Analysis of Factors Associated with the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis according to Etiology by Dae Bum Kim, Woo Chul Chung, Ji Min Lee, Kang-Moon Lee, Jung Hwan Oh, Eun Jung Jeon

“…The objective of this study was to determine the factors associated with severity of acute pancreatitis (AP) according to two major etiologies: alcohol and gallstones. Methods. We reviewed the medical records of consecutive patients who were admitted with AP between January 2003 and January 2013. …”
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Intravitreal Conbercept Injection with and without Grid Laser Photocoagulation in the Treatment of Diffuse Diabetic Macular Edema in Real-Life Clinical Practice by Yule Xu, Ao Rong, Yanlong Bi, Wei Xu

“…The clinical records of those patients were reviewed. Results. 26 patients (31 eyes) received IVC alone and 25 patients (30 eyes) received combined therapy. …”
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Evaluation of the efficacy of low concentration fluoride gel using custom trays to prevent radiation-related dental caries in patients with head and neck cancer: protocol for a ran... by Yumiko Kawashita, Masahiro Umeda, Toshiyuki Saito, Sakiko Soutome, Souichi Yanamoto, Maho Murata, Masako Yoshimatsu, Madoka Funahara

“…Target accrual is 80 patients with a two-sided type I error rate of 5% and 80% power to detect 80% risk reduction.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Clinical Research Review Board in Nagasaki University The protocol of this study was registered at Japan Registry of Clinical Trials (jRCT) and University hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN). …”
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Intravitreal Melphalan for Vitreous Seeds: Initial Experience in China by Xunda Ji, Peiyan Hua, Jing Li, Jiakai Li, Junyang Zhao, Peiquan Zhao

“…This is a retrospective review of 17 consecutive Chinese patients (19 eyes) with viable vitreous seeds from retinoblastoma. …”
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Genotype-phenotype insights of pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy by Ying Dai, Yan Wang, Youfei Fan, Bo Han

“…DCM can cause adverse consequences such as heart failure, sudden death, thromboembolism, and arrhythmias. This article reviews the latest advances in genotype and phenotype research in pediatric DCM. …”
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C-Peptide Levels Predict the Effectiveness of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor Therapy by Sevin Demir, Sule Temizkan, Mehmet Sargin

“…Materials and Methods. We reviewed the medical records of 56 patients who had received DPP-4 inhibitor as an add-on to metformin monotherapy and evaluated their response in the first year of therapy. …”
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Ideological Apparatuses of Shari’a and Reproduction of Domination: A Critique on the Book The Circles of Fear by Reza Najafzadeh

“…This refusal of awareness in the Egyptian space is more severe and worse for women. This article reviews Abu Zaid’s views critically in five parts: Abu Zaid and critical theory of society; reconstruction of reawakening discourse and the history of Etzali belief; women in crisis discourse, the ideology of language and the production of domination; the defeat and historical decline and critique of anti-woman practices and discourses on the eve of the transition to the information age; and the critique of the commodification of women.…”
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Predictors of Crowd Effect in Football: Evidence From Five Major Football Leagues of Europe by Abdullah Yiğit Güngör, Tuncer Gövdeli

“…This study aims to determine predictors of crowd effect in five major football leagues in Europe. Literature review shows that crowd effect can be determined as size, proximity or density for the analysis. …”
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Phytoremediation potential of green spaces in the city by E. Yu. Zaykova, S. S. Feofanova

“…If climate change continues, and due to anthropogenic influence, air temperature rises to 3–4 °C, then abnormally high heat waves will occur almost every year, bringing with them intense slow-moving rains. A review of more than 15 global programmes to implement green infrastructure in cities from the inception of this term in the 1970s and up to the present has been carried out. …”
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Evolutionary Algorithms and Quantum Computing: Recent Advances, Opportunities, and Challenges by Junaid Ur Rehman, Muhammad Shohibul Ulum, Abdurrahman Wachid Shaffar, Amirul Adlil Hakim, Mujirin, Zaid Abdullah, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Symeon Chatzinotas, Hyundong Shin

“…In this paper, we discuss both of these potential directions at the intersection of evolutionary computing and quantum computing while surveying some of the most promising advancements in these directions. We start with the review of quantum-inspired metaheuristics and then explore implementations of some of these quantum-inspired algorithms on physical quantum devices, capitalizing on the progress in quantum computing technology. …”
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Comparison of IgG and Neutralizing Antibody Response After Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Among Iraqi Individuals by Najat Saeed Hussein, Izzat Abdulsatar Al-Rayahi, Salwa S. Muhsin, Redhwan Abdul Kareem Alameer

“…The distribution of vaccines is presently underway in an effort to stop the viral transmission and stop fatalities, several vaccinations have been created to decrease COVID virus disease, in 2019, the development of vaccine-induced population immunity is an important global strategy. Review of the anti-spike protein receptor-binding domain (S-RBD) a person's level of immune response to antibody strategy can be used to assess SARS-CoV-2 viral infection in 2019.  …”
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An Update on Anti-Helicobacter Pylori Treatment in Children by Renuka Khurana, Lori Fischbach, Naoki Chiba, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten

“…The objective of the present review was to summarize data from pediatric studies that have examined treatment efficacy, safety, drug resistance and reinfection rates related to anti-H pylori therapies. …”
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Advances in the application of digital technology in orthodontic monitoring by WANG Qi, LUO Ting, LU Wei, ZHAO Tingting, HE Hong, HUA Fang

“…In recent years, digital technology has increasingly permeated orthodontic clinical diagnosis and treatment, facilitating clinical decision-making, treatment planning, and follow-up monitoring. This review summarizes recent advancements in digital technology for monitoring orthodontic tooth movement, related complications, and appliance-wearing compliance. …”
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Surgical treatment and outcomes in aortic valve endocarditis and perivalvular abscesses by Ellelan Degife, Alyssa Morrison, Syed Bin Usman Mahmood, Sigurdur Ragnarsson, Andrea Amabile, Roland Assi, Prashanth Vallabjoyshula, Arnar Geirsson

“…All patients who underwent surgical treatment of active aortic valve endocarditis between 2011 and 2022 at a single institution were reviewed, yielding 218 patients, of whom 64 had perivalvular abscess. …”
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Analytical Quality by Design Approach to Test Method Development and Validation in Drug Substance Manufacturing by N. V. V. S. S. Raman, Useni Reddy Mallu, Hanimi Reddy Bapatu

“…As of now there is no specific requirements for AQbD (Analytical Quality by Design) and PAT in analytical development from all regulatory agencies. In this review, authors have discussed the implementation of QbD and AQbD simultaneously for API synthetic process and analytical methods development. …”
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The discursive construction of the nation: Serbhood as the other in the construction of Montenegrin national identity by Mitrović Sava

“…After providing theoretical and methodological observations, the subsequent section offers a critical literature review on questions surrounding Montenegrin identity. …”
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Characterization of patients operated on for benign thyroid nodules. Dr. Gustavo Aldereguia Lima Hospital. Cienfuegos, 2014-2019 by José Carlos Aíras Cañizares, José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Lidia Torres Aja

“…Medical records and biopsy protocols were reviewed; whose data were emptied into a collector model. …”
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The Role and Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Peptides in Overcoming Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria by Jinhui Yang, Junning Zhang, Zeyu Feng, Yunqi Ma

“…In addition, we define the review’s scope to include the most recent developments in AMP research, emphasizing the innovations’ development, optimization, and therapeutic promise. …”
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Treatment of Tanning Effluent Using Seaweeds and Reduction of Environmental Contamination by V. Sampathkumar, S. Southamirajan, Elango Subramani, Senthilkumar Veerasamy, D. Ambika, Dineshkumar Gopalakrishnan, G. E. Arunkumar, K. Raja, S. Arulmozhi, Dhivya Balamoorthy

“…The technology is at a maturing stage. This paper reviews the characterization and cultivation of seaweeds for wastewater treatment. …”
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Ontologies in bioinformatics and systems biology by N. L. Podkolodnyy, O. A. Podkolodnaya

“…In this sense, ontology associated with the entire set of formats, supporting research in systems biology, in particular, computer modeling of biological systems and processes can be regarded as a first approximation to the ontology of systems biology. This review summarizes the features of the subject area (bioinformatics, systems biology, and biomedicine), the main motivation for the development of ontologies and the most important examples of ontological modeling and semantic analysis at different levels of the hierarchy of knowledge: the molecular genetic level, cellular level, tissue levels of organs and the body. …”
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