Impact of Cardiac Computed Tomographic Angiography Findings on Planning of Cancer Therapy in Patients with Concomitant Structural Heart Disease by Iyad N. Daher, Jose Banchs, Syed Wamique Yusuf, Elie Mouhayar, Jean-Bernard Durand, Gregory Gladish

“…We collected data on the clinical presentation and indications for CCTA performed from January to December 2008 at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC). …”
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Fairway to fractures: Income inequality and violent crime as the driving factors for golf club-related assaults – a case series of 21 compound skull fractures by R Grobler, E-M Geldenhuys, A J Vlok

“…A retrospective analysis was performed of a prospectively maintained database for patients admitted to Tygerberg Academic Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, with golf club-related compound skull fractures between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2021. Data on demographic details, computed tomography brain image findings, presenting Glasgow Coma Scale, surgical operative notes, septic complications and outcomes at discharge were collected. …”
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Floral Calendar of Honeybee Plants in Kellem and West Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia by Ofijan Tesfaye, Etenesh Mekonnen

“…Similarly, in the lowlands, monofloral honey of Guizotia spp (51.85%), Coffee arabica (55.22%), and Croton macrostychus (50.42%) was harvested in December, March, and June, respectively. Based on the results, Bidens prestinaria, Bidens pilosa, Guizotia spp, C. macrostachyus, Eucalyptus spp, Lepidium sativum, Zea mays, Hypostes trifolia, Vernonia spp, Trifolium spp, Helianthus annuus, C. arabica, Brassica abyssinica, Andropogon abyssinicus, Sorghum bicolor, Cordia africana, Syzygium guineense, and Terminalia spp are major bee plants. …”
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Successful Myringoplasty - Do The Site & Size Of TM Perforation Matter? by Areesha Manzoor, Mirza Khizar Hameed, Irshad Ali, Nudrat Khalil, Ansa Umara, Seema Naveed

“…Study Design: Cross sectional, Descriptive Study Settings: ENT Department Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi Study Duration: 30 July 2019 to 29 December 2021. Material and Methods: After approval of Hospital Ethical Committee, a sample size of 100 patients was calculated by using WHO sample size calculator. …”
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Application of a Knowledge, Attitude, Belief, and Practice Model in Pain Management of Patients with Acute Traumatic Fractures and Alcohol Dependence by Ying Dong, Hui Gao, Zheyu Jin, Jue Zhu, Hao Yu, Yingqing Jiang, Jun Zou

“…Twenty-nine alcohol-dependent male patients with acute traumatic fractures and who received surgical treatment between January 2019 and December 2020 were included in this retrospective case-control study. …”
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Association between allergic rhinitis and development of autoimmune thyroid diseases in Egyptian patients by Magdy Mohamed Allam, Soha Magdy Ahmed, Dalia Khamis El-Deeb, Ahmed Yassin Bahgat, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy, Hanaa Tarek El-Zawawy

“…Methods A retrospective cohort study analyzed the records of AITD patients who visited Alexandria University Students Hospital between January 2017 and December 2021. The parameters included in the study were thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), Free triiodothyronine (FT3), free thyroxine (FT4), thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb), thyrotropin receptor antibody (TRAb), eosinophils count, and IgE. …”
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Potential of hospital corneal retrieval program in tertiary care center by Ujwala Weladi, Snehal Bonde Chaurasia

“…Subjects and Methods: A retrospective, record-based study was conducted, encompassing all hospital deaths at a tertiary center over a 2-year period from January 2016 to December 2017. Data regarding demographic profiles and causes of death due to systemic diseases were collected from the medical records. …”
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Retrospective single-center analysis of surgical treatment of patients with primary mitral insufficiency by О.A. Myshakivskyy, V.H. Аverchuk, А.V. Ratych, I.S. Protsyk, I.P. Chornenkyy, D.V. Аverchuk, T.B. Rudyk, Yu.A. Ivaniv, L.V. Povalyashko, D.S. Tymchuk, V.I. Pavliuk, L.Ya. Solovey, I.I. Кobza

“…The results of the mitral valve surgery performed from January 2010 to December 2012 in 144 consecutive patients with primary MIS have been analyzed. …”
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Caracterização das crianças com síndrome de Down concomitante ao hipotireoidismo congênito no estado de Mato Grosso, Região Central do Brasil, 2010–2021 by Camila Moraes Mello, Stela Maris Silvestrin

“…METHODOLOGY: This is a cross-sectional and retrospective study with data from medical records of patients with Down syndrome concomitant with congenital hypothyroidism among live births from January 2010 to December 2021, followed at a neonatal screening service in Mato Grosso, Brazil. …”
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Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Adult Patients with Psoriasis in Malaysia: 10-Year Review from the Malaysian Psoriasis Registry (2007–2016) by Azura Mohd Affandi, Iman Khan, Nooraishah Ngah Saaya

“…All patients (aged 18 and above) who were notified to the registry from July 2017 to December 2017 were included in this study. Results. …”
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Altruistic values among students of Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, and Health Psychology: a cross-sectional study by J. Kraja, E. Fresku, L. Xhakollari

“…Data were collected from December 1, 2022, through January 31, 2023, with an online questionnaire. …”
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Do patients regret having in-office vocal fold injections for glottic insufficiency? by Alice Q. Liu, Yunqi Ji, Amanda Hu

“…Methods Case–control study of patients who underwent in-office VFIs for glottic insufficiency from August 2017 to December 2019 at a tertiary laryngology clinic. Participants completed the validated Decision Regret Scale (DRS). …”
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An Overview on The Pandemic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak by Mariwan Abdulla Hama Salih

“…The current review covered most of the researches have been done since the new coronavirus found in Wuhan city of China at the end of December 2019 up to date by considering the most beneficial ones for our society. …”
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Impacts of anemia and its determinants among 6–59 months age children residing in Dayniile internally displaced person’s camps, Banadir region, Somalia by Abdirasak Sharif Ali Mude, Farhia Abdullahi Ali, Sumaya Hassan Ali

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2022 and July 2023 in Mogadishu, Somalia. …”
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Hydrothermal Dynamics and Surface Energy Allocation in Subtropical Grasslands by WANG Heng, ZHANG Qingtao, WANG Zhiqiang, WU Xinyu

“…Soil hydrothermal changes are an important part of the study of eco-hydrological processes,and studies on soil hydrothermal changes in grasslands in subtropical coastal areas are relatively insufficient.This paper studied the soil hydrothermal changes and surface energy balance of grassland in a subtropical campus area by using field observation data.The results showed that:① Grassland soil moisture is affected differently by rainfall in the wet and dry seasons,with rainfall causing greater soil moisture changes in the dry season than in the wet season.On 20 December,the daily rainfall was 15.2 mm,and the soil moisture change was 0.12 m³/m³ during the study period.On 1 May,the daily rainfall was 120.3 mm,and the soil moisture change was only 0.11 m³/m³.② In terms of vertical variation in soil water potential gradient,the zero-pass surface of the soil water potential gradient occurs within 10~30 cm in the wet season and around 50 cm in the dry season.③ According to the response of soil moisture to rainfall,soil moisture transport after rainfall in the dry and wet seasons mainly occurs at a soil depth of 0~40 cm.④ The change in soil temperature is greatly influenced by seasonal temperature,and the surface soil temperature gradient is large.In spring and summer,soil temperature decreases with increasing soil depth;in autumn and winter,soil temperature increases with increasing soil depth.⑤ Within two adjacent months,transpiration from grasses is significantly reduced in the wet season relative to the dry season.In terms of energy allocation,although the wet season sees more rainfall and less energy flux,the proportion of latent heat flux is higher,with the proportion of latent heat flux between 0:00 and 6:00 and between 7:00 and 17:00 increasing by 3% and 7% respectively compared with the dry season.This paper examines rainfall and seasonal differences in the hydrothermal dynamics and surface energy of subtropical grasslands,providing information for the study of ecosystems in subtropical coastal zones.…”
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Pancreatoduodenectomy for Periampullary Tumors Presenting with Acute Pancreatitis by Xuefeng Cao, Xixiu Wang, Xiaoliang Xu, Yanmin Lu, Baolei Zhao, Xingyuan Zhang, Qiangpu Chen

“…A retrospective review of clinical, radiological, surgical, and pathological data was conducted for patients admitted to the Binzhou Medical University Hospital during the period from January 2010 to December 2017, for AP or ARP caused by PT. All patients included in the study group had undergone PD. …”
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A Meta-Analysis of the Structural Validity of Original and Brief Versions of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 in Iran by Saeid Komasi, Andre Kerber, Christopher James Hopwood

“…Method: A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Magiran, and SID to find records in English and Farsi from January 2013 to December 2023. According to the PRISMA, data from nine medium- to high-quality reports including 7,608 participants were analyzed using the random-effects method. …”
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IMPROVING GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF POJ 2878 THROUGH BIPARENTAL CROSSING by Murianingrum M., Machfud M., Djumali, Herwati A., Purwati R.D., Heliyanto B., Supriyono, Suhara C.

“…The study was done at IP2TP Karangploso, Malang, Indonesia, from December 2020 to November 2022; it aims to obtain potential clones that produce higher crystals than female parents. …”
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A Time-motion Comparison of Itemized Treatment Costs in First and Second In Vitro Fertilization Attempts: A United Kingdom Fertility Centre Experience by Christopher A. Jones, Olivia J. Carpinello, Dev Kumar, Louis G. Keith, Renju S. Raj, E. Scott Sills

“…Audits of consumables and observations on personnel costs were made from total of 120 fertility patients undergoing initial or second IVF cycles (n=736) between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2002 at a UK assisted fertility unit. **Results:** Patients spent an average of 16.71±4.3 hrs with staff during an initial IVF cycle, resulting in direct personnel costs of £577.05±151.01. …”
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A Case Series Analysis of Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC): Not the Deadliest but Certainly the Most Destructive Form of Skin Cancer by Aditya Sharma, Ritika Khanna, Parul Khanna, Rahul Khanna, Seema Khanna

“…Over the course of 2 years (January 2022–December 2023), a total of 12 individuals were diagnosed with BCC and received treatment. …”
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