Laparoscopic Diagnosis and Laparoscopic Hyperthermic Intraoperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Detected by CT Examination by Masamitsu Hirano, Yutaka Yonemura, Emel Canbay, Masumi Ichinose, Tuyoshi Togawa, Takayuki Matsuda, Nobuyuki Takao, Akiyoshi Mizumoto

“…Median follow-up period is 22 months (range 7–35). All 11 patients are alive. Conclusion. The early results suggest that laparoscopic diagnosis combined with LHIPEC is useful to determine the surgical treatment plan and reduce the tumor burden before definitive CRS at SLL.…”
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Physical activity behaviour up to 1 year post-rehabilitation among adults with physical disabilities and/or chronic diseases: results of the prospective cohort study ReSpAct by Lucas H V van der Woude, Rienk Dekker, Trynke Hoekstra, Leonie A Krops, Femke Hoekstra, Florentina J Hettinga, Pim Brandenbarg, Bregje L Seves

“…Analyses showed a significant increase in total physical activity moderate-intensity to vigorous-intensity physical activity and work/commuting physical activity for all time points (T1–T3) compared with baseline (T0). …”
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The impact of the forced displacement of universities due to the occupation of certain territories of Ukraine on the effectiveness of their activities: “Top 200 Ukraine” universiti... by Tetiana Sych, Liubov Panchenko, Olga Saienko, Olga Ptakhina, Yevhen Ivanov

“…The findings indicate a minimum five-year decrease in performance metrics for all institutions following relocation, with the success of adaptation to new conditions being contingent upon the institution’s capacity and resources. …”
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Clinical and Technical Characteristics of Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Performed before and after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with a Ball... by Alfredo Nunes Ferreira-Neto, Rishi Puri, Lluis Asmarats, Victoria Vilalta, Leonardo Guimaraes, Robert Delarochellière, Jean-Michel Paradis, Siamak Mohammadi, Eric Dumont, Josep Rodés-Cabau

“…Procedural characteristics were gathered from all coronary procedures and subsequently compared amongst the same type of procedure performed at these two distinct time periods. …”
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Narrow band based and broadband derived vegetation indices using Sentinel-2 Imagery to estimate vegetation biomass by A.B. Imran, K. Khan, N. Ali, N. Ahmad, A. Ali, K. Shah

“…Similarly, in stepwise regression red-edge normalized difference vegetation index (using band 6) was selected in final model (as overall R² of the model was 0.60) while all other indices were removed because they have non-significant relationship with the biomass. …”
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Experimental characterization of chemical mineral composition and morphology of titanium in carbonized slag particles by Jianxin Wang, Dong Yue, Liangying Wen, Liwen Hu, Xueming Lv

“…According to the analysis of the occurrence state of titanium element using SEM-EDS and mineral liberation analyzer (MLA), the results indicate that almost all titanium in the titanium-bearing blast-furnace slag exists in the CaTiO3 phase, which is transformed into TiCxOy phase during the process of carbonization reduction to make the carbonized slag. …”
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Introducing the Condor Array Telescope. V. Deep Broad- and Narrowband Imaging Observations of the M81 Group by Kenneth M. Lanzetta, Stefan Gromoll, Michael M. Shara, David Valls-Gabaud, Frederick M. Walter, John K. Webb

“…The images are characterized by an intricate web of faint, diffuse, continuum produced by starlight scattered from Galactic cirrus, and all prominent cirrus features identified in the broadband image can also be identified in the narrowband images. …”
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The Efficacy of Single-Application NPWTi-d for the Salvage of Infected Breast Prostheses: A Multi-Center Study by Jason C. Llaneras, MD, Robert Craig Clark, MD, Lauren Antognoli, MD, Emily Finkelstein, MD, Luci Hulsman, BS, Luther Holton, MD, Devinder Singh, MD, R. Jason VonderHaar, MD, Risal Djohan, MD, Aladdin H. Hassanein, MD, Chris M. Reid, MD

“…NPWTi-d was applied for an average of 61 hours with dwell times of 18 minutes every 3 hours, using institution-specific instillates. All patients were discharged with new prostheses (65% expanders, 35% implants) after an average hospital stay of 4 days. …”
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Ex vivo delivery of recombinant IL-10 to human donor lungs by Jonathan C. Yeung, Terumoto Koike, Dirk Wagnetz, Tiago N. Machuca, Riccardo Bonato, Mingyao Liu, Stephen Juvet, Marcelo Cypel, Shaf Keshavjee

“…However, the very short half-life of IL-10 in vivo (∼2 hours) has necessitated the use of gene therapy in almost all animal models of lung transplantation. Because isolation of the donor lung on the ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) circuit removes it from the influence of renal and hepatic clearance mechanisms, a much-prolonged half-life of IL-10 is anticipated. …”
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Leveraging survival analysis and machine learning for accurate prediction of breast cancer recurrence and metastasis by Shahd M. Noman, Youssef M. Fadel, Mayar T. Henedak, Nada A. Attia, Malak Essam, Sarah Elmaasarawii, Fayrouz A. Fouad, Esraa G. Eltasawi, Walid Al-Atabany

“…The LightGBM model reached an AUC of 92% in predicting recurrences, while XGBoost and Random Forest models distinguished recurrence types with up to 86% accuracy, and they effectively differentiated between bone metastasis and all other locations combined (brain, liver, and lungs). …”
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An Efflux Pumps Inhibitor Significantly Improved the Antibacterial Activity of Botanicals from Plectranthus glandulosus towards MDR Phenotypes by Gravalain Nanmeni, Alex T. Tedonkeu, Aimé G. Fankam, Armelle T. Mbaveng, Brice E. N. Wamba, Paul Nayim, Gabin T. M. Bitchagno, Raïssa T. Nzogong, Maurice D. Awouafack, Mathieu Tene, Veronique P. Beng, Victor Kuete

“…The presence of PAβN has improved the activity of extract and all fractions. Overall, the tested phytochemicals showed low activity against the studied bacteria. …”
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A woman’s place is in theatre: women’s perceptions and experiences of working in surgery from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland women in surgery working grou... by Maria Irene Bellini, Yitka Graham, Catherine Hayes, Roxanna Zakeri, Rowan Parks, Vassilios Papalois

“…The ASGBI acknowledges these perceptual issues and relative implications as the first of many steps to create an action-oriented change by allowing all staff, regardless of gender, to reflect on their own behaviour, perceptions and the culture in which they work.…”
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Soil health of bananas cultivated in Ribeira River Valley – the major producing region of Brazil by Cavalieri-Polizeli Karina Maria Vieira, da Silva Anderson Lucas, Cremonesi Marcus, Lima Juliana Domingues, Cipriano Patriciani Estela, Cherubin Maurício Roberto, Rozane Danilo Eduardo

“…A slight decrease, but still adequate, of physical indicators, primarily related to soil aeration and similar results in biological indicators. All soil quality indexes tested here can be used to verify soil health; however, soil quality index-2 was the best for a total dataset, and soil management assessment framework was the best for a minimum dataset, demonstrating no statistical difference in soil health between banana and forest soil systems.…”
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Manufacture and characterization of lightweight sand-plastic composites made of plastic waste and sand: Effect of sand types by Salih Mekideche, Mansour Rokbi, Zine El Abidine Rahmouni, Resego Phiri, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Suchart Siengchin

“…Many tests and analysis were carried out in this investigation. First of all, two initial used compounds (waste PP and various silica sand) were analyzed by using ATR-FTIR, XRF, and grain size distribution. …”
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Geographical Gradients in Argentinean Terrestrial Mammal Species Richness and Their Environmental Correlates by Ana L. Márquez, Raimundo Real, Marta S. Kin, José Carlos Guerrero, Betina Galván, A. Márcia Barbosa, Jesús Olivero, L. Javier Palomo, J. Mario Vargas, Enrique Justo

“…We performed partial correlations between SR and the geographical variables, maintaining the selected explanatory variables statistically constant, to determine if SR was fully explained by them or if a significant residual geographic pattern remained. All groups and subgroups presented a latitudinal gradient not attributable to the spatial form of the country. …”
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Retrospective evaluation of autotransfusion using a cell saver device versus allotransfusion in the perioperative management of acute hemoperitoneum in 43 dogs (2017–2021) by Fabienne Blunschi, Dennis Gluding, Esther Hassdenteufel, Matthias Schneider, Hendrik Lehmann

“…Increase in hematocrit over time was similar in all subgroups that received any form of blood transfusion (AA-, AO-, CS-group). …”
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An Innovation to Address the Anterior Pelvic Ring Disruptions by Ramesh Perumal, Harish Mahesan, Dheenadhayalan Jayaramaraju, Rajasekaran Shanmuganathan

“…Materials and methods: A total of 21 patients between 2015 and 2018 with disrupted pelvic ring injuries for which open reduction and 4.5 DCP fixation are included in the study and classified according to Young–Burgess. All are evaluated as per advanced trauma life support (ATLS) protocol, and appropriate X-rays and computed tomography (CT) scans are taken. …”
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Prevalence of ESBL resistance genes and fecal carriage of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with chronic kidney disease at the Laquintinie Hospital... by Ballue S.T. Dadjo, Armelle T. Mbaveng, Michael F. Kengne, Ornella D. Tsobeng, Giresse D.T. Fonjou, Victor Kuete

“…The Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates had a high rate of resistance to ceftazidime (72.41 %) in patients with CKD compared to patients without CKD (69.23 %). All isolates had a high resistance to ticarcillin (93.10 % and 92.31 %). …”
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Ignition and flame propagation behaviors of titanium alloys in oxygen-enriched atmospheres by Congzhen Wang, Jianjun Li, Yajun Li, Guangyu He, Jinfeng Huang, Cheng Zhang

“…The results show that the ignition phenomenon of the four titanium alloys all involve a sharp increase in temperature, explosive melting, and visible light. …”
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Case report: Clonal evolution analysis of a rare case of meningioma lung metastases identifies actionable alterations in matched longitudinal tumour samples by Nicola Cosgrove, Orla M. Fitzpatrick, Orla M. Fitzpatrick, Liam Grogan, Liam Grogan, Bryan T. Hennessy, Bryan T. Hennessy, Simon J. Furney, Sinead Toomey

“…In the same cancer clone as NF2, we identified a BRCA2 (p.E51K) mutation was present in all tumors, which may represent a potential driver event, though evidence supporting this is currently limited. …”
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