Travel Burden and the Direct Medical Costs of Urologic Surgery by Daniel J. Olson, John L. Gore, Kenn B. Daratha, Kenneth P. Roberts

“…**Conclusions:** Patient travel burden does appear to play a role in cost and length of hospital stay for select urologic procedures with variable levels of morbidity and recovery time. Although these findings are statistically significant, the magnitude of the effect is small.…”
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Differentiating Malignant from Tubercular Pleural Effusion by Cancer Ratio Plus (Cancer Ratio: Pleural Lymphocyte Count) by Akash Verma, Rucha S. Dagaonkar, Dominic Marshall, John Abisheganaden, R. W. Light

“…Without incurring any additional cost, or requiring additional test, effort, or time, cancer ratio maintained and “cancer ratio plus” improved the specificity of cancer ratio in identifying MPE in the prospective cohort.…”
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Alternative Expression Pattern of MALT1-A20-NF-κB in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Xu Wang, Lihua Zhu, Ziwei Liao, Fan Zhang, Ling Xu, Yan Xu, Shaohua Chen, Lijian Yang, Yi Zhou, Yangqiu Li

“…In this study, we analyzed the expression level of A20, NF-κB, and A20 regulatory factor mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation gene 1 (MALT1) in patients with RA. Real-time PCR was used to determine the expression level of MALT1, MALT-V1, A20, and NF-κB genes in RA and healthy individuals (HI). …”
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Analysis of the use of digital technologies at enterprises of the shipbuilding industry of the military-industrial complex by Lipatnikov Vitalii, Smirnova Ol'ga, Lebedkin Pavel

“…The introduction of digital technologies in warehouses and supply chain management allows one to monitor balances in real time and purchase the necessary materials without the direct presence of a person. …”
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE STATE FAMILY POLICY IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: CHANGING PROBLEMS, PRIORITIES AND PRACTICES by A. V. Noskova

“…The fourth period (from the beginning of the 1990th to the present time) deals with reformatting of the conventional relations of the state and a family in the conditions of a new family, demographic, social and economic European context. …”
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Ginsenoside Rh2 regulates triple-negative breast cancer proliferation and apoptosis via the IL-6/JAK2/STAT3 pathway by Rumeng Ding, Quancheng Kan, Ting Wang, Ran Xiao, Yanan Song, Duolu Li

“…Additionally, ELISA, Western blot, and quantitative real-time PCR were used to further investigate the mechanisms of ginsenoside Rh2-induced apoptosis in TNBC cells.ResultsThrough network analysis, 47 common targets were identified, and Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis suggested that ginsenoside Rh2 may exert therapeutic effects in TNBC by influencing apoptosis, cell proliferation, and protein kinase activity. …”
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Prevalence of Tactile Hallucination of Phone Vibration among Individuals Aged 18–22 Years by Tanisha Sunil Mali, Trupti Yadav

“…About 29% used it for most of the time. About the placement, while carrying of phone, it showed that 69% always carried phone in their jean front pocket. …”
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A literature review on transformative impacts of blockchain technology on manufacturing management and industrial engineering practices by Dharmendra Hariyani, Poonam Hariyani, Sanjeev Mishra, Milind Kumar Sharma

“…Through an extensive review of 480 peer-reviewed papers retrieved from the Scopus database, using the keyword search “blockchain” and “management” or (“manufacturing” or “industrial engineering” or “service” or “supply chain” or “organization”) within the title, abstract, and keywords, this study highlights BCT’s ability to revolutionize supply chain management by providing real-time traceability, automating processes through smart contracts, and ensuring sustainability and compliance. …”
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Scientific opinion on the extension of uses of quillaia extract (E 999) as a food additive by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Laurence Castle, Monica Andreassen, Gabriele Aquilina, Maria Lourdes Bastos, Polly Boon, Biagio Fallico, Reginald FitzGerald, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Bettina Grasl‐Kraupp, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Rainer Gürtler, Eric Houdeau, Marcin Kurek, Henriqueta Louro, Patricia Morales, Sabina Passamonti, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Alexandra Tard, Sam Vermeiren, Panagiota Zakidou, Laura Ruggeri

“…A ‘food supplements consumers only’ scenario was calculated for this opinion considering the proposed extension of uses, together with the current authorised uses at both the maximum permitted level (MPLs) and the typical reported use levels of quillaia extract (E 999) at the time of the 2019 re‐evaluation. The Panel concluded that the exposure estimates using the typical reported use levels for the currently authorised food categories and considering the proposed extension of uses for E 999 in FC 17.1 ‘Food supplements supplied in a solid form, excluding food supplement for infants and young children’ and FC 17.2 ‘Food supplements supplied in a liquid form, excluding food supplement for infants and young children’, if authorised, would not result in an exceedance of the ADI in any population group.…”
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Operative versus Nonoperative Treatment in Patients with Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Recommended for Surgery by Hui Wang, Di Yang, Yan Lv, Jing Lin, Haibin Wang

“…However, in stages IIIA-N2, IIIB, IIIC, IVA-N1, IVA-N3, and IVB, recommended operation did not lead to significantly improved survival time.…”
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Adaptation of Higher Medical Education to the Conditions of Digitalization of Healthcare by V. A. Lazarenko, P. V. Kalutskiy, N. B. Dremova, A. I. Ovod

“…The aim of the work is to study the features of digitalization in medicine, healthcare, professional education, and to determine the directions of their further adaptation to the requirements of the time on the example of the medical university. The provision is based on the use of methods such as content analysis of modern publications on the problem, their logical analysis, generalization and systemization of published information, as well as the presentation of the experience of digitalization in the higher medical education.The article shows the relevance of digitalization for health care, with which it is possible to optimize the tasks of managing the quality and accessibility of medical care. …”
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Transition to the sustainable supply chains: (on the example of PJSC Uralkali) by Strimovskaya Anna, Ryumkina Kseniya, Presnyakova Olga

“…In the context of economic globalization and the growing number of sanctions, certain issues of managing key business processes, export operations and logistics in general become especially relevant for domestic enterprises. At the same time, for different levels of management, subtasks and methods for solving these tasks are different. …”
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Humanitarian activity as a ‘soft power’ instrument of transnational corporations by N. O. Yudin

“…Globalization has turned transnational corporations (TNCs) into the key actors in the world economy and at the same time strengthened their political ambitions. In order to establish a monopoly over certain markets, create opportunities for additional revenue growth and geographic expansion, TNCs are actively using a wide range of political instruments, in which various humanitarian projects and initiatives play an increasingly important role. …”
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Electronic evidence in criminal proceedings: problematic issues of theory and practice by T. H. Fomina, O. O. Rachynskyi

“…Unlike other procedural laws (commercial, civil and administrative), criminal procedural legislation does not contain any provisions on electronic (digital) evidence. At the same time, there are positive trends at the legislative level to recognise the need to regulate electronic (digital) evidence in criminal proceedings. …”
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Temporally and Spatially Controlled Age-Related Prostate Cancer Model in Mice by Sen Liu, Keyi Shen, Zixuan Li, Seleste Rivero, Qiuyang Zhang

“…The viral delivery procedures strictly control the location and time of Pten knockout. This novel approach provides a powerful age-related murine model for PCa, emphasizing the effect of aging on prostate carcinogenesis.…”
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Efficacy of the Optilume paclitaxel drug-coated balloon after urethroplasty: short-term results from a multicenter study by Maia VanDyke, Eshan Joshi, Brian Ceballos, Adam Baumgarten, Ethan Matz, Kayla S. Graham, Maxim J. McKibben, Ahmad Imam, Lucas Wiegand, Bryce Franzen, Steven Hudak

“…Patients were stratified by history of urethroplasty; demographics, stricture characteristics, and outcomes (surgical success, time to recurrence). Success was defined as freedom from re-intervention in patients with at least 3 months of follow-up. …”
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Integration of fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag into palm oil fuel ash based geopolymer concrete: a review by Ying Yi Tan, Hanizam Awang, Noor Haida Mohd Kaus

“…On the other hand, POFA geopolymer concrete with high volume exhibits reduced early strength development, decreased workability, and an extended setting time. Therefore, this review paper emphasizes the need of including fly ash (FA) and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) into POFA-based geopolymer concrete. …”

Measuring Transducer for Air Gap Capacitive Sensor in Hydrogenerator by A. S. Levytskyi, I. O. Zaitsev, V. O. Bereznychenko, O. E. Sukhorukova

“…The aim of this paper was to develop a secondary measuring transducer providing accuracy and resolution for a capacitive gap sensor formed by coplanar parallel electrodes.It is shown that the reliability and safety of operation of powerful HG inextricably depend on the timely detection of their defects, especially during operation. …”
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The United States and the Challenges of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s Internal Stability: A Historical Retrospective by L. R. Khlebnikova

“…External factors compound the Jordanian authorities’ efforts to overcome the numerous internal economic, social and political challenges causing regular protests, sometimes of a quite considerable scale. At the same time Jordan is extremely dependent on external support. …”
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Advances in Transparency and Right to Access Information in The Czech Republic by Jana Janderová

“…Thus, the right to access information must be interpreted broadly enough, yet there are other rights such as privacy or trade secrets which must be respected at the same time. The paper therefore explains the balance between those rights that has been achieved through years of court interpretation. …”
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