Non-cancerous CT findings as predictors of survival outcome in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with first-generation EGFR-TKIs. by Pakorn Prakaikietikul, Pattraporn Tajarenmuang, Phumiphat Losuriya, Natee Ina, Thanika Ketpueak, Thanat Kanthawang

“…Baseline CT chest assessed visceral/subcutaneous fat (L1 level), sarcopenia, and myosteatosis (multiple levels), main pulmonary artery (MPA) size, MPA to aorta ratio, emphysema, and bone mineral density. …”
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Pengembangan Sistem Manajemen Pengetahuan di Organisasi Asosiasi Alumni Program Beasiswa Amerika - Indonesia (ALPHA-I) by Muhammad Nurwegiono, Sri Nurdiati, Sony Hartono Wijaya

“…The result of observation to ALPHA-I organization showed that there are two main problems. The first problem is ALPHA-I organization did not provide equipment for the alumni to share their tacit knowledge on five focused areas of USAID scholarships. …”
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Circular RNA encoded by PPARG in the peripheral blood and a lipopolysaccharide-induced cardiomyocyte inflammation model is identified as a marker of fulminant myocarditis by Shasha Huang, Shumin He, Fei Xiao, Yang Zhou, Su Lyu

“…Biological function classification and enrichment analysis were used to explore the main action pathways involving differentially expressed circRNAs. …”
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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome as a Risk Factor for Ventricular Tachycardia in Chronic Heart Failure with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction by M. V. Fadeeva, M. R. Skhirtladze, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The control group consisted of 20 patients comparable to the main group by sex, age and major diseases in the absence of CHF and SIBOS.Results. …”
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Clinical characteristics of patients with coronary artery disease by smoking status by Olga V. Nakhratova, Daria P. Tsygankova, Joseph M. Tsenter, Evgeny D. Bazdyrev

“…CONCLUSION: Smokers with CAD hospitalized for routine myocardial revascularization had mainly a mild or moderate degree of nicotine dependence, more than half of patients was not motivated to quit smoking and had thirst and support types of smoking behavior. …”
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Rancang Bangun Protokol Perutean SDGR+R pada Vehicular AD-HOC Network Berbasis Arah by Eliyah Acantha Manapa, Sri Wahjuni, Shelvie Nidya Neyman

“…In forming the communication network topology, SDGR looks for the shortest path value between nodes and high node density. The main objective of this research is to analyze the concept of SDGR routing protocol and to develop it, considering the direction of the route (SDGR+R). …”
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Characterisation of internal tremors and vibration symptoms by Harlan M Krumholz, Mitsuaki Sawano, Richa Sharma, Tianna Zhou, Dorothy Massey, Anna D Baker, Diana Berrent Güthe, Nick Güthe, Suzanne Pincus Shidlovsky, Liza Fisher, Connor B Grady, Cesar Caraballo

“…Comments were analysed using Word Clouds, generated with R V.4.0.3 using quanteda, wordcloud and tm packages.Main outcome measures Patient-reported long COVID symptom themes and domains related to internal tremors and vibration.Results The respondents’ emails represented 22 themes and 7 domains pertaining to their experience with internal tremor and vibrations. …”
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Model Klasifikasi Dengan Logistic Regression Dan Recursive Feature Elimination Pada Data Tidak Seimbang by Sutarman, Rimbun Siringoringo, Dedy Arisandi, Edi Kurniawan, Erna Budhiarti Nababan

“…There are two challenges associated with using this dataset: class imbalance and a large number of features. There are two main stages in this research: initial processing and classification. …”
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Evaluasi SIMRS pada Manajemen Sumber Daya Manusia dengan Framework COBIT 5 by I Nyoman Angga Prabawa, I Made Oka Widyantara, Made Sudarma

“…Additionally, human resources (HR) have the main role in SIMRS's successful implementation. The statements become the RSUD Klungkung targets to improve technology and SIMRS uses, also the quantity and quality of human resources. …”
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Developing a Model for Successful Implementation of Customer Experience Management in Organizations: A Qualitative Study by Payam Mardazad Navi, Kambiz Heidarzadeh Hanzaee, Seyyed Buik Mohammadi, Mohsen Khoon Siavash

“…Findings After analyzing the interviews, the codes were extracted and labeled based on similarity and frequency of replication in 10 main themes, 32 categories, and 83 concepts. Finally, the results of the analysis were presented in the form of a table of key components, categories, and the conceptual model of the components. …”
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Unraveling the subjective well-being of formal and informal caregivers for people with dementia: a comparative analysis by Shanshan Wang, Yuqian Luo, Qiuju Shan, Minhui Liu, Peng Wang, Caihui Huang, Sze Him Isaac Leung

“…For formal caregivers, their psychological well-being was mainly influenced by caregiving satisfaction (standardized β = 0.267) and caregiving intensity (standardized β = 0.242). …”
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Gait kinematics at trot before and after repeated ridden exercise tests in young Friesian stallions during a fatiguing 10-week training program by Esther W. Siegers, Jeanne I. M. Parmentier, Jeanne I. M. Parmentier, Marianne M. Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan, Carolien C. B. M. Munsters, Filipe M. Serra Bragança

“…Upper body vertical movement asymmetry was above the described reference ranges in 69% of the horses.Main limitationsNumber of horses used and only four horses managed to complete the 10-week training program as breeding stallions.ConclusionThe young Friesian stallions showed individually different responses in absolute gait kinematics after exercise and during an intense training program. …”
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Laminoplasty vs laminectomy in the surgical management of spinal intradural extramedullary tumors by Deepak Kumar Singh, Prevesh Kumar Sharma, Vipin Kumar Chand, Kaif Mohammad, Kuldeep Yadav, Neha Singh

“…Spinal tumors comprise around 5–10% of all central nervous tumors, with 70–80% of these being intradural extramedullary in location. Surgery is the main treatment modality for spinal tumors. In this case series, we aimed to compare the laminectomy and laminoplasty procedure in the surgical management of intradural extramedullary spinal tumors and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of both the procedures. …”
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Impact of pulmonary yoga module on lung capacity of COVID-19 adult survivors by Adarsh Tomar, Sudhanshu Verma

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, the lungs were the primary organs that failed and became the main cause of death. Yoga (YOG) provides a lot of solutions to get the lungs healthy. …”
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Outcomes and Complications of Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgeries (MIGS) in Primary Angle Closure and Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Paik B, Chua CH, Yip LW, Yip VC

“…While MIGS can be performed in the same setting as phacoemulsification (MIGS-phaco), it remains controversial if the combined procedure confers a significant advantage over standalone phacoemulsification.Methods: We performed a systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane library for studies reporting outcomes of MIGS in PAC or PACG. Our main outcome measures were IOP-lowering from baseline and medication reduction, at 1 year. …”
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Outcomes of Open Reduction and Modified McLaughlin’s Procedure in Neglected Posterior Shoulder Dislocation by Vikas, Jatin Prakash, Karan Maggo, Jujhar Singh, Ankesh Jain, Naval Bhatia

“…Similarly, the DASH score improved from a mean of 78 preoperatively to a mean of 15 postoperatively at 1-year follow-up (P < 0.001). Pain was mainly experienced during strenuous physical activity, and functional limitations were minimal. …”
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Variability and performance of NHS England’s ‘reason to reside’ criteria in predicting hospital discharge in acute hospitals in England: a retrospective, observational cohort study... by Elizabeth Sapey, Simon Ball, David McNulty, Felicity Evison, Suzy Gallier, Katherine Reeves

“…We aimed to understand the degree of intercentre and intracentre variation in R2R-related metrics reported to NHSE, define an SDM implemented within a single centre Electronic Health Record to generate an electronic R2R (eR2R) and evaluate its performance in predicting subsequent discharge.Design Retrospective observational cohort study using routinely collected health data.Setting 122 NHS Trusts in England for national reporting and an acute hospital in England for local reporting.Participants 6 602 706 patient-days were analysed using 3-month national data and 1 039 592 patient-days, using 3-year single centre data.Main outcome measures Variability in R2R-related metrics reported to NHSE. …”
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Analysis of epidemiological trends and risk factors in high-risk areas for pulmonary tuberculosis: an observational longitudinal study in Xinjiang, China by Liping Zhang, Di Wu, Yanling Zheng, Yaoqin Lu, Salawati Haritebieke, Guangchao Liu

“…Among the influencing factors that had a greater effect on the incidence of PTB, the lower GDP per capita (Q-value=0.65) had a largest effect on PTB in Xinjiang compared with others factors (higher PM2.5: Q-value=0.56, lower health personnel: Q-value=0.49, higher average temperature: Q-value=0.47 and higher urban residents’ health insurance: Q-value=0.46). The main influencing factors were heterogeneous in different regions. …”
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Exogenous organic acids promoted phytoremediation by Hydrangea macrophylla in cadmium‑contaminated soil by Yunjing Song, Qian Cheng, Bing Zhao

“…We posit that using H. macrophylla and organic acids could reduce the Cd bioavailability in the soil mainly through rhizosphere immobilization and plant absorption. …”
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Transcriptome Analysis of Effect of Cordyceps militaris Aqueous Extract in Human Gastric Cancer Cell BGC-823 on Different RCD Pathways by Mingqi CUI, Kaiwen YU, Yang SONG, Fangxu XU, Shenghou WANG, Ze WANG

“…Objective: The main regulated cell death (RCD) signaling pathway of Cordyceps militaris (XG) water extract that affects the growth activity of the human gastric cancer cell line BGC-823 was analyzed and predicted using transcriptome sequencing technology. …”
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