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Open AccessImprovement in nurse staffing ratios according to policy changes: a prospective cohort study
Since 1999, reimbursements for nursing services for inpatients have been paid differentially according to the nurse staffing ratios in Korea. However, differentiated nursing fees are insufficient for nurse sta...
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Difference in functional connectivity between end-stage renal disease patients with and without restless legs syndrome: A prospective study
The purpose of this study was to examine differences in functional connectivity between patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) with and without restless legs syndrome (RLS). In addition, the study aimed ...
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Open AccessImpact of nonspecific allograft biopsy findings in symptomatic kidney transplant recipients
A for-cause biopsy is performed to diagnose the cause of allograft dysfunction in kidney transplantation. We occasionally encounter ambiguous biopsy results in symptomatic kidney transplant recipients. Yet, th...
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Open AccessAssociation between type 2 diabetes mellitus and depression among Korean midlife women: a cross-sectional analysis study
The prevalence of depression is higher among midlife women, and they have less control over their diabetes during the menopausal transition. However, there is limited evidence on the association between type 2...
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Open AccessMetabolomic profiling of overnight peritoneal dialysis effluents predicts the peritoneal equilibration test type
This study primarily aimed to evaluate whether peritoneal equilibration test (PET) results can be predicted through the metabolomic analysis of overnight peritoneal dialysis (PD) effluents. From a total of 125...
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Open AccessAssociations among body composition parameters and quality of life in peritoneal dialysis patients
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important issue among patients undergoing dialysis treatment. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is associated with a number of adverse body composition changes. However, whe...
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Open AccessPhoto-CIDNP in Solid State
Photo-CIDNP (photo-chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization) refers to nuclear polarization created by the spin-chemical evolution of spin-correlated radical pairs (SCRPs). This phenomenon occurs in gas...
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Correction to: A Novel Solution Method for Free Vibration Analysis of Functionally Graded Arbitrary Quadrilateral Plates with Hole
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A Novel Solution Method for Free Vibration Analysis of Functionally Graded Arbitrary Quadrilateral Plates with Hole
In this paper, a new meshfree moving least squares-Tchebychev (MLST) shape function is proposed to analyze the free vibration characteristics of functionally graded arbitrary quadrilateral plate with hole.
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Testing for structural breaks in return-based style regression models
It is important for investors to know not only the style of a fund manager in which they are interested, but also whether this style is constant or changing through time. The style of a fund manager can be est...
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Open AccessGenetic identification of inherited cystic kidney diseases for implementing precision medicine: a study protocol for a 3-year prospective multicenter cohort study
Inherited cystic kidney disease is a spectrum of disorders in which clusters of renal cysts develop as the result of genetic mutation. The exact methods and pipelines for defining genetic mutations of inherite...
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Open AccessAssociation between registered nurse staffing levels and in-hospital mortality in craniotomy patients using Korean National Health Insurance data
The level of registered nurse (RN) staffing is a fundamental factor influencing patient safety. Craniotomy patients need intensive care after surgery, the majority of which is provided by RNs.
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Open AccessAssociation between the bed-to-nurse ratio and 30-day post-discharge mortality in patients undergoing surgery: a cross-sectional analysis using Korean administrative data
The likelihood of inpatient mortality has been found to be reduced by increased nurse staffing in several settings, including general wards, emergency departments, and intensive care units. However, less resea...
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Associations of obesity with osteoporosis and metabolic syndrome in Korean postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study using national survey data
In a representative sample of 3058 Korean postmenopausal women, we studied which types of obesity were more or less desirable for develo** concomitant osteoporosis and metabolic syndrome (MS), with the goal ...
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Potentiometric Response of a Neutral-carrier-based Membrane to Aqueous Mercury in Cl−-rich Media
The unique potentiometric response of mercury sensors was investigated in aqueous Cl–-rich media, which are often encountered in natural, especially biological samples. The conventional neutral-carrier-based Hg(I...
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Supporting Efficient Grou** and Summary Information for Semistructured Digital Libraries
XML is the most popular platform-independent data expression language which is used to specify various digital content such as web content, multimedia content, bio-chemical data, etc. These various forms of XM...
