Impact of telephone follow-up on COPD outcomes in pulmonary rehabilitation patients: A randomized clinical trial by Stefanie Tonguino Rosero, Juan Carlos Ávila Valencia, Jhonatan Betancourt Peña

“…In addition, the experimental group received telephone calls twice a week to reinforce the face-to-face educational content. The Lung Information Needs Questionnaire (LINQ) was used to measure disease knowledge, the Saint George's Respiratory Questionnaire to measure quality of life, the modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale to measure dyspnea, and the 6-minute walking test (6MWT) to measure functional capacity…”
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Characterization of the ligand-binding properties of odorant-binding protein 38 from Riptortus pedestris when interacting with soybean volatiles by Jianglong Guo, Panjing Liu, Xiaofang Zhang, Jingjie An, Yaofa Li, Tao Zhang, Zhanlin Gao

“…., Leu29, Ile59) residues were found to be involved in RpedOBP38-ligand binding.ConclusionThese data support a role for RpedOBP38 in the perception of volatiles derived from host plants, providing important insight into the mechanisms that govern olfactory recognition in R. pedestris, thereby informing the development of ecologically friendly approaches to managing R. pedestris infestations.…”
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Estimation of the probability of failure during operation of a prefabricated cutting tool with replaceable polyhedral plates by nonparametric statistics methods by K. V. Syzrantseva, N. A. Vasilega

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Meal Pattern in the Colombian Population: Results of the National Nutrition Survey. ENSIN, 2015 by María del Pilar Zea, Oscar F. Herrán

“…Background. Information on meal patterns (type, number, relative contribution to energy/day (%), time, and location of meals) is limited or nonexistent. …”
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Corporate Governance's Role in Shaping Tax Avoidance Strategies by Peter Winarta, Yuniarwati

“…The study examines how tax avoidance is impacted by profitability and solvency as independent factors, with sound corporate governance serving as a moderating variable. The information used for analysis came from secondary sources, specifically the audited annual financial statements of the selected energy sector companies, which were accessed from the IDX website. …”
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Exploring Strategies to Improve Adherence to Immunization Schedule: A Study among Children Attending Maternal and Child Health Clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya by Esther Cheptanui Muathe, Mary Kamau, Eve Rajula

“…Data was collected using semistructured questionnaires, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews and analyzed using SPSS V.20. …”
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Research trends of neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer: A bibliometric analysis by Laiping Xie, Yuhang Wang, Andi Wan, Lin Huang, Qing Wang, Wanyan Tang, Xiaowei Qi, Xiaofei Hu

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Predicting treatment response to ketamine in treatment-resistant depression using auditory mismatch negativity: Study protocol. by Josh Martin, Fatemeh Gholamali Nezhad, Alice Rueda, Gyu Hee Lee, Colleen E Charlton, Milad Soltanzadeh, Karim S Ladha, Sridhar Krishnan, Andreea O Diaconescu, Venkat Bhat

“…The parameters obtained from fitting computational models to EEG recordings may facilitate single-patient treatment predictions, which could provide clinically useful prognostic information.<h4>Trial registration</h4>Clinicaltrials.gov NCT05464264. …”
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Measuring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Diagnostic Delay in Rare Disease by Caitlin Hampson, William Evans, Lucy McKay, Lara Menzies

“…A mixed methods approach was used to collect and collate information about the impact of the pandemic on diagnostic delay in rare disease. …”
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Schon wieder das Lied!. Robert Schumanns »In der Fremde« und die Kriterien musikalischer Analyse by Felix Diergarten

“…Despite this, or precisely because of it, this article takes up the first song of the Liederkreis op. 39 (“In der Fremde”) once again and presents it against the background of some recent developments in historically informed analysis, including in particular the use of figured bass, rule of the octave and schemata, in order to take a look at present-day possibilities of analysis. …”
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Clinicopathological spectrum of central nervous system germ cell tumors: A single-institution retrospective study by Sreelekha Appasani, Neelima Radhakrishnan, Anitha Mathews

“…Materials and Methods: The patients’ data were retrieved from the hospital information systems and analyzed. Statistical Analysis: Data on categorical variables were analyzed as percentages, and data on continuous variables calculated as mean. …”
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The Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (CKCUEST) Performance in Elite Team Handball Players Playing with Shoulder Pain, Previous Pain, or No Pain by Tina Piil Torabi, Jesper Bencke, Roland van den Tillaar

“…The Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (CKCUEST) has been proposed to assess muscular capacity and dynamic shoulder stability in overhead athletes, which could provide information to determine a risk of injury. # Purpose To investigate if the CKCUEST is an appropriate test to implement within team elite handball players to evaluate dynamic shoulder stability across sexes and in the screening of shoulder pain…”
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Stratum P- and S-Wave <italic>Q</italic> Factors Estimation via Improved Spectral Envelope Matching Method by Chao Wang

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Do global health networks facilitate innovation, learning and sharing? A qualitative analysis of the Quality-of-Care Network in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda. by Kondwani Mwandira, Seblewengel Lemma, Albert Dube, Kohenour Akter, Asebe Amenu Tufa, Agnes Kyamulabi, Gloria Seruwagi, Catherine Nakidde, Kasonde Mwaba, Nehla Djellouli, Charles Makwenda, Tim Colbourn, Yusra Ribhi Shawar

“…We conducted 227 key informant interviews with QCN actors at global, national, and facility levels iteratively in two to four rounds from June 2019 to March 2022. …”
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Head rotation and the perception of eyelid height and contour by Daniel B Rootman, Elana Meer, Nicholas J Jackson, Stefania B Diniz, John M Nesemann

“…Oculoplastic surgeons demonstrated increasing accuracy and decreasing reaction time with additional trials for both peak and ptosis.Conclusion Oculoplastic surgeons perceive eyelid asymmetries more accurately and can better compensate for inverted sensory information. However, accuracy increases and reaction time decreases with additional trials, suggesting trainability and potential for improvement in inversion disability.…”
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The Case for Brutalist Honesty in Medical Education by Markle DT

“…Compared to the past, students now have access to a wealth of outside data to evaluate their curricular progress and career prospects against, and yet institutions are lagging behind in openly disclosing information related to metrics of student success (course passing rates, number of repeat students per class, Step 1 pass rate, etc.) that would engender trust and afford students greater agency in their academic decisions.Approach: In developing a new academic counseling office, the author deployed a method of using brutalist honesty as a means of student support, both in terms of answering all curriculum questions truthfully no matter the topic and with individualized data analytics to provide objective evidence as to student performance progress. …”
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates Biopolymer Production by Moderately Halophilic Paracoccus onubensis Strain E3: Extraction, Characterization and Synergistic Activity with Sorafenib Drug again... by Hend A. Hamedo, Ahmed E.M. Shokr, Omnia T. Abd-Elsalam, Naglaa Elshafey

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Alloying working surface during electroslag surfacing by V. G. Komkov, S. A. Gubar, G. G. Voskresensky

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Proposing a Model for Managerial Competencies of Hospital Managers in Iran by Kourosh Abbasiyan, Mohammad Alimoradnori, Mohammad Bagher Karami

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Mortality and Length of Stay Implications of Deterioration-Associated Transfer to the Intensive Care Unit over Different Time Frames by Kathy W Belk, Joseph Beals, Samantha J McInnis

“…Objectives: This work evaluates different transfer timeframes to quantify the impact of deterioration-associated unplanned transfers to intensive care (ICU) on mortality and LOS, informing evidence-based interventions to improve patient care. …”
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