Optimizing Operating Room Efficiency for Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using Performance Benchmarks by Koorosh Kashanian, BMSc, Matey Juric, BSc, Tim Ramsay, PhD, Pascal Fallavollita, PhD, Paul E. Beaulé, MD, FAAOS, FRCSC

“…We hypothesized that implementing benchmarks would improve efficiency and the number of joints performed per day. Methods: Two hundred ninety-five patients from 59 OR days were reviewed. …”
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Quality of Life with Late-Onset Pompe Disease: Qualitative Interviews and General Public Utility Estimation in the United Kingdom by Lena Hubig, Anna-Katrine Sussex, Alasdair MacCulloch, Derralynn Hughes, Ryan Graham, Liz Morris, Syed Raza, Andrew J. Lloyd, Amanda Sowinski, Katy Gallop

“…Following the interviews, 4 new statements were added regarding dependence on others, bladder control problems, balance issues/fear of falling, and frustration. One hundred interviews with a representative UK population sample were completed. …”
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Optimizing in vitro spherulation cues in the fungal pathogen Coccidioides by Christina M. Homer, Elena Ochoa, Mark Voorhies, Anita Sil

“…Each spherule arises from an environmental spore (arthroconidium), matures, and develops hundreds of internal endospores, which are released from the spherule upon rupture. …”
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Identification and characterization of Faecalibacterium prophages rich in diversity-generating retroelements by Anastasia Gulyaeva, Lei Liu, Sanzhima Garmaeva, Marloes Kruk, Rinse K. Weersma, Hermie J. M. Harmsen, Alexandra Zhernakova

“…Our study highlights the utility of prophage identification and induction for unraveling phage molecular mechanisms and ecological interactions.IMPORTANCEWhile hundreds of thousands of phage genomes have been discovered in metagenomics studies, only a few of these phages have been characterized experimentally. …”
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Does Treatment with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Affect Adherence to International Society Criteria for Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes? A... by Aongus O’Brolchain, Joshua Maletsky, Ibrahim Mian, Serena Edwards

“…Patients without type 2 diabetes were excluded. Results. One hundred and sixty-five patients were included in this study—comprising 94 patients in the SGLT2i cohort and 70 in the non-SGLT2i cohort. …”
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Ultrasound-Guided Pudendal Nerve Block Combined with Propofol Deep Sedation versus Spinal Anesthesia for Hemorrhoidectomy: A Prospective Randomized Study by Jian He, Lei Zhang, Dong L. Li, Wan Y. He, Qing M. Xiong, Xue Q. Zheng, Mei J. Liao, Han B. Wang

“…The aim of this prospective randomized study was to evaluate the effect of ultrasound-guided pudendal nerve block (PNB) combined with deep sedation compared to spinal anesthesia for hemorrhoidectomy. Methods. One hundred and twenty patients undergoing Milligan–Morgan hemorrhoidectomy were randomized to receive PNB combined with deep sedation using propofol (Group PNB, n = 60) or spinal anesthesia (Group SA, n = 60). …”
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Prevalence of foodborne zoonotic pathogens in milk and milk products along the water buffalo milk value chain in Bangladesh by Shuvo Singha, Gerrit Koop, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Fabrizio Ceciliani, Md. Matiar Rahman Howlader

“…The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of important foodborne zoonotic pathogens in milk and milk products and identify the associated factors in the buffalo milk chain nodes in Bangladesh. One hundred and forty-three samples were collected from farm bulk milk (n = 34), middleman (n = 37), milk collection center (n = 37), and milk product shops (n= 35) and were analyzed using RT-PCR to estimate the prevalence of seven important zoonotic pathogens: Staphylococ cus aureus, Escherichia (E.) coli, Shiga toxin- producing Esch erichia (E.) coli O157:H7, Campylobacter (C.) jejuni, Listeria (L.) monocytogenes, Salmonella (S.) enterica, and Yersinia (Y.) enterocolitica. …”
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Determinants of Cesarean Section Deliveries in Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018/19: A Case-Control Study by Areaya Gebreegziabher Hailu, Tsegaye Kebede Fanta, Fissaha Tekulu Welay, Natnael Etsay Assefa, Surafel Aregawi Hadera, Gebrekiros Aregawi Gebremeskel, Hagos Weldeslassie Gebremedhin, Guesh Gebreayezgi Asefa

“…Most of the cases 217 (83.5%) and few of the controls 21 (4%) possess previous caesarean section. One hundred three (52.3%) of the cases and 329 (63.6%) controls were multi-parous. …”
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TEACHERS’ PROFILE, MOTIVATION, APTITUDE, AND SATISFACTION IN A VIRTUAL UPSKILLING ENVIRONMENT by Dave E. Marcial, Jan Cynth Palama, Fredlie Bucog, Steven Binarao

“…To gather data, we administered online survey questionnaires. Two hundred fifty-nine teacher-respondents actively participated and enrolled in this open online course. …”
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Diallel Analysis and Heritability of Grain Yield, Yield Components, and Maturity Traits in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) by Emmanuel Yaw Owusu, Haruna Mohammed, Kulai Amadu Manigben, Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, Francis Kusi, Benjamin Karikari, Emmanuel Kofi Sie

“…The results indicated that GCA was predominant for number of days to 90% pod maturity, plant height at maturity, and hundred-seed weight. This showed that genes with additive effects conditioned these traits. …”
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Study of the Optimal Control of the Central Air Conditioning Cooling Water System for a Deep Subway Station in Chongqing by Xingyu Shu, Yu Dong, Jun Liu, Xinhua Xu

“…This cooling system was connected with outdoor cooling towers through a corridor about one hundred meters long. In this process, the cooling water temperature is influenced by the corridor’s thermal environment. …”
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Determination of Electrolytes in Critical Illness Patients at Different pH Ranges: Whom Shall We Believe, the Blood Gas Analysis or the Laboratory Autoanalyzer? by Christopher Hohmann, Roman Pfister, Kathrin Kuhr, Julia Merkle, Julian Hinzmann, Guido Michels

“…Materials and Methods. One hundred samples from intensive care unit patients with a range in pH values between 7.20 and 7.49 were evaluated in this retrospective cohort study. …”
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Navigating Treatment Dilemmas: Exploration of Strategies in Managing Unfavorably Positioned Maxillary Impacted Canines with Contraindication to Traction - Unmasking Orthodontic Per... by Gargi Singh, Purva Joneja, Tanveer Akhtar, Oshin Pawar, Mahathi Gurijala, Rani Mehrotra

“…Statistical Analysis Used: One hundred responses were obtained from the participating orthodontic professionals. …”
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Histopathologic Outcomes of Robotic Radical Prostatectomy by Vipul R. Patel, Sagar Shah, David Arend

“…We report the histopathologic and shortterm PSA outcomes of 500 robotic radical prostatectomies. Five hundred patients underwent robotic radical prostatectomy. …”
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Identifying households with children who have complex needs: a segmentation model for integrated care systems by Roberta Piroddi, Andrea Astbury, Wesam Baker, Kostantinos Daras, Joe Rafferty, Iain Buchan, Benjamin Barr

“…Results Twenty one thousand and five hundreds twenty seven households (8% of the population of the region) were identified with complex needs, including 89,631 people (41,382 children), accounting for 34% of health and social care costs for families with children, £362 million in total, of which 42% was on children in care of local authorities. …”
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Prognostic importance of human leukocyte antigen DRβ1 gene and protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor Type 22 gene polymorphism in rheumatoid arthritis by Pramod Kumar Verma, Usha Singh, Shyam Kumar Saraf, Narendra Kumar Singh

“…Materials and Methods: One hundred and fifty cases of RA and 100 healthy controls were studied. relation to RA patients. …”
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«Talgenism» in the Digital Age: A Domestic History of cMOOC by M. A. Babaeva, E. B. Golubev

“…The roots of the modern connectivism of massive open online courses have been discovered in Russia. One hundred years ago, the famous teacher Alexander Rivin for the first time realized the idea of collective mutual learning. …”
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Vision impairment in boys recruited to the iREAD study by Jonathan Levine, Ravid Doron, Lisa A. Ostrin, Einat Shneor

“…Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the prevalence of each refractive error and amblyopia. Results Two hundred five boys (average age 8.8 ± 1.7 years) presented for a comprehensive eye exam. …”
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ALGORITHMIC THINKING IN HIGHER EDUCATION: DETERMINING OBSERVABLE AND MEASURABLE CONTENT by Marian Byrka, Andrii Sushchenko, Volodymyr Luchko, Galina Perun, Victoria Luchko

“…Expert validation of algorithmic thinking content in knowledge, skills, and abilities statements was obtained through the Likert scale. One hundred KSA statements of algorithmic thinking content were obtained (32 statements of knowledge, 38 statements of skills, and 30 statements of abilities). …”
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Association between intraoperative fluid management and postoperative outcomes in living kidney donors: a retrospective cohort study by Ja Eun Lee, Chisong Chung, Sunghae Park, Kyo Won Lee, Gaab Soo Kim

“…We compared postoperative outcome of living kidney donors according to the intraoperative fluid management. Five hundred and five LDNs performed over a six-year period at a tertiary hospital were analyzed. …”
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