A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) and Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Pavement: A Case Study in China by Hui Ma, Zhigang Zhang, Xia Zhao, Shuang Wu

“…The midpoint impact categories including Global Warming Potential (GWP), Chinese Abiotic Depletion Potential (CADP), and Particulate Matter Formation (PMF) were assessed for five cases. The assessment results showed that the resource consumptions of both WMA and HMA pavements in entire life were almost at the same level, while the environmental impacts of WMA pavement related to greenhouse gases and PM2.5 emissions were significantly less than that of HMA pavement, except for the case where the long-term performance of WMA pavement is much worse than that of HMA pavement. …”
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Longitudinal impact of cross-clamp duration on postoperative sleep disturbance and quality of life in elderly cardiac surgery patients: a secondary analysis of the MINDDS trial by Grace E. Namirembe, Jamie Sparling, Alexis Novak, Ariel Mueller, Julia Bertsch, Kwame Wiredu, Jason Z. Qu, M. Brandon Westover, Timothy T. Houle, Oluwaseun Akeju

“…Secondary outcomes encompassed cognitive function and health-related quality of life in various domains. Sleep quality, measured by PROMIS scores, showed improvement over time, and did not differ based on cross-clamp duration (MD 0.74 points, 95% CI: −0.57, 2.07), procedure type (MD 2.14 points, 95% CI: 0.29, 3.99), or dexmedetomidine (MD 0.9 points, 95% CI: −1.33, 1.5). …”
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Association of Side-Branch Treatment and Patient Factors in Left Anterior Descending Artery True Bifurcation Lesions: Analysis from the GRAND-DES Pooled Registry by Gyu Chul Oh, Kyung Woo Park, Jeehoon Kang, Jung-Kyu Han, Han-Mo Yang, Hyun-Jae Kang, Bon Kwon Koo, Hyo-Soo Kim

“…Patients undergoing PCI to left anterior descending (LAD) bifurcation lesions with contemporary DES were analyzed from a nationwide registry. …”
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Correlations among hope, fertility quality of life and negative emotions for couples undergoing their first in vitro fertilization–embryo transfer: a cross-sectional analysis by Hui Ye, Jing Zhao, Yujie Zou, Xiaorun Song, Mi Xu, Yu Zhang, Lili Zhang, Gaohua Wang

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The health and social situation of the mother during pregnancy and global quality of life of the child as an adult. Results from the prospective Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort 1959-1961 by Søren Ventegodt, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…The questionnaires included mother's situation during pregnancy and global QOL of the child at follow-up: Well-being, life satisfaction, happiness, fulfilment of needs, experience of lifes temporal and spatial domains, expression of lifes potentials and objective measures. …”
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Life cycle assessment for calcination process of flue gas desulfurization gypsum and transformation into β-CaSO4·0.5H2O by Payal Bakshi, Asokan Pappu, Dhiraj Kumar Bharti

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Impact of Preventive Intravenous Amiodarone on Reperfusion Ventricular Fibrillation in Patients With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Undergoing Open-Heart Surgery: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial by Chan-Juan Gong, Xiao-Kai Zhou, Zhen-Feng Zhang, Yin Fang

“… Abstract BackgroundVentricular fibrillation (VF) is a vicious arrhythmia usually generated after removal of the aortic cross-clamp (ACC) in patients undergoing open-heart surgery, which could damage cardiomyocytes, especially in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Amiodarone has the prominent properties of converting VF and restoring sinus rhythm. …”
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Using Dalbavancin for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSIs) in Obese Patients: A Real-Life, Single-Center Observational Study by Alessandra Oliva, Flavia Petrucci, Cristiana Leanza, Marco Rivano Capparuccia, Michela Comi, Claudio Mastroianni

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Post-traumatic Growth in the Link with Resilience, Self-compassion, and the Personal and Clinical Characteristics in Adolescents with Life-threatening Disease: A Cross-sectional Correlational Study by Zahra Ghasemi, Manijeh Nourian, Azam Shirinabadi Farahani, Amir Heidari, Maliheh Nasiri

“…This research aims to determine the status of PTG and its correlation with resilience, self-compassion (SC) and personal and clinical characteristics in adolescents with life-threatening diseases.Methods: In this cross-sectional correlational study, 200 adolescents with life-threatening disease who were referred to clinics or hospitalized at Shohada Tajrish and children’s Medical Center hospitals from June to October 2023 in Tehran, Iran, were selected through convenience sampling. …”
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Economic development, alcohol consumption and life expectancy in low- and lower-middle-income countries in the Western Pacific Region: a structural equation modelling study by Jürgen Rehm, Huan Jiang, Ahmed S Hassan, Pol Rovira, Kevin D Shield

“…Introduction Economic transition has historically been shown to be associated with longer life expectancy in current high-income countries. …”
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Reporting an immune-mediated neonatal hyperbilirubinemia following Rh (D) isoimmunization in an Indian term newborn bearing AMFA B Rh (D) positive phenotype by Manish Raturi, Bhawana Adhikari, Aastha Kalra, Mansi Kala, Anuradha Kusum

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Development an Artificial Neural Network Model for Estimating Cost of R/C Building by Using Life-Cycle Cost Function: Case Study of Mexico City by Henry E. Reyes, Juan Bojórquez, Laura Cruz-Reyes, Sonia E. Ruiz, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar, Edén Bojórquez, Manuel Barraza, Antonio Formisano, Omar Payán, José R. Torres

“…This paper addresses the importance of engineering asset management decisions and control. For this purpose, a Life-Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis is conducted for typical reinforced concrete (R/C) buildings located in Mexico City. …”
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Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life in Kawasaki Disease-Related Coronary Artery Aneurysm: A Large Single-Center Assessment in Nanjing, China by Yun Zhou, MD, Mei Chen, MD, Wenting Gao, MD, Yu Chen, MD, Ying Meng, MD

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Late Presentation of Persistent Left Superior Caval Vein in a Univentricular Heart with Successful Transcutaneous Occlusion Using Cera Lifetech Atrial Septal Occluder by Iyad AL-Ammouri, Ahmad Alhourani, Ayoub Innabi

“…We present a case of persistent left superior caval vein in a univentricular heart presenting with progressive and disabling cyanosis in a 35-year-old man eighteen years after his Kawashima operation. …”
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Maxillary Sinus Lift Using Autologous Periosteal Micrografts: A New Regenerative Approach and a Case Report of a 3-Year Follow-Up by Saturnino Marco Lupi, Arianna Rodriguez y Baena, Claudia Todaro, Gabriele Ceccarelli, Ruggero Rodriguez y Baena

“…This case report discusses about an innovative bone regeneration method that involves the use of autologous periosteal micrografts, which were used for a maxillary sinus floor lift in a 52-year-old female patient. This method allows for harvesting of a graft that is to be seeded on a PLGA scaffold and involves collection of a very little amount of palatal periosteal tissue in the same surgical site after elevation of a flap and disaggregation of it by using a Rigenera® filter. …”
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Pembrolizumab plus Pemetrexed and Platinum in Metastatic Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Real-Life Study at a Portuguese Centre by Maria João Santos, Filipa Ferro, Andrea Machado, Ana Sofia Vilariça, Direndra Hasmucrai, Paula Alves

“… First-line therapy for metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer without targetable mutations is platinum-based chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab if programmed death ligand 1 is < 50%. The aim of this real-life retrospective study is to assess the efficacy and safety of this therapy. …”
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The Effect of Preoperative Type 2 Diabetes and Physical Fitness on Mental Health and Health-Related Quality of Life after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass by Cathrine L. Wimmelmann, Michael T. Lund, Merethe Hansen, Flemming Dela, Erik L. Mortensen

“…To investigate the predictive value of type 2 diabetes and lack of physical activity for mental health and health-related quality of life after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Method. Forty severely obese patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass were included in the GASMITO study. …”
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Role of Intraoperative Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain in Hemodynamic and Cognitive Outcomes in On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study by Eric B. Lineburger, Rajesh C. Arya, Celso G. Junior, Fernanda S. Lima, Eduardo M. Búrigo, Gabriel Simoni R. Fermo

“…Background: The role of left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and outcomes such as low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS) is not well established. …”
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Dialysis therapy in Brazil: the significance of data from the Brazilian Society of Nephrology in understanding real-life scenarios and its role in shaping effective public policies by Natalia Maria S. Fernandes, Marcus G. Bastos, Fernando A.B. Colugnati

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Application of the DEB-TKTD model with multi-omics data: Prediction of life history traits of Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) under different salinities by Hanzun Zhang, Shipeng Dong, Hongwei Shan, Chao Yang, Fang Wang

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