A Prospective Study of Lumbar Facet Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis: Early Cost-effective Assessment from the Total Posterior Spine Sys... by Jared D. Ament, Amir Vokshoor, Yaser Badr, Todd Lanman, Kee D. Kim, J. Patrick Johnson

“…The purpose of this analysis was to comprehensively evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the novel Total Posterior Spine (TOPS™) System investigational device compared with the trial control group, standard transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). …”
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Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of prosthetic rehabilitation for partially edentulous teeth in India: A comparative study of Clasp-Retained RPDs, Thermoplastic Resin RPDs, and Ca... by Subhash V, Aswini Kumar K, Vineetha Karuveettil

“…The study adhered to Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards. Results: Results showed significant differences in OHIP scores between the groups, with CPD offering the highest quality of life, followed by TR-RPD, and MC-RPD. …”
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Impact of Ramadan Intermittent Fasting on Salivary pH, Flow Rate, and Electrolyte Levels in Healthy Adult Men by Sinda Yacoub, Mehdi Khemiss, Amira Besbes, Helmi Ben Saad

“…Ramadan intermittent fasting (RIF) caused significant changes only in calcium levels and pH. The mean (M) ± standard deviation (SD) salivary calcium concentration decreased during ER compared to BR and AR (0.10 ± 0.08 vs. 0.21 ± 0.18 [ p = .041] vs. 0.22 ± 0.20 [ p = .026], respectively). …”
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Efficacy of high-dose steroids versus low-dose steroids in the treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myocarditis: a case series and systematic review by Xiuyue Man, Hong Wang, Chen Chen, Xiaofeng Cong, Lemeng Sun, Xueru Sun, Chen Chen, Jing Zhang, Lei Yang

“…BackgroundImmune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myocarditis (ICI-M) is a rare yet potentially fatal complication of immunotherapy, with no standardized treatment protocol due to limited data. …”
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Impact of Funding Source on Long-Term Outcomes in Prostate Cancer: Analysis of a Large Public Database From Sao Paulo, Brazil by Fernando C. Maluf, Cintia S.K.S. de Oliveira, Patrícia K. Ziegelmann

“…The funding source was significantly associated with OS independent of age, educational level, and receipt of any treatment in the intermediate-risk (hazard ratio [HR], 2.28 [95% CI, 1.58 to 3.30]; P < .001) and high-risk (HR, 1.36 [95% CI, 1.02 to 1.80]; P = .04) groups, but not in the low-risk (HR, 0.85 [95% CI, 0.60 to 1.21]; P = .38) or metastatic groups (HR, 0.84 [95% CI, 0.64 to 1.11]; P = .23).CONCLUSIONThe worse OS observed for patients with prostate cancer with a public source of funding underscores the need for actions directed to improve the standards of public health care in Brazil.…”
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Establishing Normative Dynamic Postural Control Values in Elite Female Handball Players by Brice Picot, Jeanne Dury, Guillaume Néron, Patrick O McKeon, Nicolas Forestier

“… # Study design Cross-Sectional Study # Methods Athletes from 14 elite teams were recruited during a national tournament and performed 3 trials in the anterior (ANT), posteromedial (PM), posterolateral (PL) directions of the mSEBT. Means, standard deviations and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) of normalized reached distances were calculated for each direction and the composite score (COMP). …”
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Field Tests of Indoor Air Cleaners for Removal of PM2.5 and PM10 in Elementary School Classrooms in Seoul, Korea by Bangwoo Han, Keejung Hong, Dongho Shin, Hak-Joon Kim, Yong-Jin Kim, Sang Bok Kim, Sangwoo Kim, Cheong-Ha Hwang, Kwang-Chul Noh

“…The average CO2 concentration in classrooms was approximately 1500-2000 ppm during class hours and depended on the number of students per classroom; this level was approximately 1.5-2 times higher than the standard, regardless of the use of air cleaners.…”
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Finding the best column for polar basic analytes across reversed-phase and hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography by József Simon, Márton Kovács, Pál T. Szabó

“…On the one hand, the standard experiments use C18 columns, which is usually unsuitable. …”
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Construction and application of a stratified nursing intervention program for postoperative delirium after Stanford type A aortic dissection: a quasi-experimental trial by Xueping Li, Miaomiao Zheng, Ailin Lin, Chaohong Chen, Yuanbo Wu, Huai Zhang, Zhiqin Yin

“…From September to December 2022, 43 patients were included in the control group and given standard treatment. From January to June 2023, 37 patients were recruited in the intervention group, receiving both routine care and the intervention plan. …”
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The Effect of Embryo Transfer Process Duration on Implantation Success by Isıl Kasapoglu, Kiper Aslan, Adnan Orhan, Ozge Albayrak, Seyma Haskoylu, Goktan Kuspinar, Berrin Avcı, Gürkan Uncu

“… OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of the embryo transfer duration of standard and simple embryo transfer method. STUDY DESIGN: This study was a retrospective cohort study conducted at a tertiary ART Centre, between June 2018- September 2018. …”
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First-year Class Instills Confidence in Nontechnical Skills for Collegiate Success by Anna Levina, Katy Guthrie, Leah Cook, Marvin Pritts

“…Assessing these skills with standard fact-based testing methods is not effective, so we assessed change in confidence during the semester, allowing students to self-assess their own learning. …”
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Physicochemical properties of water quality of Imeh, Edegelem and Chokocho communities located along Otamiri-oche River in Etche Ethnic Nationality of Rivers State, Nigeria by BM Onyegeme-Okerenta, C Obia, MO Wegwu

“…The laboratory results of the selected physico-chemical parameters when compared with the world health organization (WHO) standard showed that all the selected physico-chemical parameters were within the world health organization (WHO) permissible in both rainy and dry season except pH. …”
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TNBC response to paclitaxel phenocopies interferon response which reveals cell cycle-associated resistance mechanisms by Nicholas L. Calistri, Tiera A. Liby, Zhi Hu, Hongmei Zhang, Mark A. Dane, Sean M. Gross, Laura M. Heiser

“…Abstract Paclitaxel is a standard of care neoadjuvant therapy for patients with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC); however, it shows limited benefit for locally advanced or metastatic disease. …”
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Advertisement and Sales Performance in Mtn Uganda, Kabale Branch. by Mwebesa, Acleo

“…Descriptive statistics included the use of frequencies and percentages to analyze biodata, while inferential statistics included the use of mean and standard deviations to test individual responses; as well as the Pearson correlation coefficient (r) to test the relationship between advertisement and sales performance of the MTN Uganda Kabale branch. …”
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The Contributions of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Towards Economic Development of Kisoro District: A Case Study of Gisozi Parish. by Munyambabazi, Danny

“…The research findings also indicated that people's standards of living improved because of MGNP through providing employment opportunities. …”
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Supply Chain Practices and Performance of Institutions: A Case Study of Hotloaf Bakery in Kabale Municipality. by Asiimwe, Elias

“…The study results on the roles of efficient planning on timely production in hotloaf bakery was; efficient planning helps in setting the priorities, efficient planning allows managers to evaluate, control, budget and improve different aspects of an organization, efficient planning helps in defining the organizational levels and standards, planning of bakery provides essential feedback to employees and the organization on areas they need to improve and efficient planning helps organization to establish an evaluative frameworks that captures overall organizational goals. …”
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The Impact of Urbanization on Lives of People in Uganda: A Case Study of Kampala City. by Byonanebye, Bright

“…How does this relate to the people's standards of living? Given how most cities are currently developing, urbanization does not contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals.…”
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Comparative Study of Vitamin C Concentration in Boiled and Roasted Gonja. by Birungi, Alido

“…The concentration of vitamin C in each of the Gonja extracts was determined by redox titration of the extracts wth standard acidified potassium iodate solution in the presence of potassium iodide using a starch indicator. …”
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African animal trypanocide resistance: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Keneth, Iceland Kasozi, Ewan, Thomas MacLeod, Susan, Christina Welburn

“…Dichotomous outputs were presented using risk ratio (RR), while continuous data were presented using the standardized mean difference (SMD) at a 95% confidence interval. …”
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Youth Involvement in Pornography and Academic Engagement in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality. by Kanyesigye, Bens Rogers

“…Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Scientists version 20.0) to obtain mean values and standard deviations, while qualitative data were analyzed narratively. …”
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