Examining general, physical, and mental health disparities between transgender and cisgender adults in the U.S. by Sunday Azagba, Galappaththige S. R. de Silva, Todd Ebling

“…Results Results reveal significant disparities in health outcomes, with transgender individuals reporting lower proportions of good general health and more days of poor mental and physical health compared to cisgender individuals. …”
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Explaining the Unexplained: Examining the Predictive Value of Semen Parameters, Sperm DNA Fragmentation and Metal Levels in Unexplained Infertility by Navdeep Kaur Ghuman, Kamla Kant Shukla, Srividhya Nandagopal, Sunil Raikar, Shailendra Kumar, Priyanka Kathuria, Dinesh Choudhary, Poonam Elhence, Pratibha Singh

“…The mean sperm DFI was significantly lower among fertile men (10.83 ± 6.28 vs. 21.38 ± 10.28, P < 0.0001). …”
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Full-space trifunctional metasurface with independent control of amplitude and phase for circularly polarized waves by Li Xi Ming, Zhao Yuan, Lu Ren Pan, Sun Xiao Feng, Yang Zhao, He Hai Dan, Liu Yan Hui, Du Guo Hong

“…Flexible and diverse manipulation of electromagnetic (EM) waves in half space (reflection or transmission) has facilitated strong aspiration toward full-space wave control. However, it remains challenging to achieve independent amplitude and phase control, which seriously hinder the real-world applications. …”
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Siamese Neural Networks in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Target Tracking Process by Athraa Sabeeh Hasan Allak, Jianjun Yi, Haider M. Al-Sabbagh, Liwei Chen

“…On the basis of the intersection over union loss, the effective intersection over union loss is proposed to improve the loss function, and an improved YOLOv5 target recognition model is established. …”
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Development of sugar- and fat-reduced pulse cookies with improved predicted glycemic behavior by Xinying Suo, Marianna Tagliasco, Matteo Bonfini, Laura Bonfili, Oscar Moreno Araiza, Anna Baggio, Anna Maria Eleuteri, Nicoletta Pellegrini, Elena Vittadini

“…Developed cookies had higher protein and fiber contents, reduced sugar (∼45 - 50 % reduction), and saturated fats (∼77 - 80 % reduction) and also had a lower predicted glycemic index compared to traditional cookies. …”
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Characteristics of PM and PAHs Emitted from Oil-fired Process by Ming Wei Chang, Minh Man Trinh, Chian Kou Lien, Moo Been Chang

“…The results show that the emission factors of PAHs and FPM obtained for this oil-fired boilers are lower than the values measured in other studies.…”
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Cost Analysis of Running Web Application in Cloud Monolith, Microservice and Serverless Architecture by Muhammad Uzair Nadeem, Syed Muhammad Khaliq-ur-Rahman Raazi, Bilal Mehboob, Syed Mubashir Ali, Saqlain Raza

“…The results and subsequent analysis revealed that Lambda outperformed the other architectures significantly, while Fargate and Microservice architectures exhibited lower performance in comparison. However, cost played a crucial role in architecture selection. …”
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Comparing the Effect of Intrathecal Injection of Pethidine with That of Bupivacaine on Hemodynamics in Hip Surgery: A Double Blinded Clinical Trial by Seyed Babak Mojaveraghili, Sina Hassannasab, Mansour Deylami, Tahereh Chavoshi, Avasadat Mirkatouli, Nasser Behnampour

“…In some studies comparing regional anesthesia and general anesthesia, the one-month mortality of patients undergoing regional surgery was significantly lower. Given the relative advantages observed about intrathecal injection of pethidine, including fewer side effects, and longer postoperative analgesia, in combination with effective sensory, motor, and sympathetic blocks, we sought to compare the influence of intrathecal injection of pethidine and bupivacaine on the hemodynamics of patients. …”
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The impact of a 5G-based smart nursing information system and associated mobile hardware on clinical nurses’ work stress: a randomized controlled study in a Chinese hospital by Xuejiao Ruan, Yuying Lou, Xinhua Zhang, Zhulin Wu, Hongzhi Yuan

“…The SNIS-SMH group showed significantly lower total work stress scores (66.16 ± 9.82) compared to the control group (70.65 ± 11.32, P = 0.002). …”
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Travel Burden and the Direct Medical Costs of Urologic Surgery by Daniel J. Olson, John L. Gore, Kenn B. Daratha, Kenneth P. Roberts

“…**Conclusions:** Patient travel burden does appear to play a role in cost and length of hospital stay for select urologic procedures with variable levels of morbidity and recovery time. …”
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Evaluation of the relationship between cardiac calcification and cardiovascular disease using the echocardiographic calcium score in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: a cros... by Ho-Kwan Sin, Ping-Nam Wong, Kin-Yee Lo, Man-Wai Lo, Shuk-Fan Chan, Kwok-Chi Lo, Yuk-Yi Wong, Lo-Yi Ho, Wing-Tung Kwok, Kai-Chun Chan, Andrew Kui-Man Wong, Siu-Ka Mak

“…Subjects with CVD were older (69 years vs. 56 years, P < 0.001) and had a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) (81.5% vs. 45.1%, P < 0.001). They had lower diastolic blood pressure (72 mmHg vs. 81 mmHg, P < 0.001), lower phosphate (1.6 mmol/L vs. 1.9 mmol/L, P = 0.002), albumin (30 g/L vs. 32 g/L, P = 0.001), parathyroid hormone (34.4 pmol/L vs. 55.8 pmol/L, P = 0.002), total cholesterol (4.5 vs. 4.9, P = 0.047), LDL cholesterol (2.4 mmol/L vs. 2.8 mmol/L, P = 0.019) and HDL cholesterol (0.8 mmol/L vs. 1.1 mmol/L, P = 0.002). …”
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Post-rectectomy choice of preventive intestinal stoma formation method: prospective multicenter randomized clinical trial protocol by P. V. Tsarkov, I. A. Tulina, P. B. Tsugulya, V. S. Kochetkov, S. V. Khmelik

“…In the western countries the preferred method is double barreled ileostomy due to more rapid formation and closure, as well as due to lower rate of stoma-related morbidity. In Russia and CIS countries application of double-barreled transverse colostoma is preferred traditionally due to lower rate of electrolytic disorders and related repetitive hospital admissions in conditions of imperfect stoma care system, along with series of unproven advantages, usually defined as hospital tradition. …”
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Economic optimization configuration of energy storage in distribution network considering the attenuation of aging photovoltaic output by HU Haipeng, ZHAO Ping, LI Yan, HOU Qingxing, WANG Guanghui, LI Zhenxing

“…The impact of aging PV generation decay rate and operational lifespan on actual PV output is thoroughly analyzed, leading to the development of a mathematical relationship between PV output and rated energy storage power and capacity. …”
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Linearity of natural versus laboratory-imparted remanence demagnetization diagram and reliability of relative paleointensity estimation by Toshitsugu Yamazaki, Jiaxi Li

“…These results reinforce the lower RPI recording efficiency of magnetofossils. …”
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Computational modeling of bone allograft reconstruction following femoral shaft tumor resection: Investigating the impact of supplementary plate fixation. by Petr Boháč, Vasileios Apostolopoulos, Petr Marcián, Tomáš Tomáš, Michal Mahdal, Tomáš Návrat

“…Variants III and IV demonstrate lower IFM and sliding distances in the distal area overall. …”
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A Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma with History of Benign Prostatic: A Case Report by Hassan Tavakoli, Hadi Ahmadi Amoli, Seyed Amir Miratashi Yazdi, Mohammad Sharifi, Mina Abdolahi, Mohammad Gholizadeh

“…A 53-year-old male patient presented with lower left quadrant (LLQ) pain and melena for two weeks. …”
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Assessing the impact of antimicrobial resistance policies on antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance-associated mortality in children and adults in low and middle-income countr... by Günther Fink, Jay Patel, Kyaw Zay Ya

“…We observed strong evidence of negative association (mean difference MD=−0.150, 95% CI (−0.2593 to –0.0407)) between the presence of regulatory or legislative policies that ban over-the-counter sales of antibiotics and the proportion of children receiving antibiotic drugs for lower respiratory tract infection. …”
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Crack Propagation Analysis at Openings in Unreinforced Masonry Walls Due to Lateral and Vertical Loads. by Ihangu, Derrick

“…The results show that walls with larger openings (20%) experienced failure at lower loads compared to those with smaller openings (10% and 15%). …”
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Usage of Social Media Marketing on the Performance Assessment of SMEs in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality by Kiconco, Charity

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Usage of Social Media Marketing on the Performance assessment of SMES in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality by Charity, Kiconco

“…The study recommended that there should be massive branding of business products so that the awareness of the existing market products can be well known to the potential customers who can increase their purchasing power, hence business performance; business owners should try and ensure that there is a strong relationship between them and their customers so that customers can feel comfortable when buying from them, which can lead to better business performance; and due to the availability of social media platforms, business owners should ensure proper use of them so that customers from different areas can be reached in order to provide them with better services, which can lead to improved business performance…”
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