Multi-layered electrospun grafts for surgical repair: Biomimicking physiological ascending aortic compliance by Julia Krammer, Maximilian Pichlmaier, Jan Stana, Christian Hagl, Sven Peterss, Maximilian Grab, Linda Grefen

“…No significant changes in graft diameter or delaminations of the graft layers were detected after compliance testing. Therefore, by combining electrospinning with a durable inlay, both elasticity and recoverability are obtained, resulting in a promising alternative to the gold-standard in open-surgical treatment of thoracic aortic pathologies.…”
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Timely Initiation of Antenatal Care and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending at Wachemo University Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, H... by Dagmawit Tessema, Amanuel Kassu, Amanuel Teshome, Ritbano Abdo

“…Background. Timely detection and treatment of pregnancy-related or preexisting diseases, health education, and the promotion of adequate care provision improve the health of mothers and unborn children. …”
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Risk of Multidrug Resistant Bacteria Acquisition in Patients with Declared β-Lactam Allergy during Hospitalization in Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study (2007-2018) by Alessio Strazzulla, Maria Concetta Postorino, Nabil Belfeki, Laura Iordache, Astrid de Pontfarcy, Aurelia Pitsch, Pierre Leroy, Sebastien Jochmans, Mehran Monchi, Sylvain Diamantis

“…No significant difference in rates of ESBL acquisition was detected (4/132, 3% vs. 78/3200, 2.4%; p=0.17). Patients with β-lactam allergy had higher rates of ESBL bacterial carriage at admission (19/132, 14.4% vs. 248/3200, 7.8%, p=0.01) and at discharge (22/132, 16.7% vs. 351/3200, 11%, p=0.04) than nonallergic patients. …”
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Cardiovascular and Metabolic Adverse Events of Endocrine Therapies in Women with Breast Cancer: A Disproportionality Analysis of Reports in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System by Shaimaa Elshafie, Lorenzo Villa‐Zapata, Randall L. Tackett, Iman Y. Zaghloul, Henry N. Young

“…Descriptive and disproportionality analyses were performed to assess reports and detect safety signals. Results Among 14,327 unique ET‐related reports, arthralgia (n = 1873 events) was the most prevalent reaction. …”
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Use of Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery (SBCS) to Optimize Parameters Affecting the Subjective Perception of the Procedure by P. Studený, J. Vránová, L. Nováček

“…In subgroups, where we changed the protocol, we detected only minor differences in subjective perception of pain, pressure, glare, and duration of the surgery. …”
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Spatiotemporal characteristics and determinants of urban expansion in China: perspective of urban agglomerations by Ming Li, Yongwang Cao, Yongwang Cao, Jianxin Song, Huining Li, Mengyin Liang

“…Economic models is used to detect difference of influencing factors of urban expansion within and outside UAs.ResultsAs for spatiotemporal characteristics, urban expansion is mainly distributed within UAs, especially in UAs at high and upper-middle development levels. …”
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Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis among Patients at Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia: A 9-Year Retrospective Study by Dereje Mekonnen, Andamlak Gizaw, Bruktawit Kebede

“…The majority of TMJA cases were treated by gap arthroplasty with almost no postoperative complications. Early detection and intervention to release the ankylosed joint is needed to improve patients’ quality of life.…”
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Characteristics of plastic bronchitis in children with infectious pneumonia by Xulong Cai, Mali Lin, Li Zhou, Wencai Sheng, Wanyan Jiao, Hongliang Bian, Tongjin Yin

“…However, in the PB-nonMP group, most cases of pleural effusion were detected within 7 days of onset. There was a difference observed in the distribution of pulmonary necrosis between the PB group and the non-PB group. …”
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Prevalence of unexpected red blood cell antibodies in pregnant women and follow-up of pregnancy outcome in pregnant women treated with intra-uterine transfusion by Sunil Golia, Aseem Kumar Tiwari, Geet Aggarwal, Anil Khetrapal, Sandeep Kumar Tyagi, Chetna Jain, Shubham Gupta, Samruddhi Pawar

“…BACKGROUND: For the management of hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN), it is important to detect unexpected red cell antibody in pregnant women. …”
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Spatiotemporal variability in the South American mammalian fossil record and its impact on macroevolutionary inference by Pedro D. de S. Ugarte, João C. S. Nascimento, Mathias M. Pires

“…Yet, we also find discrepancies with macroevolutionary patterns inferred from phylogenies, which suggest that some of the patterns we detect with fossils might reflect regional macroevolutionary trends or be driven by lineages with higher preservation. …”
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Usefulness of the Brief Scale for Psychiatric Problems in Orthopaedic Patients (BS-POP) for Predicting Poor Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Decompression Surgery by Kazuyuki Watanabe, Koji Otani, Takuya Nikaido, Kinshi Kato, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Junichi Handa, Shoji Yabuki, Shin-Ichi Kikuchi, Shin-Ichi Konno

“…The secondary outcomes were NRS scores for low back pain, leg pain, and leg numbness and scores on the Roland–Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ). BS-POP was used to detect psychiatric problems before surgery. A BS-POP score ≥11 on the physician version or a combination of 10 on the physician version and ≥15 on the patient version was considered to indicate the presence of psychiatric problems. …”
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Investigation of Sandstone Mesostructure Damage Caused by Freeze-Thaw Cycles via CT Image Enhancement Technology by Hui Liu, Gengshe Yang, Yehui Yun, Jianghao Lin, Wanjun Ye, Huimei Zhang, Yao Zhang

“…Thus, particle detachment, crack initiation, crack propagation, and increased porosity due to the volumetric expansion of water inside the rock could be detected and clearly observed. Furthermore, a numerical expression for the mesostructure and damage information contained in the pseudo-color-enhanced images is presented herein; this serves as a convenient method for quantitative analyses of sandstone damage under freeze-thaw cycles. …”
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Change in Ocular Surface Staining during Eyelid Warming Is Related to Tear Cytokine Levels by Erlend C. S. Landsend, Jonatan Olafsson, Xiaoran Lai, Hans C. D. Aass, Tor P. Utheim

“…However, several correlations were detected between changes in the level of cytokines and OSS from baseline to three months of treatment. …”
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А method of surgical correction of genital prolapse in combination with elongation and cicatricial deformation of the cervix in patients of reproductive age. A retrospective study by Albina Kh. Karanasheva, Yulia E. Dobrokhotova

“…Recurrence of genital prolapse in the form of prolapse of the posterior vaginal wall was detected in 2 (4.6%) women. Pregnancy occurred in 8 people: in 3 (7.0%), it ended in timely delivery by cesarean section according to the sum of relative indications; in 2 (4.6%), medical terminations of pregnancy were performed; in 1 (2.3%) – surgical abortion. …”
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Spectroscopic investigation of two xanthane dyes and design of a FRET based pesticide sensor by Sangita Majumder, Subrata Deb, Shazidul Hussain, Dibyendu Dey, Debajyoti Bhattacharjee, Abdullah N. Alodhayb, Shamima Hussain, Syed Arshad Hussain

“…This study indicated that with proper calibration, proposed sensing system can be used to design FRET based pesticide sensor with detection limit of 0.22 ppm.…”
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Diagnostic delay in cerebral creatine deficiency disorders: lessons learned from a cross-sectional single center study, and guanidinoacetate and creatine measurements in Switzerlan... by Christina Kaufman, Anaïs D’Andrea, Annette Hackenberg, Martin Poms, Olivier Braissant, Johannes Häberle

“…Numbers of biomarker requests showed a constant increase during the study period, with a majority of tests performed in urine, the preferred sample for CCDD detection. Almost all samples (93.3%) were sent in by large hospitals (mainly from neurology, developmental pediatrics and metabolism) and only few (5.2%) by pediatricians in private practice, although those usually see the patients first. …”
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Critical Effects of Smoking Parameters on the Levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Traditionally Smoked Fish and Meat Products in Finland by Mirja Hokkanen, Ulla Luhtasela, Pirkko Kostamo, Tiina Ritvanen, Kimmo Peltonen, Marika Jestoi

“…However, PAH4 sum concentrations ranged from not detected to 200 µg·kg−1 particularly among meat products, underlining the importance of controlling the smoking process. …”
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MSC-Derived Extracellular Vesicle-Delivered L-PGDS Inhibit Gastric Cancer Progression by Suppressing Cancer Cell Stemness and STAT3 Phosphorylation by Benshuai You, Can Jin, Jiaxin Zhang, Min Xu, Wenrong Xu, Zixuan Sun, Hui Qian

“…Compared with the PBS and EVs containing empty vector (EVs-Vector) group, more apoptotic cells and higher L-PGDS expression were detected in tumor tissue of the EVs-L-PGDS treatment group. …”
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Solanum virginianum mediated green nanoparticles to control dental pathogens by Samrin Barkath Akbar Basha, Ranjani Soundhararajan, Hemalatha Srinivasan

“…Post-endodontic therapy pain and infection were more frequently detected in endodontic treatment failure cases. Dental caries most commonly referred to as cavities or tooth decay, is a serious worldwide health concern that affects people of all age groups and socioeconomic backgrounds. …”
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Association between obesity and thyroid nodules in children and adults living in iodine-sufficient areas: analysis of cross-sectional data from Tianjin, China by Yang Wang, Fang Li, Dandan Zhang, Wenfeng Li, Yani Duan, Yushan Cui

“…A multifactor logistic regression model and a restricted cubic spline model were used to analyse the association between BMI/BSA and thyroid nodules in children and adults.Results Thyroid nodules were detected in 21.72% of children and 40.00% of adults. …”
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