The combination of kidney function variables with cell cycle arrest biomarkers identifies distinct subphenotypes of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: a post-hoc analysis (the... by Dimitri Titeca-Beauport, Momar Diouf, Delphine Daubin, Ly Van Vong, Guillaume Belliard, Cédric Bruel, Yoann Zerbib, Christophe Vinsonneau, Kada Klouche, Julien Maizel

“…With subphenotype A as the reference, the adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) [95%CI] for the composite outcome was 3.77 [1.92–7.42] (p < 0.001) for subphenotype B and 4.80 [1.67–13.82] (p = 0.004) for subphenotype C.Conclusions Combining conventional kidney function variables with urine measurements of [TIMP-2]*[IGFBP7] might help to identify distinct SA-AKI subphenotypes with different short-term courses and survival rates.…”
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Comparative Analysis of 95 Patients with Different Severity in the Early Outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China by Fang He, Xue-feng Ding, Meng Cao, Hai-ying Gong, Xiang-zhen Fu, Jie Luo, Kui Liu, Zhou-zhou Tian, Lin Luo, Yu-yuan Fan, Ting Li, Qian-Jing Yao, Xiao-ju Chen, Xiang-lin Duan, Li Chen, Li Jiang

“…Severe and critical cases were older, more likely to have shortness of breath, more likely to have underlying comorbidities, and more likely to have abnormal laboratory findings than common cases. …”
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Association between stress hyperglycemia ratio and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis: results from the MIMIC-IV database by Shijie Zhang, Hechen Shen, Yuchao Wang, Meng Ning, Jianghui Zhou, Xiaoyu Liang, Yun Chang, Wenqing Gao, Tong Li

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to explore the association between the stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) and short- and long-term outcomes in critically ill patients with sepsis. …”
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The Impact of Smoking on Clinical Outcomes after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Women Compared to Men by Seyyed Saeed Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad Zibaeenezhad, Mehrab Sayadi, Soorena Khorshidi, Ehsan Hadiyan, Iman Razeghian-Jahromi

“…Participants were followed up seeking for major adverse cardiac events (MACE) including revascularization (PCI or coronary artery bypass grafting), myocardial infarction, and coronary death in three time intervals according to the time of index PCI (short term: up to 24 hours, mid-term: 24 hours to less than 6 months, and long term: more than 6 months). …”
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Impact of Post-Thaw Incubation Time of Frozen Embryos on Clinical Pregnancy Rate by G. Geovin Ranji, Kundavi Shankar, Yamini Asokan, Geetha Veerasigamani, Rashmi Gingade Vittal, Nithya M. Naaram, KR Hema Niveda

“…Results: The CPR of Group 4 was 42.4% which was more than that of the other groups but it did not reach statistical significance. Conclusions: Short incubation time of 2–4 h is as effective as an extended incubation time in terms of CPRs of FET cycles.…”
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Levels of burnout and its association with resilience and coping mechanisms among orthopaedic surgery residents: a single institution experience from Singapore by Sean WL Ho, Ernest BK Kwek

“…Burnout was measured using Maslach Burnout Inventory and resilience was determined using the Short Grit Scale. Coping mechanisms were determined using the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced scale. …”
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Volt/VAr Regulation of the West Mediterranean Regional Electrical Grids Using SVC/STATCOM Devices With Neural Network Algorithms by H. Feza Carlak, Ergin Kayar

“…It highlights the importance of reactive power compensation and introduces FACTS devices as a solution to control power factors and reactive power in the grid. …”
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Motivational interviewing intervention for the management of hypertension: a meta-analysis by Ju Xu, Xiaoyan Gu, Jiaying Gu, Lijuan Zhao, Mianxian Li, Cheng Hong

“…No significant publication bias across the synthesized outcomes were found by Egger regression analyses (all P &gt; 0.05).ConclusionsMotivational interviewing has been shown to effectively reduce blood pressure in the short term among individuals with hypertension, while simultaneously enhancing their self-efficacy, quality of life, and adherence to medication regimens.…”
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Directions of Civil Service Institutional Transformation by G. A. Borshevskiy

“…Then we consider the risks of each alternative in the short, medium and long term, and how to overcome them. …”
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THE MODEL OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY OF UKRAINE IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD: THE STRATEGY OF THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE by Ivan Klopov, Julia Ohrenych

“…Support from the international community and financial assistance will help stabilise the economy in the short term, while long-term structural reforms and industrial modernisation will increase competitiveness and ensure integration into European markets. …”
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IMViT: Adjacency Matrix-Based Lightweight Plain Vision Transformer by Qihao Chen, Yunfeng Yan, Xianbo Wang, Jishen Peng

“…This paper proposes a non-hierarchical transformer network which can capture both long-range and short-range as non-hierarchical transformers, and keep its performance on small-sized transformers. …”
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The effect of feeding methods and non-nutritive sucking habits on early childhood caries and development of occlusion (A cross-sectional study) by Huda R. Awsi, Bayan A. Hassan

“…Parents (mothers ) were asked for a permission to include their children in the study. A short interview with the mothers of the children preceded the dental examination. …”
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Changes in perinatal mental healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: a protocol for a collaborative research study between the COST actions RISEUP-PPD and DEVOTION by Emma Motrico, Sandra Nakić Radoš, Ana M Mesquita, Ana Ganho-Avila, Eleni Vousoura, Joan Lalor

“…It consists of open-ended questions, checklists and ratings on a 7-point scale addressing seven domains of interest in terms of PMH: (1) policies, guidelines and protocols; (2) PMH care practices at a national level; (3) evidence of best practice; (4) barriers to usual care; (5) resources invested; (6) benefits of investment in the policies and (7) short-term and long-term expectations of the policies. …”
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Cycles of History: China, North Korea and the End of the Korean War by Sheila Miyoshi Jager

“…But following China's defeat by Japan in the 1894-5 Sino-Japanese War, this was just the sort of humiliation that China was now forced to endure. …”
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TCN-Based DDoS Detection and Mitigation in 5G Healthcare-IoT: A Frequency Monitoring and Dynamic Threshold Approach by Mirza Akhi, Ciaran Eising, Lubna Luxmi Dhirani

“…Thus, the proposed TCN model is a versatile and resilient security solution for H-IoT environments.…”
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Comprehensive Analysis of microRNA Methylation Profiles and Determination of Their Functional Significance in Colorectal Cancer: A Study Protocol by Nurul Syakima Ab Mutalib, Imilia Ismail, Muhammad Redha Abdullah Zawawi, Nadiah Abu, Siti Aishah Sulaiman, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Learn-Han Lee

“…In CRC, microRNAs, a type of short non-coding RNA, are found to be deregulated and can significantly influence its onset and progression. …”
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Influence of mechanical stress on biomass allocation in three species (Pachira aquatica Aubl., Sextonia rubra (Mez) van der Werff and Simarouba amara Aubl.) with contrasting postur... by Barbara Ghislain, Sabrina Coste, Grégory Faure, Jocelyn Cazal, Jonathan Prunier, Bruno Clair

“…However, the species exhibited strong differences in growth kinetics, in the amount and organisation of the tissues or in biomass allocation to different organs (root vs shoot, wood vs bark), adapted to the specificity of the posture control mechanisms and improving their motor function. …”
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Spatiotemporal Evolution Characteristics of Fluid Flow through Large-Scale 3D Rock Mass Containing Filling Joints: An Experimental and Numerical Study by Qian Yin, Hongwen Jing, Tantan Zhu, Lizhou Wu, Haijian Su, Liyuan Yu

“…The water pressure contour planes distributed along the flowing path generally transfer from a “long funnel” shape to a “short funnel” shape before reaching a series of parallel pressure planes perpendicular to the joint direction. …”
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Viral and Nonviral Engineering of Natural Killer Cells as Emerging Adoptive Cancer Immunotherapies by Sandro Matosevic

“…Clinical responses to adoptive NK-based immunotherapy have been thwarted, however, by the profound immunosuppression induced by the tumor microenvironment, particularly severe in the context of solid tumors. In addition, the short postinfusion persistence of NK cells in vivo has limited their clinical efficacy. …”
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Severe pneumonia caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a patient with bronchiectasis and IgA nephropathy: a case report by Yi Lin, Zhao-Zhao Jiang, Xiao-Qian Chi, Jian-Sheng Chen, Chao Wen, Chao Zhang, Ying-Ying Wang, Guang-Liang Xie

“…BackgroundNocardia species are rare opportunistic pathogens in the clinic, with strong invasiveness and dissemination, that can cause serious pulmonary infection, especially in immunocompromised patients, chronic lung diseases and hormone use, and is easy to be missed and misdiagnosed, preventing patients from obtaining timely and effective treatment, resulting in a high mortality rate.Case presentationHere, we present a rare case of a patient with chronic bronchiectasis and IgA nephropathy who developed Nocardia otitidiscaviarum pneumonia shortly after hormone therapy. The patient presented with tongue and lip ulcers, chest distress, cough, expectoration, and fever as the initial symptoms, which were extremely similar to common bacterial pulmonary infections. …”
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