RETRACTED: Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Patients With Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Implantation—Implications for Physiotherapists by Peng-Ming Yu, Peng-Ming Yu, Yu-Qiang Wang, Ze-Ruxing Luo, Raymond C. C. Tsang, Oystein Tronstad, Oystein Tronstad, Jun Shi, Ying-Qiang Guo, Alice Y. M. Jones

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The Association of Retinal Disease with Vision Impairment and Functional Status in Medicare Patients by Vincent Garmo, Xiaohui Zhao, Carmen D. Ng, Aimee Near, Tania Banerji, Keiko Wada, Gary Oderda, Diana Brixner, Joseph Biskupiak, Ferhina S. Ali, Archad M. Khanani, Alicia Menezes, Ibrahim M. Abbass

“…**Methods:** Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data linked with Medicare Fee-for-Service claims data from 2006 to 2018 were used in a nationally representative retrospective pooled cross-sectional population-based comparison study. …”
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Impact of school salad bars on fruit and vegetable selection, intake, and waste in Mid-Atlantic elementary schools by Melanie K. Bean, Suzanne E. Mazzeo, Lilian de Jonge, Laura Thornton, Hollie Raynor, Ashley Mendoza, Sarah Farthing, Bonnie Moore

“…All schools served pre-portioned FV at baseline. One school within each pair received a salad bar; the other continued to serve pre-portioned FV (Control). …”
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Effects of Dietary Mannan Oligosaccharides on Growth, Nonspecific Immunity and Tolerance to Salinity Stress and Streptococcus iniae Challenge in Golden Pompano, Trachinotus ovatus by Hoang Do-Huu, Hue Thi Nguyet Nguyen, Hai Thi Vo

“…Optimal dietary MOS requirements for maximal growth were estimated to be 0.440% on day 21 (R2 = 0.861), 0.385% on day 28 (R2 = 0.877), 0.371% on day 42 (R2 = 0.891), and 0.365% on day 56 (R2 = 0.750), showing decreasing tendency in MOS requirement as fish size increased. Furthermore, the optimal MOS concentration for maximal immunity based on lysozyme activity was estimated to be 0.431% (R2 = 0.817) on day 56. …”
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Research on the deformation mechanism and law caused by the influence of seepage on foundation pit dewatering by Qingyuan Yang, Song Chen

“…This article reports indoor experiments and theoretical methods which are used to study the deformation mechanism and law caused by dewatering in foundation pit under the condition of incomplete isolation of the inner and outer aquifers of the foundation pit based on typical geological conditions in South China. …”
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DYSFUNCTION OF MODERN RUSSIAN INSTITUTES OF STATE AWARDS IN THE SPHERE OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE by Aleksey V. Ruchkin

“…The original solution of tasks associated with the use of a single system-approach to the sociological study of state awards in the sphere of education and science, is extrapolated from institutional economics. …”
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KULTŪRINIS ŽYDŲ ĮVAIZDIS LIETUVOJE IR TAUTININKŲ IDEOLOGIJA by Bernaras Ivanovas

“…At the end we can say that motivation of cultural Jewish image was based on the principals of Nationalist's ideology which main goal was to create house only for Lithuanian nation. …”
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“Questão social” e pauperismo no Brasil em tempos de Covid-19 by Milena da Silva Santos, Liana Amaro Augusto de Carvalho

“… Este texto tem como objetivo debater o agravamento da “questão social”[1] no Brasil, por meio do aprofundamento do pauperismo no período da pandemia de Covid-19. Para tanto, respalda-se numa metodologia de análise bibliográfica e documental, com base no método do materialismo histórico-dialético[2]. …”
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Exploring and detecting predictors associated with survival and mortality of cervical cancer patients: a 10-year retrospective study by Shaba Muneeha, Raushan Kumar Chaudhary, Vijith Vittal Shetty, Soumya Patil, Uday Venkat Mateti

“…The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, Kaplan–Meier curve, log-rank test and Cox regression. …”
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EASTERN MYSTICISM AND TIMOTHY LEARY: HUMAN BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL REALITY by T. V. Danylova

“…Exploratory research design was used for conducting this study. The author has used philosophical hermeneutics, secondary data collected from reports, journals, and periodicals along with own transpersonal experience. …”
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Folic acid supplementation during preconception period in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Mekuriaw Nibret Aweke, Elsa Awoke Fentie, Muluken Chanie Agimas, Lemlem Daniel Baffa, Ever Siyoum Shewarega, Aysheshim Kassahun Belew, Esmael Ali Muhammad, Berhanu Mengistu

“…The majority of the studies included in the analysis are of high quality, with quality scores ranging from 7 to 8. The certainty of evidence was assessed using the GRADE approach, resulting in a low overall rating.…”
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Coagulation Parameters in Elderly Patients with Severe Pneumonia: Correlation with Disease Severity and Prognosis by Zhang Q, Liu Y, Tong C, Zhang L, Li R, Guo W, Li J

“…Patients were divided into survivor and non-survivor groups based on 28-day mortality. The differences in coagulation parameters between groups and their correlation with disease severity and prognosis were analysed.Results: The 28-day mortality rate was 52.2%. …”
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Peripartum energy metabolism of prolific ewes and their progeny in response to prepartum feeding and litter size by M. Plante-Dubé, R. Bourassa, P. Luimes, S. Buczinski, F. Castonguay, R. Gervais

“…The current study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary energy during the last 6 weeks prepartum on the energy metabolism dynamic responses and the newborn lamb metabolic profile in prolific ewes. Forty-five crossbred (Dorset × Romanov) ewes were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 dietary energy densities: ECTRL: 8.36 MJ of metabolizable energy (ME)/kg DM for weeks −6 to −3 relative to lambing, followed by 10.01 MJ ME/kg DM for weeks −2 and −1; EINCR: weekly increments from 7.99 to 12.69 MJ ME/kg DM; and EHIGH: 10.87 MJ ME/kg DM for the last 6 weeks of gestation. …”
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The impact of teacher emotional support on learning engagement among college students mediated by academic self-efficacy and academic resilience by Wenjing Guo, Juan Wang, Na Li, Luxin Wang

“…This study utilized a random sampling method to survey 414 eligible college students from a university in western Shandong Province, China. …”
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The assessment of routine health information system performance towards improvement of quality of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services in Ondo and... by Victoria Oladoyin, Sunday Adedini, Kayode Ijadunola, Hassan Ogunwemimo, Olubunmi Folorunso, Elizabeth Chukwu, Ugo Okoli, Anthony Adoghe, Samuel Oyeniyi, Oniyire Adetiloye, Adesegun Fatusi

“…The routine RMNCAEH+N QoC data management system in Ondo and Ekiti States needs improvement and findings from this study can serve as the basis for evidence-based advocacy for the required efforts and investment toward improved performance.…”
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Comparisons of open surgical repair, thoracic endovascular aortic repair, and optimal medical therapy for acute and subacute type B aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-... by Jianping Liu, Xiaohong Chen, Juan Xia, Long Tang, Yongheng Zhang, Lin Cao, Yong Zheng

“…We aim to compare the treatments in patients with acute and subacute TBAD using a meta-analytic approach. Methods A systematic search was conducted across databases including PubMed, EmBase, and the Cochrane Library for relevant studies published from their inception up to September 2024. …”
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Process evaluation of Project Daire: a food environment intervention that impacted food knowledge, wellbeing and dietary habits of primary school children by Naomi Anderson, Sarah F. Brennan, Fiona Lavelle, Sarah E. Moore, Dilara Olgacher, Amy Junkin, Moira Dean, Michelle C. McKinley, Patrick McCole, Ruth F. Hunter, Laura Dunne, Niamh E. O’Connell, Chris T. Elliott, Danielle McCarthy, Jayne V. Woodside

“…Nourish was an intervention aiming to alter the school food environment, provide food-based experiences and expose pupils to locally produced foods. …”
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DESCRIPCIÓN DE COMPONENTES QUÍMICOS Y COEFICIENTES ALOMÉTRICOS EN CERDOS CASTRADOS HASTA LOS 273 DÍAS EN EL TRÓPICO ALTO COLOMBIANO by GA Casas, G Afanador

“…Los animales fueron alimentados con dietas comerciales cuya composición fue determinada. Se evaluaron seis ecuaciones para estimar la predicción de las relaciones alométricas entre los componentes químicos y la pro-teína. …”
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Breeding results for Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench in Moscow Province by I. N. Korotkikh, E. Yu. Babaeva, A. E. Burova

“…Breeding accessions (Nos. 1-09, 2-09 and 22-09) were obtained by individual selection based on the biological collection of VILAR (Nos. 79, 80 and 38) received in 1998 from the UK (Exchange Seed Fund). …”
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Natural Product Identification and Molecular Docking Studies of Leishmania Major Pteridine Reductase Inhibitors by Moses N. Arthur, George Hanson, Emmanuel Broni, Patrick O. Sakyi, Henrietta Mensah-Brown, Whelton A. Miller, Samuel K. Kwofie

“…A library of 1463 natural compounds from AfroDb and NANPDB, prefiltered based on Lipinski’s rules, was used to screen against the LmPTR1 target. …”
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