Comparative Analysis of Visual Performance and Optical Quality with a Rotationally Asymmetric Multifocal Intraocular Lens and an Apodized Diffractive Multifocal Intraocular Lens by Xiao Wang, Haixia Tu, Yong Wang

“…The Chinese version of the visual function index-14 (VF-12-CN) and spectacle independence were assessed in all patients. Results. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to the conduct of critical care research in low and lower-middle income countries: A scoping review. by Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, Ena Gupta, Nagarajan Ramakrishnan, Abi Beane, Rashan Haniffa, Nazir Lone, Nicolette de Keizer, Neill K J Adhikari

“…For each study, reviewers independently extracted data using a standardized data extraction form. …”
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Clinical value of serum biomarkers, squamous cell carcinoma antigen and apolipoprotein C-II in follow-up of patients with locally advanced cervical squamous cell carcinoma treated... by Yoko Harima, Takuro Ariga, Yuko Kaneyasu, Hitoshi Ikushima, Sunao Tokumaru, Shigetoshi Shimamoto, Takeo Takahashi, Noriko Ii, Kayoko Tsujino, Anneyuko I Saito, Hiroki Ushijima, Takafumi Toita, Tatsuya Ohno

“…In multivariate analysis, larger tumor size was independently associated with shorter PFS, OS, PPFS, and DMFS, while longer overall treatment time was independently associated with shorter PPFS. …”
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Penggunaan Asthma Control Test (ACT) secara Mandiri oleh Pasien untuk Mendeteksi Perubahan Tingkat Kontrol Asmanya by Yessy Susanty Sabri, Yusrizal Chan

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the use of ACT independently by asthma patients to detect changes in the level of asthma control. …”
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Echocardiographic Findings in Patients with Atrial Septal Aneurysm: A Prospective Case-Control Study by Ramazan Atak, Mehmet Ileri, Selcuk Ozturk, Ahmet Korkmaz, Ertan Yetkin

“…Logistic regression analysis revealed that mitral valve regurgitation (OR: 2.05, 95% CI : 1.44–2.92, p<0.001) and PFO (OR: 11.62, 95% CI : 2.64–51.02, p=0.001) were positively and independently associated with the presence of ASA. AAA tended to be statistically and independently associated with ASA (OR: 2.69, 95% CI : 0.97–7.47, p=0.05). …”
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Operationalising routinely collected patient data in research to further the pursuit of social justice and health equity: a team-based scoping review by Katie Chadd, Anna Caute, Anna Pettican, Pam Enderby

“…All titles and abstracts were screened independently by 2 team members, as were full texts. …”
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Protective and risk factors of mental health of working age adults with adventitious total bilateral blindness and low vision: A scoping review protocol. by Nneoma Dike, Lucia D'Ambruoso, Heather May Morgan, Zoë Skea, Emma-Louise Tarburn

“…Furthermore, two reviewers will independently conduct double data extraction while three other reviewers will revise, cross check, and correct any extraction errors. …”
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The position of Lithuanian parties towards Poland in 1920-1926: from modus vivendi to permanent confrontation by Andrius Grodis

“… In the end of the First World War, Lithuanian (having just regained independence) international position was badly complicated by a terror conflict with Poland with respect to Vilnius that took place in 1919. …”
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Impact of kidney volume on incidence of in-hospital kidney-related adverse outcomes in patients with acute heart failure by Akira Saito, Taku Asano, Nobuyuki Komiyama, Sachiko Ohde

“…Conclusions Kidney volume on admission was independently associated with the increased incidence of kidney-related adverse outcomes during hospitalization in patients with AHF.…”
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Academic and Socioсultural Adaptation of Students in Russian Universities by P. A. Ambarova, G. E. Zborovsky, V. S. Nikolskiy, N. V. Shabrova

“…It is concluded that the adaptation of students to project activities is complicated by their unwillingness to responsibility and independence, an attitude towards individualism and autonomy, an insufficiently high level of professional culture and professional knowledge, which is at odds with the expectations of project customers. …”
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Key CT markers for predicting haemorrhagic transformation after ischaemic stroke: a prospective cohort study in China by Ming Liu, Qian Wu, Yanan Wang, Junfeng Liu, Chenchen Wei

“…The early hypodensity &gt;1/3 of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory, Alberta Stroke Programme Early CT Score≤7, midline shift, hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign (HMCAS), poor collateral circulation, infarct core and penumbra was independently associated with the increased risk of HT (all p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Patient‐Reported Fatigue Associated with Joint Histopathology in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Diyu Pearce‐Fisher, Melanie H. Smith, Bella Y. Mehta, Edoardo Spolaore, Edward DiCarlo, Dongmei Sun, Susan M. Goodman

“…Conclusion Although fatigue is associated with DAS28‐ESR, it is also associated with SLH independently of disease activity.…”
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Once-weekly semaglutide doubles the five-year risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a Danish cohort of 424,152 persons with type 2 diabetes by Jakob Grauslund, Andreas Abou Taha, Laleh Dehghani Molander, Ryo Kawasaki, Sören Möller, Kurt Højlund, Lonny Stokholm

“…Semaglutide exposure was associated with a higher incidence rate (0·228 vs. 0·093 per 1000 person-years, p < 0·001) and independently predicted a higher risk of upcoming NAION (HR 2·19, 95% confidence interval 1·54 − 3·12), even when multiple other factors were taken into account. …”
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Voltage-Mode Four-Phase Sinusoidal Generator and Its Useful Extensions by Sudhanshu Maheshwari

“…The frequency and condition of oscillation can be independently controlled. The effect of active element’s nonidealities and parasitic effects is also studied; the proposed topology is good in absorbing several parasitic elements involved with the active elements. …”
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The automatization of press statistics as one of the ways to improve the service of information users by Angelė Šarlauskienė

“…The Department of Press Statistics functions independently as a constituent part of the automatization of press statistics in the Book Palace. …”
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CNS Vasculitis Associated with Waldenström Macroglobulinemia by Tanawan Riangwiwat, Chris Y. Wu, Alberto S. Santos-Ocampo, Randal J. Liu, Aaron M. McMurtray, Beau K. Nakamoto

“…On followup over 7 years, patient gained independence from walking aids and experienced no recurrences of CNS vasculitis. …”
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LIBERTARIAN PREMISES OF KNOWLEDGE COMMERCIALIZATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Robert CIBOROWSKI, Karolina TRZASKA, Marian ZALESKO

“…Key factors in the process of knowledge production and commercialization include historical background, perception of independence paradigms, adopted university management models, and the size and structure of funding. …”
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Behindert das (deutsche) Recht die zeithistorische Forschung? by Jan Thiessen

“…Academic freedom and freedom of information have to be weighed against personality rights and judicial independence. In that light, the article reviews essential provisions of German law regarding the legal access to historical sources, especially the Federal Archives Act, and illustrates practical issues in writing contemporary legal history. …”
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Le Makhzen est-il soluble dans la mondialisation ? by Jean-Luc Piermay

“…Among the public policies, the economic question is the main field of State intervention under the reign of Mohammed VI. But from Independence (1956) the building of the national territory has taken advantage of an unchanging strategy of integration, still visible through the policies applied to the spaces neighbouring the borders. …”
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Communitarian social demand of the content system in dermatology as a subject for general comprehensive doctors. by Miriam Iglesias León, María Dolores Castillo Menéndez

“…Today, the teaching activity in the Higher Education is aimed at forming professionals who are able to fulfil with all their functions and to successfully face the problems of production and service with independence and creativeness. This article presents some of the changes carried out in the program of the subject Dermatology with the aim of fulfilling throughout this subject, with the community social demands of the system of knowledge of this discipline for the Comprehensive General Doctor.…”
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