Study on Seismic Dynamic Response of Deep-Buried Tunnel Based on Tectonic Stress by Junjie He, Song Hu, Yonggang Guo

“…Although the displacement time-history curve of each observation point displayed a consistent fluctuating pattern, the dynamic displacement extremes in different areas of the mountain varied significantly when the time arrived for their appearance. A maximum dynamic displacement of 0.53 m was observed at the observation point with the highest elevation (5,265.8 m). …”
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Supplemental Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Patients With a Co-Occurring Anxiety Disorder: Technical Development and Functional Testing of an Autonomous Digital Pr... by Linda Marie Rinehart, Justin Anker, Amanda Unruh, Nikki Degeneffe, Paul Thuras, Amie Norden, Lilly Hartnett, Matt Kushner

“…Over a decade ago, we developed and validated a cognitive behavioral therapy intervention to supplement standard AUD care that, when delivered by trained therapists, improves outcomes in comorbid patients. …”
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Geophysical and geotechnical assessment of Obiaruku-Agbor road failure in Western Niger-Delta, Nigeria by Ogheneovo Akpoyibo, Ezekiel Onoriode ABRIKU, Felix Chukwuka Ugbe, Ochuko Anomohanran

“…It is stressed that lateritic soils are crucial for precise sub-grade soil assessment in detail sampling for highways. When these values were compared to the standard, it became clear that the main reasons for road collapse were thin pavement, inadequate drainage, water-logged sands, low-quality infill, incompetent clayey materials beneath the built road, and neglect. …”
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Epidemiology of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Neonates within Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Seraphine Nkie Esemu, Arnol Bowo-Ngandji, Roland Ndip Ndip, Jane-Francis Tatah Kihla Akoachere, Nene Kaah Keneh, Jean Thierry Ebogo-Belobo, Cyprien Kengne-Ndé, Donatien Serge Mbaga, Nicholas Tendongfor, Hortense Kamga Gonsu, Jean Paul Assam Assam, Lucy Mande Ndip

“…From these studies, we estimated a cumulative incidence rate of 7.2% for MRSA colonization in NICUs. When the source of MRSA was considered, CA-MRSA incidence was 2.7%, while HA-MRSA incidence was notably higher at 11%. …”
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Porosity and Joule heating effects in chemically reactive peristaltically driven motion of Alumina-Ethylene glycol-Water nanofluid by S. Farooq, S. Ravikumar, S. Khalid, Hala H. Abd El-Gawad, Khalid Abdulkhaliq M. Alharbi

“…Significant Findings: The physical discussion section described that decline in velocity and enhancement in temperature versus a larger nano particle volume fraction parameter, it happens because when nano particles are submerged into ordinary liquids, which denser the material appropriately and thus velocity is declined and the temperature is enhanced because of high resistance in the flow field. …”
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Development and validation of a hyperlipidemia risk prediction model for middle-aged and older adult Chinese using 2015 CHARLS data by Li-xiang Zhang, Shan-Bing Hou, Fang-fang Zhao, Ting-ting Wang, Ying Jiang, Xiao-juan Zhou, Jiao-yu Cao

“…The Decision Curve Analysis (DCA) demonstrated that when the probability of hyperlipidemia in the middle-aged and older adult population falls between 0.11 and 0.61, the application of the nomogram yields the highest net benefit, suggesting that the nomogram model possesses good clinical applicability. …”
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Conversion from clinically isolated syndrome to multiple sclerosis: what paraclinical tests findings are the most characteristic? by M. Malciūtė, I. Čelpačenko, R. Stankevičiūtė, R. Balnytė

“…Results were interpreted as statistically significant when p-value <0.05. Results. A total of 138 cases were included in the study. 49 patients converted to MS (35.5%), other 89 patients (64.5%) were diagnosed with other diseases than MS. …”
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Differences in Physical and Psychological Parameters in Sub-Elite, Male, Youth Soccer Players with Jumper's Knee Following Physical Therapy Compared to Healthy Controls: A Longitud... by Marc Niering, Thomas Muehlbauer

“… # Conclusions The observed findings imply that there are significant differences in physical and psychological performance of youth soccer players after physical therapy for JK compared to HC. When designing rehabilitation and/or training programs, as well as determining the point of return to sport the impact of the injury needs to be taken into account…”
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Evaluating Different Crown Reconstruction Approaches from Airborne LiDAR for Quantifying APAR Distribution Using a 3D Radiative Transfer Model by Xun Zhao, Can Liu, Jianbo Qi, Lijuan Yuan, Zhexiu Yu, Siying He, Huaguo Huang

“…Specifically, in scenarios with sparse (HET09) and dense (HET51) canopy distributions, the APAR values from scenes reconstructed using this method exhibit the smallest discrepancies when compared to the benchmark scenes. For HET09, the branched scenario yields RMSE, MAE, and MAPE values of 33.58 kW, 33.18 kW, and 40.19%, respectively, while for HET51, these metrics are 12.74 kW, 12.97 kW, and 10.27%. …”
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Diagnosis of tuberculosis in buffaloes in Argentina: intradermoreaction, compatible lesions and bacteriological culture by Emilia Irina Martínez, Fabiana Cipolini Galarza, Nolly María Monzón, Ana Gabriela Espasandin, José Luis Konrad, Elvira Falzoni, Soledad Barandiaran, Jimena Marfil, Marcela Martínez Vivot, Diana Elina Martínez

“…Because of the lack of standardized parameters for this species, two interpretation criteria were applied, a qualitative one (reactive, when any size increase was evident in the inoculation area/non-reactive), and the quantitative one following cattle-regulated criteria (positive reaction of more than 5mm, suspicious from 3 to 5mm and negative up to 3mm). …”
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Ilaser Submucous Destruction in the Treatment of Hemorrhoids by S. A. Frolov, D. V. Vyshegorodtsev, A. M. Kuzminov, Yu. L. Trubacheva, V. Yu. Korolik, I. S. Bogormistrov, I. A. Mukhin, A. N. Ryndin, A. A. Anarbaeva

“…The performed transrectal ultrasound examination with spectral-wave dopplerography for up to 6 months allowed to diagnose a persistent decrease in blood flow along the terminal branches of the upper rectal artery compared with preoperative values. When performed sphincterometry, there was no change in the parameters of the anal sphincter function compared to preoperative parameters.Conclusion. …”
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Causal relationship between 412 gut microbiota, 1,400 blood metabolites, and diabetic nephropathy: a randomized Mendelian study by Bo-Ning Cao, Cai-Yan Zhang, Zhen Wang, Yao-Xian Wang, Yao-Xian Wang

“…Interactions between Bacillus species and metabolites such as d18:1/18:1, d18:2/18:0, 2-aminophenol sulfate, and cholate were negative when compared to tetradecadienoate (14:2). g_Adlercreutzia is positively correlated with N-delta-acetylornithine, methylsuccinate, and N-acetyl-isoputreanine but negatively correlated with N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine. g_Haemophilus was positively associated with arachidoylcarnitine but negatively correlated with X-24531. …”
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Impact of Prenatal Stress on Neuroendocrine Programming by Odile Viltart, Christel C. A. Vanbesien-Mailliot

“…In particular, variations in circulating maternal glucocorticoids are known to impact this programming strongly, notably when hormonal surges occur during sensitive periods of development, so-called developmental windows of vulnerability. …”
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Impact of geochemical reactivity on desulphation requirements in a sandstone reservoir containing carbonate and sulphate minerals by Ali M. Al-Behadili, Eric J. Mackay

“…A common technique to support the reservoir pressure is water injection, but scale problems can be a major issue that develop during oil field production when there is water (especially seawater) injection. …”
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of sotorasib as second-line treatment for patients with KRAS-G12C-mutated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) in Switzerland by Tämer El Saadany, Judith Lupatsch, Michael Mark, Michaela Barbier, Tarun Mehra, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Roger von Moos

“…CONCLUSION: Sotorasib did not demonstrate cost-effectiveness at the full dosage nor when reduced to a quarter of the dose. The primary factors motivating clinicians to prescribe sotorasib are its superior overall response rate compared with docetaxel and the reported improvement in patients’ quality of life. …”
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Relationship between prenatal mixed heavy metal/metalloid exposure and offspring cognitive and temperament development by XU Zujing, JIANG Yining, XU Jian

“…After adjusting for related confounders, the BKMR analyses found that when the overall concentrations of the four heavy metals/metalloid (Cr, Mn, As, and Pb) were higher than the 50th percentile, children's fine motor development quotients showed a decreasing trend as the overall concentrations of the four heavy metals/metalloid increased. …”
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Cultural and urban city living expectations of knee motion in a Southeast Asian city: implications on total knee arthroplasty outcomes by Yong Yao Tan, Ke Xin Magneline Ang, Ching Yi Aliza Wong, Kinjal Vidyut Mehta, Sir Young James Loh

“…BackgroundThe prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in Southeast Asia has increased steadily over the years. When conservative management options fail, total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a reliable surgical option. …”
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The application of Vavilov’s approaches to the phylogeny and evolution of cultivated species of the genus <i>Avena</i> L. by I. G. Loskutov, A. A. Gnutikov, E. V. Blinova, A. V. Rodionov

“…On the basis of a comprehensive study of the complete intraspecific diversity from different zones of the distribution range of cultivated oat species as well as on the basis of an analysis of data on the geography of forms and species distribution ranges, it was established that the process of hexaploid species formation also took place in the western part of the Mediterranean, and subsequently, when moving eastward, these forms started occupying all the vast spaces in the region of the Southwest Asian center, forming a large intraspecific diversity of wild forms and weedy ones in transit to cultivated hexaploid oat species. …”
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Association of clinical signs of possible serious bacterial infections identified by community health workers with mortality of young infants in South Asia: a prospective, observat... by Gary L. Darmstadt, Saifuddin Ahmed, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Safa Abdalla, Shams El Arifeen, Melissa L. Arvay, Abdullah H. Baqui, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Anuradha Bose, Nicholas E. Connor, Belal Hossain, Rita Isaac, Arif Mahmud, Dipak K. Mitra, Luke C. Mullany, Imran Nisar, Kalpana Panigrahi, Pinaki Panigrahi, Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman, Senjuti Saha, Sajid B. Soofi, Nardos Solomon, Mathuram Santosham, Stephanie J. Schrag, Shamim A. Qazi, Samir K. Saha

“…Each of the seven signs of PSBI when found alone was associated with significantly (p < 0.0001) increased risk for mortality, which increased further if any other additional sign of PSBI was found concurrently. …”
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Impact of VSD therapy on surgical outcomes, inflammatory markers, and functional rehabilitation in patients with secondary bone infection following tibial fracture surgery by Sheng Chang, Yu Wang, Zengshan Zhang

“…The excellent and good rate of the study group (95.65%) was higher than the excellent and good rate of the control group (80.49%) and the difference was statistically significant (P&lt;0.05).ConclusionWhen a wound cannot be closed, VSD treatment of patients with secondary bone infection after internal fixation of tibial fracture can improve the level of surgical indicators and inflammatory factor levels in patients, and promote the recovery of patients’ limb function, and is thus worthy of clinical promotion and application.…”
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