Combination of White Blood Cell Count to Mean Platelet Volume Ratio and Neutrophil-to-Platelet Ratio Predicts Long-Term Adverse Events in Patients with MINOCA by Ayman A. Mohammed, Lu Liu, Redhwan M. Mareai, Abdul-Quddus Mohammed, Guoqing Yin, Shekhar Singh, Yawei Xu, Fuad A. Abdu, Wenliang Che

“…Multivariable Cox regression analysis was used to assess the effect of independent variables of WMR and NPR on the dependent variable (MACE). …”
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Analysis of the Mechanical Characteristics of the Basic WALK Step in Rumba from a Kinematic Perspective by Yu Wu

“…Methods: Five professional dancers and five amateur students participated in video recordings using two JVC cameras. Kinematic data were processed using APAS software to analyze the center of gravity changes and lower limb joint data in both groups. …”
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Learning to play to learn in pediatric physical therapy by Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Stacey C. Dusing, Gay L. Girolami, Gunn Kristin Øberg, Hanne De Jaegher

“…We interviewed 14 PPTs about their use of play, including video-elicited questions while viewing recordings of their therapy sessions. …”
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How and when supervisors’ information sharing reduces new employees’ errors by Tesfaye A. Bafa, Mingyu Zhang, Chong Chen

“…Method: The research is a descriptive and explanatory study using cross-sectional and quantitative methods to analyse data using structural equation modelling. …”
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Reducing the Brace Correction Stress on the Secondary Lumbar Curve Results in Excellent Muscle, Bone, and Disc Mechanical Performance: A Musculoskeletal Finite Element Simulation o... by Xiaohui Zhang, Di Wang, Danyu Lv, Jinmiao Lv, Huiyi Tang, Jinlin Qian, Bagen Liao

“…Investigateing, more effective clinical interventions to break the vicious cycle of patients during growth. Methods A finite element model, including muscle, bone, and disc, was established using computed tomography data of a patient with RigoA3 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. …”
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Reduced Fascicle Area Demonstrated in Ilioinguinal Nerves Resected from Primary Inguinal Herniorrhaphy Patients as Evidence of Compression Neuropathy by Robert Wright, Donald E. Born, Troy Sanders, Jordan Landes, Troy Salisbury, Anjali S. Kumar, Makena Horne

“…Previous studies have reported 63% of primary inguinal hernia patients present with apparent enlargement of the ilioinguinal nerve beyond the inguinal ring. This may be due to hernia-related pressure on the canal portion of the ilioinguinal nerve, a form of compression neuropathy. …”
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Uncovering potential causal genes for undiagnosed congenital anomalies using an in-house pipeline for trio-based whole-genome sequencing by Jeong-Min Kim, Hye-Won Cho, Dong Mun Shin, Oc-Hee Kim, Jihyun Kim, Hyeji Lee, Gang-Hee Lee, Joon-Yong An, Misun Yang, Heui Seung Jo, Ja-Hyun Jang, Yun Sil Chang, Hyun-Young Park, Mi-Hyun Park

“…Abstract Background Congenital anomalies (CAs) encompass a wide spectrum of structural and functional abnormalities during fetal development, commonly presenting at birth. …”
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The Renal and Liver Complications Development among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Kirkuk City by Wasan Talib Abed, Walaa Esmael Jassim, Emad Mohamed Rasheed

“…The hospital-based cases- control study was conducted for patients with T2DM patients that attended the diabetic clinics in Kirkuk during the period from March 2021– to August 2021 and were screened for serum conc. of liver function tests (Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT), Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) and Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)), renal function tests (Creatinine and Urea) especially with (family history of diabetes, & hypertension.  …”
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Visual Mapping of Operating Theater Team Dynamics and Communication for Reflexive Feedback and Surgical Practice Optimization by Surya Surendran, MA, Candice Bonaconsa, MSc, Vrinda Nampoothiri, PharmD, Oluchi Mbamalu, PhD, Anu George, PGDip, Swetha Mallick, MCh, Sudheer OV, MCh, Alison Holmes, MD, Marc Mendelson, PhD, Sanjeev Singh, PhD, Gabriel Birgand, PhD, Esmita Charani, PhD

“…Effective operating theater (OT) communication and teamwork are essential to optimal surgical outcomes. We mapped the OT team dynamics and infection control practices using visual methods to guide reflexive feedback and optimize perioperative practices. …”
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Oxygen-modulated photoresponse in nickel oxide thin films for wide band gap photodetector application by Swati Suman, Anupama Behra, Parasuraman Swaminathan

“…Abstract Metal oxides, due to their wide band gap, are well suited for use in photodetectors as the active light-absorbing layer. …”
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Clean energy development and low-carbon transition in China’s power industry by Yuxuan Cai, Edmund HoiNgan Loi, Chih-Lin Tung, Hao Wang, Jiansong Zheng

“…The high emission levels are primarily attributed to the extensive consumption of fossil resources during thermal power generation. Developing clean energy power generation to replace thermal power generation is one of the main strategies to mitigate the high level of carbon emissions in the power industry and thus promoting its low-carbon transition.MethodTo explore the relationship between China’s development level of clean electricity and carbon emissions from thermal power, this paper conducts an empirical study using provincial data from 2008 to 2021, while employing fixed-effects models, mediation effect tests, and heterogeneity tests.Results and discussionThe results indicate that an increase in the level of clean electricity development reduces CO2 emissions from thermal power, and this effect exhibits a trend of diminishing from the eastern economic zone to the western economic zone in China. …”
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Low-density Lipoproteins and Degrees of Cardiovascular Risk in Adults over 40 Years of Age: Case-control Study by Abel Pérez Pavón, Francisco Sánchez Hernández, Karla Doriam Gámez Ávalos, Donovan Casas Patiño, Alejandra Rodríguez Torres

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> an investigation was carried out with a case-control design during 2023, using the 1:1 case-control ratio formula, (230 subjects) who met the selection criteria. …”
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Effect of Maggot Flour (Hermetia illucens larvae) on Histopathology of Koi carp <I>(Cyprinus carpio)</I> Muscles and Gills Infected with <I>Edwarsiella tarda</I> by Hengki Pradana, Arief Prajitno, Maftuch Maftuch

“…Based on this, the provision of maggot flour can be used to prevent infection of E. tarda against C. carpio.…”
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Interdependence of coagulation with immunotherapy and BRAF/MEK inhibitor therapy: results from a prospective study by Malte Beckmann, Julian Schlüter, Michael Erdmann, Rafaela Kramer, Sarah Cunningham, Holger Hackstein, Robert Zimmermann, Lucie Heinzerling

“…The ICI cohort presented significantly increased factor VIII activity after one week of therapy (p 0.0225); while, protein S activity was reduced during the whole observation period. Additionally, von Willebrand factor activity and tissue factor concentrations increased under immunotherapy. …”
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Efficacy of Percutaneous Image-Guided Rupture of Lumbar Facet Cysts: A Retrospective Study by Yohei Ishihara, Masutaro Morishita, Koji Kanzaki

“…Clinical evaluations (visual analogue scale (VAS) and recovery rate calculated using the Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) scores) and radiographic evaluations (size of LFC based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)) were performed from pretreatment to the final follow-up examination. …”
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Estimated effect of rotational components of seismic impact on the strength-strain state of simple systems by O. V. Mkrtychev, A. A. Reshetov, E. M. Lokhova

“…The problem in the plane formulation was solved using the central differences method in LS-DYNA software and the fourth-order Runge – Kutta method in the MATLAB software, considering one translational component and also considering one translational and one rotational component. …”
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Psoriasis increases the risk of Sjögren’s syndrome: evidence from a propensity score-matched cohort study and transcriptomic analysis by Zijian Kang, Yu Du, Ran Cui, Qian Wang, Miao Chen, Yu-Hsun Wang, James Cheng‐Chung Wei, Sheng-Ming Dai

“…Methods A retrospective cohort study using TriNetX data compared SS development in patients with psoriasis and controls using propensity score matching, Kaplan–Meier curves, and Cox models. …”
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The Influence of Personality Traits and Domain Knowledge on the Quality of Decision-Making in Engineering Design by Muhammad Ahmad, Guoxin Wang

“…To achieve this objective, we utilized a simulated design environment that can capture decision-making information. …”
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A Noval Method for Surgical Removal of the Impacted Mandibular Third Molar: Sartawi Technique by Hassan Sartawi

“…This preliminary study presents a new surgical approach (Sartawi technique) which can be used during extraction of impacted and semi-impacted lower third molars, the results showed that the operation time was noticeably reduced, the size of exposed mucoperiosteum tissue was minimized compared to the conventional method, the use of the mucoperiosteum elevator was eliminated, and number of suture knots and suture used to close the surgical site reduced to a single stitch.…”
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The role of chemical amendments on modulating ammonia loss and quality parameters of coâcomposts from waste cocoa pods by Rokotamana Vitinaqailevu, B. K. Rajashekhar Rao

“…Conclusion Chemical amendments used in the co-composting process mainly modulated pH without any detrimental effects on quality. …”
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