Endoscopic Approaches to the Treatment of Variceal Hemorrhage in Hemodialysis-Dependent Patients by Xiaoquan Huang, Lili Ma, Xiaoqing Zeng, Jian Wang, Jie Chen, Shiyao Chen

“…Medical records were reviewed from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2015, in our hospital. Five consecutive hemodialysis-dependent patients with variceal hemorrhage who underwent endoscopic treatments were retrospectively studied. …”
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Outcome of Treatment of Anterior Vaginal Wall Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence with Transobturator Tension-Free Vaginal Mesh (Prolift) and Concomitant Tension-Free Vaginal... by Ashraf Abou-Elela, Essam Salah, Haitham Torky, Sameh Azazy

“…Patients and Methods. Between December 2006 and July 2007, 20 patients with anterior genital prolapse and voiding dysfunction were treated with the transobturator tension-free vaginal mesh (Prolift) and concomitant tension-free vaginal tape-obturator (TVT-O). …”
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Global and national public awareness and interest in glomerular diseases from 2004 to 2024 by Suryanarayanan Balakrishnan, Charat Thongprayoon, Iasmina M. Craici, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Jing Miao

“…This study investigated public interest in five common glomerular diseases.MethodsGoogle Trends™ were used to analyze search activity from January 2004 to December 2024 for IgA nephropathy (IgAN), membranous glomerulonephritis (MN), focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), lupus nephritis (LN), and diabetic nephropathy (DN). …”
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Profile of proinflammatory markers in pregnant women who died of severe COVID-19 by Pablo B. Bautista-García, Mariana Bahena-Campos, Diana H. Alcántara-Rosas

“…Introduction: In December 2019, four cases of pneumonia of unknown origin were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) in China, caused by SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Which Dermatological Conditions Present to an Emergency Department in Australia? by Julia Lai-Kwon, Tracey J. Weiland, Alvin H. Chong, George A. Jelinek

“…Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) ED database was searched for dermatological presentations between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2011 by keywords and ICD-10 diagnosis codes. …”
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Sensitivity of Model Estimates of CME Propagation and Arrival Time to Inner Boundary Conditions by Lauren A. James, Christopher J. Scott, Luke A. Barnard, Mathew J. Owens, Matthew S. Lang, Shannon R. Jones

“…To do so, we must understand the propagation of a CME through the heliosphere and quantify the performance of models through comparison with spacecraft observations. For the 12 December 2008 Earth‐directed CME event, we compute ensembles using the HUXt solar wind model to analyze CME distortion with a structured solar wind and explore hindcast arrival time error (ATE). …”
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Analysis of the surplus value of driving schools in jember regency in 2024 by Tutik Waridatul Jannah, Sukidin Sukidin, Retna Ngesti Sedyati

“…The respondents were 5 principals of the driving schools and the learning committee as the main respondents, the Coaching Supervisor and other teachers from the 5 driving schools, which was carried out from January to December 2024. this research uses descriptive qualitative research. …”
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Quality of Outpatient Care in Lebanon: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Georges Choueiry, Anna Maria Henaine, Rayan Darwish, Pascale Salameh

“…A cross-sectional survey was administered, between December 2023 and January 2024, to 265 participants over 18 years old who consulted a healthcare provider, excluding dentists. …”
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Clinical efficacy analysis of the Chinese medicine Paiteling applied to human papillomavirus infection: A retrospective study. by Na He, Lin Song, Zhaoxia Lu, Qingsong Zeng, Wumei Jin, Wenrong He, Cunjian Yi

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Between 1 June 2024 and 31 August 2024, 575 HPV-infected patients attending The First People's Hospital of Jingzhou gynecology outpatient clinic from October 2020 to December 2023 were retrospectively collected, all of whom were analyzed for HPV subtype infection and the presence or absence of cytomorphological abnormality using HPV-DNA testing and TCT; they were divided into 319 cases in the Paiteling group and 256 cases in the Interferon group, and the patients of both groups were subjected to TCT 1 month after the end of the administration of the medication and HPV review.…”
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Anti-programmed death-1 inhibitors and nimotuzumab in combination with induction chemotherapy for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a propensity score-matched analy... by Ya-Ni Zhang, Yu-Pei Chen, Pu-Yun OuYang, Tai-Xiang Lu, Fang-Yun Xie, Fei Han, Chun-Yan Chen

“…Methods: In total, 319 patients with LANPC were retrospectively enrolled between December 2017 and November 2022. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). …”
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A data-driven semi-parametric model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the United States. by John M Drake, Andreas Handel, Éric Marty, Eamon B O'Dea, Tierney O'Sullivan, Giovanni Righi, Andrew T Tredennick

“…In a retrospective analysis covering March-December 2020, we show how mobility and transmission strength became decoupled across two distinct phases of the pandemic. …”
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The Barcelona Historical Marriage Database and the Baix Llobregat Demographic Database. From Algorithms for Handwriting Recognition to Individual-Level Demographic and Socioeconomi... by Joana Maria Pujadas-Mora, Alícia Fornés, Oriol Ramos Terrades, Josep Lladós, Jialuo Chen, Miquel Valls-Fígols, Anna Cabré

“…In this ongoing collection 263,786 individual observations have been assembled, dating from the period between 1828 and 1965 by December 2020. The two databases started as part of different interdisciplinary research projects at the crossroads of Historical Demography and Computer Vision. …”
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Clinical and Psychological Variables Present in Patients with Chronic Back Pain by Ahmed José Pomares Avalos, Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez, José Antonio Pomares Alfonso

“…<strong><br />Methods:</strong> a case series study including the comparison of variables was conducted from July to December 2015 at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Hospital in Cienfuegos. …”
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Modelling Customs Revenue in Ghana Using Novel Time Series Methods by Diana Ayorkor Agbenyega, John Andoh, Samuel Iddi, Louis Asiedu

“…In this study, we modelled monthly revenue data obtained from the Ghana Revenue Authority-Customs Division (GRA-CD) for the period January 2010 to December 2019 using two traditional time series models, ARIMA model and ARIMA Error Regression Model (ARIMAX), and two machine learning time series models, Bayesian Structural Time Series (BSTS) model and a Neural Network Autoregression model. …”
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Miscarriage Rates Due to Endometriosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Pinar Calis, Gizem Isik, Dilara Duygulu, Nuray Bozkurt, Deniz Karcaaltincaba

“…STUDY DESIGN: The retrospective cohort study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Gazi University between January-2015 and December-2018. Patients were divided into two groups; endometriosis and non-endometriosis according to their pathology report and ultrasound examination. …”
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Stress and Anxiety Levels of International Nursing Students: Case of Northern Cyprus by Samineh Esmaeilzadeh, Kemal Elyeli, Sandra Chıkwana

“…Data were collected through online Google Forms using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 Scale, Perceived Stress Scale and Sociodemographic questionnaire in December 2022 and January 2023.Results: Of the students participating in this study, 182 (81.6%) were female and 41 (18.4%) were male. …”
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Assessing the Ecological Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments at Langkawi Island, Malaysia by Essam Nasher, Lee Yook Heng, Zuriati Zakaria, Salmijah Surif

“…Ten samples were collected from jetties and fish farms around the island in December 2010. A gas chromatography/flame ionization detector (GC/FID) was used to analyse the 18 PAHs. …”
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Timely Attendance of the First Antenatal Care among Pregnant Women Aged 15–49 Living with HIV in Juba, South Sudan by Angelina Nasira Boi, Jonathan Izudi, Fiona Atim

“…Institutional cross-sectional study was conducted in three public health facilities in Juba by convenience sampling from January 2019 to December 2019. Pearson’s chi-squared test was conducted for bivariate analysis and variables with probability values (p values) less than 5% were considered as statistically significant for multivariable analyses using Fisher’s exact test. …”
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Comparison of Controlled Ovarian Stimulation Protocols on IVF Outcome in Normal and Poor Responders by Deniz Esinler, Fazilet Kübra Boynukalın, İbrahim Esinler, Tarık Aksu

“…STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective analysis performed in the Hacettepe University School of Medicine IVF Center, Ankara, from January 2005 to December 2007. Normal responders (first arm) were stimulated either with luteal long GnRH analogues, (193 patients and 300 cycles) or with GnRH antagonists (215 patients and 300 cycles). …”
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Predicting Success of Two-Stage Exchange for Prosthetic Joint Infection Using C-Reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio by Cierra S. Hong, Sean P. Ryan, Jonathan A. Gabor, Michael A. Bergen, Ran Schwarzkopf, Thorsten M. Seyler

“…From January, 2005 to December, 2015, two institutional databases were queried and patient demographics, antibiotic duration, C-reactive protein, and albumin were collected prior to reimplantation. …”
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