Interpretable machine learning-based prediction of 28-day mortality in ICU patients with sepsis: a multicenter retrospective study by Li Shen, Li Shen, Jiaqiang Wu, Jianger Lan, Chao Chen, Yi Wang, Zhiping Li

“…BackgroundSepsis is a major cause of mortality in intensive care units (ICUs) and continues to pose a significant global health challenge, with sepsis-related deaths contributing substantially to the overall burden on healthcare systems worldwide. …”
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Association of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein with hepatic fibrosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease by Yunfei Wu, Yunfei Wu, Guojun Zheng, Guojun Zheng, Fan Zhang, Fan Zhang, Fan Zhang, Wenjian Li, Wenjian Li

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels and hepatic fibrosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and assess its predictive efficacy.MethodsThe study included 1,477 participants from the United States and 1,531 from China diagnosed with MASLD. …”
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Screen interpretation of Franz Kafka's novel 'The Trial': Interaction of the author with the s­cript writer and film director by K.V. Arjantzeva

“…Pinter), represent the philosophical and psychological basis of text architectonics which unites the two authors. In the context of the original literary text, such a specific feature of F. …”
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A Rapid Cu Enrichment Mechanism from Cu-Bearing Brine in Kuqa Basin, Xinjiang, China: Controlled by Crystallized Sequence of Saline Minerals by Yangtong Cao, Haiming Xu

“…The Kuqa Basin filled with giant-thickness evaporite units is located in the northern Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, China. …”
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Debates on the Role of the U.S. Theater Missile Defense in the Regional Deterrence of North Korea and Iran by O. O. Krivolapov

“…The threat posed by two countries to the United States and their allies’ armed forces deployed in various regions has been the main incentive for the development of regional missile defense (theater missile defense) programs for more than 20 years. …”
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EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS: AXIOLOGICAL BASES OF MEGALOPOLIS YOUTH’S READINESS by Olga V. Kruzhkova, Irina V. Vorobyeva

“…These changes can be united into five groups. Organizational innovations are pointed at changing the structure of education in accordance with the dynamic characteristics of society. …”
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Acute exacerbations in patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis by Michael Kreuter, Elizabeth A. Belloli, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Stefania Cerri, Kevin R. Flaherty, Shane Shapera, Jin Woo Song, Heiko Mueller, Klaus B. Rohr, Yasuhiro Kondoh, on behalf of the INBUILD trial investigators, S. Quadrelli, M. Otaola, M.A. Bergna, P. Elias, G. Arce, A. Cazaux, J. Guiot, B. Bondue, C. Dahlqvist, L. Homik, S. Shapera, A. Cantin, M. Kolb, M. Salinas Fénero, R. Maturana Rozas, A. Silva Orellana, Z. Xu, Q. Luo, J. Kang, H. Cai, S. Marchand-Adam, E. Bergot, A. Gamez-Dubuis, F. Riviere, R. Kessler, H. Nunes, C. Marquette, L. Wemeau, S. Jouneau, F. Lebargy, B. Crestani, V. Cottin, M. Reynaud-Gaubert, S. Blaas, F. Bonella, W. Randerath, J. Hetzel, D. Koschel, M. Kreuter, A. Prasse, D. Skowasch, S. Stieglitz, R. Refini, S. Cerri, A. Pesci, S. Tomassetti, C. Vancheri, F. Varone, N. Sakamoto, S. Abe, H. Hayashi, T. Saito, T. Suda, H. Kitamura, M. Okamoto, Y. Kondoh, S. Makino, T. Takeuchi, Y. Yamada, C. Kono, Y. Inoue, H. Sugiura, K. Kishi, H. Takaya, H. Yamauchi, K. Ichikado, K. Tomii, H. Takahashi, S. Izumi, T. Kawamura, Y. Nishioka, Y. Miyazaki, J.W. Song, J.S. Park, Y. Kim, E. Jassem, J. Kus, W. Piotrowski, A. Barczyk, D. Ziora, E. Bazdyrev, S. Moiseev, S. Avdeev, M. Ilkovich, V. Yakusevich, C. Valenzuela, O. Acosta, M. Martínez, L. Gómez, M. Molina-Molina, D.M. Castillo Villegas, M. Aburto, J.A. Rodríguez Portal, A. Villar, A. León Jiménez, J. Sauleda, M. Arias, P. Beirne, H. Stone, B. Hope-Gill, N. Hirani, N. Chaudhuri, A. Gifford, L. Jones, L. Morrison, D. Antin-Ozerkis, N. Bhatt, T. Kulkarni, T. Moua, N. Ettinger, L. Pitts, S. Veeraraghavan, M. Padilla, E.R. Fernández Pérez, G. Giessel, M. Strek, S. Danoff, J. Burk, M. Rossman, N. Patel, E. Belloli, D. Hotchkin, S. Weigt, M.B. Scholand, R. Kaner, B. Sigal, Z. Safdar, L. Tolle, R. Martinez, M. Glassberg, R. Hallowell, J. Golden, M. Schwartz, E. Britt, L. Morrow, Y. Mageto, K. Buch, S. Chaaban, H. Poonyagariyagorn, D. Dilling, O. Shlobin, K. Thavarajah, A. Nambiar, I. Rosas, R. Bascom, J. Oldham, S. Schmidt, J. Dematte D'Amico, J. Falk, C. Glazer, G. Criner

“…Lower DLCO % predicted was associated with an increased risk of acute exacerbation with a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.56 (95% CI 1.21–2.02) per 10 units lower (p<0.001). Age ≥65 years was associated with a numerically increased risk (HR 1.55, 95% CI 0.87–2.77; p=0.14). …”
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Impacts of a puberty and period education intervention among 9- to 12-year-old girls in the New York metropolitan area: a randomized trial by Angela-Maithy N. Nguyen, Micaela Camozzi, Marni Sommer

“…Abstract Objectives To evaluate the immediate impacts of an illustrated book on puberty and periods for girls in the United States (US). Methods We conducted a randomized educational intervention between February–May 2023 among girls ages 9–12 years in after-school programs in the New York metropolitan area (n = 123). …”
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Psychological Intervention in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients by Lizzette Gómez-de-Regil, Damaris F. Estrella-Castillo, Julio Vega-Cauich

“…Most publications had adult samples (88.7%). The United States outstands as the country with more research (58.1%); Latin America countries provided no results. …”
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Microbial Profile of Fresh and Semicooked Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and Hygienic Practice of Fish Handlers in Hawassa, Ethiopia by Fasika Admasu, Abraham Mikru, Kassaye Balkew, Million Adane

“…The mean SC of raw fillets from three of the eight vendors and one semicooked fillet were at a potentially hazardous level (>4 log units). Moreover, Salmonella species were isolated from 30% to 25% of raw and semicooked samples, respectively. …”
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Impact of national e-commerce demonstration city pilot policy on urban carbon emission efficiency: From the perspective of soft and hard environments by YUE Li, WANG Xinran

“…[Methods] Based on prior research, this study employed multiple-period difference-in-differences and double machine learning models to rigorously identify the causal relationship between the NEDC pilot policy and urban CEE, using panel data of 282 prefecture-level administrative units in China from 2006 to 2022. The analysis integrated the internal mechanisms of the pilot policy’s impact on CEE from supply and demand sides. …”
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Foreign Policy Niche of Small States: The Problem of Choice (The Case of Baltic States) by V. A. Smirnov

“…The most general level of analysis deals with empire units of international relations which structure the environment for small states' elites actions. …”
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Enhancing Perioperative Outcomes of Pancreatic Surgery with Wearable Augmented Reality Assistance System: A Matched-Pair Analysis by Hamraz Javaheri, MSc, Omid Ghamarnejad, MD, Rizky Widyaningsih, MD, Ragnar Bade, PhD, Paul Lukowicz, PhD, Jakob Karolus, PhD, Gregor Alexander Stavrou, MD

“…Nevertheless, the ARAS group had a significantly shorter operative time (246 vs 299 minutes, P = 0.004) and required significantly fewer intraoperative blood transfusions (0.0 ± 0.0 vs 0.5 ± 1.4 units, P = 0.014). None of the patients in the ARAS group had positive resection margins (0.0% vs 20.0%, P = 0.045). …”
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Axiology of law in civil society by S. G. Pevko

“…Also, by establishing the legal statuses of individuals, members of society are given the opportunity to unite in public organisations, whose members can protect their rights and legitimate interests, influence the authorities, and protect themselves from arbitrariness on the part of the state.…”
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The cost of typhoid illness in low- and middle-income countries, a scoping review of the literature. by Frederic Debellut, Alena Friedrich, Ranju Baral, Clint Pecenka, Emmanuel Mugisha, Kathleen M Neuzil

“…The total cost of a typhoid episode ranged from $23 in India to $884 in Indonesia (current 2022 United States Dollar [USD]). Household expenditures related to typhoid fever were characterized as catastrophic in 9 studies. …”
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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS OF UNIVERSITIES IN RUSSIA AND ABROAD by Alisa V. Melikyan

“…A special example of RANEPA is mentioned as the first Presidential Academy that is formed by the merger of a large number of higher and additional professional education institutions and their branches. The uniqueness of the Academy lies in its extensive territorial structure uniting educational institutions of different levels,located in 53 regions of the country. …”
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Plasmidome of Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis recovered from surface waters in a major agricultural region for leafy greens in California. by Beatriz Quiñones, Bertram G Lee, Ashley Avilés Noriega, Lisa Gorski

“…Non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica is a leading cause of gastrointestinal illnesses in the United States. Among the 2,600 different S. enterica serovars, Infantis has been significantly linked to human illnesses and is frequently recovered from broilers and chicken parts in the U.S. …”
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On some current aspects and new approaches to scientific understanding of the national characteristics of Russian statehood formation and evolution by N. A. Omelchenko, T. V. Rastimeshina, Yu. V. Sinchuk

“…The role of the state idea uniting society in preserving stability and sustainability of any state has been emphasized.…”
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C3-VQA: Cryogenic Counter-Based Coprocessor for Variational Quantum Algorithms by Yosuke Ueno, Satoshi Imamura, Yuna Tomida, Teruo Tanimoto, Masamitsu Tanaka, Yutaka Tabuchi, Koji Inoue, Hiroshi Nakamura

“…The C3-VQA precomputes a part of the expectation value calculations for VQAs and buffers intermediate values using simple bit operation units and counters in the cryostat, thereby reducing the required intertemperature bandwidth with small additional power consumption. …”
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A Critical Assessment of Friedenwald’s Technique for Estimating the Coefficient of Rigidity of the Cornea by Larysa Tutchenko, Sudi Patel, Mykhailo Skovron, Olha Horak, Oleksiy Voytsekhivskyy

“…To determine if Friedenwald’s technique for estimating the coefficient of corneal rigidity (Ko, units mmHg/μL), could differentiate between the cornea in keratoconus, normal eyes, and after crosslinking (CXL). …”
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