The problem of infinite plate loaded with normal force following a complex trajectory* by A. V. Galaburdin

“…Materials andMethods. Given the periodicity of the load under consideration, it is decomposed in a Fourier series in a time interval whose length is equal to the load period. …”
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Anti-Mutant Efficacy of Combination Therapy with Doripenem and Levofloxacin: <i>In Vitro</i> Model Studies with <i>Pseudomonas Aeruginosa</i> by M. V. Golikova, E. N. Strukova, K. N. Alieva, A. V. Filimonova, Yu. A. Portnoy, A. A. Firsov

“…Evaluation of the applicability of a pharmacokinetically-based approach to predicting anti-mutant effectiveness of combined therapy with doripenem and levofloxacin against gram-negative bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Material and methods. A collection strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was used in the study. …”
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Deep convolutional neural network based archimedes optimization algorithm for heart disease prediction based on secured IoT enabled health care monitoring system by Sureshkumar S, Santhosh Babu A. V, Joseph James S, Maranco M

“…The decryption time of our proposed approach, when the sensor nodes are equal to 25, is 37 seconds.…”
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HIV in acute care: a review of the burden of HIV-associated presentations to an Emergency Department by B. Naicker, R. C. Maharaj

“…Objective: To determine the burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease and co-infection on a district-level Emergency Department (ED) in KwaZulu-Natal. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted of the case notes of adult medical patients who presented to the ED over a three-month period. …”
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Can providing daily iron-fortified lunches to school-going children living in an impoverished Guatemalan community improve iron status? by Llesenia Massey, Steven McGeehan, Manichanh Ratts, Thomas Mitchell, Christopher Cotten, Alejandra Perez, Kathy Beerman

“… # Conclusions Study results suggest that LIF can be used to prepare large quantities of food and that regular consumption of iron-fortified school lunches can improve iron status in children with marginal status. Equally important is the finding that iron-fortified meals do not negatively impact those with healthy iron values.…”
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Comparison of different treatment options in submacular haemorrhage by Anna Hillenmayer, Christian M. Wertheimer, Marlene Hillenmayer, Laura D. Strehle, Lennart M. Hartmann, Efstathios Vounotrypidis, Armin Wolf

“…The aim of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness of 5 surgical treatment modalities in terms of visual prognosis and success rate. Methods This retrospective study included 201 patients with SMH. …”
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Association Between Sleep Quality and Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy: A Prospective Case-Control Study by Liu F, Cao T, Liu Y, Huang D, Zhang J

“…Fei Liu,1,&ast; Tianqing Cao,1,&ast; Yacong Liu,1 Dian Huang,2 Jingxin Zhang3 1Department of Cardiology, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital Affiliated to Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225001, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Radiology, Affiliated hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212001, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of General Surgery, People’s Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212002, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jingxin Zhang, Email zfynjykd@163.comObjective: The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the changes in sleep quality among patients with cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM).Methods: The study included liver cirrhosis patients aged 18– 75 from Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital Affiliated to Yangzhou University and collected their clinical examination results to assess the clinical characteristics and related risk factors of patients with CCM.Results: The study found that the onset of CCM was not related to the etiology of inducing cirrhosis. …”
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Intensive Care Unit Rotations and Predictors of Career Choice in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine: A Survey of Internal Medicine Residency Directors by Daniel J. Minter, Sean D. Levy, Sowmya R. Rao, Paul F. Currier

“…Residents from university-sponsored programs were more likely to pursue specialty fellowship training (p<0.001) overall but equally likely to pursue careers in PCCM as those from community-sponsored programs. …”
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Setting up standardized interventions for HIV serodiscordant couples: a guide for healthcare providers and researchers by Mona Larki, Javad Moghri, Narjes Bahri, Robab Latifnejad Roudsari

“…This study was carried out to investigate setting up standardized interventions for HIV serodiscordant couples. Material and Methods This narrative review was conducted based on the scale for assessing narrative review articles (SANRA). …”
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Mirasol PRT system inactivation efficacy evaluated in platelet concentrates by bacteria-contamination model by Jocić Miodrag, Trkuljić Miroljub, Jovičić Dragana, Borovčanin Nemanja, Todorović Milena, Balint Bela

“…PC-Ps were divided into three equal groups, with 18 units in each, designed for an artificial bacteria-contamination. …”
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Association of blood urea nitrogen with 28-day mortality in critically ill patients: A multi-center retrospective study based on the eICU collaborative research database. by Ting Deng, Die Wu, Shan-Shan Liu, Xing-Lin Chen, Zhen-Wei Zhao, Lan-Lang Zhang

“…However, when BUN was greater than or equal to 32 mg/dL, BUN level had no significant effect on mortality.…”
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Immediate Effect of Gratitude Journal on Mental Well-Being of College Students in Kerala by Jasmin James, Augustine George, Sunil Alphonse, A Saheedha

“…Students were divided equally into two groups, experimental group (n = 54) and control group (n = 54); both groups were tested to analyze mental well-being using Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. …”
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Dental Caries Experience and Oral Health Related Quality of Life in Working Adults by Omair M. Bukhari

“…Objective: To evaluate effect of dental caries experience and untreated dental decay on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) in working adults. Methods: The clinical records of 160 patients were reviewed. …”
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Hydrolysis of cefazolin by enzymes produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa after exposure to ceftazidime in vitro by Papaioannidou Paraskevi, Nitsas Vassilios, Mirtsou-Fidani Vassiliki

“…Strains non producing ESBL were cultivated in concentrations of ceftazidime equal to MIC×2 and MIC×4. After 24 hours of culture, the development of resistant strains was estimated and the cephalosporinase activity of the produced β-lactamases was determined by their ability to hydrolyse cefazolin. …”
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Analysis of dedifferentiated liposarcomas emphasizing the diagnostic dilemmas by Bhagat Singh Lali, Hema Kini, Shrijeet Chakraborti, Jyoti Kini, Pooja K Suresh

“…Mean age of the patients was 54.3 years with equal gender distribution (M:F =1:1.2). Two patients had recurrent tumors. …”
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Eccentric indices based QSPR evaluation of drugs for schizophrenia treatment by Muneeba Mansha, Sarfraz Ahmad, Zahid Raza

“…Statistical analysis shows that p-values less than equals 0.05, f-test value (>2.5), and values of correlation r are greater than 0.7 validate the calculations. …”
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Exploring gender influence on adolescent awareness and perspectives regarding social, economic and environmental sustainability by Salvador Boned-Gómez, Alberto Ferriz-Valero, Ove Østerlie, Salvador Baena-Morales

“…Conclusions This study not only contributes to the understanding of how gender equality can be integrated into educational systems, in line with SDGs 4 and 5, to promote SD, but also proposes the establishment of benchmark scores based on percentiles. …”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in immunisation of 12–23 months old children in Malawi: a decomposition analysis by Bridget Naphiyo, Jacob Mazalale, Gowokani Chijere Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere Chirwa

“…The results, therefore, suggest that to improve equality in health outcomes, the Government of Malawi needs to embrace wider policies that do not only address the consumption of healthcare services but also policies that affect socioeconomic determinants of health.…”
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Treadmill exercise promotes neuroprotection against cerebral ischemia&amp;ndash;reperfusion injury via downregulation of pro-inflammatory mediators by Zhang Y, Cao RY, Jia X, Li Q, Qiao L, Yan G, Yang J

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of aerobic exercise on neuroprotection and understand the underlying mechanisms.Materials and methods: Middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) was conducted to establish a rat model of cerebral ischemia&amp;ndash;reperfusion injury to mimic ischemic stroke. …”
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Joint constraints from cosmic shear, galaxy-galaxy lensing and galaxy clustering: internal tension as an indicator of intrinsic alignment modelling error by Simon Samuroff, Andresa Campos, Anna Porredon, Jonathan Blazek

“…We thus propose that such tension (or the lack thereof) can be employed as a test of model sufficiency or insufficiency when choosing a fiducial IA model, alongside other data-driven methods.…”
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