Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review. by Valerie Elliot, Debra Morgan, Julie Kosteniuk, Melanie Bayly, Amanda Froehlich Chow, Allison Cammer, Megan E O'Connell

“…The main gap identified was literature pertaining to rural populations, especially from locations other than the United States. The influence of rurality on relevant findings was mixed across rural-urban comparison studies, as was the effect of sex and gender across the literature.…”
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New Approaches to Developing the Integral Indicator Methodology for Estimating the Financial Efficiency of Agricultural Entities in Poland, the Republic of Moldova, and EU Countrie... by Mariusz Trojak, Barbara Kiełbasa, Daniela Popa, Aliona Sargo

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High-resolution spatiotemporal analysis of chikungunya epidemics between 2019 and 2020 in Salvador, Brazil: a municipality-level transmission dynamics studyResearch in context by Hernan D. Argibay, Cristiane W. Cardoso, William M. de Souza, Raquel L. Souza, Maysa Pellizzaro, Geraldo M. Cunha, Julie Clennon, Scott C. Weaver, Mitermayer G. Reis, Uriel Kitron, Guilherme S. Ribeiro

“…Funding: Secretary of Health of Salvador, Federal University of Bahia, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Foundation for Research Support of the Bahia State, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES), Clinical and Applied Research Network in Chikungunya, Global Virus Network, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Wellcome Trust, and the United States National Institutes of Health.…”
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Knowledge about COVID-19 and Practices among Hemodialysis Technicians in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era by Amit S. Pasari, Amol Bhawane, Manish R. Balwani, Priyanka Tolani, Vishal Ramteke, Nishant Deshpande

“…Hemodialysis technicians play a crucial role in infection control practices in hemodialysis units. Thus, it is important to assess the knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 among hemodialysis technicians in this pandemic situation. …”
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Accelerated pseudo-transient method for elastic, viscoelastic, and coupled hydromechanical problems with applications by Y. Alkhimenkov, Y. Y. Podladchikov

“…Recent advancements have demonstrated the APT method's computational efficiency, particularly when applied to quasi-static nonlinear problems using Graphical Processing Units (GPUs). This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the APT method, focusing on its application to quasi-static elastic, viscoelastic, and coupled hydromechanical problems, specifically those governed by quasi-static Biot poroelastic equations, across 1D, 2D, and 3D domains. …”
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Ideas of Multipolarity in the Conceptual Frame of the Soviet Diplomacy during the Final Phases of the Great Patriotic war (1943–1945) by I. E. Magadeev

“…Although Soviet Foreign Office officials did not discount the possibility of the formation of a united Anglo-American front against the USSR, they believed that Soviet diplomacy should actively work to prevent such an outcome by capitalizing on the fissures between Washington and London.…”
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Association of TyG index with mortality at 28 days in sepsis patients in intensive care from MIMIC IV database by Heping Xu, Jinyuan Xie, Yan Xia, Huan Niu, Hong Wang, Feng Zhan

“…Abstract The relationship between the triglyceride‒glucose (TyG) index and the clinical prognosis of septic patients in intensive care units (ICUs) remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the correlation between the TyG index and 28-day all-cause mortality in septic patients. …”
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Internal and external influences on role stereotype adherence and gender dynamics on engineering design teams by Anastasia M. Schauer, Jessie Liu, Christopher Saldaña, Katherine Fu

“…A survey was administered to computer science and engineering students in the United States presenting a scenario in which they are members of an engineering design team. …”
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Exploring voice barriers and subsequent practices among frontline healthcare workers in Pakistan: a comprehensive mixed-methods analysis by Noreen Kanwal, Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Isha, Al-baraa Abdulrahman Al-Mekhlafi, Rao Irfan Ali Haider

“…Research method The study has adopted a mixed-method research design. Data was collected from 15 frontline healthcare workers through semi-structured interviews to achieve study objectives. …”
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Tourism planning and development: The case of Portugal’s Norte region by Ana Paula Lopes, Filomena Soares

“…The north of Portugal has a rich cultural, historical and architectural landscape heritage, including some pearls that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has classified over the years as World Heritage Sites. …”
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Botulinum toxin-A in acute acquired comitant esotropia during COVID pandemic in children and young adolescents by Neelam Pawar, Praveena Shyam, Meenakshi Ravindran, Fathima Allapitchai

“…All patients were administered 2.5–7.5 units of BTX-A (Botox, Allergan, India) into the unilateral or bilateral medial rectus muscle of the deviating eye under short general anesthesia or local anesthesia. …”
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New era, new GOALs: cardiovascular screening and lipid management in cystic fibrosis by Katherine A. Despotes, Agathe S. Ceppe, Jennifer L. Goralski, Scott H. Donaldson

“…We also surveyed CF providers across the United States on their CVD risk screening practices. …”
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Predictive modeling of air quality in the Tehran megacity via deep learning techniques by Abdullah Kaviani Rad, Mohammad Javad Nematollahi, Abbas Pak, Mohammadreza Mahmoudi

“…This research demonstrated that DL models typically outperform ML models in forecasting air pollution. Gated recurrent units (GRUs), fully connected neural networks (FCNNs), and convolutional neural networks (CNNs) recorded R2 and MSE values of 0.5971 and 42.11 for CO, 0.7873 and 171.40 for O3, and 0.4954 and 25.17 for SO2, respectively. …”
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History of Turkish Air Force Aviation School and the Process of Transition to Air Force Academy by Osman YALÇIN

“…The organization of aviation includes pilot training, airplane supply, fondation of aviation school, establishment of combatant units, and building the air vehicles with local and national endeavour. …”
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Hepatitis C Prevalence on the Rise but Screening at Safety Net Institutions Lagging behind by Jarin Prasa, Syed S. Karim, Bobby Jacob, Paul Mustacchia

“…Introduction. In the United States, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading contributor to liver-related illnesses and fatalities. …”
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The Use of Social Network in Daily Pediatric Practice and Education: Turkish Pediatric Atelier by Erdem Gönüllü, Ahmet Soysal, İlkay Can, Ercan Tutak, Turan Tunç, İsmail Yıldız, Osman Yeşilbaş, Naci Öner, Ali Anarat, Feryal Gün Soysal, Cengiz Bayram, Mehmet Cihan Balcı, Emine Betül Tavil, Teoman Akçay, Metin Karaböcüoğlu

“…Clinical Trial Registration (if any). Registry name, registration number, web link to study on registry, and data sharing statement.…”
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The Development of Simple Scoring System to Predict Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Patients with Stroke by In-Hui Pak, Se-Ryong Han, Chol-Ho Sin, Hyo-Song Kim, Un-Ryong Rim

“…Urinary tract infection (UTI) was diagnosed through urine culture: more than 100,100 colony-forming units per millimeter in patients with signs and symptoms. …”
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In vivo reduction of biofilm seeded on orthopaedic implants: safety and efficacy of portable electromagnetic induction heating by Enrique Cordero García-Galán, Marina Medel-Plaza, José J. Pozo-Kreilinger, Héctor Sarnago, Óscar Lucía, Alicia Rico-Nieto, Jaime Esteban, Enrique Gomez-Barrena

“…In rabbits implanted with infected screws, a significant bacterial load reduction with median 0.75 Log10 colony-forming units/ml was observed (p = 0.016). Conclusion: Induction heating was not associated with any demonstrable thermal bone necrosis in our rabbit knee model, and might reduce bacterial load in S. aureus biofilms on Ti6Al4V implants. …”
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Complex links between the energy trilemma dimensions in top 25 energy trilemma performers: The role of the UN plan of action for 2030 by Masoud Shirazi

“…In this respect, the United Nations plan of action for 2030 especially goal seven, i.e., affordable and clean energy, associates with this purpose. …”
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pyAKI-An open source solution to automated acute kidney injury classification. by Christian Porschen, Jan Ernsting, Paul Brauckmann, Raphael Weiss, Till Würdemann, Hendrik Booke, Wida Amini, Ludwig Maidowski, Benjamin Risse, Tim Hahn, Thilo von Groote

“…<h4>Objective</h4>Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in critically ill patients, affecting up to 50% of patients in the intensive care units. The lack of standardized and open-source tools for applying the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria to time series, requires researchers to implement classification algorithms of their own which is resource intensive and might impact study quality by introducing different interpretations of edge cases. …”
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