Palliative Care in Congenital Syndrome of the Zika Virus Associated with Hospitalization and Emergency Consultation: Palliative Care and Congenital Syndrome of Zika by Aline Maria de Oliveira Rocha, Maria Julia Gonçalves de Mello, Juliane Roberta Dias Torres, Natalia de Oliveira Valença, Alessandra Costa de Azevedo Maia, Nara Vasconcelos Cavalcanti

“…Data were collected between May and October 2017 through the review of medical records and interviews with relatives of patients hospitalized. Setting/Participants. The study was developed in a tertiary care hospital involving patients with confirmed CSZV born as of August 2015 and followed up until October 2017. …”
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Examining the Carbon Footprint of Conferences with an Emphasis on Energy Consumption and Catering by Viktoria Mannheim, Judit Lovasné Avató

“…The main goal of our research was to prepare a complete life cycle assessment of a two-day (15-h), 200-participant in-person and online conference based on different impact assessment methods. …”
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The relationship of future anxiety with a multidimensional framework of well-being among undergraduate students: optimism and pessimism as mediators by Gülçin Güler Öztekin

“…Methods 1024 undergraduate students participated in the study. The mean age of students was 20.27 years (SD = 2.02). …”
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Impact of Innovation on Consumers Liking and Willingness to Pay for Traditional Sausages by Żakowska-Biemans Sylwia, Sajdakowska Marta, Issanchou Sylvie

“…In general, consumers in Warsaw are more inclined to pay more for innovative variants of Kabanos than consumers in Cracow. Participants from the two regions had also different hedonic reactions towards organic and spicy variant of Kabanos. …”
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Evaluation of Merdeka Belajar program of the Kampus Merdeka by Bernadetha Nadeak

“…The results of the study show that students who have participated in the MBKM program provide benefits such as each student can re-explore themselves to find what they like, what they want to develop even more, and what they want to make or create according to their interests and their talents. also provides additional competencies in solving problems, improving soft skills, job search competencies, and post-college preparation competencies. …”
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Combination Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV in Rwandan Adults: Clinical Outcomes and Impact on Reproductive Health up to 24 Months by Brenda Asiimwe-Kateera, Nienke Veldhuijzen, Jean Paul Balinda, John Rusine, Sally Eagle, Joseph Vyankandondera, Julie Mugabekazi, Pascale Ondoa, Kimberly Boer, Anita Asiimwe, Joep Lange, Peter Reiss, Janneke van de Wijgert

“…Of the women who carried at least one pregnancy to term since having been diagnosed HIV-positive, a third reported to have participated in a prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT, option A) intervention. …”
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Effect of Laryngeal Mask Air Way Insertion versus Endotracheal Intubation over Hemodynamic Responses in Pediatrics Patient Who Underwent Ophthalmic Surgery at Menelik II Hospital,... by Mohammed Suleiman Obsa, Azeb Lencha Sholla, Betelhem Girma Baraki, Getahun Dendir Welde, Temesgen Bati Gelgelu, Melese Meleku Kuruche

“…A systematic random sampling technique was used to select study participants. Data were entered into Epi info version 7 and transported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. …”
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Mothers in the Jazan Region of Saudi Arabia: Their Knowledge and Practices Regarding Diaper Dermatitis by Mai Mustafa, Gassem Gohal, Sami Alhazmi, Hussain Moafa, Nasser Hadi Ibrahim Sobaikhi, Musab Yahya Lahiq Dallak, Joud Alamri, Abdullah Alqahtani, Mohammed Matari, Khlood Khalid Alattas, Shouq Hakami, Rakan Hazazi, Sarah Salih

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive survey was conducted using a self-administered, validated online questionnaire. Participants included 417 mothers from Jazan region, utilizing a nonprobability convenience sampling technique. …”
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The effect of Miya on skeletal muscle changes by regulating gut microbiota in rats with osteoarthritis through AMPK pathway by Sen Wang, Zhengwei Duan, Zihua Li, Dong Yang, Hengli Lu, Yiwei Zhang, Yuesong Fu, Yonghao Guan, Guodong Li, Feng Qian, Tianyang Xu

“…Furthermore, their protein expression levels detected by western blot were consistent with those from RT-qPCR. Conclusion MY may partially regulate skeletal muscle changes and prevente OA development through the AMPK pathway.…”
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Diagnosis Profile and PTSD Comorbidity of Syrian Refugees Sample from Refugee Mental Health Branch Polyclinic by Ersin Uygun

“…Method: The Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I) was applied in Arabic language to the Syrian volunteers who applied to the Bakirkoy Mental Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital (BRHSS) refugee mental health policlinic to get mental health service during 2017. Results: 107 participants included in the study and seven (6.5%) of them were not diagnosed in any disorder according to the DSM criteria. …”
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The Associations of Serum Uric Acid with Obesity-Related Acanthosis nigricans and Related Metabolic Indices by Cuiling Zhu, Ran Cui, Mingming Gao, Sharvan Rampersad, Hui You, Chunjun Sheng, Peng Yang, Hui Sheng, Xiaoyun Cheng, Le Bu, Shen Qu

“…Weight, body mass index (BMI), UA, lipid profile, liver function, and renal function were measured in all participants. Oral glucose tolerance tests were performed, and serum glucose, insulin, and C peptide were measured at 0, 30, 60, 120, and 180 min. …”
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Predicted quality benefits of achievable performance benchmarks of chronic heart failure care in China: results from a nationwide observational study by Xi Li, Chao Wang, Jingkun Li, Yupeng Wang, Xiaoqiang Bao, Meina Liu, Qiuju Zhang, Chang Yin, Xudong Ma

“…Objectives This study aimed to set a data-driven achievable performance benchmark, explore the process–outcome association and speculate about the net gain in quality improvement with benchmarking.Design Observational study.Setting Patient survey conducted at 466 secondary and tertiary hospitals across 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China.Participants 183 334 patients diagnosed with chronic heart failure (CHF) who were treated at 466 Chinese hospitals from January 2011 through May 2017.Primary independent variables Hospital process composite performance (HPCP).Secondary independent variables Patient-level and hospital-level characteristics.Primary outcome measure Patients getting better or recovered after treatment, in-hospital mortality, length of hospital stay (LOS) and medical cost.Methods HPCP was calculated using denominator-based weights. …”
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Les premiers rassemblements alpins de vélos tout terrain by Jean Saint-Martin, Frédéric Savre, Thierry Terret

“…Ces enjeux économiques vont participer de son imminente institutionnalisation. Parmi les vecteurs de son développement, les premières compétitions et/ou manifestations jouent un rôle essentiel en établissant des relations privilégiées entre sport et économie touristique. …”
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Can We Trust the Literature on Risk Factors and Triggers for Low Back Pain? A Systematic Review of a Sample of Contemporary Literature by Emad M. Ardakani, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde, Bruce F. Walker

“…In 42 of the included 47 articles, it was not clear if the authors investigated RFs for the “disease” of LBP or triggers of new episodes. …”
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Utility of AD8 for Cognitive Impairment in a Chinese Physical Examination Population: A Preliminary Study by Yue Xie, Ya Gao, Jianjun Jia, Xiaohong Wang, Zhenfu Wang, Hengge Xie

“…The abnormal rate was 16.9%. All the participants were stratified into 9 groups by age; the prevalence of dementia was highly correlated with age (P<0.01). …”
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A MACHINE LEARNING DISTRACTED DRIVING PREDICTION MODEL by Samira AHANGARI, Mansoureh JEIHANI, Abdollah DEHZANGI

“…In this study, we use a Bayesian Network classifier as a robust machine learning algorithm on our trained data (80%) and tested (20%) with the data collected from a driving simulator, in which the 92 participants drove six scenarios of handheld calling, hands-free calling, texting, voice command, clothing, and eating/drinking on four different road classes (rural collector, freeway, urban arterial, and local road in a school zone). …”
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The Rhetoric of the Marked Syntactical Structures in Akhavan-Sales’s Poetry by Naser Gholi Sarli, Bahador Bagheri, Shirin Sadeghi

“…Hence, some marked syntactical structures in his poems are analyzed so that this article can participate in finding the above-mentioned method and theoretical framework, explaining some details of his craftsmanship in syntax and poetry. …”
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Modeling and Planning a Transmission Network Expansion System in a Regulated Electricity Market by Considering Demand-Side Management via a Developed Fuzzy-Salp Optimization Algori... by Yuying Zhang, Lei Xu, Ji Li, Long Zhang, Zhi Yuan

“…This is widely accepted: increasing the presence and participation of consumers in DR programs in the electricity market will benefit not only individual consumers but also the whole consumer community. …”
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A measure of modifiable lifestyle factors shaping subjective cognitive reserve in the general population by Carmen Moret-Tatay, Carmen Moret-Tatay, José María Tormos Muñoz, José María Tormos Muñoz, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Alvaro Pascual-Leone

“…A sample of 402 healthy participants aged 18 to 79 years took part in the study.ResultsThe SCR scale demonstrated strong psychometric properties, including internal consistency and construct validity, supporting the theoretical model of perceived cognitive reserve. …”
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Speech performance in language teaching-learning: Culturally textual and non-textual landscapes of Toba Caldera Geosites by Robert Sibarani, Mangatur Nababan, Wahyudi Wahyudi, Defri Elias Simatupang, Yessy Octavianna

“…The procedure covered (1) establishing the objectives of the study and bracketing, (2) locating participants or informants, (3) data collection, (4) transcription and data analysis, (5) coding and categorization, (6) phenomenological reduction, (7) descriptive and theoretical write-up, (8) interpretation and synthesis, (9) construction and reconstruction, (10) verification and validity, and (11) formulating the findings. …”
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