Comparative Analysis of Selected Concrete Mix Design Methods Based on Cost-Effectiveness by Abebe Demissew

“…Due to this, this study was intended to conduct a comparative analysis among selected concrete mix design methods, American Concrete Institute (ACI), British Department of Energy (DOE), Ethiopian Building Code of Standards (EBCS), and Indian standards (IS), by using experimental investigation for normal concrete production, focusing on cost-effectiveness. …”
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Survey of Firearm Storage Practices and Preferences Among Parents and Caregivers of Children by Meredith B. Haag, Catlin H. Dennis, Steven McGaughey, Tess A. Gilbert, Susan DeFrancesco, Adrienne R. Gallardo, Benjamin D. Hoffman, Kathleen F. Carlson

“…Introduction: The American College of Emergency Physicians supports community- and hospital-based programs that intervene to prevent firearm-related injury. …”
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Survival and risk factors for metastatic colorectal cancer patients with a history of prior malignancy by Yiwen Qiu, Nida Cao, Dan Meng, Jian Yuan, Yingjie Zhu

“…Patients diagnosed with stage IV mCRC (per the American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC] 6th edition) between 2004 and 2015 were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. …”
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Negative association between 15 obesity- and lipid-related indices and testosterone in adult males: a population based cross-sectional study by Wei Guo, Shuo Zhao, Qinzheng Chang, Jiajia Sun, Yidong Fan, Jikai Liu

“…The propose of this research is to reveal the correlation between 15 indices linked to obesity and lipid levels with the concentration of serum testosterone, and incidence of testosterone deficiency (TD) among adult American men. Methods The study utilized information gathered from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) carried out from 2011 to 2016. …”
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Augmentation with the inferior extensor retinaculum may facilitate earlier recovery in all-inside arthroscopic management of chronic lateral ankle instability by Xin Luo, Chong Xue, Yue Xue, Kai Fehske, Zi-He Zhang, Nicola Maffulli, Filippo Migliorini, Shi-Ming Feng

“…At 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after surgery, ankle inversion stress tests and anterior drawer tests were employed to assess the stability of the ankle joint. The American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society ankle hindfoot scale(AOFAS-AH) and Karlsson ankle function score (KAFS) were employed to assess ankle function; the Tegner score was employed to assess the patient’s level of exercise; the Foot and Ankle Outcome Score [FAOS, including score of symptoms-diseases, pain, function-daily living score, function in sports and recreational activities, and quality of life] was used to assess the patient’s daily activity ability. …”
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5-point airway (5-AIR) ultrasound protocol for confirmation of endotracheal intubation and position in paediatric patients undergoing surgery: A prospective observational study by Adhiraj Baruah, Zainab Ahmad, Vaishali Waindeskar, Shikha Jain, Roshan Chanchlani, Pranita Mandal, Amit Agarwal, Shristi Agarwal

“…Methods: In this prospective observational study, 75 American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I or II children between 2 and 12 years undergoing elective surgery were recruited. …”
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Variation Diagnosis of Maximum Precipitation in Jiangxi Province in 60 Years by WU Shaofei, WANG Qi, HUANG Binbin, JU Xiang, XU Changbao, HE Miao

“…Hourly precipitation data of 91 meteorological stations in Jiangxi Province during 1954—2012 were selected to analyze the variation of maximum precipitation in consecutive 1 h,3 h,6 h,12 h and 24 h using hydrologic variation diagnostic system (HDMS) .Firstly,in the detailed diagnosis,linear trend,Kendall and Spearman methods were used for trend test,and M-K,cumulative anomaly,ordered clustering,sliding F,sliding rank sum and other test methods were adopted for jump diagnosis.Secondly,the efficiency coefficient R² was employed to determine the final diagnosis results and conduct the spatio-temporal analysis.Finally,the spatial characteristics of the occurrence frequency of maximum precipitation greater than or equal to 16 mm,30 mm and 50 mm were analyzed.The results show the followings:① The spatial distribution characteristics of maximum precipitation in Max1 h,Max3 h,Max6 h,Max12 h and Max24 h were similar in Jiangxi Province.With the increase in duration,most stations with variations witnessed a jumping increase.Those with significant variations were more in the northern plain than in the southern mountain area,namely that the spatial distribution was dense in the north and sparse in the south.② The degree of precipitation series variation was positively and negatively correlated with elevation in the southern mountain area and the northern plain area,respectively.Studies have shown that atmospheric circulation indexes AO (Arctic oscillation),NAO (North Atlantic oscillation) and PNA (Pacific-North American oscillation) had negative,positive and negative correlations with precipitation at stations in the study area,respectively.Therefore,the atmospheric circulation indexes have correlations with the change of precipitation series in Jiangxi Province,which are one of the causes of the maximum precipitation variation in the period.③ The frequency of regional rainstorms gradually decreased with the increase in duration,and rainstorm events in the northern plain area were less than those in other mountain areas due to the influence of topographic factors.Through the analysis of hourly precipitation data of many years in Jiangxi Province,this paper is expected to provide some reference for short-term rainstorm forecast and flood warning.…”
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«THE CONSCIENCE OF THE WORLD» OR «CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE»? TO THE ANNIVERSARIES OF THE EVIAN AND BERMUDA CONFERENCES by D. V. Ivanov, A. V. Krylov, V. M. Morozov, V. O. Pechatnov, S. A. Sklyarov, E. O. Shebalina

“…Pechatnov analyzes the internal and external factors of American politics, public opinion, the personal role of President Roosevelt, the imperative of waging war against the Axis countries during the conferences. …”
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UNEXPECTED FINDINGS DURING LAPAROTOMY SURGERY AND URGENT SURGICAL INDICATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CROHN’S DISEASE by Guilherme Zupo TEIXEIRA, Magaly Gemio TEIXEIRA, Marina Carla GIMENEZ, Silvia Caroline Neves RIBEIRO, Nathacia Bernardo CHIMELLO, Vania Aparecida LEANDRO-MERHI

“…Clinical and surgical variables, medication history, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, and POC were investigated. …”
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ASA Class Is a Stronger Predictor of Early Revision Risk Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty than BMI by Christopher J. Wall, MBBS, BMedSc, FRACS, FAOrthA, Richard N. de Steiger, MBBS, PhD, DipBiomech, FRACS, FAOrthA, Christopher J. Vertullo, MBBS, PhD, FRACS, FAOrthA, Dylan Harries, BSc(Hons), MBiostat, PhD, Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, MBBS, MPH, FRSPH

“…Our aim was to determine whether a patient’s American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class predicts their risks of early all-cause revision and revision for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) following primary TKA, independent of their BMI. …”
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Demographics and regional trends of ischemic heart disease-related mortality in older adults in the United States, 1999-2020. by Fakhar Latif, Muhammad Moiz Nasir, Wajeeh Ur Rehman, Mohammed Hamza, Jishanth Mattumpuram, Komail Khalid Meer, Helme Silvet, Alon Yarkoni, Mouhamed Amr Sabouni, Nabil Braiteh, Keyoor Patel, Abdulqadir J Nashwan

“…When stratified by race/ethnicity, Whites (1931.7) had the highest AAMR, followed by Blacks (1836.5), American Indians (1510.5), Hispanics (1464.4), and Asians (1093.6). …”
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Characteristics of surveillance systems for suicide and self-harm: A scoping review. by Aline Conceição Silva, Amanda Sarah Vanzela, Laysa Fernanda Silva Pedrollo, John Baker, José Carlos Marques de Carvalho, Carlos Alberto da Cruz Sequeira, Kelly Graziani Giacchero Vedana, José Carlos Pereira Dos Santos

“…A systematic search was performed on Cinahl, Embase, Lilacs-Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, PubMed-US National Library of Medicine, Scopus, and Google Scholar. …”
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Dexamethasone Coanalgesic Administration in Steroid Naïve and Steroid Non-Naïve Patients for the Prevention of Pain Flares after Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastases by Dimitar G. Tonev, Silvia A. Lalova, Elena P. Petkova-Lungova, Nikolay V. Timenov, Gabriela M. Radeva, Todor G. Kundurzhiev

“…Methods. Twenty-nine American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) III-IV patients, aged ≥18, treated with single-fraction 8 Gy/1 or multi-fraction 20 Gy/5 RT for painful uncomplicated bone metastases (steroid naïve patients, n = 14) or complicated ones (steroid non-naïve patients, n = 15), were examined retrospectively. …”
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Examination of non-conventional dysplasias adjacent to colorectal adenocarcinoma in patients with IBD by Szintia Almási, Zsófia Balajthy, Bence Baráth, Zsófia Krisztina Török, Panna Szaszák, Tamás Lantos, Bence Kővári, Anita Sejben

“…We aimed to perform a retrospective pilot study by re-evaluating several IBD-associated adenocarcinoma cases to survey the incidence of adjacent non-conventional dysplasia and validate that recent North American findings may apply to a European population.MethodsRetrospectively, 28 randomly chosen cases of IBD-associated adenocarcinomas diagnosed between 2010 and 2022 were re-evaluated. …”
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Analgesic Effect of Ultrasound-Guided Anterior Quadratus Lumborum Block at the L2 Level in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy: A Single-Center, Randomized Control... by Ying He, Mingying Huang, Qiangui Zhong, Huijuan Ni, Zenggui Yu, Xinjian Zhang

“…Patients who were 18–70 years old with an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status of 1-2 and were scheduled for elective laparoscopic partial nephrectomy were recruited into the cluster randomized controlled trial. …”
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Role of bilevel erector spinae with high thoracic block vs conventional unilevel block in analgesia and reduction of pain in axilla in breast cancer surgeries: a randomized control... by Walaa Y. Elsabeeny, Reham M. Fahmy, Fatma H. Elshamy, Nahla N. Shehab, Sayed M. Abed, Walid S. Taha, Mostafa A. Ibrahim, Ahmed F. Gad

“…One hundred twenty-six female patients with cancer and American Society of Anesthesiology II, III were randomized into 3 groups: bilevel ESPB, unilevel ESPB, and control group. …”
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CHRISTIAN THINKERS ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (REINHOLD NIEBUHR AND GIORGIO LA PIRA) by T. V. Zonova

“…The author examines the legacy of two great Christian thinkers, the American Reinhold Niebuhr and the Italian Giorgio La Pira. …”
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Responsabilidad social en la producción de tabaco de Nayarit. ¿Un lavado de cara y de manos en la acumulación por despojo? by Dagoberto De Dios Hernández, Jesús Antonio Madera Pacheco

“…El análisis denota que la British American Tobacco y Tabacos del Pacífico Norte han “patrocinado” la operación de los centros Florece y del programa Sustenta en los campos de tabaco de Nayarit, aunque en la realidad tabacalera, la operación de dichos programas y sus costos son asumidos y absorbidos por los productores, mientras que las empresas difunden una imagen de gestión empresarial sustentable.…”
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The suffix -ee: history, productivity, frequency and violation of stress rules by Ives Trevian

“…Many new coinages are supposed to have appeared in the 20th century, so that 163 words in -ee are now recorded in the online dictionaries of the OneLook search engine (e.g. American Heritage Dictionary, Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Collins English Dictionary, Merriam Webster’s Dictionary, Oxford Dictionaries, etc.). …”
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A novel alphanumeric classification system for ankle fractures: clinical applications and evaluation by Cemil Aktan, Ozkan Kose

“…Functional outcomes were assessed with the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) and Olerud Molander Ankle Score (OMAS) systems, and comparisons were made across classification systems to determine prognostic value. …”
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