Sustainable reduction in sound levels on intensive care units through noise management - an implementation study by Sandra Witek, Claudia Schmoor, Fabian Montigel, Birgit Grotejohann, Sven Ziegler

“…Such noise levels can affect both the recovery of intensive care patients and the performance of staff. …”
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Development of Collagen-Based 3D Matrix for Gastrointestinal Tract-Derived Organoid Culture by Joo Hyun Jee, Dong Hyeon Lee, Jisu Ko, Soojung Hahn, Sang Yun Jeong, Han Kyung Kim, Enoch Park, Seon Young Choi, Sukin Jeong, Joong Woon Lee, Han-Jun Cho, Min-Soo Kwon, Jongman Yoo

“…On the other hand, natural characteristics of collagen emphasize toxic-free friendly niche to both organoid and normal tissue. Hence, this study attempts to develop a new, collagen-based matrix that may substitute Matrigel in organoid culture. …”
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Polarization-independent high-sensitive metamaterial sensor for chemical sensing and EMI shielding application by Md Kutub Uddin, Shawon Hossen, Touhidul Alam, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Saleh Albadran, Haitham Alsaif, Ahmed S. Alshammari, Ahmed Alzamil, Mohammad Lutful Hakim

“…This MTM-based sensor exhibits resonance at 10 GHz for both transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) modes. …”
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Insights into the relations between cell wall integrity and in vitro digestion properties of granular starches in pulse cotyledon cells after dry heat treatment by Ping Li, Bin Zhang, Rui Liu, Li Ding, Xiong Fu, Haiteng Li, Qiang Huang, Xiaowei He

“…DHT decreased the inhibitory effects of enzymes of both the soluble and insoluble components, but the digestion rate and extent of slightly and highly damaged cell samples did not exhibit significant differences compared with their native counterparts. …”
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Effect of Huolong moxibustion in the treatment of Children with phlegm-heat obstructing lung type of pneumonia (火龙罐治疗痰热闭肺型小儿肺炎喘嗽的效果观察) by PAN Xiaocui (潘小翠), CHEN Suling (陈素玲), CAI Jiaqian (蔡佳倩)

“…Results The TCM symptom integral scores were decreased in both groups after intervention, and TCM symptom integral scores in the observation group were lower than those in the control group(P＜0. 01). …”
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Genomic scans for selection and runs of homozygosity in southern Italian turkey populations by Medhat S. Saleh, Vincenzo Landi, Martijn F.L. Derks, Gerardo Centoducati, Martien A.M. Groenen, Pasquale De Palo, Elena Ciani, Nicola Pugliese, Elena Circella, Antonio Camarda

“…In addition, we detected 608 genomic regions under positive selection using the iHS method being 104, 98, 130, 102, and 174 for BAS, APU_C, APU_M, APU_PN, and APU_PS, respectively. For both methods, most of the genes within these regions are related to production performance, reproduction, immune responses, and adaptation. …”
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Clinical burden of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in France by Philippe Charron, Carla Zema, François-Emery Cotté, Eléonore Herquelot, Taryn Krause, Florent Daydé, Jean-Noël Trochu

“…At inclusion, 22% of patients had no HCM-related treatment, 56% were receiving β-blockers, 12% calcium-channel blockers, and 11% a combination of both. The incidence of cardiovascular-related hospitalization was high (35,436 hospitalizations; 117,229 per 100,000 patient-years) and this risk increased with NYHA class (from 81,247 per 100,000 patient-years for NYHA class I/II patients to 140,790 per 100,000 patient-years for NYHA class III/IV patients, p < 0.0001).ConclusionsPatients with obstructive HCM are at high risk of death and cardiovascular outcomes, especially those in higher NYHA classes. …”
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Predicting High-Grade Acute Urinary Toxicity and Lower Gastrointestinal Toxicity After Postoperative Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy for Cervical and Endometrial Cancer Using a No... by Tianyu Yang, Zhe Ji, Runhong Lei, Ang Qu, Weijuan Jiang, Xiuwen Deng, Ping Jiang

“…Three candidate predictors, namely the small intestine V_30Gy, colon D_45%, and rectum D_55%, were identified to develop the NTCP model of ALGIT, and the mean AUC was 0.71 (CI: 0.61–0.80). Both models were considered to have relatively good discriminative accuracy and could provide a high net benefit in clinical applications. (4) Conclusions: We developed NTCP models to predict the probability for grade ≥ 2 AUT and ALGIT. …”
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Design, Content and Ecological Validity and Reliability of the Physical Activity and Sport Habits Questionnaire for Children Aged 8–12 Years in the Province of Gipuzkoa (Spain) by Aduna Badiola-Lekue, Irantzu Ibañez, Maite Fuentes, Javier Yanci, Oidui Usabiaga, Aitor Iturricastillo

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> The study confirmed the questionnaire’s validity and reliability as a suitable tool for assessing PAS practices among 8–12-year-old schoolchildren in Gipuzkoa, Spain, in both Basque and Spanish languages.…”
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Oral health and dental behaviour of patients with left ventricular assist device: a cross‐sectional study by Jens Garbade, Josephine Rast, Gerhard Schmalz, Mirjam Eisner, Justus Wagner, Tanja Kottmann, Andreas Oberbach, Sven Lehmann, Rainer Haak, Michael A. Borger, Christian Binner, Dirk Ziebolz

“…Periodontal treatment need was high in both groups, without a significant difference (LVAD = 84.4% vs. …”
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First‐in‐human orbital tumor surgery guided by near‐infrared II window fluorescence imaging: A feasibility study by Zeyu Zhang, Lishuang Guo, Lan Yao, Yueyue Li, Yan Hei, Qi Wang, Xiaoyi Wang, Rui Ma, Xinji Yang, Zhenhua Hu, Wei Wu

“…Fifteen patients were allocated for diagnostic test, which showed that both the in situ and ex vivo NIR‐II fluorescence imaging showed better sensitivity and specificity than the surgeon judgment. …”
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Elite Alleles of EPE1 Identified via Genome-wide Association Studies Increase Panicle Elongation Length in Rice by Hao Sun, Qiqi Yao, Mei Hai, Tianhu Li, Jinghan Sun, Zhengbo Liu, Yang Ang, Yingying Zhao, Yanan Zhang, Xianping Cheng, Tao Huang, Yinping Chang, Mingyu Du, Erbao Liu

“…A total of five quantitative trait loci (QTLs) significantly associated with PEL were detected in both years by using the general linear model (GLM) and the mixed linear model (MLM). …”
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Impact of Radiation Therapy Techniques on Hippocampal Doses and Psychological Status in Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Gai X, Huang S, Zeng J, Chen J, Liu F, Li S, Lv W, Guo F, Cai C, Hong J, Su L

“…Furthermore, after radiotherapy, the occurrence rates of anxiety (HADS-A ≥ 11) and depression (HADS-D ≥ 11) in the IMRT group were 27.3% and 19.5%, respectively, while in the VMAT group, they were 9.5% and 7.4%, both showing significant statistical differences (P=0.010, P=0.035). …”
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Spatio-temporal analysis of litterfall load in the lower reaches of Qarqan and Tarim rivers using BP neural networks by Junyu Xu, Anwar Eziz, Alishir Kurban, Ümüt Halik, Zhiwen Shi, Saif Ullah, Gift Donu Fidelis, Yingdong Ma, Ziwargul Kibir, Toqeer Ahmed, Tim Van de Voorde, Adil Hujashim, Hossein Azadi

“…The study concludes that ecological water conveyance promotes both the decomposition and increase of litterfall. …”
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Alternative splicing of EZH2 regulated by SNRPB mediates hepatocellular carcinoma progression via BMP2 signaling pathway by Xingyu Wang, Weiyi Liu, Chunai Zhan, Yuanyuan Zhang, Xinyu Li, Yaoyun Wang, Mengfei Sheng, Madiha Maqsood, Hang Shen, Anmin Liang, Wei Shao

“…However, the function of EZH2 splice variants as well as the mechanism by which EZH2 alternative splicing occurs in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain elusive. Here, we analyzed both our own and published transcriptomic data, obtaining 19 splice variants of EZH2 in addition to canonical full-length EZH2-A in HCC. …”
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Low-exhaustion peripheral circulating γδ T cells serve as a biomarker for predicting the clinical benefit rate of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients to chemotherapy or tar... by Dongdong Zhang, Guichao Liu, Jinhui Ye, Ke Li, Guojun Zhang, Qiang Quan, Xinhai Zhu, Peng Li

“…Notably, NSCLC patients with a high clinical benefit rate (responder, R) exhibited a higher proportion of circulating Vδ2 T cells compared to non-responders (NR), in both EGFR-Mut (NR vs. R, P = 0.0437) and EGFR-WT groups (NR vs. …”
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Which dietary shifts to improve nutritional quality while reducing diet cost in the French West Indies? by Marlène Perignon, Rozenn Gazan, Viola Lamani, Zoé Colombet, Caroline Méjean, Florent Vieux, Nicole Darmon

“…In COST-30% scenario, achieving nutritional adequacy was possible for 93% of adults and induced the same dietary shifts as in COSTinit, but modified their magnitude, notably a smaller increase of vegetables (increase of + 7 g/d in the COST-30% scenario and + 86 g/d in the COSTinit scenario, both relative to initial diet), a larger increase of dairy (+ 90 g/d and + 72 g/d, respectively) and starchy foods (+ 112 g/d and + 54 g/d), and a larger reduction of meat (-48 g/d and -12 g/d). …”
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Evaluation of In Vitro Production Capabilities of Indole Derivatives by Lactic Acid Bacteria by Bingyang Ma, Yan Zhao, Liping Liu, Jianguo Xu, Qingping Hu, Saisai Feng, Liangliang Zhang

“…The overall detection rates of ILA among all tested strains (including both <i>Lactiplantibacillus</i> and other genus strains) were 17.9% (21/117) and 26.1% (18/69). …”
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Perbandingan antara Metode Advance Use Case point dan Revised Use Case Point untuk Evaluasi Biaya Pengembangan Sistem Informasi Reservasi Ruangan by Mochamad Chandra Saputra, Admaja Dwi Herlambang, Savira Fahrunisa

“…Data is collected by interviewing the Project Manager and observing the system, which is processed into a use case diagram and use case scenario as input for both methods. The Advance Use Case Point method produces hour of effort estimate of 2,229.4 hours of work with a total cost of Rp 110,558,733.00 and is done by 26 people. …”
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Application of Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy in the diagnosis of varicocele in children and adolescents by V.A. Digtiar, D.G. Vernihora, Yu.V. Zavorotnya, A.P. Gladkiy, M.O. Kaminska

“…NIRS examination of testicular tissues in both study and control groups showed statistically homogeneous data for regional oxygen saturation in the healthy (right) testicle. …”
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