EXtending Omalizumab Treatment Intervals in patients with Chronic spontaneous urticaria (EXOTIC): protocol of a multicentre, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial by Alexander Egeberg, Ditte Georgina Zhang, Christian Vestergaard, Simon Francis Thomsen, Jennifer Astrup Sørensen, Misbah Noshela Ghazanfar, Zarqa Ali, Jacob Thyssen

“…All study participants must provide written informed consent. The study will be conducted according to the Helsinki Declaration and Good Clinical Practice. …”
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Potential Toxicity of the Essential Oil from Minthostachys mollis: A Medicinal Plant Commonly Used in the Traditional Andean Medicine in Peru by Juan Pedro Rojas-Armas, Jorge Luis Arroyo-Acevedo, José Manuel Ortiz-Sánchez, Miriam Palomino-Pacheco, Hugo Jesus Hilario-Vargas, Oscar Herrera-Calderón, Julio Hilario-Vargas

“…While studies have shown their pharmacological properties, the information about their safety is very limited. Then, the goal of this research was to determine the acute oral toxicity and in repeated doses during 28 days of Minthostachys mollis essential oil (Mm-EO) in rats. …”
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Using RNA-Seq to Explore the Repair Mechanism of the Three Methods and Three-Acupoint Technique on DRGs in Sciatic Nerve Injured Rats by Tao-tao Lv, Yan-jun Mo, Tian-yuan Yu, Shuai Shao, Meng-qian Lu, Yu-ting Luo, Yi Shen, Yu-mo Zhang, Wong Steven

“…RNA-Seq combined with database information showed that the number of differentially expressed genes in DRG was the largest in the Tuina group compared with the SNI group, totaling 226. …”
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Exploring novel solitary wave phenomena in Klein–Gordon equation using $$\phi ^{6}$$ ϕ 6 model expansion method by Yasir A. Madani, Khidir Shaib Mohamed, Sadia Yasin, Sehrish Ramzan, Khaled Aldwoah, Mohammed Hassan

“…We develop a variety of solutions, including Jacobi elliptic functions, hyperbolic forms, and trigonometric forms, so greatly enhancing the range of exact solutions attainable. …”
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Phenotypic Analysis of BrdU Label-Retaining Cells during the Maturation of Conducting Airway Epithelium in a Porcine Lung by Yuanyuan Jia, Xuehong You, Ningxia Ma, Hui Li, Guopan Liu, Ying Wang, Jing Xue, Juan Shi, Jun Wei, Yong Li, Jiali Yang, Xiaoming Liu

“…This study may provide valuable information on the biology and function of epithelial stem/progenitor cells in conducting airway of pigs and humans.…”
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Overlooking the Obvious during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Dyspnoea with Asymmetric Breath Sounds in a Toddler by Heli Salmi, Heini Harve-Rytsälä, Paula Rautiainen, Sari Pyörälä, Johanna Hästbacka

“…Foreign body aspiration—an obvious cause of acute respiratory distress in our patient’s age group—was overlooked by experienced emergency medical care providers and paediatric critical care physicians due to the slightly unusual presentation, incomplete anamnestic information, and a bias to consider COVID-19 in the current exceptional circumstances. …”
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RETRACTED: The role of biofield energy treatment on psychological symptoms, mental health disorders, and stress‐related quality of life in adult subjects: A randomized controlled c... by Mahendra Kumar Trivedi, Alice Branton, Dahryn Trivedi, Sambhu Mondal, Snehasis Jana

“…Conclusions Results suggest that experimenter's biofield energy plays a significant role in information transfer processes that contribute to individual's state of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well‐being as well as improved overall health and quality of life.…”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose index and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with acute myocardial infarction: analysis of the MIMIC-IV database by Xin Su, Yujing Zhou, Jie Chang, Xin Zhao, Haiyu Li, Haiqiang Sang

“…Our research analyzed the correlation between the TyG index and the risk of mortality in patients with AMI, in order to evaluate the influence of the TyG index on the prognosis of this population.Methods1205 ICU patients with AMI were analyzed in this retrospective cohort analysis, and the necessary data were obtained from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database. …”
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Deep learning models reveal the link between dynamic brain connectivity patterns and states of consciousness by Chloé Gomez, Lynn Uhrig, Vincent Frouin, Edouard Duchesnay, Béchir Jarraya, Antoine Grigis

“…We demonstrated the model’s efficiency in summarizing consciousness-specific information encoded in key inter-areal connections, as described in the global neuronal workspace theory of consciousness. …”
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Identifying clusters of raters with a common notion of diagnosing erosive tooth wear: a step towards improving the accuracy of diagnostic procedures by Kirstin Vach, Carolina Ganss, Nadine Schlueter, Werner Vach

“…This methodology allows investigators to learn more about useful or useless cues in diagnostic decision-making. This information can facilitate development or enhancement of guidelines on diagnostic decision-making.…”
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Identifying fracture-controlled resonance modes for structural health monitoring: insights from Hunter Canyon Arch (Utah, USA) by G. Grechi, G. Grechi, J. R. Moore, M. E. McCreary, E. K. Jensen, S. Martino

“…While examination of fundamental modes is common practice in structural health monitoring studies, our results suggest that analysis of higher-order resonance modes can be more informative for characterizing fracture-driven structural damage.…”
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Awareness about laryngopharyngeal reflux disease among Chinese otolaryngologists: a nationwide survey by Chen Zhao, Liang Tang, Ting Chen, Hui Yang, Xiong Chen, Xiaobo Cui, Li Shi, Xiangping Li, Jian He, Xiaoxia Peng, Shuifang Xiao, Jinrang Li, Hongliang Zheng, Junbo Zhang, Shuihong Zhou, Donghui Chen, Xuping Xiao, Hui Huangfu, Zhenfeng Tao, Yehai Liu, Shenhong Qu, Guangke Wang, Linli Tian, Wensheng Zhou, Hongyan Fang, Yongwang Huang, Guodong Yu, Zhenqun Lin, Ruixia Ma, Zhaoyan Yu

“…Objectives This study aimed to investigate the status of the current knowledge about laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD) among Chinese otolaryngologists.Design Multi-centre cross-sectional survey.Setting 220 medical centres in different regions of China.Participants A total of 2254 otolaryngologists from 220 medical centres in China who were successfully on-site surveyed between November 2019 and December 2020.Main outcome measures Awareness about LPRD included knowledge about risk factors, symptoms, laryngoscope signs, related diseases, current diagnostic methods and treatments.Results The percentage of participants who had heard of LPRD was 96.4%, with academic conferences as the most common source of information (73.3%). The most commonly known risk factor, symptom, laryngoscope sign, related disease, diagnostic method and treatment were alcohol consumption (44.0%), pharyngeal foreign body sensation (66.9%), hyperaemia (52.4%), pharyngolaryngitis (54.8%), pH monitoring (47.6%) and medication (82.1%), respectively. …”
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Insights from social media into public perspectives on investigative genetic genealogy by Sara Huston, Sara Huston, Diana Madden, Andrea Villanes, Nathan Reed, Nathan Reed, Whitney Bash Brooks, Christopher Healey, Christi Guerrini

“…Social media can spark extreme viewpoints and spread biased or inaccurate information while simultaneously allowing for debate around policy-relevant topics. …”
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Inclusion of diabetic retinopathy screening strategies in national-level diabetes care planning in low-income and middle-income settings: protocol for a scoping review by Tunde Peto, Nathan Congdon, Katie Curran, Prabhath Piyasena, Lisa Duke, Belma Malanda

“…The key themes will highlight countries progress in terms of national-level DR service planning and screening implementation.Ethics and dissemination No ethical approval is required because the scoping review methodology aims to synthesise information from publicly available resources. The results will be disseminated through conference presentations and peer-reviewed publication.…”
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Impact of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation on cardiopulmonary function and prognosis in ST elevation myocardial infarction after PCI patients in extremely cold regions by Shenglong Hou, Li Liu, Jing Yao, Qi Zhao, Wei Feng, Qingqing Liu, Mou Zou, Ruoxi Zhang, Hongtao Yin, Huimin Xian

“…Patients who either participated in CR or did not, but could not be adequately matched, were excluded from the study population. Patient information between the two groups was systematically compared in hospital and at follow-up. …”
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Calves gastrointestinal nematodes and Eimeria prevalence and associated risk factors in dairy farms, southern Ethiopia by Maireg Hailu, Kassahun Asmare, Endrias Zewdu Gebremedhin, Vincenzo Di Marco Lo Presti, Maria Vitale, Desie Sheferaw

“…Therefore, this wrong information has nothing to do with the topic and is deleted from the original publication Abstract:  Dairy production is an important component of livestock farming in Ethiopia. …”
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Design and Analysis of Microstrip Patch Antennas to Support the Implementation of Smart Ports by M. Basuki Rahmat, Yuning Widiarti, Eko Setijadi, Azlina Idris, Aina Julia, Shipun Anuar Hamzah, K S H Putri

“…Digitalization with information and communication technology and automation are fundamental factors in pushing a port towards a smart port.  …”
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Labour Education and Vocational Training in Germany: A Brief Historical Review by E. Yu. Esenina, L. N. Kurteeva, S. A. Osadcheva, A. I. Satdykov, H Kress

“…The content analysis and systematisation of documents and other historical and pedagogical resources were employed. In view of information extensiveness, the selection was compiled with the principle of necessity and sufficiency, i. e. reduction of excess data when maintaining the completeness of facts for continued use.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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Source Characteristics Influence AI-Enabled Orthopaedic Text Simplification by Saman Andalib, BS, Sean S. Solomon, BS, Bryce G. Picton, BS, Aidin C. Spina, BS, John A. Scolaro, MD, Ariana M. Nelson, MD

“…This study provides critical insights into the ability of LLMs to simplify complex orthopaedic PEMs, enhancing their readability without compromising informational integrity. By identifying predictive factors for successful text transformation, this research supports the application of AI in improving health literacy, potentially leading to better patient comprehension and outcomes in orthopaedic care.…”
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Relationship between emotional labor strategies and the quality of work life of operating room nurses by Li Li, Yingjuan Cao, Yingjuan Cao, Yingjuan Cao, Yinuo Sun, Yue Li, Yonghua Zhai, Yonghua Zhai, Yonghua Zhai, Yan Yan, Yan Yan, Yan Yan

“…Data were collected using the General Information Questionnaire, Emotional Labor Scale, and Work-Related Quality of Life scale. …”
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