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Correlation Analysis of Bronchial Blocker Insertion Depth in Thoracic Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study

Yang Xiao null, Wei Kang null, Qibin Ke null et al. · 2025 · American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Background: The insertion depth of the bronchial blocker demands precise positioning and bronchoscopic confirmation. This study aims to investigate the parameters that influence the insertion depth of bronchial blockers in thoracic…

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The Role of Entrepreneur Characteristics and Entrepreneur Motivation has a significant effect on SMEs' Business Performance During Digital Era

Heri Erlangga, Yanti Purwanti, Tita Setiawati et al. · 2021 · International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between Entrepreneur Characteristics and Business Performance variables, the relationship between entrepreneurial motivation variables and MSME business performance. In this study…

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The Effect of Income on Daily Physical Activity Levels in Americans

Jacob Foster, null null, null null et al. · 2023 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day

I analyze the relationship between income range and exercise level. The data that I have selected for this project was obtained from the Health Information National Trends Survey website. The specific question that the respondents were…

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Immature oocyte proportion in a cohort led to poor embryo development but did not reduce clinical pregnancy rate

Nining Handayani, Ayu Mulia Sundari, Tri Aprilliana et al. · 2024 · Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Abstract Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the effects of immature oocyte proportion in a cohort on both IVF laboratory and clinical outcomes. Materials and methods This retrospective cohort study took place at Morula IVF Jakarta Clinic…

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Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduce Attention to Environmental Issues?

Sari Verachtert, Dieter Stiers, Marc Hooghe · 2025 · Politics of the Low Countries

Theories on issue competition assume that there is only a limited number of issues that a person prioritises simultaneously. In this research note, we test this mechanism by using a panel study that was conducted among Belgian parents in…

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DO WE REALLY HAVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR JEWISH GLADIATORS?

Haggai Olshanetsky · 2021 · JOURNAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

In the past, it has been suggested that Jews were both participants and spectators in the gladiatorial games. Yet, all the materials presented to prove the existence of Jewish gladiators seem to be less conclusive than what the authors…

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Mental distress in subjects who did, or did not, move from rural Sami core areas to cities in Norway: The impact of Sami ethnicity

Astrid Eriksen, Marita Melhus, Bjarne Koster Jacobsen et al. · 2021 · Socialmedicinsk tidskrift

The aim of the study was to compare the level of mental distress of Sami and non-Sami residents in rural Sami core areas with that of people who have moved from these areas to cities in Norway. Previous research on mental health among the…

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Repeated Annual Health Risk Assessments With Intervention Did Not Reduce 10-year Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Nceba Hene, Paola Wood, Martin Schwellnus et al. · 2021 · Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine

Objective: To determine if repeat annual health risk assessments (RAHRAs) with intervention reduce 10-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in financial sector employees. Methods: Retrospective analysis from RAHRAs in 13,737 employees…

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Oral melatonin did not reduce anxiety before elective hernia repair: A randomised, double‐blinded, placebo‐controlled trial

Mikkel Andreas Holm, Anders Gram‐Hanssen, Bennedikte Kollerup Madsen et al. · 2022 · Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Abstract Background Preoperative anxiety is a common issue in surgery. Preoperative anxiety may lead to increased mortality, pain and dissatisfaction with surgery. Melatonin is a drug with only mild adverse effects and has previously been…

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Preliminary study does not demonstrate SARS-CoV-2 infection in bats from Oaxaca, México during the Covid-19 pandemic

Itandehui Hernández-Aguilar, Luis Román Ramírez-Palacios, Consuelo Lorenzo et al. · 2024 · Therya Notes

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is the etiological agent of the 2019 coronavirus disease that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. This virus has achieved sustained transmission across human populations; however, since 2020, reverse zoonotic contagion…

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A Mismatched Group of Items That I Would Not Find Particularly Interesting: Challenges and Opportunities with Digital Exhibits and Collections Labels

Mikala Narlock, Anna Michelle Martinez-Montavon, Melissa Harden · 2022 · Evidence Based Library and Information Practice

Objective – The authors sought to identify link language that is user-friendly and sufficiently disambiguates between a digital collection and digital exhibit platform for users from a R1 institution, or a university with high research…

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Can Collective Action Institutions Outperform the State?

Max Harleman, Jeremy G. Weber · 2025 · Policy Studies Journal

ABSTRACT A core literature in the field of public policy seeks to understand whether decentralized collective action institutions will emerge to provide public goods. While some studies examine how they perform relative to public…

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Corn Yield Increase Under Constant Fertilizer Did Not Reduce Nitrate Export

Chelsea Connair Clifford, Emily R. Waring, Carl H. Pederson et al. · 2023 · Journal of the ASABE

Highlights Corn yields increased from 1989 to 2021 in Iowa experimental plots at nitrogen fertilizer rates consistently just above current recommendations. Increased corn yields did not result in a decrease in drainage nitrate exports.…

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