The Magnitude and Determinants of Tinnitus among Health Science Students at King Khalid University by Abdullah Musleh, Salah Saad Alzahrani, Turki Khalid Al Shehri, Saad Mohammed Abdullah Alqahtani, Samar Yahya Ali Yahya, Ahmed Oudah Saeed AlShahrani

“…It is an indicator of auditory system abnormalities. It can also be present in individuals without any hearing abnormalities. …”
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Prognostic significance of NT-proBNP and sST2 biomarkers in patients with post-myocardial infarction heart failure after a coronavirus infection by N. M. Kalashnikova, D. N. Zaitsev, A. V. Govorin, M. V. Chistyakova, B. T. Balzhitov

“…The patients of all three groups included in the present study were comparable. After 6 months in group I, HF course worsening was recorded. …”
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Noise-Based Frequency Spectrum Correction Method Using Interior Point Approach by Guichun Yang, Shengyou Zhou, Han Chen, Huiyue Yang, Weixing Hua, Zhaojie Wu, Yan Chen

“…Notably, for a signal containing 2048 samples, the IP method achieves a 4.2-fold reduction in execution time compared to the FFT+FT refinement approach, while maintaining comparable accuracy. More importantly, the method exhibits superior estimation accuracy. …”
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Craniomandibular osteology of a new massopodan sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic (latest Norian) of Canton Aargau, Switzerland by Alessandro Lania, Ben Pabst, Torsten M. Scheyer

“…The complete craniomandibular anatomy of an articulated skull, SMF 13.5.37, belonging to a partial skeleton, SMF 13.5, referred to this new latest Norian sauropodomorph from the Klettgau Formation is here presented. Micro-computed tomography scans (µCT) as well as segmentation techniques were employed in order to examine inaccessible craniodental features of the snout of the specimen under study. …”
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Opportunistic Cryptococcal Antigenemia in the HAART Era at HIV Epidemic Settings of Northwest Ethiopia by Markos Negash, Tadelo Wondmagegn, Fitsumbrhan Tajebe

“…This study aimed to assess the cryptococcal antigenemia, CD4+ Th cell counts, HIV RNA viral load, and clinical presentations among HIV-positive patients in Northwest Ethiopia. …”
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Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement Mechanisms in Elastic Tube Bundles Subjected to Exogenous Self-Excited Fluid Oscillation by Jing Hu, Lei Guo, Shusheng Zhang

“…At cooling fluid velocities of 6 to 9 m/s, the heat transfer capability of the improved structure is enhanced by more than 50%. Compared with the original structure, the new structure, due to the loading of an external oscillation structure, causes the cold air to present a periodic up and down jet phenomenon. …”
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Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in metabolic syndrome by Saajid Anwar, Yoganathan Chidambaram, Clement Jenil Dhas C P, Sujith Kumar

“…Material and Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional study conducted at a tertiary healthcare centre and included subjects aged more than 18 years with a waist circumference > 90 cm for men and > 80 cm for women along with any two of the criteria: Triglycerides > 150 mg/dL, HDL< 40 mg/dL (men), < 50 mg/dL (women), Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) > 130 mmHg, Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) > 85 mm Hg, Fasting Blood Glucose (FBS) > 100 mg/dL. …”
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Risk Factors and Predictive Models for Postpartum Hemorrhage after Vaginal Delivery by Yongjuan Bi, Yanhua Zhang, Li Li, Jing Bai, Jing Li

“…Results: A total of 94 cases presented with PPH in this study, and the incidence of PPH was 5.10% (94/1840). …”
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Characteristics of hand injuries caused by corn-husker equipment: a new type of agricultural injury by Chao-Jian Pang, Xiao-Yan Huo, Yuan Liu, Zong-You Yang, Lu Liu, Xiao-Bo Fan, Shang-Wen Xu

“…ObjectivesThis study aims to describe the nature and incidence of hand injuries caused by corn-husker machines, as well as the accident conditions and treatment experiences.MethodsThis retrospective investigation included 34 patients treated at a single institution from August 2018 to August 2021 with postoperative follow-up of more than 12 months. The Hand Injury Severity Scoring System (HISS) was applied to identify the degree of hand injury. …”
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Spatial distribution and interannual variability of catches for pink salmon of artificial origin in the waters of eastern coast of Sakhalin Island in modern times by M. Yu. Stekolshchikova

“…Schemes of quantitative distribution of pink salmon with marked otoliths in the waters of East Sakhalin are presented.…”
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Chronic Low Back Pain with and without Concomitant Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective, Longitudinal Cohort Study of Patients in England by Greg Coates, Peter Clewes, Christoph Lohan, Hannah Stevenson, Robert Wood, Theo Tritton, Roger D. Knaggs, Alastair J. Dickson, David A. Walsh

“…Across all follow-up periods, patients with CLBP alone and those with CLBP + OA had significantly more GP consultations, outpatient attendances, emergency department visits, and inpatient stays than controls (all p < 0.0001). …”
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Preliminary feasibility and clinical utility of the Unified Protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in people with long COVID-19 condition: A single case... by Verónica Martínez-Borba, Óscar Peris-Baquero, Iván Prieto-Rollán, Jorge Osma, Esther Del Corral-Beamonte

“…<h4>Methods</h4>12 long COVID-19 patients (mean age = 47.92; SD = 13.18) presenting emotional disorders/symptoms received the UP through 8 online sessions.…”
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Cerebral markers of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in hypertensive disorders during pregnancy by E. S. Taskina, I. V. Kibalina, V. A. Mudrov, S. O. Davydov

“…Preeclampsia/eclampsia during pregnancy and postpartum are the major risk factors for maternal and infant morbidity and mortality worldwide. At the same time, more than 70% of maternal deaths are of neurological origin, i.e., eclampsia, cerebral edema, intracranial hemorrhage and stroke. …”
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Impact of mining and fuel and energy enterprises on the radiation background of territories by R. D. Perevoshchikov, A. A. Perevoshchikova, E. A. Menshikova

“…In bottom sediments, the average activity of 40K does not exceed the values for other territories with anthropogenic impact. More than 30 million tonnes of phosphate fertilizers are consumed worldwide each year, and their use increases crop production. …”
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Impact of pre-service education on the effectiveness of in-service training for inclusive preschool teachers in China: a potential profile analysis by Yaxian Lei, Yonggang Wei, Yijie Ma, Xiaofeng Wu, Qiao Zhou

“…The findings elucidate the existence of three distinct potential categories, denoted as “low-efficiency” (LE, 10.6%), “medium-efficiency” (ME, 41.1%), and “high-efficiency” (HE, 48.3%). A more detailed exploration further exposes the factors within pre-service education that contribute significantly to educators falling within the ME or HE categories during their subsequent in-service training. …”
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Favipiravir for the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia: Can we predict the response to treatment? by Abdullah Sayiner, Huseyin Aytac Erdem, Pervin Korkmaz Ekren, Sezai Tasbakan, Ozen K Basoglu, Meltem Isikgoz Tasbakan, Tansu Yamazhan, Deniz Gokengin, Mustafa Hikmet Ozhan

“…The response rate was lower in patients who presented severe pneumonia associated with respiratory failure. …”
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Investigation of virulence factors of Enterococcus faecalis strains isolated in secondary/ persistent infections by Ana Claudia C. Xavier, Frederico Canato Martinho, Izabel C.G. Camões, Lilian F. Freitas

“… Objective: More virulent strains may result from  the acquisition of genes by genetic exchange,  pathogenicity islands in several species encoding  toxins, adhesion factors and other factors associated  with virulence. …”
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Automating life science labs at the single-cell level through precise ultrasonic liquid sample ejection: PULSE by Peiran Zhang, Zhenhua Tian, Ke Jin, Kaichun Yang, Wesley Collyer, Joseph Rufo, Neil Upreti, Xianjun Dong, Luke P. Lee, Tony Jun Huang

“…Unlike pipetting robots, PULSE enables researchers to conduct biological experiments using single cells as anchoring points (e.g., 1 cell vs. 1000 cells per “tube”), achieving higher resolution and potentially more relevant data for modeling and downstream analyses. …”
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Features of mathematical modeling of dynamic processes of car passing railroad turnouts by Yu. S. Romen, B. E. Glyuzberg, E. A. Timakova, V. A. Bykov

“…The initial position of the bogie and the peculiarities of its motion in the gauge determine the position of the meeting point and the value of the angle of incidence, their combination determines the maximum value of the force when moving to the lateral track, which, depending on the entry conditions, can differ by more than twice. Calculations showed that a change in the angle of inclination of the flange from 60 to 70° leads to a decrease in the safety factor of rolling stock on the turnout by 1.5 times. …”
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High-Level Synthesis: Productivity, Performance, and Software Constraints by Yun Liang, Kyle Rupnow, Yinan Li, Dongbo Min, Minh N. Do, Deming Chen

“…Such tools reduce design effort: high-level descriptions are more compact and less error prone. HLS tools promise hardware development abstracted from software designer knowledge of the implementation platform. …”
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