CHANGE IN TESTOSTERONE LEVELS IN ENDOSCOPIC OPERATIONS ON THE PROSTATE GLAND by E. A. Efremov, S. Yu. Shekhovtsov, D. S. Merinov, A. O. Butov, Yu. V. Kastrikin, T. I. Garaev

“…In addition to standard general clinical examinations, all patients had a blood test for total testosterone, luteinizing hormone, sex hormone binding globulin. …”
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The Value of Combined Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Lung Biopsy and Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for Peripheral Pulmonary Infectious Lesions by Guangsheng Li, Jie Huang, Yuechuan Li, Jing Feng

“…From July 2018 to April 2019, 121 patients from Tianjin Medical University General Hospital diagnosed with PPLs and lung infection were enrolled in this prospective randomized study . …”
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Prognosis of nodal micrometastasis in resectable pN0 non-small cell lung cancer by Sophon Siwachat, Sophon Siwachat, Sophon Siwachat, Apichat Tantraworasin, Apichat Tantraworasin, Apichat Tantraworasin, Nirush Lertprasertsuke, Somcharoen Saeteng, Somcharoen Saeteng

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European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II and Liver Dysfunction by Andreea Ludusanu, Adelina Tanevski, Bogdan Mihnea Ciuntu, Razvan Lucian Bobeica, Dragos Andrei Chiran, Cristinel Ionel Stan, Viorel Dragos Radu, Vasile Lucian Boiculese, Grigore Tinica

“…<b>Background:</b> The importance of liver dysfunction in predicting mortality in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery is an important topic due to the general desire to improve current risk scores such as EUROSCORE II (European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation), with EUROSCORE III being currently under development. …”
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Genetic Assessment of Living Kidney Transplant Donors: A Survey of Canadian Practices by Somaya Zahran, Ke Fan Bei, Aisha Adil, Princess Okoh, Thomas Kitzler, Ahsan Alam

“…Major domains of the survey addressed general demographics, information sharing practices, effect of mode of inheritance on candidacy decision, having a policy for LKD genetic evaluation, and case scenarios covering the following conditions: autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), Alport syndrome, Fabry disease, familial focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease (ADTKD), sickle cell, and apolipoprotein L1 mutation (APOL1). …”
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Assessing the determinants of out-of-pocket health expenditures among Cambodian households in informal employment using survey data by Andrea Hannah Kaiser, Sovathiro Mao, Jesper Sundewall, Marlaina Ross, Sokunthea Koy, Searivoth Vorn, Pichenda Koeut, Bjoern Ekman

“…The survey gathered information on households’ use of outpatient and inpatient care and associated OOPE. We employed generalized linear models (GLMs) to analyse the healthcare, health, and social determinants of OOPE and the OOPE budget share (the proportion of total annual household consumption expenditure spent on OOPE) and applied Shapley decomposition analysis to quantify the relative contributions of these determinants to the explained variance in our outcomes. …”
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Understanding Health-Related Discussions on Reddit: Development of a Topic Assignment Method and Exploratory Analysis by Garrett J Chan, Mark Fung, Jill Warrington, Sarah A Nowak

“…Topics that appeared most frequently in the top 5 in general subreddits included addiction and drug anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, abuse, and STIs. …”
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Effectiveness of a Videoconference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for Patients with Schizophrenia: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Masayuki Katsushima, Hideki Nakamura, Yuki Shiko, Hideki Hanaoka, Eiji Shimizu

“…In addition, significant improvements were observed in the subscales of positive (P<.001) and negative (P=.004) symptoms and general psychopathology (P<.001). Significant differences were also observed in the secondary outcomes of the General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7; P=.04) and EQ-5D-5L (P=.005). …”
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Effect of exercise intervention on health-related quality of life in middle-aged and older people with osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Di Geng, Xiaogang Li, Yan Shi

“…The pooled results demonstrated that exercise interventions significantly improved general HRQOL (SMD = 0.79, 95% CI [0.34–1.24], p = 0.0006). …”
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INFLUENCIA DE FACTORES EDAFO/CLIMÁTICOS SOBRE POBLACIONES MICROBIANAS DE SUELOS ÁRIDOS CON AGRICULTURA BAJO RIEGO by Lujan Masseroni, María Micaela Pérez, Paolo Daniel Sartor, Laura Marcela Rörig, Luciano José Merini

“…La actividad biológica total a lo largo de las estaciones del año mostró perfiles similares para todos los ambientes, y los meses más fríos/sin riego y más caluroso/con riego mostraron las actividades más bajas y más altas, respectivamente. En general, la condición Prístina presentó niveles de actividad biológica significativamente más bajos a lo largo de la temporada. …”
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Multi-omics reveals that ST6GAL1 promotes colorectal cancer progression through LGALS3BP sialylation by Yuanchao Shi, Zhenzhong Pan, Jingwei Duan, Zexing Wang, Yiliang Fang, Bo Tang, Quanlin Guan

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Association of triglyceride glucose-related obesity indices with sarcopenia among U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Runtao Zhao, Xinqiang Ji, Fan Wang

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Perceived benefits and challenges one year after receiving brief therapy in a district psychiatric centre. An exploration of patients' and GPs' experiences: A qualitative study. by Hilde V Markussen, Lene Aasdahl, Petter Viksveen, Marit B Rise

“…Moreover, few studies have explored the experiences of referring general practitioners (GPs) with different patient outcomes after brief therapy. …”
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Emulation of ARISTOTLE and ROCKET AF trials in real-world atrial fibrillation patients results in similar efficacy and safety as original landmark trials: insights from the GARFIEL... by Ralf E Harskamp, Karen Pieper, A John Camm, Ajay K Kakkar, Jelle C L Himmelreich, Saverio Virdone, Jean-Pierre Bassand, Frank Misselwitz, Freek W A Verheugt, Frank Cools, Harry Gibbs, Antônio C Pereira-Barretto

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Storage Limitation Statements: Temperature--Herbicides by Frederick M. Fishel

“… PI-123, a 9-page guide by Frederick M. Fishel, provides general temperature effects on storage properties of agricultural herbicides. …”
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Severe intracranial and intra-abdominal hemorrhage: timing is everything by Lisa Marie Knowlton, Simeng Wang, Sunnie Y W Wong, Najiha B Farooqi

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El concepto de "tradición" en la filosofía de las ciencias sociales y humanas by Renato Huarte Cuéllar

“…In order to be able to speak about what are social and human sciences in their epistemological discussion, it might be of use the analysis that some authors such as Kuhn, Laudan, Popper and Gadamer have said around the term "tradition" for the Philosophy of Science in general and its implications within the discussions in the Philosophy of Social and Human Sciences.…”
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INDICATORS OF EFFICIENCY OF THE PILOTLESS AVIATION COMPLEX by A. S. Benkafo

“…The general principles of an estimation of efficiency of application of pilotless aviation complexes are considered at monitoring of a terrestrial surface in the conditions of presence of unauthenticity of the information on the basis of mathematical  modelling  with  the  account  of  hierarchical  construction  and  influence of  the  human  factor.  …”
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Some comments about the medical record by Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito

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