European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II and Liver Dysfunction by Andreea Ludusanu, Adelina Tanevski, Bogdan Mihnea Ciuntu, Razvan Lucian Bobeica, Dragos Andrei Chiran, Cristinel Ionel Stan, Viorel Dragos Radu, Vasile Lucian Boiculese, Grigore Tinica

“…., the MELD Score and EUROSCORE, offers the highest utility in terms of enhancing mortality prediction regarding these patients.…”
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USC-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles-Functionalized Scaffolds Promote Scarless Vaginal Defect Repair via Delivery of Decorin and DUSP3 Proteins by Xu Y, Li J, Qiu Y, Wu F, Xue Z, Liu B, Fan H, Zhou Y, Wu Q

“…This study highlights the potential of sEVs-loaded scaffolds as a promising strategy for scarless vaginal repair following vaginoplasty, offering a novel approach for regenerative medicine with significant translational potential for clinical application. …”
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Capturing the extent of climate's dynamic effects on runoff and nutrient yields across short- and long-term scales by Di Chang, Shuo Li

“…Then, a process-based factor-control quantification protocol was developed in SWAT model to capture how climate change drives runoff and nutrient yield variations from a physical process perspective, offering a distinct approach from empirical statistical analyses. …”
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Healthcare trajectories of aging individuals during their last year of life: application of process mining methods to administrative health databases by Delphine Bosson-Rieutort, Alexandra Langford-Avelar, Juliette Duc, Benjamin Dalmas

“…Conversely, services offered by local community centers were more prevalent among individuals who died of a terminal illness. …”
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Contagious acquisition of antimicrobial resistance is critical for explaining emergence in western Canadian feedlots—insights from an agent-based modelling tool by Dana Ramsay, Wade McDonald, Michelle Thompson, Nathan Erickson, Sheryl Gow, Nathaniel D. Osgood, Cheryl Waldner

“…This study compared the relative performances of these model configurations with respect to reproducing empirical AMR data.ResultsAcross all antimicrobial classes of interest, model configurations which included the potential for contagious acquisition of AMR offered stronger fits to the empirical data. Notably, sensitivity analyses demonstrated that model outputs were more robust to changes in the assumptions underscoring AMU than to those affecting the likelihood of transmission.DiscussionThis study establishes a feedlot simulation tool that can be used to explore questions related to antimicrobial stewardship in the context of BRD management. …”
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The Electroanatomic Volume of the Left Atrium as a Determinant of Recurrences in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation After Pulmonary Vein Isolation: A Prospective Study by Amaia Martínez León, David Testa Alonso, María Salgado, Ruth Álvarez Velasco, Minel Soroa, Daniel Gracia Iglesias, David Calvo

“…Electroanatomic mapping (EAM) offers a more accurate evaluation of LA geometry and volume, which may enhance the prediction of ablation outcomes. …”
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Impact of Handgrip Strength on Survival in Hemodialysis Patients by Kyungho Park, Seongyeop Jeong, Hyerim Park, Eu Jin Lee, Young Rok Ham, Ki Ryang Na, Dae Eun Choi

“…Handgrip strength (HGS) offers a quick and reliable measure of muscle strength and functional capacity. …”
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Effects of Long-Term Nitrogen Fertilization on Nitrous Oxide Emission and Yield in Acidic Tea (<i>Camellia sinensis</i> L.) Plantation Soils by Fuying Jiang, Yunni Chang, Jiabao Han, Xiangde Yang, Zhidan Wu

“…These findings highlight the importance of selecting appropriate fertilization timing and improving water and fertilizer management as key strategies for mitigating soil acidification, enhancing nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), and reducing N₂O emissions in acidic tea-plantation systems. This study offers a theoretical foundation for developing rational N fertilizer management practices and strategies aimed at reducing N₂O emissions in tea-plantation soils.…”
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The effects of mobile phone addiction on learning engagement of Chinese college students - the mediating role of physical activity and academic self-efficacy by Shuqiao Meng, Kai Qi, Panyi Shen, Meng Zhang, Yu Zhang, Nzubechi Onyebuchi, Ge Zhan, Fanqi Wei, Wenxia Tong, Yahui Han, Xiaoyu Ge

“…Increasing individuals’ physical activity levels and fostering their academic self-efficacy offers a means to alleviate the detrimental impact of mobile phone addiction on the learning engagement of college students.…”
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Protocol for the economic evaluation of metacognitive therapy for cardiac rehabilitation participants with symptoms of anxiety and/or depression by Patrick Doherty, David Reeves, Gemma E Shields, Adrian Wells, Lora Capobianco, Anthony Heagerty, Deborah Buck, Linda M Davies

“…Introduction Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is offered to reduce the risk of further cardiac events and to improve patients’ health and quality of life following a cardiac event. …”
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UAV Remote Sensing Technology for Wheat Growth Monitoring in Precision Agriculture: Comparison of Data Quality and Growth Parameter Inversion by Jikai Liu, Weiqiang Wang, Jun Li, Ghulam Mustafa, Xiangxiang Su, Ying Nian, Qiang Ma, Fengxian Zhen, Wenhui Wang, Xinwei Li

“…This study clarified the data quality of three prevalent UAV mounted sensor systems in PA and their influence on parameter inversion potential, offering guidance for selecting appropriate sensors and monitoring key crop growth parameters.…”
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Thermal Performance Analysis of Nanofluids for Heat Dissipation Based on Fluent by Junqiang Xu, Zemin Shang, Shan Qing

“…Among them, CuO-H₂O demonstrates excellent heat transfer performance due to its high thermal conductivity, Fe₃O₄-H₂O offers potential for further optimization by combining thermal and magnetic properties, and Al₂O₃-H₂O exhibits strong chemical stability, making it suitable for a wide range of applications. …”
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Association between childhood immunisation coverage and proximity to health facilities in rural settings: a cross-sectional analysis of Service Provision Assessment 2013–2014 facil... by Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Nicole E Johns, Mike Chisema, M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Katherine Kirkby, Anne Schlotheuber, Messeret Shibeshi, Samir V Sodha, Boston Zimba

“…We examined associations between proximity to health facilities and vaccination receipt via bivariate comparisons and logistic regression models.Participants 2740 children aged 12–23 months living in rural areas.Outcome measures Immunisation coverage for the six vaccines included in the Malawi Expanded Programme on Immunization schedule for children under 1 year at time of study, as well as two composite vaccination indicators (receipt of basic vaccines and receipt of all recommended vaccines), zero-dose pentavalent coverage, and pentavalent dropout.Findings 72% (706/977) of facilities offered childhood vaccination services. Among children in rural areas, 61% were proximal to (within 5 km of) a vaccine-providing facility. …”
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Understanding “Alert Fatigue” in Primary Care: Qualitative Systematic Review of General Practitioners Attitudes and Experiences of Clinical Alerts, Prompts, and Reminders by Illin Gani, Ian Litchfield, David Shukla, Gayathri Delanerolle, Neil Cockburn, Anna Pathmanathan

“…Research on mitigating alert fatigue and optimizing the use of CRs remains limited. This review offers much-needed insight into GP attitudes toward the deployment, design, and overall effectiveness of CRs. …”
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Oxaliplatin-Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles Decorated with Cetuximab Single-Chain Variable Fragment for Human Colorectal Cancer Treatment by Khadijeh Falahzadeh, Fariba Esmaeili, Leila Nematollahi, Elham Bayat, Mehdi Khoobi, Mohammadali Mazloomi, Masumeh Jalalvand, Reza Faridi Majidi, Babak Negahdari

“…This delivery system offers a promising method for delivering chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells. …”
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Nutritional Innovation Using Green Seaweed (Ulva sp.) and Garlic Powder Extracts for White‐Leg Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) Challenged by Vibrio harveyi by Nashwa Abdel‐Razek, Riad H. Khalil, Abeer A. M. Afifi, Afrah F. Alkhuriji, Dina M. Metwally

“…There were significant increases in serum total protein, acid phosphatase activity, alkaline phosphatase, lysosomal enzyme activity, phenoloxidase activity and superoxide dismutase activity with offered diets with increasing the levels of ethanolic extracts of Ulva sp. and garlic powder up to 2.0 g UE/kg diet and 6 g GPE/kg diet, respectively. …”
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A multi-layer neural network-based evaluation of MHD radiative heat transfer in Eyring–Powell fluid model by Muflih Alhazmi, Zahoor Shah, Muhammad Asif Zahoor Raja, Nafisa A. Albasheir, Maryam Jawaid

“…The obtained outcomes indicate that the model built and implemented utilizing a neural network offers precise performance ranging from 3.25E-13 to 5.41E-13 with a mean error of around 3.25E-13, 1.56E-11, 5.41E-13, 2.97E-12, 1.03E-11, 2.05E-12, 1.49E-12, and 5.01E-12, across eight different circumstances, suggesting improved capability and reliability of the developed predictive model. …”
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Efficacy and safety of NeoAdjuvant chemotherapy with or without tIslelizumab followed by debulking surgery for oVarian cancEr (NAIVE study) in China: study protocol of an open-labe... by Ying Zhu, Jianwei Zhou, Zhigang Zhang, Jiaojiao Zhang, Jing Fei, Xiaoqing Zhu

“…Introduction The prognosis for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is exceedingly poor, with patients diagnosed with stage III/IV tumours typically offered cytoreductive surgery in conjunction with chemotherapy as a standard treatment option. …”
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Contagious viruses’ corollaries and deterioration of quality education in developing countries: an integrated model of artificial intelligence (AI) awareness and remote working by Muhammad Asif Zaheer, Tanveer Muhammad Anwar, Mohamed Albeshr, Maryam Manzoor, Zoia Khan

“…Practical implications – The study offers several contributions including applications of technical skills with AI awareness among faculty members to provide quality education for society’s welfare. …”
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Evaluating ChatGPT’s diagnostic potential for pathology images by Liya Ding, Lei Fan, Lei Fan, Miao Shen, Miao Shen, Yawen Wang, Kaiqin Sheng, Zijuan Zou, Huimin An, Zhinong Jiang

“…These findings suggest that GPT-4 holds promise as a supportive tool in pathology diagnostics, offering the potential to assist pathologists in routine diagnostic workflows.…”
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