Augmented Reality Navigation System Enhances the Accuracy of Spinal Surgery Pedicle Screw Placement: A Randomized, Multicenter, Parallel‐Controlled Clinical Trial by Yichao Ma, Jiangpeng Wu, Yanlong Dong, Hongmei Tang, Xiaojun Ma

“…The total number of pedicle screws planned for the clinical trial placement was 351 and 348 in the experimental and control groups. …”
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Nutrition Awareness and Oral Health among Dental Patients in Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study by Manal M. H. Badrasawi, Nour H. Hijjeh, Rana S. Amer, Reema M. Allan, Mohammad Altamimi

“…The knowledge of the dietary factors that affect the oral health is a major component in the treatment plan. In this vein, this study was conducted to determine the level of awareness of nutrition information affecting oral health among dental patients who visit the private and university dental clinics in West Bank, Palestine. …”
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Exploration of treatment burden through examination of workload and patient capacity during transition onto kidney replacement therapy: a systematic review of qualitative research by Catrin Jones, Ross Cairns, Heather Walker, Silje Welsh, Benjamin Edgar, Karen Stevenson, Bhautesh D. Jani, Patrick B. Mark, David Kingsmore, Katie I. Gallacher

“…Abstract Background Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease requiring initiation of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) are frequently asked to enact complex management plans. Treatment burden has been defined as the effect of healthcare workload and the capacity a person has to manage this workload has on wellbeing. …”
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Sistemas de labranza y fertilización nitrogenada en trigo bajo distintas historias agrícolas by Soledad M. Santamaría, Guillermo A. Studdert, Hernán E. Echeverría

“…El contenido de N-NO3- en plan-ta, la MS, el Nt, el ISN y la relación Nt-MS mostraron el orden0N<60N<120N<180N. …”
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Clinical Comparative Study of Intravitreal Injection of Triamcinolone Acetonide and Aflibercept in the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Cystoid Macular Edema by Yanxia Zhu, Jun Li, Songping Yu, Bangxun Mao, Jia Ying

“…In clinic, medication plan should be selected according to the actual situation.…”
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The Use of SGLT-2 Inhibitors and GLP-1RA in Frail Older People with Diabetes: A Personalised Approach Is Required by Alan J. Sinclair, Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz

“…<b>Background:</b> Frailty is an increasingly recognised complication of diabetes in older people and should be taken into consideration in management plans, including the use of the new therapies of sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors and glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA). …”
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Out-of-field dose assessment for pencil beam scanning proton radiotherapy versus photon radiotherapy for breast cancer in pregnant women by Menke Weessies, Murillo Bellezzo, Britt J.P. Hupkens, Frank Verhaegen, Gloria Vilches-Freixas

“…Materials and methods: For breast cancer involving lymph node levels 1–4 and the intramammary lymph nodes, treatment plans were created for XRT (with Flattening Filter (FF) and FF-Free (FFF)) and PBS-PRT, prescribing 15 × 2.67 Gy(RBE). …”
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Biologic Cost per Effectively Treated Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient in a Large Managed Care Population: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Tao Gu, Neel Shah, Gaurav Deshpande, Derek H. Tang, Debra F. Eisenberg, David J. Harrison

“…Biologic costs included plan and patient paid amounts on claims for the biologic drug and administration. …”
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Assessing how pro-environmental perspectives impact participation in rooftop organic agriculture in urban neighborhoods by Mohammad Enamul Hoque, Abdullah Al Mamun, Perengki Susanto

“…Given the emergence of this trend, this study aims to predict organic food production intention and behaviour within urban rooftop home gardens using an integrated model of the value-belief-norm (VBN) theory and theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Design/methodology/approach – Study data were collected from 352 households in two major Bangladeshi cities and analysed through SEM-PLS for model assessment and prediction. …”
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The optimal treatment of invasive ductal and lobular carcinoma occurring at the same time needs to be established by Supriya Peshin, Rafi Iftekher, Rabia Iqbal, Shagun Singh, Moka Nagaishwarya

“…Our approach integrates the best available evidence with multidisciplinary expertise to inform a personalised treatment plan. The learning points emphasise the need for establishing evidence-based strategies for managing synchronous bilateral breast cancers.…”
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Practices and preferences in the use of magnification among endodontists and restorative dentists: A multicentre study. by Azhar Iqbal, Mohmed Isaqali Karobari, Deepti Shrivastava, Kumar Chandan Srivastava, Bilal Arjumand, Hmoud Ali Algarni, Meshal Aber Alonazi, Muhsen Alnasser, Osama Khattak, Jamaluddin Syed, Reham Mohmad Attia, Asma Abubakar Rashed, Sherif El Sayed Sultan

“…Later, the questionnaire was distributed to 10% (53 participants) of the total planned participants to conduct a pilot study. Based on the feedback from these participants, any ambiguities or discrepancies observed in the items and content of the questionnaire was modified. …”
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Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: a scoping review by Matire Harwood, Jacqueline Ramke, Joanna Black, Himal Kandel, Jaymie Tingkham Rogers, Ben Wilkinson

“…This information is required to plan equitable eye health services. In this scoping review, we aimed to summarise the nature and extent of the evidence reporting vision impairment, its main causes and access to eye health services by ethnicity in New Zealand.Methods This scoping review was reported according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. …”
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Primena daljinske detekcije u inventuri mešovitih šuma hrasta lužnjaka by Borota Dragan, Pantić Damjan, Ponjarac Radenko, Popović Aleksandar

“…The results obtained exclude the use of aerial photogrammetry in the inventory of this certain forests, as it does not provide a reliable information basis for the development of realistic forest management plans. Possible applications exist in distinguishing of land use, locating fire areas, areas af­fected by hurricanes and other disasters, etc., and even in the inventory of pure stands with low canopy closure.…”
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Educational Function of the State as an Object of Administrative and Legal Regulation by V. V. Abroskin

“…As a result of revealing the essence of the categories “function of the state” and “education” the author has formulated own definition of the concept of “educational function of the state” as the direction conditioned by the social purpose of the state, during which the state (in the form of state and non-state subjects of educational activity) creates proper conditions to meet the needs of citizens for their intellectual, spiritual, physical and cultural development, to provide them with equal access to educational services, which, as a consequence, may lead to the achievement of the planned learning outcomes. The conclusion about the two-component purpose of the educational function of the state has been made. …”
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Cohort profile: Outcome Monitoring After Cardiac Surgery (OMACS) – a prospective UK cohort study of cardiac surgery patients at the Bristol Heart Institute by Chris A Rogers, Gianni Angelini, Lucy Culliford, Rachel Brierley, Barnaby Reeves, Katherine Joyce, Terrie Walker-Smith, Rachel Maishman, Emma Hopkins, Penny Lambert, Helena Smartt

“…Additional exploratory research carried out within the OMACS study has been presented at international conferences.Future plans The OMACS study is now closed. The cohort’s data and samples will be available to share with researchers, providing an opportunity to answer a variety of research questions (eg, evaluating predictors of adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery such as biomarkers, surgical methods and pre-existing conditions). …”
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Hepatitis due to Coxsackie A virus in an adult: a case report by Likith Surendra, Varun Sharma, Milan Sivakumar, Tara Lanzendorf, Thomas C. Varkey, Kaivan Salehpour

“…Furthermore, this case highlights the value of obtaining a detailed history, as practitioners may overlook minute details that are key to developing an accurate care plan. Case presentation The patient is a 35-year-old male who presented with acute epigastric and right upper quadrant pain. …”
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Propuesta de un sistema de habilidades clínicas en los escenarios de formación del Médico Integral Comunitario by Esteban Sánchez Martínez, Rubén Darío García Núñez, María Luisa Quintana Galende, César Mustelier Fernández, Israel Díaz Roig, María Aurelia San Juan Bosch

“…Para su determinación se tuvieron en cuenta los siguientes aspectos: revisión del plan de estudio para conocer los problemas de salud que debe enfrentar el Médico Integral Comunitario y el nivel de actuación que debe lograr en cada uno de ellos, prevalencia y morbilidad de los problemas de salud en los diferentes escenarios, condición de urgencia médica de algunos de los problemas de salud, además fueron revisados otros documentos normativos de interés. …”
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The Prognostic Value of Peripheral Blood Inflammatory Markers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Lenvatinib Combined with PD-1 Inhibitors by Xin Y, Liu N, Peng G, Huang X, Cao X, Zhou X

“…The nomogram based on inflammation indexes could achieve better prediction performance and help clinicians to identify high-risk patients and formulate treatment plans.Keywords: lenvatinib, PD-1 inhibitor, inflammatory indexes, hepatocellular carcinoma…”
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Modeling vegetation density with remote sensing, normalized difference vegetation index and biodiversity plants in watershed area by R.Z. Ekaputri, T. Hidayat, H.K. Surtikanti, W. Surakusumah

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The condition of the Bengkulu watershed area is outlined in the Indonesia Integrated Watershed Management Plan. Adverse conditions in the watershed have been linked to a range of natural calamities, such as floods and droughts. …”
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IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN KAWASAN RAMAH LANSIA DI KABUPATEN DHARMASRAYA, PROVINSI SUMATERA BARAT by M Iqbal Sarabayan Pazka, Ria Ariany, Desna Aromatica

“…Based on the guidelines issued by the Central Government through the Ministry of Social Affairs, Dharmasraya Regency issued an Elderly Area Policy through the 2020-2024 Regional Medium Term Development Plan. This research aims to describe and analyze the Implementation of the Elderly Dharmasraya Regency Policy. …”
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