Participatory research towards the control of snakebite envenoming and other illnesses in a riverine community of the Western Brazilian Amazon. by Alícia Patrine Cacau Santos, Evellyn Antonieta Rondon Tomé Silva, Hiran Sátiro Souza da Gama, Jady Shayenne Mota Cordeiro, Ana Paula Silva Oliveira, Jéssica Albuquerque Araújo, Rafaela Nunes Dávila, Hélio Afonso Amazonas Júnior, Altair Seabra Farias, Jacqueline Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Vinícius Azevedo Machado, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Felipe Leão Gomes Murta

“…<h4>Background</h4>Riverine communities face various health problems, which involve geographical and cultural barriers to accessing care, in addition to a lack of financial investments in services aimed at these communities, resulting in a process of invisibility for the population living in these regions. …”
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[(2-Dimesitylboryl)phenyl]ethynyl-Substituted [2.2]Paracyclophane Exhibiting Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Both Solution and Solid-State by Lianfeng Guo, Mengyuan Zhang, Cuihua Zhao

“…Owing to the electronic effect of these two substituents, this compound can display charge-transfer emission with large Stokes shifts (∆<i>υ</i> = 4.23 − 8.20 × 10³ cm⁻¹) and fair quantum yields (<i>Φ</i>_F = 0.15 − 0.37) in solutions. In addition, this compound can emit strong blue fluorescence in the solid state with quantum yields that are even much higher than in solution (<i>Φ</i>_F up to 0.64 in powder and spin-coated film). …”
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The independent and joint relationships between dietary antioxidant intake with risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and all-cause mortality: insights from NHANES by Yifeng Xu, Zhaoqi Yan, Keke Li, Liangji Liu, Lei Xu

“…Sensitivity and stratified analyses were conducted to assess the robustness of the results.ResultsIn this study, compared to the lowest quartile, the highest quartile of CDAI levels was significantly negatively associated with the risk of COPD (Odds Ratio [OR]: 0.47; 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 0.22–0.97), exhibiting a non-linear relationship. …”
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Correlation between oxygen reserve index monitoring and blood gas oxygen values during anesthesia in robotic total prostatectomy surgery by Hilal Zengin

“…An ORI pulse oximeter was additionally attached to their index fingers for ORI monitoring. …”
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Study of Teakwood Quality from Community Forests in Gunungkidul. VII. Natural Subterranean Termite Resistance by Ganis Lukmandaru, Pito Wargono, Arsy Rahman Mohammad, Vendy Eko Prasetyo

“…In the combined sapwood and heartwood data, mass loss was positively associated with hot-water solubility levels and negatively with ethanol-toluene extractive content. In addition, pH values moderately correlated with survival rate on 8-day observation. …”
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Evaluation of Bias in the Measurement of Condensable Particulate Matter with Method 202 by Yu-Mei Huang, Sheng-Hsiu Huang, Chih-Wei Lin, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Chih-Chieh Chen

“…The underestimation was assessed by examining the weight loss related to the electrostatic charge of the evaporation beaker, vapor pressure of the particles, volume of the rinsing solvent, size of the evaporation beaker, and leakage between the filter paper and its holder. Additionally, we constructed a forced ventilation chamber to decrease the drying time of the sampled CPM’s organic fraction. …”
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Is otologic surgery contributing to the opioid epidemic? by Valerie Dahm, Justin T. Lui, Rudolfs Liepins, Joseph M. Chen, Trung N. Le, Christoph Arnoldner, Vincent Y. W. Lin

“…Surgeons were asked to answer some questions about their background as well as typical prescribing patterns for postoperative pain medication for different ear surgeries (cochlear implant, stapedotomy, tympanoplasty). In addition, surgeons were asked about the typical use of local anesthetics for pain control at the end of a procedure. …”
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Association between ethylene oxide exposure and cognitive function in older adults from NHANES data by Meng Sun, Meng Cai, Sisi Sun, Huan Liu, Guo Chen

“…T1 in Model 3: β (95% CI) = − 0.35 (− 0.54, − 0.15), p = 0.002, p for trend = 0.002). In addition, Stratified analyses showed that the four cognitive scores were negatively correlated with HbEO levels in those under 80 years of age. …”
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Flow Mediated Dilation and Its Correlation with Coronary and Systemic Atherosclerosis in Patients Scheduled for Surgical Myocardial Revascularization by Boieriu AM, Luca CD, Tint D

“…Alexandra Maria Boieriu,1,2 Cezar Dumitrel Luca,1,3 Diana Tint1,4 1Faculty of Medicine, “Transylvania” University, Bra&scedil;ov, Romania; 2Cardiology Department, County Emergency Hospital, Bra&scedil;ov, Romania; 3Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Hospital, Covasna, Romania; 4Cardiology Department, ICCO Clinics, Bra&scedil;ov, RomaniaCorrespondence: Alexandra Maria Boieriu, Faculty of Medicine, “Transylvania” University, Eroilorst, Nr 29, Bra&scedil;ov, 500036, Romania, Email crisanalexandramaria@yahoo.comPurpose: The study aimed to evaluate endothelial dysfunction (ED), assessed through flow mediated dilation (FMD), in individuals with severe coronary artery disease (CAD) scheduled for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Additionally, we examined the association between the severity of EDevaluated throughFMD and the extent of atherosclerosis at the coronary arteries level (SYNTAX I score), carotid arteries and peripheral arteries.Methods: The study included 84 participants recruited between January 2020 and June 2021. …”
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Valuable agronomic traits of chufa (<i>Cyperus esculentus</i> L.) accessions from the VIR collection: methods of preparing nodules for long-term storage by N. G. Kon’kova, G. F. Safina

“…Protein and oil content was analyzed according to the guidelines on the methods of quality control and safety of bioactive food additives (R 4.1.1672-03…, 2004); vitamin E according to the guidelines on the methods of analyzing the quality and safety of food products (Skurikhin, Tutelyan, 1987); fatty acid composition in line with IUPAC (1979) and GOST R 512677-2006, using an IIRGCS chromatograph.Results and conclusions. …”
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Effect of individual health perception, health consultation, and other risk factors on undiagnosed hypertension in South Africa by Muchiri E. Wandai, Brian E. Dixon

“…Those who perceived their health as very good or excellent were respectively 2.15, 95% CI [1.89–2.44] and 3.29, 95% CI [2.85–3.80] times more likely to have undiagnosed hypertension, compared to those who perceived their health as fair or poor. Additionally, the risk of having undiagnosed hypertension increased gradually with time since last consultation on one’s health. …”
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The Endocannabinoid, Anandamide, Acts as a Novel Inhibitor of LPS-Induced Inflammasome Activation in Human Gastric Cancer AGS Cell Line: Involvement of CB1 and TRPV1 Receptors by Sahar Sadat Sedeighzadeh, Hamid Galehdari, Mohammad Reza Tabandeh, Mehdi Shamsara, Ali Roohbakhsh

“…Exposure to AEA (10 μM, 24 h) before or after inflammation induction downregulated the expression of inflammasome components and attenuated inflammasome activation as demonstrated by cleavage of caspase 1 and matured IL-1β secretion, although AEA pretreatment showed more reducing effects on the inflammasome activation. In addition, blocking of CB1R and TRPV1R by application of AM-251 and AMG-9810 antagonists remarkably reversed the observed effects of AEA and revealed that NLRP3, NLRC4, and IL-1β genes were mainly regulated via CB1R, while TRPV1R could only regulate the expression of IL-1β and IL-18 genes. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of the Prenatal Detection of Congenital Heart Diseases: A Systematic Literature Review by Darío Londoño Trujillo, Paula A. Castro García, Kristian K. Rojas López, Karen J. Moreno-Medina, María T. Dominguez Torres, Rodolfo J. Dennis Verano, Nestor F. Sandoval Reyes

“…**Background:** Congenital heart disease is the most common congenital condition worldwide, with a prevalence of 80 cases per 10 000 live births. In addition to perinatal morbidity and mortality, it entails long-term consequences such as multiple surgeries, prolonged hospitalizations, lifelong cardiac follow-up, reduced quality of life, risk of heart failure, and premature mortality in adulthood. …”
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Attitudes of Turkish academics towards the effects of digital journalism on shaping the political image by Omar Suleiman Saleh Malkawi

“…Finally, a low positive correlation (0.307**) was found between the effects of the general political mental image and the image of the electoral candidate (p &lt; 0.05), in addition to a low positive correlation between the digital journalism arts and the elements of the general political mental image, where the value of (p &lt; 0.05) was found.…”
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Continuous Patient-Independent Estimation of Respiratory Rate and Blood Pressure Using Robust Spectro-Temporal Features Derived From Photoplethysmogram Only by Muhammad Ahmad Sultan, Wala Saadeh

“…From the cleaned PPG, we extract multiple parameters independent of individual patient PPG morphology for both Respiration Rate (RR) and Blood Pressure (BP). In addition, we derived a set of novel spectral and statistical features strongly correlated to BP. …”
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Feasibility, safety and tolerability of estrogen and/or probiotics for improving vaginal health in Canadian African, Caribbean, and Black women: A pilot phase 1 clinical trial. by Biban Gill, Jocelyn M Wessels, Christina L Hayes, Jenna Ratcliffe, Junic Wokuri, Elizabeth Ball, Gregor Reid, Rupert Kaul, Jesleen Rana, Muna Alkhaifi, Wangari Tharao, Fiona Smaill, Charu Kaushic

“…A total of 88 AEs were reported by 29 participants which were mild (66/88; 75%) and largely resolved (82/88;93%) by the end of the study, with no serious AEs (SAEs) noted. In addition, a panel of safety blood markers measured pre- and post-intervention confirmed no clinically significant changes in blood chemistry or blood cell count.…”
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Indicators of the Microbial Corrosion of Steel Induced by Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Under the Influence of Certain Drugs by Nataliia Tkachuk, Liubov Zelena, Yaroslav Novikov

“…Paracetamol (0.2%, <i>w</i>/<i>v</i>) did not affect biofilm formation by SRB under these conditions, and significantly contributed to an increase in the rate of the microbial corrosion of steel. …”
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Correlation of Clinical Severity and Laboratory Parameters with Various Serotypes in Dengue Virus: A Hospital-Based Study by Pooja Rao, Achappa Basavaprabhu, Suchitra Shenoy, Nikhil Victor Dsouza, Basavaiah Sridevi Hanaganahalli, Vaman Kulkarni

“…Dengue fever, being hyperendemic with analogous presentations as in many other acute febrile illnesses, poses a challenge in diagnosis during the acute stage. Additionally, the coexistence of multiple serotypes further complicates the disease prognosis. …”
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Effect of Oral Vasopressors Used for Liberation from Intravenous Vasopressors in Intensive Care Unit Patients Recovering from Spinal Shock: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Ahmed Talaat Ahmed Ali, Mervat Anwar Abd EL-Aziz, Ahmed Mohamed Abdelhafez, Amr Mohamed Ahmed Thabet

“…Our results showed that the duration of IV vasopressor requirements in the midodrine (3.3 ± 1.32) and minirin groups (4.8 ± 1.83) was significantly lower than in the control group (6.93 ± 2.32). Additionally, the ICU length of stay (days) in the midodrine (5.13 ± 1.83) and minirin groups (5.5 ± 1.91) was significantly lower than in the control group (9.03 ± 3.74). …”
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A Stochastic Programming Approach for Scheduling Extra Metro Trains to Serve Passengers from Uncertain Delayed High-Speed Railway Trains by Sihui Long, Lingyun Meng, Xiaojie Luan, Alessio Trivella, Jianrui Miao, Francesco Corman

“…The problem is complex because (i) the arrival of delayed HSR trains is usually uncertain, and (ii) the operator has to minimize operating costs (i.e., number of additional trains and operation-ending time) but maximize the number of served passengers, which are two conflicting objectives. …”
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