Zoledronic acid as adjuvant therapy in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a randomised controlled pilot study by Øystein Kalsnes Jørstad, Morten Carstens Moe, Morten Wang Fagerland, Yngvil Solheim Husum, Erik Fink Eriksen

“…There were no between-group differences in mean change in central retinal thickness, refractory nAMD proportion or mean number of injections.Conclusion It is feasible to conduct a randomised controlled trial of ZA as adjuvant therapy for nAMD in terms of recruitment and adherence to the pilot study protocol. …”
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Decoding of periodontal screening and recording index by Dler Ali Kursheed, Faraedon Mohidden Zardawi, Hadi Mohammad Ismail, Aras Maruf Rauf, Sarhang Sarwat Gul

“…The average of PSR codes and following decoding in each subject was calculated and compared to show the percentage of masking. The study was conducted in B&R Dental Center (March-October 2019). …”
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Tobacco prevalence among adults in the urban slums of Delhi: results from a cross-sectional survey by Shyam Kanhaiya Saroj, Tushti Bhardwaj, Archana Kaushik

“…During a house-to-house visit, a cross-sectional survey was conducted in five different slum areas, coded as Zone 1 to Zone 5. …”
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Prevalence of GCKR rs1260326 Variant in Subjects with Obesity Associated NAFLD and T2DM: A Case-Control Study in South Punjab, Pakistan by Tayyaba Nisar, Kashan Arshad, Zahid Abbas, Maira Ali Khan, Sohail Safdar, Rehan Sadiq Shaikh, Ali Saeed

“…The glucokinase regulatory protein (GCKR) regulates glycogen metabolism and insulin secretion, and the GCKR rs1260326 is a putative single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) associated with metabolic disorders including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study was conducted to investigate the genetic association of the GCKR rs1260326 in NAFLD and T2DM in our population. …”
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Manhaj Ithbat Salaf Scholars in Interacting with Characteristics of Khabariyyah According To The Explanation Of Imam Abu Al-Hasan Al-Ash`Ari by Mohd Saiba Yaacob, Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar, Engku Ibrahim Engku Wok Zin

“…Using a document analysis approach, a literature review was used to conduct a qualitative study. The findings indicated that the Salaf scholars' Ithbat method is based on the concept of al-Ithbat bi La Kayf, which is explained by Imam al-Ash`ari. …”
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Investigating the Status of Physical Activity, Adherence to Treatment, and Quality of Life in Individuals with Asthma by Soheila Rabie Siahkali, Mojghan Sadat Aghvamy, Mohammad Javad Naghihoo

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 505 individuals referring to the respiratory ward of Vali-e-Asr Hospital in Zanjan, Iran. …”
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Association between Atherogenic index of plasma and gallstones in the United States adults: A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2017–2020 by Shuang Yang, Jianhui Song, Zhengbo Yang, Nanbo Li, Ju Wu, Shuangshuang Hou

“…Restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis and threshold effect analysis were conducted to explore potential non-linear relationship. …”
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Challenging a paradigm: Staggered versus single-pulse mass dog vaccination strategy for rabies elimination. by Brinkley Raynor Bellotti, Elvis W Díaz, Micaela De la Puente-León, Maria T Rieders, Sergio E Recuenco, Michael Z Levy, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra

“…For example, in Arequipa, Peru, sweeping mass vaccination campaigns conducted yearly over a single weekend have failed to achieve the required 'herd immunity' to halt canine rabies transmission. …”
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Risk Prediction for Ship Encounter Situation Awareness Using Long Short-Term Memory Based Deep Learning on Intership Behaviors by Jie Ma, Wenkai Li, Chengfeng Jia, Chunwei Zhang, Yu Zhang

“…The benefit of our approach is that it transforms the complex problem for risk prediction into a time series classification task, which makes collision risk prediction reliable and easier to implement. Experiments were conducted on a set of naturalistic data from various encounter scenarios in the South Channel of the Yangtze River Estuary. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of alcohol use disorder and alcoholic liver disease by Oluwatofunmi A. Abiola, Collin M. Lehmann, Khaled Moussawi, Hawre Jalal

“…Methods: We utilized a decision analytic model based on published literature to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of costs and health outcomes for DBS and medical management in patients with AUD and ALD. …”
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Assessing the Fodder Potentials of Drought-Tolerant Maize (Zea mays L.) Hybrids in West Africa by Tunde Amole, Adetayo Adekeye, Bazit Bakare, Silvestro Meseka, Wende Mengesha, Abebe Menkir

“…Agronomic and laboratory trials were conducted to determine their morphological traits and fodder potential. …”
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EFFECTS OF MODERATELY VIRULENT AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS ON INTERLEUKIN-10 PRODUCTION by A. S. Pershin, I. V. Shevchenko, A. S. Igolkin, Ye. V. Aronova, N. N. Vlasova

“…Temperature measurements were taken and blood sampling to obtain serum was conducted during the experiment. IL-10 amount in blood sera was determined using Invitrogen test systems (Thermo Fisher, USA). …”
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Effect of Emission Penalty and Annual Interest Rate on Cogeneration of Electricity, Heat, and Hydrogen in Karachi: 3E Assessment and Sensitivity Analysis by Mehdi Jahangiri, Ali Mostafaeipour, Habib Ur Rahman Habib, Hamed Saghaei, Asad Waqar

“…Despite the importance of this issue, no study has been conducted so far on the cogeneration of power, heat, and hydrogen in Pakistan. …”
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Evaluasi Penerapan IT Governance pada Bank berdasarkan Cobit 5 (Studi Kasus pada Bank XYZ) by Surjandy Surjandy, Erick Fernando, A.Raharto Condrobimo, Mohammad Rizky Yudho

“…Abstract The theft of customer funds through the use of Information Technology continues to occur today as reported on the website Finance.detik.com, where clients' savings funds are lost, and this not only happens in 1 bank but in several banks. The early research conducted at several bank using COBIT 4.1 framework. …”
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Policy analysis of the Global Financing Facility in Uganda by Phillip Wanduru, Doris Kwesiga, Mary Kinney, Asha George, Peter Waiswa

“…Objective To understand the policy process and contextual factors in Uganda that influenced the content of the GFF policy documents (Investment Case and Project Appraisal). Methods We conducted a qualitative policy analysis. The data collection included a document review of national RMNCAH policy documents and key informant interviews with national stakeholders involved in the development process of GFF policy documents (N = 16). …”
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One Health, One Hive: A scoping review of honey bees, climate change, pollutants, and antimicrobial resistance. by Etienne J de Jongh, Sherilee L Harper, Shelby S Yamamoto, Carlee J Wright, Craig W Wilkinson, Soumyaditya Ghosh, Simon J G Otto

“…Two independent reviewers conducted two-stage screening on retrieved articles. …”
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Distinguishing glioblastoma from brain metastasis; a systematic review and meta-analysis on the performance of machine learning by Mohammad Amin Habibi, Reza Omid, Shafaq Asgarzade, Sadaf Derakhshandeh, Ali Soltani Farsani, Zohreh Tajabadi

“…Method The search was conducted from inception to 1 June, 2023, in PubMed/Medline, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science to find out the studies investigated the performance of ML-based algorithm for differentiation of glioblastoma and metastatic brain tumor. …”
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Predictors for Gingival Index in Middle-Aged Asian Indians with Type 2 Diabetes from South India: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study by S. Jai Karthik, Shajith Anoop, R. Suresh Kumar, M. V. Usha Rani

“…Periodontitis in T2DM patients is often a neglected clinical feature. This study was conducted to derive predictor variables for gingival index in middle-aged Asian Indians with T2DM in a semiurban population of Dravidian ethnicity from Tamil Nadu, India. …”
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The internet gaming disorder and its associated factors among college students at Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study by Khalid Bin Abdulrahman, Tariq Y. Alhomoud, Ismail S. Alateeq, Faisal N. Al-Mohaisen, Musab S. Alshamrani, Saleh I. Alhathlul, Mohammed Abdulaziz Khamsah

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in October 2022 at (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. …”
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The Influence of Mode-of-Injury on Psychological Readiness for Return-To-Sport Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Matched-Controlled Study by Jenifer Presley, Lane Bailey, Kevin Maloney, Brian Duncan, Mathew Reid, Christopher Juneau, Walter R Lowe

“… # Study Design Case-Control Study # Methods A single-surgeon database of 638 patients following ACL reconstruction was used to conduct a matched case-control analysis. Psychological readiness was examined 16-weeks postoperatively using the ACL-Return to Sport after Injury (ACL-RSI) questionnaire with subgroup analyses for the ‘emotional’, ‘confidence’ and ‘injury-risk’ subscales. …”
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