Hospital Financial Burden of Surgical Procedures for Periprosthetic Total Hip Arthroplasty Infection by Jesus M. Villa, MD, Tejbir S. Pannu, MD, MS, Robert B. Eysler, BA, Vivek Singh, MD, MPH, Alison K. Klika, MS, Carlos A. Higuera, MD

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Estudio experimental del empuje sobre estructuras de contención en suelos reforzados con geomallas Experimental study of the lateral earth pressure on retaining structures in soils... by Lissette Ruiz-Tagle, Felipe Villalobos

“…Esta disminución del empuje es de aproximadamente un 25% cuando se usa una geomalla, un 50% con dos o tres geomallas y de un 75% con cuatro geomallas para los espaciamientos, sobrecargas e incremento de desplazamientos usados. …”
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Student perceptions of U.S. based school day physical activity best practices in relation to accelerometer-based sedentary behavior and activity by Ann Pulling Kuhn, Ajuni Choudhary, Amy Zemanick, Hannah Lane, Bridget Armstrong, Yan Wang, Rachel Deitch, Erin R. Hager

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Image-Based Analysis of Tumor Localization After Intra-Arterial Delivery of Technetium-99m-Labeled SPIO Using SPECT/CT and MRI by In Joon Lee MD, PhD, Ji Yong Park MS, Young-il Kim MD, PhD, Yun-Sang Lee PhD, Jae Min Jeong PhD, Jaeil Kim BS, Euishin Edmund Kim MD, PhD, Keon Wook Kang MD, PhD, Dong Soo Lee MD, PhD, Seonji Jeong MD, Eun Jeong Kim BS, Young Il Kim MD, PhD, Jin Wook Chung MD, PhD

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Investigating the link between frailty and outcomes in geriatric patients with isolated rib fractures by Yang Cao, Shahin Mohseni, Babak Sarani, Frank Hildebrand, Ahmad Mohammad Ismail, Maximilian Peter Forssten, Marcelo AF Ribeiro

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Effect of Cross-Sectional Designs of Different Ni-Ti Files on Shaping Ability After Repeated Usage in Simulated Root Canals. by Fikrat Shawqi Qaddori, Raid Fahim Salman

“…All the 250 resin blocks were prepared for Glide Path with manual reamers size 10, and 15, with a fixed working length 16 mm, then all the 250 samples were prepared with a Proglider rotary file from Dentsply (size 16 taper 3%), then finally were prepared with Edge Files (USA), with size 20 and taper 6%, reaching to the step of master preparation with the selected files of the 5 systems. …”
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Modeling and simulations of hydrodynamic shocks in a plasma flowing across randomized ICF scale laser beams by Hüller, S., Ludwig, J. D. T., Rose, H. A., Bruulsema, C., Farmer, W., Michel, P., Milder, A. L., Swadling, G. F., Rozmus, W.

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Fast Skyline Community Search in Multi-Valued Networks by Dongxiao Yu, Lifang Zhang, Qi Luo, Xiuzhen Cheng, Jiguo Yu, Zhipeng Cai

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Lipid Deposition in Skeletal Muscle Tissues and Its Correlation with Intra-Abdominal Fat: A Pilot Investigation in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Manoj Kumar Sarma, Andres Saucedo, Suresh Anand Sadananthan, Christine Hema Darwin, Ely Richard Felker, Steve Raman, S. Sendhil Velan, Michael Albert Thomas

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Self-Expandable Metal Stent Placement for Closure of a Leak after Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Report on Three Cases and Review of the Literature by Dario Raimondo, Emanuele Sinagra, Tiziana Facella, Francesca Rossi, Marco Messina, Massimiliano Spada, Guido Martorana, Pier Enrico Marchesa, Rosario Squatrito, Giovanni Tomasello, Attilio Ignazio Lo Monte, Giancarlo Pompei, Ennio La Rocca

“…We report here three cases of placement of a partially silicone-coated SEMS (Evolution Controlled Release Esophageal Stent System, Cook Medical, Winston-Salem, NC, USA) in patients who underwent total gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y end-to-side esophagojejunostomy for a gastric adenocarcinoma. …”
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Effects of chronic exposure of specific water quality parameters in poultry drinking water on dietary amino acid digestibility and early broiler performance by Rabin Raut, Biswajit Kumar Biswas, Thyneice Taylor-Bowden, Agnes Kilonzo-Nthenge, Bharat Pokharel, Tom Tabler, Samuel N. Nahashon, Pramir Maharjan

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How investment in children shape fertility choices of families: Evidence from Pakistan. by Olan Naz, Nayab, Muhammad Ibrahim, Ayesha Khan, Adnan Ahmad Khan

“…The study employed multinomial logistic regression to assess the correlation between contraceptive use and education expenditure per child while controlling for other variables using STATA (version 17.0, STATA Corporation, College Station, Texas, USA). Data from 24,024 MWRA and 56,128 children were analyzed. 7,584 (30%) households have no children while 1,658 (10%) don't send any child to school. …”
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Scutellarein Inhibits Osteosarcoma Growth by Targeting the TLR4/TRAF6/NF-κB Pathway by Shi Y, Tang Y, Sun Z, Sui P, Shao Y, Wang Z, Zhang J, Gao M

“…Yingxu Shi,1 Yu Tang,2 Zhiwei Sun,3 Ping Sui,4 Yiming Shao,4 Zhonghao Wang,4 Jian Zhang,1 Ming Gao1 1Department of Trauma Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, 272007, People’s Republic of China; 2Pharmaceutical Department, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, 272007, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA; 4Department of Clinical Medicine, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, 272067, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Ming Gao, Department of Trauma Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, No. 129 hehua Road, Jining, Shandong, 272007, People’s Republic of China, Tel + 86-0537-0298202, Email gaoming3661@mail.jnmc.edu.cnPurpose: Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common malignant tumor associated with poor patient outcomes and a limited availability of therapeutic agents. …”
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Understanding the exodus: a 15-year retrospective cohort study on the pattern and determinants of migration among Nigerian doctors and dentists by Oghenebrume Wariri, Patience Toyin-Thomas, Itua C.G. Akhirevbulu, Oladapo Oladeinde, Oluchi Omogbai, Philippa Odika, John Osakue, Avwebo Ukueku, Efetobo Orikpete, Chinelo Iwegim, Efe E. Omoyibo, Jermaine Okpere, Uwaila Otakhoigbogie, Ekhosuehi T. Agho, Sunday C. Madubueze, Nnennaya C. Ugoji, Chukwunwike W. Ozegbe, Oti N. Aria, Paul Ikhurionan

“…The top three destination countries were the UK (48.5%, 65/134), Canada (20.9%, 28/134), and the USA (19.4%, 26/134). The leading push factors were insecurity of lives and property (57.8%), concerns about children’s futures (50.3%), and limited career development opportunities (45.9%). …”
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Trends in the Use of Sphingosine 1 Phosphate in Age-Related Diseases: A Scientometric Research Study (1992-2020) by Qiong He, Gaofeng Ding, Mengyuan Zhang, Peng Nie, Jing Yang, Dong Liang, Jiaqi Bo, Yi Zhang, Yunfeng Liu

“…A total of 348 valid records were included in the final dataset, and the number of publications and the frequency of citations have grown rapidly over the last ten years. The USA (n=175), China (n=42), and Germany (n=37) were the three largest contributors to the global publications on S1P and aging, while the Medical University of South Carolina (n=15), University of California, San Francisco (n=13), and University of Toronto (n=13) were the leading institutions in this field. …”
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Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Neutral Sphinghomyelinase2 (nSMase2) Inhibitor Prodrugs in Mice and Dogs by Arina Ranjit, Chae Bin Lee, Lukáš Tenora, Vijaya Saradhi Mettu, Arindom Pal, Jesse Alt, Barbara S. Slusher, Rana Rais

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Analysis of the dynamics of occupational morbidity and its consequences in Ukraine in comparison with other countries of the world by M.H. Prodanchuk, A.V. Basanets, O.P. Kravchuk, K.Y. Hashynova, V.A. Hvozdetskyy

“…The rate of Years lived with disability (YLDs) caused by occupatipnal factors in Ukraine is 0.38 per 100,000 population, and is significantly lower than the similar rate in most European countries and the USA as well. Obvious distortion of statistical indicators on occupational morbidity and related consequences leads to inconsistency in determining priority areas of health care activity. …”
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Paraspinal muscle volume and fatty infiltration after circumferential minimally-invasive deformity correction by John Paul G. Kolcun, Ryan M. Kelly, Bradley L. Kolb, Dustin H. Kim, Alireza Borghei, John E. O'Toole, Richard G. Fessler

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Mine Flooding History of a Regional Below-Drainage Coalfield Dominated by Barrier Leakage (1970–2014) by Joseph J. Donovan, Eric F. Perry

“…A 44-year record of water level fluctuations in a series of adjacent closed underground mines documents the history of closure and mine flooding in the Fairmont Coalfield, one of the oldest coal mining districts in the Pittsburgh coal basin, West Virginia, USA. As closures proceeded and mines began to flood, US environmental regulations were first enacted mandating mine water control and treatment, rendering uncontrolled surface discharges unacceptable. …”
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Pre-IVF treatment with a GnRH antagonist in women with endometriosis (PREGNANT): study protocol for a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Hugh Taylor, Hao Huang, Lubna Pal, Heping Zhang, Howard J Li, Sandra Carson, Valerie Flores, Jared Robbins, Nanette F Santoro, James H Segars, David Seifer, Steven Young

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