Organ Donation Conversations on X and Development of the OrgReach Social Media Marketing Strategy: Social Network Analysis by Wasim Ahmed, Mariann Hardey, Josep Vidal-Alaball

“…The OrgReach strategy developed is based on 5 C’s (Create, Connect, Collaborate, Correct, and Curate), 2 A’s (Access and Analyse), and 3 R’s (Recognize, Respond, and Reevaluate). …”
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Screening of COPD patients using the COPD diagnostic questionnaire and a portable spirometer in primary healthcare institutions: a cross-sectional, diagnostic study by Feng Chen, Qingrong Nie, Xuefeng Han, Chunjuan Li, Qimeng Liu, Feifei Xu, Li Zhang, Le Qiao, Maoxin Li, Ying Zhang, Haiyan Wang

“…All participants completed COPD diagnostic questionnaires (CDQs) and pulmonary function tests including pre and post bronchodilator maneuvers using a portable spirometer at primary healthcare institutions and a conventional spirometer at a tertiary hospital. …”
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Geomorphic imprint of high-mountain floods: insights from the 2022 hydrological extreme across the upper Indus River catchment in the northwestern Himalayas by A. Kashyap, K. L. Cook, M. D. Behera

“…Temperature anomalies in upstream glaciated subcatchments had a considerable impact on snow cover distribution, based on our observations. As snow cover changed, glacial-melt runoff rose, contributing to increased fluvial stream power after traversing higher-order reaches. …”
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Karakteristik komposit bio-foam pati-glukomanan pada variasi formulasi perbandingan foaming agent natrium bikarbonat dengan asam sitrat by I Wayan Arnata, Early Dea Kartika Fiano, I Gusti Ayu Lani Triani

“…This research used a randomized block design with treatment formulation variations of NaHCO3 and CA ratio, consisting of 5 levels, namely 8:4, 8.5:3.5, 9:3, 9.5:2.5, and 10:2. …”
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Assessment of the bypass of obturation materials beyond fractured instruments after using different obturation techniques in simulated curved canals (An in-vitro study). by Ammar Aziz Lateef, Mohammed Rasheed Hameed, Noor Hayder Fadhil, Ahmed Hamid Ali

“…To simulate fractures, F2 and F3 files were weakened 3 mm from the tip, then twisted to break in the apical and middle sections of the canal, respectively. …”
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Risk of Selected Fetal Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes at Advanced Maternal Age: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Bikila Tefera Debelo, Melaku Hunie Asratie, Abayneh Aklilu Solomon

“…The data were collected from 1st of July to 30th of December, 2019, by face-to-face interview and extraction from maternal chart using a structured questionnaire and data extraction checklist, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of the biological treatment of a real contaminated groundwater through reductive dechlorination biostimulation by Hafsa Yaqoubi, Hafsa Yaqoubi, Geremia Sassetto, Maria Presutti, Mustapha Belfaquir, Bruna Matturro, Bruna Matturro, Simona Rossetti, Laura Lorini, Marco Petrangeli Papini, Marco Zeppilli, Marco Zeppilli

“…Anaerobic reductive dechlorination, where bacteria use CAHs as electron acceptors, is crucial for bioremediation. …”
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Tuberculosis treatment outcomes and associated factors among patients treated at Bosaso TB Hospital, Bosaso, Somalia: A five-year retrospective study. by Saaid Said Jama, Mohamed Mohamud Abdi

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A 5-year facility-based retrospective study was conducted at Bosaso TB Hospital, from January 2018 to December 2022. …”
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Programa de intervención en gestión emocional y resiliencia. Un estudio piloto en el profesorado de educación física by Diego Collado-Fernández, José Luis Ubago-Jiménez, Jose Manuel Alonso-Vargas, Eduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez

“…Los instrumentos utilizados para la recogida de los datos han sido la escalas DASS-21 y CD-RISC. Se ha desarrollado un modelo teórico formado por ocho variables. …”
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TAXATION OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY IN POLAND: THE CURRENT STATE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS by Marian Podstawka, Łukasz Podstawka

“…The current taxes applicable to farms in Poland do not concern income per se – they are property taxes which include: agricultural tax on land, forestry tax and property tax. …”
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Turismo e dimore di scrittore, tra libri e lettere by Aurore Bonniot-Mirloup

“…Nel mondo della letteratura si assiste ad un appropriarsi dei suoi elementi materiali (dai libri alla casa dello scrittore..) come se fossero immateriali (l’immaginario dei luoghi) da parte di attori per i quali essa rappresenta una risorsa in grado da contribuire allo sviluppo territoriale. …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose index and its composite obesity indexes and cardio-renal disease: analysis of the NHANES 2013-2018 cycle by Yu Wu, Chengsen Liu, Jiandong Cao

“…Based on ROC curves, TyG-WHtR and TyG-WC emerged as more reliable diagnostic tools than TYG for cardiac and renal diseases. …”
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Efficient Hybrid Iterative Method for Signal Detection in Massive MIMO Uplink System over AWGN Channel by Zelalem Melak Gebeyehu, Ram Sewak Singh, Satyasis Mishra, Davinder Singh Rathee

“…The proposed detector’s initial solution is determined using the diagonal matrix and MMSE with the ADMM technique. …”
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Marketing of Direct Selling of Agricultural Products by Zdenka Kádeková, Anton Kretter

“…Direct selling of agricultural products means selling of products directly to consumers away from a fixed retail location without using any other organization or company. …”
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Breaking the biofilm barrier: Juglone derivatives as dual-action inhibitors and anti-quorum sensing agents by Muhammad Abdullah Bhatti, Atif Ali Khan Khalil, Sayed Muhammad Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Faisal Hanif, Mi-Jeong Ahn, Sumra Wajid Abbasi, Nazir Ahmed Lone, Wen-Jun Li, Wasim Sajjad

“…Methods: The antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity of the juglone derivatives were investigated against laboratory strains MRSA using well and disc diffusion method. In addition, we evaluated the anti-biofilm inhibition potential of the juglone derivatives using a crystal violet-based assay in 96-well micro-titer plate. …”
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Empirical prediction intervals applied to short term mortality forecasts and excess deaths by Ricarda Duerst, Jonas Schöley

“…By deriving empirical prediction intervals, we provide a more accurate probabilistic study of weekly expected and excess deaths compared to the use of conventional parametric intervals. Methods Using weekly death data from the Short-term Mortality Database (STMF) for 23 countries, we propose empirical prediction intervals based on the distribution of past out-of-sample forecasting errors for the study of weekly expected and excess deaths. …”
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Burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance among hospitalised patients in Spain: findings from three nationwide prospective studiesResearch in context by Germán Peñalva, Rafael Cantón, María Teresa Pérez-Rodríguez, Juan José González-López, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Ester del Barrio-Tofiño, Cristina Kirkegaard-Biosca, Isabel Sánchez-Romero, Andrea Gutiérrez-Villanueva, Teresa Marrodán-Ciordia, José Manuel Guerra-Laso, Cristóbal del Rosario-Quintana, Laura Suárez-Hormiga, Jordi Cámara, Mireia Puig-Asensio, Eva Heredero, María Antonia Sepúlveda, Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Díaz, Esperanza Merino, Emilia Cercenado, Sofia de la Villa, María Siller, Francisco Arnaiz, Cristina Seral, José Antonio Lepe, José Miguel Cisneros, José Ramón Paño-Pardo

“…Patient demographic, and clinical outcomes were analysed, including incidence, crude all-cause 30-day mortality and years of life lost (YLL). These results were used to calculate weighted and seasonally adjusted annual estimates for the whole country. …”
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Multi-Scale Spatio-Temporal Evolution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Jobs-Housing Balance in Shenzhen in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic by Duan Lipeng, Gu Zhihui, Zhang Yan, Liu Qian

“…However, limited empirical studies have investigated longitudinal changes in the jobs-housing relationship, which is a critical intersection of these three elements during the global health crisis. Based on mobile signaling data from 2017 to 2022, this study employed visualization, employment activity compactness, and multinomial logistic regression to explore the multi-scale spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and causes of jobs-housing balance in Shenzhen during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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A novel tool for assessing pediatric emergency care in low- and middle-income countries: a pilot study by Sonia Y. Jarrett, Andrew Redfern, Joyce Li, Camilo E. Gutierrez, Priyanka Patel, Olurotimi Akinola, Michelle L. Niescierenko

“…Formal pediatric resuscitation guidelines were used at 62.5%. Doctors on the self-assessment teams came from primarily pediatrics and general practitioner training backgrounds (both 68.8%). …”
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A practical distribution pattern of α-SMA-positive carcinoma associated fibroblasts indicates poor prognosis of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Bo Li, Meilong Shi, Yang Wang, Penghao Li, Xiaoyi Yin, Guoxiao Zhang, Xiaochao Kang, Huan Wang, Suizhi Gao, Kailian Zheng, Xiaohan Shi, Xiongfei Xu, Yukun Zhou, Hui Jiang, Wei Jing, Shiwei Guo, Gang Jin

“…Purpose The present study aimed to clarify the distribution pattern of carcinoma associated fibroblasts (CAFs) across pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and its prognostic prediction value.Methods Data of two cohorts were retrospectively collected from consecutive patients who underwent primary pancreatic resection from January 2015 to December 2017. …”
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