The clinical efficacy of scalp acupuncture for tinnitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Jiadi Chen, Ruizhi Jing

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Primary multiple cancer in practice of urological oncologist by M. D. Ter-Ovanesov, D. M. Yagudaev, A. A. Gritskevich, E. V. Anikanova, K. I. Medvedev

“…Two tumors are usually observed among patients with PMMs (in 84–100 % of patients), three tumors occur in 9.9–16.0 % of these patients, four in 1.62 %, and five or more occur in only 0.095 %.Currently, the pathogenesis of this condition has not yet been fully studied. …”
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Effects of Adipose-tissue Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells on PBMCs in Co-culture with HeLa Cell Line by Maryam Dorfaki, mahdi ghatrehsamani, fahimeh Lavi Arab, Mona Roozbehani, Majid Khoshmirsafa, Reza Falak, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Fatemeh Faraji

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TẠO DÒNG VÀ BIỂU HIỆN GEN nahC MÃ HÓA 1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene dioxygenase CỦA VI KHUẨN Paenibacillus naphthalenovorans 4B1 by Le Thi Ha Thanh, Thị Ái Thoa Nguyễn, Thị Xuân Nguyễn, Vũ Ngọc Thi Trần

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Experimental and Numerical Simulation Study on the Mechanical Properties of Integrated Sleeve Mortise and Tenon Steel–Wood Composite Joints by Zhanguang Wang, Weihan Yang, Zhenyu Gao, Jianhua Shao, Dongmei Li

“…The initial rotational stiffness of the joints reinforced with angle steel and self-tapping screws, the joints reinforced with 4 mm thick steel sleeves, and the joints reinforced with 6 mm thick steel sleeves are 3.96, 6.99, and 13.62 times that of the pure wooden joints, while the ultimate bending moments are 1.97, 7.11, and 7.39 times, respectively. …”
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Arthroscopic all-inside wrapping repair of lateral meniscus bucket-handle tears: clinical and imaging outcomes by Kun-Hui Chen, Hsuan-Hsiao Ma, Alisan Fu, Hsin-Yi Wang, Hsiao-Li Ma, En-Rung Chiang

“…Results Of the 34 patients included, two required re-operation for a re-tear of the BHT, resulting in a clinical healing rate of 94.1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 82.9–99.2%) at a mean follow-up of 4.2 years. Among the remaining 32 patients, the mean postoperative IKDC score was 83.7 ± 8.2 (range, 70–95). …”
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Laser powder bed fusion of Ti6Al4V using low-cost high efficiency 450 nm diode point melting by Alkim Aydin, Erhan Cetin, S. Can Erman, Kamran Mumtaz

“…DPM processing of Ti6Al4V was undertaken using 38W creating samples that were 99.41% dense. DPM's slower melt pool solidification rate enabled the formation of a stable α + β phase creating harder samples. …”
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Trauma Volume and Performance of a regional Trauma Center in Korea: Initial 5-year analysis by Byungchul Yu, Giljae Lee, Min A Lee, Kangkook Choi, Sungyoul Hyun, Yangbin Jeon, Yong-Cheol Yoon, Jungnam Lee

“…The median ISS, revised trauma score, and TRISS of the two groups were 5 (interquartile range [IQR] 4–10), 22 (IQR 17–27), and 7.6±0.99 and 6.74±1.9, 0.95±0.13, 0.81±2.67, respectively. …”
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Prevalence and Reinfection Rates of Schistosoma mansoni and Praziquantel Efficacy against the Parasite among Primary School Children in Sanja Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Eden Woldegerima, Abebe Genetu Bayih, Yalewayker Tegegne, Mulugeta Aemero, Ayalew Jejaw Zeleke

“…The cure and egg reduction rates were found to be 90% (72/80) and 99.5%, respectively. Of the seventy-two schoolchildren considered for the determination of reinfection rate, after 6 months of posttreatment, 13.9% were found to be reinfected. …”
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Stress factors among physiotherapy students at a university in Gauteng, South Africa by Zander I. Collins, Chané Siepker, Kelebogile J. Ralehlaka, Boitshoko C. Molefe, Tiisetso C. Phala, Simphiwe A. Vilankulu, Makwena M. Sibuyi, Thembelihle S. Ntuli

“…The Cronbach alpha coefficients for each subscale were 0.99 for physical, 0.72 for interpersonal relationships, 0.85 for academic and 0.81 for environment. …”
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Prevalencia de colonización nasofaríngea por neumococo en niños de 1 a 5 años de edad institucionalizados en Cienfuegos. 2014-2015 by Dunia María Chavez Amaro, María Felicia Casanova González, María Eugenia Toledo Romaní, Nivaldo Linares Pérez, Gilda Toraño Peraza, Martha Montes de Oca Rivero

“…Los serotipos vacunales más frecuentes fueron el 19F (6,02 %) y el 6B (3,99 %); de los relacionados con la vacuna, predominó el 6A (5,49 %) y de los no vacunales, el más observado fue el 14B.…”
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Impact of short-term soil disturbance on cadmium remobilization and associated risk in vulnerable regions by Zhong Zhuang, Hao Qi, Siyu Huang, Qiqi Wang, Yanan Wan, Huafen Li

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Association Between the Albumin-Bilirubin (ALBI) Score and All-cause Mortality Risk in Intensive Care Unit Patients with Heart Failure by Jiuyi Wang, Kai Wang, Guibo Feng, Xin Tian

“…Multivariate adjusted Cox regression and subgroup analysis demonstrated that individuals in T2 (hazard ratio (HR) 1.09, 95% CI 0.99–1.21) and T3 (HR 1.17, 95% CI 1.02–1.34) had an increased risk of mortality compared to individuals in T1 (p for trend < 0.001), and each incremental tertile in ALBI was linked to a 10% rise in mortality risk, while each individual unit increase in ALBI was associated with a 36% increase in mortality risk. …”
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A two-tier optimization strategy for feature selection in robust adversarial attack mitigation on internet of things network security by Kashi Sai Prasad, P Udayakumar, E. Laxmi Lydia, Mohammed Altaf Ahmed, Mohamad Khairi Ishak, Faten Khalid Karim, Samih M. Mostafa

“…The performance validation of the TTOS-RAAM technique portrayed a superior accuracy value of 99.91% over existing approaches.…”
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Exploring the efficacy of fluorouracil and platinum based chemotherapy in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma to bridge the treatment gap in resource limited settings by Se Jun Park, Kabsoo Shin, In-Ho Kim, MyungAh Lee, Tae Ho Hong, Hyunho Kim

“…A high pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (≥ 3.0) adversely affected both PFS (HR = 1.79; 95% CI, 0.99–3.25; p = 0.034) and OS (HR = 2.02; 95% CI, 1.10–3.69; p = 0.011). …”
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Research on leakage and diffusion behavior of hydrogen doped natural gas in integrated pipeline corridors based on data drive by Xiaolong Gong, Hua Li, Cheng Li, Mingyue Kou, Lingxu Kong, Hongcheng Liu

“…At the same time, the greater the distance between inlet and outlet, the wider the spread of the dangerous area, when the distance between inlet and outlet is reduced from 200 m to 100 m, the explosion volume of CH4 is reduced by 99.92%, and the explosion volume of H2 is reduced by 100%. …”
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Prevalence of malaria and associated factors among febrile children under 15 years at Bududa General Hospital, Eastern Uganda by Benson Okongo, Daisy Asiimwe, Clinton Olong, Enoch Muwanguzi, Robert Wagubi

“…Among the children who tested positive for malaria, 98 (88.3%) had Plasmodium falciparum, 11 (9.9%) had Plasmodium malariae, and (1.8%) had Plasmodium ovale infection. …”
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Assessment of the Image Quality of Virtual Non-Contrast Dual-energy CT Liver Scans Using Both PSNR and SSIM Methods by Yaguang LI, Jie LI, Tingyu XUE, Jiankui MU, Qiang WANG, Lidong ZHENG, Yong WANG, Licun LEI

“…Results: The overall comparison of the three-phase VNC and TNC images showed PSNR values of (18.01±1.06), (18.33±0.99), and (18.20±1.04) and SSIM values of (0.76±0.04), (0.77±0.03), and (0.78±0.04), with the differences being not statistically significant. …”
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Normalized Isometric Shoulder Strength as a Predictor of Ball Velocity in Youth Baseball Players by Amanda J Arnold, Charles A Thigpen, Paul F Beattie, Stacy L Fritz, Michael J Kissenberth, John M Tokish, Ellen Shanley

“… # RESULTS Shoulder strength normalized using ulnar length was the only method that demonstrated excellent reliability (ICC2,1 0.98-0.99) and detected significant changes between strength in each of the four measures tested (SEM 0.39-0.69 Nm). …”
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Perceptions, Uses, and Information Sources of Medical Cannabis Among Patients With Cancer by Vera Qu, BA, Caressa Hui, MD, Jennifer Hall, BA, Kekoa Taparra, MD, PhD, Tanaya Kollipara, BA, Sandy Trieu, MD, Beth Beadle, MD, PhD, Scott Soltys, MD, Erqi L. Pollom, MD

“…This latter subcohort was significantly more likely to identify as Hispanic/Latino (38.5% vs 9.9%, P = .009) and less likely to be up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations (30.8% vs 8.5%, P = 0.044). …”
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