Efficacy of Odontoid Screws in Acute Type II Odontoid Fractures by Mohamed AR AbdelFatah *, Abdelrahman El Gayar, Omar El Farouk Ahmed, Sameh Hefny

“…Patients and methods: This cohort study retrospectively reviewed the medical records at our university hospitals from January 2015 to December 2020. We included the data of the patients who underwent odontoid screws for acute type II odontoid fractures. …”
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Strengthening liability for unauthorised abandonment of a military unit or place of service in the light of current criminal law issues by Р. І. Tkachenko

“…The issues of draft law No. 8271 of December 8, 2022 on increasing responsibility for unauthorized abandonment of a military unit or place of service have been analyzed, in particular, a comparative analysis was carried out with a retrospective view. …”
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Evolution of artificial intelligence in healthcare: a 30-year bibliometric study by Yaojue Xie, Yuansheng Zhai, Yuansheng Zhai, Guihua Lu, Guihua Lu

“…This study undertakes a dynamic and longitudinal bibliometric analysis of AI publications within the healthcare sector over the past three decades to investigate the current status and trends of the fusion between medicine and artificial intelligence.MethodsFollowing a search on the Web of Science, researchers retrieved all reviews and original articles concerning artificial intelligence in healthcare published between January 1993 and December 2023. The analysis employed Bibliometrix, Biblioshiny, and Microsoft Excel, incorporating the bibliometrix R package for data mining and analysis, and visualized the observed trends in bibliometrics.ResultsA total of 22,950 documents were collected in this study. …”
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Clinical Significance of Prothrombin Time in Cholangiocarcinoma Patients with Surgeries by Hui-shan Wang, Xian-xiu Ge, Quan-peng Li, Jun-jie Nie, Lin Miao

“…We retrospectively analyzed the PT from 86 CCA patients who underwent curative resection in our hospital from December 2008 to August 2017. The relationship between PT and survival times was analyzed through univariate and multivariate analyses (Cox proportional hazards model). …”
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Teaching Academic English to Russian-speaking Academic Staff: The Case of the Office of Academic Writing by M. A. Chernysheva, A. O. Kozlova, E. V. Donova

“…We conducted a study from October 2016 to December 2018 and calculated data on the attendees’ affiliation (an institute or higher school), the contingent (position), and the importance of the offered training programs (the number of attendees in each course). …”
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Detecting, Monitoring, and Analyzing the Surface Subsidence in the Yellow River Delta (China) Combined with CenterNet Network and SBAS-InSAR by Zhenjin Li, Zhiyong Wang, Wei Liu, Xing Li, Maotong Zhou, Baojing Zhang

“…In this study, based on 24 Sentinel-1A satellite images acquired from 10 January 2018 to 24 December 2018, nine subsidence areas in Yellow River Delta were detected. …”
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Functional Assessment of Diaphragm Muscle in Stroke Patients and Research of Rehabilitation Intervention by Juanjuan FU, Hui FENG, Huaping PAN

“…Objective:To evaluate the diaphragm function of stroke patients and investigate the effect of an external diaphragm pacemaker(EDP)on post-stroke respiratory function.Methods:Included in this study were twenty patients after stroke in Rehabilitation Department of Nanjing Jiangning Hospital during December 2017 to March 2018, and they were selected as the experimental group. …”
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Examining the effectiveness of psychological interventions for marginalised and disadvantaged women and individuals who have experienced gender-based violence: protocol for a scopi... by Dillon Thomas Browne, Busra Yalcinoz-Ucan, Laura Zilney, Agnes Zientarska-Kayko, Timothy Ireland

“…An additional search will be conducted before the completion of the study in December 2022. The search will target research studies published after 2010. …”
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Effect of cognitive behavioral intervention on physical symptoms, B-type natriuretic peptide, red cell distribution width, C-reactive protein in elderly heart failure patients by Xiaoyan Li, Meixia Zhang, Zepeng Ren, Junfen Deng

“…Methods Convenient sampling method was used to select 98 elderly heart failure patients who visited our hospital from January 2022 to December 2020. Patients were divided into a control group and an observation group using the red and blue ball method, with 49 cases in each group. …”
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Severe central nervous system injury in 9 children with COVID-19 by Peipei Zhang, Meiyun Xin, Yingge Bai, Xueyun Ren, Na Li

“…Results Nine patients diagnosed with COVID-19 complicated with severe CNS injury were admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit of the Affiliated Hospital of Jining University from December 1, 2022 to January 12, 2023. Of the nine patients, seven were male (77.78%). …”
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Occurrence of severe cognitive impairment in elderly individuals with poor glycemic control Vs elderly individuals with good glycemic control or no DM: a case control study” by Basma Salman, Fatima Jehangir, Aroosa Jahan, Saira Aslam, Nadra Ansari

“…Methods: We conducted a case control study in the primary health care center of Ziauddin University from 1st December 2021 to 30th June 2022. Cases included 83 individuals 65yrs with HbA1c =7 and above and controls included 91 individuals 65yrs and above with HbA1c <7. …”
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Occurrence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Listeria monocytogenes Isolated From Bovine’s Milk and Meat in Mekelle City, Ethiopia by Tesfay Hailu, Getachew Gugsa, Yisehak Tsegaye, Meselu Ahmed, Nesibu Awol

“…Hence, this cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2016 to June 2017 to determine the prevalence of L. monocytogenes and its serotypes and antimicrobial resistance pattern of isolates in Mekelle City, Ethiopia. …”
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Drains vs. no drains following burr-hole evacuation of chronic subdural hematoma by Sajag Gupta

“…Duration: The research lasted from August 2022 to December 2023. Inclusion Criteria Male and female 18-80 years old with persistent subdural hematoma with a midline displacement of more than 5mm on CT scan. …”
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Perspectives of substance use disorder counselors on the benefits and drawbacks of medications for opioid use disorder by Nicholas C. Cardamone, Rebecca E. Stewart, Kyle M. Kampman, Steven C. Marcus

“…Methods From June to December 2021, we surveyed counselors from publicly-funded SUD treatment agencies under a municipality-wide mandate to offer MOUD to all clients with OUD. …”
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Trends in Israel's Medical Administration subspecialty, 1987–2022 by Yoel Angel, Hadar Goldshtein, Nevo Barel, Gil Fire, Michael Halberthal, Adi Niv-Yagoda

“…Methods The national registry of licensed physicians was used to identify all living physicians who completed the Medical Administration subspecialty by December 31, 2022. Data on year of medical licensing, city of residence, and list of additional recognized specialties along with their respective date of completion were extracted. …”
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Diurnal variation in atmospheric pressure in Siedlce in 2001-2022 by Elżbieta Radzka, Marlena Radzka, Maria Markowska, Jozefína Pokrývková

“…The summer months of July and August, classified as weak stimulus days, exhibited the greatest diurnal variation in atmospheric pressure, while December and January were classified as very strong stimulus days, because they showed the highest variation. …”
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Peripheral Artery Disease Intervention: Drug-Coated Balloon vs Drug-Eluting Stent, A Long-Term Comparison by Nathan Marzlin, M. Fuad Jan, Louie Kostopoulos, Ana Cristina Perez Moreno, Tanvir Bajwa, Suhail Q. Allaqaband

“…Outcomes were analyzed through December 2019. Primary endpoint of time to clinical event-driven target lesion reintervention (TLR) and secondary endpoint of all-cause mortality were examined. …”
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Exploring awareness of hearing loss and ear health in Jordanian adults. by Yazan Gammoh, Rama Alasir, Laila Qanawati

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional study was conducted where a questionnaire was filled from the month of November to the month of December of the year 2023, to assess the level of awareness about hearing loss and ear health. …”
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Prevention of Postoperative Events following Reversal with Sugammadex or Neostigmine (the P-PERSoN Trial): Pilot Data Following Early Termination of a Prospective, Blinded, Randomi... by Benjamin Olesnicky, Matthew Doane, Clare Farrell, Greg Knoblanche, Anthony Delaney

“…A prospective, double-blind, randomised controlled trial in adult patients admitted for surgical operations at two Australian hospitals between December 2018 and March 2019 was performed comparing the reversal of neuromuscular paralysis using sugammadex 2 mg/kg versus neostigmine 50mcg/kg. …”
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The Millenium of Lithuania: Two Eliminated Alternatives by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“… The article considers the following two events in the history of Lithuania of the 19th-20th century from the point of view of the conception of alternative history formulated by Alexander Demandt: 1) the fatal meeting with the last King and Grand Duke of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Stanislaw August Poniatowski held in Warsaw on 23 July 1792, in which the decision was taken to put up no more resistance to the Russo-Polish War - everything was determined by a seven-to-five majority of votes; 2) on 24 December 1921, the Government of Lithuania informed the League of Nations that it refused the proposed Paul Hymans' second project on Vilnius, though on the 4th of November 1921 the political elite of Lithuania spoke in support of that project. …”
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