Serum Albumin Is Independently Associated with Persistent Organ Failure in Acute Pancreatitis by Wandong Hong, Suhan Lin, Maddalena Zippi, Wujun Geng, Simon Stock, Zarrin Basharat, Bicheng Cheng, Jingye Pan, Mengtao Zhou

“…To investigate the association between serum albumin levels within 24 hrs of patient admission and the development of persistent organ failure in acute pancreatitis. Methods. A total of 700 patients with acute pancreatitis were enrolled. …”
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On q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Subgroups by Asima Razzaque, Abdul Razaq

“…The q-rung orthopair fuzzy environment is an innovative tool to handle uncertain situations in various decision-making problems. …”
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Optimizing Electric Truck Routing and Charging with Soft Time Windows Using Vehicle-to-Grid Technology by Jong-Hyun Ryu, Seong Wook Hwang

“…The objective of the model is to minimize the total net cost, which includes charging cost, discharging reward, and time penalties, while considering changes in ET charging cost and the system marginal price. …”
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Araç’ın (Kastamonu) Fiziki Coğrafya Özelliklerinin Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri ile Analizi by Beyza Ustaoğlu, Gülşen Sarıcı

“…Deniz seviyesinden 650 metre yüksekliktedir. Toplam yüzölçümü 1639 km² dir. Türkiye'de son yıllarda yapılan arazi örtüsü çalışmalarında doğal ortamın beşeri coğrafya faktörleri tarafından tahrip edildiği tespit edilmiştir. …”
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Z Kuşağının Kariyer Beklentileri by Mahir Boynukısa, Emel Karagül, Emine İşıker

“…Yapılan çalışma ve literatür taramasının sonucunda: güvenle motivasyonu artan, takdir edilmek isteyen, sorumluluk almaktan kaçınmayan, denetlenmekten rahatsızlık duyan, otoriter yöneticilerle çalışmak istemeyen, takım çalışmasına açık, takım içi rekabetten hoşlanmayan ancak takıma liderlik etmek isteyen, çalışma hayatının ilk yıllarında ücret beklentisi düşük, eğitim, yükselme ve deneyim beklentisi olan, her konuda kendine güvenen, gelecek için hedefleri olan, emir almayı sevmeyen, uzun ve yorucu çalışmaya kapalı, kendi işini kurmak isteyen, iş-sosyal yaşam dengesine önem veren, bilgi ve teknolojiyi iyi kullanan ve sivil toplum örgütlerinde görev almak isteyen bir Z kuşağının kariyer hayatına girmek için gelmekte olduğu söylenebilmektedir.…”
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Üç Farklı Programa Göre Eğitim Alan Okul Öncesi Çocukların Sosyal Kural Algılarının İncelenmesi by Kezban Tepeli, Elif Yılmaz

“…Normal gelişim gösteren ve yaşları60 ile 66 ay arasında değişen toplam 62 çocuk çalışmaya katılmıştır. Çocukların 21 tanesi Montessori Yaklaşımına göre, 19 tanesi Çoklu Zekâ Kuramına göre, 22 tanesi ise Milli Eğitim Bakanlığıtarafından halıhazırda uygulanan okul öncesi eğitim programına göre bir eğitim-öğretim yılıboyunca okul öncesi eğitim almışlardır. …”
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Conversion of Intermediate Therapies into Intensive Therapies. by Rubén Bembibre Taboada, Carlos Jaime Geroy Gómez, Marcos D. Iraola Ferrer, Julio Cortizo Hernández, Julio Jova Dueñas, Pedro Juan Barrios Fuentes, José Roque Nodal

“…<strong>Results and Conclusions:</strong> Human and material resources were distributed; there were 483 admitted with a standard stay of 2,34 days and a necropsia percentage of 95,15%; a total pathological clinic correlation of 96,66%, and partial of 3,34%. …”
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Age- and sex-related changes in the position of the mental foramina and age estimation methods that use these changes by Masataka Kawamoto, Hiroki Kondou, Hiroaki Ichioka, Satoko Kimura, Risa Bandou, Ryota Matsunari, Ting Deng, Hiroshi Ikegaya

“…Among 200 cases (age 21–100 years; 400 foramina) that underwent postmortem computed tomography, 109 (age 21–93 years; 218 foramina) with mandibular first and second premolars were examined using image analysis software to classify the position of the mental foramen according to Fishel’s classification, and the χ² test was performed. …”
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Early Breast-Feeding Initiation Using Point of Care Quality Improvement Model at Tertiary Care Hospital in AJK by Aftab Hussain Khan, Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Abrar Akbar, Sehrish Mumtaz, Yasira Abbasi, Lubna Meraj

“…Among many approaches, point of care Quality improvement initiative (POCQI) is a simplified tool for learning the basics of quality improvement in the health care facilities. …”
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Cognitive Disorders In Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss, At The Ent Department Of The &ldquo;Village Bondeko&rdquo; Center, In Kinshasa by Masamba GR, Sokolo Gedikondele J, Longo-Mbenza B, Nganga Nkanga MS, Matanda Nzanza R, Matonda-ma-Nzuzi T, Ikanga J, Nge Okwe A, Lema Mabwaka G, Mawalala Malengele H, Nangi Mampuya C, Lumbu Malundama D

“…Sensorineural hearing loss was confirmed by tonal threshold audiometry and characterized according to WHO criteria; cognitive disorders were defined according to the MoCA scale.Results: In total, 150 adults, including 78 men and 72 women, were collected in the present study. …”
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RED-Net: A Neural Network for 3D Thyroid Segmentation in Chest CT Using Residual and Dilated Convolutions for Measuring Thyroid Volume by Min-Ji Kim, Jin-A Kim, Naae Kim, Yul Hwangbo, Hyun Jeong Jeon, Dong-Hwa Lee, Ji Eun Oh

“…Unlike the lungs or the heart, the thyroid gland is not a primary target in chest computed tomography (CT) scans and is relatively small; hence, it is difficult for radiologists to always clinically delineate it in chest CT to incidentally detect a goiter. …”
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Carbaryl Sorption by Porogen-Treated Banana Pith Carbon by M. Sathishkumar, J.G. Choi, C.S. Ku, K. Vijayaraghavan, A.R. Binupriya, S.E. Yun

“…This paper reports the adsorption ability of banana pith activated carbon, with ZnCl 2 as the porogen, towards carbaryl (1-naphthyl- N -methylcarbamate) from aqueous solution. …”
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Prediction of the risk of 3-year chronic kidney disease among elderly people: a community-based cohort study by Tao Wang, Zhitong Zhou, Longbing Ren, Zhiping Shen, Jue Li, Lijuan Zhang

“…The calibration curves and DCA curves demonstrate an effective predictive model.Conclusion Our nomogram model is a simple, reasonable and reliable tool for predicting the risk of 3-year CKD in community-dwelling elderly people, which is helpful for timely intervention and reducing the incidence of CKD.…”
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Foreign Direct Investment and Violent Crimes: Evidence from the Iranian Provinces by gholamreza zamanian, Frnaz Dehghan, foruzan falahati, ali davari

“…Aim and Introduction Today, with the expansion of globalization and increased economic competition, capital accumulation has been proposed as one of the main factors of the economic growth process of the countries, which can be provided through domestic or foreign sources. …”
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Neck of Femur Fracture in a Patient with a Chronic Osteomyelitis of the Ipsilateral Foot by Anne-Carolin Döring, Anne J. H. Vochteloo, Kees van Doorn, Rianne M. H. A. Huis in ’t Veld, Anil Peters

“…Only a few cases of total hip arthroplasty in amputees have been published, but the indication for surgery was mainly traumatic or advanced osteoarthritis. …”
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Keats et de Kooning : Pour un romantisme expressionniste abstrait ou la mise en image de l’épitaphe by Caroline Bertonèche

“…Close in many other ways, despite chronological and geographical differences, the two inspired artists meet around their creative intermingling of the picturesque and the poetic: the rhythmic liquidity, the verse schemes, the chiaroscuros, the ‘dripping’ technique, the ‘erasures’, the fading colours… Keats’s strangely melancholic but also deeply ironic and contrasted lyricism meets de Kooning’s mixed style of painting, torn as it is between the realms of tradition and novelty, of figurative and abstract art. …”
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Measuring Fluid Intelligence in Healthy Older Adults by Mohammed K. Shakeel, Vina M. Goghari

“…Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices (RAPM) were used to measure fluid intelligence, Digit Span Sequencing (DSS) was used to measure working memory, Trail Making Test (TMT) was used to measure cognitive flexibility, Design Fluency Test (DFT) was used to measure creativity, and Tower Test (TT) was used to measure planning. The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) was used to measure subjective perceptions of cognitive functioning. …”
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ALTIN ÜRETİMİNİN PLANLANMASI AÇISINDAN TÜRKİYE’DE ALTIN FİYATININ TAHMİN EDİLMESİNE İLİŞKİN BİR ÇALIŞMA by Yeliz Sevimli, Mine Ömürgönülşen

“…Veriye en uygun ARIMA modeli belirlendikten sonra Ocak 2010 tarihinden itibaren 3 yıllık (toplam 36 aylık) tahmin yapılmıştır. Çalışmada altın fiyatının tahmin edilmesinin altın üreticileri ve yatırımcıları açısından önemi üzerinde durulmuştur.…”
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"Sexo inseguro": un análisis de la racionalidad como parte del riesgo entre jóvenes caleños y caleñas by Teresita María Sevilla Peñuel

“…El artículo se enmarca en el debate en torno al concepto de riesgo que se da desde las ciencias sociales y humanas entre la denominada corriente realista que tiende a asumir que las conductas que implican riesgo son irracionales y que aquellas que lo evitan son producto de la racionalidad y la posición que, desde el constructivismo social, apunta a interpretar la toma de riesgo no como un hecho aislado e irracional sino como respuesta a lógicas econômicos), determinou-se que elementos tais como a avaliação positiva de não usar o preservativo, as diferenças do gênero na eleição da parelha sexual e os benefícios de ter um filho o uma filha numa idade antecipada, entre outros, jogam um papel fundamental nos processos de negociação do risco. …”
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STUDY ON PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT FOR BOX GIRDER OF BRIDGE AND GANTRY CRANE by LUO YouHong, WU Xiao, XIONG Gang, DING ZhengNan

“…The results show that the yield strength is the most important parameter affecting failure probability,followed by the load and the fracture toughness. The research content provides a reference for the repair,monitoring and safety assessment of box girder of crane.…”
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