Verifying the Usefulness of Pulmonary Blood Flow Studies in the Correction of Pulmonary Atresia and Ventricular Septal Defect with Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries by Zirou Huang, Fan Cao, Rongjun Zou, Minghui Zou, Weidan Chen, Wenlei Li, Guodong Huang, Li Ma, Xinxin Chen

“…The functional evaluation provided by pulmonary blood flow studies is highly accurate to predict intraoperative VSD repair. We recommend using pulmonary blood flow studies with a mean pulmonary artery pressure of ≤25 mmHg during blood perfusion at 3.0 L/min/m2 as the standard to repair VSD.…”
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PSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSTICS OF STUDENTS ADAPTATION TO UNIVERSITY STUDIES by Olga A. Molokova

“…Comparison of the results received at use of Sklyayn’s technique and a technique «Personal differential» shows that they investigate the same phenomenon at nonverbal and verbal levels: correlation of persons’ «real self» and «ideal self». …”
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A longitudinal study on the professional identity formation of health promotion practitioners: evidence from undergraduate students in Switzerland by Verena Biehl, Verena Biehl, Andreas Bänziger, Frank Wieber, Frank Wieber

“…Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate PI formation in undergraduate health promotion students. To conceptualize PI, we draw on social psychological theories and consider potential determinants across cognitive, social, motivational, and behavioral dimensions.MethodsTo gain insights into the PI formation of health promotion students, an observational longitudinal study was conducted using an online survey at three times of measurement. …”
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Impacts of the “Coal to Gas” Policy on Rural Air VOC Level and Ozone Potentials in North China by Zhiyong Li, Chen Liu, Chengjing Cao, Zhen Zhai, Changtao Huang, Zhuangzhuang Ren, Jixiang Liu, Lan Chen, Songtao Guo, Dingyuan Yang

“…Abstract A unique study was enacted during the heating season (HS) in 2020 and 2021 at a rural site in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to evaluate the policy impacts of “Coal to Gas” (CTG) on ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs). …”
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Early and Late Complications Associated with Penile Cancer Surgery and the Impact of Human Papillomavirus Status: Findings from a Retrospective Norwegian Cohort Study by Patrick Juliebø-Jones, Ida M. Nordanger, Christian Beisland, Tor K. Thorkelsen, Alfred Honoré, Christian A. Moen

“…One in four patients underwent reoperation due to recurrence during follow-up. HPV status had no association with the rate of either early or late complications. …”
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Growth performance of pigs fed low-protein diets supplemented with crystalline amino acids at different growth stages by Inho Cho, Changsu Kong

“…In the growing stage, the dietary CP reduction did not affect growth performance. During the finishing stage, decrease in dietary CP concentrations decreased ADFI from 3 to 6 weeks (quadratic, p<0.01) and 0 to 6 weeks (quadratic, p = 0.01). …”
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The Association of Thyroid Hormone Changes with Inflammatory Status and Prognosis in COVID-19 by Ceyda Dincer Yazan, Can Ilgin, Onur Elbasan, Tugce Apaydin, Saida Dashdamirova, Tayfun Yigit, Uluhan Sili, Aysegul Karahasan Yagci, Onder Sirikci, Goncagul Haklar, Hulya Gozu

“…Therefore, in this study, we aimed to evaluate the thyroid function status and thyroid autoimmunity in COVID-19 patients. …”
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Gibberellin-3 induced dormancy and suppression of flower bud formation in pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) by Kamran Shah, Xiaoyue Zhu, Tiantian Zhang, Jiayi Chen, Jiaxuan Chen, Yonghua Qin

“…Results GA3 application during peak flowering period significantly altered hormone levels, reducing auxin (AUX), cytokinin (CTK) active forms dihydrozeatin riboside (dhZR), zeatin riboside (ZR), N6-isopentenyladenosine (iPA), and brassinosteroid (BR), while increasing jasmonic acid (JA), GA3, and gibberellin-4 (GA4) levels, with abscisic acid (ABA) levels remaining unchanged compared to control. …”
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Genome-wide identification and characterization of the bZIP family in the Mangrove Plant Kandelia obovata and its role in response to stress by Yuchong Yi, Yuting Qiu, Hongyao Hu, Dandan Qin, Hechen Huang, Taiping Chen, Wenqi Zha, Yingjia Shen

“…The expression patterns of KobZIP genes across different tissues and under various abiotic stress conditions were analyzed using transcriptomic data and experimental validation. …”
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Socioeconomic and health-related inequalities in major depressive symptoms among older adults: a Wagstaff’s decomposition analysis of data from the LASI baseline survey, 2017–2018... by Manish Kumar, Shobhit Srivastava, T. Muhammad, Anjali Elsa Skariah

“…Objectives To find out the association between socioeconomic and health status and depression among older adults and explore the contributing factors in the socioeconomic and health-related inequalities in late-life depression.Design A cross-sectional study was conducted using large representative survey data.Setting and participants Data for this study were derived from the baseline wave of the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India conducted during 2017–2018. …”
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Pre-service teachers' perceptions of physical, socioemotional and cognitive traits in gifted students: unveiling bias? by Carmen Ferrándiz, Mercedes Ferrando-Prieto, Álvaro Infantes-Paniagua, Álvaro Infantes-Paniagua, Maria Carmen Fernández Vidal, Rosa María Pons

“…This study examines Spanish pre-service teachers' stereotypical conceptions of gifted and non-gifted students focusing on physical appearance and athletic ability.MethodsFollowing a mixed methods research with between subjects design and using a convenience sampling, 455 last-year pre-service teachers enrolled during 2023–2024 in one of three university degrees or one Master's degree related to teacher training at University of Murcia were randomly assigned a vignette in order to rate the intellectual ability, motivation, prosociality, and physical characteristics of a fictitious 12-year-old student whose ability level (gifted/non-gifted) and gender (girl/boy), varied. …”
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Characteristics and Determinants of Partial Remission in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Using the Insulin-Dose-Adjusted A1C Definition by Aurore Pecheur, Thierry Barrea, Valérie Vandooren, Véronique Beauloye, Annie Robert, Philippe A. Lysy

“…Clinical and biological features were collected at diagnosis and during follow-up. PR was defined using the insulin-dose-adjusted A1C definition. …”
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Uptake and hesitancy of the second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among the general population in China after the surge period of the COVID-19 pandemic: a large-scale national st... by Xin Liu, You Xin, Ling Zhang, Yijin Wu, Shu Jing, Zhenwei Dai, Tianrui Ren, Xiaoyang Liu, Jiaqi Fu, Xu Chen, Weijun Xiao, Hao Wang, Yiman Huang, Wenjun Wang, Xiaofen Gu, Li Ma, Shaokai Zhang, Yanqin Yu, Li Li, Tianzuo Gao, Tianyou Zhao, Yimin Qu, Xinyan Liu, Xiaoyou Su, Youlin Qiao

“…Abstract Background Although the second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines is available, vaccine hesitancy among the public may have peaked due to the surge in infections caused by the Omicron variant. …”
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PRISM-Med: Parameter-Efficient Robust Interdomain Specialty Model for Medical Language Tasks by Jieui Kang, Hyungon Ryu, Jaehyeong Sim

“…Through comprehensive empirical evaluation across multiple medical benchmarks (MedProb, MedNER, MedQuAD), we demonstrate that PRISM-Med achieves consistent performance improvements, with gains of up to 10.1% in medical QA tasks and 2.7% in medical knowledge evaluation compared to traditional fine-tuning baselines. …”
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Spatially explicit assessment of water stress and potential mitigating solutions in a large water-limited basin: the Yellow River basin in China by W. Zhang, W. Zhang, X. Zhao, X. Zhao, X. Gao, W. Liang, J. Li, B. Zhang

“…Water demand in the 2030s is predicted to be 6.5 % higher than during 2001–2020 (34.2 km<span class="inline-formula">³</span>) based on the trajectory of historical irrigation water use and corrected socio-economic data under different Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs). …”
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Surfactant-derived protein type B: a new biomarker linked to respiratory failure and lung damage in mild to moderate SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia by Massimo Mapelli, Elisabetta Salvioni, Irene Mattavelli, Cristina Banfi, Stefania Ghilardi, Arianna Greco, Maria Luisa Biondi, Sara Rovai, Elisabetta Mancini, Sergio Harari, Piergiuseppe Agostoni

“…Background The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant concern due to its impact on human health, particularly through pneumonia-induced lung damage. …”
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Thulium laser enucleation of the prostate plus thulium fiber laser therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia combined with bladder stones by Chen Wang, Yuanwei Li, Yongjun Yang, Junjie Chen, Zhuo Li, Guangqing Song, Jia Chen, Liu Zhe, Yili Teng, Qiang Lu

“…Aim: This work explored the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of using thulium laser enucleation of the prostate (ThuLEP) and thulium fiber laser (TFL) on a single-energy platform to treat BPH combined with BS. …”
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Impact of centrifugal therapeutic plasma exchange on platelet counts in patients with neurological autoimmune diseases by GAO Qingmei, ZHU Xinfang, WANG Yuan, ZHONG Yao, ZHANG Qi, XIA Rong

“…[Objective] To assess the effect of a centrifugal haemocyte separator on platelet counts in patients with neurological immune-mediated disorders during/after therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE). [Methods] This study included 189 patients (108 females and 81 males) who were treated in the department of neurology at Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, from March 2021 to March 2022. …”
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Timing, risk factors, and causes of foetal and preweaning lamb mortality in lowland production systems involving a range of ewe genotypes by D. Shiels, J.F. Mee, J.P. Hanrahan, C.M. Dwyer, S. Fagan, T.W.J. Keady

“…Chlamydia abortus was detected more often in lambs from 2-year-old ewes lambing for the first time than in lambs from older ewes. …”
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Content validation of an activity-based therapy tracking tool in a community setting for people living with spinal cord injury or disease using cognitive debriefing interviews. by Anita Kaiser, Hanan Idd, Katherine Chan, Alexander Djuric, Sandi Marshall, Heather Cairns-Mills, Jennifer Leo, Kristin E Musselman

“…Recommendations to improve the tool included adding a comment section and additional parameters to each activity. (2) Facilitators of tool use, dissemination and implementation. Using the tool during rest breaks or after the session were suggested to maximize therapy time. …”
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