Decomposition analysis of disparities in infant mortality rates across 27 US states by Benjamin Sosnaud

“…RESULTS: In 7 of the 18 sample states with IMRs higher than the rest of the United States, led by Louisiana, South Carolina, and Georgia, more than 50% of this disparity can be attributed to the proportion of births from high-risk sociodemographic groups. …”
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Early versus Late Tracheostomy for Intubated Patients in Intensive Care Units by Shkar Nazar Mohammed, Saleh Ahmed Tawfique, Hiwa Asaad Abdulkareem

“…However, there is controversy regarding the effects of timing of tracheostomy in those patients, which was the purpose of this prospective study. Methods:A-sample of 48 cases were selected, based on timing of tracheostomy they were assigned into 2 groups: early trache ostomy group; included 24 patients that were intubated for less than 10 days and within this 10 days tracheostomies were performed, and late tracheostomy group in which patients remained on endotracheal intubation for more than 10 days and then tracheostomies were performed. …”
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A Meta-analysis of improvement of the nutritional status with whey protein in patients with maintainable hemodialysis by ZHANG Cheng-hua, SHENG Mei-xiao

“…Objective To evaluate the efficacy of whey protein in improving nutritional status in maintenance hemodialysis(MHD)patients.Methods We systematically searched the PubMed,Web of science,Cochrane Library,Embase,CNKI,CBM,VIP and Wan-Fang databases from their inception to November 10 th,2019.Two researchers screened and extracted the literature independently based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria.The Cochrane Risk Assessment Tool was used to evaluate risk of bias for the included literature.Finally,we used Review Manager 5.3 software to conduct the meta-analysis.Results A total of 1029 papers as related literature were available in our search,and 9 ones of the papers were included finally,involving a total of 525 patients.The Meta-analysis showed that,compared with the control group,whey protein could raise the serum albumin level of the patients [OR=0.22,95%CI(0.07,0.37),P=0.004],improve serum creatinine levels [OR=-0.45,95%CI(-0.89,-0.01),P=0.03],and reduce the phosphorus load [OR=-0.45,95%CI(-0.89,-0.01),P<0.01].What’s more,in subgroup analysis,when whey protein was used as an additional supplement it seemed to be more significantly improve serum albumin(P<0.01),with statistically significant difference between the subgroups.Conclusions Whey protein can improve the nutritional level of MHD patients.However,due to fewer study samples included and the lack of clinical long-term indicators,the conclusion is still to validate further by more long-term,high-quality,large-sample,multicenter,randomized double-blind clinical trials.…”
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Experimental Study on the Impact of High-Frequency Vibration Excitation on Coal Fracturing by Lei Zhang, Xufeng Wang, Zhijun Niu

“…The ultrasonic vibration rock-breaking method has been successfully applied to hard rock due to its high efficiency and controllable energy, providing a novel approach for the development of a more efficient, intelligent, safe, and environmentally friendly reconstruction method for coal and rock reservoirs. …”
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INNOVATIVE CHANGES IN HISTORICAL TOURISM OBJECTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NEED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIGITAL TOOLS by Ivana ŠAFFOVÁ, Daniela MATUŠÍKOVÁ, Tünde Dzurov VARGOVÁ

“…Its results are described in more detail using several methods of advanced statistics such as Kruskal-Wallis test, Spearman's correlation coefficient, normality test and others. …”
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Prevalence of Malaria and COVID-19 Infection in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria by Iyabo Adepeju Simon-Oke, Oluwaseun Bunmi Awosolu, Olatunji Odeyemi

“…Apparently, the children were more infected with malaria parasites while adults were more infected with COVID-19. …”
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A novel temporal classification prototype network for few-shot bearing fault detection by Yanfei Liu, Ziang Du, Hao Zheng, Qian Zhang, Cheng Chen, Nana Wu

“…To solve the above problems, this paper proposes an improved and more efficient method of few-shot supervised learning, which is called the Temporal Classification Prototype Network (TCPN). …”
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How to map soil organic carbon stocks at field scale in South Africa? by Willie Herman Cloete, Gerhard du Preez, George Munnik Van Zijl

“…At two fields, fifty samples from three depths, 0–5, 5–15 and 15–30 cm were collected and analysed for soil organic carbon (SOC) content using the total dry combustion method. …”
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Comorbidities among Patients with Epilepsy Attending Imam Al-Sadiq General Hospital in Babylon Governorate, Iraq by Bilal Hadi Jawad, Khadija Shaban Hassan, Wahab Razzaq Ebdan

“…The samples were collected under the supervision of a neurologist. …”
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An Online Paleoclimate Data Assimilation With a Deep Learning‐Based Network by Haohao Sun, Lili Lei, Zhengyu Liu, Liang Ning, Zhe‐Min Tan

“…Consistent results are obtained from the pseudoproxy experiments and the real proxy experiments. The more informative ensemble priors from the online PDA using NET enhance the reconstructions than the online PDA using LIM, and both outperform the offline PDA with randomly sampled climatological ensemble priors. …”
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Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among apparently healthy University Students by Ahmed Olowo-okere 1* , Umar Maryam 1 , Mus’ab Ibrahim 1 , Habeebah Olufe Owolabi 1 , Adeiza Suleiman Shuaibu , Adeboye Olusoji Lekan , Mustapha Usman , Abdulmalik Aliyu , Larbi Zakaria Nabti , Abdourahmane Yacouba

“…The susceptibility of the MRSA isolates to commonly prescribed antibiotics was carried out using the disc diffusion method. A total of 200 participants were recruited from medical and allied faculties. …”
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Antibiotic resistance patterns of co-isolated Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.: a cross-sectional study on their association with antibiotic usage intensity by Ayman M. Mustafa, Taib A. Hama Soor

“…Antibiotic susceptibility was tested using the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. Participants were categorized into low, moderate, and high antibiotic users based on their antibiotic usage patterns. …”
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The Elemental Chemical Composition of Populus tremula in the Conditions of Technogenic Ecosystems of Kuzbass by Yulia V. Zagurskaya, Тatiana I. Siromlya

“…In addition to the above elements, “dusty” petioles have contained more Ba, Be, La, Pb, Sc and Zr, and the leaf blades have also contained V, Y and Yb. …”
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The Characterisation of Fracture Resistance of Asphalt Mixtures Containing Rubber Modifiers and a Wax-Based Additive by Sharvin Poovaneshvaran, Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan, Ali Jamshidi, Mohd Fahmi Haikal Mohd Ghazali, Xu Yang, Ramadhansyah Putra Jaya

“…Semicircular bending (SCB) and indirect tensile strength (ITS) tests were conducted to assess the fracture properties of the asphalt mixture samples. To prepare asphalt mixture samples, the wet method was utilised. …”
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Groundwater Quality Evaluation for Potable Use and Associated Human Health Risk in Gaobeidian City, North China Plain by Xiaogang Fu, Zihan Dong, Shuang Gan, Zhe Wang, Aihua Wei

“…Since all groundwater samples were evaluated as “excellent water,” it was speculated that the natural environment had more influence on groundwater chemical characteristics than human factors. …”
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Understanding the effect of the caring dimension of PYD on depression: the role of positive and negative affect regulation strategies in Spanish emerging adults by Diego Gomez-Baya, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Nora Wiium

“…We examined gender differences as well. Methods A cross-sectional self-report study was carried out in 2021, with a sample of 1,040 young people (75.5% females; Age range = 18–28; M age = 20.47, SD = 3.08), enrolled at 11 universities in Spain. …”
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Students’ Reactions to Peer Violence in Relation to Their Perception of Risk and Protective Factors in the School Environment by Katarina Serdar Čerpnjak, Matea Belošević, Martina Ferić

“…The following statistical methods and analyses were used: descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test, Chi-square test and Cramer’s V. …”
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Worsening asthma at school is associated with poor psychosocial well-being by Eerika Finell, Asko Tolvanen, Caroline Stridsman, Helena Backman, Linnéa Hedman

“…In the current study, the sample included 266 adolescents with physician-diagnosed asthma, and either wheeze or use of asthma medication during the last 12 months at age 15 years.Results At age 15, HRQoL scores were lower among those who reported worsening asthma at school (standardised beta (β) =  −0.18, p = 0.003), they had more asthma-related worries (β =  −0.33, p < 0.001) and asthma impacted their life during activities more (β =  −0.46, p < 0.001) than those whose asthma did not worsen. …”
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The significance of a dementia diagnosis from the perspective of the family caregivers: a qualitative study by Inger Molvik, Grete Kjelvik, Geir Selbæk, Anne Marie Mork Rokstad

“…This study aims to explore the implications of a family member with cognitive impairment receiving a dementia diagnosis or not from the perspective of their next of kin. Methods A qualitative descriptive design was applied using individual interviews for data collection. …”
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A Study of the Differences in the Gas Diffusion and Migration Characteristics of Soft and Hard Coal in High Gas Coal Seams by Anying Yuan

“…In this study, the differences in the gas diffusion and migration characteristics between soft coal and hard coal were examined in detail using macrostructural, mesostructural, and microstructural research methods. The root causes of the differences in the gas diffusion and migration between soft coal and hard coal were revealed in the obtained research results. …”
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