Predictive Factors of Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Subjects: A Monocenter Prospective Observational Study in Algeria by Nadia Fettal, Nadjet Siali, Mahammed Chaker, Abdelbassat Ketfi

“…A threshold of three exacerbations per year was established to identify frequent exacerbators. In addition, we assessed the quality of life using the COPD Assessment Test questionnaire. …”
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Is There a Relationship between Serum Anti-Mullerian Hormone Levels and Abortion Rates in Patients Who Received In vitro Fertilisation-Embryo Transfer Cycles? by Pinar Karacin, Serdar Dilbaz, Oya Aldemir, Berna Dilbaz, Yaprak Engin Ustun

“…The groups were compared in terms of obstetric, treatment cycle characteristics and abortion rates. Statistical Analysis Used: The Mann–Whitney U-test was used in comparison of non-parametric data of two groups; the Kruskal–Wallis test was used to compare the data of more than two groups. …”
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Geomatics and metaverse for lost heritage sites documentation and dissemination: the case study of Palmyra Roman Theatre (Syria) by Anna Forte, Yara Jamil Alkhatib, Gabriele Bitelli, Eva Savina Malinverni, Roberto Pierdicca

“…The Roman Theatre in Palmyra, Syria, partially destroyed during Syria’s war in 2017, serves as a case study. …”
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A Survey on the Organization and Operation of Level II/III Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Greece: A Comparison Between 2004 and 2022 by Kosmas Sarafidis, Nicoletta Iacovidou, Eleftheria Hatzidaki, Ilias Chatziioannidis, Gabriel Dimitriou

“…The number of available NICU beds also increased during the study period. The ratio of ventilators to intensive care beds significantly improved (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Risks of parasitic helminth disease outbreaks and influence of physico-chemical factors in flood prone areas of Yaoundé, Cameroon by Noura Efietngab Atembeh, Jean Patrick Molu, Jeanne Valerie Emvoutou Maboulou, Boris Fominyam, Rodrigue Nanfack Dongmo, Gabriel Bertrand Zambo, Emilie Tchinda Tiecheu, Jeannette Tombi, Lucia Nkengazong, Serge Hubert Zebaze Togouet, Jean Louis Essame Oyono

“…Intestinal parasite resistant forms were identified using the basic sedimentation technique, while water parameters were assessed using standard procedures. …”
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Populism in the political culture of Turkey: The foreign policy dimension by P. V. Shlykov

“…The research scrutinizes a wide selection of party manifestos and public speeches of Turkish politicians with primarily focus on Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s statements during his incumbency as the prime-minister and the president. …”
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Continuous underground observation of the geomagnetic field in Xuzhou City, North China, and its time-varying characteristics by Mei Han, Mei Han, Lianghui Guo, Lianghui Guo, Lianghui Guo, Yun Wang, Yun Wang, Xiang Wang, Xiang Wang

“…Underground space in Xuzhou City, North China, has become a favorable site for continuous geomagnetic observation to reveal geomagnetic-field variations and to monitor seismic activity due to its distinct advantage of an “ultra-quiet” and “ultra-clean” environment with low electromagnetic interference. …”
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Analysis of indoor radon concentration levels and trends in China by Bowei Ding, Yunyun Wu, Yanchao Song, Changsong Hou, Bing Shang

“…A systematic review of publicly available papers on indoor radon data from 1980 to 2023 was conducted to provide a preliminary understanding of indoor radon concentration levels and trends in China. Keywords were used to collect literature on indoor radon surveys in China during the periods of before 2000, 2000–2010 and after 2010 in the CNKI, WANFANG, VIP and PubMed databases. …”
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Integrative analyses of morpho-physiological, biochemical, and transcriptomic reveal the seedling growth response of Pinus yunnanensis to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization by Junfei Xu, Junfei Xu, Xiyan Li, Shi Chen, Shi Chen, Lin Chen, Lin Chen, Junrong Tang, Junrong Tang, Peizhen Chen, Peizhen Chen, Nianhui Cai, Nianhui Cai, Yulan Xu, Yulan Xu

“…The slow growth of this species during the seedling stage exacerbates these problems. …”
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Hop to It! The Relationship Between Hop Tests and The Anterior Cruciate Ligament – Return to Sport Index After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in NCAA Division 1 Collegia... by Michael Zarro, Madelyn Dickman, Timothy Hulett, Robert Rowland, Derrick Larkins, Jeffrey Taylor, Christa Nelson

“…Understanding the relationship between commonly used hop tests and the Anterior Cruciate Ligament -- Return to Sport Index (ACL-RSI) may improve rehabilitation strategies and optimize patient outcomes…”
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Interaction of Hypertension and Insulin Resistance Exacerbates the Occurrence of Diabetes Mellitus in Healthy Individuals by Baomin Wang, Yumei Yang, Xiaomu Li

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlations between different blood pressure levels and different degrees of insulin resistance, as well as their interactions, with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus. Methods. We conducted a retrospective study on 1251 adult medical examiners who were examined in the Physical Examination Center of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University (Shanghai, China) during 2015. …”
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Co-occurring climate events and environmental justice in California, 2018–2019 by Brittany Shea, Gabriella Y Meltzer, Benjamin B Steiger, Robbie M Parks, Vivian Do, Heather McBrien, Nina Flores, Milo Gordon, Elizabeth M Blake, Joan A Casey

“…This means climate-driven events like wildfires and power outages will likely co-occur more often, potentially magnifying their health risks. We characterized three types of climate-driven events—anomalously warm temperatures, wildfire burn zone disasters, and long power outages—in 58 California counties during 2018–2019. …”
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Investigation of 4-Nitro-N, N-diphenylaniline as a chemical tracer under high pressure high temperature reservoir conditions for enhanced oil recovery applications by Subhadip Maiti, Nishant Kumar Choudhary, Kiran R. Gore, Sandeep D. Kulkarni

“…As a result of these distinct retention times, the novel tracer could easily be used along with conventional tracers without encountering any overlap issues during their identification in the producer wellbores. …”
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Timely Initiation of Antenatal Care and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending at Wachemo University Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, H... by Dagmawit Tessema, Amanuel Kassu, Amanuel Teshome, Ritbano Abdo

“…EpiData version 3.1 was used to enter the data, and SPSS version 24 was used to analyze it. …”
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Effect of external application of Shuangbai powder combined with microwave therapy on acute joint pain of patients with gout (双柏散外敷结合微波理疗缓解痛风患者急性关节疼痛的效果观察)... by WEI Sihua (韦思华), QIN Jianghua (覃江华), WEI Changna (韦昌娜), QIN Hai (覃海)

“…All patients received routine care during the treatment, and those in the observation group were given external application of Shuangbai powder combined with microwave therapy. …”
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Investigating the role of gravity waves in mesosphere and lower-thermosphere (MLT) inversions at low latitudes by C. Lingerew, U. J. P. Raju

“…The study utilizes long-term SABER (Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry) observations during 2005–2020 over the latitudinal, 3–15° N, and longitudinal, 33–48° E, ranges. …”
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A large elevation in 15N/14N of collagenous amino acids: an insight from starvation experiments of marine organisms by Hyuntae Choi, Yuko Takizawa, Nayeon Park, Yoshito Chikaraishi

“…Based on these results, we predict that the difference in the δ15NAA value between collagen and muscle fibers can be useful for evaluating the nutritional stress of fishes. …”
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Laparoscopic Banded One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: A Single-Center Series by Michela Campanelli, Emanuela Bianciardi, Domenico Benavoli, Giulia Bagaglini, Giorgio Lisi, Paolo Gentileschi

“…Hospital records were used to assess weight loss, comorbidity resolution, and any complications either in the short or medium term. …”
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Dropping the baton: Cognitive biases in emergency physicians. by Mingwei Ng, Evelyn Wong, Guek Gwee Sim, Pek Jen Heng, Gareth Terry, Foo Yang Yann

“…We conducted seven focus group discussions with 25 EPs who were purposively sampled for maximum variation. …”
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Dynamic stability evaluation method of mine goaf slopes by Yan DU, Hongda ZHANG, Mowen XIE, Yujing JIANG, Ming ZHANG, Beining JIA

“…Therefore, the traditional unbalanced thrust method is modified. During stability evaluation, the safety factor of the slope’s locking section under the subsidence effect of the goaf was analyzed. …”
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