3-year experience of hyperthermic intravesical chemotherapy use in patients with high risk non-muscular-invasive bladder cancer by R.S. Chystiakov, F.I. Kostyev, O.V. Bondar, V.V. Lysenko, V.O. Varbanets

“…Cur   rently, the search for additional organ-sparing methods of intravesical therapy for non-muscular-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is actively continuing, which could become an effective alternative to standard treatment using the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine. …”
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Analysis of emergency centre recidivism for interpersonal violence in a district-level hospital in Cape Town, South Africa by J J Horn, L Bush, D J van Hoving

“…In total, 10 218 interpersonal violence presentations were identified over the study period, and 1 125 (11.0%) were attributed to recidivists (522 patients). The mean (standard deviation) age was 30 (7.7) years, and most were male (n=463, 88.7%). …”
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Japi 2.0, a gaming platform to stimulate cognitive and non-cognitive skills in early childhood: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial by Jorge Gaete, Saray Ramírez, Cristian A. Rojas-Barahona, Valentina Romo, Natalia Ríos, Ricardo Araya

“…Methods This is a pilot randomized controlled trial, parallel-group type, where the school-based implementation of “Japi 2.0” training is compared to standard school curricula in control schools. A total of six schools with low socio-economic status located in the city of Santiago, Chile, are expected to be recruited and randomized with 1:1 allocation. …”
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Application of Clustering and Stepwise Discriminant Analysis Based on Hydrochemical Characteristics in Determining the Source of Mine Water Inrush by Weitao Liu, Jie Yu, Jianjun Shen, Qiushuang Zheng, Mengke Han, Yingying Hu, Xiangxi Meng

“…Finally, taking M1, M2 and M3 as grouping variables, the discriminant functions f1, f2 and f3 of the 3 aquifers were obtained, the results of stepwise discrimination analysis (SDA) showed that the discrimination model established by using 25 groups of standard water samples could discriminate the known water samples with the correct rate of 96%, 10 groups of unknown water samples collected at the fault are identified as Taiyuan Formation limestone water samples, which was consistent with the classification results of HCA, proving that the water inrush of fault DF53 was from Taiyuan Formation limestone aquifer, while the fault had little influence on Ordovician limestone aquifer.…”
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Relationship between sonorheometry parameters and laboratory values in a critical care setting in Italy: a retrospective cohort study by Antonio Romanelli, Renato Gammaldi, Alessandro Calicchio, Salvatore Palmese, Antonio Siglioccolo

“…Purpose This preliminary retrospective cohort study analyzed the relationship between the parameters provided by sonorheometry device Quantra and the coagulation values obtained from standard venous blood samples in patients admitted in intensive care unit (ICU). …”
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Effects of NK cell-related lncRNA on the immune microenvironment and molecular subtyping for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Jinze Li, Chuqi Xia, Yuxuan Li, Hanhan Liu, Cheng Gong, Daoming Liang

“…BackgroundPatients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) face a highly unfavorable outcome and have a poor response to standard treatments. Immunotherapy, especially therapy based on natural killer (NK) cells, presents a promising avenue for the treatment of PDAC.AimsThis research endeavor seeks to formulate a predictive tool specifically designed for PDAC based on NK cell-related long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), revealing new molecular subtypes of PDAC to promote personalized and precision treatment.MethodsUtilizing the Tumor Immune Single-cell Hub 2 platform, we discovered genes associated with NK cells in PDAC. …”
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Fingerprinting of ruby and sapphire gemstones through Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) methodologies by A. Soares de Sousa, E. M. C. Gomes, L. Bayés-García, A. Di Mariano, M. Garcia-Valles

“…In this study, 25 rubies and sapphires (natural, synthetic, and treated) from the Gemology School of the University of Barcelona were analysed using standard gemological instruments and FTIR spectroscopy. …”
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Challenges for Creating Resilience in Minorities and Female Workers, and the Role of Flexibility in Work Environments: A Mixed Method Study by Dawn Adams-Harmon, Aleisha Lewis, Jung Ah (Claire) Yun

“…The challenge is that current students have become accustomed to flexible work and school standards. This mixed method research was conducted with 289 undergraduate business students studying online and on-campus in an urban University in at an urban University, Kean University in Union, New Jersey, in May and September of 2023. …”
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FedBFGCN: A Graph Federated Learning Framework Based on Balanced Channel Attention and Cross-Layer Feature Fusion Convolution by Hefei Wang, Ruichun Gu, Jingyu Wang, Xiaolin Zhang, Hui Wei

“…The FedBFGCN was evaluated on standard reference network datasets (Cora, Citeseer, Polblogs), and experimental results showed that it has lower losses and higher performance in multiple aspects. …”
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Understanding the Effects of Selected Backpack Loads Carried for Certain Durations on Peak Forces of Walking Gait in School-Going Boys by Rabiya Husain, Dessalegn Wase Mola, Dhananjoy Shaw

“…Statistical analyses included an assessment of the mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and t-ratio. …”
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Immunoglobulin replacement therapy in patients with primary and secondary immunodeficiencies: impact of infusion method on immunoglobulin-specific perceptions of quality of life an... by Rajiv Mallick, Noemi Hahn, Christopher Scalchunes

“…Abstract Background Immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IgRT) is the current standard of care for primary antibody deficiency patients (majority of all primary immunodeficiency (PID) diseases), with growing real-world evidence supporting use for secondary immunodeficiency (SID) patients. …”
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Sexual health preparedness among medical students by Z.I. Merhavy, T.C. Varkey, T. Kotyk, C. Zeitler

“…To create more competent and confident physicians to adequately assist patients in their sexual health needs, more positive curriculum changes need to be made in order to establish a new, higher standard for quality of sexual health care. Small changes at the pre-clinical and clinical level can improve overall student preparedness and confidence when discussing sexual health with patients.…”
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Mutations in the <i>A34R</i> gene increase the immunogenicity of vaccinia virus by S. N. Shchelkunov, T. V. Bauer, S. N. Yakubitskiy, A. A. Sergeev, A. S. Kabanov, S. A. Pyankov

“…As a result, it can cause a diminishing of the immune response after administration of attenuated virus to patients at standard doses. The gene for thymidine kinase is frequently used for insertion/inactivation of foreign genes and it causes virus attenuation. …”
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Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol by Andrew Booth, Catrin Evans, Stephen Timmons, Helen Spiby, Mark Clowes, Nia Jones, Kerry Evans, Benash Nazmeen, Candice Sunney, Georgia Clancy

“…The review will follow the Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis Evolving Standards quality procedures and reporting guidance.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been obtained from the University of Nottingham, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Ethics Committee (FMHS 426–1221). …”
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Preventive and curative dental services utilization among children aged 12 years and younger in Tehran, Iran, based on the Andersen behavioral model: A generalized structural equat... by Elaheh Amirian, Samaneh Razeghi, Alireza Molaei, Ahmad R Shamshiri, Simin Z Mohebbi

“…Information on curative and preventive/consultation dental service utilization and associated factors was collected by a standard questionnaire. We used a generalized structural equation model (GSEM) to build a model based on Andersen's behavioral model. …”
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Study on the Influence of Regional Transportation on PM2.5 Based on the RAMS-CMAQ Model in Weihai, a Typical Coastal City of Northern China by Wentao Ning, Zhiwen Xing, Min Wei, Mingyan Li, Meigen Zhang, Houfeng Liu

“…Abstract Weihai, on the east coast of China, is the only city in Shandong Province that the air quality has reached the Chinese National Ambient Air Quality Class II Standard. However, heavy pollution events still occurred in winter and spring. …”
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Imaging Bone–Cartilage Interactions in Osteoarthritis Using [F]-NaF PET-MRI by Dragana Savic MSc, Valentina Pedoia PhD, Youngho Seo PhD, Jaewon Yang PhD, Matt Bucknor MD, Benjamin L. Franc MD, Sharmila Majumdar PhD

“…Regions of interest were identified, and kinetic analysis of dynamic PET data provided the rate of uptake ( K i ) and the normalized uptake (standardized uptake value) of [ 18 F]-NaF in the bone. …”
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The SwiftScan step-and-shoot continuous mode improves SPECT scanning efficiency: a preliminary phantom and clinical test by Jicheng Li, Kai Zhang, Xingru Pang, Lele Huang, Xiaoxue Tian, Jiangyan Liu

“…Differences in visual image quality scores, background COV, image SNR, CNR, and standardized uptake value (SUV) of lesions were compared between the two modes. …”
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A novel tool for assessing pediatric emergency care in low- and middle-income countries: a pilot study by Sonia Y. Jarrett, Andrew Redfern, Joyce Li, Camilo E. Gutierrez, Priyanka Patel, Olurotimi Akinola, Michelle L. Niescierenko

“…The assessment tool was developed by operationalizing the technical contents of existing standards and guidelines from international bodies including the World Health Organization and International Federation of Emergency Medicine. …”
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Delayed PCI 12 Hours after the Onset of Symptoms Is Associated with Improved Outcomes for Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Real-World Study by Wen-Juan Xiu, Hai-Tao Yang, Ying-Ying Zheng, Yi-Tong Ma, Xiang Xie

“…From May 2012 to December 2015, a total of 1072 STEMI patients received delayed PCI (n=594) or standard medication therapy (MT) (n=478) more than 12 h after the onset of symptoms. …”
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