The Feasibility of Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy in Immunosuppressed ICU Patients with or without Thrombocytopenia by Marianne Angelberger, Michaela Barnikel, Alessia Fraccaroli, Johanna Tischer, Sofía Antón, Alexandra Pawlikowski, Mark op den Winkel, Hans Joachim Stemmler, Stephanie-Susanne Stecher

“…In the OST group, smears were positive in four cases; all had signs of a stroma site infection. Postprocedural bleedings occurred in eight cases (9.5%) and were observed significantly more often in the OST group (p=0.001), leading to emergency surgery in one case of the OST group. …”
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Evaluating the adoption of agile project management practices in Chinese technology companies: Risk management implications by Lei Cheng

“…Our quantitative analysis consisted of descriptive statistics, ANOVA and regression analysis while for the qualitative data we used thematic analysis. The survey showed strong adoption of APM practices, as well as the keys to success: Culture, Bi-modal approach and Benchmarking rated "Often Adopted." …”
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A comparative study of the performance of ten metaheuristic algorithms for parameter estimation of solar photovoltaic models by Adel Zga, Farouq Zitouni, Saad Harous, Karam Sallam, Abdulaziz S. Almazyad, Guojiang Xiong, Ali Wagdy Mohamed

“…This consistent success indicates that the Growth Optimizer is a strong contender for future enhancements aimed at further boosting its efficiency and effectiveness. …”
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Executive function, limbic circuit dynamics and repetitive and restricted behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder by Xiangyu Zheng, Xinyue Wang, Ruochen Song, Junbin Tian, Li Yang

“…Regression analyses revealed that increased variance of this FC and EF significantly impacted RRBs, with inhibition, emotional control, and monitor showing strong associations (standardized β = 0.60 to 0.62, p < 0.01), which also had significant indirect effects on the relationship between the above dynamic FC and RRBs, which accounted for 59% of the total effect.ConclusionThis study highlights the critical role of EFs as a key mechanism in addressing RRBs in ASD. …”
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Concordant Signal of Genetic Variation Across Marker Densities in the Desert Annual Chylismia brevipes Is Linked With Timing of Winter Precipitation by Daniel F. Shryock, Nila Lê, Lesley A. DeFalco, Todd C. Esque

“…Paired with our finding that habitat resistance best explained genetic divergence, our results suggest that isolation of populations within environmentally similar habitats—and subsequent local adaption along gradients parallel to these habitats—drive genome‐wide divergence in this species. Moreover, strong genetic associations with winter precipitation timing, along with forecasted shifts in precipitation regime due to midcentury climate change, could impact future population dynamics, habitat distribution, and genetic connectivity for C. brevipes populations within the Mojave Desert.…”
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Comparison of anterior chamber depth measured by three different anterior segment analysis systems by Han Song, Wei Yang, Chunliu Yang, Qing Sun

“…Furthermore, the ACD measurements from all three devices demonstrated a strong positive correlation with each other, p < 0.001, r = 0.965 (Pentacam and Sirius), r = 0.955 (Pentacam and IOLMaster 700), and r = 0.966 (Sirius and IOLMaster 700). …”
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Hydrogen-rich syngas production through partial oxidation of methane over Ni-promoted molecular sieves: Impact of reducibility and surface area by Salma A. Al-Zahrani, Rawesh Kumar, Mohammed F. Alotibi, Sahar Y. Rajeh, Najat Masood, Hessah Difallah A Al-Enazy, Ahmed S. Al-Fatesh

“….% Ga promotional addition over 5Ni-MOR13 brings the least crystallinity, highest surface area, and adequate population of active sites derived from NiO which is interacted with support with moderate to strong interaction. 5Ni+1Ga-MOR13 becomes coke resistance and outperforms than others. …”
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Motor competence of children with different levels of physical activity by Gojko Škundrić, Draženka Mačak, Snežana Damjanović, Boris Popović

“…The results have shown that the children who were engaged in organized physical activities in sports clubs have a higher level of motor competence than their peers who were not included in the organized system in sports clubs. The authors strongly suggest that teachers, educators, coaches, and parents should encourage and include children in organized systems of physical activity, i.e., training processes in sports clubs.…”
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Soil water repellency of two disturbed soils contaminated with different agricultural microplastics tested under controlled laboratory conditions by Železnikar Špela, Drobne Damjana, Hočevar Matej, Noč Matic, Pintar Marina

“…WDPT measurements were taken immediately after mixing and recorded for up to 60 s in order to find MP concentration levels at which strongly or more severely water repellency is inducted on soil samples. …”
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Adults with Treacher Collins Syndrome Share Comparable 3D Upper Airway Dimensions with Nonsyndromic Individuals by Renan Jhordan Mettelziefen dos Inocentes, Alexandre de Almeida Ribeiro, Maria Noel Marzano-Rodrigues, Marília Sayako Yatabe-Ioshida, Ivy Kiemle Trindade-Suedam

“…There were also significant differences between TCS-ADOL and TCS-ADUL, with significantly lower airway volumes in the TCS-ADOL group. Strong positive correlations were found between certain airway measurements in the TCS-ADOL group, which were not observed in adults. …”
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Bell’s Palsy: A Prospective Study by Ahmed Hassan Kamil Mustafa, Ahmed Mohammed Suleiman

“…In the present study, we found a strong association between exposure to cold and development of Bell’s palsy. …”
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IMMUnity Unveiled: A Translational NETwork for tackling PARKinson's Disease – IMMUPARKNET [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Tamara Saksida, Alessia di Flora, Marina Romero-Ramos, Vladimirs Pilipenko, Laura Muñoz Delgado, Franca Marino, Yasemin Gursoy Ozdemir, Neda Nikolovski, Cristoforo Comi, Dale Lawson, Inês Figueira, Mitilda Gugu, Simona Poletti, Shubhra Acharya, Dogukan Pira

“…The need for advancements in both knowledge and available treatments is thus strongly felt by patients, caregivers, and health operators. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of E.Coli Bacteria by Graphitic Carbon Nitride Photocatalysts under Visible Light Irradiation by Zahra Ahmadi Panah, Reyhaneh Dehghan, Mehran Bijari, Afsaneh Shahbazi

“…Given the significant advantages of this nanomaterial (CN-CO2), including high photocatalytic activity, strong antibacterial properties, and a simple and one-step synthesis method, it can be used as an efficient photocatalyst for water and wastewater treatment industries.…”
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Unveiling Silent Atherosclerosis in Type 1 Diabetes: The Role of Glycoprotein and Lipoprotein Lipidomics, and Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy by Sara de Lope Quiñones, Manuel Luque-Ramírez, Antonio Carlos Michael Fernández, Alejandra Quintero Tobar, Jhonatan Quiñones-Silva, María Ángeles Martínez García, María Insenser Nieto, Beatriz Dorado Avendaño, Héctor F. Escobar-Morreale, Lía Nattero-Chávez

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> In a cohort of patients with T1D, subclinical atherosclerosis was strongly associated with traditional clinical risk factors. …”
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Quantitative risk assessment of rainstorm-induced flood disaster in Piedmont plain of Pakistan by Ming Chang, Kangchi Zhou, Xiangyang Dou, Fenghuan Su, Bo Yu

“…Our research results provide strong evidence for flood prediction in Pakistan and similar regions, which is of great significance in reducing the loss of life and property of people around the world.…”
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Assessing the success of breeding maize inbred lines with contrasting diferulate concentrations by Ana López-Malvar, Rosa Ana Malvar, Ana Butrón, Xose Carlos Souto, Rogelio Santiago

“…On the other hand, we found strong and positive correlations between DFAT and individual dimers, and moderate negative correlations between total DFAT and a main cell wall component such as cellulose. …”
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Editorial by Dmitry A. Medvedev

“…We believe that visual content has a strong focus on the readers' attention. Even though the color perception may not impress someone, we will definitely change the coloristics in next year. …”
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Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity by T&uuml;rkan &Ouml;ZCAN, Erkan KURU, Yasir &THORN;AFAK, M. Emrah KARADERE, K. Fatih YAVUZ, M. Hakan TURK&Ccedil;APAR

“…Results: Interrater reliability (Kappa =0.54-0.83) and test&#150;retest reliability (r=0.80-0.96, p<0.001) for the total score and individual item scores was excellent with a high degree of internal consistency (Cronbach alfa=0.90). BABS has strong corelation with Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (r=-0.84, p<0.001), Schedule for Assesing the Three Components of Insight Scale (r=-0.85, p<0.001) and insight item of Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (r=0.67, p<0.001). …”
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Evaluation and Correction of GPM IMERG Precipitation Products over the Capital Circle in Northeast China at Multiple Spatiotemporal Scales by Wei Sun, Yonghua Sun, Xiaojuan Li, Tao Wang, Yanbing Wang, Qi Qiu, Zhitian Deng

“…We came to the following conclusions: (1) The GPM-M product is strongly correlated with ground station data. Based on five evaluation indexes, NRMSE (Normalized Root Mean Square Error), NSE (Nash-Sutcliffe), FAR (False Alarm Ratio), UR (Underreporting Rate), and CSI (Critical Success Index), the monthly GPM products showed the best performance, better than GPM-HH products and GPM-D products. (2) The performance of GPM products in summer and autumn was better than in winter and spring. …”
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Antioxidant Properties of Lemuni Leaves (Vitex trifolia var. purpurea) in Different Concentrations of Ethanol-Water Solvent Extraction by Wei Wen Goh, Sharmin Sultana, Azrina Azlan

“…The 75% ethanol extract also had the significantly lowest (p<0.05) IC50 value for DPPH (3.56 ± 0.11 mg/mL) and ABTS (2.01 ± 0.05 mg/mL) assays. Strong correlations were discovered between the total flavonoid content, total phenolic content with antioxidant properties of Lemuni leaves at different ethanol-water ratio by DPPH (r= -0.816; r= -0.824) and ABTS assays (r= -0.929; r= -0.920).The significantly elevated antioxidant properties of the 75% ethanol extract suggest promising applications in health supplements, pharmaceuticals, skincare products, biomedical research, and commercial ventures. …”
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