Impact of pediatric tracheostomy on family caregivers’ burden and quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Win Thu Aung, Natasha Yixuan Ong, Shina Qing Chun Yeo, Nur Syahindah Binti Juhari, Gwyneth Kong, Nicole-Ann Lim, Zubair Amin, Zubair Amin, Yvonne Peng Mei Ng, Yvonne Peng Mei Ng

“…Qualitative synthesis identified several risk factors for lower QOL and higher caregiver burden: comorbidities in children, younger age at tracheostomy, need for additional medical equipment, presence of older siblings, higher financial strain, being the sole caregiver or being unmarried, and maternal depression. …”
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Main aspects of occupation policy of labour obligations in Lithuania in the years 1941-1944 by Justinas Braslauskas

“…However, the major part of the Lithuanian administration - the lower and higher rank officials, which retained already from the times of the Provisional Government - chiefs of rural districts; elders, the Lithuanian police were not active in implementing the Nazi labour policy. …”
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Survey of nutritional intake status in college baseball players by Yoko Iio, Hana Kozai, Mamoru Tanaka, Yukihiro Mori, Manato Seguchi, Yuka Aoyama, Morihiro Ito

“…However, the protein intake ratio was significantly lower in the second team compared with the fourth team. …”
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Birth and weaning weights in buffalo calves resulting from artificial insemination or natural mating in Venezuela by Aitor De Ondiz, Génesis Morales, Mariana S. Perea, Wilmer Morán, Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Añez, Fernando P. Perea

“…Although female buffalo calves were born at lower birth weights and weaned at older ages, they achieved better post-weaning weights. …”
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Comparative evaluation of antifungal susceptibility testing methods of invasive Candida species and detection of FKS genes mutations in caspofungin intermediate and resistant isola... by Dalia Saad ElFeky, Doaa Mahdy El-Wakil, Mai M. Mwafy, Mohamed M.A. Atia, Noha Mahmoud Gohar

“…ATB FUNGUS 3 and Vitek-2 had the highest categorical agreement (CA) (83.1%) for amphotericin B, while a lower concordance was detected with voriconazole (23.2%) and fluconazole (52.2%). …”
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Lasater clinical judgment rubric in nursing education: a Turkish validity and reliability study by Esra Sezer, Hilal Yıldız Çelik, Ükke Karabacak, Kathie Lasater

“…Moreover, the discrimination of the rubric was evaluated using an independent samples t-test between the lower and upper 27% groups. Results Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the scale formed a four-factor structure of noticing, interpreting, responding, and reflecting in accordance with the original rubric. …”
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Anogenital distance in water buffalo females and relationship with reproductive performance. Preliminary results by Héctor Nava-Trujillo, Simón Zambrano-Salas, Justin Dijak, Adriana Morgado-Osorio, Quintino D’Andrea

“…Additionally, a long anogenital distance was associated with lower reproductive performance (longer calving-to-conception interval). …”
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Choroidal Thickness in Eyes with Band Atrophy of the Optic Nerve from Chiasmal Compression by Luiz Guilherme Marchesi Mello, Ana Claudia F. Suzuki, Giuliana Rovito de Mello, Rony Carlos Preti, Leandro C. Zacharias, Mário L. R. Monteiro

“…The temporal/nasal ratios were significantly higher for the mRNFL and mGCC parameters and significantly lower for the mChoroid parameters in the CCL group, except for the superotemporal/superonasal quadrant ratio. …”
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Low-cost phone-based LiDAR scanning technology provides sub-centimeter accuracy when measuring the main dimensions of motor-manual tree felling cuts by Stelian Alexandru Borz, Andrea Rosario Proto

“…Taken individually, all the measurements agreed well in a ± 2 cm range, with an obvious dominance in much lower ranges and no evident trends in variance related to the measurement size. …”
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Circulating Isthmin-1 Levels and Their Relationship with Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases in Kuwaiti Adults by Eman Alshawaf, Sulaiman K. Marafie, Mohamed Abu-Farha, Ahmed N. Albatineh, Tahani Alramah, Aldana Albuhairi, Yafa Al Qassar, Reem Zinoun, Rawan Shalabi, Sarah Behbehani, Dalal Mohammed, Fahad Alajmi, Mohammed A. Abdalla, Ebaa Al-Ozairi, Mohammad Shehab, Muhammad Abdul-Ghani, Fahd Al-Mulla, Jehad Abubaker

“…Additionally, individuals with higher CAP scores demonstrated significantly lower Ism1 levels, and the Spearman’s rank correlation revealed a negative association between Ism1 and both CAP scores (r = −0.109, <i>p</i>-value = 0.025) and insulin resistance (r = −0.141, <i>p</i>-value = 0.004). …”
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Designing a Stock Recommender System Using the Collaborative Filtering Algorithm for the Tehran Stock Exchange by Marziyeh Nourahmadi, Ali Rahimi, Hojjatollah Sadeqi

“…Additionally, the value at risk (VaR) for the selected method during the study period stood at -12.8%, indicating the lower risk of this method. ConclusionStock-based collaborative filtering is an active investment strategy. …”
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Poly (ADP-ribose) (PAR) levels in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) during peri-implantation and early pregnancy in buffalo cows by Giovanna De Matteis, Anna Reale, Michele Zampieri, Emanuela Rossi, Federica Signorelli, Olimpia Barbato, Vittoria Lucia Barile

“…Interestingly, in the subsequent sampling period, the pregnant animals showed a constant decrease of PAR levels (19.64 ±8.81 and 3.49 ±4.71 pg/mL on days 19 and 28 after AI; p=0.019), reaching significantly lower levels compared to non-pregnant animals on day 28 after AI (3.49 ±4.71 vs. 18.75±5.76 pg/mL, respectively; p=0.001). …”
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Les syndicats, les commissaires et le politique : (re)valorisations et conflits autour de la profession policière en Tunisie (2011-2022) by Audrey Pluta

“…They negotiated and won a pay rise for lower-ranking officers. They also negotiated a reorganisation of the rules governing promotion within the institution, so that academic qualifications would be taken into account in promotions. …”
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Multi-Classification Using YOLOv11 and Hybrid YOLO11n-MobileNet Models: A Fire Classes Case Study by Eman H. Alkhammash

“…YOLO11x, although slightly lower in overall accuracy of 96%, still maintained strong performance in Class A and No Fire, with F1 scores of 0.97 and 0.98, respectively. …”
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Influence of preoperative variables on the 3-month functional outcomes of the Vivity extended depth-of-focus intraocular lens: a prospective case series by Giacomo Savini, Alice Galzignato, Catarina P. Coutinho, Jinhai Huang, Yue Wu, Piero Barboni, João Mendanha Dias, Filomena J. Ribeiro, Domenico Schiano-Lomoriello

“…Binocular distance corrected visual acuity was lower than 0.1 logMAR for a defocus between + 1.0 and − 1.5 D. …”
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Analysis of HPV genotype differences in different stages of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by YU Jingmin, CHEN Yan, YANG Xuewen

“…The infection rates and multiple infection rates of HPV16, HPV58, HPV18, and HPV52 (3.33%, 3.33%, 0, 0, 0.) were significantly lower in CIN Ⅰ patients compared to CIN Ⅱ (7.14%, 4.76%, 2.38%, 4.76%, 2.38%) and CIN Ⅲ patients (24.39%, 19.51%, 12.20%, 14.63%, 12.20%) (P<0.05). …”
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Effect of HUFA in Enriched Artemia on Growth Performance, Biochemical and Fatty Acid Content, and Hepatopancreatic Features of Penaeus vannamei Postlarvae from a Commercial Shrimp... by Marina Martínez Soler, Gercende Courtois de Vicose, Javier Roo Filgueira, José Zambrano Sánchez, Edwin Yugcha Oñate, Magaly Montachana Chimborazo, Walter Intriago Díaz, Eduardo Reyes Abad, Juan Manuel Afonso López

“…In addition, a large number of B cells, a large number of healthy tubules, increased dilatation of the central tube, and a lower percentage of deteriorated tissue were observed in the hepatopancreas when postlarvae were fed with enriched Artemia.…”
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Comparison of Placental Doppler Ultrasound indices in Pregnant Women with Iron Deficiency Anemia, Minor Beta-Thalassemia and Healthy Pregnant in first half of pregnancy by Zahra Rahmani, Maryam Abdi Valikchali, Tahere Gelini Moghaddam, Shahabodin Gharahveysi

“…Additionally, the mean pulsatility index of the placental spiral artery (PIP) was significantly lower in patients with beta-thalassemia minor compared to the healthy group (1.44 vs. 2.02, P=0.02). …”
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Impact of donor CYP3A5 genotype on pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in South African paediatric liver transplant patients by C Wheeler, C Masimirembwa, B Mthembu, J Botha, J Scholefield, J Fabian

“…During the first 15 days post-transplant, we found that children who received grafts from donor CYP3A5 expressors (CYP3A5*1/*1 and *1/*3) had significantly lower mean tacrolimus CDRs compared with those who received grafts from donor CYP3A5 non-expressors (*3/*3); the recipients of CYP3A5 expressor grafts therefore require higher doses of oral tacrolimus to achieve the same therapeutic target range. …”
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Сhanges in the donor site following bone-patellar tendon-bone graft harvesting with open or closed defects by Pavel A. Trachuk, Aleksandr P. Trachuk, Oleg E. Bogopolskiy

“…The width of the tendon in the upper third and middle third was slightly increased (M = 0.3 mm; SD = 2.4 mm; p = 0.502 and M = 0.5 mm; SD = 2.1 mm; p = 0.205), while in the lower third it was 2.7% larger (M = 0.7 mm; SD = 1.7 mm; p = 0.034). …”
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