Effect of external infusion connection devices replacement frequency on catheter related bloodstream infection by Wenchao Wang, Yuqing Wang, Yulu Xu, Weijie Shen, Guoping Lu, Ying Gu

“…Notably, coagulase-negative staphylococci, particularly Staphylococcus epidermidis, were the predominant pathogens in CRBSI cases.In real-world clinical settings, adherence to strict aseptic principles during infusion set use and replacement appeared to mitigate the correlation between device replacement frequency or number and CRBSI incidence.…”
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Regional Press and Local Authority Structures: History of Its Establishment and Relations (1930–2000). On the example of the Omsk Region by S. V. Novikov

“…The regional leadership was forced to create an information and analytical structure of the administration of the Omsk region, with the support of the federal government. They appeared in late 1992 and existed until elections in 1996. …”
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Prevalence of Hypertension, Obesity, Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome in Nepal by Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Anup Ghimire, Jeyasundar Radhakrishnan, Lekhjung Thapa, Nikesh Raj Shrestha, Navaraj Paudel, Keshar Gurung, Maskey R, Anjali Budathoki, Nirmal Baral, David Brodie

“…The high incidence of dyslipidemia and abdominal obesity could be the major contributors to MS in Nepal. Education also appears to be related to the prevalence of MS. This study confirms the need to initiate appropriate treatment options for a condition which is highly prevalent in Eastern Nepal.…”
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Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Differ in Their Ability to Induce Respiratory Burst and Apoptosis in Neutrophils as a Possible Mechanism of Immune Escape by María M. Romero, Luciana Balboa, Juan I. Basile, Beatriz López, Viviana Ritacco, Silvia S. de la Barrera, María C. Sasiain, Lucía Barrera, Mercedes Alemán

“…Tuberculosis pathogenesis was earlier thought to be mainly related to the host but now it appears to be clear that bacterial factors are also involved. …”
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Endoscopic Ex Vivo Evaluation of Bile Concentrations by Narrow Band Imaging: A Pilot Study by Roberta Maselli, Haruhiro Inoue, Haruo Ikeda, Manabu Onimaru, Akira Yoshida, Esperanza Grace Santi, Hiroki Sato, Nikolas Eleftheriadis, Shin-ei Kudo

“…Images on white light (WL) and NBI were captured and grouped accordingly to NBI-appearance and TBA-concentration. Results. Nondiluted bile had a TBA-concentration of 61965 ± 32989 μmol/L. …”
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Resistance to Multiple Tuber Diseases Expressed in Somaclonal Variants of the Potato Cultivar Russet Burbank by Tamilarasan Thangavel, Robert Steven Tegg, Calum Rae Wilson

“…Pot trials and in vitro assays with multiple pathogenic strains identified significant resistance to both tuber diseases across the potato variants examined; the best clone A380 showed 51% and 65% reductions in disease severity to tuber soft rot and black scurf, respectively, when compared with the parent line. The resistance appeared to be tuber specific as no enhanced resistance was recorded in stolons or stem material when challenged Rhizoctonia solani that induces stolon pruning and stem canker. …”
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A multi-modal dental dataset for semi-supervised deep learning image segmentation by Yaqi Wang, Fan Ye, Yifei Chen, Chengkai Wang, Chengyu Wu, Feng Xu, Zhean Ma, Yi Liu, Yifan Zhang, Mingguo Cao, Xiaodiao Chen

“…However, the scarcity of publicly available PXI and CBCT datasets hampers their use in tooth segmentation tasks. Therefore, this paper presents a multimodal dataset for Semi-supervised Tooth Segmentation (STS-Tooth) in dental PXI and CBCT, named STS-2D-Tooth and STS-3D-Tooth. …”
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Critical analysis of multiple reentrant localization in an antiferromagnetic helix with transverse electric field: Hopping dimerization-free scenario by Sudin Ganguly, Sourav Chattopadhyay, Kallol Mondal, Santanu K. Maiti

“…The correlated disorder in the form of Aubry-André-Harper model is introduced by applying a transverse electric field to the helical system, circumventing the use of traditional substitutional disorder. …”
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Exercise Training Prevents Decrease in Luminal Capillary Diameter of Skeletal Muscles in Rats with Type 2 Diabetes by Takeshi Morifuji, Shinichiro Murakami, Naoto Fujita, Hiroyo Kondo, Hidemi Fujino

“…Thus, the mitochondrial oxidative capacity appears to be involved in the overall mechanism by which exercise prevents microangiopathy.…”
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Lead Speciation and Bioavailability in Apatite-Amended Sediments by Kirk G. Scheckel, Aaron G. B. Williams, Gregory Mc Dermott, David Gratson, Dean Neptune, James A. Ryan

“…Conversion of PbS to pyromorphite is inhibited under reducing conditions, and pyromorphite formation appears limited to reaction with pore water Pb and PbS oxidation products. …”
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Metachronous Rectum Metastases from Gastric Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report by Deniz Tural, Fatih Selçukbiricik, Abdülkadir Erçalışkan, Berin İnanç, Feray Günver, Evin Büyükünal

“…Gastroscopy showed a submucosal mass in the greater curvature of fundus and in colonoscopy, a mass with polypoid appearance that narrows the lumen at the rectum was detected. …”
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Does Ménière's Disease in the Elderly Present Some Peculiar Features? by R. Teggi, A. Meli, M. Trimarchi, F. LiraLuce, M. Bussi

“…Aim of our study was to establish some peculiar features of Ménière's Disease (MD) in a group of elderly MD patients, in which the first vertigo spell happened when over 65 years old. Material and Methods. …”
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Current and projected incidence rates of pancreatic cancer in 43 countries: an analysis of the Cancer Incidence in Five Continents database by Jie He, Yi Li, Rui Liu, Xing Zhang, Baojin Hua, Bo Pang, Songting Shou, Xiaochen Jiang, Fudong Liu, Xiyuan Zhang, Geer En, Zhiqing Pu

“…This increasing trend is expected to persist in most selected countries, whereas a few countries are projected to exhibit a declining trend by 2030.Conclusion It appears that the future global incidence of pancreatic cancer is on the rise, but the rate of increase varies among different countries, with some showing a declining trend.…”
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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on nosocomial infections in the cardiac care unit of a non-epidemic hospital in China by Xiang Liao, Wei Wu, Lijuan Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Chengrong Zheng, Xincheng Qiu, Chao Xin, Zhitao Jin

“…Meanwhile, a 1.5-percent increase in ventilator-associated events (VAEs) was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic.ConclusionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, stricter implementation of infection control protocols appears to reduce nosocomial infections in CCU.…”
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Effects of Sliding Speed on Wear Behavior of High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel-Sprayed FeCrMoNiCuBSiC Metallic Glass Coatings by Lei Qiao, Botao Zhou, Ruifeng Li, Taotao Li, Yue Zhao, Xiaoqiang Zhang, Chul-Hee Lee

“…As the sliding speed was increased, the wear loss rate of the steel obviously increased, yet the loss rate of the coating decreased first and then increased. This happened because the contact flash temperature induced by friction increases with the sliding speed, which results in oxidative behavior and crystallization events in the coating. …”
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Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Treatment for Metastatic Melanoma of the Trigeminal Nerve and Brainstem: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by Halloran E. Peterson, Erik W. Larson, Robert K. Fairbanks, Wayne T. Lamoreaux, Alexander R. Mackay, Jason A. Call, John J. Demakas, Barton S. Cooke, Christopher M. Lee

“…Initial MRI revealed a mass on the left trigeminal nerve that appeared to be a trigeminal schwannoma. Intervention. …”
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A novel buffering fault‐tolerance approach for network on chip (NoC) by Nima Jafarzadeh, Ahmad Jalili, Jafar A. Alzubi, Khosro Rezaee, Yang Liu, Mehdi Gheisari, Bahram Sadeghi Bigham, Amir Javadpour

“…Designing a reliable NoC against failures that can prevent failure using some measures or preventing error or system failure while failure happens and proper performance became a significant concern. …”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF ANOPHELES BREEDING PLACES IN DAHIAN TAMBUK VILLAGE, GUNUNG MAS DISTRICT, CENTRAL KALIMANTAN by Mouldy Tasya Zahrawana, Dian Mutiasari, Arini Ratnasari, Arif Rahman Jabal, Nopta Triawan, M. Yusuf Ilham Kurniawan, Marchelia Djajanto, Mila Karmila

“…Physical characteristics of water showed a temperature ranging from 29.9 0C - 35 0C, pH levels between 5.35 - 6, and a salinity of 0 ppt, with a density level of 9 larvae/2 dippers. The species of Anopheles larvae found in all breeding sites was identified as Anopheles kochi. …”
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Initial bystander response to a simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Fran Wyffels, Geert Brône, Nathalie Charlier, Peter Iserbyt, Stijn De Beugher, Tessy Boedt, Toon Goedemé

“…Following the simulated OHCA, participants were interviewed to collect reflections on their reaction and then debriefed by a psychologist. One month later, appearance of posttraumatic stress disorder was requested by mail. …”
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Lifetime Optimization of an Indoor Surveillance Sensor Network Using Adaptive Energy-Efficient Transmission by Guifang Qiao, Guangming Song, Ying Zhang, Jun Zhang, Jin Peng

“…An indoor surveillance system is proposed and carried out in this paper. The surveillance system consists of a home server, omnirobots, and static monitoring nodes. …”
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