Clinical Features and Outcomes of Repeated Endoscopic Therapy for Esophagogastric Variceal Hemorrhage in Cirrhotic Patients: Ten-Year Real-World Analysis by Jia-li Ma, Ling-ling He, Ping Li, Yu Jiang, Ju-long Hu, Yu-ling Zhou, Xiu-xia Liang, Hong-shan Wei

“…Out of 2665 patients with liver cirrhosis and variceal hemorrhage selected from our medical center between September 2008 and December 2017, a total of 1342 patients were included for analysis. …”
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EVALUACIÓN DE UN SISTEMA DE ALIMENTACIÓN ORGÁNICO SOBRE EL DESEMPEÑO PRODUCTIVO DE LA TILAPIA NILÓTICA (Oreochromis niloticus) CULTIVADA EN ESTANQUES DE TIERRA by A. Bermúdez, A. P. Muñoz-Ramírez, G. A. Wills

“…Se empleó un diseño completamente al azar con tres tratamientos y tres repeticiones, distribuidos en 9 estanques de tierra (200 m2 cada uno), cultivados bajo las normas de Naturland (2007, 2008, 2011) para la acuicultura orgánica. Durante 180 días se suministraron dietas (levante: 27% PB y 4.120 cal/g EB; finalización: 21% PB y 4.200 cal/g EB) formuladas con recursos provenientes de producción agrícola orgánica certificada. …”
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贺兰山蓝马鸡春夏季对栖息地的选择 by 李志刚, 胡天华, 翟昊

“…2008年4～8月,在贺兰山利用痕迹检验法和直接观察法对蓝马鸡春夏季的栖息地选择进行研究。通过在选定的15条沟段里进行调查,春夏季分别测定了135个和126个样方的16种生态因子。…”
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Characteristics of exacerbators in the US Bronchiectasis and NTM Research Registry: a cross-sectional study by Nicole C. Lapinel, Radmila Choate, Timothy R. Aksamit, Joseph Feliciano, Kevin L. Winthrop, Andreas Schmid, Sebastian Fucile, Mark L. Metersky

“…Methods A cross-sectional cohort study of patients ≥18 years with bronchiectasis enrolled in the US Bronchiectasis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Research Registry (BRR) September 2008–March 2020. Patients were stratified by exacerbation frequency in their 2 years before enrolment. …”
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Risk assessment and prediction of occult uterine sarcoma in patients with presumed uterine fibroids before high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment by Qian Wang, Zhenjiang Lin, Xiaogang Zhu, Yangyang Wang, Ying Zhang, Min He, Lian Zhang

“…Objective To develop a diagnostic model for predicting occult uterine sarcoma in patients with presumed uterine fibroids.Materials and methods We retrospectively reviewed 41631 patients with presumed uterine fibroids who presented for HIFU treatment in 13 hospitals between November 2008 and October 2023. Of these patients, 27 with occult uterine sarcoma and 54 with uterine fibroids were enrolled. …”
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Arnavut ve Sırp Savları Bağlamında Kosova’nın Sahipliği Sorunu by Halis Ayhan

“…Sırpların güç noktaları, başta ülkesel bütünlük olmak üzere, devlet egemenliği, sınırların değişmezliği, içişlerine karışmama gibi birtakım uluslararasıhukuk ilkeleri ile 1244 sayılıBirleşmişMilletler BM Güvenlik Konseyi kararıgibi uluslararasıhukuk belgeleridir. Kosova 17 Şubat 2008’de bağımsız olmuştur. Ancak bağımsızlığın şiddetle karşısında olanların varlığı/engellemeleri nedeniyle Kosova sorunu hâlâ sürmektedir. …”
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Antipseudomonal β-Lactams Resistance in Iran by Mohammad Mahdi Rabiei, Keivan Asadi, Shervin Shokouhi, Mohammad Javad Nasiri, Ilad Alavi Darazam

“…We performed a systematic review of all articles published from 2008 until 2018. Studies which did not address P. aeruginosa resistance to beta-lactams were excluded from the analysis. …”
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Appearance of L90I and N205S Mutations in Effector Domain of NS1 Gene of pdm (09) H1N1 Virus from India during 2009–2013 by Sachin Kumar, Shashi Khare, Bano Saidullah, Inderjeet Gandhoke, Hanu Ram, Supriya Singh, L. S. Chauhan, Arvind Rai

“…Variability in length of NS1 protein was seen in sequences from these clusters, 230-amino-acid-residue NS1 for all strains from year 2007 to 2008 and for 21 strains from year 2009 and 219-residue products for 37 strains from year 2009 and all strains from year 2010 to 2013. …”
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Chinese Scholars on the Progress and Outcomes of the Military Reforms in Russia (from the 1990s till Present) by Shiying Han

“…Subsequent reforms (from 2001 to 2004, and, particularly, after 2008) are generally assessed positively. In that regard, Chinese experts emphasize the importance of the processes of political power consolidation and economic recovery that took place in Russia in that period, as well as the role of lessons learned by the Russian military from local wars and armed conflicts. …”
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Investigating the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Traffic Behaviors of Pedestrians in Marand by Sepideh Harzand-Jadidi, Abolfazl Rahimi Bonab, Morteza Haghighi, Mohammad Saadati, Saeid Mousavi

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Intraocular Foreign Bodies: Clinical Characteristics and Factors Affecting Visual Outcome by Yanyan Liang, Shuang Liang, Xiaoli Liu, Danyan Liu, Jialiang Duan

“…In total, 242 patients (242 eyes) who were hospitalized and underwent surgical treatment for IOFB at the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2019, were included. Methods. …”
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Anesthesia for Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy: A Comparison between Combined Spinal Epidural Anesthesia and Combined General Epidural Anesthesia by O. Kofler, S. Prueckner, E. Weninger, R. Tomasi, A. Karl, S. Niedermayer, A. Jovanovic, H. H. Müller, C. Stief, B. Zwissler, V. von Dossow

“…All patients underwent open radical retropubic prostatectomy from 01/2008 to 08/2011 and met the study criteria. Linear and multivariate regression analyses were performed to identify differences in parameters such as time consumption in the operating unit, hemodynamic parameters, volume replacement, and catecholamine therapy. …”
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MARJOLIN'S ULCER: MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION FROM BURN SCAR by Arif Tri Prasetyo, Sitti Rizaliyana, Iswinarno Doso Saputro

“…Soetomo General Academic Hospital since 2008 to 2016. Two patients have history of unhealed chronic wound and one patient has history of burn injury 27 years ago. …”
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Ideal Illumination for Smartphone-based Trabeculectomy Bleb Photography by Gagan Kalra, Parul Ichhpujani, Sahil Thakur, Urvashi Sharma

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Predictors and Significance of Readmission after Esophagogastric Surgery: A Nationwide Analysis by Richard PT Evans, MBBS, FRCS, Sivesh K Kamarajah, MBChB, MRCS, Felicity Evison, MSc, Xiaoxu Zou, PhD, Ben Coupland, MSci, Ewen A Griffiths, MD, FRCS

“…This was a national population-based cohort study using Hospital Episode Statistics of adult patients undergoing esophagectomy and gastrectomy in England between January 2008 and December 2019. Results:. This study included 27,592 patients, of which overall readmission rates were 25.1% (index 15.3% and nonindex 9.8%). …”
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An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the protected areas of the Kherson region (Ukraine) by A.M. Iosypchuk

“…Ten species Cyclosa sierrae Simon, 1870, Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008, Nomisia exornata (C.L. Koch, 1839), Oxyopes globifer Simon, 1876, Pirata piscatorius (Clerck, 1757), Singa semiatra L. …”
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Escherichia coli in septic arthritis: prevalence and antibiotics susceptibility patterns by Masroora Ali Khan, Muhammad Kamran Taj, Zahid Khan, Imran Taj, Muhammad Naeem, Saima Azam

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Operativity of the Taunsa Barrage, Pakistan: Experimental Investigation on the Subsidiary Weir by Muhammad Zahid Ullah, Habib-Ur-Rehman Mughal, Noor Yaseen, Noor Muhammad Khan, Giada Varra, Luca Cozzolino, Renata Della Morte

“…The present study assesses the stilling basin performance of the Taunsa Barrage, a vital water resources infrastructure built in 1958 in Punjab, Pakistan, and rehabilitated between 2004 and 2008 through the construction of a subsidiary weir (SW) downstream of the main weir. …”
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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…(Oxford University Press, 2008), 231-41. [xlvii] MacKay, D. and Saylor, K.W. …”
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Estilos de afrontamiento a la enfermedad en pacientes con cáncer de cabeza y cuello by Dayana Hernandez Mederos, Yeny Laura Pérez Guirado, Vivian M. Guerra Morales, Águedo Treto González, Ricardo Grau Ábalo

“…<br /><strong>Método</strong>: Estudio descriptivo, de un total de 30 pacientes seleccionados mediante un muestreo sistemático aleatorio, los cuales fueron atendidos en el Hospital Universitario Celestino Hernández Robau, de Santa Clara, desde noviembre del 2007 hasta mayo del 2008. De ellos, 15 estaban recién diagnosticados y previos al tratamiento, y 15 en etapa de control de la enfermedad. …”
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