Free Vastus Lateralis Functional Muscle Transfer: An Approach to Facial Reanimation and Reconstruction in Radical Parotidectomy by Michaelsam E. Econ, MD, Hiroki Umezawa, MD, PhD, Hideyuki Mitsuwa, MD, Sahin Atakan Bayir, MD, Hoyu Cho, MD, Genshiro Kubo, MD, Rei Ogawa, MD, PhD, FACS

“…The modified House–Brackmann scores were III (n = 3, 42.9%), IV (n = 2, 28.6%), and V (n = 2, 28.6%), whereas the Yanagihara system scores ranged from 4 to 30. …”
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Green synthesis of CdS:Sn NPs by Starch as a Covering Agent and Studying its Physical Properties by zainab yaaqoub, Nada K. Abbas

“…The band gap's energy values, according to UV-Vis reflection spectroscopy were 3.06,2.61 ,2.63, 2.63, 2.66,2.69 eV for pure and doped with Sn  1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5% respectively. …”
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A Systematic Review of Treatment for Acute Interstitial Nephritis by Yalin Yu, Erik Biros, Xiao Chang, Andrew J. Mallett

“…Twenty-three articles were included in the systematic review. There were 3 randomized controlled trials, 4 case series, and 16 retrospective cohort studies. …”
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Encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis for Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Arterial Steno‐Occlusive Disease: Clinical and Radiological Outcomes by Xiao‐Peng Wang, Bin Ren, Qian‐Nan Wang, Jing‐Jie Li, Jia‐Qi Liu, Dan Yu, Qian Zhang, Xiang‐Yang Bao, Jian‐Ning Zhang, Lian Duan

“…Primary outcome rates were 3.2% (5/152) within 30 days, 6.6% (10/152) within 2 years, 9.2% (14/152) within 5 years, and 11.1% (17/152) during a median 9.13 years follow‐up. …”
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Research on Surrogate Model of Variable Geometry Turbine Performance Based on Backpropagation Neural Network by Liping Deng, Hu Wu, Yuhang Liu, Qi’an Xie

“…When the throat area of the single-stage turbine nozzle changed by ±30%, the maximum relative errors between the calculated mass flow rate and efficiency and their experimental values were 3.602% and 4.228%, respectively; thus, the determination coefficients of the constructed BP neural network model for the training samples were all greater than 0.999, indicating that the surrogate model has high prediction accuracy and strong generalization ability and can quickly predict variable geometry turbine cooling performance.…”
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Complications of Cochlear Implant at Hawler Teaching Center (Rizgary Teaching Hospital) by Azhen Ismael Hussen, Arsalan A. Shem

“…The major complications were 3 cases (2.72%), including device failure in 2 cases (1.81%), cholesteatoma in 1 case; all major complications were required revision surgery, and other minor complications were managed medically. …”
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THE DAILY PROFILE OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN METABOLIC SYNDROME: COMPARABLE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF MONOTHERAPY WITH ENALAPRIL AND UNCONTROLLED ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY by M. N. Mamedov, V. M. Gorbunov, T. Sh. Dzahangirov

“…In patients receiving uncontrolled therapy these changes were 3-4%. Two times decrease in BP burden in daytime and nighttime were observed while BP burden remained unchanged in uncontrolled therapy during both periods. …”
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Fatty Acids Composition of Red and Purple Pomegranate (Punica granatum L) Seed Oil by Hartati Soetjipto, Murda Pradipta, KH Timotius

“…Glycolipid fraction  of red and purple pomegranate seed oil were 8 % and 5 %, whereas phosholipid fraction of red and purple pomegranate seed oil were 3 % and 4 %. The punicic acid content of  total lipid of  purple pomegranate seed oil (PPSO) (0-25%) was higher than red pomegranate (RPSO) (9-16%). …”
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Prevalence and morphology study of distolingual root in mandibular first and second molars in Thai population: a cone-beam computed tomography analysis by Sirintra Chungchatupornchai, Raweewan Arayasantiparb, Titalee Jirathanyanatt

“…Further analysis revealed that the mean interorifice distances between DB-DL, ML-DL, and MB-ML orifices were 3.01 ± 0.6 mm, 3.43 ± 0.57 mm, and 2.61 ± 0.59 mm, respectively. …”
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SPECTROSCOPIC AND RADIATIVE PROPERTIES OF SM3+ DOPED SODIUM-LEAD-ZINC-LITHIUM-BORATE GLASSES by Donna Rajagukguk, Juniastel Rajagukguk, Pintor Simamora, Rappel Situmorang, Chayani Sarumaha, Widyaningrum Indrasari

“…The decay times obtained were 3.42, 3.99, 3.98, 2.96, 1.67, 1.48 ms for 0.05 - 4.00 mol%. …”
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Radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma guided by real-time physics-based ablation simulation: a prospective study by Eric K. Hoffer, Mary C. Drinane, Vikrant Bhatnagar, Riya Mehta, David P. Munger, Andrea Borsic

“…Cumulative incidence function estimates for 1- and 2-year LTP were 3.9% and 20.2%, respectively.Conclusion This prospective study found computer-assisted guidance that simulated each ablation was both safe and efficacious. …”
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Are women leaders significantly better at controlling the contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic? by Maxwell SALVATORE, Bhramar MUKHERJEE

“…In terms of scale of testing, the median percentage of population tested were 3.28% (women), 1.59% (men) [95% CI -1.29% to 3.60%)] with test positive rates of 2.69% (women) and 4.94% (men) respectively. …”
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Microbiological quality assessment and proximate analysis of fish and shrimps sold in open markets and grocery stores in Benin city, Nigeria by Faith Iguodala AKINNIBOSUN, Natural EZEWELE

“…The total bacterial count/coliform count were7.80 ± 0.12 x 105/1.20 ± 0.13 x 105 and 5.44 ± 0.23 x 105/1.50 ± 0.11 x 105 for fish and shrimp samples respectively in the open market whilst for the grocery stores they were:3.61 ± 0.32 x 105/4.15  ± 0.33 x 105and 1.42  ± 0.24 x 105/1.36  ± 0.13 x 105for fish and shrimp samples respectively. …”
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Evaluation and deep learning-based calibration of nearshore sea surface wind speeds from FY-3E GNOS-II and Tianmu-1 missions by Xinhai Han, Xiaohui Li, Jingsong Yang, Wei Tao, Guoqi Han, Jiuke Wang, Yiqi Wang, Qinghua Bao, Lin Chen, Weiqiang Li

“…For the Tianmu-1 mission, the RMSE values were 3.21 m/s for BDS, 3.13 m/s for GPS, 2.91 m/s for GLONASS (GLO), and 2.91 m/s for Galileo (GAL) signals. …”
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Burden of acute and long-term COVID-19: a nationwide study in Bahrain by Mariam Murad, Stephen L. Atkin, Pearl Wasif, Alwaleed Abdulaziz Behzad, Aamal M. J. Abdulla Husain, Roisin Leahy, Florence Lefebvre d’Hellencourt, Jean Joury, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Srinivas Rao Valluri, Hammam Haridy, Julia Spinardi, Moe H. Kyaw, Manaf Al-Qahtani, Manaf Al-Qahtani

“…The death rates per 100,000 individuals during the Alpha, Delta, and Omicron pandemic surges were 3, 112, and 76, respectively, for acute COVID-19 and 1, 10, and 8, respectively, for PCC. …”
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Enhanced Mechanical Properties of Mg-6Sn-3Al-1Zn Alloy with Bimodal Grain Size Disturbed in the Microstructure Uniformly through Changing the Rolling Temperature by Fuan Wei, Jinhui Wang, Ping Li, Bo Shi

“…When the alloy was rolled at 400°C, the average sizes of small grains, large grains, and Mg2Sn phases were 3.66 μm, 9.24 μm, and 19.5 μm, respectively. …”
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Gestational and Early Childhood Exposure to Barium and Cardiometabolic Risk in Preschoolers: Findings From the Ma’anshan Birth Cohort Study in China by Juan Tong, Xing Wang, Hong Gan, Hui Gao, Mengjuan Lu, Jixing Zhou, Chunmei Liang, Shuman Tao, Menglong Geng, Shuangqin Yan, Guopeng Gao, Xueqing Wang, Kun Huang, Xiaoyan Wu, Fangbiao Tao

“…The ranges of log10‐transformed barium from the first trimester to early childhood were 3.39 to 4.61 ng/L. Barium during the whole pregnancy showed positive associations with CMR scores, glucose, and triglycerides and negative association with high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol. …”
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Three-dimensional analysis using a dental model scanner: Morphological changes of occlusal appliances used for sleep bruxism under dry and wet conditions. by Aya Ozawa, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Kazuo Okura, Toshinori Okawa, Susumu Abe, Kohei Kamoi, Emi Uyama, Kenichi Hamada, Yoshizo Matuka

“…After being stored in water for one month for hydration, they were 3D-scanned and digitized on days 0, 28, and 56. 3D-deformation patterns were obtained by comparing the storage-D group data using a best-fit alignment program that aligns the nearest points of the corresponding images in a virtual space and calculates the difference between the two images. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALISYS OF COLD PLASMA COAGULATION AND SUTURING EFFECTS ON LIVER STRUCTURE IN THE EARLY PERIOD AFTER ATYPICAL RESECTION by Ye. V. Semichev, A. N. Baikov, P. S. Bushlanov, Ye. A. Gereng, G. Ts. Dambayev

“…The research was performed on 45 laboratory rats to make a comparative analysis of morphofunctional changes of rats' liver in early period after resection of left lobe and hemostasis by suturing and cold plasma. There were 3 experimental groups: 5 intact animals (control group) and 5 animals in each group after liver resection and suturing and liver resection and cold plasma coagulation. …”
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Evaluating Sex and Age Biases in Multimodal Large Language Models for Skin Disease Identification from Dermatoscopic Images by Zhiyu Wan, Yuhang Guo, Shunxing Bao, Qian Wang, Bradley A. Malin

“…Results: In comparison to 3 deep learning models (VGG16, ResNet50, and Model Derm) based on convolutional neural network (CNN), one vision transformer model (Swin-B), we found that ChatGPT-4 and LLaVA-1.6 demonstrated overall accuracies that were 3% and 23% higher (and F1-scores that were 4% and 34% higher), respectively, than the best performing CNN-based baseline while maintaining accuracies that were 38% and 26% lower (and F1-scores that were 38% and 19% lower), respectively, than Swin-B. …”
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