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Open AccessAssociation between abusive supervision and nurses’ withholding voice about patient safety: the roles of impression management motivation and speak up-related climate
Abusive supervision by the nurse manager significantly influences nurses’ withholding voice about patient safety. The role of impression management motivation and speak up-related climate is crucial in underst...
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ASO Author Reflections: Advancements in Laparoscopic Parenchyma-Sparing Liver Resection: Autologous Peritoneal Patch for Middle Hepatic Vein Reconstruction in Colorectal Liver Metastasis
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Open AccessNonintubated spontaneous ventilation versus intubated mechanical ventilation anesthesia for video-assisted thoracic surgery in terms of perioperative complications and practitioners’ workload assessments: a pilot randomized control study
The use of nonintubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (NI-VATS) has been increasingly reported to yield favourable outcomes. However, this technology has not been routinely used because its advantages a...
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Novel Use of the Falciform Ligament for MHV Reconstruction During Laparoscopic Hepatectomy of Colorectal Liver Metastasis
Laparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) with oncological R0 resection combined with systemic therapy offers the best chance of cure for colorectal liver metastasis. However, tumors in vicinity of major hepatic veins req...
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Open AccessLetter to the editor regarding “A prospective randomized study of multimodal analgesia combined with single injection transversus abdominis plane block versus epidural analgesia against postoperative pain after laparoscopic colon cancer surgery”
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Synthesis and Application of High Temperature Resistant Solid Acid Based on Polymer Coating
Acidizing pre-treatment is a frequently employed technique to address technical challenges in reservoir fracturing and excessive pump pressure at the wellhead during hydraulic fracturing construction. The deve...
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Numerical Modeling of Particle Bridging in a T-Shaped Fracture with the Resolved CFD–DEM Coupling
Particle bridging is ubiquitous in many fields of oil and gas field development engineering, such as fracture plugging for lost circulation control and proppant bridging as well as temporary plugging agent bri...
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Using ChatGPT to Encourage Critical AI Literacy Skills and for Assessment in Higher Education
Generative AI is about to radically transform the way intellectual and creative work is being done
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Open AccessA population-based investigation of participation rate and self-selection bias in momentary data capture and survey studies
Participant selection bias is of concern to researchers conducting surveys of all types. For momentary data capture studies, such as Ecological Momentary Assessment, the level of burden associated with these t...
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Open AccessAnalysis of audiological outcomes of children referred from a universal newborn hearing screening program over 9 years in Bei**g, China
Universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) and audiological diagnosis are crucial for children with congenital hearing loss (HL). The objective of this study was to analyze hearing screening techniques, audiol...
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Carbon emissions trading scheme and regional total factor carbon productivity: based on temporal-spatial dual perspectives
The carbon emissions trading scheme (CETS) in China is an important market-based environmental policy mechanism for decreasing carbon emissions. This paper calculates the total factor carbon productivity (TFCP...
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Microstructure and corrosion behaviors of friction stir-welded Q235 low-carbon steel joint
Friction stir welding (FSW) was used to prepare Q235 low-carbon steel joint, and the microstructure of different zones of the joint was characterized. The electrochemical corrosion behavior of different macros...
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Open AccessDiagnostic accuracy of pre-operative breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in predicting axillary lymph node metastasis: variations in intrinsic subtypes, and strategy to improve negative predictive value—an analysis of 2473 invasive breast cancer patients
The value and utility of axillary lymph node (ALN) evaluation with MRI in breast cancer were not clear for various intrinsic subtypes. The aim of the current study is to test the potential of combining breast ...
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TWACapsNet: a capsule network with two-way attention mechanism for speech emotion recognition
Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) is a challenging task, and the typical convolutional neural network (CNN) cannot well handle the speech data directly. Because CNN tends to understand local information and ign...
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Open AccessThe γ/γ′ microstructure in CoNiAlCr-based superalloys using triple-objective optimization
Optimizing several properties simultaneously based on small data-driven machine learning in complex black-box scenarios can present difficulties and challenges. Here we employ a triple-objective optimization a...
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Open AccessThe role of Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy for the management of biliary complications after living donor liver transplantation
Post living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) biliary complications can be troublesome over the post-operative course of patients, especially those with recurrent cholangitis or choledocholithiasis. Thus, in ...
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TREM2 promotes cholesterol uptake and foam cell formation in atherosclerosis
Disordered lipid accumulation in the arterial wall is a hallmark of atherosclerosis. Previous studies found that the expression of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2), a transmembrane rece...
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Cropland displacement contributed 60% of the increase in carbon emissions of grain transport in China over 1990–2015
Rapid urbanization and population growth have increased the need for grain transportation in China, as more grain is being consumed and croplands have been moved away from cities. Increased grain transportatio...
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Numerical Simulation of Proppant Transport in Hydraulic Fractures of Conglomerate Reservoirs Based on Multi-phase Particle-in-Cell Method
The gravel particles affect the propagation of hydraulic fractures in conglomerate reservoirs. A hydraulic fracture can bypass or penetrate to propagate along a gravel particle, making the fracture geometry co...
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Embryology of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses
To become a competent surgeon and physician, a strong grounding in anatomy is crucial. An understanding of sinonasal embryology and development is required to appreciate the complex anatomy of the region. The ...
