The use of the Prospector calculator reduces antibiotic therapy in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Marcin Paprocki, Szymon Żwirowski, Krzysztof Kuziemski

“…Recent data suggest that only 40–60% of exacerbations are of bacterial origin and mandate antibiotic treatment. However, a reliable tool to justify prescribing antibiotics for COPD exacerbation is still lacking. …”
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Axial compression damage constitutive model and damage characteristics of fly ash/silica fume modified magnesium phosphate cement after being treated at different temperatures by Guo Boyu, Zhu Jincai, Meng Xiaokai, Cao Qi

“…At 600°C, the temperature damage variable exceeds 30% of the total damage variable associated with the peak strain, and at 1,000°C, it surpasses 10%.…”
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Creating Intangible Value through a Corporate Employee Portal by David Mendes, Jorge Gomes, Mário Romao

“…To conveniently deal with these matters, the authors propose a framework to map the cause-effect relationships that generates business value, as well as provides top management and decision makers with the information needed for a suitable top-down commitment and sponsorship, which is essential to bring about the appropriate change management and benefits’ realization. …”
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Improved Outcomes of Combined Main Branch Stenting and Side Branch Drug-Coated Balloon versus Two-Stent Strategy in Patients with Left Main Bifurcation Lesions by Hengdao Liu, Hailong Tao, Xufei Han, Yang Lu, Xiaofei Xue, Ruihan Feng, Fenghua Lv, Yanwei Liu, Hongrui Jin, Lianjie Li, Heping Gu

“…We aim to explore the efficacy and safety of DES plus DCB in the treatment of LM bifurcation lesions. Methods. A total of 100 patients diagnosed with LM bifurcation lesions by coronary angiography were retrospectively enrolled at our center from January 2018 to December 2019. …”
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Designing social behaviour change in households: sustainable mobility intervention and follow-up study by Saga Sofia Santala, Saga Sofia Santala, Merja Honkanen, Michael Lettenmeier, Michael Lettenmeier, Michael Lettenmeier, Jari Kolehmainen, Salla Lahtinen

“…These narratives show that the adoption of new sustainable mobility behaviours is influenced by both (infra)structural and social relationship factors and that close social communities can hinder or facilitate the shift of everyday mobility behaviours towards being more sustainable in diverse ways. The findings suggest that design interventions should target larger social communities rather than just individuals in order to achieve the 2.5 tonne target. …”
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Severe Symptomatic Hypocalcemia from HIV Related Hypoparathyroidism by Sartaj Sandhu, Akshata Desai, Manav Batra, Robin Girdhar, Kaushik Chatterjee, E. Helen Kemp, Antoine Makdissi, Ajay Chaudhuri

“…Laboratory testing showed total calcium of 5.7 mg/dL (normal range: 8.4-10.2 mg/dL), ionized calcium of 2.7 mg/dL (normal range: 4.5-5.5 mg/dL), serum phosphate of 6.3 mg/dL (normal range: 2.7-4.5 mg/dL), and intact PTH of 7.6 pg/mL (normal range: 15-65 pg/mL). …”
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Mixed-methods study to examine the response of opioid addiction treatment programmes to COVID-19: a study protocol by Sugy Choi, Rhea Naik, Kamila Kiszko, Charles Neighbors, Thomas D’Aunno

“…We will then employ qualitative methods and interview 200 key informants (ie, programme director, clinical supervisor, counsellor and medical director) to develop an understanding of the quantitative findings by examining organisational characteristics of programmes (n=25) representative of those that rank in the top quartile of clinical practice measures as well as programmes that performed worst on these measures (n=25).Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of NYU Langone Health (#i21-00573). …”
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Metastasis-Induced Acute Pancreatitis Successfully Treated with Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy in a Patient with Small Cell Lung Cancer by Kerem Okutur, Mustafa Bozkurt, Taner Korkmaz, Ercan Karaaslan, Levent Guner, Suha Goksel, Gokhan Demir

“…In SCLC, cases of MIAP can be encountered with conventional computed tomography with no mass image, and positron emission tomography and EUS-FNA can be useful for diagnosis of such cases. …”
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Critical Rationalism as a Source of Theoretical Jurisprudence by R. S. Raab

“…This perception of law, based on the epistemology of critical rationalism, opposes the currently dominant “Cartesian-rationalist” theory of law as an exogenously designed by political legislator logical normative structure, serving as a technical tool of epistemically unjustified intervention of organized power actors into spontaneous social order. …”
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Investigation of Multifrequency Piezoelectric Energy Harvester by Andrius Čeponis, Dalius Mažeika

“…Moreover, density of the total electrical energy reached 27.5 μJ/mm3. Experimental investigation confirmed that frequency response characteristics are obtained during numerical investigation and showed that energy density of the whole system reached 30.8 μJ/mm3.…”
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Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Associated Severe Pneumonia in Hospitalized Children by Madhusha Gonapaladeniya, Thushari Dissanayake, Guwani Liyanage

“…Univariate and multivariate analysis was performed to determine whether RSV etiology could be predicted based on clinical, sociodemographic, environmental, radiological, and laboratory parameters. A total of 108 children with severe or very severe were included in the study. …”
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A Novel PET Imaging Using 64Cu-Labeled Monoclonal Antibody against Mesothelin Commonly Expressed on Cancer Cells by Kazuko Kobayashi, Takanori Sasaki, Fumiaki Takenaka, Hiromasa Yakushiji, Yoshihiro Fujii, Yoshiro Kishi, Shoichi Kita, Lianhua Shen, Hiromi Kumon, Eiji Matsuura

“…Then, 11-25 mAb was labeled with 64Cu via a chelating agent DOTA and was used in both in vitro cell binding assay and in vivo positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in the tumor-bearing mice. …”
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Predictors of Insulin Resistance in Children versus Adolescents with Obesity by Yvette E. Lentferink, Marieke A. J. Elst, Catherijne A. J. Knibbe, Marja M. J. van der Vorst

“…IR was defined as HOMA-IR ≥ 3.4, and MetS if ≥3 of the following criteria were present: waist circumference and blood pressure ≥ 95th age percentile, triglycerides ≥ 1.7 mmol/l, HDL < 1.03 mmol/l, and fasting plasma glucose ≥ 5.6 mmol/l. Results. In total, 777 patients were included. Of the 306 children, 51, 38, and 0 were diagnosed with IR, MetS, and T2DM, respectively. …”
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The changing context of Jews in American Politics – 1930s to the Trump Era by Fred Lazin

“…The presented analyses focus on American politics regarding Jewish immigration to the USA, the attitude of American socjety and political authorities towards Jews, and the influence of Jewish organizations on American politics. …”
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Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Coronary Catheterization through Distal Transradial Access: A Single-Center Data by Huanhuan Wang, Dan Liu, Jidong Guo, Nuerbahati Heisha, Lei Wang, Qiang Zhang, Yihui Han, Xiping Wang, Bo Zhang, Jinqing Yuan, Lijian Gao

“…We sought to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and complication rates of using the dTRA for cardiac catheterization in Chinese patients. Methods. A total of 263 consecutive patients who underwent catheterization through the dTRA were enrolled. …”
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Enhanced Removal of Lead by Chemically and Biologically Treated Carbonaceous Materials by Mohamed E. Mahmoud, Maher M. Osman, Somia B. Ahmed, Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah

“…Hybrid carbonaceous sorbents and biosorbents were characterized by excellent efficiency and superiority toward lead(II) sorption compared to blank active carbon providing a maximum sorption capacity of lead(II) ion as 500 μmol g−1. …”
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On Computation of Degree-Based Entropy of Planar Octahedron Networks by Tian-Le Sun, Haidar Ali, Bilal Ali, Usman Ali, Jia-Bao Liu, Parvez Ali

“…To analyze the biocompatibility of the compounds, topological indices are used in the research of QSAR/QSPR studies. …”
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A framework for chronic care quality: results of a scoping review and Delphi survey by Grace Marie V. Ku, Willem Van De Put, Deogratias Katsuva, Mohamad Ali Ag Ahmed, Megumi Rosenberg, Bruno Meessen

“…Tailoring quality of care based on the nature of the diseases/conditions and considering different views can be done to ensure a comprehensive offer of healthcare services, and towards better outcomes that are acceptable to both the health system and people with chronic conditions (PwCC).…”
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La femme-frontière : Desert Blood comme paradigme de la violence engendrée par l’exil statique dans la société chicana by Stéphanie Benson, Caroline Lepage

“…This novel is groundbreaking in the sense that, over and beyond its ruthless denunciation and serious accusations, it shows the way towards a new form of borderland collective identity, questioning other levels of individual identity, especially with regard to sex and gender.…”
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Ethics of Procuring and Using Organs or Tissue from Infants and Newborns for Transplantation, Research, or Commercial Purposes: Protocol for a Bioethics Scoping Review [version 1;... by Sebastian Porsdam Mann, Joe Brierley, Jerry Menikoff, Trung Nguyen, Brian D. Earp, Dominic Wilkinson, Julian Savulescu, Xiu Lim, Maide Barış, David Shaw, Melanie T Almonte

“…This review will focus exclusively on infant tissue/organ procurement/use in biomedical contexts, providing a comprehensive and reliable source of ethical arguments for future debates on this sensitive topic. The review will be limited to articles published in English, which increases the risk of missing relevant sources published in other languages. …”
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