Evolving trends in the prevalence and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis in Korea from 2010 to 2023: a population-based study by Yu-Seon Jung, Soo-Kyung Cho, Se Rim Choi, Sun-Young Jung, Yoon-Kyoung Sung

“…The prevalence of AS increased from 26.76 per 100,000 individuals in 2010 to 81.87 per 100,000 in 2023. …”
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Use of metallic ureteric stents for chronic ureteric obstruction and its association with value-based care by Yu Xi Terence Law, Ang Zhou, David Terrence Consigliere, Benjamin Yen Seow Goh, Ho Yee Tiong

“…Despite the higher unit cost of MS compared to PS, there was no significant mean cost difference overall (cost per dwelling day SGD 7.82 ± SGD 10.44 vs. SGD 8.23 ± SGD 20.50, P = 0.888). …”
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Age Cutoff and Yield of Prompt Esophagogastroduodenoscopy to Detect Malignancy in Vietnamese with Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms: An Endoscopic Database Review of 472,744 Patients... by Duc Trong Quach, Lan Thi-Ngoc Tran, Truc Le-Thanh Tran, Vy Ly-Thao Tran, Nhan Quang Le, Toru Hiyama

“…The YoEs in patients <40, 40–60, and >60 years of age were <1, 1–10, and >10 per 1000 EGDs, respectively. The age cutoffs of 30 years in females and 35 years in males could detect 98.2% (95% CI: 97.7%–98.8%) of UGIM cases with a YoE of about 1 per 1000 EGDs. …”
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L’oració rimada de Felip de Malla: delimitació i fortuna editorial d’un nou poema incunable by Jacob Mompó Navarro

“…El Sermó de la Immaculada Concepció, de Felip de Malla, s’ha conservat en dos testimonis, un manuscrit de la Biblioteca de l’Abadia de Montserrat i un incunable de 1488, patrocinat per Ferrando Dies. El dit sermó conté un poema que, estructuralment, serveix com a nexe d’unió entre la introducció del sermó i el desenvolupament del tema. …”
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Excavating trajectory planning of electric shovel based on dynamic excavating volume prediction by Juan Wu, Rui Liu, Baoguo Lin

“…Then, the trajectory model of the dipper tooth tip is established by using the 6th polynomial interpolation method, and the minimum excavation energy consumption per unit volume is taken as the optimization objective, and the whale optimization algorithm is used to plan the excavation trajectories for four kinds of complex stacking surfaces (concave, convex, convex–concave and stepped stacking surfaces). …”
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Beekeepers' perceptions toward a new omics tool for monitoring bee health in Europe. by Elena Cini, Simon G Potts, Deepa Senapathi, Matthias Albrecht, Karim Arafah, Dalel Askri, Michel Bocquet, Philippe Bulet, Cecilia Costa, Pilar De la Rúa, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Anina Knauer, Marika Mänd, Risto Raimets, Oliver Schweiger, Jane C Stout, Tom D Breeze

“…In order to successfully tackle colony health issues, it is recommended using the BHC five times per year, from the end to the beginning of winter. …”
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p53 dosage can impede KrasG12D- and KrasQ61R-mediated tumorigenesis. by Özgün Le Roux, Jeffery I Everitt, Christopher M Counter

“…Finally, the number of foci of bronchioloalveolar hyperplasia per animal significantly increased with increased p53 dosage in the KrasG12D background. …”
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Characterising the scale-up and performance of antiretroviral therapy programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: an observational study using growth curves by Benjamin Bigelow, Stéphane Verguet

“…We fitted non-linear regressions for the two models, assessed goodness of fit using the Bayesian information criterion (BIC), and ranked countries based on their estimated performance drawn from the fitted model parameters.Results We extracted country performance in rates of scale-up of ART coverage, which ranged from ≤2.5 percentage points per year (South Sudan, Sudan, and Madagascar) to ≥8.0 percentage points per year (Benin, Zimbabwe and Namibia), using the Gompertz model. …”
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The Cost Effectiveness of Hand Held Ultrasound Scanning for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Older Males with a History of Smoking by Denver Phiri, Peter J. Mallow, John A. Rizzo

“…**Methods:** The study compares the incremental cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained for three alternative strategies over a 5-year time horizon. …”
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Analysis of G20 Countries in terms of Scientific Publication Performances by İlker Karadağ, Ömer Faruk Gürcan, Sinan Dündar

“…As an outcome of the application of this method, the order of importance of the criteria is determined as H-index, number of citable documents, number of citations per document, number of citations, number of documents and self-citation. …”
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INTRODUCTORY PREFACE: Publication Patterns of the Central European Public Administration Review – A Bibliometric Analysis by Liliana Bunescu, Maja Klun

“…Over its 21 years of existence, CEPAR has published a total of 425 articles with an average of 20 articles per year. These contributions represent the collaborative efforts of 684 authors from different countries, with the average article written by 1.61 authors. …”
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Econometric analysis of supply chain disruptions: financial performance in the European automotive sector by Viviane Naimy, Tatiana Abou Chedid, Nicolas Bitar

“…Our findings revealed that disruptions related to industrial materials and iron prices (IRAW) positively influence stock market performance, with a 99.5% increase in SR per 1% rise in IRAW, suggesting increased demand. …”
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Where Do We Go Wrong in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Functional Constipation in Children? by Neslihan Gürcan Kaya, Hakan Öztürk

“…The response to the drug increased as the drug dosage per weight increased. Response was obtained in 73% of patients who had no response or partial response after drug or dose adjustments. …”
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Reducing postoperative blood product usage and costs in cardiothoracic surgery: the implementation of a multispecialty perioperative care model incorporating a haemostasis checklis... by Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, Peter Hibbert, Christopher Daniel Smith, Adrian De Luca

“…Red cell, cryoprecipitate and fresh frozen plasma usage were particularly reduced with 57%, 47% and 72% reductions, respectively, following intervention and similar results were maintained on repeat audit 1-year postintervention, with on average 84 fewer blood products used per 100 patients. This resulted in an estimated cost saving of AU$36 928 per 100 patients. …”
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Case report: Dandy-Walker malformation with occipital encephalocele and superadded meningitis by Saher Bano, Muhammad Aqib Faizan, Tooba Rehman, Jasleen Kaur, Jeevanjyot Singh

“…While there was no bruit in the transillumination of the cyst, there was a bruit in the transillumination of the skull.Due to his grunting respiratory rate of 44 breaths per minute and heart rate of 140 breaths per minute at presentation, he was admitted to the newborn critical care unit. …”
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Phase I Study of Anti-CD3 x Anti-Her2 Bispecific Antibody in Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients by Ulka Vaishampayan, Archana Thakur, Ritesh Rathore, Nicola Kouttab, Lawrence G. Lum

“…Seven of 8 men with CRPC were evaluable after receiving two infusions per week for 4 weeks. The men received 2.5, 5 or 10 × 109 aATC per infusion with low dose interleukin-2 and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor. …”
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The extent of western lowland gorilla social relationships within and between groups. by Kristena Cooksey, Jake Funkhouser, Crickette Sanz, Jean Marie Massamba, Thierry Fabrice Ebombi, Prospère Teberd, Gaston Abea, Gaeton Mbebouti, Kathryn Judson, Sean Brogan, Colleen Stephens, David Morgan

“…We observed a total of 5,923 dyadic all-occurrence social interactions (1,350 ± 489 per group, 138 intergroup interactions) and 54,989 dyadic silverback nearest neighbor associations (13,747 ± 3,963 observations per group, 105 nearest neighbor observations of intergroup partners during group scans). …”
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Bacteriological Profile and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns in Lower Respiratory Tract Infection at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital by Jitendra Singh, Arpita Shah, Hemali Parmar, Bithika Duttaroy

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed and interpreted as per CLSI guidelines. Results: This was a retrospective study based on the evaluation of data from January 2023 to June 2023. …”
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Analysis of Air Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Naples (Italy) by Alessia Sannino, Mariagrazia D’Emilio, Pasquale Castellano, Salvatore Amoruso, Antonella Boselli

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Association between endostatin and mortality in patients with acute dyspnoea, with or without congestive heart failure: a single-centre, prospective, observational study by Axel C Carlsson, Caroline Heijl, Ardavan M Khoshnood, Alexander Yaghoubi, Per Erik Wändell, Torgny Wessman

“…In a fully adjusted model, endostatin was independently associated with 3-month mortality (HR=1.01 per 1 ng/mL increment of endostatin; 95% CI 1.00 to 1.02; p=0.016). …”
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