Factors Associated with Do Not Resuscitate Status and Palliative Care in Hospitalized Patients: A National Inpatient Sample Analysis by Jean-Sebastien Rachoin, Nicole Debski, Krystal Hunter, Elizabeth Cerceo

“…Introduction: Patients from diverse sociocultural backgrounds and with differing medical conditions may have varying levels of acceptance of advanced care planning and palliative care. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of the National Inpatient Sample for patients discharged from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2019, with conditions associated with frequently terminal conditions. …”
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Association between metabolic risk, oxidative stress and psychological parameters amongst sample of nurses working in Doha, Qatar by Kirti S. Prabhu, Ummu Habeeba, Mohammad Usman Asad Rahman, Maria Salvador Perez, Salam AlMoghrabi Ramirez, Bilal Uddin Khan, Shilpa Kuttikrishnan, John Paul Ben Tabar Silang, Noora Ahmed Kh A. Al Kaabi, Abdul Quaiyoom Khan, Afsheen Raza, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Shahab Uddin

“…This study compared day and rotating shift nurses' metabolic, oxidative, and psychological profiles. Methods: A random sample of 212 eligible employees from a tertiary care hospital at Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha, Qatar, were assessed for anthropometric and laboratory parameters related to metabolic risk, oxidative stress and psychological impact. …”
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Is there a female-male self-selection bias in TSST-based reactive stress research? by Victoria Xu, Audrey-Ann Journault, Samuel Alarie, Charles-Édouard Giguère, Emy Beaumont, Sonia Lupien

“…A better understanding of the phenomenon could lead researchers to optimize recruitment methods to obtain more representative samples.…”
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Content validity testing of the INTERMED Self‐Assessment in a sample of adults with rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatology healthcare providers by Kiran Dhiman, Marc Hall, Trafford Crump, Alison M. Hoens, Diane Lacaille, James A. Rankin, Karen L. Then, Glen Hazlewood, Cheryl Barnabe, Steven Katz, Jason Sutherland, Erika Dempsey, Claire E. H. Barber

“…Cognitive debriefing interviews utilising a reparative framework were conducted. Methods Patient participants were recruited through two existing studies where participants agreed to be contacted about future studies. …”
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Empirical Verification of the Existence and Functioning of Internal Controls in the Preparation of a Consolidated Property Balance Sheet for the State and Municipalities in Sloveni... by Jasna Ida Zafred

“…In the research, by the method of random sampling by the use of an opinion poll according to the components of the COSO model, we empirically verified the effectiveness of the internal controlling system in the preparation of original documents of the balance sheets in the Slovenian public sector. …”
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Breakfast skipping and depressive symptoms in an epidemiological youth sample in Hong Kong: the mediating role of reduced attentional control by Stephanie Ming Yin Wong, Olivia Choi, Yi Nam Suen, Christy Lai Ming Hui, Edwin Ho Ming Lee, Sherry Kit Wa Chan, Sherry Kit Wa Chan, Eric Yu Hai Chen, Eric Yu Hai Chen, Eric Yu Hai Chen

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A framework for remediation prioritization of unstable rock slopes based on indirect information by Yang Sun, Feng Xiong, Jinshan Sun, Zhen Chen

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The association between one’s social life and symptoms of prolonged grief following a traumatic loss: an ecological momentary assessment study by Philippa Specker, Justina Pociūnaitė-Ott, Ariela Lev Rosenblum, Sofia Marcolini, Pascale Waschnig, Christopher Magoon, Annie-Lori Joseph, Lieke C. J. Nijborg, Xi Pan, Lonneke I. M. Lenferink

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Surveillance of SARS‐CoV‐2 in Pets of Harris County, Texas, Revealed More Common Pet Infections in Households With Human COVID‐19 Cases by Sarah J. Smith, Brendan Sullivan, Amanda Hall, Lisa Auckland, Wendy Tang, Gabriel Hamer, Sarah Hamer

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Improving Communication and Management Following a Positive Home HPV Self-Sampling Result: Comparing Intervention Strategies Between the HOME and STEP Trials by Jasmin A. Tiro, Meera Muthukrishnan, Sadie Metcalfe, Kris Hansen, John Lin, Caitlin N. Dorsey, Hongyuan Gao, Catherine Lacey, Melissa L. Anderson, Richard T. Meenan, Beverly B. Green, Angela Sparks, Rachel L. Winer

“…Background: Mailed human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling kits improve cervical cancer screening adherence. …”
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Estimated inpatient malnutrition prevalence, screening tool utilization, and dietitian referral rates across hospitals during extension of phase 2 of More-2-Eat by Yingying Xu, Rachel A. Warren, Shirley M. Peters, Sonya Boudreau, Tina N. Strickland, Mari Somerville, Brenda L. MacDonald, Heather Keller, Leah E. Cahill

“…This study aims to understand (1) the prevalence of inpatient nutrition screening completion, (2) the proportion of at-risk inpatients referred to dietitians, and (3) the malnutrition prevalence among a sample of hospital inpatients. Methods: In 2021, INPAC was implemented in five hospital wards across Nova Scotia (NS) as an extension of More-2-Eat NS Study. …”
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Hypertensive patients with greater genetic risk respond less effectively to treatment and are more likely to be treatment resistant in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial... by Marianna Danielli, Tatiana Garofalidou, Ajay Gupta, Peter Sever, Patricia Munroe, Helen Warren

“…The BP drug response phenotype was calculated as the difference in their baseline vs on-treatment BP measurements. Methods: BP-GRS were constructed in all ASCOT individuals with genetic data. …”
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Effect of Lymph Node Clearance Modalities on Chronic Cough
after Surgery in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer by Zekai ZHANG, Gaoxiang WANG, Zhengwei CHEN, Mingsheng WU, Xiao CHEN, Tian LI, Xiaohui SUN, Mingran XIE

“…Results Patients undergoing lobectomy were more likely to have chronic cough after surgery in the systematic lymph node dissection group than in the lymph node sampling group (P<0.05). …”
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Self-sampling and self-testing for HIV at a commercial and community-based test provider in the Netherlands: user preferences and usability by I. J. M. Willemstein, O. Shobowale, A. M. Żakowicz, H. Bos, E. L. M. Op de Coul

“…Our findings indicate that HIVSS/ST is a valuable additional HIV testing method for users, but more insight into the contribution of HIVSS/ST to HIV prevention policies is needed.…”
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Evaluating blood sampling strategies within the SIREN study: the experience from a large cohort of healthcare workers in the UK by Nipunadi Hettiarachchi, Debbie Blick, Tom Coleman, Ashley Otter, Angela Dunne, Jameel Khawan, Ezra Linley, Michelle J. Cole, SIREN Study Group, Michelle Cairns, Jasmin Islam, Sarah Foulkes, Susan Hopkins, Victoria Hall, Ana Atti

“…We aim to describe the processes for blood sample collection and management and evaluate alternative sampling methods within a large cohort of healthcare workers in the UK (the SIREN study). …”
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In-depth and high-throughput spatial proteomics for whole-tissue slice profiling by deep learning-facilitated sparse sampling strategy by Ritian Qin, Jiacheng Ma, Fuchu He, Weijie Qin

“…To achieve spatially resolved, deeply covered proteome mapping for centimeter-sized samples, we developed a sparse sampling strategy for spatial proteomics (S4P) using computationally assisted image reconstruction methods, which is potentially capable of reducing the number of samples by tens to thousands of times depending on the spatial resolution. …”
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A Generalized Deep Reinforcement Learning Model for Distribution Network Reconfiguration with Power Flow-Based Action-Space Sampling by Nastaran Gholizadeh, Petr Musilek

“…The results show that both DQN and dueling DQN are effective in reducing system losses through grid reconfiguration. The proposed methods have faster execution time compared to the conventional methods and are more scalable.…”
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DASNeRF: depth consistency optimization, adaptive sampling, and hierarchical structural fusion for sparse view neural radiance fields. by Yongshuo Zhang, Guangyuan Zhang, Kefeng Li, Zhenfang Zhu, Peng Wang, Zhenfei Wang, Chen Fu, Xiaotong Li, Zhiming Fan, Yongpeng Zhao

“…These depth constraint strategies enhance DASNeRF's performance in complex scenes, making 3D reconstruction under sparse views more accurate and natural. In addition, we utilize a three-layer optimal sampling strategy, consisting of coarse sampling, optimized sampling, and fine sampling during the three-layer sampling process to better capture details in key regions. …”
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A Single Pilot Subcarrier-Based Sampling Frequency Offset Estimation and Compensation Algorithm for Optical IMDD OFDM Systems by Zhen Zhang, Qianwu Zhang, Yingchun Li, Yingxiong Song, Junjie Zhang, Jian Chen

“…Meanwhile, an SFO compensation method by extending the channel response with the phase shift correction term is also presented; more than 1000 and 400&#x00A0;ppm SFO effects can be compensated by using the phase shift correction term and its approximation, respectively.…”
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Enhancing landslide disaster prediction by evaluating non landslide area sampling in machine learning models for Spiti Valley India by Devraj Dhakal, Kanwarpreet Singh, Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Steven Alejandro Salazar Cazco, Abhishek Sharma, Nassir Alarifi, Fakhrul Islam, Randeep, Krishna Prakash Arunachalam, Youssef M. Youssef

“…This investigation aims to enhance LSM through a systematic evaluation of innovative sampling methodologies for non-landslide areas. This study focuses on assessing the effectiveness of two novel sampling methods: Buffer Zone Safe Points (BZSP) and Slope Buffer Safe Points (SBSP). …”
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