Comparison of ropivacaine with ropivacaine–dexamethasone combination for postoperative analgesia in the pectoral nerve block for modified radical mastectomy: A randomized clinical... by Veena Mathur, Brijesh Kumari, Anand Kumar Verma, Arvind Khare, Deepak Kumar Garg

“…Methods: This prospective, randomized, double-blind study was conducted on a total of 80 women with breast cancer belonging to American Society of Anesthesiologist class I and II scheduled for MRM, which were randomly allocated into two groups – Group R (n = 40) received 0.25% ropivacaine 29 ml + NS 1 ml and Group RD (n = 40) received 0.25% ropivacaine 29 ml + dexamethasone (4 mg) 1 ml. …”
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Endovascular embolization of persistent liver injuries not responding to conservative management: a narrative review by Simon Roh

“…Liver injuries, mainly resulting from blunt trauma such as motor vehicle accidents, are traditionally classified using the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading scale. …”
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Knowledge and Awareness of Pre‐Exposure Prophylaxis Among Men in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review Protocol by Oluwaseun Badru, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Oluwafemi Atanda Adeagbo

“…Google Scholar, The Union Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations (UCTD) and SA ePublications via SABINET Online, WorldCat Dissertations and Theses via OCLC, ResearchGate, and American Doctoral Dissertations via EBSCOhost. All study designs, except existing reviews, will be included. …”
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Search for clinical, genetic, morphological and immunohistochemical predictors of parathyroid cancer recurrence by Ekaterina I. Kim, Anna K. Eremkina, Alina R. Elfimova, Natalia G. Mokrysheva

“…After adjustments for multiple comparisons, a statistically significant association of recurrence was found for preoperative calcium level (p0.001), pT4 stage (p0.001) according to TNM-classification (Tumor, Nodus, Metastasis) American Joint Committee on Cancer 2017. There was a statistical trend for calcium correction for hypoalbuminemia (p=0.002), presence of nephrolithiasis/nephrocalcinosis (p=0.021), parathyroid hormone level 6 months after primary surgery (p0.05), pT3 stage TNM (p=0.007), nuclear expression of parafibromin in tumor tissue (p0.05). …”
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Delegitimizing, corruptive crises by Ángel R. Oquendo

“…In other words, one should not solely seek to change the attitude or the prevailing professional culture in civil service. Instead, Latin American societies must embark upon an unlikely radical crusade to transform the way in which they understand themselves, particularly the premises of their social integration. …”
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Association between serum vitamin D and severe headache or migraine: A population-based analysis. by Shunfa Hao, Renyi Qian, Yiru Chen, Jingfang Liu, Xiaoyan Xu, Yunxiang Guan

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Our study showed a significant negative correlation between serum vitamin D levels and the prevalence of migraine in American adults.…”
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Epigenome-wide association study of perceived discrimination in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) by Wei Zhao, Lisha Lin, Kristen M. Kelly, Lauren A. Opsasnick, Belinda L. Needham, Yongmei Liu, Srijan Sen, Jennifer A. Smith

“…To identify the DNAm sites across the epigenome that are associated with discrimination, we conducted epigenome-wide association analyses (EWAS) of three discrimination measures (everyday discrimination, race-related major discrimination, and non-race-related major discrimination) in 1,151 participants, including 565 non-Hispanic White, 221 African American, and 365 Hispanic individuals, from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). …”
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How salient are sarcastic questions? by Efrat Levant, Nicole Katzir

“…A large-scale corpus research was conducted throughout three distinct corpora of American-English to determine how these interrogative constructions use salience to encode sarcasm, and how salience contributes to the preference of their sarcastic meaning over the literal one. …”
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Spelling correction with large language models to reduce measurement error in open-ended survey responses by Maxwell B. Allamong, Jongwoo Jeong, Paul M. Kellstedt

“…We demonstrate the efficacy of this approach with open-ended responses about the Democratic and Republican parties from the 1996–2020 American National Election Studies, where GPT is shown to correct 85%–90% of misspellings identified by human coders in a sample of responses. …”
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United in Times of War: Reading Mickey in 1940-1944 France by Eva Van De Wiele

“…It highlights the shift from American to domestic content, the fine balance between national propaganda and affective support of readers, and the roles and responsibilities of children in war. …”
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Lessons learned from syndemic HIV research in an immigrant, latinx sexual and gender minority community by Nicholas Metheny, Dalton Scott, Sandor Santana, Rosa Pache

“…By drawing inferences from study data and contextualizing these with community partners, we learned: (1) Large parts of the target community may be unfamiliar with the underlying constructs captured in important HIV-related measures; (2) Cash incentives may shift motivation from intrinsic to extrinsic and lead to poorer data quality; (3) Deviations in Spanish go beyond vocabulary used in different Latin American countries, and more formal Spanish may relay concepts in unfamiliar ways that are unapproachable; and (4) community members may be unfamiliar with survey data collection processes and the protections in place to ensure confidentiality. …”
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Risk in Physical Exercise Program Users by José Ander Asenjo Alarcón

“…Risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus were determined with a diagnostic interpretation guide adapted from the American Diabetes Association, the Peruvian Endocrinology Society, and the Ministry of Health. …”
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Correlation between P-glycoprotein and CD34 Expressions in Leukemic Cells from De novo Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Yulia Nadar Indrasari, Yetti Hernaningsih, Aryati Aryati, Siprianus Ugroseno Yudho Bintoro, Atika Atika, Rosline Hassan

“…The bone marrow aspiration results of adult patients with AML reveal the following distribution according to the French–American–British classification: 30% of patients have AML M1, 30% have AML M2, 13.33% have AML M3, 3.33% have AML M4, 16.66% have AML M5, and 6.66% have AML M7. …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL-CULTURAL CONCEPTION OF TELEVISION AS A VISUAL PRACTICES OF XX-XXI CENTURY by A. M. Tormakhova

“…Deployment of the author's position within the designated issues is presented as a historical digression – from the first attempts at understanding the phenomenon of television to the newest scientific theories that have found expression in contemporary American philosophical and cultural thought. Results of the study can be used in the training course "Visual communication and practices." …”
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An experimental analysis of mechanical properties for a dissimilar pattern structure in the 3-D printing of a PLA5F filament using the Taguchi method by Thamizh Selvan S, Mohandass M

“…This analysis optimized the printing parameters, including layer thickness (0.15, 0.25, 0.35 mm), nozzle movement speed (80, 100, 120 mm s ^−1 ), filling structure (Lines - a, Triangular - b, and Octet - c), and occupancy rate (20%, 40%, 60%). The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards for tensile strength (ASTM D638) and impact strength (ASTM D256) were used for evaluation. …”
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Balancing Explainability and Privacy in Bank Failure Prediction: A Differentially Private Glass-Box Approach by Junyoung Byun, Jaewook Lee, Hyeongyeong Lee, Bumho Son

“…We analyzed data from 21,243 American banks spanning from 1969 to 2021, focusing on key financial ratios. …”
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Thermosphere‐Ionosphere Modeling With Forecastable Inputs: Case Study of the June 2012 High‐Speed Stream Geomagnetic Storm by Xing Meng, Anthony J. Mannucci, Olga P. Verkhoglyadova, Bruce T. Tsurutani, Aaron J. Ridley, Ja‐Soon Shim

“…However, overestimated TEC response is found in the middle to low latitudinal region of the American sector and surrounding areas for both GITM and TIE‐GCM during similar time periods. …”
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PUPIL DIAMETER AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR DEPRESSION DETECTION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH DEEP LEARNING MODELS by Islam MOHAMED, Mohamed EL-WAKAD, Khaled ABBAS, Mohamed ABOAMER, Nader A. Rahman MOHAMED

“…Most methods for detecting depression rely on clinical diagnoses and surveys. However, the American Psychiatric Association reports that over 50% of patients do not receive appropriate treatment. …”
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Serialised Translations in the Estonian Newspapers in the Beginning of the 20th Century (1900‒1940) by Aile Möldre

“…In the independent Republic of Estonia, in the 1920s and 1930s, Anglo-American literature occupied the leading position in accordance with the general cultural orientation. …”
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Liquid biopsy in organ damage: introduction of an innovative tool for assessing the complexity of blunt splenic injury by Aliona Wöhler, Bingduo Wang, Robert Schwab, Veronika Lukacs-Kornek, Arnulf G. Willms, Miroslaw T. Kornek

“…Here, we reanalyzed our data and explored whether monocyte-derived small EVs are correlated with AAST score (American Association for the Surgery of Trauma) scoring and are sensitive enough to distinguish the severity of splenic trauma in our explorative study. …”
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