Urinary Diversion Can Improve the Chance of Implementing New Therapeutic Lines in Patients with Malignant Ureteral Obstruction: A Multicenter Study by Marcelo Cartapatti, Roberto Dias Machado, José Carlos Mesquita, Raphael Freua, Diego Cáceres, Rodolfo Borges dos Reis

“…The mean creatinine values measured before diversion, 30 days after surgery, and most recently were 3.45, 1.84, and 2.59 mg/dL, respectively. In total, 300 patients (71.4%) received antineoplastic treatment, 195 received palliative treatment, and 105 received curative treatment. …”
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Method for Extracellular Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy on Epithelial Cell Monolayers by Athena Chien, Colby Lewallen, Hanna Khor, Analia Cegla, Rongming Guo, Adrienne Watson, Chris Hatcher, Nael McCarty, Kapil Bharti, Craig Forest

“…On representative retinal pigment (n = 3) and bronchiolar epithelial samples (n = 4), TER measurements were 500–667 Ω·cm2 and 955–1,034 Ω·cm2 (within the expected range), TEC measurements were 3.65–4.10 μF/cm2 and 1.07–1.10 μF/cm2, and membrane ratio measurements were 18–22 and 1.9–2.2, respectively.…”
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Optimizing orthodontic anchorage: comparative evaluation of larger diameter, shorter length mini-implants for enhanced mechanical stability by Swapnil Junnarkar, Anand Sabane, Amol Patil, Meenal Tepan, Tanisha Rout, Sonakshi Sharma, Arati Gholap

“…Materials and methods: Three groups of mini-implant underwent testing: the implants in Group 1 were 2.5 mm in diameter and 4 mm in length; the implants in Group 2 were 3 mm in diameter and 3 mm in length; and the conventional group implants were 1.3 mm in diameter and 7 mm in length. …”
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Microbial diversity in the vaginal microbiota in women with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion by E. F. Kira, A. V. Kolsanova, S. M. Chechko, A. V. Lyamin

“…The prevalence of HPV type 16 and grade 2 abnormal colposcopy findings were 3.9-fold (p = 0.008) and 3.5-fold (p = 0.040) higher in women with HSIL than in NILM (p = 0.008).Conclusion. …”
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Sport Massage for Lower Back Pain (Study of Treatment Model Development for Sports Health) by Surya Adi Saputra, Ari Wibowo Kurniawan, Supriyadi Supriyadi

“…While in the treatment of massage not based on the application, there were 3 samples with the sufficient category. And the development of this digital sports massage model has the advantage of video content and books can also be downloaded so that people with lower back pain can do it for free in various places even at home. …”
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Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and positive treponemal serology in Solomon Islands guest workers in Australia by Mikaela Seymour, Sean O’Connor, Levi Hou, Sarai Tafa, Sarat Tata, Nicholas Smoll, Stefanie Vaccher, Annie Preston-Thomas, Nishila Moodley

“…Treponemal-specific reactive tests (48.5%) suggested yaws or syphilis exposure despite being asymptomatic, with 37.1% of these having an rapid plasma reagin titre equal to or exceeding 1:16. Women were 3.71 times more likely to have chlamydia [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.97-6.93]. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Nutritional Knowledge and Information Sources on the Sports Performance of Elite Ethiopian Track Athletes: Insights for Optimized Sports Nutrition by Abdi Gudeta Taye, Ajita D Singh

“…The average scores for nutritional information sources and knowledge were 3.17 (SD = 1.19) and 3.09 (SD = 1.33), indicating moderate adherence. …”
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Solid-Phase Extraction with Diethyldithiocarbamate as Chelating Agent for Preconcentration and Trace Determination of Copper, Iron and Lead in Fruit Wine and Distilled Spirit by Fl... by Saksit Chanthal, Nongnoot Suwamart, Chalerm Ruangviriyachai

“…Precision determinations (n = 10) for 0.1 mg L-1 of Cu, Fe and Pb each in a model solution were 3.7, 4.2 and 7.1 %RSD respectively. The detection limits (3SD) of Cu, Fe and Pb were found to be 1.4, 3.3 and 5.7 μg L-1, respectively. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Diagnosis Algorithm for Alzheimer’s Disease by Zhenhao Jin, Junjie Gong, Minghui Deng, Piaoyi Zheng, Guiping Li

“…The results of the study showed that the proposed approach achieved classification accuracies of 97.85% for AD/NC, 95.31% for MCI/NC, 93.96% for AD/MCI, and 92.63% for AD/MCI/NC, respectively, which were 3.1, 2.8, 2.6, and 2.8 percentage points higher than before the improvement. …”
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Erosive Rainfall Thresholds for Five Typical Soils in Water Erosion Region of China by Wang Ying, Yang Yang, Liu Baoyuan, Liu Yingna

“…The corresponding P thresholds were 5.4 and 6.1 mm, respectively, and the I30 thresholds were 3.2 and 5.2 mm/h, respectively. ③ To acquire reliable and stable thresholds, at least 12 years of runoff and soil loss monitoring data were required for each plot. …”
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Stability indicating RP-HPLC technique for simultaneous estimation of nirmatrelvir and ritonavir in their new copackaged dosage form for COVID-19 treatment by Mohamed G. Yassin, Aya Roshdy, Aya A. Marie

“…The NIR and RIT retention times were 3.94 ± 0.08 min and 9.08 ± 0.1 min, respectively. …”
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Comparison of expanded ferrite formation in AISI 409, AISI 430, and AISI 444 steels during low-temperature plasma nitriding treatment by Edgar Djalma Campos Carneiro Dammann, Marcos Massi, Joel Stryhalski, Abel André Candido Recco, Luis César Fontana, Jan Vatavuk

“…The nitrided layer thicknesses measured were 3.5, 7, and 12 μm for AISI 409 steel; 0, 5, and 12 μm for AISI 430 steel; and 3, 6, and 32 μm for AISI 444 steel, corresponding to treatment temperatures of 340, 380, and 400 °C, respectively. …”
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A bioanalytical method development and validation for quantification of glycopyrrolate and neostigmine in rat plasma by LC-MS and its application to pharmacokinetic study by P. Vasu Babu, D. Akiladevi

“…LOD and LOQ for both drugs were 3pg/mL and 10pg/mL. Conclusion: A simple, affordable, reliable, and sensitive approach for quantifying GLY and NEO in rat plasma using LC-MS, with Rivastigmine serving as the internal standard, was developed, validated, and successfully applied in the pharmacokinetic study of rat plasma.…”
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Linking Almond Yield and Quality to the Production System and Irrigation Strategy Considering the Plantation Age in a Mediterranean Semiarid Environment by Abel Calderón-Pavón, Iván Francisco García-Tejero, Luis Noguera-Artiaga, Leontina Lipan, Esther Sendra, Francisca Hernández, Juan Francisco Herencia-Galán, Ángel Antonio Carbonell-Barrachina, Víctor Hugo Durán Zuazo

“…This study examines the effects of regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) under organic (OPS) and conventional (CPS) production systems, analyzing the impact on nut quality (physical and chemical parameters) and its sensorial properties in an almond orchard during seasons in 2019 and 2023, when the trees were 3-years old and when they were close to their yield potential at 7-years old, respectively. …”
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A Green Synthesis of Iron/Copper Nanoparticles as a Catalytic of Fenton-like Reactions for Removal of Orange G Dye by Ahmed K Hassan, Mohammed A Atiya, Imad M Luaibi

“…Batch experiments showed that 94.8 % of 50 mg/L of OG dye was removed within the optimum peroxide concentration, dose, pH and temperature which were 3.52 mM, 1 g/L, 3, and 40℃ respectively along with 30 min contact time. …”
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Spatial assessments of landslide hazard vulnerability using decision support system in the Sile-Sago Watershed, Lake Chamo Rift Valley Basin, Ethiopia by Asnake Boyana Ayele, Abiyot Legesse Tura, Abera Uncha Utallo, Abren Gelaw Mekonnen

“…The model performance was checked with field survey data, consistency ratio, and area under the curve (AUC) from receivers operating characteristics (ROC). The CR and ROC-AUC were 3.4 % and 89 %, which are acceptable for the analysis results. …”
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Association of Pre–Lung Transplant Opioid Use With Posttransplant Opioid Use and Outcomes by Jessica M. Ruck, MD, PhD, Camille Hage, MD, MPH, Tao Liang, MSPH, Darren E. Stewart, MS, Jinny S. Ha, MD, MHS, Allan B. Massie, PhD, Dorry L. Segev, MD, PhD, Christian A. Merlo, MD, MPH, Errol L. Bush, MD

“…The odds of posttransplantation opioid prescription fill were 3.18-fold higher 0 to 6 months after transplantation (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 3.18; 95% CI, 2.91-3.47; P < .001) and 14.29-fold higher 6 to 12 months after transplantation (aOR, 14.29; 95% CI, 12.61-16.19; P < .001) among LT recipients with vs without pretransplantation OU. …”
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Colistin nephrotoxicity in critically ill patients after implementation of a new dosing strategy by Ayse Serra Ozel, Önder Ergönül, Volkan Korten

“…A logistic regression model identified three predictors of colistin-associated nephrotoxicity: age; the number of days that estimated target plasma concentrations of colistin were ≥ 3.5 mg/L in the first week of therapy; and baseline creatinine level. …”
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High concentrations of middle ear antimicrobial peptides and proteins and proinflammatory cytokines are associated with detection of middle ear pathogens in children with recurrent... by Elke J Seppanen, Ruth B Thornton, Karli J Corscadden, Caitlyn M Granland, Julie Hibbert, Angela Fuery, Selma P Wiertsema, Shyan Vijayasekaran, Harvey L Coates, Peter Jacoby, Andrew Currie, Peter C Richmond, Lea-Ann S Kirkham

“…Median concentrations of AMPs (except HBD2) were 3 to 56-fold higher in MEE from children with bacterial otopathogens detected in their MEE (P ≤ 0.01). …”
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Hepatectomy using a bipolar vessel-sealing scalpel with Takasaki’s Glissonean pedicle transection method in hepatocellular carcinoma: A single-centre short-term outcome by Ham Hoi Nguyen, Thanh Khiem Nguyen, Van Duy Le, Van Minh Do, Tuan Hiep Luong, Hoan My Pham, Kim Khue Dang, Cong Long Nguyen, Ngoc Hung Nguyen

“…Durations for right and left Glisson pedicle control were 3.44±1.65 and 4.58±4.05 minutes, respectively, while those for anterior and posterior pedicle control were 6.12±4.05 and 6.08±3.79 minutes, respectively. …”
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