Incremental predictive value of liver fat fraction based on spectral detector CT for major adverse cardiovascular events in T2DM patients with suspected coronary artery disease by Min Wang, Tanglin Wei, Li Sun, Yanhua Zhen, Ruobing Bai, Xiaomei Lu, Yue Ma, Yang Hou

“…The LFF was divided into tertiles using the cutoffs of 4.10 and 8.30. Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated that patients with higher LFF were more likely to develop MACE, regardless of different subgroups in framingham risk score (FRS) or coronary artery calcium score (CACS). …”
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Optimization of Inspired Oxygen during Mechanical Ventilation (OPTI-OXYGEN): rationale and design of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Taylor B Thompson, Todd W Rice, Guy N Brock, Jonathan Peters, Elliott D Crouser, Matthew Exline, Sonal R Pannu, Jamie Zimmer, Jeffrey C Horowitz

“…Conversely, arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) offers accuracy but is costly and invasive. We aim to develop a novel approach to targeted oxygenation that collectively uses the accuracy of SaO2 and the feasibility of SpO2 to mitigate occult hypoxaemia and prevent hyperoxaemia.Methods and analysis The Optimization of Inspired Oxygen during Mechanical Ventilation trial is a pragmatic stepped wedge, open label, cluster-randomised controlled trial of an algorithm-based SpO2-SaO2 electronic alert-based oxygen titration protocol. …”
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Mutations in ampD cause hyperproduction of AmpC and CmcB β-lactamases and high resistance to β-lactam antibiotics in Chromobacterium violaceum by Luís Gustavo Laranjeiro, Carlos Eduardo M. Neme, Maristela Previato-Mello, Bianca B. Batista, Isabel Henriques, José F. da Silva Neto

“…Understanding the mechanism of antimicrobial resistance is crucial for developing effective treatments and mitigating the spread of β-lactam-resistant bacteria.…”
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Peculiarities of oxidative modification of proteins indices in blood plasma of the female rats’ offspring with experimental gestational diabetes depending on sex, age and basal gly... by O. V. Gancheva

“…Analysis of products of oxidative modification of proteins (OMP) in correlation with plasma catalase activity will help us to define the state of oxidative stress parameters in the normal animals and in the female rats’ offspring with experimental gestational diabetes (EGD). …”
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الاستثمار الاستراتيجي للموارد البشرية الموهوبة في المركز الوطني لرعاية الموهبة الرياضية ــ دراسة حالة في وزارة الشباب والرياضة... by حامد كريم الحدراوي, محمد عبد الحسين غناوي

“…Where the analysis has accessed a number of results most  important of them, there existed   moral correlation relation between the strategic investment of human resources and the talent , also there existed moral effect of strategic investment in the talent.  …”
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Association between the PaO2/FiO2 Ratio and Pneumonia Severity Index in Pneumonia Patients with ARDS: A Cross-sectional Study from a Critical Care Unit by Ronak Prakashkumar Shah, Parth Rohitkumar Shah, Trupti Jansari, Amit Chauhan

“…Patients classified in higher-risk categories included 32.84% in class IV and 35.82% in class V, reflecting an increased risk of mortality. Statistical analysis revealed a highly significant association between PSI class and the PaO2/FiO2 ratio (p-value <0.001), indicating that patients with higher PSI class severity are more likely to develop severe ARDS. …”
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A BASE NACIONAL COMUM CURRICULAR E EDUCAÇÃO NO/DO CAMPO: uma relação de (in)consistência by Raimunda Aurea Dias de Sousa, Alberto Filho Coelho Amorim

“…Thus, it aims to understand the (in) consistency relationship between BNCC and education in/of the field in what it refers to reality experienced by peasants as a fundamental condition for their existence. This research was developed with students and teachers of the state school Malaquias Mendes da Silva, located in the District of Rajada - Petrolina - PE, based on the quantitative / qualitative analysis of the data collected. …”
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Pathogen Distribution, Drug Resistance, and Postoperative High-Quality Nursing Intervention Effectiveness in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients After Knee Arthroplasty With Postoperative... by Tang Y, Fu B, Tong Q

“…Yuanyuan Tang,1 Baihui Fu,2 Qun Tong3 1Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150001, People’s Republic of China; 3Bachelor of Neurosurgery, Spine Research Center, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Baihui Fu, Email f18846812513@163.comObjective: To analyze the distribution and drug resistance of pathogens in patients with postoperative infection following knee arthroplasty (TKA) for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and to explore the effectiveness of high-quality nursing interventions postoperatively.Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on clinical data from 87 KOA patients who underwent TKA and developed postoperative wound infections (infection group) at the first Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University from July 2022 to September 2024. …”
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Study of base influence on the active pharmaceutical ingredients releasing from combined ointments with antimycotic action by V. V. Luc, V. V. Gladyshev, А. Р. Lisyanskaya, І. А. Biriuk

“…Based on the obtained data, ointment compositions with 2-mercaptobenzothiazole and chinosolum on the basis of sodium carboxymethylcellulose (prescription №1) and methylcellulose (prescription №2) glycerogel were selected for further research. …”
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Modulating verticality representation and uprightness by virtual reality: rationale and protocol for a within-person randomised intervention associating a basic study in healthy in... by Dominic Perennou, Eugénie Lhommée, Aurélien Hugues, Stéphanie Dehem, Celine Piscicelli, Remi Gimat, Shenhao Dai, Adélaïde Marquer

“…After hemisphere stroke, lateropulsion is caused by an impaired internal representation of verticality, for which developing rehabilitation techniques has become a priority. …”
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Radiological and Inflammatory Markers Predicting the Spontaneous Transit of Mid and Lower Ureteric Stones: A Prospective Observational Study by Souvik Chatterjee, Indra Prakash Mandal, Debansu Sarkar

“…Among them, four patients were lost to follow-up and another two patients had to be excluded as they developed urosepsis with acute pyelonephritis. Hence, data was collected from 102 patients. …”
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Review of Research on Foundation Scour of River-Crossing Bridges by WANG Lu, LIU Hong-wei, WEI Kai, Bruce Melville, NIE Rui-hua

“…This will enable systematic investigation of bridge scour under human disturbance and complex boundary conditions, thereby improving the theoretical system and developing more widely applicable and reliable scour design methods.…”
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Tectonic transition and extension at the eastern and western ends of the Altyn Tagh fault: insights from triple junctions by YI Kexin, JOLIVET Marc, GUO Zhaojie

“…Additionally, GPS data and seismic source mechanism solutions are analyzed to characterize the current kinematic behaviors and movement directions of the faults.   …”
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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE: A CASE STUDY ON ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES by Raluca POP

“…A survey was used as a research method. The data obtained were analysed qualitatively and quantitatively through descriptive statistics using Google Forms' built-in tools or Voyant Tools for content analysis. …”
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Identifying the Antecedents of Humble Leadership for Managers with a Meta-synthesis Approach by Tahereh Mohammadi, Adel Zahedbabelan, Ali Khaleghkhah, Hossein Taghavi Qarabulagh

“…Using purposeful sampling, 14 articles that met the inclusion criteria were analyzed. Data were subjected to three-stage coding (open, axial, and selective) with the assistance of Maxqda 2020 software. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of breast cancer in young women from 1990 to 2021: findings from the global burden of disease study 2021 by Weigang Wang, Yangle Sun, Jinbo Li, Hongjing Bai, Chaomin Ren, Yongliang Feng, Suping Wang

“…Methods The breast cancer data in this study were collected from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2021 (GBD 2021). …”
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Association between lithium use and the incidence of dementia and its subtypes: A retrospective cohort study. by Shanquan Chen, Benjamin R Underwood, Peter B Jones, Jonathan R Lewis, Rudolf N Cardinal

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We conducted a retrospective cohort study comparing patients treated between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2019, using data from electronic clinical records of secondary care mental health (MH) services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), United Kingdom (catchment area population approximately 0.86 million). …”
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Clustering and visualisation of the GABRIEL network expertise in the field of infectious diseases by Philippe Vanhems, Shally Awasthi, Firdausi Qadri, Sayera Banu, Francine Ntoumi, Graciela Russomando, Jianwei Wang, Zakir Hossain, Bourema Kouriba, Sara Eyangoh, Chan Leakhena Phoeung, Cécile Chauvel, Marie-Charlotte Quemin, Marianne Abifadel, Silvia Figueiredo Costa, Monzer Hamze, Daniel Mukadi-Bamuleka, Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo, Phimpha Paboriboune, Jean William Pape, Ana Tereza Ribeiro Vasconcelos, Luc Samison, Marilda Agudo Mendonça Siqueira, Nestani Tukvadze, Florence Komurian Pradel

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Influence of Emergent Vegetation Layout on Flow Pattern in a Rectangular Shallow Basin by Junnan LYU, Yuxuan JIANG, Zhidong YAO, Chen YE, Xufeng YAN

“…The depth-averaged Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes equations with the <italic>k</italic>-<italic>ε</italic> turbulence model are applied to simulate water movement within the shallow basin. Experimental data from existing literature, specifically velocity distributions, are initially utilized for model validation. …”
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Older Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease Feature a Distinct Clinical Profile by Laura Feltrer-Martínez, Sandra Orozco, Ana Alonso, Paloma Millan-Billi, Silvia Barril, Gisela Ruibal, Joel Francesqui, David Lobo-Prat, Ana Gimenez, Laura Lopez, Laura Martinez-Martinez, Ivan Castellvi, Diego Castillo

“…Patients over 64 years were selected. Data collection included diseases variables, diagnostic procedures and comorbidities. …”
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