Early outcomes of treatment selections for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms: The first five year experience of a single center by Bahadir Aytekin, Goktan Askin, Naim Boran Tumer, Hayrettin Levent Mavioglu, Seref Alp Kucuker, Ahmet Saritas, Hakki Zafer Iscan, Mehmet Ali Ozatik, Erol Sener

“…Results: A total of 332 patients received EVAR (Group 1), including 296 elective cases, while 90 patients underwent OSR (Group 2), with 66 being elective. …”
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Effect of Low-Intensity High-Repetition Versus High-Intensity Low-Repetition Elastic Band Resistance Training on Functional Physical Fitness and Myokine Levels in Older Adults by Moon Jin Lee, Jun-Young Sung, Jiyoun Kim

“…SPARC increased significantly only in the HI-LR group (<i>p</i> = 0.021). Functional improvements were noted in TUG for both groups, while the 4 m walk improved significantly in the HI-LR group (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Sex-based disparities in the association between uric acid levels and anxiety: a cross-sectional analysis of nationwide data in Korea by Soohyun Park, Joo O. Kim, Gyu Nam Park, Jae Won Oh, San Lee

“…Results Compared to reference group 2, females in group 1 had increased anxiety symptoms (odds ratio (OR) 2.28, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.48–3.49). …”
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Developing a machine learning model for predicting varicocelectomy outcomes: a pilot study by Coşkun Kaya, Mehmet Erhan Aydın, Özer Çelik, Aykut Aykaç, Mustafa Sungur

“…The patients were separated into two groups according to the improvement in total motile sperm count postoperatively as improvement (Group 1) and no improvement (Group 2). The Extra Trees Classifier, Light Gradient Boosting Machine Classifier, eXtreme Gradient Boosting Classifier, Logistic Regression, and Random Forest Classifier techniques were used as ML algorithms.41 males were included in the study. 31 (75.6%) and 10 (24.4%) patients were classified as Group 1 and 2, respectively. …”
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A comparative study between classically inverted and temporally inverted internal limiting membrane flap technique in the treatment of macular hole by Hassan M. Hegazy, Ashraf M. Gad, Ibrahim F.M. Ibrahim

“…Patients and methods A prospective, randomized, interventional, comparative study was conducted at Al-Azhar University hospitals on 40 eyes of 40 patients with macular holes randomized to two groups: group I (20 patients) undergone pars plana vitrectomy with classic inverted ILM flap and group II (20 patients) undergone pars plana vitrectomy with the temporal inverted ILM flap technique. …”
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Association of patellofemoral osteoarthritis on patient-reported outcomes after medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study by Jonathan Winther Olsen, Christian Bredgaard Jensen, Kristine Ifigenia Bunyoz, Anders Flygenring Bagge, Kirill Gromov, Anders Troelsen

“…Results: We found no significant differences in OKS, FJS, and APQ change when comparing group 3–4 with group 0 at any follow-up. When comparing group 1–2 with 0 we found a statistical but not clinical significantly higher change in OKS scores at 24-month follow-up (2.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.36–4.6) and in APQ scores at 24-month follow-up (10.6, CI 1.2–20.0) in favor of group 1–2. …”
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Assessment of Myometrial Concentrations of Oestrogen and Progesterone Receptors in the Lower Uterine Segment of Full-Term Pregnancies in Presence or Absence of Labour by Joana Soares de Arruda, Edward Araujo Júnior, Manuel de Jesus Simões, Luiz Kulay Júnior

“…The medians of PRs and ORs in pregnant women in labour (Group I) were 29.3 (range, 24.6–30.2) and 32.3 (range, 22.9–49.0), respectively. …”
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Assessment of the risk of rapid progression of chronic kidney disease by L.D. Denova, D.D. Ivanov

“…The results of the study showed that the linear regression between uAlb/uUmod and eGFR in groups 1 and 2 is statistically significant (p < 0.05). …”
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Does the type of aortic pathology affect periprocedural outcomes in patients undergoing thoracic endovascular aortic repair? by Serdar Badem, Mustafa Selcuk Atasoy

“…Most of the patients in Groups 1 and 2 were male (82.6% and 92.8%), while 40% of the patients in Group 3 were male, and this difference was statistically significant. …”
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Factors Affecting ICU Stay and Length of Stay in the ICU in Patients with HELLP Syndrome in a Tertiary Referral Hospital by Elif Ağaçayak, Rezan Bugday, Nurullah Peker, Ugur Deger, Gönül Ölmez Kavak, Mehmet Siddik Evsen, Talip Gul

“…Patients were divided into two groups as follows: requiring intensive care (group 1) and not requiring intensive care (group 2). …”
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The Learning Curve of Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in a Rural Hospital by İsmail Biyik, Mustafa Albayrak, Fatih Keskin, Ayse Nur Usturali Mut

“…STUDY DESIGN: Medical records of patients who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy between May 2015 and December 2018 were retrospectively reviewed and grouped based on the certification date of the surgeon, Group 1 before and Group 2 after certification. Groups were compared for variables that impact the learning curve (operation time, complications and conversion to laparotomy) RESULTS: Of the 57 women eligible for evaluation 30 had total laparoscopic hysterectomy in Group 1 and 27 had total laparoscopic hysterectomy in Group 2. …”
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Association between TCF7L2 Genotype and Glycemic Control in Diabetic Patients Treated with Gliclazide by Martin Javorský, Eva Babjaková, Lucia Klimčáková, Zbynek Schroner, Jozef Židzik, Mária Štolfová, Ján Šalagovič, Ivan Tkáč

“…The aim of the present study was to compare TCF7L2 genotype specific effect of gliclazide binding to KATP channel A-site (Group 1) with sulfonylureas binding to AB-site (Group 2). …”
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The Effect of Embryo Transfer Process Duration on Implantation Success by Isıl Kasapoglu, Kiper Aslan, Adnan Orhan, Ozge Albayrak, Seyma Haskoylu, Goktan Kuspinar, Berrin Avcı, Gürkan Uncu

“…Patients were divided into two groups. Group-1 consisted of patients who had successful implantation and Group-2 consisted of patients who did not have implantation. …”
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Sildenafil as a Salvage Treatment for Ovarian Torsion: A Rat Model by Didem Alkas Yaginc, Huriye Ayse Parlakgümüs, Selcuk Yetkinel, Pinar Caglar Aytac, Huriye Eda Ozturan Ozer, Derya Akaydin Aldemir, Esra Bulgan Kilicdag

“…Twenty-seven rats were assigned into three groups, each consisting of nine individuals. Group 1: Sham operation (laparotomy only) was performed. …”
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Etracarpidium Conophorum Extract Exhibits Anti-Fatigue Activity in Rats Via Reduced Protein Catabolism, Increased Antioxidant Status and Delayed Lactate Elevation by Ugochukwu Vincent, Igbokwe, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Moses Dele, Adams, Karimah Mohammed, Rabiu, Iliya, Ezekiel, Prisca Ojochogu, Ajeka, Adam Moyosore, Afodun

“…Animals in the unadministered (control) group were placed on distilled water. Group 1M and Group 1F animals were administered 500 mg/kg body weight (b.w) of T. conophorum aqueous nut extract whereas animals in Group 2M and Group 2F were administered 750 mg/kg dosage of the extricate (0.5 ml) orally once daily for 32 days. …”
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EVOLUTIONARY MULTITASKING: A NEW OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE by Lại Thị Nhung, Nguyễn Thị Hòa, Phạm Văn Hạnh, Lê Đăng Nguyên, Lê Trọng Vĩnh

“…These issues are usually categorized into two groups: i) Single-objective optimization (SOO), where each point in the search space of the problem is mapped to a target value scalar; and ii) Multi-objective optimization (MOO), where each point in the search space of the problem is mapped to a target vector. …”
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Future Use of the Terrestric Broadcasting Spectrum below 700 MHz from 2031 Onwards by Torsten J. Gerpott

“…In Germany, three stakeholder groups (1) broadcasters and programme and special events managers, (2) public mobile radio communication providers, (3) public protection, disaster relief and military defense organisations currently argue for a primary or co-primary allocation of this scarce radio spectrum for their applications. …”
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The growth performance of rock partridge (alectoris graeca) fed the diets with different protein level by Cavit Arslan, Mustafa Garip, Alper Yılmaz, Kemal Kırıkçı

“…Partridges were fed the diets with 16. 20 . 24. 28 % CP in 0-5 weeks. (Group I. II. ill. IV), and 14. 18, 22. 24 % CP in 6-9 weeks. …”
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Correction: Enhanced effects of slowly co-released TGF-β3 and BMP-2 from biomimetic calcium phosphate-coated silk fibroin scaffolds in the repair of osteochondral defects by Jiping Chen, Yanyi Wang, Tianyi Tang, Baochao Li, Banani Kundu, Subhas C. Kundu, Rui L. Reis, Xingnan Lin, Huang Li

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Effect of chronic restraint stress on body weight of male Sprague Dawley rats by Sadia Moazzam, Irfan Afzal Mughal, Noor Ul Ain Irfan, Ilqa Attique, Fareeha Zaheer, Asma Irfan

“…Each group comprised of 30 rats.   Group I was taken as control. Group II was exposed to chronic stress.  …”
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