Choosing health facilities and impact factors of the choice in context of tiered medical system: A questionnaire survey of opinions of patients with multi-morbidity by Yuqin Zhu, Hua Jin, Dehua Yu

“…Background: In recent years, there has been limited research in China on the behavior of patients with multi-morbidity in choosing healthcare facilities under tiered medical system. Exploring the pattern of their choice will inform to better policy practice. …”
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Effects of weed interference, sowing date and method on growth, yield and yield components of Red Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by mohsen edalat, Maryam Kamali, Seyed Abdolreza Kazemeini, Bahram Heidari

“…The results of the influence of planting date and weed interference on sweet corn growth and development Sweet corn was suggested high weed biomass early, which reflected resource availability to the weed community, but low weed biomass late could be the result of a more suppressive crop, lower weed growth rate, or a combination of the two factors. The effect of sowing method was not significant on all traits except for weed dry weight. …”
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EXTRAMEDULLARY INVOLVEMENT IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA. A SINGLE CENTER TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE by Luana Fianchi, Martina Quattrone, Marianna Criscuolo, Silvia Bellesi, Giulia Dragonetti, Alessio Maria Edoardo Maraglino, Matteo Bonanni, Patrizia Chiusolo, Simona Sica, Livio Pagano

“…Complete remission (CR) rate after induction therapy was 22% with a median DFS of 7.4 months. …”
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Clinical and radiographical analysis of percutaneous kyphoplasty with multi-point cement anchoring technique for preventing bone cement displacement in Kümmell’s disease of stage I... by Heng Wu, Xiao Dai, Hao Liu, Xiang Yang, Shenao Liu, Shuang Xu, Hao Chi, Yuquan Chen, Song Wang

“…The operation time, volume of cement, VAS score, ODI score, cement distribution pattern and score, bone cement leakage, adjacent vertebra fracture, and bone cement displacement were compared between the two groups. …”
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Factors Influencing the Response of Patients with Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome to ACTH as Repeated First-Line Therapy by Wenrong Ge, Ping Pang, Ziyan Zhang, Lin Wan, Guang Yang

“…Despite treatment, the response rate remains at around 40%, with some infants experiencing relapse after achieving initial spasm control. …”
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Effects of gender affirming hormone therapy with testosterone on renal function of assigned female at birth transgender people: a meta-analysis by Daniele Tienforti, Daniele Tienforti, Luca Spagnolo, Luca Piscitani, Camilla Tonni, Vittoria Donatelli, Vittoria Donatelli, Giuliana Cordeschi, Marco Giorgio Baroni, Arcangelo Barbonetti

“…This study aimed to quantify through a meta-analytical approach the changes in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a widely used clinical parameter that reflects how efficiently the kidneys filter waste products from the blood, and in secondary markers of kidney functions in this population during 24 months of GAHT. …”
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Optimized design of metal rubber lightweight electrode with beryllium copper/stainless steel wire mixture by FU Hailong, LI Hong, AI Shigang, WANG Yue

“…Loading resistance tests on beryllium copper/stainless steel metal rubber with various mass ratios showed that the resistance decreased with increasing strain and mass ratio A, with the mass ratio having the most significant impact on resistance change rate. During loading and unloading tests, the resistance-displacement curve was consistently lower during loading than during unloading, opposite to the force-displacement curve. …”
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Sensitivity Assessment on Satellite Remote Sensing Estimates of Primary Productivity in Shelf Seas by Xiaolong Zhao, Jianan Sun, Qingjun Fu, Xiao Yan, Lei Lin

“…., chlorophyll-a concentration (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>C</mi><mrow><mi>o</mi><mi>p</mi><mi>t</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), euphotic depth (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>Z</mi><mrow><mi>e</mi><mi>u</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), and maximum photosynthetic rate (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msubsup><mi>P</mi><mrow><mi>o</mi><mi>p</mi><mi>t</mi></mrow><mi>B</mi></msubsup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>)) and evaluated the sensitivity of VGPM in the Yellow and Bohai Seas on the inputs. …”
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Quantitative estimate of several sources of uncertainty in drone-based methane emission measurements by T. H. Mohammadloo, M. Jones, B. van de Kerkhof, K. Dawson, B. J. Smith, S. Conley, A. Corbett, A. Corbett, R. IJzermans

“…Typical implementations use the “mass balance method” to quantify emissions, with a high-precision methane sensor mounted on a quadcopter drone flying in a vertical curtain pattern; the total mass emission rate can then be computed post hoc from the measured methane concentration data and simultaneous wind data. …”
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hnRNPA2B1 recognizes RNA virus SFTSV infection through mitochondrial DNA by Xin-bo Huang, Yue Zhang, Jing-wen Fan, Xin-yu Yu, Yun-lan Fang, Jin-xin Ren, Bin-yan Liu

“…However, it remains largely unclear whether A2B1 could function as a nucleic acid pattern-recognition receptor during cytoplasmic RNA virus infection. …”
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Type II diabetes in systemic sclerosis patients: insights from an observational, multicenter study of GIRRCS (Gruppo Italiano di Ricerca in Reumatologia Clinica e Sperimentale) by Vasiliki Liakouli, Giulio Forte, Piero Ruscitti, Luca Navarini, Francesca Bellisai, Francesco Caso, Giuliana Guggino, Lidia La Barbera, Chiara Rizzo, Ada Corrado, Paola Triggianese, Alberto Lo Gullo, Giuseppe Mandraffino, Luca Cantarini, Bruno Frediani, Paola Cipriani, Francesco Paolo Cantatore, Maria Sole Chimenti, Elvira Favoino, Federico Perosa, Annamaria Iagnocco, Roberto Giacomelli, Francesco Ciccia

“…SSc patients with T2D were significantly older (P < 0.007) and exhibited: higher prevalence of late-stage capillaroscopic pattern (P < 0.001), severe reduction in forced vital capacity (FVC < 50%; P < 0.000), moderate reduction in total lung capacity (TLC 50–69%; P < 0.011), electrocardiographic signs of right ventricular hypertrophy (P < 0.018), higher prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) confirmed by right heart catheterization (RHC) (P < 0.037) and higher prevalence scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) (P < 0.001); elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (P < 0.022), and ANA positivity. …”
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Comparative analysis of soil thermal conductivity in the permafrost regions of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau and the Arctic by Wenhao Liu, Ren Li, Tonghua Wu, Guojie Hu, Xiaodong Wu, Shenning Wang, Junjie Ma, Jianzong Shi, Shengfeng Tang, Xiaofan Zhu, Yongping Qiao

“…The mean STC values in the QTP permafrost region during the thawing period are significantly higher than those during the freezing period. (2) STC of the QTP exhibits a fluctuating pattern at different depths, in contrast, the average STC value in the Arctic increases steadily with depth, with an increase rate of approximately 0.005 Wm−1 K−1/cm. (3) The analysis of influencing factors revealed that although moisture content, bulk density, and porosity are the primary drivers of regional variations in STC between the QTP and the Arctic permafrost, moisture elements in the QTP region have a greater influence on STC and the effect is stronger with increasing depth and during the freeze–thaw cycles. …”
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Determinants of SARS-CoV-2 outcomes in patients with cancer vs controls without cancer: a multivariable meta-analysis with genomic imputationResearch in context by Mark T.K. Cheng, James S. Morris, Syed F.H. Shah, Abraham Tolley, José Chen-Xu, Nihal Sogandji, Long H. Fong, Anushka Irodi, Justine T.N. Chan, Kimia Kamelian, Benjamin L. Sievers, Shazia Sarela, Margaret K. Ho, Abigail Burn, Anita Patel, Ghislaine D. Mbolo, Muhammad Hasan, Abdulbasit O. Fehintola, Chan C. Yin, Enti Spata, Ravindra K. Gupta, David M. Favara

“…Using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) risk of bias standards, 21 studies were rated good, one study rated was fair, and eight studies were rated poor. …”
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Dependence of Indicators of Daily Blood Pressure Monitoring on Activity of Pathological Process in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Abrahamovych O., Abrahamovych U., Kushyna A., Guta S., Synenkyi O.

“…According to the first goal was rated the BP in the SLE patients during the period of 24 hours, for which: a) were examined the average daily, maximum and minimum levels of systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), the average blood pressure; b) was analysed the daily index (DI) of SBP, DBP and the average blood pressure; c) was examined the time index (TI) of SBP, DBP and the average blood pressure. …”
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Study on macroscopic anatomy and developmental model of pterygopalatine suture by ZHANG Wenyi, CHUNG Miri, XIE Yufan, JIANG Lingyong

“…Objective·To analyze the anatomical and macroscopic characteristics of the pterygopalatine suture (PPS) in Chinese population using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) technology, and to preliminarily investigate its developmental pattern and its association with the correction of maxillary underdevelopment. …”
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Sewage sludge from Taxco de Alarcón wastewater treatment plant as substrate to cultivate Panicum maximum by Erik Yoel Carreto-Morales, Jazmin Alaide López-Díaz, Mariana Martínez-Castrejón, Oscar Talavera-Mendoza, Roberto Carlos Almazán-Núñez, Giovanni Hernández-Flores

“…The response variables analyzed for MG were germination time (one month after plant emergence), height (HMG), growth rate GrMG, and yield (YMG), whereas in the SS and PS the content of organic matter was analyzed. …”
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Análise de interações solo-planta-clima em zonas diferenciadas de área de cultivo de milho Site-specific analysis of soil-plant-climate interactions on maize by Antonio O. Santos, Hélio do Prado

“…This caused the simulated rate of nitrogen for the maximum economic return, to be moderately different. …”
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The clinical utility and cost impact of cystatin C measurement in the diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease: A primary care cohort study. by Adam Shardlow, Natasha J McIntyre, Simon D S Fraser, Paul Roderick, James Raftery, Richard J Fluck, Christopher W McIntyre, Maarten W Taal

“…<h4>Background</h4>To reduce over-diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) resulting from the inaccuracy of creatinine-based estimates of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), UK and international guidelines recommend that cystatin-C-based estimates of GFR be used to confirm or exclude the diagnosis in people with GFR 45-59 ml/min/1.73 m2 and no albuminuria (CKD G3aA1). …”
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Markers of vascular damage depending on the blood pressure level: data of the population study ESSE-RF by A. M. Erina, M. A. Boyarinova, E. V. Moguchaya, E. P. Kolesova, A. S. Aliyeva, O. P. Rotar, E. I. Baranova, S. A. Shalnova, A. D. Deev, Z. T. Astakhova, L. Z. Bolieva, G. V. Tolparov, V. S. Kaveshnikov, V. N. Serebryakova, I. A. Trubacheva, R. S. Karpov, A. Yu. Efanov, M. A. Storozhok, I. V. Medvedeva, S. V. Shalaev, A. N. Rogoza, A. O. Konradi, S. A. Boytsov, E. V. Shlyakhto

“…Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was calculated using the CKD-EPI equation. …”
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The Anisotropic Time-Dependent Properties and Constitutive Model Analysis of Carbonaceous Slate with Different Foliation Angles by Yuanguang Zhu, Xuanyao Wang, Bin Liu, Haoyuan Xue

“…The results show that the instantaneous axial strain, <i>ε_i</i>, the axial creep strain, <i>ε_c</i>, the duration time of decelerating creep stage, <i>t_d</i>, and the steady creep strain rate, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi>ε</mi></mrow><mo>˙</mo></mover></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, increased with the rise in the loading ratio, <i>k</i>. …”
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