Salvage transoral laser microsurgery for early local recurrence of glottic squamous cell cancer by Zhimou Cai, Huijun Yue, Lin Chen, Yang Xv, Yun Li, Bingjie Tang, Yu Lin, Wenbin Lei

“…Methods This retrospective study involved 55 patients with early local recurrent GSCC treated with TLM, and the oncologic outcomes, functional outcomes, hospitalization time and complications were compared with a group of 40 recurrent GSCC patients matched for clinical variables of TLM group, treated by OPL by the same team of surgeons. …”
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Ion homeostasis in the regulation of intracellular pH and volume of human erythrocytes by О. І. Доценко, Г. В. Тарадіна

“…Using realistic parameters of the system changes over time in cell volume, concentrations of metabolites, ions fluxes and transmembrane potential were calculated. …”
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Pulse Waveform Analysis of the Ocular Blood Flow Using Laser Speckle Flowgraphy before and after Glaucoma Treatment by Satoko Masai, Kyoko Ishida, Ayako Anraku, Tetsuro Takumi, Goji Tomita

“…Although there was no significant change in MBRT after treatment, the acceleration time index (ATI) significantly decreased (p=0.034) in the PG group. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of surface modified MWCNTs reinforced PVA composite films by Mahjabin Moon, Samiya Rahman Mim, Md. Muktadir Billah, A.K.M. Masud

“…Although acid treatment is effective, strong acids, treatment timing, and sonication power can lead to nanotube damage. …”
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US-Japan Trade Relations Amid the Globalization Crisis by V. G. Shvydko

“…Trump administration’s policy versus main trade partners has shifted towards working out and revising bilateral agreements designed to make American foreign trade more manageable and balanced, and it well may represent part of a long-term change and continue irrespective of the outcome of the US presidential election.The changes that have occurred in Japan-US relations regarding mutual economic ties confirm the general tendency of the international trade and investment system to become more fragmented, shifting from multilateral global and regional platforms to ad hoc agree­ments with clearly defined national goals and priorities.A possible change of political leadership in both countries will not change these processes, which reflect both the characteristic features of the world perception by national elites and the objective interests of influential business groups. At the same time, trade and invest­ment policy is increasingly affected by non-economic factors, mostly “national security” con­siderations. …”
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Shared rare genetic variants in multiplex autism families suggest a social memory gene under selection by Kang Seon Lee, Taeyeop Lee, Mujun Kim, Elizaveta Ignatova, Hyo-Jeong Ban, Min Kyung Sung, Younghoon Kim, Youn-Jae Kim, Jin-Hee Han, Jung Kyoon Choi

“…These knockin mice showed improved abilities to retain social memory over time. The results of our population genetic and evolutionary analyses, behavior experiments, and genome editing propose a molecular mechanism that may confer a selective advantage through social memory enhancement and may cause autism-related social impairment when disrupted in humans. …”
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Effect of Temperature on Reproduction and Sex Ratio of Guppy (Poecilia reticulata Peters) by H. Arfah, S. Mariam, . Alimuddin

“…Percentage of male fish produced by broodstock reared at 30°C is higher than that of 27°C.  Incubation time of embryo before birth is sorter in broodstock reared at 30°C (4-12 days) compared with 27°C (18-22 days).  …”
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SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT THROUGH GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION ADVISORY APPLICATION (GIAA) by Muhammad Mohsin Waqas

“…Amidst these challenges, the development of the Groundwater Irrigation Advisory Application (GIAA) emerges as a potential solution. By providing real-time groundwater monitoring, tailored irrigation schedules, and educational support, GIAA empowers farmers to make informed decisions regarding water usage, ultimately contributing to sustainable groundwater management and global food security. …”
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SSMM: Semi-supervised manifold method with spatial-spectral self-training and regularized metric constraints for hyperspectral image dimensionality reduction by Bei Zhu, Yao Jin, Xuehua Guan, Yanni Dong

“…Specifically, the Gaussian kernel function based on Mahalanobis distance is used to map the data into a more discriminative low-dimensional manifold embedding. At the same time, the regularized distance metric constraint is imposed on the manifold, so that samples of the same class are clustered and different classes are mutually exclusive. …”
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Health-promoting activities among Saudi Arabian parents of children with disabilities: A cross-sectional study by Salmah A. Alghamdi, Muna I. Assiri, Reem A. Fallatah, Farah M. Albeladi, Hawa Alabdulaziz, Fatimah Alsaggaf

“…Parents of children with disabilities reported significantly lower frequencies of spiritual or rejuvenating personal time (p = 0.032) and social activities (p = 0.011). …”
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Comparison of clinical and pharmacodynamic features of proton pump inhibitors efficacy in gastroesophageal reflux disease by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov

“…Already after the first dose intake at 24-hour рН monitoring the stomach рН>3 was recorded for 56,1% (±20,94) of total monitoring time, and рН>4 — for 44,0% (±18,72), that promoted rapid symptom relief. …”
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Trellis Decoding for Qudit Stabilizer Codes and Its Application to Qubit Topological Codes by Eric Sabo, Arun B. Aloshious, Kenneth R. Brown

“…The modified decoder works for any stabilizer code <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$S$</tex-math></inline-formula> and separates into two parts: 1) a one-time offline computation that builds a compact graphical representation of the normalizer of the code, <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathcal {S}^{\perp}$</tex-math></inline-formula> and 2) a quick, parallel, online query of the resulting vertices using the Viterbi algorithm. …”
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Research on the acoustic emission characteristics and instability correlation effect of the dynamic response of waste dump slopes by Shaoqiang Liu, Hongbao Zhao, Menglai Wang

“…The results show that with the increase of vibration frequency, the damage mode of the slope model gradually changes from sliding of small particles to large-scale landslides, and presents the stage process of "vibration compaction → vibration equilibrium → dynamic instability"; Under the action of low-frequency and high-amplitude, the slope model mainly shows that the tiny particles and the basement gravel slip, which is difficult to capture with the naked eye, while under the action of high-frequency and low-amplitude, the slope surface is damaged in a large area, and the overall model is unstable; The dynamic instability of the waste dump slope is accompanied by obvious acoustic emission activities, and the changes of the characteristic parameters of acoustic emission reveal, to a certain extent, the evolution of the internal state of the slope in the process of dynamic instability of the waste dump slope and its stage characteristics; The amplitude and energy efficiency of acoustic emission in the time domain show obvious fractal characteristics in the dynamic instability of the waste dump slope. …”
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Prevalence of Cholelithiasis and Associated Factors of Gallstone Formation after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Teaching Hospital-Baghdad by Abdulrahman M. Mohammed, Abdulnaser M. Mohammed, Tuka Y. Hassan

“…The p-values for weight loss regarding timing and degree of loss show a significant relationship with gallstone formation after LSG (p < 0.05). …”
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Online learning: Attitudes of Russian students by D. V. Rudenkin

“…The spread of this trend is facilitated by both the internal patterns of the development of Russian educational institutions and the need to transfer the learning process to a distance learning format, which arose under quarantine measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, it remains difficult to say, whether this process meets the real needs of students or not.The aim of the article is to identify and describe the main sentiments that arise in the environment of Russian students in connection with the growing role of the Internet in the learning process.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Detection of Mycoplasma spp. from snakes from five different families by Marline M. Faulhaber, Florence Tardy, Franziska Saul, Elisabeth Müller, Michael Pees, Rachel E. Marschang

“…The sampled animals were from various owners and collections, all in human care at the time of sampling. Clinical background information was not provided. …”
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Fatigue Damage Characteristics of Offshore Wind Power Large-Diameter Monopile Structures During Driving Process by Tao CHEN, Ruilin DING, Wei GUO, Junhui SHE, Weichao LI

“…The feasibility of this method in calculating the mechanical response of the pile body during driving was verified. Time-history responses of displacement, velocity and stress at target points on the monopile under a single driving action were obtained. …”
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Consequences of COVID-19 for geriatric patients during a pandemic by Ludwig Wemhöner, Charlotte Brandts, Hannah Dinse, Eva-Maria Skoda, Sarah Jansen, Martin Teufel, Hana Rohn, Richard Dodel

“…At the 12-month mark more patients with geriatric treatment lived in nursing homes. Barthel-Index/Timed-Up-and-Go-Test/MMST/AES/GDS, and EQ-5D-5 L indicated worse outcomes in the group who received geriatric treatment. …”
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Prevalence, determinants and knowledge about herbal medicine and non-hospital utilisation in southwest Nigeria: a cross-sectional study by Olujimi Aina, Lata Gautam, Padam Simkhada, Sarah Hall

“…Objectives To examine the prevalence, determinants, safety perceptions, effectiveness and knowledge of herbal medicines (HMs) and reasons for non-hospital utilisation.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Ekiti state, southwest Nigeria.Participants A representative sample (n=1600) of adults (18 years or above) currently living in Ekiti state, southwest Nigeria for at least 2 years, at the time of study.Results The majority of the respondents (85% n=1265) have used HMs in the last 2 years. …”
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The Synthesis of Magnetic Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite for the Removal of Reactive Orange 12 Dye by Norah Salem Alsaiari, Abdelfattah Amari, Khadijah Mohammedsaleh Katubi, Fatimah Mohammed Alzahrani, Faouzi Ben Rebah, Mohamed A. Tahoon

“…The adsorption of the synthesized nanomaterials is controlled by several parameters (initial concentration of dye, contact time, adsorbent dosage, and pH), and the RO12 dye removal on the surface of CaFe2O4 nanoparticles and CaFe2O4/N-GO nanocomposite was reached through the chemisorption process as indicated from the kinetic study. …”
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