Advanced surgical techniques and considerations in carotid body tumor management: insights from a cohort study by Farooq Ahmad Ganie, Masarat-ul Gani, Hakeem Zubair Ashraf, Shahbaz Bashir, Iqra Nazir Naqash, Mudasir Hamid Bhat, Shadab Maqsood, Altaf Hussain Mir, Mohd Iqbal Dar

“…Abstract Background Carotid body tumors (also known as glomus tumors) represent the most prevalent paragangliomas found in the head and neck region. These neoplasms originate from the aggregation of chemoreceptor cells in the cervical area, stemming from the neural crest during embryonic development. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire to the Cuban context by Rosa María Blanco Quintana, Yuliett Mora Pérez, Tania Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago, Liuva Miriela Navarro Martiatu, Yoslaidy Guerra Insua, Zenia Tamara Sánchez García

“…The final questionnaire has 42 items grouped into 12 dimensions and these are in three sections, just like the original.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the questionnaire has a comprehensible and relevant structure to measure the perception of the patient safety culture at the Frank País International Orthopedic Scientific Complex.…”
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The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus) by Stephanie F. Loria, Svea-Celina Frank, Nadine Dupérré, Helen M. Smith, Braxton Jones, Bruno A. Buzatto, Danilo Harms

“…Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 is an iconic Australian species and considered among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans. Originally described in 1877 from a single specimen collected in “New Holland”, this spider has a complex taxonomic history. …”
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Solophenyl Navy Blue Dye Removal by Smectite Clay in a Porous Bed Column by Gilson L. da Silva, Valdinete L. Silva, Melissa G. A. Vieira, Meuris G. C. da Silva

“…The results were adjusted to the Logistic function model available in Origin 6.1 software, when an excellent correlation was obtained with the experimental adsorption data.…”
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Novel derivative of nicotinic acid ameliorates doxorubicin-induced cardiac injury via regulation of redox homeostasis by Yana V. Loboda, Mikhail V. Korokin, Alexey V. Kuznetsov, Tatiana N. Malorodova, Anton P. Danilenko, Anna A. Peresypkina, Oleg S. Gudyrev, Ol’ga A. Kop’eva, Tatyana G. Pokrovskaya, Liliya V. Korokina, Valeriya N. Khruslova, Valeriya A. Nazarenko, Tatyana V. Avtina, Alexey V. Deikin, Aleksandr A. Dolzhikov, Tatiana V. Puzanova, Lyudmila M. Danilenko

“…The aim of the study: to evaluate the cardioprotective effects of a new original heterocyclic compound, a pyridine-3-carboxylic acid derivative potassium 5-hydroxynicotinate. …”
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A reliable supply chain network design for perishable crops with disruption risk consideration (case study: tomato supply chain) by Fateme Letafat, Mohammad Reza Gholamian, Mahsa Arabi

“…Moreover, considering the disruptions and protection of products brings us closer to real-world conditions and reduces the amount of waste and related adverse environmental effects.Originality/Value: Agriculture is one of the most important and influential sectors in the economy of any country, it plays a vital role in its political and economic independence. …”
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Meta-analysis of MitraClip and PASCAL for transcatheter mitral edge-to-edge repair by Mahmoud Balata, Mohamed Ibrahim Gbreel, Mohamed Hamouda Elkasaby, Marwa Hassan, Marc Ulrich Becher

“…Materials and methods Five databases were searched until October 2024. Original studies were only included and critically appraised using an adapted version of the Newcastle–Ottawa scale for observational cohort studies and the Cochrane risk of bias tool for randomized controlled trials. …”
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Ethanolic extract of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) larvae for wound healing in mice (Mus musculus L.) by Darman Agung Sandakila, Gracetia Devita Hadi, Riska Gultom, Seni Samalele, Rudy Agung Nugroho

“…The Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens L.) or BSF is one of a group of insects that has a length of 15-20 mm originating from America. The larvae of the BSF has a high protein content (44.26%), which has great potential in treating wound healing. …”
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El Consejo Técnico Escolar como dispositivo formativo: la experiencia del ciclo escolar 2022-2023 by Graciela Cordero-Arroyo, María Guadalupe Tinajero Villavicencio, Roxana Patricia León González

“…The results demonstrate that the School Technical Council is a flexible and exchange space, but it also presents significant limitations as a training device for curricular design, content in which teachers have not originally been trained. …”
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Valoración de Paisaje urbano de Asentamientos Humanos establecidos en las franjas de protección de vía y ríos. Estudio de caso en la Cabecera Parroquial de Alluriquín del Cantón de... by Mónica Paulina Benítez Guarnizo, Gustavo Manuel Benítez Guarnizo

“… El desarrollo físico espacial de la parroquia rural de Alluriquín se orienta a la construcción de territorio marcado por movimientos demográficos que hizo que se origine un paisaje urbano y dinámico, marcado por el estilo de vida y actividad de la población. …”
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Binderless MDF from Hydroxymethylated Kenaf Pulp by Nyoman J Wistara, Wulan Starini, Fauzi Febrianto, Gustan Pari

“…Increasing OH groups due to hydroxymethylation was thought to be the origin of high water absorption and thickness swelling of the resulting boards. …”
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POLITICAL MECHANISM IN THE REALIZATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN THE SYSTEM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT by Микола БОГАЧЕНКО

“…Practically, the study offers actionable insights for policymakers and local governments to design strategies for sustainable local development. The originality of the research lies in its comprehensive approach, integrating political, economic, and social dimensions of sustainable development at the local level. …”
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The utility of robotic-assisted surgery in total knee arthroplasty for moderate and severe valgus deformities: a case series by Charles Poh Thean Ang, Kunalan Ganthel, Jade Pei Yuik Ho, Khanchana Devi, Juliet Kar Yan Cheong

“…No patients required release of the popliteus tendon or origin of the lateral collateral ligament. No perioperative complications were encountered in all cases. …”
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Methods of massive parallel reporter assays for investigation of enhancers by S. E. Romanov, D. A. Kalashnikova, P. P. Laktionov

“…The present review is focused on original high-throughput methods of enhancer activity reporter analysis that are currently used to validate predicted regulatory elements and to perform de novo searches. …”
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Les ports romains atlantiques et intérieurs en France : équipement, architecture, fonction et environnement by Jimmy Mouchard

“…These introductory remarks, which may also serve as a brief history of the development of an Atlantic coast and river port archeology in France, additionally provide useful historiographical and epistemological references for a better understanding of the origins of and motivations behind the colloquium organized in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) in June 2018: Roman ports in Atlantic Europe and the corresponding internal waters. …”
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Polonization as a Determinant of National Identities of Ukraine and Belarus by Dylan Payne Royce

“…Considering that Rusian culture originally had a high status in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and that Polonization naturally proceeded more intensely in Poland than in Lithuania, the author hypothesizes that: 1) the longer a territory was under Polish rule, the more subject it was to Polonization; 2) the more it was subject to Polonization, the more it developed a western European identity; 3) the more Ukrainian and Belarusian national identities were westernized, the more alienated they became from non-westernized Rusian nationalities, primarily the (Great) Russian (русский / великорусский / российский); 4) the more alienated a national identity is from Russia, the more its bearers seek to separate themselves from Russia. …”
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Transformation of the Human Image in the Paradigm of Knowledge Evolution by V. H. Kremen, V. V. Ilin

“…He focuses on phatic communication, which in its intellectual meaninglessness is commensurate with the anthropological dimensions of post-truth society. Originality. It is substantiated that Homo digitalis is the result of a complex set of heterogeneous effects of scientific knowledge, which in modern post-truth conditions appears as different communicative practices. …”
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Attributable Costs of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery by Pattamawan Kosuma, Sitichok Wachirasrisirikul, Arom Jedsadayanmata

“…After back-transformation to the original scale, costs attributable to POAF were estimated from the mean difference between patients with and without POAF. …”
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TTSNet: Transformer–Temporal Convolutional Network–Self-Attention with Feature Fusion for Prediction of Remaining Useful Life of Aircraft Engines by Zhaofei Li, Shilin Luo, Haiqing Liu, Chaobin Tang, Jianguo Miao

“…The model first applies exponential smoothing to smooth the data and suppress noise to the original signal, followed by normalization. Then, it uses a parallel transformer encoder, temporal convolutional network (TCN), and multi-head attention three-branch network to capture both global and local features of the time series. …”
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Influence of mode of delivery on infant gut microbiota composition: a pilot study by Li Yu, Yong Guo, Jie-Ling Wu

“…Early-life infant gut microbiota is diverse among populations and geographic origins. However, in this context, only a few studies have explored the impact of the mode of delivery on the intestinal microbiome in children in Guangzhou, China. …”
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