The Importance of Bone Mineral Density in Hip Arthroplasty: Results of a Survey Asking Orthopaedic Surgeons about Their Opinions and Attitudes Concerning Osteoporosis and Hip Arthr... by Gerrit Steffen Maier, Kristina Kolbow, Djordje Lazovic, Uwe Maus

“…In a 14-question survey, we asked about treatment patterns with respect to BMD, osteoporosis work-up, and treatment for patients with low BMD scheduled to undergo hip arthroplasty. Results. 72% of all asked orthopaedics reported to use cementless implants as a standard in hip arthroplasty. …”
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Brunelli (Dorsoulnar) Flap for the Reconstruction of Defect of the Thumb Nail Unit After Oncological Resections With Mohs Micrographic Surgery by Felipe Mesa, MD, PhD, Oscar Leal, MD, María Elena Ramos, MD

“…Clinical follow-up was performed during a 1-year period. All flaps showed good viability. In 3 flaps, there was mild distal suffering that resolved with local healing. …”
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Monitoring Volcanic Eruptions with Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing Methods: The Case Study of Cumbre Vieja Volcano (Spain) by Özer Akyürek

“…Natural disasters are defined as events that cause various losses for people and affect all living things by interrupting life. Volcanoes have affected natural life in various ways, from the existence of the earth to the present. …”
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Do cytokines play a role in the transition from acute to chronic musculoskeletal pain? by Andrea Ebersberger, Hans-Georg Schaible

“…There is evidence that certain pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines are regulated in all of these diseases, often in both acute and chronic disease states. …”
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Cognitive mistakes of codependents as a way to protect against uncertainty by Natalia G. Artemtseva, Malkina A. Malkina

“…When comparing the indicators of the severity of cognitive errors in codependent men and women, a general trend of the presence of cognitive errors was found: in actualized codependents, the indicators of men and women do not differ, and in non-actualized codependents, almost all cognitive errors are significantly more pronounced than in men. …”
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Transversus Abdominis Plane Catheter Bolus Analgesia after Major Abdominal Surgery by Nils Bjerregaard, Lone Nikolajsen, Thomas Fichtner Bendtsen, Bodil Steen Rasmussen

“…After induction of anesthesia, bilateral TAP catheters were placed, and all patients received a bolus dose of 20 mL bupivacaine 2.5 mg/mL with epinephrine 5 μg/mL through each catheter. …”
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Effectiveness of Schema Therapy on the Interpersonal Relationships Dimensions in Clients with Substance Dependence by Atefeh Mehdifar, Fataneh Amirmahmoudi, Hamid Sabaghian Baghdadabad, Esmaeil Zaighaminejad, Marzieh Shahabizadeh

“…The target population consisted of all drug addicts receiving treatment in Sirjan, while the sample size comprised 30 individuals, selected through the convenience sampling method and divided into two experimental groups (15 individuals each) and a control group (15 individuals). …”
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The Effects of Combined Exercise on Health-Related Fitness, Endotoxin, and Immune Function of Postmenopausal Women with Abdominal Obesity by Sung-Mo Park, Yi-Sub Kwak, Jin-Goo Ji

“…The SPSS Statistics 18.0 program was used to calculate means and standard deviations for all variables. Significant differences between the exercise group and control group were determined with 2-way ANOVA and paired t-tests. …”
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Monte Carlo Simulation of the Effect of Melanin Concentration on Light–Tissue Interactions in Reflectance Pulse Oximetry by Raghda Al-Halawani, Meha Qassem, Panicos A. Kyriacou

“…The results indicate that a one-algorithm-fits-all calibration approach may be insufficient, and root mean square errors (RMSEs) of at least 0.3956%, 0.9132%, and 8.4111% for light, moderate, and dark skin are observed when compared to transmittance calibration algorithms. …”
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First mitochondrial genome of Lutjanus ehrenbergii_ Peters 1869 (Lutjaniformes: Lutjanidae: Lutjanus) and phylogenetic analysis by Zengliang Miao, Shiyi Chen, Tingting Wang, Xun Jin, Shufei Zhang, Sixu Zheng, Yunpeng Wang, Taobo Feng, Luxiu Gao, Jian Chen

“…The circular mitogenome of L. ehrenbergii (16,512 bp) encoded the typical 37 genes, and one non-coding regions. All of the protein-encoding genes were located on the H chain except ND6. …”
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The Effect of Free Time Management Skills upon Smartphone Addiction Risk in University Students by Deniz Mertkan Gezgin, Can Mihci, Sinem Gedik

“…The basis of this phenomenon may be inclination of some students to prefer spending all their free time using their smartphones, due to lack of management skills. …”
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Awareness of postpartum depression among midwives and pregnant women in Arkhangelsk, Arctic Russia by Elena Nechaeva, Olga Kharkova, Vitaly Postoev, Andrej M. Grjibovski, Elisabeth Darj, Jon Øyvind Odland

“…Background Postpartum depression (PPD) affects approximately 17% of the women worldwide with nearly half of all cases going undetected. More research on maternal mental health, particularly among healthcare professionals and pregnant mothers, could help identify PPD risks and reduce its prevalence. …”
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New biomarkers for diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome by Farid I. Hassan, Mofeed F. Mohammed, Lamia H. Ali, Alaa A. M. Hussein

“…It is long understood that chronic ovaries with many tiny cysts, hyper vascularized androgen-secreting stroma, signs of extra androgen, and menstrual cycle irregularity are all related. The aim was to compare several biochemical measures in women with PCOS and age-matched control for a definite diagnosis of PCOS by using by using anti-müllerian hormone (AMH), sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), total testosterone, serum insulin and lipid profile. …”
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Infantile and Juvenile Morbidity in Psychiatric Inpatients at Cienfuegos Province by Beatriz Sabina Roméu, Zenaida María Sáez, María Leyani Fuentes García, Niusha Imiya Hernández Muñoz, Daimí Sarmiento García

“…Suicide attempt represented half 50,9 % of all the diagnostic cases. 61,7% of them belonged to the age group 11 to 14 years of age and equal percentage to the age group that included ages 15 – 18, being females 66,6% of these cases . 31,7 % of the preschoolers suffered from hyperkinetic disorders and 34 % of the school children presented with emotional disturbances. …”
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Impact of creativity training on fluid components, ingenuity, flexibility, expansion In hands-free architecture design training workshops by Ehsan Baladi De bozorg, Mohammad Hadi Kabli, Ali Akbar Hidari

“…The statistical population consisted of all first semester students of Architecture of Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch. …”
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Gender equality in the field of research and innovation: EU versus Serbia, North Macedonia and Montenegro by Todorović-Lazić Jelena

“…During the last decades, the EU has particularly focused on establishing equal opportunities and equal treatment of women and men in all spheres of life. Regulatory measures that the Union gradually introduced in the area of gender equality, such as: measures that ensure equal pay, maternity protection, regulations on parental leave, contributed to this. …”
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Prediction of Transverse Reinforcement of RC Columns Using Machine Learning Techniques by Congzhen Xiao, Baojuan Qiao, Jianhui Li, Zhiyong Yang, Jiannan Ding

“…The existing models to predict the amount of transverse reinforcement required are all empirical models with low accuracy and large dispersion and have not considered the real ductility demand of individual components. …”
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Validity and Reliability of the Malay Version of the Planned Happenstance Career Inventory for Malaysian University Students by Ansarul Haq Tahrir Adli, Mohd Izwan Mahmud, Salleh Amat, Sheerad Sahid, Mohd Azrin Mohd Nasir

“…EFA yielded a five-factor structure consistent with the original PHCI: curiosity, risk-taking, persistence, optimism, and flexibility, with all factors demonstrating strong factor loadings (>.6) and explaining 80.276% of the total variance. …”
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A Model Predictive Control Framework for Combining Energy Arbitrage and Power Quality Applications From Energy Storage Systems by Ujjwol Tamrakar, Niranjan Bhujel, Tu A. Nguyen, Raymond H. Byrne, Babu Chalamala

“…This is achieved without impacting market revenues while satisfying all power system and ESS constraints. Simulation results indicate that power quality applications such as voltage regulation and power factor correction can be stacked with arbitrage without significantly impacting arbitrage revenues and in some cases even improving the revenues. …”
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Antimicrobial Potential and Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Sesbania grandiflora (Linn.) Pres. Flowers in Three Different Solvents by Surabhi Ambastha, Amit Patnaik, Vinay Oraon, Latika Sharan

“…In the CUPRAC antioxidant assay, acetone extract had shown maximum free radical scavenging activity and minimum by water excerpts.Conclusion:S. grandiflora flower extracts in three solvents show positive responses against all selected microorganisms. This plant flower extract is also very effective to scavenge free radicals.…”
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