大學教師學術發表影響力之影響因素 Factors Influencing Publication Impact of Faculty by 郭玲玲 Ling-Ling Kueh, 許清芳 Ching-Fan Sheu

“…Faculty members were classified into two major domains: natural sciences and humanities and social sciences. …”
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Acupuncture as a Therapeutic Intervention for Alleviating Pain Associated with Knee Osteoarthritis in the Elderly by Ida Ayu Suptika Strisanti, Ida Ayu Anom Rastiti, Kadek Buja Harditya, I Dewa Ayu Agra Darmawati, Komang Rosa Tri Anggaraeni

“… Introduction: Osteoarthritis is a common joint disease associated with aging, with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) affecting both elderly men and women in Indonesia. KOA is a major cause of disability and immobility, significantly impacting the quality of life of the elderly. …”
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LncRNA HOTAIR: A Novel Biomarker for the Diagnosis of Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis and Prediction of the Onset of Cerebral Ischemic Events by Pengcheng Feng, Chenguang Tong, Yuan Li, Li Liu

“…Abstract Background Carotid artery stenosis (CAS) is a major cause of cerebral ischemic events (CIE). The purpose of the research was to reveal the diagnostic accuracy of long non-coding RNA hox transcript antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR) in asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) patients and its predictive significance in CIE incidence. …”
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Serum interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist levels in South Indian fibromyalgia patients and its correlation with disease severity by Sandeep Surendran, C B Mithun, Vishnu S Chandran, Suma Balan, Arun Tiwari

“…Materials and Methods: This single-center cross-sectional study compared the serum cytokines levels (IL-6, IL-8, and IL-1Ra) of 21 females fulfilling 2016 modification of the 2010/11 American College of Rheumatology fibromyalgia criteria and without co-existent major depressive or inflammatory diseases; with 20 age- and sex-matched controls. …”
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Changes in Hepatic Blood Flow and Liver Function during Closed Abdominal Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy following Cytoreduction Surgery by Stéphanie Dupont, Eduardo R. C. Schiffer, Marion J. White, John R. A. Diaper, Marc-Joseph Licker, Philippe C. Masouyé

“…Friedman’s two-way analysis of variance by ranks and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were performed for statistical analysis. …”
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Akin Ogundiran: The Historian and Archaeologist of Yoruba-Atlantic becomes Chancellor Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte by Toyin Falola

“…He is the third professor in the university’s history to attain this distinguished rank—https://provost.uncc.edu/news/2019-10-28/ogundiran-receives-chancellors-professordesignation Professor Ogundiran has always been as exceptional as he was promising. …”
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Formation and Identification of Unresolved Complex Mixtures in Lacustrine Biodegraded Oil from Nanxiang Basin, China by Pengfei Guo, Sheng He, Shukui Zhu, Derong Chai, Shiyan Yin, Wei Dai, Wanfeng Zhang

“…By injecting standard materials and analyzing mass spectrums of target compounds, it is shown that cyclic alkanes with one to five rings are the major components of UCMs. Furthermore, UCMs were divided into six classes. …”
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Bone-Targeted Therapies in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Evolving Paradigms by Joelle El-Amm, Ashley Freeman, Nihar Patel, Jeanny B. Aragon-Ching

“…Another bone-targeted agent is denosumab which is a fully humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to the RANK-L thereby inhibiting RANK-L mediated bone resorption. …”
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Comparison of Approaches for Stroke Prophylaxis in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: Network Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials. by Navkaranbir S Bajaj, Rajat Kalra, Nirav Patel, Taimoor Hashim, Hemant Godara, Sameer Ather, Garima Arora, Tilak Pasala, Thomas T Whitfield, David C McGiffin, Mustafa I Ahmed, Steven G Lloyd, Nita A Limdi, Pankaj Arora

“…Surface under the cumulative ranking curve were then utilized to cluster rank these treatments for safety and efficacy.…”
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Factors influencing compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue among nurses: a study in a tertiary hospital by Sarah Sharmala Nadarajan, Ping Lei Chui, Wan Ling Lee, Noor Hanita Zaini

“…Conclusions In this study, the majority of the nurses reported decreased compassion satisfaction and increased burnout. …”
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Scientometric Evaluation of Research Productivity on Diabetes from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the Last Two Decades (2000-2019) by Zohair Jamil Gazzaz, Nadeem Shafique Butt, Nadeem Alam Zubairi, Ahmad Azam Malik

“…Saudi Arabia was 28th in rank with 2600 documents (0.83% of global share). …”
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Fibrin Glue Enhances Adipose-Derived Stromal Cell Cytokine Secretion and Survival Conferring Accelerated Diabetic Wound Healing by Ursula Hopfner, Matthias M. Aitzetmueller, Philipp Neßbach, Michael S. Hu, Hans-Guenther Machens, Zeshaan N. Maan, Dominik Duscher

“…Although chronic wounds are a major personal and economic burden, treatment options are still limited. …”
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Efficacy and fibrinogen correlations of defibrinogen therapy in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss by Bing Wang, Wen Zhang, Jin Zhang, Qimei Yang, Bing Han, Hui Liu, Ziyu Zhao

“…Throughout the follow-up period, no major complications were observed. The study findings suggest that batroxobin therapy not only improves hearing recovery but also maintains plasma fibrinogen at a low and safe level. …”
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Oxidative balance score and its association with chronic inflammatory airway diseases and mortality: a population-based study by Zhuanbo Luo, Shiyu Chen, Peixu Chen, Feng Qiu, Weina Huang, Chao Cao

“…Kaplan–Meier survival analysis showed that individuals in the highest quartile of OBS had the lowest risk of both all-cause mortality (log-rank test p = 0.017) and respiratory diseases mortality (log-rank test p < 0.001). …”
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Practice and effectiveness evaluation of integrated teaching of life education and hospice & palliative care for undergraduates in a medical college in Shanghai by JING Limei, WANG Jingrong, WANG Hui

“…The teaching effect data were collected by questionnaire survey and semi-structured qualitative interview. The Wilcoxon rank sum test was used to quantitatively analyze the objective teaching effect while the thematic analysis method was used to evaluate the subjective learning effect of students.ResultsThrough the integrated teaching practice, the quantitative analysis found that students’ overall evaluation of the course was higher. …”
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Relationship between White Blood Count to Mean Platelet Volume Ratio and Clinical Outcomes and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coron... by Altekin Refik Emre, Kilinc Ali Yasar, Yanikoglu Atakan, Cicekcibasi Orhan, Kucuk Murathan

“…The endpoint of our study is major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) seen in the in-hospital and follow-up periods. …”
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En Balance: The Contribution of Physical Activity to the Efficacy of Spanish Diabetes Education of Hispanic Americans with Type 2 Diabetes by Dequina A. Nicholas, Lorena M. Salto, Kristen Lavelle, Joy Wilson, W. Lawrence Beeson, Anthony Firek, William H. R. Langridge, Zaida Cordero-MacIntyre, Marino De Leon

“…This analysis indicates that diabetes public health educators should emphasize the benefit of physical activity on glycemic control even in the absence of major weight loss.…”
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Prognostic Factors on the Graft-versus-Host Disease-Free and Relapse-Free Survival after Adult Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Yao-Chung Liu, Sheng-Hsuan Chien, Nai-Wen Fan, Ming-Hung Hu, Jyh-Pyng Gau, Chia-Jen Liu, Yuan-Bin Yu, Liang-Tsai Hsiao, Tzeon-Jye Chiou, Cheng-Hwai Tzeng, Po-Min Chen, Jin-Hwang Liu

“…The cure of hematologic disorders by allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is often associated with major complications resulting in poor outcome, including graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), relapse, and death. …”
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Oxidative Stress and Risk of Dementia in Older Patients with Depression: A Longitudinal Cohort Study Using Plasma Biomarkers by Yoo-Jin Jang, Min-Ji Kim, Su-Jin Lee, Shinn-Won Lim, Doh-Kwan Kim

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: A longitudinal cohort of 146 older patients with major depressive disorder was analyzed. Biomarkers, such as nitrotyrosine, protein carbonyl, F2-isoprostanes, malondialdehyde, 4-hydroxynonenal, and 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine, were collected at baseline and measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. …”
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AIPerf: Automated Machine Learning as an AI-HPC Benchmark by Zhixiang Ren, Yongheng Liu, Tianhui Shi, Lei Xie, Yue Zhou, Jidong Zhai, Youhui Zhang, Yunquan Zhang, Wenguang Chen

“…With a flexible workload and single metric, AIPerf can easily scale on and rank AI-HPC, providing a powerful benchmark suite for the coming supercomputing era.…”
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