The Comparison of Cost-Effectiveness Between Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Provocative Discography in the Identification of Chronic Low Back Pain Surgery Candidates by Wilson L, Beall DP, Eastlack RK, Berven S, Lotz JC

“…Leslie Wilson,1 Douglas P Beall,2 Robert Kenneth Eastlack,3 Sigurd Berven,4 Jeffrey C Lotz4 1Department of Pharmacy, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA; 2Comprehensive Specialty Care, Edmond, OK, 73034, USA; 3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA; 4Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0728, USACorrespondence: Leslie Wilson, Department of Pharmacy, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA, Tel +1 415-990-1012, Email leslie.wilson@ucsf.eduBackground/Context: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a significant US healthcare burden with millions of lumbar spine procedures annually. Diagnostic tests are essential to guide treatment but provocative discography (PD), the most common diagnostic procedure, is without robust evidence of its value. …”
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Evaluation of Learners’ Satisfaction with Open Flexible and Distance Learning Services at the University of Lagos Distance Learning Institute by Adenike Oladipo, Esther O. Oladele, Oladipupo Ajeyalemi, Folashade Afolabi, Peter O. Olayiwola, Johnson A. Adewara, Andrew Akala, Uchenna Udeani

“…Data was collected using a structured questionnaire which was developed and validated for testing learner satisfaction in ODL at the University of Lagos. …”
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Prospective Single-Arm Study of Remifentanil-Propofol Anesthesia with Manual Right Hypochondrial Compression for Painless Gastroscopy in Obese Patients by Wang M, Tang J, Pan Z, Jiang H, Hu D, Zhu B, Liang Z, Zhao X, Li Y

“…With the increase of class of obesity, a significant rise in the incidence of hypoxemia was observed, from class I by 11.8%, to 15.1% in class II, and 41.7% in class III. Paired t test showed that the L-SpO2 was significantly higher than L-SpO2 in overnight polysomnography (Nadir SpO2) (92% vs 76%, P< 0.001). …”
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An exploratory study of INPP4B, a biomarker of gemcitabine chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer by REN Jiaqiang, WU Shuai, SU Tong, LI Jie, HAN Liang, WU Zheng

“…Clinical and prognostic information was collected, and the log-rank test was used to evaluate the relationship between target molecule expression and patient prognosis. …”
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Effect of Irrigation Interval and Corn (Zea mays L.)-Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Intercropping on the Quantitative and Qualitative Characteristics of Fodder by Saeed Sadeghzadeh Hemayati, Hamed Mansouri, Mohsen Shahsavarpour

“…Data were analyzed using SAS 9.1 software and the means were separated by the least significant difference test at 5% probability level.Results and DiscussionThe experimental results revealed that as the irrigation interval increased and drought stress intensified, there was a decrease in total fodder yield, total ash content, acid detergent fiber, dry matter digestibility, and the yield of protein and crude fiber in the fodder. …”
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Impact of healthy lifestyle on diabetes incidence among adults of different socioeconomic status in Guizhou province: a prospective cohort study by Yiying WANG, Min CHEN, Lieqiang ZHANG, Xin WANG, Wei ZHAN, Yunxi PAN, Xiaodeng ZHAO, Tao LIU

“…Face-to-face interviews with a questionnaire developed by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention，physical examinations, and laboratory tests were conducted among the residents from November 2010 to December 2012 to collect baseline data, and follow-up surveys were conducted from December 2016 to June 2021. …”
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Application effect of Zhulianhua Gargle in oral care of inpatients with hyperthermia syndrome (竹连花含漱液在实热证住院患者口腔护理中的应用效果) by HAO Tiantian (郝天天), WEI Jinrong (魏金荣), ZHANG Lingyan (张玲燕), QIU Shuang (邱爽), ZHAO Wei (赵伟), GENG Tong (耿桐)

“…The changes of oral pH value, oral bacterial quantitative test, oral function, halitosis value and oral comfort were compared after 2 weeks of intervention. …”
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Differentiation of Early Sacroiliitis Using Machine-Learning- Supported Texture Analysis by Qingqing Zhu, Qi Wang, Xi Hu, Xin Dang, Xiaojing Yu, Liye Chen, Hongjie Hu

“…The diagnostic efficacies of the two readers were judged and compared using an assigned Likert score, conducting a Kappa consistency test of the diagnostic results between two readers. …”
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Association of depression in multiple sclerosis with fatigue, sleep disturbances, disability, and health-related quality of life: Outcomes of a cross-sectional study by E. Aparicio-Castro, A. Candeliere-Merlicco, C.M. Santa, R. Villaverde-González

“…Patients with depressive symptoms exhibited higher disability scores, longer ambulation times, worse cognitive function in the Symbol Digit Modalities Test, and poorer sleep quality. They also had significantly higher fatigue and daytime somnolence scores, as well as lower scores on the MSQOL-54: physical (40.55 vs. 62.3; P<.001) and mental (44.49 vs. 71.89; P<.001) health composites. …”
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Features of expression of immunohistochemical markers in local and generalized clear cell kidney cancer by E. M. Frantsiyants, A. N. Shevchenko, E. A. Dzhenkova, N. S. Karnaukhov, T. A. Gudtskova, A. A. Breus, E. V. Filatova, D. A. Shvyrev

“…The reliability of the difference between the two averages was determined by the student's t‑test for unrelated populations.Results. In clear cell kidney cancer, a low level of proliferative activity was observed in General, but in generalized, compared with local, it was significantly higher (P&lt;0.05) (8±0.5% and 5±0.6%, respectively), and in generalized cancer, there was an overexpression of Cyclin D1–70±3.9%, compared to 14.4±2.3% in local stages, P&lt;0.05. …”
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Effect of Sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) Hulls with Different Particle Sizes on Growth Performance and Physiological Responses of Broiler Chickens Fed Different Levels of Protein by Najibeh Beigzadeh, Smayyeh Salari, Faegheh Zaefarian, Shima Hosseinifar

“…Duncan's multiple range test was used for mean comparison at a 5% significance level.Results and Discussion: The results indicated that incorporating sunflower hulls (SFH) in the diet increased FI, except during the starter period, and improved FCR in both the starter and grower periods. …”
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Physical and molecular identification of fish and shrimp diseases in some farms of West Java, Banten and Jakarta, Indonesia by Adam Saba Anggara, Ida Ayu Mirah Meliana Dewi, Kismono Kudoasmoro, Putu Eka Sudaryatma, Putu Angga Wiradana

“…The infected samples with clinical symptoms were Carassius auratus by Aeromonas salmonicida and red zebra cichlid (Metriaclima estherae) by Red Sea Bream Iridoviral Disease (RSBIV). Physical testing supported by molecular detection of aquatic animals can be an effort to manage aquaculture systems in Indonesia.   …”
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Conocimientos, práctica y actitudes hacia la salud oral entre matronas de España by Yolanda Martínez-Beneyto, Andrea Poza Pascual, Cristina Carazo, Clara Serna-Muñoz, Amparo Pérez-Silva, Antonio José Ortiz-Ruiz

“…An initial questionnaire was administered to assess their knowledge and attitudes about oral health, followed by a lecture given by a dentist. Subsequently, a post-test was applied to measure the level of knowledge acquired. …”
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Epistemic Roots, Universal Routes and Ontological Roofs of African “Ritual Archives”: Disciplinary Formations in African Thought by Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju

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Competitive and collaborative relationship between Al–3P and TiB2 nanoparticles in the microstructure manipulation of eutectic Al–Si alloys by Yi-Lu Li, Bai-Xin Dong, Hong-Yu Yang, Dan Luo, Shi-Li Shu, Zhi-Fa Wang, Jie Kang, Jia Meng, Chang-Jie Luo, Cheng-Gang Wang, Kuang Cao, Jian Qiao, Ming Zhu, Feng Qiu, Qi-Chuan Jiang

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Heatwave warnings mitigate long-term cardiovascular diseases risk from heat-related illness: a real-world prospective cohort studyResearch in context by Qi Huang, Limei Ke, Linfeng Liu, Yuyang Liu, Yanjun Li, Guoqing Feng, Bo Yin, Wenxin Xiang, Jiarun Li, Keyi Lyu, Miao Wang, Qiannan Tian, Liqun Wu, Xiaofeng He, Wannian Liang, Huatang Zeng, Jiming Zhu, Kuiying Gu, Qian Di

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Presenting the Model of Effective Factors on Smart Governance in the Country by Ghaem Gheiravani, Mohammad Montazeri, Shams Sadat Zahedi

“…And the structural equation test was used using SMART PLS 3 software to answer the research questions. …”
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Role of the Perceived Social Responsibility of the Company and the Psychological Mechanisms to Achieve the Employees' Creative Behavior (Case Study: Electro Kavir Company of Yazd) by Marziyeh Dehghanizadeh, Fatemeh Keshavarzi Hedesh

“…Research Findings The analysis method used in this research to test the research hypotheses was the structural equation modeling technique, and the research findings showed that all the values ​​obtained for the fit indices are acceptable. …”
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Study on the status of liver function abnormalities and its related factors in patients with severe mental disorders in Shanghai community by ZHANG Yixuan, CHEN Chunmei, ZHU Youwei, ZHU Yi, HE Siyuan, LIU Yanli, WANG Na, CAI Jun, XIE Bin, ZHANG Weibo

“…Questionnaire survey, physical examination and laboratory tests were conducted to obtain their demographic characteristics and liver function indicators such as alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and total bilirubin (TBil). …”
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Comparative Analysis of Prediction Models for Trawling Grounds of the Argentine Shortfin Squid <i>Illex argentinus</i> in the Southwest Atlantic High Seas Based on Vessel Position... by Delong Xiang, Yuyan Sun, Hanji Zhu, Jianhua Wang, Sisi Huang, Shengmao Zhang, Famou Zhang, Heng Zhang

“…The vessel-based model achieved a prediction accuracy of 0.763 on the 2024 test set, while the fishing log-based model reached an accuracy of 0.712, slightly lower than the former, indicating the high accuracy and unique advantages of the vessel position-based model in predicting fishing grounds. …”
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