Impact of a positive end-expiratory pressure on oxygenation, respiratory compliance, and hemodynamics in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery in reverse Trendelenburg pos... by Gulfairus A. Yessenbayeva, Aizhan M. Meyerbekova, Sergey I. Kim, Murat B. Zhumabayev, Gulbanu S. Berdiyarova, Sanzhar B. Shalekenov, Dinara S. Zharlyganova, Irina Y. Mukatova, Yekaterina A. Yukhnevich, Dmitriy A. Klyuyev, Andrey I. Yaroshetskiy

“…LPEEP increased Cdyn (+ 22.46 [+ 8.56; +36.35] ml/mbar, p = 0.002) with high variability of the true effect (Chi2 53.92, p < 0.0001; I2 96%). …”
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Economic Evaluation of Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Tanan Bejrananda, Win Khaing, Sajesh K. Veettil, Therdpong Thongseiratch, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk

“…RARP showed no statistically significant cost effectiveness over ORP in both HICs ($3322.38 [–$1864.39 to $8509.15], I2 = 90.89%) and MICs ($2222.60 [–$2960.64 to $7405.83], I2 = 58.92%). …”
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Kinetic and Photochemical Disequilibrium in the Potentially Carbon-rich Atmosphere of the Warm Jupiter WASP-69 b by Nidhi Bangera, Christiane Helling, Gloria Guilluy, Patricio Cubillos, Luca Fossati, Paolo Giacobbe, Paul Rimmer, Daniel Kitzmann

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Interaksi antara Status Indeks Massa Tubuh sebelum Hamil dan Kenaikan Berat Badan selama Hamil terhadap Antropometri Bayi Lahir di Sumatera Barat, Indonesia by Ammara Asya Anugerahwati, Arif Sabta Aji, Effatul Afifah, Prasetya Lestari, Nur Indrawaty Lipoeto

“…Kenaikan berat badan ibu selama masa  kehamilan tidak memiliki hubungan yang bermakna dengan antropometri bayi ketika lahir seperti berat badan (p-value=0,512), panjang badan (p-value=0,368), dan lingkar kepala lahir (p-value=0,368). …”
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing in hospitalised children: a retrospective, cross-sectional study at a tertiary children’s hospital in China by Linan Zeng, Lingli Zhang, Dan Yu, Huiqing Wang, Liang Huang, Siyu Li, Guo Cheng, Zhi-Jun Jia

“…The department with the highest prevalence of PIP was the surgical department (OR 9.413; 95% CI 5.521 to 16.046), followed by the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU; OR 8.206; 95% CI 6.643 to 10.137). …”
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Clinicopathological relationship between PM2.5 exposure and acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Anfeng Cui, Yingying Shao, Yang Wang, Haodong Wang, Jiayi Song, Caiji Liu, Ningning Shen, Zhiqing Yang, Wangliang Zhang, Tiane Luo, Chen Wang

“…Results: Higher PM2.5 concentrations were observed during February-April and November-January, correlating with increased AECOPD admissions (r = 0.754), outpatient visits (r = 0.799), emergency visits (r = 0.447), and ICU transfers (r = 0.860). Among the patients, 76.5 % were smokers and 68.4 % were over 60 years old. …”
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Family-focused intervention programme to foster adolescent mental health and well-being: protocol for a multicountry cluster randomised factorial trial (FLOURISH Phase 2) by Heather M Foran, Marija Raleva, Nina Heinrichs, Graham Moore, Yulia Shenderovich, Xiang Zhao, Judith Simon, Antonio Piolanti, Viorel Babii, Janina Mueller, Franziska Waller, Dennis Wienand, Swetha Sampathkumar, Ivo Kunovski

“…Data will be collected at baseline and postintervention, approximately, 8 weeks later. Statistical analyses will include regression models to assess the main and interaction effects of the intervention components and cost analyses.Ethics and dissemination The study received ethical approval from the University of Klagenfurt in Austria (approval number: 2023–013), the Medical Faculty at St. …”
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Implementation of prehospital point-of-care ultrasound using a novel continuous feedback approach in a UK helicopter emergency medical service by Salman Naeem, Shadman Aziz, Thomas Hirst, Johannes Strobel, Jamin M. Mulvey, Ailidh Lang, Jankee Patel, Alexander Smith, Ka Jun Cheng, Michael Palmer, Jonas Schlautmann, Michael D. Christian, Daniel Nevin

“…Paramedics performed 29% of the scans. Reviewers deemed 83% of the scans of adequate quality. Inter-rater reliability between clinicians and reviewers was 0.6 for pericardial effusion, 0.67 for pneumothorax and 0.71 for free fluid respectively. …”
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Lunar and Martian gravity alter immune cell interactions with endothelia in parabolic flight by Yu Du, Bing Han, Katharina Biere, Nathalie Abdelmalek, Xinyu Shu, Chaoyang Song, Guangyao Chen, Ning Li, Marina Tuschen, Huan Wu, Shujin Sun, Alexander Choukér, Mian Long, Dominique Moser

“…To investigate the impact of partial gravity on immune cell attachment to vessel endothelia, THP-1 cells and HUVEC cell layers were monitored in a flow chamber system during parabolic flight in lunar (0.16 g) or Martian (0.38 g) gravity. Focus was set on floating speed, cell adhesion, surface molecule expression and cytoskeletal reorganization under basal and TNF-induced inflammatory environment. …”
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The physiological responses to volume-matched high-intensity functional training protocols with varied time domains by Jessica S. Smith, Jessica S. Smith, Gabriella F. Bellissimo, Gabriella F. Bellissimo, Fabiano T. Amorim

“…There were significant differences between the EMOM and RFT for HR (153 ± 19 bpm vs. 171 ± 12 bpm, p &lt; 0.01), VO2 (30.8 ± 3 mL/kg/min vs. 38.1 ± 5 mL/kg/min, p &lt; 0.00), RPE (4 ± 1 vs. 7 ± 1, p &lt; 0.00), and EPOC-AUC (3.5 ± 1.2 mL/kg/min vs. 5.0 ± 1.3 mL/kg/min, p &lt; 0.00); however, there were no significant differences in mean SmO2 (p = 0.44). …”
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Genome-wide association study of the antibody response to <i>Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis</i> in sheep by J. Kyselová, L. Tichý, J. Marková, A. Gurgul, Z. Sztankóová, K. Vališ, S. Šlosárková, K. Kavanová, M. Beinhauerová, T. Szmatola, T. Szmatola

“…Animals of the Suffolk breed, ranging in age from 2 to 8 years, were sampled regularly once a year for 4 years. …”
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Biological subphenotypes in patients hospitalized with suspected infection in Thailand: a secondary analysis of a prospective observational studyResearch in context by Prapassorn Poolchanuan, Taylor D. Coston, Viriya Hantrakun, Parinya Chamnan, Gumphol Wongsuvan, Pavan K. Bhatraju, Narisara Chantratita, Direk Limmathurotsakul, T. Eoin West, Shelton W. Wright

“…A parsimonious three-biomarker model identified subphenotypes in an internal validation cohort (LBP-1: area under the receiver operating curve [AUC] 0.96, 95% CI: 0.94–0.98; LBP-2: AUC 0.77, 95% CI 0.71–0.83; LBP-3: AUC 0.99, 95% CI 0.98–1.00). …”
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Nursing faculty readiness to teach online: a survey of nursing educators from Saudi Arabia and the UK by Mansour Mansour, Naim Abdulmohdi, Abd Alhadi Hasan, Hana Abu-Snieneh, Rani Shatnawi, Firas Taysir Abu-Sneineh, Sahar Elmetwally A. Badawi

“…Female Nursing Faculty scored significantly higher median score than male Nursing Faculty on the Course Communication subscale (z=-2.73,p = 0.006). Moreover, Nursing Faculty who mostly used asynchronous online teaching significantly scored the highest median score on the technical subscale (X 2   = 8.64, df = 3, p = 0.03). …”
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Pembentukan Daftar Stopword Menggunakan Term Based Random Sampling Pada Analisis Sentimen Dengan Metode Naïve Bayes (Studi Kasus: Kuliah Daring Di Masa Pandemi) by Raditya Rinandyaswara, Yuita Arum Sari, Muhammad Tanzil Furqon

“…Hasil evaluasi dengan stopword Term Based Random Sampling mendapatkan akurasi tertinggi dengan X, Y, L sebesar 10, 10, 40 dengan macroaverage accuracy sebesar 0,758, macroaverage precision sebesar 0,658, macroaverage recall sebesar 0,636, dan macroaverage f-measure sebesar 0,647. …”
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Design and Analysis of Microstrip Patch Antennas to Support the Implementation of Smart Ports by M. Basuki Rahmat, Yuning Widiarti, Eko Setijadi, Azlina Idris, Aina Julia, Shipun Anuar Hamzah, K S H Putri

“…Simulation with FR-4 material showed a return loss of -21.23 dB, gain of 2.718 dBi, directivity of 7.525 dBi, voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of 1.1864, bandwidth (BW) is 0.0635 GHz, and Simulation using Rogers RT5880/duroid material showed a return loss of  -10.813 dB, gain of 8.084 dBi, directivity of 8.528 dBi, voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of 1.8095, bandwidth (BW) is 0.0441 GHz. …”
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Two-dimensional semantic morphological feature extraction and atlas construction of maize ear leaves by Hongli Song, Hongli Song, Weiliang Wen, Weiliang Wen, Ying Zhang, Ying Zhang, Yanxin Zhao, Xinyu Guo, Xinyu Guo, Chunjiang Zhao, Chunjiang Zhao, Chunjiang Zhao

“…The results of maize leaf inbred line identification can determine the probability that the corresponding true inbred line ranked within the top 10 of the predicted results is 0.706, within the top 20 is 0.810, and within the top 45 is 0.900. …”
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Inovasi Rancangan Aplikasi Gizi Nutrief dalam Optimalisasi Asupan Gizi Menggunakan Pendekatan Design Thinking by Irsa Ainun Nisa Sofia Nur Rohma Faiza, Herman Tolle, Dwi Cahya Astriya Nugraha

“…Kemudian, aspek kepuasan dengan menggunakan kuesioner System Usability Scale (SUS) memperoleh hasil 79,5 oleh pengguna teregistasi, dan 89 oleh ahli gizi. Hasil pengujian user experience menggunakan user experience questionnaire (UEQ) memperoleh hasil 2,65 pada aspek daya tarik, 2,60 pada aspek kejelasan, 2,58 pada aspek efisiensi, 2,50 pada aspek ketepatan, 1,30 pada aspek stimulasi, dan 2,43 pada aspek kebaruan. …”
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Assessing Prevention Protocols by a Brief Questionnaire in the Infectious Respiratory Diseases Pandemics: An Application in Pedestrian Population in COVID-19 Pandemic by Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Alireza Razzaghi, Hamid Sharifi, Shahram Habibzadeh, Seyed Taghi Heydari, Rasool Entezarmahdi, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Alireza Ansari Moghaddam, Mahdi Rezaei, Mohammad Saadati, Ehsan Sarbazi, Morteza Haghighi, Mina Golestani, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani

“…Cronbach’s alpha coefficient equal to 0.76 indicated an acceptable internal consistency and the Spearman-Brown correlation coefficient of 0.939 depicted stability of the questionnaire. …”
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Optimizing plant density to improve the soil microenvironment and enhance crop productivity in cotton/cumin intercropping systems by Humei Zhang, Humei Zhang, Liwen Tian, Xianzhe Hao, Nannan Li, Xiaojuan Shi, Feng Shi, Yu Tian, Wenbo Wang, Honghai Luo

“…During the nonsymbiotic period, compared with CK, ID2 increased the soil water content by 5.7%, increased the soil respiration rate by 17.7%, and decreased the electrical conductivity by 15.6%. Compared with those for CK and ID3, the seed yield for ID2 increased by 2.0% and 5.8%, respectively, and that for ID1 decreased by 1.6%. …”
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Erratum to ‘Cost differences between autologous and nonautologous cranioplasty implants: A propensity score–matched value driven outcomes analysis’ [World Neurosurgery: X (22C) (2024) (100358)] by Matthew Findlay, Sawyer Z. Bauer, Diwas Gautam, Matthew Holdaway, Robert B. Kim, Walid K. Salah, Spencer Twitchell, Sarah T. Menacho, Gurpreet S. Gandhoke, Ramesh Grandhi

“…World Neurosurgery: X…”
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