Adaptif Poly Frame PRMA pada Jaringan M2M Kognitif Kapiler by Eko Arifianto, Aghus Sofwan, Teguh Prakoso

“…This research aims to make M2M communication efficient even though the device is multiplying, by creating new frame structures and new communication scenarios, in the form of Adaptive Poly Frame (APF) and Scheduler Update (SU). APF and SU are designed by sequence number and prioritizing data, which is then optimized by increase the chance of MK contestation (O), the number of slot occupancy cycles (B), the number of canal occupancy cycles (S) and PRMA Success Transmission (TSPRMA). …”
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Shared decision-making competency and its associated factors among palliative care nurses: a cross-sectional study in China by Junchen Guo, Sishan Jiang, Yunyun Dai, Xianghua Xu, Chaoyi Liu, Yongyi Chen

“…Anonymous data were collected through a self-designed sociodemographic questionnaire, the Shared Decision-Making Competency Scale (SDMCS) and the Empathy Ability Scale (EAS). …”
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mHealth App to Promote Healthy Lifestyles for Diverse Families Living in Rural Areas: Usability Study by Alejandra Perez Ramirez, Adrian Ortega, Natalie Stephenson, Angel Muñoz Osorio, Anne Kazak, Thao-Ly Phan

“…A digital mobile health platform—the Healthy Lifestyle (Nemours Children’s Health) dashboard—was designed as a self-management tool for caregivers to use as part of Mobile Integrated Care for Childhood Obesity. …”
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The Impact of the 2020 Medicaid Expansion in a Community Clinic Serving the Marshallese Population in a Rural State by Robert Brand, Samantha Robinson, Mohammod Mahmudur Rahman, Alshaimaa Hazaa, Sheena CarlLee, Hanna Jensen

“…Findings from this study can aid health policymakers in designing and implementing new strategies to increase healthcare access and utilization in target populations. …”
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Working Capital Management Practices and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Western Uganda. by Sunday, Arthur, Turyahebwa, Abanis, Byamukama, Eliab Mpora

“…The study adopted a positivist quantitative paradigm with cross sectional and correlational designs. The findings in respect of the main purpose of this study indicated that in Working Capital management practices accounted for 33.8% percent of the variance in performance of SMEs. …”
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Impact of Divorce on Girl Child Education in Nyakinama Sub-County Kisoro District. by Niyobyose, Sarah

“…The study was conducted using cross-sectional survey designs. A sample of 50 respondents was used to gather the required information and both purposeful sampling and simple random methods were employed in selecting the sample size. …”
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“I Desire to Have an HIV‐Free Baby”: Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers’ Perceptions of Viral Load Testing and Suppression in HIV Care in Southwestern Uganda. by Kabami, Jane, Akatukwasa, Cecilia, Kabageni, Stella, Nangendo, Joanita, Byamukama, Ambrose, Atwiine, Fredrick, Mftumukiza, Valence, Tamu, Munezero John Bosco, Arinaitwe, Elizabeth, Mutabazi, Andrew, Ssebutinde, Peter, Musoke, Phillipa, Kamya, Moses R., Katahoire, Anne R.

“…Methods This was a qualitative sub-study embedded in a cluster-randomized trial (NCT04122144) designed to improve viral load outcomes among pregnant and breastfeeding mothers living with HIV in four level III/IV health facilities in Southwestern Uganda. …”
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A Deep Learning Enabled Chest X-Ray Abnormality Detection Model for Radiology Assistance. by Ssempeebwa, Phillip, Ainembabazi, Patience

“…Through this methodology, this research is designed to improve the radiologist's workload and enhance the accuracy of chest X-ray diagnosis. …”
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Magnitude and Factors Associated With Risky Sexual Behaviours among Undergraduate Students in Selected Universities in Kigezi Sub Region by Amon, Bahati

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The Effect of Vitamin D3 on Serum Creatine Phosphokinase Level in Patients with Multiple Trauma: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial by Mehran Kouchek, Niloufar Taherpour, Mahya Farasat, Mirmohammad Miri, Sara Salarian, Seyedpouzhia Shojaei, Rezvan Hassanpour, Hossein Amini, Mohammad Sistanizad

“…Background: Multiple trauma can cause an increase in creatine phosphokinase (CPK) and subsequently rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury (AKI). This study was designed to evaluate the effect of vitamin D3 on the serum CPK level and the incidence of rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI in patients with multiple trauma.Methods: Patients with serum CPK levels <1000 IU/L were followed as the control 1 group. …”
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A multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial comparing LY01011, a biosimilar, with denosumab (Xgeva®) in patients with bone metastasis from solid tumors by Mingchuan Zhao, Xichun Hu, Pengpeng Zhuang, Aiping Zeng, Yan Yu, Zhendong Chen, Hongmei Sun, Weihua Yang, Lili Sheng, Peijian Peng, Jingfen Wang, Tienan Yi, Minghong Bi, Huaqiu Shi, Mingli Ni, Xiumei Dai, Changlu Hu, Hongjie Xu, Dongqing Lv, Qingshan Li, Kaijian Lei, Xia Yuan, Ou Jiang, Xicheng Wang, Baihui Hu, Zhe Hou, Zhaoping Su, Song Zheng, Ming Zhou, Changlin Dou

“…Introduction: Denosumab (Xgeva®) is a standard treatment for the prevention of skeletal-related events (SREs) in patients with bone metastases (BM). This trial was designed to assess the equivalence of LY01011 to denosumab in terms of efficacy and safety. …”
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Medical care and initial health status of French children returnees from jihadist group operation areas: A cross-sectional study from 2017 to 2020 in one referral French hospital by J. Goutines, L.L. Pham, N. Lucidarme, C. Briand, A. Malka, C. Baker, M. Veyret-Morau, A. Mapelli, A. Klein, T. Baubet, L. De Pontual

“…Since 2017, a national procedure in France has been designed to coordinate their care, including a systematic pediatric medical assessment. …”
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Filtration efficiency of medical and community face masks against particles carrying SARS-CoV-2 by Sara Dalvand, Rasul Nasiri, Rasoul Yarahmadi, Farah Bokharaei-Salim, Ali-Asghar Farshad, Somayeh Soleimani-Alyar

“…Materials and methods: The filtration efficiency of three types of face masks was investigated for particulate matters in a laboratory setup using a custom-designed system, including a human head mannequin and controlled aerosol injection. …”
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Comparative experimental anesthesia efficacy study of epidural injection at the sacrococcygeal space using ultrasound guidance versus blindness technique in Egyptian donkeys (Equus... by Mohamed A. Hamed, Hazem Hamouda, Mohammed Elmetwally, Foad Farrag, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Mohamed M. A. Abumandour, Yamen Mohammed Hegazy, Alaa Samy

“…Cadavers were randomly designated to blind (n = 5) or US-guided (n = 5) epidural injections at the sacrococcygeal region in sternal recumbency in donkeys using Methylene Blue (1%) as a diagnostic marker for caudal epidural injection. …”
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Chimeric cytokine receptor TGF-β RⅡ/IL-21R improves CAR-NK cell function by reversing the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment of gastric cancer by Yaojun Ren, Min Xue, Xinhui Hui, Xiuyu Liu, Muhammad Asad Farooq, Yiran Chen, Yuzhou Ji, Yixin Duan, Iqra Ajmal, Jie Yao, Wenzheng Jiang

“…This study aims to tackle the challenge of TGF-β-mediated tumor immune evasion within the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment by designing a novel chimeric cytokine receptor TRII/21 R, which consists of extracellular domains of TGF-β receptor II (TRII) and transmembrane and intracellular domains of IL-21 receptor (21 R) and can convert the immunosuppressive signal from TGF-β in the tumor microenvironment (TME) into an NK cell activation signal through the IL-21R-STAT3 pathway. …”
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A blockchain-based secure path planning in UAVs communication network by Shubhani Aggarwal, Ishan Budhiraja, Sahil Garg, Georges Kaddoum, Bong Jun Choi, M. Shamim Hossain

“…In a genetic algorithm, each iteration is designed to surpass the previous one in terms of improvement. …”
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Electroacupuncture and Tongbian decoction ameliorate CUMS-induced depression and constipation in mice via TPH2/5-HT pathway of the gut-brain axis by Yi Chen, Peihua Shen, Qi Li, Shun Seng Ong, Yunzhi Qian, Hai Lu, Ming Li, Tianshu Xu

“…Current treatments, such as antidepressants and prokinetics, are often associated with side effects and high recurrence rates, highlighting the need for effective treatments targeting both depression and constipation. This study was designed to assess the therapeutic efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) in conjunction with Tongbian decoction (TB) for the management of both depression and constipation, while also investigating the underlying mechanisms through the lens of the gut-brain axis. …”
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In vivo production of engineered ACE2 decoy protects lungs from SARS-CoV-2 infection by Yuta Suzuki, Takayuki Miyazaki, Yoko Ida, Tatsuya Suzuki, Yumi Itoh, Shuto Nakao, Keita Kondo, Kenji Kubara, Keisuke Nishioka, Hiroki Muto, Ryuji Watari, Toshifumi Hirayama, Dai Kakiuchi, Shinya Sato, Satoshi Inoue, Yoshifumi Uemoto, Yohei Mukai, Atsushi Hoshino, Toru Okamoto, Junji Matsui

“…Thus, next-generation therapeutics that are resistant to mutations and can be rapidly supplied to individuals in an emergency are required. Here, we designed an mRNA encoding an engineered angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) decoy, 3N39v4, composed of high-affinity ACE2 and a human immunoglobulin G Fc domain. …”
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In-vivo high-resolution χ-separation at 7T by Jiye Kim, Minjun Kim, Sooyeon Ji, Kyeongseon Min, Hwihun Jeong, Hyeong-Geol Shin, Chungseok Oh, Robert J. Fox, Ken E. Sakaie, Mark J. Lowe, Se-Hong Oh, Sina Straub, Seong-Gi Kim, Jongho Lee

“…To address these challenges, we developed a novel deep neural network, R2PRIMEnet7T, designed to convert a 7T R2* map into a 3T R2′ map. …”
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The dipeptide carnosine alleviates acute pancreatitis in an experimental model by Heresh Rezaei, Saeed Heidari, Mohammad Mehdi Ommati, Babak Taheri, Forouzan Khodaei, Mohammad Ali Dehghani, Ayeh Rowhanirad, Azadeh Veisi-Goshtasb, Zahra Honarpishefard, Negar Azarpira, Hossein Niknahad, Reza Heidari

“…The current study was designed to evaluate the impact of carnosine in an experimental model of AP. …”
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