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Tenuibacillus halotolerans sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a soil sample from a salt lake in **njiang, China and emended description of the genus Tenuibacillus
A Gram-positive, moderately halotolerant, rod-shaped bacterium, designated YIM 94025T, was isolated from a soil sample from a salt lake in **njiang province, north-west China. Strain YIM 94025T was observed to gr...
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Open AccessEffect of oral melatonin and wearing earplugs and eye masks on nocturnal sleep in healthy subjects in a simulated intensive care unit environment: which might be a more promising strategy for ICU sleep deprivation?
Sleep deprivation is common in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Noise and light in the ICU and the reduction in plasma melatonin play the essential roles. The aim of this study was to ...
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Corporate governance, SFAS 157 and cost of equity capital: evidence from US financial institutions
This study examines the association between fair value measurements and the cost of equity capital under different fair value valuation methods, and assesses the impact of corporate governance on this relation...
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Open AccessUse of esophageal balloon pressure-volume curve analysis to determine esophageal wall elastance and calibrate raw esophageal pressure: a bench experiment and clinical study
Accurate measurement of esophageal pressure (Pes) depends on proper filling of the balloon. Esophageal wall elastance (Ees) may also influence the measurement. We examined the estimation of balloon-surrounding...
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Paenibacillus turpanensis sp. nov., isolated from a salt lake of Turpan city in **njiang province, north-west China
Strain YIM B00363T, a Gram-positive, aerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped, spore-forming bacterium, was isolated from saline soil samples collected from a salt lake in **njiang province, north-west China, and was char...
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The impact of tracheostomy timing on clinical outcomes and adverse events in intubated patients with infratentorial lesions: early versus late tracheostomy
We evaluated the association between the timing of tracheostomy and clinical outcomes in patients with infratentorial lesions. We performed a retrospective observational cohort study in a neurosurgical intensi...
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Pure and non-pure meningioangiomatosis of 36 Chinese patients: an analysis of clinical presentation, diagnosis, histopathology and prognosis
Meningioangiomatosis (MA) is a disease that is extremely rarely reported. Sporadic MA is occasionally combined with meningioma or other lesions (identified as non-pure MA). This retrospective study investigate...
