Verification of the Vitek Reveal System for Direct Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in Gram-Negative Positive Blood Cultures by Giulia Menchinelli, Damiano Squitieri, Carlotta Magrì, Flavio De Maio, Tiziana D’Inzeo, Margherita Cacaci, Giulia De Angelis, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Brunella Posteraro

“…Consequently, categorical agreement (CA) and associated errors should not be applied. We verified the Vitek Reveal AST assay according to both ISO 20776-2:2021 and ISO 20776-2:2007 criteria. …”
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Identifying Contextual Workplace Stressors in a Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery by Viola Goodacre, MPS, MSc, Karthik Adapa, MD, PhD, Elizabeth Kwong, MS, Lisa M. Vizer, PhD, Chao-Chin Liu, MS, Nadia Charguia, MD, Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH, Lynn A. Damitz, MD, FACS, Damian McHugh, MD, Lukasz M. Mazur, PhD

“…Healthcare professionals in plastic and reconstructive surgery (PRS) face unique stressors that contribute to burnout, increasing the risk of errors and compromising patient care. Despite this, there is limited research on PRS burnout in the United States. …”
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Improving Medication Safety Through Medication Reconciliation in Pediatric Neurology: Clinical Pharmacist Recommendations and Physician Uptake in a 13-Week Study by Margherita Zennaro, Anna Trotter, Daniele Mengato, Laura Camuffo, Claudio Ancona, Irene Toldo, Maria Cecilia Giron, Maria Federica Pelizza, Margherita Nosadini, Giorgio Perilongo, Stefano Sartori, Francesca Venturini

“…A total of 138 recommendations were shared, with an overall acceptance rate of 42%. Medication errors accounted for the largest cluster of suggestions (45%), though only 32% were accepted. …”
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A Novel Approach to Production Allocation for Multi-Layer Commingled Tight Gas Wells: Insights from the Ordos Basin, NW China by Gang Cheng, Yunsheng Wei, Zhi Guo, Bin Fu, Qifeng Wang, Guoting Wang, Yanming Jiang, Dewei Meng, Jiangchen Han, Yajing Shen, Hanqing Zhu, Kefei Chen

“…In addition, the new model was validated and applied in the Sulige gas field, Ordos Basin. The following conclusions were drawn: First, The gas production contribution rates of pay zones based on the new model are fairly close to the measurements of the production profile logging, with errors less than 10%. …”
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Uterine Artery Doppler in Complicated Twin Pregnancies by Dagmara Filipecka-Tyczka, Anna Scholz, Monika Szpotańska-Sikorska, Katarzyna Muzyka-Placzyńska, Artur Pokropek, Michał Rabijewski, Bożena Wroczyńska, Marcin Wieczorek, Małgorzata Zielińska, Magdalena Rudzińska, Krzysztof Berbeka, Paulina Pawłowska, Aleksandra Nowińska, Grzegorz Szewczyk

“…We used a logistic regression model with reliable estimators of standard errors considering the longitudinal structure. In 150 patients with twin pregnancies, 1086 ultrasound examinations were performed. …”
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Medical mistrust and COVID-19 vaccine attitudes and behavior: Findings from a population-based cohort study in Michigan by Soomin Ryu, Akash Patel, Kristi L. Allgood, Delvon T. Mattingly, Jana L. Hirschtick, Robert C. Orellana, Nancy L. Fleischer

“…Both associations were pronounced among non-Hispanic White and another non-Hispanic race and ethnicity individuals. Conclusions: Understanding drivers of medical mistrust may help rebuild public trust in healthcare systems to promote vaccine uptake and improve public health.…”
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Accuracy of Dynamic Computer-Aided Implant Surgery for Biconometric Implant Positioning: A Retrospective Case Series Analysis by Luca Comuzzi, Tea Romasco, Massimo Del Fabbro, Margherita Tumedei, Luca Signorini, Francesco Inchingolo, Lorenzo Montesani, Giulia Marchioli, Carlos Fernando Mourão, Adriano Piattelli, Natalia Di Pietro

“…<b>Results</b>: Measurement errors for apical linear and 3D deviations at the apex and entry point ranged from 0.24 ± 0.10 to 0.55 ± 0.57 mm, and angular deviations varied from 0.32 ± 0.65° to 0.35 ± 0.71°. …”
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Contactless monitoring of respiratory rate (RR) and heart rate (HR) in non-acuity settings: a clinical validity study by Muralidhar Varma, Manikanda Krishnan Vaidyanathan, Joseph Thomas, Trevor Sequeira, Navaneetha Krishnan S Naidu, Yogish Mallya, Amarendranath Sunkara, Praveen Patil, Nagaraj Poojary, Benoît Balmaekers, Shankar Prasad N, Sulochana Badagabettu

“…Contactless HR monitoring presented a coefficient of determination of 0.91. The mean absolute errors were 0.84 and 2.15 beats per minute for RR and HR, respectively.Conclusions Compared with existing Food and Drug Administration-approved monitors, the findings of the present study revealed that contactless monitoring of RR and HR accurately represented study populations in non-acuity settings. …”
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CHANGES IN REGIONAL PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION IN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL WARMING by A. A. Tashilova

“…Linear trends characterizing the trend of the value under consideration for the entire observation period from 1961 to 2018 were constructed using the built-in Excel LINEST worksheet function, which returns the values of the slope coefficients, the errors in their calculation, the coefficient of determination of the model R2 (D, %), F- Fisher's test to determine the significance of the coefficient of determination R2. …”
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Microseismic monitoring and assessment of segmented hydraulic fracturing of horizontal wells in coal seam roofs by Quangui LI, Shuyue PENG, Yunpei LIANG, Wenxi LI, Yanan QIAN, Chunhui CHENG, Changjun YU, Jinfei ZHAN

“…For the same perfo-ration point, the localization errors yielded by the improved wave velocity model decreased by up to 7.22 m compared to those of the initial layered wave velocity model. …”
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Physician burnout, associated factors, and their effects on work performance throughout first-year internships during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand: a cross-sectional study by Vithawat Surawattanasakul, Penprapa Siviroj, Wuttipat Kiratipaisarl, Wachiranun Sirikul, Vitchayut Phetsayanavin, Chantarateera Pholvivat, Natcha Auernaruemonsuk, Chanon Lamlert

“…These factors included colleague support, academic counselling, professional satisfaction, income and workload balance, medical errors, work performance, resignation thoughts, and suicidal ideation. …”
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The Role of Vitamin D in the Management of Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review by Andreea Roșian, Mihaela Zdrîncă, Luciana Dobjanschi, Laura Grațiela Vicaș, Mariana Eugenia Mureșan, Camelia Maria Dindelegan, Rita Ioana Platona, Eleonora Marian

“…More rigorous studies, without methodological errors, are needed to correctly and definitively assess the impact of vitamin D in relation to depression.…”
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Identifying the lithologies and thicknesses of coal seam roofs and floors based on multiparameter logging of boreholes by Zhe LI, Baobin GAO, Wenjie LEI, Donghui LI, Zixin LI

“…Repeated logging of a single borehole can improve the accuracy of identified lithologies and thicknesses of rocks. With errors of thickness measurements within boreholes controlled at below 0.2 m, the logging results proved valid. …”
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Empirical modeling of the percent depth dose for megavoltage photon beams. by Xiao-Jun Li, Yan-Cheng Ye, Yan-Shan Zhang, Jia-Ming Wu

“…The calculated Sc were compared with the measured data and showed agreement at different field sizes to within ±1.5%.<h4>Conclusions</h4>We proposed a model incorporating a two-parameter formula which can improve the fitting accuracy to be better than 1.5% maximum error for describing the PDD in different photon energies used in clinical setting. …”
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Investigation of the state of the electric field of the atmosphere in the area of open pit mining by R. Kh. Zekoreev

“…A technique was used for conducting atmospheric-electrical measurements, which excludes errors introduced by various factors, such as the method of placing the measuring equipment, the heterogeneity of the terrain, the weather conditions of the observation point, which was located in the layer of air mass exchange and turbulent diffusion.Results of the study and their discussion. …”
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Preoperative prediction of the Lauren classification in gastric cancer using automated nnU-Net and radiomics: a multicenter study by Bo Cao, Jun Hu, Haige Li, Xuebing Liu, Chang Rong, Shuai Li, Xue He, Xiaomin Zheng, Kaicai Liu, Chuanbin Wang, Wei Guo, Xingwang Wu

“…The radiomic model was selected as the optimal model. Conclusions The nnU-Net model can efficiently and accurately achieve automatic segmentation of GCs. …”
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Intra-hospital patient-specific 3D printed surgical guide for patients with thoracic scoliotic deformities, the collaboration between engineer and surgeon by M. Suffo, M. Quiroga-De Castro, L Galán-Romero, P Andrés-Cano

“…It introduces a novel collaborative paradigm between surgeons and engineers, aiming to improve efficiency and reduce errors in the manufacturing of patient-specific instruments (PSIs). …”
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Investigating the effect of land use type on surface water quality in the Talar watershed in Mazandaran by Fatemeh Shokrian, Karim solaimani, Aref Saberi

“…To produce the land use map, atmospheric, geometric and radiometric errors were first corrected, then a land use map was produced using false colour combinations and training samples separately for each year. …”
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Gamified mHealth System for Evaluating Upper Limb Motor Performance in Children: Cross-Sectional Feasibility Study by Md Raihan Mia, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Samuel Nemanich

“…Significant relationships between age and upper limb performance were found: older participants exhibited lower errors with faster completion times compared to younger participants. …”
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Attitudes Toward AI Usage in Patient Health Care: Evidence From a Population Survey Vignette Experiment by Simon Kühne, Jannes Jacobsen, Nicolas Legewie, Jörg Dollmann

“…Respondents expect AI to not only prevent errors but also exceed current reliability standards while strongly disapproving of nontraceable systems (transparency is another important factor, percentage of EV of up to 4%). …”
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