Long‑term outcomes of adjustable gastric banding: a 15‑year prospective randomized trial comparing 2 band types in 103 patients by Žygimantas Juodeikis, Gintautas Brimas

“…However, most of the improvements in comorbidities observed at the 5-year follow-up significantly declined after 15 years.…”
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Assessing the factors affecting the formation of entrepreneurial opportunities in rural areas; Case study: Behbahan County by sara ferdosi, hasanali faraji sabokbar, alireza darbaneh astaneh, fazileh khani

“…These findings suggest that the villagers' perception of these indicators is positive, given that the observed mean value (3.1) is assumed to be positive. …”
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Research progress of femoral head necrosis in HIV-infected patients by Youhan Yang, Futao Ke, Zhengqi Pan, Liaobin Chen

“…As life expectancy among patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) increases, a growing number of complications have been observed. This population displays an elevated risk of ischemic necrosis of the femoral head in comparison to the general population, which may be attributed to HIV infection, antiretroviral medication use, and hormone application. …”
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Estimation of water storage changes in a tropical lake-floodplain system through remote sensing by Thijs de Klein, Victor Bense, Syed Mustafa

“…A precipitation response time of approximately two months is observed, suggesting a considerable contribution of groundwater to the lake’s water balance. …”
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Optimizing Tuberose (<i>Polianthes tuberosa</i> L.) Production Using Mycorrhiza and Biostimulants to Enhance Water-Deficit Tolerance by Mahdyeh Saravani, Abdolrahman Rahimian Boogar, Mehdi Aran, Dariush Ramezan, Meisam Zargar, Simbo Diakite

“…The highest morphological characteristics were observed in plants irrigated at 100% field capacity. …”
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Liquefied Petroleum Gas Poisoning in a Child: A Case Report from a Low-Middle Income Country by Abid Jamali, Latif Shamasuddin, Aimen Yunus, Nadeem Ullah Khan

“…With the increasing use of LPG, a rise in poisoning cases has been observed.Case report: We are reporting the case of a 5-year-old male who presented to the pediatric emergency department with unconsciousness lasting approximately 30 minutes after being found near an LPG cylinder in the kitchen. …”
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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Artemisia annua (L.) essential oil against different fish pathogens by F. Sakhaie, M. Adel, R. Safari, F. Firouzbakhsh, A. Nosrati Movafagh, T. Stadtlander

“…Maximum antibacterial and antifungal activity was observed against Y. ruckeri (22.6±0.6 mm) and Saprolegnia sp. (18.7±0.8 mm) respectively, while S. iniae (10.2±1.2 mm) and A. flavus (12.9±0.82 mm) showed the least sensitivity. …”

Sunitinib Combined with Th1 Cytokines Potentiates Apoptosis in Human Breast Cancer Cells and Suppresses Tumor Growth in a Murine Model of HER-2pos Breast Cancer by Nirmala Ghimirey, Chase Steele, Brian J. Czerniecki, Gary K. Koski, Loral E. Showalter

“…We found that when a panel of five phenotypically diverse human breast cancer cell lines was subjected to treatment with sunitinib plus recombinant Th1 cytokines IFN-γ and TNF-α, synergistic effects were observed across a number of parameters including different aspects of apoptotic cell death. …”
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The Prognostic Accuracy Evaluation of mNUTRIC, APACHE II, SOFA, and SAPS 2 Scores for Mortality Prediction in Patients with Sepsis by Pham Dang Hai, Le Thi Viet Hoa

“…Methods. This prospective observational study was performed on 194 septic patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of 108 Military Central Hospital. …”
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Sleep behaviour and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention during cardiac rehabilitation: protocol for a longitudinal study by Jie Zhou, Jing Wu, Lan Huang, Yiyan Wang, Husheng Li, Xubo Wu

“…The generalised estimating equation will be used to examine the associations between sleep and CRF during CR.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval for this observational longitudinal study was granted by the Shanghai Seventh People’s Hospital Ethics Committee on 23 April 2021 (2021-7th-HIRB-012). …”
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Xenon Anesthesia Improves Respiratory Gas Exchanges in Morbidly Obese Patients by Antonio Abramo, Claudio Di Salvo, Francesca Foltran, Francesco Forfori, Marco Anselmino, Francesco Giunta

“…A reduction of opioid consumption during and after surgery and an increased incidence of PONV were also observed in xenon group.…”
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Farmer’s Knowledge on Thaumatotibia Leucotreta (Meyrick) an Economic Pest of Avocado Production in Tanzania by Juliana G. Shikoshi, Angela G. Mkindi, Patrick A. Ndakidemi, Ernest R. Mbega, Kelvin M. Mtei

“…The findings revealed that 56.1% (n = 330) of the farmers had no idea about any insect pests infesting avocado fruits, while 77.6% (n = 456) of farmers were unaware of T. leucotreta, presence; however, only 22.4% (n = 132) confirmed to have seen damage symptoms caused by the pest on avocado fruits. It was further observed that 51.6% (n = 1158) of the 2250 sampled fruits exhibited T. leucotreta damaging signs (white exudes or frass on fruit surface), thereby confirming the presence of T. leucotreta in farmers’ fields. …”
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Stability indicating eco-friendly HPLC method development and validation for the estimation of bisoprolol fumarate and telmisartan by Hitanshi Darji, Pratima Prajapati, Zarna Dedania, Ronak Dedania

“…No chromatographic or spectrum impediments caused by formulation additives have been observed. Conclusion Bisoprolol fumarate and telmisartan could be measured simultaneously using the devised RP-HPLC method, which was simple, quick, sensitive, accurate, precise, linear, and stability indicating. …”
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Diagnosis of COVID-19 Using a Deep Learning Model in Various Radiology Domains by Yousef Alhwaiti, Muhammad Hameed Siddiqi, Madallah Alruwaili, Ibrahim Alrashdi, Saad Alanazi, Muhammad Hasan Jamal

“…Front-line paramedical employees might initially be at risk when observing and treating patients, who can contaminate them through respiratory secretions. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from different animal food origins in Jimma, South Western Ethiopia by Diriba Taddese, Mukarim Abdurahaman, Motuma Debelo, Eshetu Shumi, Gelana Urgessa, Dase Kefyalew, Moa Melaku, Tadele Kebeta, Gazali Abafaji

“…The least antibiotic resistance was observed against cefoxitin (7.3%). Ciprofloxacin, trimethoprim and ceftaroline showed resistance in 14.6% of the isolates. …”
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Analysis the effect of handling facilities on the quality of fishes landed at fish auction market by Ratih Purnama Sari, Yaser Krisnafi, Ayu Rizky Amalia, Edy Miswar

“…The data taken is daily data with the method of observation at the location on the ship, fish auction place, and baskets. …”
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The Usefulness of Adopting the Last Planner System in the Construction Process of Addis Ababa Road Projects by Zenawi Mehari Limenih, Belachew Asteray Demisse, Abenezer Tariku Haile

“…To address the problems, questioners, observations, interviews, focus group discussions, and recently published journals were employed as qualitative and quantitative data collection tools and analyzed using statistical package for the social science version 26 and super decision model version 3.2. …”
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Recovery of Prenatal Baicalein Exposure Perturbed Reproduction by Postnatal Exposure of Testosterone in Male Mice by Sridevi Vaadala, Naveen Ponneri, Venkata Shashank Karanam, Sri Bhashyam Sainath, Pamanji Sreenivasuala Reddy, Ramachandra Reddy Pamuru, Arifullah Mohammed

“…A downward trend was observed in testicular steroidogenic marker enzymes (3β- and 17β-steroid dehydrogenases) and serum testosterone, whereas increase in serum titers of FSH and LH along with altered the testicular histology. …”
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Prevalence of Poultry Coccidiosis and Associated Risk Factors in Intensive Farming System of Gondar Town, Ethiopia by Anteneh Wondimu, Ermias Mesfin, Yehualashet Bayu

“…From the examined chickens, higher degree of infection was observed in the younger age group (51.0%) than adult chickens (36.7%). …”
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Scoping review of cytolytic vaginosis literature. by Roni Kraut, Fabiola Diaz Carvallo, Richard Golonka, Sandra M Campbell, Anoush Rehmani, Oksana Babenko, Mao-Cheng Lee, Pedro Vieira-Baptista

“…Fifty percent of studies (n = 32) were reviews; the remainder were observational; and of these, 78% (n = 25) were cross-sectional. …”
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