Epidemiology of Avian Tuberculosis in Selected Districts of Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Tesfaye Debelu, Fufa Abunna, Gezahegne Mamo Kassa, Gobena Ameni

“…In addition, greater odd of exposure was observed in chickens at mid- and low altitudes as compared to those at the highland. …”
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The role of endoscopic investigation in expertise and rehabilitation diagnostics of patients and disabled persons after stomach surgery by K. A. Velikolug, Zh. M. Sizova, Ye. K. Baranskaya

“…At endoscopic investigation the combined lesions of gastro-intestinal tract were frequently observed: gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) – in 30 (19,2%) patients, acute erosions of the stomach stump – in 45 (37,5%), inflammatory changes in anastomosis region (anastomositis) – in 87 (72,5%). …”
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Comparative color stability assessment of orthodontic clear aligners: an in vitro study by Nancy Ajwa, Fatimah Radhi, Rana Aloraini, Ghadi AlSaydalani

“…Results A significant color change in aligners was observed after immersion in the stated solutions (p = 0.01). …”
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Patterns of Eating Behavior and Nutritional Status in University Students after Two Years of Online Education by Héctor Fuentes Barría, Raúl Aguilera Eguía, Catalina González Wong

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: significant mean differences between groups were only observed for food concerns (p= 0.009).<br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: food concern suggests an interest in self-care. …”
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The Effect of Baduanjin Qigong on Impact of Disease and Sleep Quality in Elderly Fibromyalgia Patients by Heiresh Saeed Ali, Razieh Khanmohammadi, Elahe Arabameri, Ina Shaw, Brandon Shaw

“…Results: The significant improvements were observed in PSQI total (t (16) = 3.65, p = 0.002), FIQR (t (16) = 3.76, p = 0.002), FIQR function (t (16) = 2.16, p = 0.04), FIQR symptoms (t (16) = 2.957, p = 0.009) in BQ group. …”
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An Erdős-Révész Type Law for the Length of the Longest Match of Two Coin-Tossing Sequences by Karl Grill

“…The famous Erdős-Rényi law of large numbers implies that the longest run of ones in the first <i>n</i> observations has a length <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>R</mi><mi>n</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> that behaves like <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>log</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, as <i>n</i> tends to infinity (throughout this article, log denotes logarithm with base 2). …”
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Bacterial, fungal and parasitic co-infections in leprosy: A scoping review. by Luis Alberto Ribeiro Fróes, Tereza Setsuko Toma, Marie Jachiet, Laurie Rousset, Rosana Evangelista Poderoso, Maria Angela Bianconcini Trindade

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>We observed a male-dominated pattern of co-infections among working-age individuals with multibacillary leprosy. …”
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Gallbladder Carcinomas: An Immunoprognostic Evaluation of P53; Bcl-2; CEA and Alpha-Fetoprotein by R Kanthan, JM Radhi, SC Kanthan

“…A similar trend was also observed with staining patterns to CEA. Eighty-nine per cent of the invasive and 84% of the in situ components of the tumour stained positive to CEA. …”
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CLINICAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF A DOCTOR by V. M. Zhdan, L.M. Shylkina, O.M. Bieliaieva

“…The authors emphasize that in a patient-centered approach, the skills of clinical communication belong to basic clinical abilities, which minimize factors that can negatively affect the doctor’s success, promoting patient satisfaction with medical care and improving their psycho-emotional state, patient compliance, increasing the effectiveness of diagnosis, treatment, disease prevention, and palliative care. It is observed that the skills of clinical communication are complex and are manifested by the ability to choose appropriate tactics of communication with patients and their relatives, to create a trusting atmosphere and a comfortable psychological environment for the patient; possession of nonverbal and paraverbal components of communication; the ability to conduct educational work with the patient to maintain a healthy lifestyle and give up bad habits; the ability to maintain and encourage patient’s autonomy, prove information about possible complications; persuade the patient to comply; the ability to avoid conflicts or act adequately in a conflict situation with patients. …”
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Verbal and Nonverbal Languages in Online Thesis Examinations: An Illocutionary Act Study by Hastari Mayrita, Yundi Fitrah, Amirul Mukminin, Sunda Ariana, Marzul Hidayat, Fortunasari Fortunasari

“…The research findings showed that, 1) Type of constative illocutionary act namely ascriptive, informative, assertive, responsive, retractive, assertive, confirmative, and disputative; The directive illocutionary acts namely requestees, questions, requirements, prohibitive, permissive, and advisories; Commissive illocutionary acts namely promises; and the illocution acts of acknowledgment. 2) Subsequent findings; Verbal language in constative acts was found verbs to inform, assess, confirm, respond, convey, admit, question, observe, justify, presume with theory, speculate, reject or accept, report, object to, and clarify; directive acts was verbs to instruct, command, direct, require, suggest, encourage, warn, propose, advise, plead/ask, affirm,  authorize, give opportunity, allow, ask and interrogate, and prohibit; commissive acts was verbs to 'make a promise and agree'; and the act of acknowledgment has the verbs to 'greeting', 'introduce oneself', 'thank', 'apologize', and the verb of 'hope'. …”
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Surface Modification by Combination of Dip-Pen Nanolithography and Soft Lithography for Reduction of Bacterial Adhesion by Santiago Arango-Santander, Alejandro Pelaez-Vargas, Sidónio C. Freitas, Claudia García

“…A significant reduction up to one order of magnitude in bacterial adhesion to micropatterned surfaces was observed. The presented experimental approach may be used to create patterns at microscale on a surface and transfer them to other surfaces of interest. …”
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Quantitative Analysis of Retinal Microvascular Perfusion and Novel Biomarkers of the Treatment Response in Diabetic Macular Edema by Young Gun Park, Young-Hoon Park

“…A decreased DCP/SCP flow ratio was observed in patients with DME that exhibited a poor treatment response. …”
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A machine learning based algorithm accurately stages liver disease by quantification of arteries by Zhengxin Li, Xin Sun, Zhimin Zhao, Qiang Yang, Yayun Ren, Xiao Teng, Dean C. S. Tai, Ian R. Wanless, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Chenghai Liu

“…As liver fibrosis progressed from F1 to F4, we observed that both AD and CPA gradually increases among the three etiologies (P < 0.05). …”
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Hyperexcitability of Cortical Oscillations in Patients with Somatoform Pain Disorder: A Resting-State EEG Study by Qian Ye, Dong Yan, Manlin Yao, Wutao Lou, Weiwei Peng

“…A significant correlation between parietal alpha oscillation and somatization severity was observed in SPD patients, after accounting for the influence of anxiety and depression. …”
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30-Day and 1-Year Mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The Impact of Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty as a Bridging Therapy in a Portuguese Tertiary Center by Francisco B. Albuquerque, Bárbara L. Teixeira, André Grazina, Rúben Ramos, António Fiarresga, Alexandra Castelo, Tiago Mendonça, Inês Rodrigues, Duarte Cacela, Rui Ferreira

“…Methods. This was an observational, retrospective study of patients who underwent TAVR between 2009 and 2022 in a tertiary center. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of short- and long-term complications in pediatric burns by Carlos Delgado-Miguel, Lara Fuentes Gómez, Ada García Morán, Miriam Miguel-Ferrero, Mercedes Díaz, Juan Carlos López-Gutiérrez

“…Acute escharectomy and grafting were performed in 85 patients (24.9%), while long-term sequelae were observed in 112 cases (32.7%). NLR was the most sensitive and specific predictor for the need for escharectomy and grafting (Sensitivity 90%, Specificity 88.4%; AUC 0.920), for the development of long-term sequelae (Sensitivity 80.4%, Specificity 83.5%; AUC 0.849) and for the need for surgery of the sequelae (Sensitivity 83.5%, Specificity 80.9%; AUC 0.833). …”
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Individualized Corneal Patching for Treatment of Corneal Trauma Combined with Tissue Defects by Ting Zhang, Yanni Jia, Suxia Li, Weiyun Shi

“…The visual acuity, corneal status, and postoperative complications were observed during the follow-up. Results. The diameter of corneal perforations was 1.0 mm in 2 eyes, 1.5 mm in 1 eye, 2.0 mm in 4 eyes, and 3.5 mm in 1 eye. …”
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Heteromericarpy of Heracleum sosnowskyi Manden. (Umbelliferae = Apiaceae) by K. G. Tkachenko

“…Under laboratory conditions, the emergence of the first seedlings was observed after 5–7 days. For the fruits stored in the laboratory, germination was reduced. …”
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Microbiota, Prostatitis, and Fertility: Bacterial Diversity as a Possible Health Ally by Jenniffer Puerta Suárez, Walter D. Cardona Maya

“…No statistically significant differences were observed in conventional and functional seminal parameters. …”
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Fate of trace elements and emerging environmental pollutants (benzotriazoles and benzothiazoles) from a glacier-fed river in the mixing zone of an Arctic fjord system by Joséphine Amey, Øyvind Mikkelsen

“…A trend of higher concentrations of trace elements in sediment (ANOVA, p = 0.044) and seawater (ANOVA, p = 0.013), as well as 2-OH-BTH in seawater (t-test, p = 0.010) was observed in the vicinity of the town, where most anthropogenic activities have taken place due to former mining operations.…”
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