Characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of adolescents and adults with neuroblastoma: a retrospective study in China by Weiji Xie, Yu Zhang, Jiaqian Xu, Feifei Sun, Jia Zhu, Yi Que, Junting Huang, Zijun Zhen, Suying Lu, Juan Wang, Yizhuo Zhang

“…Results: Sixty-five patients (30 males and 35 females) were enrolled, with a median age of 20 years (interquartile range, 14–26 years), including 27 patients aged 10–18 years and 38 patients aged >18 years. Most patients were classified as M-stage disease ( n  = 40, 61.5%), high-risk ( n  = 42, 64.6%), and poorly differentiated NB ( n  = 27, 41.5%). …”
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Fungal Blood Stream Infection: The Emerging Nosocomial Mayhem in Intensive Care Unit by Kamaljeet, Mohit Thalquotra, Pratiksha Dhamal, Narayana Kamath

“…Bloodstream infections (BSI) belong to the most detrimental healthcare associated infections (HAI) that have an impact on the treatment result of patients hospitalised to intensive care units. …”
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Substance Use Among Lawyers and Law Students: A Scoping Review by Kizito Aidam, Emefa A. Adawudu

“…Alcohol and tobacco were the most used substances among them. Suicide due to substance use was also detected. …”
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Geomorphology and Hydroclimate Control Regional Urban Expansion by Serena Ceola, Giulia Grandi, Enrico Bertuzzo

“…Our results show that elevation, terrain slope, distance from rivers and from the sea are the most relevant factors in the considered study area. …”
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Secreted Phosphoprotein 1 in Lung Diseases by Hongli Liu, Cristian Coarfa, Arzoo N. Charania, Jennifer L. Larson-Casey, Ivan O. Rosas, Chao He

“…In addition to ILDs, SPP1 has been implicated in infectious granulomatous lung diseases, lung and pleural malignancies, airway diseases, and COVID-19. In most cases, higher SPP1 levels in serum, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, or lung tissue carry a poor prognosis. …”
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Behaviour change interventions to promote household connectivity to sewer: a scoping review by Mahbub-Ul Alam, Md. Assaduzzaman Rahat, Shahpara Nawaz, Nishantika Neeher, Kazy Farhat Tabassum, Tasnia Alam Upoma, Abul Kamal, Barbara Evans, Paul Hutchings

“…While connecting households to sewers is ideal in densely populated low-income areas, the connection rates often remain low. Most interventions to increase connectivity focused on addressing financial, social, and legal barriers; there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of behaviour change interventions in promoting sewer connections. …”
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Caffeine and Polyphenolic Compound Recovery Optimization from Spent Coffee Grounds Utilizing Pressurized Liquid Extraction by Athanasios Christoforidis, Martha Mantiniotou, Vassilis Athanasiadis, Stavros I. Lalas

“…Coffee belongs among the most widespread beverages worldwide, and its increasing consumption leads to the generation of a large amount of by-products, mainly spent coffee grounds (SCGs). …”
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Reduced prevalence of phage defense systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from cystic fibrosis patients by Daan F. van den Berg, Stan J. J. Brouns

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most common opportunistic pathogens associated with cystic fibrosis. …”
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Passive acoustic monitoring reveals seasonal patterns in European green toad calling activity but fails to accurately reflect population abundance by Mikołaj Kaczmarski, Jan M. Kaczmarek, Agata Radzińska, Michał Budka

“…Abstract Amphibians are among the most endangered groups of vertebrates worldwide; therefore, effective population monitoring is crucial for understanding the factors driving these unfavourable trends. …”
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Characterization of a novel pathway for xanthene degradation by the engineered strain Sphingobium yanoikuyae B1DR by Rayan M. Faisal, Ahmed Y. Al-Shiti

“…These compounds are found naturally in petroleum products and are considered the most prevalent pollutants in the environment. The lack of microorganism capable of degrading some PAHs led to their accumulation in the environment which usually causes major health problems as many of these compounds are known carcinogens. …”
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Methodology for extracting narratives from social media big data by E. Yu. Petrov, A. Yu. Sarkisova, D. O. Dunaeva, A. S. Voronov, M. G. Myagkov

“…For example, the following narrative turned out to be the most popular: “Employers put pressure on people to get vaccinated” (it was supported by 76,118 texts). …”
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Reading comprehension beliefs of Mexican pre-service language teachers: a Likert scale study by Moisés Damián Perales-Escudero, Mizael Garduño Buenfil, Vilma Esperanza Portillo Campos

“…As a secondary, exploratory goal, we also describe the participants according to their implicit theories. Most participants held implicit theories that are functional for the kinds of epistemic reading tasks required by their university education. …”
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Interrogating patient-centredness in undergraduate medical education using an integrated behaviour model by Elize Archer, E M Bitzer, B B Van Heerden

“…Background: Patient-centredness, an approach that puts the patient at the centre of the consultation, thus focusing on patients instead of on his/her diseases, has been identified by most medical schools as a desired core competence of their graduates. …”
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Optical, magnetic characterization, and gamma-ray interactions for borate glasses using XCOM program by Y. S. Rammah, A. S. Abouhaswa, A. H. Salama, R. El-Mallawany

“…In the other hand, at lower gamma photon energy range, the photoelectric absorption dominates with the glasses, while as the energy increases, the probability of Compton scattering and pair production become the most dominate interactions.…”
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Simulating the Effects of Climatic Changes on Tomato Using Regional Climate Model and DSSAT Crop Simulation Model by Alper BAYDAR, Yeşim BOZKURT ÇOLAK, Mete ÖZFİDANER

“…Climate change and agricultural drought are the most important environmental factors effecting agricultural production in the world. …”
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A Review of Doses for Dental Imaging in 2010–2020 and Development of a Web Dose Calculator by Hawon Lee, Andreu Badal

“…Dental imaging is one of the most common types of diagnostic radiological procedures in modern medicine. …”
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Current methods for evaluating speech sound disorders in multilingual preschoolers: a scoping review protocol by Nicole Biagina Marina Bazzocchi, Karla N Washington

“…The ICF has been adopted by speech–language associations globally, offering an appropriate structure to inform this review. Most children across the world speak more than one language daily. …”
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A systematic mapping review at the intersection of artificial intelligence and self-regulated learning by Seyyed Kazem Banihashem, Melissa Bond, Nina Bergdahl, Hassan Khosravi, Omid Noroozi

“…While over one-third of the AI-SRL studies did not specify an SRL theory, Zimmerman’s model of SRL was the most frequently applied among those that did. The use of AI in supporting SRL has extended beyond just focusing on and supporting SRL itself; it has also aimed to enhance various educational and learning activities as end outcomes such as improving academic performance, motivation and emotions, engagement, and collaborative learning. …”
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Quantitative analysis of the strength generating C-S-H-phase in concrete by IR-spectroscopy by Frank Michael Schmidt-Döhl, David Schulenberg, Franziska Tralow, Jürgen Neubauer, Julian Johannes Wolf, Dominique Ectors

“…The C-S-H-phase is the most important strength generating phase in concrete and other cementitious materials. …”
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The health-related quality of life of Brazilians with epidermolysis bullosa by Camille Cristine Gomes Togo, Ana Paula Caio Zidório, Vivian Siqueira Santos Gonçalves, Eliane Said Dutra

“…Results The sample consisted of 129 individuals (median age: 15 years), approximately 57% female, mostly composed of the EB simplex clinical type, followed by the dystrophic EB type (DEB). …”
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