Efficacy of High-Voltage Pulsed Radiofrequency in Zoster-Associated Pain: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review by Yinghao Song, Ziheng Yu, Jingjing Guan, Haisheng Wu, Jinglang Zhang, Liu Qiaoling, Min Yuan, Xinzhi Cheng, Bingyu Ling

“…There was no significant difference between the H-PRF and standard PRF pain scores at 1 week after surgery and the sham operation group at 1 month. …”
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Health and Economic Impact Estimation of Ambient Air Particulate Matter (PM) Pollution in Addis Ababa Using BenMAP-CE Model by Mulugeta Getachew, Andualem Mekonnen, Desta Fitsum

“…The study evaluated the impact of decreasing the annual average PM 2.5 concentration in 2019 (32.8 µg/m 3 ) to different international and national air quality standards, including World health Organization’s guidelines and the Ethiopian National Ambient Air Quality standard (NAAQS). …”
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Psychoeducational Characteristics of Children with Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia by Rolanda A. Maxim, Samuel H. Zinner, Hisako Matsuo, Theresa M. Prosser, Mary Fete, Terry L. Leet, Timothy J. Fete

“…In a cross-sectional study, 45 youth with HED (77% males, mean age 9.75 years) and 59 matched unaffected controls (70% males, mean age 9.79 years) were administered the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test and the Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, and their parents completed standardized neurodevelopmental and behavioral measures, educational, and health-related information regarding their child, as well as standardized and nonstandardized data regarding socioeconomic information for their family. …”
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Laparoscopic Splenectomy to Salvage Renal Transplants from Severe Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection by Michael Latzko, Sakshi Jasra, Sana Akbar, Harry Sun, Sadanand Palekar

“…Based on our experience, the addition of splenectomy to standard rescue therapy can salvage renal transplants.…”
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Effects of plant growth regulators and growing media on propagation and field establishment of Stevia rebaudiana: a medicinal plant of commerce by K. Abha Manohar, Gopal Shukla, Bidhan Roy, Sumit Chakravarty

“…The present study was therefore attempted to standardize the plant growth regulators and growing media to standardize the vegetative propagation protocol through cuttings for its mass multiplication in Terai region of West Bengal, India. …”
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Use of ICDAS-II, Fluorescence-Based Methods, and Radiography in Detection and Treatment Decision of Occlusal Caries Lesions: An In Vitro Study by Anahita Jablonski-Momeni, Jasmin Stucke, Torben Steinberg, Monika Heinzel-Gutenbrunner

“…Highest correlation was found between ICDAS-II and FC (𝑟𝑠 0.84), ICDAS-II and gold standard (0.82) and FC and gold standard (0.81). ICDAS-II provided the highest performance (AUC 1.0), followed by FC (0.95) and LF (0.88). …”
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The influence of generative artificial intelligence on creative cognition of design students: a chain mediation model of self-efficacy and anxiety by Younjung Hwang, Yi Wu

“…Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 24.0 for exploratory factor analysis and PROCESS v3.5 for mediation analysis.ResultsThe findings confirmed that AI positively impacted students’ innovative thinking (*β* = 0.610, *p* < 0.001). Self-efficacy (standardized *β* = 0.256, 95% CI [0.140, 0.418], *p* < 0.001) and anxiety reduction (standardized *β* = 0.093, 95% CI [0.018, 0.195], *p* < 0.05) positively mediated the relationship between generative AI and creative cognition. …”
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Cancer Mortality by Ethnicity in Colombia Between 2011 and 2022: A Population-Based Study by Maria Camila Urrea Suescun, Isabel C. Garcés-Palacio, Amr S. Soliman

“…Crude and direct age-standardized mortality rates were determined by ethnicity for the study period, by year, sex, and cancer type and Joinpoint analysis was conducted to examine trends.ResultsAge-standardized cancer mortality of Mestizos (60.1 per 100,000 population) was lower than in Rom and Raizales (557.3 and 77.7 per 100,000), and higher than for Afro-Colombians and Indigenous (37.2 and 20.0 per 100,000). …”
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Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory Activities of the Stem Bark of Yellow Flamboyant (<i>Peltophorum pterocarpum</i>) by O.K. Ogbeide, C.J. Ogbonnaya, E. Asakitikpi, D.O. Uyi, B.O. Aluge, O. Nosakhare, W.O. Otahagwa, C.A. Ehigie, U. Omoruyi, O.S. Aifuwa, B.O. Gabriel

“…Acute oral toxicity of n-hexane extract of P. pterocarpum stem bark was investigated using standard method. Analgesic activity was investigated by using acetic acid-induced writhing model, using indomethacin as a reference drug. …”
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Corneal Cross-Linking as Treatment in Pediatric Keratoconus: Comparison of Two Protocols by Shira Hed, Ran Matlov Kormas, Sagi Shashar, Boris E. Malyugin, Matthew Boyko, Boris Knyazer

“…This study sought to compare the outcomes of accelerated and standard CXL in terms of visual acuity, keratometry, and tomographic parameters in pediatric population. …”
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Optimal timing for lithium levels [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Kevin J Black

“…They argue for blood sampling 24 h after the previous dose rather than the standard 12 h. I interpret the data quite differently. …”
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Indian Jujuba Seed Powder as an Eco-Friendly and a Low-Cost Biosorbent for Removal of Acid Blue 25 from Aqueous Solution by L. Sivarama Krishna, A. Sreenath Reddy, W. Y. Wan Zuhairi, M. R. Taha, A. Varada Reddy

“…Thermodynamic parameters such as standard free energy change (ΔG0), standard enthalpy changes (ΔH0), and standard entropy changes (ΔS0) were analyzed. …”
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Decreasing emission factor of pollutants in an oil refinery by renovating the furnace design by A. Zabihi, M.R. Raazaitabari

“…Finally, the new data of pollution coming from unit 75 were compared to pollution standard at American refineries. Results showed that the emission factor of most pollutants were below the American standard limits. …”
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Anesthesia for Pars Plana Vitrectomy with Insulin Needle, Is It Possible? by Waleed Riad, Nauman Ahmed, Emad Abboud, Essam Al-Harthi, Eman Kahtani

“…Peribulbar block was performed in 120 patients using either standard 25 mm or 12.5 mm 30 G needle (insulin needle). …”
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Behaviour and design of extruded high-strength aluminium alloy SHS beam-columns by Beibei Li, Pengcheng He, Jingfeng Wang, Yuanqing Wang

“…Both experimental and simulated datasets were employed to verify the precision of resistance forecasts for SHS beam-columns by design approaches outlined in European, Chinese and American standards. Findings indicated that both the European and Chinese standards tended to provide relatively conservative predictions for buckling resistances, while the American standard sometimes produced predictions leading to higher risk. …”

Minimum Water Requirement Method for High-Performance Sulphoaluminate Cement-Based Materials by Hong-ping Zhang, Pei-kang Bai, Jian-hong Wang, Yan-li Dong, Yun-shan Han

“…We demonstrate that standard consistency evaluation can replace the minimum water requirement method to determine the optimum ratio of cement mineral admixtures. …”
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Evaluating Batch Imaging as a Method for Non-Lethal Identification of Freshwater Fishes by Conrad James Pratt, Nicholas E. Mandrak

“…A novel, image-based method for taxonomic identification (“batch-image identification”), which addresses the shortcomings of standard and eDNA methods, was tested in this study. …”
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Comparative Performance Evaluation of Routine Malaria Diagnosis at Ho Municipal Hospital by James Osei-Yeboah, Gameli Kwame Norgbe, Sylvester Yao Lokpo, Mohammed Khadijah Kinansua, Loverage Nettey, Emmanuel Alote Allotey

“…Though none of the test methods evaluated over the gold standard achieved the WHO recommended diagnostic sensitivity and specificity, the RDT achieved an acceptable agreement with the gold standard.…”
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Absorption Efficiency Assessment and Uncertainty Measurement of the Sodium Arsenite Method for Ambient NO2 Determination by Rishu Agarwal, Shankar G. Aggarwal

“…Abstract The absorption efficiency and uncertainty involved in the sodium arsenite method (modified Jacobs and Hochheiser method) of NO2 measurement were studied using two standard gas concentrations (4.86 ± 0.10 µmol mol−1 (ppm) and 1.95 ± 0.10 µmol mol−1 (ppm)). …”
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Particle Vertical Mixing and Horizontal Conveyance Within an Ambient Temperature Fluidized Bed by Jawad Khalaf, Braden Smith, Haden Harper, Nathan Schroeder

“…The mass flow rate exiting the bed was statistically similar to the flow rate entering the bed for both cases, but each case featured a wider range and standard deviation. The range and standard deviation of the 1 kg/s flow rate was 0.69-1.23 kg/s and 0.12 kg/s respectively, and the 0.5 kg/s test featured a range and standard deviation of 0.37-0.73 kg/s and 0.09 kg/s, respectively. …”
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