Effects of fine particulate matter and its chemical constituents on influenza-like illness in Guangzhou, China by Keyi Wu, Weidong Fan, Jing Wei, Jianyun Lu, Xiaowei Ma, Zelin Yuan, Zhiwei Huang, Qi Zhong, Yining Huang, Fei Zou, Xianbo Wu

“…Furthermore, stronger associations were observed during the cold season than during the warm season. …”
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Cost-benefit analysis of VKA versus NOAC treatment in German patients with atrial fibrillation utilizing patient self-testing by Roland Diel, Niklas Lampenius

“…Data on the rates of these adverse events in both groups during the 1st year of treatment was taken from the NOAC approval studies. …”
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Size-controllable synthesis of hydroxyapatite nanorods via fluorine modulation: applications in dental adhesives for enhanced enamel remineralization by Linzhi Meng, Mengmeng Shu, Peng Mei, Yakun Liang, Lunguo Xia

“…The composite adhesives containing FHA nanorods showed good colloidal stability and appropriate light-curing properties. The SBS of composite adhesives decreased due to the incorporation of FHA nanorods, but the values still remained within the clinically required range. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Regain of Consciousness in Dexmedetomidine–Propofol versus Ketamine–Propofol in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Procedure under Sedation using BIS Monitoring: A Randomized Prospective Study by Priya Banga, Sunder L. Negi, Banashree Mandal, Parag Barwad, Kulbhushan Saini, Krishna P. Gourav

“…Propofol top of 1 mg/kg was administered when the BIS value became more than 80 or when the child moved during the femoral vessel puncture or when the child moved during the procedure. …”
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Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis and Early Skeletal Changes in Congenital Syphilis: Case Series and Review of Literature by Kruti N Shah, Shwetal Bhatt, Vaishali Chanpura

“…In severe cases, syphilis infection during pregnancy leads to prematurity, low birth weight, and stillbirth. …”
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Ensuring Seismic Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Buildings by O. V. Mkrtychev, A. A. Reshchetov

“…When modeling reinforced concrete structures, a concrete model is used with the function of damage accumulation under cyclic loads, as well as taking into ac-count the degradation of the strength and stiffness of the material during an intense earthquake. …”
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Effectiveness of a Foam Roller Warm-Up in Professional Basketball Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Daniel Casado, Ivan Nacher, Juan Pardo, Javier Reina

“… # Conclusions The foam roller can be used as a part of a pre-training warm-up routine to enhance the dorsiflexion range of motion and performance on the YBT…”
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Quantitative Performance Analysis of Respiratory Facemasks Using Atmospheric and Laboratory Generated Aerosols Following with Gamma Sterilization by Amit Kumar, D. N. Sangeetha, Ramani Yuvaraj, M. Menaka, Venkatesan Subramanian, Balasubramanian Venkatraman

“…Instead of disposing of N95 masks after a single use, they can be reused a few times as N70 mask during this pandemic crisis after sterilisation. …”
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The Use of L-Menthol in Endoscopic Transpapillary Interventions. Prospective Randomized Dual-Center Study by M. A. Anishchenko, M. A. Nazmeev, S. G. Shapovalyants, S. A. Budzinsky, A. V. Rogov, R. R. Zaynutdinov, A. S. Melnikova, E. D. Fedorov, E. N. Platonova

“…Thus, L-menthol has demonstrated its effectiveness and safety, which makes it possible to use it in the arsenal of combating enhanced peristalsis during ERTI.…”
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Prophylactic Theophyline reduces birth asphyxia related renal injury in term neonates by Salma Aziz, Syeda Maimoona Qudrat, Tanzeela Rani, Qurat-ul-Ain Chughtai, Misbah Aziz, Rai Muhammad Asghar

“…Each patient was evaluated using the predesigned proforma. The 24-hour fluid intake and the urine output were recorded during the first 5 days of life. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of RSV Infection in Pediatric Patients: Epidemiology, Comorbidities, Treatment, and Costs in Dubai (2014-2023) by Jean Joury, Nawal Al Kaabi, Sara Al Dallal, Bassam Mahboub, Mostafa Zayed, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Jennifer Onwumeh-Okwundu, Mark A. Fletcher, Subramanyam Kumaresan, Badarinath C. Ramachandrachar, Mohamed Farghaly

“…**Methods:** This 10-year retrospective cohort study (Jan. 1, 2014–Sept. 30, 2023) utilized Dubai Real-World Database, a private insurance claims database. Patients aged <18 years with a first-episode diagnosis claim (primary or secondary, or a hospital admission) for RSV any time during the index period (Jan. 1, 2014–June 30, 2023) were included. …”
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Economic Burden of HIV in a Commercially Insured Population in the United States by Cindy Y. Chen, Prina Donga, Alicia K. Campbell, Babafemi Taiwo

“…Descriptive analyses were conducted to assess baseline demographics and clinical characteristics, and all-cause and HIV-related HRU and costs per patient per month (PPPM) during follow-up. **Results:** Data from 18 154 adults and 220 adolescents with newly diagnosed HIV and 34 123 adults and 175 adolescents initiated with PrEP were included. …”
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Experimental study on mechanical properties of S-RM with different rock block proportions in fault zone by Peng-fei Wang, Xue-yang Xing, Yong-cheng Jin, Jian-biao Bai, Chang-hong Li

“…This paper takes the Sanshan Island fault zone as the engineering background, and uses a self-designed small-scale test device to conduct triaxial compression tests to study the strength and deformation failure laws of S-RMs with different rock block proportions (20%, 40%, 60%, and 80%). …”
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The state of paediatric deceased-organ donation at a South African tertiary public- sector hospital: A 14-year analysis by T Siyotula, J Barrell, K Manning, D Thomson, M McCulloch, T du Toit

“…Ninety-three of the 1 581 patients (5.9%) were referred to the on-call transplant co-ordinator as potential organ donors, of whom 69% had been involved in a traumatic accident, including 52% in road traffic collisions. The mean age of the potential donors was 7 years with 60.2% being boys. …”
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Mono-allelic epigenetic regulation of polycistronic transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II in Trypanosoma brucei by Rudo Kieft, Laura Cliffe, Haidong Yan, Robert J. Schmitz, Stephen L. Hajduk, Robert Sabatini

“…Our findings support epigenetic regulation of Pol II transcription initiation as a viable mechanism of gene expression control in T. brucei. This has implications for our understanding how trypanosomes utilize polycistronic genome organization to regulate gene expression during its life cycle.…”
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Experiencias de Investigación desde la reflexión y la praxis en alumnos de la Escuela Militar de Suboficiales “Sargento Inocencio Chincá” by Yerife Andrea Parra Orozco, Julián Enrique Barrero García, Julián David Conde Medina

“…Resumen El presente artículo académico pretende dar a conocer los procesos de experiencias de investigación desde la reflexión y la praxis que desarrollan los estudiantes y algunos docentes durante la formación militar de los futuros Suboficiales del Ejército Nacional de Colombia. …”
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Dites 33. Les huit incipit allemands de Bouvard et Pécuchet (1) by Loïc Windels

“…Ces phrases que nous détournons au profit du transfert linguistique sont tirées d’une « étude génétique » d’Anne Herschberg Pierrot consacrée à la célèbre phrase inaugurale de Bouvard et Pécuchet, laquelle fait aussi l’objet de cet article triparti. …”
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Examining the Leverage Effect, Dynamic Conditional Correlation, and Volatility Spillover Among Selected Indices of the Tehran Stock Exchange: Evidence from the ARMA-DCC-GJR-GARCH M... by Gholamhosein Golarzi, Seyed Ramin Abolfazli

“…For this reason, this research aimed to investigate the time frame during which the stock market underwent substantial fluctuations. …”
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Remnant cholesterol and its variability independent of low density lipoprotein cholesterol predict metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease by Yuting Sun, Xinlei Miao, Manling Hu, Xiaoling Xie, Shuang Liu, Ziping Song, Jiayi Deng, Fei Xu, Meng Li, Yangxuan He, Song Leng

“…This variability was quantified using several metrics: standard deviation (SD), logSD, average real variability (ARV), logARV, mean absolute deviation (MAD), and logMAD. …”
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Introduction. L’actualisation de la mémoire du communisme en Europe by Lisa Tanguay, Hélène Levesque

“…Qu’il s’agisse de mémoires individuelles ou collectives, les Russes, Roumains, Polonais ou Français ont vécu des expériences dissemblables et ils participent à la création d’une mosaïque mémorielle hétéroclite.Ainsi, à l’instar de l’année 2005, ce premier numéro de Conserveries mémorielles permettra d’actualiser la discordance des mémoires devant la singularité d’une expérience commune : celle du communisme. …”
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