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High-Flow Nasal Cannula Outcomes in COVID-19-Associated Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: Illness Severity, Awake Prone Positioning, and Risk of Intubation in a Single-Center ICU Cohort

Background and Objectives: High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is widely used in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, yet predictors of successful noninvasive support and the role of awake prone positioning remain incompletely defined, and observational analyses are vulnerable to immo...

Signatures of Band-like Charge Carrier Transport in a Three-Dimensional Fe-HHTP Metal–Organic Framework

Abstract Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) offer exceptional structural and chemical tunability, and the emergence of electrically conductive variants creates new opportunities for functional optoelectronic materials. Here, we investigate charge transport in a three-dimensional (3D...

Quality of clinical practice guidelines on precision oncology in biliary tract cancers: a systematic review using AGREE II and AGREE-REX

Abstract Background Precision oncology in biliary tract cancers (BTCs) requires more than identifying actionable biomarkers: clinical practice guidelines must connect who and how to test with the treatment or trial action that follows a positive result. We systematically evaluate...

The Institutional Pedagogical Enablement Gap in Indian School Education: Digital Access and Uneven Transformation

Digital transformation in school education is often assessed through digital access, yet access alone may not capture the institutional conditions supporting pedagogically oriented technology use. In this study, the distinction between foundational digital access and institutiona...

From Experimental Records to Wave–Particle Duality Judgments: A Habitat Information Physics Audit of the Experimental Inference Chain

Optical experiments have produced reliable and diverse records of spatial distributions, localized detection, energy exchange, and conditional statistics. This paper accepts those records and does not attribute the predictive success of quantum theory to cognitive error. Its aim...

Musculoskeletal ultrasound in traumatic emergencies: what radiologists need to know

Abstract While conventional radiography (CR) and computed tomography (CT) remain diagnostic staples in emergency settings, ultrasound (US) is a critical tool offering a rapid, dynamic, and noninvasive alternative for acute musculoskeletal (MSK) pathologies assessment. Prompt iden...

Dietary and lifestyle quality and endometrial cancer: Incidence and survivorship outcomes—An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Composite dietary and lifestyle indices capture the combined effects of multiple health-related behaviours and may better reflect real-world cancer risk and survivorship than single exposures. This umbrella review aimed to evaluate and grade the strength of evidence for associati...

Development of Functional Lamb Pâté Enriched with Edible Lamb By-Products and Pulse Ingredients: Physicochemical, Nutritional and Safety Evaluation

The growing demand for nutritionally enriched and sustainable meat products has stimulated interest in the utilization of edible animal by-products and plant-based ingredients. The present study aimed to develop lamb pâté formulations containing lamb liver, lamb heart, mung bean,...

Cohesin Mutations in Cancer and Development

Cohesin is a ring-shaped protein complex that wraps around DNA and is crucial for sister chromatid cohesion, chromatin organization, gene regulation, replication, and DNA damage repair. In somatic cells, it consists of the core ring subunits SMC1A, SMC3, and RAD21 and one of two...

Ki-67 Proliferation Index Improves the Prognostic Stratification Accuracy of International Staging System in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics and prognostic significance of distinct Ki-67 proliferation indices in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM). Methods: A retrospective analysis of clinical data from 307 NDMM patients admitted to the Second Ho...

Cellulose Acetate-Based Janus Membrane with Dual-Mode Switching for On-Demand Radiative Cooling and Solar Heating

Abstract Conventional static thermal management materials incur overcooling penalties in cold seasons. In this study, we develop a cellulose acetate-based Janus bilayer membrane that enables on-demand switching between radiative cooling and solar heating via mechanical flipping....

Inverse Gas Chromatography Characterization of Cellulose Nanofibers: Impact of Chemical Composition on Surface Properties

ABSTRACT Inverse gas chromatography (IGC) was employed to investigate how the presence of hemicellulose influences surface properties and adsorption behavior of cellulose nanofibers. Two samples prepared under equivalent processing conditions were compared: cellulose rich nanofib...

Reconstructed baryon transition current structure of the N(1520) longitudinal amplitude: Insights from Patterson function analysis

The spatial structure of baryon transition currents provides valuable insight into nucleon excitations beyond what can be inferred from transition form factors alone. In this work, the Patterson function is applied to reconstruct the transition current density associated with the...

Photocatalytic Scaffold Hopping of Cyclobutanols to Cyclopentanols via Single-Carbon Insertion into C–C σ-Bonds

Abstract A method for skeletal editing of C–C σ-bonds in strained alicycles via single-carbon insertion is reported. This skeletal editing method for cyclobutanols differs from well-established semipinacol rearrangement pathways, offering an efficient route to cyclopentanols by d...

A Meta‐Analysis on Personality Change Among International Students From the USA, European, and Asian Countries Studying Abroad

ABSTRACT Objective This meta‐analysis systematically examines personality development during study abroad. It aims to synthesize previously fragmented longitudinal evidence and explain mixed findings by identifying how personality change varies by students' country of origin, dur...

A parametric study on mechanical competence of nucleus pulposus for severely degeneration condition of a lumbar intervertebral disc

The highest degree of degradation for the intervertebral discs (IVDs) is expected at the final stage of degeneration, called severe degeneration which aimed to be simulated in this study using the computational model, verified by the results of stress profilometry. The computatio...

Patient-Specific Mirrored Planning Leads to Superior Symmetry for Late Post-Traumatic Deformity After Orbital Zygomatic Maxillary Complex Fractures

Background: Post-traumatic orbital-ZMC deformity is notoriously difficult to correct because of soft tissue contraction and loss of anatomic landmarks. To see whether virtual planning is beneficial, we studied orbital/malar volume correction, globe position, malar projection and...

Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies on the Removal of a Textile Dye from Water by Adsorption onto a Waste Eggshell Biosorbent

This study investigates the adsorption of the textile dye Direct Blue BR 200 from aqueous solutions onto waste chicken eggshells, evaluated as a low-cost biosorbent, and the commercial activated carbon Sorbotech LGCO 100, used as a reference sorbent. Adsorption equilibrium was de...

Effects of Bacillus licheniformis Supplementation on Laying Performance, Antioxidant Capacity, and Cecal Microbiota in Post-Peak Laying Hens

Bacillus licheniformis, a multifunctional probiotic, improves performance in peak laying hens, but its effects during post-peak laying—characterized by declining ovarian function, impaired intestinal barrier, and oxidative stress—remain unclear. This study evaluated the effects o...

Improved geoid models for the state of São Paulo using the SHGeo package

Abstract The objective of this paper is to present the effort to establish the geoidal model for the state of São Paulo to be used for mapping purposes by the Instituto Geográfico e Cartográfico do Estado de São Paulo (IGC). This model is limited by 26ºS and 19ºS latitude and 54º...