The trends of blood culture contamination and utilization rates in an LMIC tertiary care center from 2010 to 2022: a call for diagnostic stewardship? by Lama Saleh, Amanda Chamieh, Rima El Basst, Eid Azar

“…Methods: We define a contaminated BC as the growth of a typical contaminant/skin flora in 1-2/4 BC bottles. We calculate BCC rates as a percentage of the contaminated BC/total BC during the period and BCU rates as the number of BC/1000 patient days (PD). …”
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Acid-Base Balance in Healthy Adults: Beneficial Effects of Bicarbonate and Sodium-Rich Mineral Water in a Randomized Controlled Trial: The BicarboWater Study by Katharina Mansouri, Theresa Greupner, Edda van de Flierdt, Inga Schneider, Andreas Hahn

“…Potential renal acid load (PRAL) and nutrient intake were calculated at baseline and after 28 days. Results. HBS water consumption led to increased urinary pH (24-hour urine and spontaneous urine, both p<0.001) and bicarbonate levels (p<0.001), accompanied by reduced titratable acids (p<0.001) and ammonium (p<0.001), resulting in a lower renal net acid excretion (p<0.001). …”
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Estimation of Prevalence of Hospital-Acquired Blood Infections among Patients Admitted at a Tertiary Hospital in Oman over a Period of Five Years: A Cross-Sectional Study by Marah El-Beeli, Yahya Al-Farsi, Abdullah Balkhair, Zakariya Al-Muharrmi, Mansoor Al-Jabri, Samir Al-Adawi

“…HA-BSI prevalence estimates were calculated over age, gender, governorate, and follow-up time. …”
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Origin and Affinities of the Malmberget Iron Oxide-Apatite Deposit, Northern Sweden: Insights From Magnetite Chemistry and Fe-O Isotopes by Jens S. Henriksson, Valentin R. Troll, Ellen Kooijman, Ilya Bindeman, Tomas Naeraa, Tobias E. Bauer

“…Despite an overall magmatic to magmatic-hydrothermal origin for the two ore bodies studied, Fe-O isotope equilibrium calculations of the magnetite suggest a possible temperature discrepancy between the Fabian-Kapten ore body and the ViRi ore body, the latter showing a more pronounced magmatic character. …”
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Relationship between body volume and rib eye area in Colombian buffalo cattle by Sebastián Pineda-Sierra, Divier Antonio Agudelo-Gómez, Edison Julián Ramírez-Toro, Diana Carolina Solano-Suárez, Andrés Felipe Pérez-Rojo

“…Although BV was highly significant, the independent variables included in the calculation were not significant. The correlation between weight, height, and BV with REA was 0.77, 0.50, and 0.67, respectively. …”
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Trauma Volume and Performance of a regional Trauma Center in Korea: Initial 5-year analysis by Byungchul Yu, Giljae Lee, Min A Lee, Kangkook Choi, Sungyoul Hyun, Yangbin Jeon, Yong-Cheol Yoon, Jungnam Lee

“…More than 250 variables were analyzed. We calculated the predicted survival rates using the trauma and injury severity score (TRISS) method. …”
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Analysis of the effect of cutting depth under thick immediate roof on gob-side entry retaining stability by WANG Fei, WANG Xuqiang, SHI Xinyu, XU Huicong

“…., Ltd. as the engineering background, a combination of theoretical analysis, numerical calculation, and field monitoring was employed in this study. …”
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Ultra-fast biparametric MRI in prostate cancer assessment: Diagnostic performance and image quality compared to conventional multiparametric MRI by Antonia M. Pausch, Vivien Filleböck, Clara Elsner, Niels J. Rupp, Daniel Eberli, Andreas M. Hötker

“…Weighted Cohen’s Kappa (κ) was calculated to evaluate inter-reader agreement. Diagnostic performance was analyzed using clinical data and histopathological results from clinically indicated biopsies. …”
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The Gas-Sensing Properties of Ag-/Au-Modified Ti₃C₂T_x (T=O, F, OH) Monolayers for HCHO and C₆H₆ Gases by Xinghua Qi, Bahadar Nawab Khattak, Arif Alam, Wenfu Liu, Yingang Gui

“…Based on density functional theory calculations, this study analyzed the gas-sensing performance of Ti₃C₂T_x (T=O, F, OH) monolayers modified with precious metal atoms (Ag and Au) for HCHO and C₆H₆ gas molecules. …”
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Assessment of the Image Quality of Virtual Non-Contrast Dual-energy CT Liver Scans Using Both PSNR and SSIM Methods by Yaguang LI, Jie LI, Tingyu XUE, Jiankui MU, Qiang WANG, Lidong ZHENG, Yong WANG, Licun LEI

“…The CT numbers and noise values (standard deviation) of the liver and erector spinae muscle were measured, and the SNR and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) were calculated. The dose length product values of the TNC and enhanced three-phase VNC scans were recorded, and the objective evaluation indicators and radiation doses of the three-phase VNC and TNC images were compared. …”
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Endoscopic Nipple- or Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Breast Reconstruction with Endoscopic Harvesting of the Latissimus Dorsi Flap: A Preliminary Experience of an Innovative... by Yu Feng, Nan Wen, Faqing Liang, Jiao Zhou, Xiangquan Qin, Xinran Liu, Juan Li, Mengxue Qiu, Huanzuo Yang, Zhenggui Du

“…The outcomes were statistically calculated, including patient characteristics, operative data, complication rate, hospital length of stay and costs, and patient-reported outcomes. …”
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Impacto de uma dieta com baixo teor de FODMAPs nos sintomas gastrointestinais de pacientes diagnosticados com a síndrome do intestino irritável: uma revisão sistemática da literatu... by Mateus Siqueira, Luciana Marques Vieira

“…No entanto, a exclusão de FODMAPs (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols) da dieta tem sido estudada como potencial estratégia para tratar os sintomas da doença. …”
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Health utility value of overactive bladder in Japanese older adults by Takashi Yoshioka, Kenji Omae, Satoshi Funada, Tetsuji Minami, Rei Goto

“…The sample size was determined based on previous studies without statistical power calculations. Results Among the 998 participants (51.9% male; mean age, 73.2 years), 158 (15.9%) had OAB, of whom 87 (8.8%) had moderate‐to‐severe OAB. …”
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Comparison of Toric and Spherical Orthokeratology Lenses in Patients with Astigmatism by Jun Jiang, Lili Lian, Feifu Wang, Ling Zhou, Xuhong Zhang, E. Song

“…The corneal tangential difference mapping was conducted between baseline and every subsequent visit to calculate the magnitude of lens decentration. The corrective effect of ortho-K lens was measured by using the corneal axial difference map. …”
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Sex-specific differences in the efficacy of renal denervation in patients with resistant hypertension depending on visceral obesity and kidney function by Irina Zyubanova, Nadezhda Ryumshina, Victor Mordovin, Musheg Manukyan, Valeriya Lichikaki, Ekaterina Solonskaya, Anna Gusakova, Tatjana Suslova, Stanislav Pekarskiy, Simzhit Khunkhinova, Anastasia Popova, Veronika Rudenko, Alla Falkovskaya

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the sex differences in the efficacy of renal denervation (RDN) in patients with resistant hypertension (RHT) concerning the size of abdominal fat depots, changes in biomarkers of sympathetic activity, and renal function.Materials and methods24 men (56.5 ± 7.8 years) and 33 women (59.5 ± 8.4 years) with RHT were enrolled in the study and underwent RDN. 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (BP) [systolic/diastolic (SBP/DBP)], serum creatinine (with eGFR calculation), serum adipocytokines (leptin, adiponectin, resistin), serum metanephrines and normetanephrines were measured baseline and 12 months after RDN. …”
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The use of Geographic Information Systems as innovative tools for sustainable development strategies and enhancing the efficiency of forest sector entities by Lutsiv Nataliia, Pavlo Chukhna

“…It was found that GIS makes it possible to identify economically advantageous timber harvesting areas, reduce the costs of forest monitoring and inventory, assess the profitability of individual ecosystem service components, calculate the optimal amount of energy production, and minimize the loss of forest resources. …”
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Effect of bleaching and repolishing on whiteness change and staining susceptibility of resin-based materials by Sultan Aktuğ Karademir, Samet Atasoy, Beyza Yılmaz

“…The whiteness index change (∆WID, T1-T0), staining susceptibility (∆E1, T2-T1) and color change after repolishing (∆E2, T3-T1) of the samples were calculated in the CIE (Commission International De I’Eclairage) system. …”
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Nutritional Profiling of Wild Edible Plants: Quantification of Macronutrients and Minerals via Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) Fluorescence Spectroscopy by Muhammad Ibrahim, Naveed Akhtar, Asghar Khan, Sara, Yasir Anwar, Ling Shing Wong, Vetriselvan Subramaniyan, Vinoth Kumarasamy, Abdur Rauf, Yogesh Kumar Ahlawat, Nisha Sharma, Luciano de Almeida Lopes

“…A maximum energy value of 332.34 Kcal/100g was calculated for leaves of Solanum nigrum. The concentrations of carbon (C) in Mentha longifolia were (60.20%), followed by oxygen (46.06%) in Ziziphus jujuba, potassium (10.80%) in Rumex dentatusand nitrogen (7.98%) in Nasturtium officinale. …”
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Preoperative imaging predicts coracoid graft size and restoration of the glenoid track in Latarjet procedures by Stephanie A. Boden, MD, Brian M. Godshaw, MD, Jonathan D. Hughes, MD, Volker Musahl, MD, Albert Lin, MD, Bryson P. Lesniak, MD

“…Glenoid track (GT), percent glenoid bone loss, predicted restoration of GT, and the difference between HSI and GT (ΔHSI-GT) were calculated. Results: Seventeen patients with a mean age of 25 ± 9 years met inclusion criteria. …”
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ENERGY AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION DEPENDING ON THE QUALITY OF CORN GRAIN by Vitalii Palamarchuk, Roman Lohosha, Vadim Krychkovskyi

“…The yield of bioethanol from grain was calculated as the amount of ethanol obtained from a ton of carbohydrates in terms of starch, i.e., the ethanol yield. …”
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