Field Performance of Tissue Culture and Standard Propagated Raspberry Under Different Irrigation Regimes by Tatjana Anđelić, Jelena Tomić, Boris Rilak, Žaklina Karaklajić-Stajić, Jasminka Milivojević, Dragan Radivojević, Tatjana Vujović

“…The IR1 irrigation regime maximized yields per floricane and meter of trellis in 2019 and 2021 (619.8 and 501.9 g and 2.5 and 2.0 kg, respectively), providing sufficient water for raspberry plants. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Work-Related Upper Extremity Disorders among University Teaching Staff in Ethiopia, 2021: An Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Amensisa Hailu Tesfaye, Tesfaye Hambisa Mekonnen, Mekuriaw Alemayehu, Giziew Abere

“…The manifestation of upper extremity disorder was affected by working hours per day, physical activity, and job satisfaction. …”
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Epidemiological Study of Uveal Melanoma from US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (2010–2015) by Yufeng Xu, Lixia Lou, Yijie Wang, Qi Miao, Kai Jin, Menglu Chen, Juan Ye

“…The overall incidence of uveal melanoma was 4.637 per million (95% confidence interval (CI), 4.458–4.821), which was significantly elevated by average APC of 4.215% (p=0.03). …”
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Evaluating Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Ultrasound by Togay Evrin, Semih Korkut, Leyla Ozturk Sonmez, Lukasz Szarpak, Burak Katipoglu, Jacek Smereka, Ramazan Guven, Evrim Eylem Akpinar

“…Negative correlations were detected between the number of exacerbations per year and Lung Sil R and the number of exacerbations per year and Ant M-Mode R (r = −0.599, P<0.001 and r = −0.587, and P<0.001, respectively). …”
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Impact of an extended light regimen imposed during nursery period on the performance and lipid metabolism of weanling pigs by Guangfan Liu, Fen Su, Xingyue Zou, Xingming Yang, Liang Tian

“…Four replicates of three animals per replicates were used per experimental treatment. …”
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Effect of breathing exercises with biofeedback on blood pressure in pre-hypertensive women: a randomised controlled trial by Afaf M. Botla, Reham S. Ebrahim, Soheir M. Elkosery, Ahmed M. Darwesh, Dina M.A. Mohamed

“…They were divided randomly into two equal groups, with ages ranging from 30 to 40: study group (group A) who performed slow abdominal breathing (six cycles/minute) combined with frontal electromyography (EMG) biofeedback training (3 days per week for 10 sessions) and a control group (group B) who performed slow abdominal breathing (six cycles/minute, 3 days per week for 10 sessions). …”
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Nailfold Capillary Hemorrhages: Microvascular Risk Factors for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma by Nicholas M. Pfahler, Jordan L. Barry, Indre E. Bielskus, Agni Kakouri, Michael C. Giovingo, Nicholas J. Volpe, Paul A. Knepper

“…The number of hemorrhages, dilated capillaries >50 µm, and avascular zones ≥200 µm were counted and adjusted to counts per 100 capillaries. Descriptive analyses as well as univariate- and multivariable-adjusted logistic regression were performed comparing all groups with controls and POAG with OHT and SG. …”
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Association between chronic respiratory diseases and frailty in Chinese elderly: a population-based longitudinal study by Ting Yang, Ping He, Dawei Zhu, Dan Guo, Ruoxi Ding, Ke Huang, Yanan Zhao, Xiaolong Guan

“…The incidence rate of frailty was significantly higher in the CRDs group (37.17% per 1000 person-years vs 18.41% per 1000 person-years, p&lt;0.01). …”
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Assessment of stress hyperglycemia ratio to predict all-cause mortality in patients with critical cerebrovascular disease: a retrospective cohort study from the MIMIC-IV database by Yuwen Chen, Jian Xu, Fan He, An’an Huang, Jie Wang, Bingchen Liu, Qucheng Wei

“…Cox regression analysis revealed that SHR was independently associated with both in-hospital mortality (per standard deviation (SD) increase: hazard ratio (HR) 1.35, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.23–1.48) and ICU mortality (per SD increase: HR 1.37, 95% CI 1.21–1.54). …”
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Incidence and risk factors for mortality of vertebral osteomyelitis: a retrospective analysis using the Japanese diagnosis procedure combination database by Hideo Yasunaga, Hirotaka Chikuda, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Toru Akiyama, Kazuo Saita

“…The estimated incidence of VO increased from 5.3/100 000 population per year in 2007 to 7.4/100 000 population per year in 2010. …”
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Antibiotic use in different hospital administrative categories: an overview of 10 years of a statewide surveillance program in Brazil by Filipe Piastrelli, Denise Brandão de Assis, Geraldine Madalosso, Ícaro Boszczowski

“…Results: Our findings reveal an escalating trend in antibiotic consumption over the study period, with a notable increase from 588.16 DDD per 1000 patient-days in the initial year to 943.12 DDD/1000 patient-days in the final year (p < 0.01). …”
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Experimental study of partially oxidized sodium alginate gel combined with myogenic stem cells to improve cardiac function in aged rats with myocardial infarction by Xinxin Ma, Xiaolu Hou, Peixin Dong, Jiayan Ye, Yangyang Gao, Ling Huang, Xiuping Bai

“…[Results] The echocardiographic indexes, histological indexes, vessel density per unit area, and the percentage of collagen-positive area in the rats of the joint group were better than those in the other groups (P<0.05).The echocardiographic indexes, histological indexes, vessel density per unit area, and the percentage of collagen-positive area in the rats of sodium alginate group and myogenic stem cell groups were better than those in the saline control group (P<0.05), while there was no statistic difference between the sodium alginate group and myogenic stem cells group(P>0.05). …”
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Effectiveness of implementation of sickle cell disease referral guidelines and other measures in paediatric department at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia by Muhammad Matloob Alam, Abdulrhman Alathaibi, Hamdan Alghamdi, Jean Barrientos De Asis, Reynan Bautista, Mansour Aladwani, Mustafa Mohamed Selim

“…Also, the per cent of unnecessary laboratory tests decreased from 86% before starting the project to 0% by the end of Q3. …”
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Management of acute myocardial infarction in chronic kidney disease in Germany: an observational study by Victor Walendy, Andreas Stang, Matthias Girndt

“…The ASR for AMI-cases amounted to 184.7 (95%CI 183.5-185.8) per 100,000 person years. In regression analysis AMI-cases with CKD were less likely treated with PCI (aRR: 0.89 (95%CI 0.88–0.90)), compared to cases without CKD. …”
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Upper Quarter Injury Rates and Risk in United States High School Athletes Prior To and During the Prolonged Sport Stoppage by Garrett Bullock, Charles Thigpen, Albert Prats-Uribe, R. Gill Gilliand, Ellen Shanley

“…Injury rates were calculated per 1,000 athletes per academic year. Interrupted time series models assessed the incidence ratio between academic years…”
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Accuracy of a step counter during treadmill and daily life walking by healthy adults and patients with cardiac disease by Erik Elgaard Sørensen, John Hansen, Charlotte Brun Thorup, Mette Grønkjær, Jan Jesper Andreasen, Birthe Irene Dinesen

“…In time periods of evident walking during the 24 h test, the Zip had an average per cent relative error of &lt;3% at 3.6 km/hour and higher speeds.Conclusions A speed of 3.6 km/hour or higher is required to expect acceptable accuracy in step measurement using a Zip, on a treadmill and in real life. …”
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Study of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in the EU27 Countries Taking into Account Socio-Economic Factors and GHG and PM Emissions by Alicja Kolasa-Więcek, Iveta Šteinberga, Agnieszka A. Pilarska, Dariusz Suszanowicz, Małgorzata Wzorek

“…In this analysis, GHG emissions per capita were assumed. In recent years, in the EU countries, more and more attention has been paid to research on the EKC focused on GHG emissions, and a certain research gap has been noticed in the direction of EKC analyses for PM_2.5 and PM₁₀. …”
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Association of continuous renal replacement therapy downtime with fluid balance gap and clinical outcomes: a retrospective cohort analysis utilizing EHR and machine data by Chloe Braun, Tomonori Takeuchi, Josh Lambert, Lucas Liu, Sarah Roberts, Stuart Carter, William Beaubien-Souligny, Ashita Tolwani, Javier A. Neyra

“…In adjusted models, there was a significant positive relationship between FBgap and %TTL only in the subgroup with higher alarm frequency (6 + alarms per CRRT-day) (β = 0.87 per 1% increase, 95%CI 0.48–1.26). …”
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Differential impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol consumption between Scottish men and women: controlled interrupted time series analysis by Peter Anderson, Eileen F S Kaner, Jakob Manthey, Jürgen Rehm, Amy O'Donnell, Eva Jané Llopis

“…Objective To assess the immediate impact of the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) in Scotland on alcohol consumption and whether the impact differed by sex, level of alcohol consumption, age, social grade and level of residential deprivation of respondents.Design Primary controlled interrupted time series analysis and secondary before-and-after analysis of the impact of introducing MUP in Scotland using alcohol consumption data for England as control.Setting Data from Kantar Worldpanel’s Alcovision survey, a continuous retrospective online timeline follow-back diary survey of the previous week’s alcohol consumption.Participants 53 347 women and 53 143 men.Interventions Introduction of a minimum price of 50 pence per UK unit (6.25 pence/g) for the sale of alcohol in Scotland on 1 May 2018.Main outcome measures Number of grams of alcohol consumed per week, in total, in off-trade (eg, at home) and in on-trade (eg, in pubs, restaurants).Results Primary interrupted time series analyses found that the introduction of MUP was associated with a drop in reported weekly total alcohol consumption of 5.94 g (95% CI 1.29 to 10.60), a drop in off-trade consumption of 3.27 g (95% CI −0.01 to 6.56) and a drop in on-trade consumption of 2.67 g (95% CI −1.48 to 6.82). …”
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Influence of Land-Use and Landcover on the Nest Distribution and Breeding Success of Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica Regulorum) In Kiyanja- Kaku Wetland Ecosystem. by Tayebwa, Gilbert

“…The most common clutch size (47.4%) was two eggs, with an average of 2.42 eggs per clutch. It was discovered that land use/cover activities significantly impacted breeding success. …”
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