Mechanical Thrombectomy in Medium Vessels Occlusion (MeVOs): An Institutional Experience with M2 Divisions of Middle Cerebral Artery by Bheru Dan Charan, Shailesh B Gaikwad, Savyasachi Jain, Ajay Garg, Leve Joseph Devarajan Sebastian, M V Padma Srivastava, Rohit Bhatia, Awadh Kishore Pandit, Shashank Sarad Kale

“… Background: Mechanical thrombectomy has been established as a safe, standard and effective treatment option for occlusions of the proximal segment of the middle cerebral artery (MCA), as demonstrated in numerous studies. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Outcomes of Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy with D2 and D3 Lymphadenectomy in the Treatment of Patients with Right Colon Cancer by A. A. Nevolskikh, V. A. Avdeenko, Yu. Yu. Mikhaleva, T. P. Pochuev, P. V. Sokolov, R. F. Zibirov, I. P. Reznik, N. D. Silin, L. O. Petrov, S. A. Ivanov, A. D. Kaprin

“…Introduction. The standard volume of removed groups of lymph nodes for right colon cancer (RCC) has not been determined. …”
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Evaluation of PM2.5 Surface Concentrations Simulated by NASA’s MERRA Version 2 Aerosol Reanalysis over India and its Relation to the Air Quality Index by Chimurkar D. Navinya, V. Vinoj, Satyendra K. Pandey

“…While the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) measured exceedances of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) on 34% of the days, MERRA-2’s prediction was only 11%, and its estimate of the annual average PM2.5 concentration across all of the sites was also negatively biased, by ~27 µg m−3. …”
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Aspergillus terreus variant TB21 wet biomass optimized by in-situ transesterification for biodiesel production by Rashmi K. Bed, V. Ravi Kumar, Ameeta RaviKumar

“…Physico-chemical properties of TB21-derived biodiesel were determined, namely, density(0.88 g cm−3), kinematic viscosity (4.1 mm s−2), iodine value (96.82), cetane number (55.31), free fatty acid content (0.15%), total acid number (0.3 NaOH mg g−1), meeting international (ASTM D6751, EN 14214) and Indian (IS 15607) standards. Thus, the direct one-pot in situ transesterification reaction using wet biomass of variant TB21 strain showed improved production and quality of biodiesel with potential large scale application using the low-cost substrate (SCBH).…”
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Climate variability can outweigh the influence of climate mean changes for extreme precipitation under global warming by K. Nordling, K. Nordling, N. L. S. Fahrenbach, B. H. Samset

“…We decompose the total changes in daily NH summer precipitation and daily maximum temperature into mean and variability components (standard deviation and skewness). Our results show that in many locations, variability exerts a stronger influence than mean changes on daily precipitation. …”
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The Economic Impact of COVID-19 Treatment at a Hospital-level: Investment and Financial Registers of Brazilian Hospitals by Ana Paula Beck da Silva Etges, Ricardo Bertoglio Cardoso, Milena S Marcolino, Karen Brasil Ruschel, Ana Paula Coutinho, Elayne Crestani Pereira, Fernando Anschau, Fernando Aranha, Filipe Carrilho, Giovanna Vietta, Gisele Alsina Nader Bastos, Joanna d’Arc Lyra Batista, José Miguel Chatkin, Juliana da Silva Nogueira, Leila Beltrami Moreira, Luciana Haddad, Maiara Floriani, Marília Teixeira de Siqueira, Patrícia Ziegelmann, Petrônio José de Lima Martelli, Roberta Pozza, Umbelina Cravo Teixeira Lagioia, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Luciane Kopittke

“…The mean hospital investment per COVID-19 inpatient was I$6800 (standard deviation 7664), with the purchase of ventilators as the most common investment. …”
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Influence of boriding treatment on the mechanical properties of Monel 400 by Christian Pacheco, Jefferson Luiz Jeronimo, Anael Preman Krelling, Cesar Edil da Costa, Júlio Cesar Giubilei Milan

“…The comparison revealed a standard deviation of 11.80% for samples treated at 825 °C for 3 h and 18.65% for samples treated at 875 °C for 3 h. …”
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The role of chest X-ray in the diagnosis of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review concerning low-resource birth scenarios by Gabriela Silveira Neves, Zilma Silveira Nogueira Reis, Roberta Maia de Castro Romanelli, Jannine dos Santos Nascimento, André Dias Sanglard, James Batchelor

“…Objectives To assess CXR’s role in diagnosing and grading NRDS severity compared to current clinical features and laboratory standards. Methods A review of studies with NRDS diagnostic criteria was conducted across six databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, BVS, Scopus-Elsevier, Web of Science, Cochrane) up to 3 March 2023. …”
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Contextual determinates of under-five malnutrition in mining communities: a critical review of nutrition interventions for optimal impact by Herbert Tato Nyirenda, David Mulenga, Hilda Nyambe-Silavwe

“…Anthropometric measurements were conducted according to WHO standards to assess underweight status. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics and chi-square tests to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of context-specific nutrition interventions.ResultsChi-square analysis highlights a complex interplay of factors influencing underweight in children under 5 years of age, including expenditure priorities (p = 0.002), access to resources such as primary grocery stores (p = 0.001) and farmers’ markets (p < 0.001), food preparation practices (p = 0.006), agricultural empowerment (p < 0.001), and feeding styles/strategies (p = 0.004). …”
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Treatment Patterns of Follicular Lymphoma in the United States: A Claims Analysis by Scott F. Huntington, Sreevalsa Appukkuttan, Wenyi Wang, Yuxian Du, Sari Hopson, Svetlana Babajanyan

“…Rituximab as monotherapy or in combination was utilized most frequently; however, the variety of other therapies used demonstrates that the standard management of FL remains unclear. **Conclusions:** Consensus on optimal treatment sequencing is currently lacking, and patients receive a variety of active regimens during routine practice. …”
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Divisive Refinement of Metal Fiber at the PM0.1 Classification Stage for PM0.5–0.1 Sampling with Nanosampler by Yuta Kurotsuchi, Kazuhiko Sekiguchi, Yohei Hayakawa

“…Observations using the 4D cartridge revealed that the relative standard deviation (RSD) of sulfate ions was lower for mesh with a large open area. …”
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Comparison of speech intelligibility in a real and virtual living room using loudspeaker and headphone presentations by Schütze Julia, Kirsch Christoph, Kollmeier Birger, Ewert Stephan D.

“…Speech intelligibility was compared in the real room, in virtual acoustic representations, and in standard anechoic audiological configurations. Three presentation modes were tested: headphones, loudspeaker rendering on a small-scale, four-channel loudspeaker array in a sound-attenuated listening booth, and a three-dimensional 86-channel loudspeaker array in an anechoic chamber. …”
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Correlation of nailfold capillaroscopic changes using handheld dermatoscope with varying grades and severity of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A pi... by Rohit Raina, Neha Chhabra, Shruti Barnwal, Shivani Vasisht, Naveen Kumar Kansal, Ravi Kant

“…Our study participants were 54 Type 2 diabetic patients more than 18 years of age diagnosed with DR using standard Early Treatment DR Study. For all the study participants, a detailed NFC was done for all 8 fingernails (excluding the thumb), using a handheld dermatoscope. …”
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A pooled analysis of the side effects of non-invasive Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) by Manon Giraudier, Carlos Ventura-Bort, Christoph Szeska, Mathias Weymar, Mathias Weymar

“…While previous research highlights its efficacy, the safety profile of taVNS has been less extensively examined.MethodsThis study therefore aimed to systematically investigate side effects of taVNS in a large pooled dataset consisting of n = 488 participants, utilizing a standardized questionnaire to assess ten reported side effects. …”
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Program for Providing Iron Tablets in Schools and Reducing the Incidence of Anemia among Adolescent Girls in Padang City by Rita Asriyanti, Azrimaidaliza Azrimaidaliza, Frima Elda, Khiky Dwinatrana

“…Data were collected using standardized instruments, analyzed with statistical software, and examined using multiple logistic regression tests. …”
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The association between life’s essential 8 and gallstones: A cross-sectional study by Yang Zhao, Xuesong Liu, Jingru Han, Bin Feng, Chowtin Yan, Jianfu Zhao

“…Gallstone presence was determined via a standard questionnaire. LE8 scores, representing four health behaviors (sleep, tobacco/nicotine exposure, physical activity, and diet) and four health factors (body mass index, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, blood glucose, and blood pressure), were categorized into low, moderate, and high CVH groups. …”
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Sarcopenia as a Prognostic Factor of Hepatotoxicity and Lower Survival Rate in Chemotherapy of Pancreatic Cancer by A. A. Klunichenko, A. P. Seryakov, A. A. Seryakova, S. M. Demidov

“…A retro-prospective study included 66 patients (30 men and 36 women) with locally advanced and metastatic PC receiving chemotherapy treatment in the form of gemcitabine monotherapy and in combination with platinum, taxanes, fluoropyrimidines in standard chemotherapy protocols. Sarcopenia was observed using computer tomography with intravenous bolus contrast and nonionic contrast medium with iodine concentration 350 mg/ml. …”
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Development of agency skills and creative thinking among students of a technical university: practical cases by Oksana F. Abramova

“…Stress tolerance and teamwork skills are also important qualities, which include the skills to independently solve non-standard tasks, the ability to take responsibility for solving a problem or for not completing a task, and the ability to follow the rules. …”
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Tratamiento químico de vinaza de caña de azúcar con peróxido de hidrógeno by Adriana Patricia del M. Chaile, María Emilia Uboldi, Mercedes Marta Elsa Ferreyra

“…[Metodología]: Las muestras de vinazas, de destilerías de la provincia de Tucumán, se caracterizaron según técnicas normalizadas de Standard Methods. Los ensayos de oxidación se realizaron con distintas relaciones de peróxido/vinaza, en un reactor semibatch, en condiciones ambientales, midiendo DQO como parámetro indicador del tratamiento. …”
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Bilateral Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty – Is it Feasible, Safe, and Worth Considering: A Pilot Study by Sunil Rajan, Saurabh Jain, Chetan Singh Dhosariya, Ashish Goyal

“…All these cases followed proper selection criteria, adequate preoperative planning, and strict adherence to our standard operating protocols. Results: Five patients of bilateral outpatient TKA with a mean age of 48.6 years were included in the study. …”
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