The Diagnostic Value of Bedside Echocardiography and Lower Extremity Blood Vessels in Acute Pulmonary Embolism by Xinxin Xu, Jing Yuan, Xiaojie Pan, Guibin Du, Jiahui Zhang

“…TTE tests allow people to identify people at risk of early death. The short-term prognosis of patients without RVD was better (14 days).…”
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Endogeneity, Heterogeneity and Determinants of Inefficiencies in Crop-Producing Farmers: Evidences from Central Highlands of Ethiopia by Oumer Beriso

“…In conclusion, the findings are vital to initiate government policy options to reduce inefficiency, focusing on factors affecting the long-run and short-run inefficiencies distinctly. The low level of efficiency can be addressed by facilitating farmers’ access to more arable-land and modern farming tools and machinery, creating targeted support programs for female farmers, improving technologies that promote soil-fertility and reduce weather adverse effects in central highlands of Ethiopia. …”
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Robot-assisted ureteral reconstruction for managing kidney transplant patients with ureteric complications by Dongho Shin, San Kang, Seung Ah Rhew, Chang Eil Yoon, Hyong Woo Moon, Yong Hyun Park, Hyuk Jin Cho

“…In cases where the ureter was too short for reimplantation, a Boari flap or end-to-end anastomosis with the native ureter was performed. …”
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Daedalus Mega-ichnosites: The Armorican Quartzite Bridge between Villuercas-Ibores-Jara and Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geoparks by Carlos Neto de Carvalho, Andrea Baucon, Ivan Cortijo, Soren Jensen, Jose Maria Barrera, Javier Lopez Caballero

“…The Early Paleozoic oceans were generally characterized by short trophic chains and simple ecological tiering dominated by suspension-feeding organisms. …”
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Formas de relevo da bacia hidrográfica do Rio Ibicuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: Obtidas por classificação topográfica automatizada by Romario Trentin, Luís Eduardo de Souza Robaina

“…By visual interpretation in GIS environment allowed the definition of 12 landforms units to the Ibicuí Basin, so called: Ibicuí-Uruguay Unit formed by large areas with a flat element; Flood Plain Unit characterized by the flat element associated with tributaries of the Ibicuí river; Altitude Hills Unit, with broad slopes and altitudes above 200m; Volcanic ridge Unit forming relief dissected with valleys and ridges; Sedimentary Edge Unit defined by shoulders and secondary elevations associated with relief of flat elements; Cacequi Unit formed by undulating relief marked by wide slopes and areas with hollow forms and short valleys; Santa Maria Unit of smooth wavy relief and isolated elevations; High Course of Ibirapuitã Unit, constituting the areas in the headwaters of the upper course of the Ibirapuitã and Ibirapuitã Chico rivers; Serra do Caverá Unit composed of a relief of hills and morrotes; Taquarembó Unit characterized by slopes with narrow and elongated tops with substrate composed of granite rocks; Santa Maria Chico Unit forming slopes with broad bases with rebounds of metamorphic and granite rock outcrops; Alegrete Unit with flat forms associated to bumps between the middle and top of the slope that mark outcrops of blocks and slabs.. …”
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COMPARISON OF MONO AND POLY-AXIAL PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION IN THORACOLUMBAR A3/A4 FRACTURES by EMILIANO NEVES VIALLE, BARBARA MIROSKI DE OLIVEIRA PINTO, JOANA BRETAS CABRAL RONDOM GUASQUE, LUIZ ROBERTO GOMES VIALLE, RENATO FEDATO BERALDO

“…Methods: Prospective case-control study involving patients treated surgically with short fixation using mono-axial or poly-axial screws. …”
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Early Maladaptive Schemas in Depressed Women and Its Relationship with Depression by Hacer Bolat KONUKÇU, Serkan AKKOYUNLU, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…Data were obtained by using a Sociodemographic Questionnaires, Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form 3 (YSQ) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).Results: All except one (enmeshment/undeveloped self) maladaptive schema scores of depressed women were higher than controls. …”
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Funding the New Biologics – CCOHTA Report on the Cost Effectiveness of Infliximab for Crohn’s Disease: Pearls and Pitfalls by John K Marshall

“…The time horizon for the analysis was short (one year), because of a lack of longer-term efficacy data, and might have led to an underestimation of the benefits from averting surgery. …”
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Stability and changes in meaning in life profiles and their impact on mental health among chinese university students: a latent transition analysis by Sylvia Y. C. L. Kwok, Siqi Fang, Bella Meici Huang, Alebel Addis Tesfaw, Xi Deng

“…Meaning in Life Questionnaire, Brief Symptom Inventory, and the Mental Health Continuum Short Form were applied. In total, 317 students from five universities in Hong Kong participated in the survey at two time points 9 months apart.ResultsThe LTA identified three distinct profiles among the participants: meaning-oriented, bewildered, and indifferent. …”
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Maternal occupational exposures during early stages of pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes in the NINFEA birth-cohort. by Antonio d'Errico, Maja Popovic, Costanza Pizzi, Giovenale Moirano, Chiara Moccia, Lorenzo Richiardi, Milena Maule

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>Maternal occupational exposures during early pregnancy can be detrimental to foetus health and have short- and long-term health effects on the child. …”
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GUIDED SELF-HELP IN THE TREATMENT OF COMMON MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS – THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FINNISH GUIDED SELF-HELP (F-GSH) MODEL by KASPERI MIKKONEN, ALESSANDRA BOMBINO, ALEX VILLA, SARA NURMINEN, REETTA-MARIA ROIHA, PASI ROSLUND, JAN-HENRY STENBERG, JESPER EKELUND, SUOMA E. SAARNI, SAMULI SAARNI

“…ABSTRACT Increasing access to short-term, evidence-based psychological therapies in primary care or community-based settings is a key strategy for responding to the rapid increase of demand for mental health services seen in most Western countries. …”
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The Feasibility of Telephone-delivered Self-management Intervention in Multiple Sclerosis by Mozaffar Hosseininezhad, Sajjad Saadat, Fatemeh Younesi Rostami, Roghaye Zare, Ali Bonyad, Masoumeh Qanbary Joopish, Alia saberi, Fateme Shafaee

“…The MS self-management scale–revised (MSSM-R) and the short-form health survey (SF-36) were used to collect study data. …”
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Displacement Based Earthquake Early Warning Systems by Murat Doruk Şentürk, Bahadır Aktuğ

“…The determination of the earthquake magnitude in a short time after the earthquake plays an important role both for Earthquake Early Warning Systems (EEW) and the estimation of the losses and coordinating the rescue efforts. …”
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Monitoring Implementation Impact of the EU-Indonesia’s VPA on SME Livelihood by Rahmanta Setiahadi, S. R. Kartika Sari, Ahmad Maryudi, Julia Kalmirah, Liliana Baskorowati

“…Second, SVLK is susceptible to the effects and at risk of losing livelihoods for women and disabled groups in a short time. This group includes vulnerable groups of aspects of adaptability and sensitivity to the effect. …”
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A Spatio-Temporal Deep Learning Model for Automatic Arctic Sea Ice Classification with Sentinel-1 SAR Imagery by Li Zhao, Yufeng Zhou, Wei Zhong, Cheng Jin, Bo Liu, Fangzhao Li

“…Experimental results demonstrate that our proposed method outperforms the long short-term memory (LSTM) network approach in distinguishing between sea ice types with similar developmental stages. …”
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Daily activity, mood, and quality of life in colorectal cancer patients with chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy: A mediation effect analysis by Ling‐Chun Lu, Shiow‐Luan Tsay, Sou‐Yi Chang, Chung‐Ming Chen, Chieh‐Yu Liu

“…This was a cross‐sectional relative study in which four instruments were used: the Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory was used to measure the severity of CIPN; the Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness scale was used to evaluate RDA; the Profile of Mood States Short Form was used to assess negative mood; and the Functional Assessment Cancer Center Therapy‐Colorectal scale version 4 was used to evaluate QoL. …”
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Efektywność egzekucji w systemie prawnym Szwajcarii – studium przypadku by Bartosz Stróżewski

“…Analiza wykazała, że szwajcarski model opiera się na dobrze uregulowanych procedurach i instytucjach, co prowadzi do szybszej realizacji należności bez sporu prawnego. System ten korzysta z biur egzekucji długów na poziomie kantonalnym, organów nadzorczych oraz klarownych przepisów prawnych. …”
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Impacts of Climatic Change on Reference Crop Evapotranspiration across Different Climatic Zones of Ningxia at Multi-Time Scales from 1957 to 2018 by Ziyang Zhao, Hongrui Wang, Cheng Wang, Wangcheng Li, Hao Chen, Shuxin Gong

“…The abrupt change point for climatic factors and ET0 series was obtained at approximately 1990 across all climatic zones, and the ET0 had a long period of 25a and a short period of 10a at annual scale, while it was 15a and 5a at seasonal scale. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of integrated traditional Chinese and Western treatment based on symptom grading: a study protocol for a multi-center, randomized controlled trial of p... by Jiaxi Mai, Tingwei Zhou, Tingwei Zhou, Tingwei Zhou, Chen Wang, Chen Wang, Junrong Ye, Junrong Ye, Jiao Chen, Jiao Chen, Jiao Chen, Wen Wang, Wen Wang, Wen Wang, Yuanxin Pan, Yuanxin Pan, Yuanxin Pan, Yanheng Wei, Yanheng Wei, Lexin Yuan, Lexin Yuan, Hang Yang, Hang Yang, Shengwei Wu, Shengwei Wu, Jianxiong Guo, Jianxiong Guo, Jianxiong Guo, Aixiang Xiao, Aixiang Xiao, Aixiang Xiao

“…Secondary outcome measurements include the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), the Multiple Mental Health Literacy Scale (MMHL), the Short-Form 12 (SF-12), and the Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale (TESS). …”
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Global Distribution and Projected Variations of Compound Drought‐Extreme Precipitation Events by Siqi Deng, Dongsheng Zhao, Ziwei Chen, Lei Liu, Yu Zhu, Ke Wang, Xuan Gao, Hanqian Wu, Du Zheng

“…Abstract The compound drought‐extreme precipitation event (CDEP) is one of the most impactful successive compound events that shift from drought to extreme precipitation in the same location within a short period. Due to its dual characteristics of drought and flood, CDEP tends to be more destructive than the impact of individual drought or flood. …”
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