Impact of the positive pressure valve on vascular access device occlusions and bloodstream infections by Btaiche, Imad

“…With this potential for improving patient outcomes, decreasing costs, and facilitating nursing care and catheter management, the use of PPV devices becomes both advantageous and desirable. …”
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Two-surgeon technique of parenchymal transection contributes to reduced transfusion rate in patients undergoing major hepatectomy by Palavecino, Martin

“…This difference is because patients treated at such centers often present with large tumor size,8 underlying liver disease,9 and chemotherapy-associated hepatic toxicity.10 In an effort to reduce the need for blood transfusions in patients undergoing liver resection, we developed a 2-surgeon technique to optimize parenchymal transection.11 In our preliminary series,11 the combined use of saline-linked cautery and ultrasonic dissection was shown to be safe and to reduce blood loss, operation time, and time of inflow occlusion. The objective of this study was to evaluate, in our experience over a 10-year period, factors predictive of blood transfusion in patients who underwent liver resection. …”
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Performance Analysis of Binary and Ternary Blends of Ammonia, Hydrogen, and Diesel in Compression Ignition Engine by Laveet Kumar (11460088)

“…However, D50A50 and D50A25H25 exhibit 20% and 30% increased levels of NOx compared to diesel, respectively, particularly at higher engine speeds. …”

Suspicious Behavior Detection with Temporal Feature Extraction and Time-Series Classification for Shoplifting Crime Prevention by Nazir, Amril

“…The rise in crime rates in many parts of the world, coupled with advancements in computer vision, has increased the need for automated crime detection services. …”
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Environmentally Sustainable Practices and Hotel Performance: Evidence from Malaysia by Juliana Langgat (8904511)

“…Industry reports suggest that customers prefer to stay in hotels that care about the environment. This means that hotels adopting environmentally sustainable practices can attract pro-environment customers and, as a result, improve their overall performance. …”

Awareness of primary health care physicians about human papilloma virus infection and its vaccination: a cross sectional survey from multiple clinics in Saudi Arabia by Almughais, Ebtehaj S.

“…Background: The incidence of human papilloma virus (HPV) infections in conservative populations is increasing, yet vaccination is not routinely recommended by primary health care (PHC) physicians. …”
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0844 Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on patients admitted with Influenza Viral Pneumonia, A Nationwide Study by El Labban, Mohamad

“…Introduction There is evidence of increased risk of admission with influenza in patients with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). …”
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Prevalence and clinical significance of antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 admitted to intensive care units: a prospective observational study by Mostafa Najim (14150400)

“…Among them, 57 (95%) were men, with a mean age of 52.8 ± 12.2 years, and the majority were from Asia (68%). …”

Impact of body composition analysis on male sexual function: A metabolic age study by Ahmad Majzoub (14058045)

“…Although erectile dysfunction (ED) and hypogonadism are increasingly prevalent with age, they are also detected among younger men. …”

Expectations of emergency patients regarding triage system knowledge upon arrival: an interpretive study by Mohammad Minwer Alnaeem (19143733)

“…</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 726 participants were recruited with a response rate of 90.8%. The mean age of the participants was <i>M</i> = 38.1 (SD = 12.9), and the age of the participants varied from 18 to 89 years. …”

Peroneal tendon dislocation in talus fracture and diagnostic value of fleck sign by Ahmed Khalil Attia (10334814)

“…Risk of dislocation increased with severity of the fracture and neck fractures. …”

Landscape of childhood epilepsies – A multi-ethnic population-based study by Ruba Benini (17563083)

“…In the non-neonatal cohort, mean age of onset was 4 yrs 9mos ( ± 1.4mos). Focal epilepsy was the predominant epilepsy type in 45% (594/1314 patients) versus generalized epilepsy in 37% and combined focal/generalized epilepsy in 12%. …”

Posterior Quadratus Lumborum Block or Thoracolumbar Interfascial Plane Block and Postoperative Analgesia after Spinal Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Şenay Canikli Adıgüzel (17823365)

“…The effectiveness of multimodal analgesia plans increases when interfascial plane blocks are included. …”

Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic anal... by Haidong Wang (47381)

Effect of Heterogeneity and Innovation on Decision Making – “A study of a telecom service provider in UAE" by Kumar, Ashwin Ajith

“…As market mature across the globe, every telecom operator has to increase their value and reduce their commercial costs. …”
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Misbehavior detection framework for community-based cloud computing by Abdel Wahab, Omar

“…They show also that the framework is quite resilient to the increase in the number of malicious services.…”
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Health-related quality of life and its predictors among adults living with HIV/AIDS and receiving antiretroviral therapy in Pakistan by Ali Ahmed (2567584)

“…ART has significantly increased the life expectancy of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). …”

An Evaluation of Short-Term Effects of Different Soil Management Systems on Soil Physical, Structural and Hydraulic Properties and an Estimation and Optimization of Water Infiltrat... by Merheb, Caroline

“…In both soils, tillage application decreased the densities, the aggregate mean weight diameter, the residual moisture content, and the fine pore volumes while increased the organic matter content, the porosity, the saturated hydraulic conductivity, and the amount of large pores of undisturbed soil. …”
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Research on the potential of photovoltaic technologies in reducing energy consumption in an urban mixed use residential community. A Case study for net zero energy community in Dub... by SUGATHAN, SANAL

“…Therefore, the key challenge is to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels which decreases the production of greenhouse gases such as CO2 and CH4 by using renewable energy technologies to provide clean carbon free energy that can combat future energy security challenges. …”
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Towards safe driving: The relation between driving vehicles and drug addiction behaviour by Abdullah Al-Otaibi (4968325)

“…<p dir="ltr">Traffic safety is one of the most important means to protect human life as well as personal and public property from harm and to contribute to social and economic growth and development. …”