Complement activation in wasp venom-induced acute kidney injury by Rui Cheng, Liang Xu, Jianhua Gong, Fanglin Yu, Ying Lv, Hai Yuan, Fengqi Hu

“…Complement activation occurs through all three pathways in AKI induced by wasp venom. …”
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Revision Surgery for Idiopathic Macular Hole after Failed Primary Vitrectomy by Alexandre Lachance, Eunice You, Jérôme Garneau, Serge Bourgault, Mathieu Caissie, Éric Tourville, Ali Dirani

“…To investigate the anatomical and functional outcomes of revision surgery after failed primary surgery for idiopathic macular hole (MH). Methods. All consecutive patients with MH were identified from a cohort of patients operated between 2014 and 2018 at the CHU de Québec-Université Laval (Québec). …”
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Experimental study of rock permeability in different fluid media: a case study of two clay-free sandstones by Xin Yang, Xin Yang, Xin Yang, Bo Kang, Bin Xu, Hehua Wang, Hehua Wang, Chunxiang Zhou, Kai Jiang, Xingfu Li

“…The results consistently showed lower oil permeability compared to gas permeability across all samples. SEM analysis revealed that liquid films on rock surfaces and particle migration within pore throats contributed to the permeability disparity between liquid and gas in Fontainebleau sandstone. …”
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Evaluation of Drought Using Meteorological Drought Indices, a Case Study: Alanya (Türkiye) by Redvan Ghasemlounia, Mustafa Utlu

“…Four drought indices for the selected region including: China Z-Index (CZI), Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), Modified China Z-Index (MCZI) and Z-Score Index (ZSI) have been investigated. All these indicators have been investigated and evaluated using time scales of 1, 6, 12 and 24 months, the coefficient of determination (R2) has been calculated for each drought index with a different time scale and their results have been compared. …”
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Association between surgical volume and failure of primary total hip replacement in England and Wales: findings from a prospective national joint replacement register by Andrew Price, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Michael R Whitehouse, Ashley W Blom, Adrian Sayers, Fiona Steele

“…Objective To investigate the association of volume of total hip arthroplasty (THA) between consultants and within the same consultant in the previous year and the hazard of revision using multilevel survival models.Design Prospective cohort study using data from a national joint replacement register.Setting Elective THA across all private and public centres in England and Wales between April 2003 and February 2017.Participants Patients aged 50 years or more undergoing THA for osteoarthritis.Intervention The volume of THA conducted in the preceding 365 days to the index procedure.Main outcome and measure Revision surgery (excision, addition or replacement) of a primary THA.Results Of the 579 858 patients undergoing primary THA (mean baseline age 69.8 years (SD 10.2)), 61.1% were women. …”
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Sensitivity of global solar irradiance to transposition models: Assessing risks associated with model discrepancies by Yasser F. Nassar, Hala J. El-Khozondar, Mohamed M. Khaleel, Abdussalam A. Ahmed, Abdulgader H. Alsharif, Monaem Elmnifi, Mark Amoah Nyasapoh

“…The study concludes that risk index (RI) is <10 % for all models when the collector is facing south with low tilt angles (β<40°). …”
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Comparison between a New Optical Biometry Device and an Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomographer for Measuring Central Corneal Thickness and Anterior Chamber Depth by Jinhai Huang, Weicong Lu, Giacomo Savini, Hao Chen, Chengfang Wang, Xinxin Yu, Fangjun Bao, Qinmei Wang

“…One eye per subject was measured three times with both devices to record their CCT, ACD, and AD. All procedures were performed by the same operator. …”
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Economic impact of cholera in households in rural southern Malawi: a prospective study by Florian Marks, Wilm Quentin, Vittal Mogasale, Amber Hsiao, Enusa Ramani, Hye-Jin Seo, GiDeok Pak, Dan Vuntade, Maurice M’bang’ombe, Bagrey Ngwira

“…The COI tool captured household components of economic burden, including direct medical and non-medical costs, and indirect lost productivity costs.Results Between April 2016 and March 2020, 40 cholera cases were enrolled in the study, all of whom participated in the COI survey. Only two patients had any direct medical costs and five patients reported lost wages due to illness. …”
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Dexamethasone Coanalgesic Administration in Steroid Naïve and Steroid Non-Naïve Patients for the Prevention of Pain Flares after Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastases by Dimitar G. Tonev, Silvia A. Lalova, Elena P. Petkova-Lungova, Nikolay V. Timenov, Gabriela M. Radeva, Todor G. Kundurzhiev

“…Twenty-nine American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) III-IV patients, aged ≥18, treated with single-fraction 8 Gy/1 or multi-fraction 20 Gy/5 RT for painful uncomplicated bone metastases (steroid naïve patients, n = 14) or complicated ones (steroid non-naïve patients, n = 15), were examined retrospectively. All patients received parenteral dexamethasone (4 mg or 8 mg daily, 1 hour before RT, followed by the same dose for the next 4 days) along with their background and breakthrough pain opioid intake (morphine equivalents) during their 5-day in-hospital stay. …”
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Antioxidant protective effect of Nelumbo nucifera extract against spermatogenic cells in male mice due to 2-methoxyethanol exposure by Badriatul Musyarofah, Putri Ayu Ika Setiyowati, Angella Ananda Syaputra, Amelia Kartika Reza, Yunita Ainul Khasanah, Rofiatun Solekha

“…At the end of the study all mice were sacrificed and testicular collection was carried out. …”
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Effectiveness of hormone therapy in patients with prostate cancer. Regional experience by P. G. Berezin, V. V. Milovanov, A. A. Ivannikov, N. A. Ognerubov

“…The assessment was conducted in 2019. All patients received antiandrogenic treatment in the form of castration therapy (n=59) and combined (complex) treatment (n=41) in various variants and modes for more than 5 years. …”
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Myoelectric pattern recognition with virtual reality and serious gaming improves upper limb function in chronic stroke: a single case experimental design study by Maria Munoz-Novoa, Morten B. Kristoffersen, Katharina S. Sunnerhagen, Autumn Naber, Max Ortiz-Catalan, Margit Alt Murphy

“…The results were analyzed by using visual analysis and Tau-U statistics. Results All participants improved upper limb function assessed by FMA-UE (Tau-U 0.72–1.0), and five out of six improved beyond the minimal clinical important difference (MCID). …”
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Immunological Remission as a Basis for Dose Reduction of Immunosuppressors in Autoimmune Hepatitis: Results of Monocenter Surveillance Study by A. O. Bueverov, S. V. Koblov, P. O. Bogomolov

“…To confirm the diagnosis, a liver biopsy was performed in 17 patients, a histological picture of AIH was detected in all of them. The most used combination was prednisolone and azathioprine — in 25 patients (53.2 %), as well as methylprednisolone and azathioprine — in 8 patients (17 %).Results. …”
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Gender and age features in adults with congenital heart disease by I.G. Lebid

“…To study the distribution of CHD, we divided patients into 11 groups according to the CHD nomenclature (every group included at least more than 40 pts). All patients were also divided into those that earlier had surgical/percutaneous interventions and never operated adults with CHD. …”
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Which clinical trial designs and statistical approaches have been used in assessments of orphan maintenance by the European Medicines Agency between 2012 and 2022? A cross-sectiona... by Fabian Windfuhr, Kristina Larsson, Theodor Framke, Florian Lasch

“…In this study, we investigate the types of trial designs and statistical approaches used for demonstrating a significant benefit of a new orphan medicinal product against approved comparators used between 2012 and 2022.Design This is a cross-sectional study based on the European Medicines Agency's ‘orphan maintenance’ assessment documents between 2012 and 2022. All documents were manually reviewed to extract structured data on the following outcome measures:For every comparison between a new orphan medicinal product and a comparator used for demonstrating a significant benefit as part of an orphan maintenance procedure, we recorded the type and design of the data source and the type of statistical methodology used for the comparison.Results We identified 151 EMA orphan maintenance procedures with a positive decision that required the demonstration of a significant benefit. …”
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Use of Attention Maps to Enrich Discriminability in Deep Learning Prediction Models Using Longitudinal Data from Electronic Health Records by Lucía A. Carrasco-Ribelles, Margarita Cabrera-Bean, Jose Llanes-Jurado, Concepción Violán

“…We trained them on 10 years of data from EHRs from Catalonia (Spain) and evaluated them using a 5-fold cross-validation to predict 1-year all-cause mortality in a subsample of 500,000 people over 65 years of age. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Visual Performance and Optical Quality with a Rotationally Asymmetric Multifocal Intraocular Lens and an Apodized Diffractive Multifocal Intraocular Lens by Xiao Wang, Haixia Tu, Yong Wang

“…The Chinese version of the visual function index-14 (VF-12-CN) and spectacle independence were assessed in all patients. Results. There was no statistically significant difference between groups in postoperative UDVA (p=0.186). …”
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Characterization of Residential Woodsmoke PM2.5 in the Adirondacks of New York by George Allen, Lisa Rector

“…The daily PM2.5 concentration peaked and troughed during the nighttime and the daytime, respectively, at all of the sites, which is consistent with local ground-level pollution sources, such as woodsmoke; this diel pattern was also confirmed by Aaethalometer Delta-C (DC) data, a woodsmoke PM indicator. …”
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Prediction Score for Cervical Spine Fracture in Patients with Traumatic Neck Injury by Natsinee Athinartrattanapong, Chaiyaporn Yuksen, Sittichok Leela-amornsin, Chetsadakon Jenpanitpong, Sirote Wongwaisayawan, Pittavat Leelapattana

“…A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted between August 1, 2016, and December 31, 2018, at the emergency department. This study included all patients aged over 16 years who had suspected cervical spine injury and underwent a computed tomography scan at the emergency department. …”
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Associations between HEXACO personality traits, substance use disorders, and behavioral addictions: a protocol for a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Farangis Sharifibastan, Eilin Kristine Erevik, Katharina Teresa Enehaug Morken, Ståle Pallesen

“…Two reviewers will independently screen all citations and full-text articles, and extract data using the Covidence software. …”
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