Risk factors for the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation: a meta-analysis by Gonghao Li, Yanli Zhao, Zhongxing Peng, Yunfeng Zhao

“…The OR for AF recurrence in patients with diabetes was 2.04 compared with the reference group (95% CI 1.51–2.76, p < 0.00001); that of lower left ventricular ejection fraction was 1.38 (95% CI 1.25–1.52, p < 0.00001); that of female was 1.34 (95% CI 1.18–1.52, p < 0.00001); that of increased age was 1.03 (95% CI 1.02–1.04, p < 0.00001); that of persistent AF was 1.72 (95% CI 1.58–1.87, p < 0.00001); that of AF duration over 2 years was 1.17 (95% CI 1.08–1.26, p < 0.00001); that of increased left atrial diameter (LAD) was 1.12 (95% CI 1.08–1.17, p < 0.00001); that of larger left atrial volume index (LAVi) was 1.02 (95% CI 1.01–1.03, p < 0.00001); that of higher hs-CRP was 1.19 (95% CI 1.04–1.36, p = 0.04); that of early recurrence (ER) was 3.22 (95% CI 2.74–3.77, p < 0.00001); and that of long ablation duration was 1.00 (95% CI 0.98–1.02, p = 0.72). …”
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Agronomic performance of curly lettuce seedlings from mill compost substrate under organic cropping system by Luiz Fernando de Sousa Antunes, Adelson Paulo Araújo, Maria Elizabeth Fernandes Correia, Norma Gouvêa Rumjanek, José Guilherme Marinho Guerra

“…Fresh commercial weight, head diameter, and number of leaves of lettuce plants increased linearly as applied N levels increased. …”
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Activated Growth Factor From Platelets as Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy Through Antioxidant-Oxidative Stress Pathway by Amin R, Hidayat R, Maritska Z, Putri TW

“…In vivo, diabetic retinopathy rat models were induced by streptozotocin injection and were evaluated by retinal funduscopy.Results: The mean diameter of the retinal artery was significantly reduced when activated growth factor with transforming growth factor-β concentration of 10 ng/mL or 100 ng/mL was administered (p< 0.05). …”
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Aircraft Measurements of Physicochemical Evolution of Atmospheric Aerosols in Air Pollution Plumes over a Megacity and Suburban Areas by Taehyun Park, Yongjoo Choi, Jinsoo Choi, Junyoung Ahn, Jinsoo Park, Yonghwan Lee, Jihee Ban, Gyutae Park, Seokwon Kang, Kyunghoon Kim, Beom-Keun Seo, Jongho Kim, Soobog Park, Hyunjae Kim, HaEun Jeon, Taehyoung Lee

“…The other profile, which was assessed during a separate flight, exhibited sharp increases in the OA number concentration and mean diameter, less oxidized organic content, and higher organic and nitrate concentrations above 1400 m, indicating high-altitude transport and a cleaner boundary layer. …”
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Effect of Cross-Sectional Designs of Different Ni-Ti Files on Shaping Ability After Repeated Usage in Simulated Root Canals. by Fikrat Shawqi Qaddori, Raid Fahim Salman

“…All the used files from the 5 systems had tip size 25 diameter, and taper (6%), and length (25 mm). The first 4 rotary systems were used with a fixed speed (350 rpm), and fixed torque (3 Ncm), except for the fifth system which was used with a speed of (500 rpm), and torque (4 Ncm). …”
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New Optic Nerve Sonography Quality Criteria in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury by Ibrahim Soliman, Garrett G. R. J. Johnson, Lawrence M. Gillman, Frederick A. Zeiler, Fahad Faqihi, Waleed Tharwat Aletreby, Abdullah Balhamar, Nasir Nasim Mahmood, Shahzad Ahmad Mumtaz, Abdulrahman Alharthy, Christos Lazaridis, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…New sonographic quality criteria to optimize optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measurements were suggested. The latter were correlated to elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) in traumatic brain injury (TBI). …”
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Mesenteric desmoid tumor after laparoscopic resection of stage I endometrial cancer: A case report by Mamiko Kusaka, Tetsuo Maeda, Kazuhiro Kitajima, Homare Murakoshi, Takahiro Watanabe, Shigeki Yoshida, Yuka Sano, Noriko Osumi, Mieko Inagaki

“…Surgery confirmed the diagnosis, revealing a tumor at the level of the jejunal mesentery and approximately 5 cm in diameter. The mesenteric tumor was resected, along with part of the jejunum and the greater omentum. …”
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Green Synthesis of Antibacterial CuO Nanoparticles Based on the Synergy Between <i>Cornu aspersum</i> Snail Mucus and Ascorbic Acid by Maria Todorova, Angelina Kosateva, Ventsislava Petrova, Bogdan Ranguelov, Stela Atanasova-Vladimirova, Georgi Avdeev, Ivanka Stoycheva, Emiliya Pisareva, Anna Tomova, Lyudmila Velkova, Aleksandar Dolashki, Pavlina Dolashka

“…Using two reducing agents has several advantages, such as forming spherical nanoparticles with a diameter of about 150 nm and reducing the formation time of CuONPs-Muc to 3 h. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Modified Kaolin-Bentonite Composites for Enhanced Fluoride Removal from Drinking Water by Ebenezer Annan, Emmanuel Nyankson, Benjamin Agyei-Tuffour, Stephen Kofi Armah, George Nkrumah-Buandoh, Joanna Aba Modupeh Hodasi, Michael Oteng-Peprah

“…Adsorbents with an average weight of ∼200 mg and ∼7 mm diameter (granules) were prepared in the ratio of 10 : 10 : 0.1 for kaolinite, bentonite, and magnetite nanoparticles, respectively. …”
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Effects of trimester-specific urinary aluminum concentrations on ultrasound measures of fetal growth and size at birth: A longitudinal cohort study in Chinese women by Haiying Chen, Wenjing Yan, Xueyan Wu, Yuanyuan Li

“…Besides, statistically significant interactions were detected between biparietal diameter (BPD) (Pinteraction = 0.007), head circumference (Pinteraction = 0.026) at 16 weeks’ gestation in the first trimester, BPD (Pinteraction = 0.015) at 24 weeks’ gestation in the second trimester, BPD (Pinteraction = 0.014) at 31 weeks’ gestation in the second trimester and BPD (Pinteraction = 0.035) at 37 weeks’ gestation in the third trimester and fetal sex, and the strength of the association between the level of Al exposure and BPD was significantly stronger in female fetuses than in male fetuses. …”
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Performance Analysis of a Parabolic Trough Collector with Photovoltaic—Thermal Generation: Case Study and Parametric Study by Benjamín Chavarría-Domínguez, Susana Estefany De León-Aldaco, Mario Ponce-Silva, Nicolás Velázquez-Limón, Jesús Armando Aguilar-Jiménez, Fernando Chavarría-Domínguez, Ernesto Raúl Rodríguez-García, Heriberto Adamas-Pérez, Ricardo Eliu Lozoya-Ponce, Eligio Flores-Rodriguez

“…The results demonstrate that the pipe length exerts the most significant influence on the electrical and thermal power output (1.21 kW to 2.22 kW and 3.7 kW to 6.9 kW, respectively). Additionally, the diameter has an impact on the thermal power output (5.23 kW to 7.1 kW) and the electrical and thermal efficiency (0.18 to 0.15 and 0.54 to 0.74, respectively). …”
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Echocardiography evaluation of iatrogenic atrial septal defect after combined procedure of catheter ablation and left atrial appendage closure for atrial fibrillation by Yu Xin Su, Sai Nan Li, Nan Nan Liu, Ming Liang, Zu Lu Wang, Ping Zhang, Qi Zhang, Wei Wei Zhou

“…The preoperative and postoperative right heart parameters of patients in the persistent iASD group were compared, and there were no significant differences on right atrial/ventricular diameter, right heart systolic/diastolic function and pulmonary artery pressure (P > 0.05). …”
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Assessment of Tumor Burden Score as a Feasible and Reliable Tool for Prognosis Prediction for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Hepatectomy: A Multicenter, Retrospective Study by Guan R, Zheng Z, Deng M, Mei J, Lin Y

“…Renguo Guan,1– 4,&ast; Zehao Zheng,2– 4,&ast; Min Deng,5,&ast; Jie Mei,2– 4 Ye Lin1 1Department of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Hepatobiliary Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 4Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of General Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ye Lin, Email linye@gdph.org.cn; Jie Mei, Email meijie@sysucc.org.cnBackground: Maximum diameter and number are the main parameters of tumor burden in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …”
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Effects of combined inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth-promoting rhizosphere bacteria on seedling growth and rhizosphere microecology by Wanli Zeng, Dan Xiang, Xuemei Li, Qian Gao, Yudong Chen, Kunmiao Wang, Yingying Qian, Luoping Wang, Jing Li, Qili Mi, Haitao Huang, Li Xu, Mingfang Zhao, Yingzhen Zhang, Haiying Xiang

“…All inoculation treatments significantly increased the aboveground dry weight; root dry weight; seedling nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium uptake; plant height; stem thickness; maximum leaf area; chlorophyll content; total root length, surface area, and volume; and average root diameter. The highest values for these indices were observed in the combined treatment of F. mosseae and Pseudomonas sp. …”
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Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis on Image-Guided Biopsy Samples in Early-Stage Lung Cancer: Feasibility Study and Comparison With Surgical Samples by Louis Gros, MD, Rowena Yip, PhD, MPH, Arel Golombeck, MD, David F. Yankelevitz, MD, Claudia I. Henschke, PhD, MD

“…The median age was 68.5; 51.4% were male individuals, and 75.7% were smokers. The mean diameter of biopsied nodules was 17.7 mm, with 67.1% fine-needle aspiration, 17.1% computed tomography–guided transthoracic core needle biopsies, and 17.1% endobronchial ultrasound–guided transbronchial needle aspiration. …”
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The Assessment of Different Dietary Selenium Resources on Reproductive Performance, Spawning Indicators, and Larval Production of Red Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus × O. niloticu... by Mohammed A. E. Naiel, El-Sayed H. Eissa, Yasmin M. Abd El-Aziz, Saadea Saadony, Heba E. Abd Elnabi, Salah El-Sayed Sakr

“…At the same time, the highest levels of LH, progesterone, and estradiol-17β, as well as the lowest levels of FSH, were detected in fish fed the NPSe diet, followed by those on the Na2SeO3 + NPSe and Na2SeO3 diets, respectively. Furthermore, the diameter, weight, and volume of eggs, as well as the number and weight of larvae in red tilapia brooder fish fed the various dietary selenium forms, increased markedly (P<0.001). …”
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Selection of cam mechanisms for driving the plunger of high-pressure pump of diesel engines using Mathcad program by A. P. Zhigadlo, Yu. P. Makushev, T. A. Polyakova, V. V. Ryndin

“…To create ultra–high pressures (more than 120 MPa), the fuel supply system must be batterytype with a drive of small diameter plungers (4–6 mm) from an eccentric shaft with a special-shaped washer and electronically controlled injectors. …”
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Response of Carrot (Daucus carota L.) to Supplementary Irrigation under Rain-Fed Agriculture at Jimma and Gera, Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia by Etefa Tilahun Ashine, Minda Tadesse Bedane, Adissu Asefa Mengesha

“…The result revealed that root shoulder diameter, fresh biomass, and fresh root weight had significant (p <0.05) effects between the treatments, but there was no significant difference (p >0.05) between treatments on plant height and carrot root length at both locations. …”
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Association of ultra-processed food-related metabolites with selected biochemical markers in the UK Biobank by Anthony Kityo, Byeonggeun Choi, Jung-Eun Lee, Chulho Kim, Sang-Ah Lee

“…Acetoacetate, acetone, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) diameter, docosahexaenoic acid, linoleic acid, ω-3 fatty acids (FA), total lipids in large HDL cholesterol, and valine levels were decreased, but free cholesterol in extremely small very low-density lipoproteins (LDL), glutamine, glycine, glycoprotein acetyls, lactate, saturated FA, sphingomyelins, triglycerides in large LDL, and triglycerides in medium HDL levels were increased with high UPF intake. …”
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Effects of retaining different number of mother bamboo on the growth and NSCs allocation of new-born seedlings in Phyllostachys edulis at different age by Binao Zhou, Xu Zhang, Hanjiao Zhang, Wenjing Yao, Long Li, Shuyan Lin, Fuliang Cao

“…Retaining more mother bamboo significantly promoted the plant height and diameter of new shoots, particularly in the two-year-old clumps. …”
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