies are paramount to guard against human error. …”
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Prevalence of myopia and refractive parameters among children and adolescents in Hi-tech District of Chengdu City by Xiaoqin Wang, Liuzhi Zeng, Yiping Xian, Mei Xin, Qingqing Shan, Weiye Li, Lixia Lv, Yifeng Liu, Rui Zhang, Kejian Song, Xixi Tian, Han Guo, Changjiang Yan, Chunyan Li, Xueni Luo, Honglin Luo, Ling Yang, Jun Luo, Zejun Chen

“…ObjectiveTo analyze the prevalence of myopia among children and adolescents in Chengdu from 2021 to 2023, providing insights for myopia prevention and control.MethodsThis study was a school-based cross-sectional study in children and adolescents aged 3–18 years in Hi-tech District of Chengdu City. …”
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Machine learning models for predicting interaction affinity energy between human serum proteins and hemodialysis membrane materials by Simin Nazari, Amira Abdelrasoul

“…Abstract Membrane incompatibility poses significant health risks, including severe complications and potential fatality. …”
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Machine Reading Comprehension for the Tamil Language With Translated SQuAD by Anton Vijeevaraj Ann Sinthusha, Eugene Y. A. Charles, Ruvan Weerasinghe

“…This superior performance is attributed to the model’s cross-lingual learning capability and the increased number of data records used for fine-tuning. The research underscores the necessity of language-specific fine-tuning of multilingual models to enhance NLP task performance, for low-resourced languages.…”
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The Predictive Role of Lactate in the Emergency Department in Patients with Severe Dyspnea by Maciej Niczewski, Szymon Gawęda, Paulina Kluszczyk, Mikołaj Rycerski, Daria Syguła, Anna Danel, Szymon Szmigiel, Konrad Mendrala, Aleksandra Oraczewska, Czarosław Kijonka, Monika Nowicka, Michał Wita, Tomasz Cyzowski, Grzegorz Brożek, Maciej Dyrbuś, Szymon Skoczyński

“…The independent risk factors for mortality that could be obtained from blood gas sampling were evaluated. Results. …”
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Knowledge Regarding Mechanical Ventilation and Practice of Ventilatory Care among Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units in Selected Governmental Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia... by Kedir Abdureman Hassen, Micheal Alemayehu Nemera, Andualem Wubetie Aniley, Ararso Baru Olani, Sofoniyas Getaneh Bedane

“…The data were collected from March 1 to 30, 2021 with structured and pretested self-administered questionnaires. …”
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Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with pine bark beetles and infested pines in south-eastern Australia, including Graphilbum ipis-grandicollis sp. nov. by Conrad Trollip, Angus J. Carnegie, Quang Dinh, Jatinder Kaur, David Smith, Ross Mann, Brendan Rodoni, Jacqueline Edwards

“…In total, 135 ophiostomatoid isolates (15 from reference collections and 120 collected during the current study) were assessed using morphological identification and ITS screening which putatively distinguished 15 taxonomic groups. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Ajman Undergraduate Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study by M. A. Jaber, M. Abdelmagied, E. M. El-Ameen, K. I. Afrashtehfar

“…The survey used χ2 tests and logistic regression analysis to examine the association among the variables. …”
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Response Analysis of a Ballasted Rail Track Constructed on Soft Soil by 3D Modeling by Iram Lamiya Hoque, Shamontee Aziz, Joya Rani Mallick, Md. Arifuzzaman Nayeem, Tamanna-E-Hafiz Maisha, F. M. Zahid Hossain, A. F. M. S. Amin

“…The numerical analysis analogy is grounded in the spring model, where a beam under the unit load is modeled based on the Winkler foundation model concept. In the moving load simulation on soil, the static point load relating to the axle load is assigned in the form of a dynamic multiplier, determined using auxiliary software. …”
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Sex differences in cognition, anxiety-phenotype and therapeutic effect of metformin in the aged apoE-TR mice by Yingbin Lin, Xinqun Luo, Fangyu Wang, Huange Cai, Yuanxiang Lin, Dezhi Kang, Wenhua Fang

“…Methods ApoE3-TR and apoE4-TR mice of both sexes were randomly assigned to the normal saline and metformin groups from 13 months to 18 months of age. Behavior tests (MWM, EPM, OFT, TST, FST) were conducted to assess cognition, anxiety, and depression-like behaviors. …”
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Sustainable remediation of Cd-contaminated farmland through the rotation of rapeseed–rice varieties with different Cd accumulation potentials by Liang Wang, Qiqing Liu, Jingyi Fu, Yuxuan Xiao, Jun Yang, Xiaoyong Liao

“…In response to the safety risks posed by cadmium (Cd)-contaminated rice fields worldwide, a suitable production-and-restoration strategy is required for actual agricultural practices. …”
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Safety and Feasibility of Repeated Intrathecal Allogeneic Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Patients with Neurological Diseases by Kuang Pan, Lingna Deng, Peiying Chen, Qingxia Peng, Jingrui Pan, Yanfeng Wu, Yidong Wang

“…Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have become the most commonly used adult stem cells in regenerative medicine. Preclinical studies have shown that MSCs-based therapy is a potential new treatment approach for neurological diseases. …”
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Uruguay: Incentivos e instituciones en una década de reformas by Mario Bergara, Sergio Milnitsky

“…Adicionalmente, el soporte organizacional imprescindible para que esa nueva estructura de incentivos opere efectivamente ha conducido a una reestructuración en múltiples áreas de la institucionalidad del Estado.Se hace necesario explicar por qué fue factible en Uruguay desplegar un conjunto tan relevante de reformas profundas en un corto lapso. …”
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Evaluating the effects of continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration on O2 and CO2 removal and energy expenditure measurement using indirect calorimetry by Weronika Wasyluk, Robert Fiut, Marcin Czop, Agnieszka Zwolak, Wojciech Dąbrowski, Manu L N G Malbrain, Joop Jonckheer

“…Methodology Patients with sepsis undergoing CVVHDF had CO₂ flow (QCO₂) and O₂ flow (QO₂) measured at multiple sampling points before and after the filter. REE was calculated using the Weir equation based on V̇CO₂ and V̇O₂ measured by IC, using true V̇CO₂ accounting for the CRRT balance, and estimated using the Harris-Benedict equation. …”
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Trata: Esclavitud invisibilizada en Costa Rica. Estudio de cinco casos by Marianela Méndez-Marenco

“…La investigación tiene sus bases en la metodología cualitativa descriptiva; se propone un diseño fenomenológico que parte de la teoría humanista del Análisis Transaccional de Berne (1976) para efectuar estudio múltiple de casos.  …”
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Concomitant abdominal organ transplantation alongside lung transplantation: An ISHLT transplant database analysis by Renita Wilson, BS, J. Asher Jenkins, MD, Juan Maria Farina, MD, Blake Langlais, MS, Bashar Aqel, MD, Ashraf Omar, MD, Jonathan D’Cunha, MD, PhD, Pedro Reck dos Santos, MD, PhD

“…Methods: The international society for heart and lung transplantation (ISHLT) International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry for Con-AbLTx and LTx-only was reviewed from January 1994 to June 2018. LTx-only recipients were propensity score matched 4:1 based on various patient characteristics. …”
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1922 — the best year of the Comintern. Soviet Russia, German communists and the Genoa conference by A. Yu. Vatlin

“…The author stresses that for the Comintern the year of 1922 was dominated by a struggle between the two opposing ideological and political trends: the inertia of the ‘storm and onslaught’ enthusiasm of the first post-revolutionary years and the rise of the ideas of peaceful coexistence. …”
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Quality of Life in Yoga Experienced and Yoga Naïve Asian Indian Adults with Obesity by Shirley Telles, Sachin Kumar Sharma, Alok Singh, Niranjan Kala, Vikas Upadhyay, Jaideep Arya, Acharya Balkrishna

“…Hence, those interventions which positively influence the quality of life along with weight reduction are considered useful for sustained weight loss in persons with obesity. …”
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Evaluación integral de la gestión del agua subterránea en escuelas rurales en Tandil, Argentina by Bethania Nicora, Rosario Soledad Barranquero, Silvina Graciela Etcheverría, Anahí Tabera, Miguel Quiroga, Roberto Landa, María Carolina Verellén, Bruno Dipardo, Víctor Alejandro Ruiz de Galarreta

“…Se identifican las principales falencias del manejo actual y se destaca la necesidad de asumir medidas institucionales que tiendan a una gestión integral del recurso. …”
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Comparative evaluation of allograft particulate bone and cortical bone blocks combined with xenograft bone for labial bone defects in the aesthetic zone: a prospective cohort study by Li-Rong Huang, Yong-Jin Zhong, Xiao-Qing Zhang, Ze-Ru Feng, Yan-Cheng Lai, Hong-Kun Wu, An-Chun Mo

“…Materials and methods Twenty-four patients with bone defects were divided into two groups based on defect severity (Terheyden 1/4 and 2/4 groups). …”
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