High ward occupancy, bedspacing, and 60 day mortality for patients with myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure by Andreas Asheim, Sara Marie Nilsen, Stina Aam, Kjartan Sarheim Anthun, Fredrik Carlsen, Imre Janszky, Lars Johan Vatten, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard

“…One interquartile increase in home ward occupancy was associated with 7% higher odds of admission to an alternate ward [odds ratio (OR) 1.07, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.09 to 1.11], and length of stay was shorter (−0.10 days, 95% CI −0.18 to −0.09). Patients with heart failure had 15% higher odds of admission to alternate wards (OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.08 to 1.23) and increased mortality [hazard ratio (HR) 1.08, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.15]. …”
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Neglected Questions on the “Forgotten War”: South Korea and the United States on the Eve of the Korean War by Mark Caprio

“…If so, how did it use this information to form a counter strategy? And, did such strategy enter into discussions between Syngman Rhee and high-level U.S. officials?…”
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Attention Deficits in Stroke Patients: The Role of Lesion Characteristics, Time from Stroke, and Concomitant Neuropsychological Deficits by Simona Spaccavento, Chiara Valeria Marinelli, Roberto Nardulli, Luigi Macchitella, Umberto Bivona, Laura Piccardi, Pierluigi Zoccolotti, Paola Angelelli

“…Patients in the chronic phase had shorter RTs than acute patients only in the Alertness test. …”
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Indocyanine green fluorescence improves safety in laparoscopic cholecystectomy using the Fundus First technique: a retrospective study by Susanna Haverinen, Susanna Haverinen, Evelina Pajus, Gabriel Sandblom, Gabriel Sandblom, Yücel Cengiz, Yücel Cengiz

“…Previous studies have compared ICG with conventional visualization showing shorter operation time and lower conversion rates during LC performed with traditional operation techniques. …”
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Effect of RAS mutations and related immune characteristics on the prognosis of patients with MSI-H/dMMR colorectal cancer by Yupeng Jiang, Yuyao Liu, Hong Huang, Tiantian Zhao, Zengyi Zhao, Yawen Gao

“…Results RAS-mutant MSI-H colorectal patients were more likely to have: (1) higher platelet values; (2) shorter disease-free survival (DFS); (3) lower infiltrated numbers of CD11c+ dendritic cells, CD4+ T lymphocytes, and CD8+ T lymphocytes, and higher infiltrated numbers of Foxp3+ Treg cells. …”
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Adaptation of an additively manufactured reactor concept for catalytic methanation with in-situ tar co-reforming of biogenic syngas by Jakob Müller, Alexander Feldner, Simon Markthaler, Peter Treiber, Jürgen Karl

“…ADDmeth3.1 uses a dedicated internal channel structure that serves as a counter-current heat exchanger for the feed gas, whereas ADDmeth3.2 is optimized to fill the triangular footprint of a scalable reactor module as best as possible. …”
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Bioinformatics Analysis of the Human Surfaceome Reveals New Targets for a Variety of Tumor Types by André L. Fonseca, Vandeclécio L. da Silva, Marbella M. da Fonsêca, Isabella T. J. Meira, Thayná E. da Silva, José E. Kroll, André M. Ribeiro-dos-Santos, Cléber R. Freitas, Raimundo Furtado, Jorge E. de Souza, Beatriz Stransky, Sandro J. de Souza

“…Moreover, we present evidence that a three-gene set—WNT5A, CNGA2, and IGSF9B—can be used as a signature associated with shorter survival in breast cancer patients. The data made available here will help the community to develop more efficient diagnostic and therapeutic tools for a variety of tumor types.…”
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Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Two Cryotherapy Protocols in the Treatment of Common Viral Warts: A Prospective Observational Study by Jihan M. Muhaidat, Firas A. Al-qarqaz, Diala M. Alshiyab, Hadeel S. Alkofahi, Yousef Khader, Mawaddah Y. Ababneh

“…Cryotherapy is an effective and safe treatment for common viral warts of hands and feet. The impact of shorter intervals on cure rate was more significant than increasing freezing time with longer intervals between freezing sessions. …”
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The impact of sound land use management to reduce runoff by Z.A. Buisan, A.E. Milano, P.D. Suson, D.S. Mostrales, C.S. Taclendo, J.G. Blasco

“…Based on the result, 2025 land cover values in runoff volume and peak outflow increase from 2015 land cover while decrease in desired land use. There is shorter time to peak in 2025 land cover than desired land use. …”
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Mediation of the effect of prenatal maternal smoking on time to natural menopause in daughters by birthweight-for-gestational-age z-score and breastfeeding duration: analysis of tw... by Darina Peycheva, Leah Li, Mary Fewtrell, Richard Silverwood, Rebecca Hardy

“…Abstract Background Prenatal maternal smoking, lower birthweight, and shorter breastfeeding duration have all been associated with an earlier age at menopause in daughters. …”
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Nailfold capillary abnormalities as indicators of diabetic nephropathy progression: a cross-sectional study in type 2 diabetes by Po-Chi Hsu, Pei-Yung Liao, Ssu-Wei Huang, Hen-Hong Chang, John Y. Chiang, Lun-Chien Lo

“…Capillary lengths, both input and mean, were shorter in the A/C ratio > 300 mg/g group (p = 0.0382 and p = 0.0478, respectively). …”
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Application of minimally invasive debridement for deep second-degree facial burns in the early postburn phase by Chuwei Zhang, Zihan Li, Qingrong Zhang, Ming Jiang, Zhihan Zhu, Bolin Wang, Xunrui Zhang, Xinhua Zhu, Jun Qi, Yuhui Cai, Lei Wang, Kesu Hu, Yi Zhang

“…The average healing time for these wounds was significantly shorter than that of those treated with standard surgical excision. …”
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Sex-specific association of blood triglyceride and uric acid with body shapes in Chinese adults by Xixiang Wang, Jingjing Xu, Yiyao Gu, Jie Mu, Shaobo Zhou, Xiaojun Ma, Lu Liu, Yu Liu, Zhi Duan, Linhong Yuan, Ying Wang

“…Research design and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 1828 subjects matched by age and sex. The scatter plot and restricted cubic spline were used to analyze the correlation between variables. …”
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A new RP-HPLC method as an auxiliary tool for optimization of sample preparation procedures for tracing of PPCPs of different hydrophilicities by Portillo-Castillo Omar J., Castro-Ríos Rocío, Chávez-Montes Abelardo, González-Horta Azucena, Cavazos-Rocha Norma, De Torres Noemí Waksman, Garza-Tapia Marsela

“…The fluorinated column allowed better separation in a shorter time and better resolution for all analytes (Rs > 1). …”
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Announcement effect of tender offer share buyback around turmoil period – evidence from India by Suresha B., Kavitha Desai, Rejoice Thomas, Nijumon K John, Elizabeth Renju Koshy

“…The study found that the impact of buyback announcements on stock returns significantly differed before and after COVID-19 for 10 and 21-day periods, with no significant differences for shorter periods. These insights can help traders and fund managers make informed portfolio adjustments during turbulent market periods surrounding buyback announcements. …”
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Snow-cover seasonality in Kyrgyzstan: variation and change over 20 years (2001–2021) as observed by the MODIS Terra snow product by Geoffrey M Henebry, Monika A Tomaszewska

“…In northwestern KG, DoSS was notably longer <3000 m, but notably shorter at 3500–4000 m. In our 2018 analyses, we found at the national level 160% more area trending to earlier FDoS than to earlier LDoS. …”
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Optimal Dispatch of Reactive Power Using Modified Stochastic Fractal Search Algorithm by Thang Trung Nguyen, Dieu Ngoc Vo, Hai Van Tran, Le Van Dai

“…Compared to SSFS, the three modifications can bring advantages to MSFS such as using smaller number of produced solutions per iteration, spending shorter execution time, finding better optimal solutions, and owning more stable search ability. …”
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Experimental Study of 2-Ethylhexyl Nitrate Effects on Engine Performance and Exhaust Emissions of Diesel Engine Fueled with Diesel–2-Methylfuran Blends by Balla M. Ahmed, Maji Luo, Hassan A. M. Elbadawi, Nasreldin M. Mahmoud, Pang-Chieh Sui

“…The incorporation of 1.5% and 2.5% 2-EHN into the M30 blend enhanced combustion performance, as indicated by a reduction in the maximum pressure rise rate, a shorter ignition delay (ID), and an extended combustion duration (CD). …”
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Effectiveness of sacral neuromodulation with 3D-printing and ultrasound localization for treating neurogenic bladder in patients with pelvic structural anomalies by Runze Liu, Yuxuan Zhou, Qiang Hao, Yaoguang Zhang, Peng Zhang, Guoqing Chen, Yong Zhang

“…Results: The study group experienced significantly fewer punctures compared to the control group (2.21 ± 0.92 vs 9.29 ± 4.37) (P < 0.01), had a shorter average puncture duration (5.71 ± 2.69 min vs. 28.60 ± 9.69 min) (P < 0.01), and required a lower effective initial voltage (0.87 ± 0.23v vs. 1.38 ± 0.52v) (P < 0.01). …”
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Novel Genomic Aberrations in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors by Array-CGH, and Associated Gene Expression Changes by Rolf I. Skotheim, Reija Autio, Guro E. Lind, Sigrid M. Kraggerud, Peter W. Andrews, Outi Monni, Olli Kallioniemi, Ragnhild A. Lothe

“…Additional frequent genomic aberrations revealed some shorter chromosomal segments, which are novel to TGCT, as well as known aberrations for which we here refined boundaries. …”
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