Factors Affecting Hospitalization and Length of Hospitalization of the Patients with Covid-19 by Hadi Jalilvand, Mojtaba Abdi, Niloofar Hejazi Zadeh, Alireza Jalilvand, Matineh Pourrahimi, Fatemeh Pirzadeh, Fatemeh Haghi, Doha Abo Aljadayel

“…Aknowledgment We would like to thank the nurses of Imam Hossein Shohada Hospital in Tehran, the patients who participated in this study and all those who helped us in doing this research study. This study is a continuation of a research project with ethics code number IR.IUMS.FMD.REC.1399.323 and supported by Iran University of Medical Sciences.…”
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Integrating sedimentologic data and stable isotope geochemistry to comprehend the sequence stratigraphic framework of the Middle–Upper Jurassic Sargelu and Najmah formations in NW... by Milad Imani Seginsara, Aram Baetgoll, Mehdi Daraei, Mahmoud Sharafi, Meysam Isanejad, Afshin Zohdi, Javad Rabbani

“…In the studied successions, geometry, lateral continuity, sedimentary trend, the vertical stacking of genetically related facies and facies associations and prominent stratigraphic surfaces (representing sharp shifts in sedimentation) were examined to define meter-scale cycles (from a few dm- to a few m-thick) that are used for the identification of depositional sequences, systems tracts, and sequence boundaries. …”
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Inter-Comparison of Diverse Heatwave Definitions in the Analysis of Spatiotemporally Contiguous Heatwave Events over China by Heyang Song, Dongdong Kong, Li Xiong, Xihui Gu, Jianyu Liu

“…However, the HW frequency (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>HWF</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) of moderate STHWs in some regions decreased as mild and moderate STHWs became extreme; (2) for threshold methods that do not consider seasonal variations (i.e., <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>A</mi><mi>B</mi><mi>S</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>Q</mi><mi>T</mi><mi>L</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), the spatial <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>H</mi><mi>I</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> exceedance continuity was relatively weak, thus resulting in underestimated STHW characteristics increase rates; (3) for different variables defining STHWs, the relative changing ratio of the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>H</mi><mi>I</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-based STHW was approximately 20% higher than that of the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>T</mi><mrow><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-based STHW for all STHW characteristics, under the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>Q</mi><mi>T</mi><msub><mi>L</mi><mrow><mi>m</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>v</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> threshold; (4) for different STHW types, the nighttime STHW was approximately 60% faster than the daytime STHW increase considering the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>Q</mi><mi>T</mi><mi>L</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> threshold and approximately 120% faster for the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>Q</mi><mi>T</mi><msub><mi>L</mi><mrow><mi>m</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>v</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> method. …”
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The approach of healthcare professionals to patient safety by Indrė Šidlauskienė, Romualda Tverkienė, Nora Šiupšinskienė

“…Strengthening the safety culture of healthcare organizations is recognized as crucial to the continuous improvement of the quality of healthcare [11]. …”
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Myth and politics: behavioral archetypes in ancient Iran and persistence in power and politics by Fateh Moradi

“…The Avesta and ancient texts have also been instrumental in mystification or continuation of myths. Samuel Kennedy (2014) in the The King is Dead seeks to prove the hypothesis that actually Alexander’s invasion to Iran represents an attack to the Iranian myths and gods which later turned into an impetus among them to defeat Greeks. …”
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Limitations in representation of physical processes prevent successful simulation of PM_2.5 during KORUS-AQ by K. R. Travis, J. H. Crawford, G. Chen, C. E. Jordan, C. E. Jordan, B. A. Nault, H. Kim, J. L. Jimenez, P. Campuzano-Jost, J. E. Dibb, J.-H. Woo, Y. Kim, S. Zhai, X. Wang, E. E. McDuffie, G. Luo, F. Yu, S. Kim, I. J. Simpson, D. R. Blake, L. Chang, M. J. Kim

“…Foreign emissions are rapidly changing, increasing the need to understand the impact of local emissions on <span class="inline-formula">PM_2.5</span> in South Korea to ensure continued air quality improvements.</p>…”
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Rimski grobovi iz Rosalnic, Štrekljevca in Otoka pri Podzemlju by Anja Dular

“…Mihovo, Bela cerkev et Novo mesto, où est étabile la vie continue de la période de La Tène à l’époque romaine.64'65 Nous ne connaissons des urnes en forme de maison datées dans la région peuplée par les Lai obici que de la première moitié du 1er siècle, tandis qu’elles apparaissent en plus grand nombre à peine quelques décennies plus tard.66 Après tout cela nous devons nous demander si les urnes en forme de maison ont été vraiment faites en Basse Carniole déjà dans la période de La Tène, ce qui est pour le moment presque impossible à côté des découvertes bien datées qui indiquent que nous devons les considérer comme un produit des ateliers de poterie de l’époque romaine. …”
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Effects of Managers' Optimistic and Myopic Behavior on the Asymmetry of Cost Behavior and Various Companies’ Strategies by Javad Nik Kar, Elham Hamidi, Sepideh Abedini

“…Managers' overconfidence can also affect the way financial information is provided by them for the capital markets because they believe that the shareholders’ values will be maximized in the long term by continuing investment projects; therefore, they will not have a desire to disclose confidential information that has a negative investment feedback, but use positive accruals to convey their optimistic beliefs (Scherand & Zechman, 2011) or even delay their recognition of losses (Ahmed & Duellman, 2013). …”
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Gender differences in preferences of individual and team sports in Polish adolescents [Genderové rozdíly při výběru individuálních a kolektivní sportů u polských adolescentů]... by Karel Frömel, Dorota Groffik, Wojciech Wąsowicz, Michal Kudláček, Filip Křen

“…Defining the role of individual and team sports in regard to girls' and boys' sport preferences is a permanent problem that requires objective and continuous diagnostics. <strong>OBJECTIVE</strong>: The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship among girls' and boys' preferences in individual and team sports and further among these preferences and PA participation. …”
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Presenting the Model of Showcase Performance Drivers in Government Organizations by youkabed valizadeh, Alireza koushki jahromi, Mohamadreza Saadi

“…And then the components and themes of the research are determined based on the critical evaluation scale. Also, in the continuation of the qualitative part, Delphi analysis was used to determine the level of theoretical consensus of the components and themes. …”
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Assessing the Risk of <i>APOE</i>-<i>ϵ</i>4 on Alzheimer’s Disease Using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees by Yifan Xia, Baosheng Liang

“…Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects about a tenth of the population aged over 65 and nearly half of those over 85, and the number of AD patients continues to grow. Several studies have shown that the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>ϵ</mi><mn>4</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> variant of the apolipoprotein E (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>A</mi><mi>P</mi><mi>O</mi><mi>E</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) gene is potentially associated with an increased risk of AD. …”
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The effect of a gratitude program on job stress & burnout in Esfahan prehospital technicians by Jahangir Maghsoudi, nilufar poorkhaghan, ghasem yadegarfar, sima ghezelbash

“…Research shows that prolonged and continuous stress in the workplace can result in reduced productivity, decreased job satisfaction, poorer quality of service provision to patients, fewer accurate and timely decisions, a sense of job-related incompetence, occupational fatigue, a higher degree of absenteeism, and finally the occupational burnout syndrome. …”
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Evaluation of the Profitability of Momentum and Reversal Strategies of Industry in the Capital Market of Iran by Mohammad Esmaiel Fadaie Nejad, Reza Farahani, Mohammad Mhoseynabadi

“…Generally, according to the momentum strategy, the positive or negative of past returns will continue for a period of the future. According to the reverse strategy, Investors are likely to make mistakes since recent price trends are reversing. …”
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Estudo de polimorfismos genéticos do HLA (classes I e II) e do TNF-α em doentes com sarcoidose by António Morais, Helena Alves, Bruno Lima, Luís Delgado, Ricardo Gonçalves, Sandra Tafulo

“…The X2 test was used for discrete values and the Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous values.Results: When patients were compared with controls we noticed increased frequencies of B*08 (10.6% vs. 6.1%), O.R.=1.8, C.I.=[1.1;3.1], p=0.02; DRB1*12 (4.3% vs. 1.7%), O.R.=2.63, C.I.=[1.1;6.1], p=0.03. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Greenwashing on Green Trust and Green Purchase Intention with the Mediation of Green Confusion and Perceived Risk by Mariam Mola Ghalghachi, Ramin Bashir Khodaparasti

“…As a result, customer interest decreases.First, companies must be very strict about their quality standards throughout the production department, which ultimately leads to continuous improvement in product performance. Second, companies should pay more attention to the growing reliance on social media to gain more green trust. …”
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Relapsing Polychondritis by Charina Melinda C. Elgar-Reyes, Patrick Joseph A. Pardo

“…Other possible adjuncts to medical therapy include continuous positive airway pressure for symptomatic relief, and metallic stent placement.5,10…”
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Relación entre niveles de proteína c-reactiva y Síndrome de Burnout en médicos de postgrado by Yurilú Andreina González Moret, Norelvis Elisa Guzmán Cuárez

“…Chronic stress (among which is burnout syndrome) can continuously activate physiological stress axes (hypothalamic-pituitary-suprarenal and sympathetic-adrenal), which leads to producing cytosines and acute-phase proteins (such as ultrasensitive C-reactive protein), promoting a proinflammatory state in individuals and the development of chronic pathologies. …”
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Identifying dimensions, components and indicators of school-centered management on Islamic-Iranian values by Masoud Taghiani, masoumeh oladiyan, Mahmoud Safari

“…The results of the study showed that the implementation level of school-based management, according to the categories of leadership and governance, curriculum and learning, accountability and continuous improvement, and resource management, is fully implemented in public secondary schools of the sector. …”
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Insights into the O&thinsp;:&thinsp;C-dependent mechanisms controlling the evaporation of <i>α</i>-pinene secondary organic aerosol particles by A. Buchholz, A. T. Lambe, A. Ylisirniö, Z. Li, O.-P. Tikkanen, C. Faiola, E. Kari, L. Hao, O. Luoma, W. Huang, C. Mohr, C. Mohr, D. R. Worsnop, D. R. Worsnop, S. A. Nizkorodov, T. Yli-Juuti, S. Schobesberger, A. Virtanen

“…However, the enhanced evaporation under wet conditions could be explained by the reduction in particle viscosity from the semi-solid to liquid-like range, and the observed higher desorption temperature of the residual particles is a direct consequence of the increased removal of high-volatility and the continued presence of low-volatility compounds.</p>…”
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Medical ethics and screening: on what evidence should we support ourselves? by Armando Henrique Norman

“…As a stimulus for reflection, the Debate section tackles the “Preventive mandatory mammography” policy in Uruguay, while in the Section Essays, Jamoulle and Gomez discuss the concept of quaternary prevention: action that aims to offer ethically acceptable alternatives to patients in order to prevent the excess of medical interventions.2 Despite considerable technological and social transformations that directly affect people’s health, ethics in medicine continues to morally shape health problems and health policy decisions with implications for patients, physicians and health institutions. …”
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