Comparative Study on Associations Between Lung Cancer Prognosis and Diagnostic Criteria Set by the European Palliative Care Research Collaboration and the Asian Working Group for C... by Utae Katsushima, Takuya Fukushima, Jiro Nakano, Naoya Ogushi, Kazuki Fujii, Yutaro Nagata, Keisuke Kamisako, Yukiko Okuno, Yuta Okazaki, Kentaro Nakanishi, Kiyori Yoshida, Tatsuki Ikoma, Yuki Takeyasu, Yuta Yamanaka, Hiroshige Yoshioka, Kimitaka Hase, Takayasu Kurata

“…Cachexia diagnostic criteria of the European Palliative Care Research Collaboration (EPCRC) may underestimate cachexia in Asians; therefore, new criteria have been proposed by the Asian Working Group for Cachexia (AWGC). …”
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Structural, Morphological, and Antibacterial Attributes of Graphene Oxide Prepared by Hummers’ and Brodie’s Methods by Vittorio Marsala, Yuriy Gerasymchuk, Maria Luisa Saladino, Emil Paluch, Magdalena Wawrzyńska, Vitalii Boiko, Xiang Li, Cristina Giordano, Dariusz Hreniak, Beata Sobieszczańska

“…However, a comparison of the antibacterial properties based on the physicochemical properties has not been performed. Therefore, this paper outlines a comparative analysis of GO-H and GO-B on antibacterial efficacy against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial cultures and biofilms in an aqueous environment and discusses which of the properties of these GO nanomaterials have the most significant impact on the antibacterial activity of these materials. …”
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Anatomical-based diagnosis and filler injection techniques: marionette line (static labiomandibular fold) by Gi-Woong Hong, Sky Wong, Song-Eun Yoon, Jovian Wan, Kyu-Ho Yi

“…Treatment approaches are examined through a review of filler injection techniques, including supramuscular and submuscular fat layer targeting, as well as neurotoxin use for enhancing treatment outcomes.Results The review finds that the anatomical positioning of the modiolus in Asian populations predisposes them to increased susceptibility to commissural ptosis and wrinkle formation. …”
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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; a distinctive presentation with myocarditis and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia: case report by Doaa Abdulwahab Mohammed Ayish, Fatma Ayish, Asayel Khamjan, Amal. H. Mohamed, Nagla Abdalghani, Osama Albasheer

“…The patient was sent home and shifted to mycophenolate mofetil 1 g twice a day as maintenance therapy.ConclusionPatients with EGPA have a higher morbidity and mortality rate when they have cardiac involvement. …”
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Association Between Opioid-Related Mortality and History of Surgical Procedure: A Population-Based Case-Control Study by Mhd Wasem Alsabbagh, BScPhm, PhD, Michael A. Beazely, BSP, PhD, Leona Spasik, PharmD

“…We identified 11,865 cases and matched them with 59,345 controls. About 11.2% of cases and 12.5% of controls had surgery in the 4 years before their death, corresponding to a crude OR of 0.89 (95% CI: 0.83–0.94). …”
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Triomphes royaux dans les Entrées toulousaines des xvie et xviie siècles by Colin Debuiche

“…Indeed, the town councilors also strived to defend their city’s privileges. Therefore, this rare and fleeting event was a subtle face to face expressed through a rich iconographic program. …”
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Open-label dose-extending placebos for opioid use disorder: a protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial with methadone treatment by Annabelle M Belcher, Thomas O Cole, Aaron D Greenblatt, Stephen W Hoag, David H Epstein, Michael Wagner, Amy S Billing, Ebonie Massey, Kristen R Hamilton, Zofia K Kozak, Christopher J Welsh, Eric Weintraub, Emerson M Wickwire, Eric D Wish, Ted J Kaptchuk, Luana Colloca

“…These adverse effects make enhancing the effectiveness of lower doses of methadone an attractive therapeutic goal. Long recognised for its capacity to enhance treatment outcomes for a wide range of neuropsychiatric disorders including pain, the placebo effect offers an as-yet untested avenue to such an enhancement. …”
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Assessing the effect of On-site supportive communication training (On-site SCT) on doctor burnout: a randomized controlled trial by K.K. Antonsen, J.D. Lyhne, A.T. Johnsen, S. Eßer-Naumann, L.Ø. Poulsen, L. Lund, S. Timm, L.H. Jensen

“…The aim of this study is to assess the effect of the novel On-site Supportive Communication Training (On-site SCT) in enhancing communication skills among oncologists and thereby addressing burnout. Methods This randomized, controlled, multicenter study was conducted across three oncological departments in Denmark. …”
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Book Review Improving the Business Environment and Realizing the Resistive Economy by Hamid Padash, Mohamad Ajirlu, bahman khodapanah

“…A business environment refers to the factors affecting the performance of enterprises the managers or owners of which cannot change or improve them. The book “Improving the Business Environment and the Realization of Resistive Economy” is a book whose author has sought to establish a relationship between the business environment and the realization of a resistive economy. …”
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POST-PANDEMIC TRADE FAIR DYNAMICS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF EXHIBITORS' VIEWS ON DIGITAL AND HYBRID TRADE FAIRS by Dimitris KOURKOURIDIS, Ioannis FRANGOPOULOS, Asimenia SALEPAKI

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Optimization-Based Design of Multi-Band Branch-Line Coupler With Arbitrary and Band-Distinct Power Division Ratios and Phase Differences by Abdullah J. Alazemi, Mohamed A. Koura

“…The achieved measurement results and the agreement between measured results and theoretical expectations demonstrate the applicability of the proposed design procedure in practice. …”
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Clinical manifestations, para-clinical features and outcome of Iranian adults with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection: a report from hospitalized patients by Maryam Shafaati, Abbas Shakoori Farahani, Mohammadreza Salehi, Mohammad Arabzadeh, Helya Bolouki Azari, Arman Soleimany, Maryam Edalatifard, Vahid Salimi, Alireza Abdollahi

“…Results We screened 1375 adults with suspected acute respiratory infections (ARIs) and confirmed RSV infections in 59 of them (4.3%). Of these, 23 patients were excluded from further analysis due to outpatient management, leaving 36 hospitalized patients with confirmed RSV infection (61.01%). …”
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钢结构用厚壁钢管 by 柴昶, 何文汇

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Decreased Cardiovascular Risk after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery in Chinese Diabetic Patients with Obesity by Xue Zhao, Wenyan Duan, Chenglin Sun, Zhuo Li, Yujia Liu, Xianchao Xiao, Gang Wang, Xiaokun Gang, Guixia Wang

“…In subgroup analysis, Chinese diabetic patients who were women, <45 years old, with BMI < 35 kg/m2, and DM duration > 5 years, using noninsulin therapy presented more obvious improvements in the 10-year cardiovascular risk after RYGB surgery. …”
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Time-frequency Domain Analysis of an Automobile Transmission by Ma Weijin, Wu Wenxuan, Wang Junyuan, Zhang Jipin

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Minimizing Delay and Power Consumption at the Edge by Erol Gelenbe

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A Review of Research on Fault Diagnosis of Gear Transmission Devices Based on Acoustic Signals by Zhang Linhang, Wu Luji, Shi Lubing, Yang Linjie, Qin Jiayin

“…As a core component of mechanical equipment, the health status of gear transmission devices is related to various aspects of industrial production. Therefore, the health status monitoring and fault diagnosis of gear transmission devices are of great significance. …”
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Gap Structure of the Overdoped Iron-Pnictide Superconductor Ba(Fe0.942Ni0.058)2As2: A Low-Temperature Specific-Heat Study by Gang Mu, Bo Gao, Xiaoming Xie, Yoichi Tanabe, Jingtao Xu, Jiazhen Wu, Katsumi Tanigaki

“…Our observation is similar to that observed in the Co-doped system in our previous work and is consistent with the theoretical prediction for a superconductor with line nodes in the energy gap.…”
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Decline of New Criticism in France by Hassan Zokhtareh

“…The result of the death of the author was the destruction of Criticism. After them, new notions such as text, writing, plurality of meaning, reader, reading, reception, and literary theory were taken into the core of considerations. …”
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Hess J1731-347 is likely a quark star based on the density-dependent vMIT bag model by Min Ju, Pengcheng Chu, Xuhao Wu, He Liu

“…Then we proceed to investigate the thermodynamic properties of strange quark matter (SQM) and pure up-down quark matter (udQM) in quark stars (QSs). …”
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