Efficacy and Safety of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Treatment of Complex Perianal Fistulas: A Meta-Analysis by Fang Cheng, Zhong Huang, Zhi Li

“…None of the adverse events was judged to be related to MSCs. Our study supported that local MSC therapy alone or combined with fibrin glue is safe and efficacious for complex perianal fistula. …”
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The Social Construction of Categorical Data: Mixed Methods Approach to Assessing Data Features in Publicly Available Datasets by Theresa Willem, Alessandro Wollek, Theodor Cheslerean-Boghiu, Martha Kenney, Alena Buyx

“…We conclude that social scientific, context-dependent analysis of available data features using both quantitative and qualitative methods is helpful in judging the utility of categorical data for the population for which a model is intended.…”
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Comparison of the adequacies of the OSCE and vOSCE to assess the competencies required under Brazilian medical curriculum guidelines: a multicenter study by Hervaldo Sampaio Carvalho, Maria do Carmo Barros Melo, Fabiana Maria Kakehasi, Priscila Menezes Ferri Liu, Fernanda Gontijo Minafra Silveira Santos, Ricardo Luiz de Melo Martins, Marilene Vale de Castro Monteiro, Marcelo Esteves Chaves Campos, Roberto Zonato Esteves, Matheus Belloni Torsani, Iolanda de Fátima Lopes Calvo Tiberio, Akihito Inca Atahualpa Urdiales, Andrea Mora De Marco Novellino, Rosiane Viana Zuza Diniz, Helena Ferreira Moura, Maria Alice de Vilhena Toledo, Célia Regina Machado Saldanha, Andrea Pedrosa Ribeiro Alves Oliveira, Patricia Zen Tempski, Itamar de Souza Santos, Milton de Arruda Martins

“…Sixteen teaching experts served as judges. They responded to a questionnaire with the provided Likert scores indicating the ability of the OSCE and vOSCE to assess each type of competency. …”
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ECONOMIC ASPECT OF CRIMINAL LAW COUNTERACTION TO JUSTIFICATION OF ARMED AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE: RISKS FOR THE STATE BUDGET IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRACTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF... by Andrii Lapkin, Daryna Yevtieieva, Daria Kukovynets

“…The empirical basis of the study was as follows: (1) statistical data on Ukraine's participation as a defendant in the ECHR and the expenses incurred by it for the compensation of damages in 2019-2023; (2) approximately 900 verdicts of Ukrainian courts under Article 4362 of the Criminal Code; (3) the survey results of 4015 law enforcement officers of Ukraine on countering the glorification of the Russian armed aggression in Ukraine; (4) the survey results of 16 Ukrainian judges on countering the glorification of the Russian armed aggression in Ukraine; (5) 46 ECHR judgments. …”
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Recent Advances of Surfactant-Polymer (SP) Flooding Enhanced Oil Recovery Field Tests in China by Chen Sun, Hu Guo, Yiqiang Li, Kaoping Song

“…It seems that SP flooding is not cost competitive as polymer flooding and ASP flooding if judged by utility factor (UF) and EOR cost. Even the most technically and economically successful SP1 has a much higher cost than polymer flooding and ASP flooding, SP flooding is thus not cost competitive as previously expected. …”
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Community-based interventions against HIV-related stigma: a systematic review of evidence in Sub-Saharan Africa by Emmanuel Kimera, Linda Grace Alanyo, Irumba Pauline, Maureen Andinda, Enos Masereka Mirembe

“…In few studies, additional support in the form of referrals, nutritional supplements, and adherence support was provided to PLH during the interventions. Most studies were judged to be of moderate to high cost except in 3 where the intervention implementers were PLH within the community, volunteering in the home-based support approach. …”
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Establishment and application of a rapid new detection method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Klebsiella pneumoniae based on MALDI-TOF MS by Yapei Zhang, Fanghua Fan, Xuan Wang, Jie Zhu, Shilei Dong

“…We confirmed, theoretically and experimentally, that MALDI-TOF MS can replace the naked eye in judging the results (MICMS) by “seeing” the bacterial growth in the presence of different concentrations of antibiotics, including determination of the lower limit of bacterial count detection (4 × 105 cfu), the optimal period of incubation (2 h), and bacterial growth curve assay. …”
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Oral medications for the treatment of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome; a systematic review of studies before and during the COVID-19 pandemic by Benjamin C. Pierson, Kyle Apilado, Kyle Apilado, M. Alaric Franzos, M. Alaric Franzos, Rhonda Allard, James D. Mancuso, David Tribble, David Tribble, David Saunders, Tracey Perez Koehlmoos, Tracey Perez Koehlmoos

“…Most included studies were judged to be of moderate to high quality, with largely low risk of bias. …”
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A method for evaluating the accessibility of underground auxiliary transportation vehicles in coal mines based on multi feature fusion by Fan JIANG, Yifan LIU, Zhencai ZHU, Chaofan ZHANG, Gongbo ZHOU, Yuxing PENG

“…Progressive probability Hough transform and Catmull Rom spline curve with improved feature point selection are used to fit the straight track and curved track separately, forming a railway track detection method based on a switchable model; Secondly, based on the color attributes of coal mine underground tunnel wall pipelines, a pipeline feature detection strategy is constructed through HSV color space transformation, edge detection, and least squares fitting algorithms; Once again, a weighted fusion method based on pipeline and rail feature points is proposed to extract the centerline trajectory of auxiliary transportation vehicles, and to construct rules for generating safe passage areas for auxiliary transportation vehicles; Then, for the over-segmentation problem in the traditional watershed algorithm, two-dimensional edge and area feature extraction of static obstacles is carried out by using improved watershed segmentation based on markers and GraphCut algorithm, and a small-sample classification support vector mechanism is selected to build a pedestrian detection model based on the fusion of HOG (Histograms of Oriented Gradients)features and LBP(Local Binary Pattern) features for underground coal mine, so as to realize the comprehensive detection of dynamic and static obstacles in front of auxiliary transportation vehicles; Finally, the positional relationship between obstacles and safe passage area is judged by Euclidean distance to determine the obstacle invasion, and the results of auxiliary transportation vehicle passability assessment are obtained. …”
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An analysis of the Policy of Increasing the Salaries of Government Employees Based on the Framework of Kingdon's Multiple Streams (Case Study of Budget Law 1401) by Seyyed Mojtaba Shahraeini, Heidar Najafi, Seyyedamir Abbaszade, Mahdi Khosravi, Iman Akbari

“…Results The research, based on the multiple streams framework, explains that the reduction in taxes for government employees (excluding faculty members and judges) has disproportionately increased the percentage of salary and benefits for higher-income salary groups. …”
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Ciphertext policy hidden access control scheme based on blockchain and supporting data sharing by Ruizhong DU, Tianhe ZHANG, Pengliang SHI

“…Methods:Firstly,an efficient attribute vector and policy vector generation algorithm is proposed using vector compression technology, which judges whether user attributes satisfy the access policy through the inner product operation result of attribute vector and policy vector.Afterwards, the prime order bilinear group and attribute encryption technology were used to achieve fine-grained access control while avoiding the leakage of user attribute values; using the interstellar file system to store the ciphertext and storing the hash address of the ciphertext on the blockchain through a smart contract,it realizes distributed and reliable access control and reduces the storage overhead of the blockchain. …”
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Meta Analysis on Rehabilitation Effect of Proprioception Training on Ankle Sprainof Athletes by Yuxiao CHEN, Jiaojiao LIU, Changsong Yi, Mengguang CHAI, Qing WANG, Lei JIANG

“…Objective:To explore the effects of proprioception training on the incidence of athletes' ankle sprains, dynamic neuromuscular control, postural stability and joint position perception.Methods:Data were searched from the databases of PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMbase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI), Wanfang Database(Wangfang Data), Chinese Journal Full-text Database(VIP), China Biomedical Literature Database(CBMdisc).Athletes were included in the randomized controlled trials(RCTs)who were treated with proprioception training to improve the function of athlete's ankle joint.The retrieval time for each database was from the establishment of the database to December 31, 2019, and the references of related documents were traced.Two researchers independently searchered the literature, extracted data, and evaluated the quality of the literature.RevMan5.3 software was used to analyze the data.According to the systematic review manual provided by the Cochrane Collaboration Network, the continuous variables use mean difference(<italic>MD</italic>)and 95%confidence interval(<italic>CI</italic>)as indicators, and binary variables use risk ratio(RR)and 95%<italic>CI</italic> as indicators.The statistical heterogeneity was judged comprehensively by chi-square test(χ²test)and the Heterogeneity test(<italic>I</italic>²test).If <italic>P</italic>≥0.1 and <italic>I</italic>²≤50%, a fixed effects model would be used.In contrast, if <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.1 or <italic>I</italic>²&gt;50%, a random effects model would be used.Results:A total of 11 RCTs and 1 776 athletes were included.The results of Meta analysis showed that compared with the control group, the incidence of ankle sprains in the experimental group was significantly reduced after proprioceptive training[<italic>RR</italic>=0.61, 95%<italic>CI</italic>(0.41, 0.90), <italic>P</italic>=0.01]; compared with the control group, the posterolateral and posterior medical maximum extension distances of the experimental group increased significantly after proprioception training[<italic>MD</italic>=4.44, 95%<italic>CI</italic>(3.66, 5.23), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.00 001;<italic>MD</italic>=4.21, 95%<italic>CI</italic>(3.18, 5.24), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.00 001]and the difference was statistically significant;but there was no significant difference in the improvement effect of the anterior maximum extension distance, and the difference was not statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05).The postural sway of the affected ankle joint in the experimental group was significantly lower than that in the control group;the athletes in the experimental group had better position perception ability in the ankle joint plantar flexion, dorsiflexion, middle and lateral directions than the control group.Conclusion:Proprioceptive training can effectively reduce the incidence of athletes' ankle sprains, improve dynamic neuromuscular control, improve postural stability, and enhance ankle joint position perception, which is worthy of clinical application.However, the absolute effect is not yet clear, so large samples and high-quality randomized controlled trials are still needed to further verify the efficacy of proprioception training, so as to provide more reliable evidence-based evidence for clinical rehabilitation.…”
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A machine learning model to predict neurological deterioration after mild traumatic brain injury in older adults by Daisu Abe, Motoki Inaji, Takeshi Hase, Eiichi Suehiro, Naoto Shiomi, Hiroshi Yatsushige, Shin Hirota, Shu Hasegawa, Hiroshi Karibe, Akihiro Miyata, Kenya Kawakita, Kohei Haji, Hideo Aihara, Shoji Yokobori, Takeshi Maeda, Takahiro Onuki, Kotaro Oshio, Nobukazu Komoribayashi, Michiyasu Suzuki, Taketoshi Maehara

“…The model predictive accuracy was judged with the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) and the area under the precision-recall curve (AUPRC), and the Youden index was used to determine the cutoff value.ResultsA total of 421 of 721 patients registered in the Think FAST registry between December 2019 and May 2021 were included in our study, among whom 25 demonstrated neurological deterioration. …”
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Precise Acetabular Prosthesis Positioning Using a Novel Robot‐Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty System: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial by Xiao Geng, Ziyang Dong, Yang Li, Minwei Zhao, Yanqing Liu, Zijian Li, Hong Cai, Ming Zhang, Xinfeng Yan, Zhiwen Sun, Xin Lv, Feng Guo, Feng Li, Hua Tian

“…No adverse events or serious adverse events were judged to be “definitely related” to the experimental instruments. …”
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O perspectivă inedită asupra romanului latin by Carmen-Nicola Jumara

“…The prophetic aspect asks for two virtues, states Forster: humility and inhibiting the sense of humour. But judging from this perspective, both Apouleius and Petronius can hardly be taken for prophets. …”
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System Evaluation of Buyang Huanwu Decoction in Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke by TANG Qiang, ZHANG Shiqiang, ZHU Luwen, TANG Yizhou, LI Hongyu

“…The statistical heterogeneity was judged comprehensively by the Heterogeneity value (<italic>I</italic>² value) and probability value (<italic>P</italic> value). …”
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Les techniques de construction du second forum de Bavay (Nord) : utilisation, origine et datation des matériaux en terre cuite by Xavier Deru, Christine Louvion

“…This approach enables us to evaluate the number of hours of work required although the workforce whose importance and skills remains unknown. In any case, judging by the example of the thermal baths of Trajan in Rome, and therefore subject to the available finances, only one season could allow the completion of the structural work.In addition to these results relative to the history of a monument, this article attempts to apply a precise analytic approach to the constructions and the materials used to build them. …”
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Meta Analysis of Efficacy and Safety of Moxibustion on Neurogenic Bladder after Spinal Cord Injury by Xueqi HAN, Huirong HUANG, Zhongbiao XIU, Jingling WU, Qinyu LIU, Shaofang MIAO, Xiaona YAN

“…The statistical heterogeneity was judged comprehensively by chi-square (χ²) test and Heterogeneity test (<italic>I</italic>²test). …”
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Promotion and practice of an online service offering Traditional Chinese Medicine constitution conditioning under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control (疫情防控常态化背景下中医... by MA Qian (马茜), YU Hong (俞红), XU Junhua (徐俊华), XU Lidan (许丽丹), FANG You (方友), ZHEN Yanping (郑艳平), LI Yanlan (李燕兰), LIANG Xiao (梁肖), LU Mingya (陆明雅), ZHANG Yijun (张轶俊)

“…Methods From March 1, 2020 to March 10, 2020, 190 subjects who were judged as "Qi deficiency" by "TCM constitution test" were recruited online. …”
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Evaluation of Dynamic Visual Perception of Riverside Interface in Mountainous Cities from the Perspective of Boating by Dan LUO, Ruhong WEI

“…At the visual unit scale, the correlation between the difference of perception status and space is further discussed. It is judged that readability may be affected by interface contour, building level richness, landmark building distribution and interface element integrity. …”
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