Predictive performance of oximetry in detecting sleep apnea in surgical patients with cardiovascular risk factors. by Rida Waseem, Matthew T V Chan, Chew Yin Wang, Edwin Seet, Frances Chung

“…It provides an easy, accurate, and accessible tool for at-risk surgical patients with suspected OSA.…”
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Correlation of nailfold capillaroscopic changes using handheld dermatoscope with varying grades and severity of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A pi... by Rohit Raina, Neha Chhabra, Shruti Barnwal, Shivani Vasisht, Naveen Kumar Kansal, Ravi Kant

“…Conclusion: Our results suggest that NFC could possibly be used as an adjunctive tool in diabetics for diagnosing or monitoring the grade and severity of DR. …”
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Usage and Perceived Side Effects of Personal Protective Measures against Mosquitoes among Current Users in Delhi by Charu Kohli, Rajesh Kumar, G. S. Meena, M. M. Singh, Jyotiranjan Sahoo, G. K. Ingle

“…The use of personal protective measures (PPM) like mats, bednets, screening, repellents, liquid vaporizers, mosquito coils, and so forth has been advocated as an effective tool in control of mosquito-borne diseases, but data about the safety profile of personal protective measures is still scarce. …”
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CURRENT ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGERY: WHY PLASTIC SURGEONS MUST TAKE CONCERN? by Tiara Amanna Amandita, Hastika Saraswati

“…The studies uniformly emphasize the effectiveness of social media as a communication tool between doctors and patients or social media users. …”
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Magazine “Business Spotlight” as the authentic resource for developing English reading skills for higher education students by A. Palamarchuk, D. Pylypyshyna

“…The research methodology comprises the theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific literature highlighting the significant factors that contribute to the productive implementation of reading authentic texts. The main tool used to measure third-year university students’ attitudes towards the authentic article was a set of designed activities and a follow-up questionnaire based on a Likert scale. …”
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A pooled analysis of the side effects of non-invasive Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) by Manon Giraudier, Carlos Ventura-Bort, Christoph Szeska, Mathias Weymar, Mathias Weymar

“…., very small) effects.ConclusionOverall, these findings demonstrate a favorable safety profile of taVNS, with mostly mild and transient effects, supporting its use as a suitable non-invasive tool in both research and clinical applications.…”
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DEVELOPING A WORKER ENGAGEMENT MATURITY MODEL FOR IMPROVING OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (OSH) IN CONSTRUCTION by Kenneth Lawani, Billy Hare, Iain Cameron

“…For effective WE in OSH to become the norm, the effectiveness of corporate OSH engagement programmes needs to be assessed using a valid and reliable tool. Also, there is a need for a practice-driven and -validated worker engagement maturity model (meaningful discussion framework) that not only identifies and aligns with existing organisational capabilities, as shown in the HSE leadership and worker involvement research, but also addresses a set of dimensions specifically targeted at construction workers. …”
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Cutting-edge technologies: Biofuel innovations in marine propulsion systems to lower black carbon emissions by Sivasubramanian Manikandan, Sundaram Vickram, Yuvarajan Devarajan

“…Biofuels save less than a ton of CO₂ per cubic meter as they are hard to store and incorporate during the fuel production process, but they still represent an appropriate tool in decarbonizing shipping and complying with international climate goals. …”
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A procedure for dual simple t-cannulation in the small intestine of pigs using a single right flank laparotomy by A.L. Petry, S.A. Gould, J.F. Patience

“…In that respect, it is an important tool for nutritionists and researchers. However, there is a dearth of detailed methodologies describing multiple intestinal cannulations using modern techniques. …”
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Is low-value care for persistent musculoskeletal pain more common in rural than urban areas? A scoping review by Kara Harris, Alejandra Lopera-Escobar, Georgina Luscombe, Paulo Ferreira, Carlos Mesa-Castrillon

“…Two independent reviewers screened titles and abstracts, reviewed full papers and extracted data from selected studies using a COVIDENCE-developed data extraction tool. Results After screening, 21 papers were selected. …”
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WORDS ARE LIFE. WRITTEN MEMORIES IN THE HOSPICE EXPERIENCE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY by Pieralba Chiarlone, Silvio Giono-Calvetto, Flavia Lena, Gaetano Giuseppe Saita, Roberta Maci, Giovanni Moruzzi, Salvatore Bonanno

“…Writing can become a useful tool for expressing and trying to find meaning in the experience of living through illness and the end of life. …”
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The influences of social support expressed from doctors and disclosed from peers on patient decision-making: an analysis from the online health community by Beibei Yang, Wei Lu, Yan Xuan, Chongqi Hao, Xiaojun Huang

“…We select Haodf.com as our data source and we collected information for all new patients of 2,989 doctors. we use Jieba word segmentation tool and TF-IDF algorithm to segment word and find keywords. …”
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Predicting Academic Quality based on School Culture: Mediating role of Self-system Processes in High School Students by Maryam khastan, Seyed Mahmood Mirzamani Bafghi, Beheshteh Niosha

“…For the data gathering, the research utilized questionnaires on school culture developed by Higgins and Sade (1998), Self-System Processes Questionnaire (Gagné, 2003), and The Quality of Life Scale (QOLS). The statistical tool of Pearson's correlation coefficient was applied to examine the interrelation between the variables. …”
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Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Root Cadmium Responses in Two Chinese Rice Cultivars Yuzhenxiang and Xiangwanxian 12 by Shangdu Zhang, Zhenliang Luo, Xiang Wu, Bangzhi Shi, Huidan Jiang, Leliang Zhou, Lianyang Bai

“…Among these genes, 7 genes, such as Os06g0196300 (OsJ_019618), Os07g0570700 (OsJ_24808), ADI1, GDCSH, HSFB2C, PEX11-4, and CLPB1, possessed higher degree nodes with each other, through interaction analysis by the STRING (search tool for the retrieval of interacting genes/proteins) software, suggesting that they might play vital roles in Cd response. …”
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Typhoon Maria Precipitation Retrieval and Evolution Based on the Infrared Brightness Temperature of the Feng-Yun 4A/Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager by Gen Wang, Kefu Wang, Wei Han, Dongyong Wang, Xuexing Qiu

“…Precipitation retrieval via the AGRI can yield indicators for typhoon precipitation warnings and forecasts, thus providing a reliable reference tool for disaster prevention and mitigation.…”
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Simulation and Experimental Study of the Single-Pulse Femtosecond Laser Ablation Morphology of GaN Films by Mingyuan Wang, Tong Zhang, Yanping Yuan, Zhiyong Wang, Yanlei Liu, Lin Chen

“…Given that GaN is a typical hard and brittle material that is difficult to machine, femtosecond laser technology provides an effective and convenient tool for processing such materials. However, GaN undergoes complex physical and chemical changes during high-power ablation, which poses a challenge to high-precision processing with controllable geometry. …”
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Magnetically Diluted Dy³⁺ and Yb³⁺ Squarates Showing Relaxation Tuning and Matrix Dependence by Rina Takano, Takayuki Ishida

“…The dilution technique is a facile and versatile tool for modification of SIM characteristics.…”
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Watershed conservation prioritization using geomorphometric and land use-land cover parameters by G.R. Puno, R.C.C. Puno

“…Arbitrarily, fourteen subwatersheds coded as SW₁ to SW₁₄ were delineated using a digital elevation model and geographic information system tool. Geomorphometric features categorized as areal aspect, relief features, and channel morphology parameters were generated and analyzed. …”
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Prognostic Factors and a Predictive Nomogram of Cancer-Specific Survival of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Patients with Pelvic Exenteration Treatment by Ting Wang, Xin Fu, Lei Zhang, Shuna Liu, Ziqi Tao, Fang Wang

“…It is a user-friendly tool with high clinical pragmatism for estimating prognosis and guiding the long-term management of EOC patients with PE treatment.…”
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Development and validation of the gift reciprocation anxiety scale (GRAS) for youths and adults in intimate relationships by Mohd. Ashik Shahrier, Shakira Khatun

“…Altogether, GRAS has been found to be a psychometrically sound tool to objectively measure gift reciprocation anxiety in close relationships, implicating gift reciprocation less as an obligation and more as signs of trust, commitment, security, and care for ensuring better intimate relationships.…”
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