An efficient decoupled 3-D axial anisotropic resistivity inversion for magnetotelluric data with OpenMP parallelization by Wisart Thongyoy, Weerachai Siripunvaraporn, Puwis Amatayakul, Tawat Rung-Arunwan, Kiyoshi Baba

“…This makes it practical to operate even on the standard personal computers of current technology. …”
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Combined negative pressure wound therapy with new wound dressings to repair a ruptured giant omphalocele in a neonate: a case report and literature review by Shulin Hou, Zeyao Shi, Xiaowen Li, Ru Yang, Yan Song, Zhaolan Zeng

“…Abstract Background Current treatment of giant omphalocele in newborns is not standardized. The main treatments include one-time repair and staged surgery using synthetic and biologic mesh, or silos. …”
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Options of improvement of efficacy of gastroesophageal reflux disease treatment by dioctaedric smectite by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov, N. Yu. Ivashkina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…To analyze efficacy of heartburn relief and pathological gastroesophageal reflux (GER) elimination as well as dynamics of endoscopic changes at gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) under dioctaedric smectite (Smecta) treatment in standard doze as monotherapy and within complex mode of treatment.Material and methods. …”
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Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Stem Cell-Based Therapy in Treating Asherman Syndrome: A System Review and Meta-Analysis by Yiming Zhao, Qifan Luo, Xiao Zhang, Yafei Qin, Jingpeng Hao, Dejun Kong, Hongda Wang, Guangming Li, Xiangying Gu, Hao Wang

“…Stem cell combined hormone therapy achieved a higher likelihood of improving menstruation (risk ratio [RR] 22.43, 95% CI: 8.03 to 62.68, P<0.00001), an enhancement of pregnancy outcome (risk ratio [RR] 11.1, 95% CI: 3.58 to 34.38, P<0.0001), and a mean increase of 3-month endometrial thickness (standardized mean difference [SMD] 2.43, 95% CI: 1.72 to 3.13, P<0.00001). …”
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Disposition of emergency department patients presenting with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-induced angioedema by Blake Briggs, David Cline, Iltifat Husain

“…After a substantial, standardized review, 94 patients met inclusion. During the study period, there were 94 patients presenting to the ED who were diagnosed as having angioedema secondary to an ACEI (90 patients) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) (4 patients). …”
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Expert Consensus on Clinical Application of Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robots by ZHANG Lixin, BAI Dingqun, BAI Yulong, CHEN Wenhua, CHEN Yan, DU Qing, FAN Maohua, HE Hongchen, HUANG Liping, JIA Jie, LI Jianhua, LI Lei, PAN Yu, SU Min, WANG Hongtu, YIN Yong, ZHANG Bi

“…With the gradual increase in the application of lower limb robots in motor function rehabilitation, there is a need to standardize the clinical application of lower limb rehabilitation robots in China. …”
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Office BP measurement using conical cuffs in children and adolescents with obesity by Kleo Evripidou, Julio Alvarez-Pitti, Ana De Blas-Zapata, Athanasia Chainoglou, Ioannis Goulas, Karel Herberigs, Gilad Hamdani, Stella Stabouli

“…The aim of the present study was to examine differences in office blood pressure (BP) levels using conical cuffs compared to standard-shaped cylindrical cuffs in children and adolescents with obesity.Design and method We performed an observational study, including 37 children and adolescents with obesity, who were consequently recruited from the outpatient clinics of the Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Unit at General University Hospital Consortium of Valencia. …”
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Alleviating symptoms of paediatric acute rhinosinusitis and acute otitis media with otorrhea using nasal-spraying Bacillus probiotics: a randomized controlled trial by Thanh Huu Khieu, Dung Phuong Le, Binh Thanh Nguyen, Binh Thanh Ngo, Hong Thi Chu, Duc Minh Truong, Hung Minh Nguyen, Anh Hoa Nguyen, Tung Dinh Pham, Anh Thi Van Nguyen

“…Eighty-two patients (41 per group), aged 1 month to 12 years, received standard care along with nasal spraying of either physiological saline (Control group) or LiveSpo Navax (Navax group), administered three times daily over a 7-day follow-up period. …”
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Complex high-risk indicated PCI (CHIP-PCI): is it safe to let fellows-in-training perform it as primary operators? by Tim Kinnaird, Zia Ul-Haq, Holly Morgan, Anirban Choudhury, Majd B Protty, Alexander Chase, David Hildick-Smith, Shantu Bundhoo, Saad Hasan, Diluka Premawardhana, Ahmed Hailan, Mohammed Shugaa Addin, Hussain Hussain

“…Sensitivity analyses restricted to patients with higher CHIP Scores (4+ and 5+) showed comparable IH-MACCE.Conclusions Training FIT as primary operators in CHIP-PCI appears to be feasible and safe and can be delivered within the standard training programme. The comparable outcomes are likely driven by the two-operator ‘buddy’ effect that a FIT supervised by a consultant benefits from.…”
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Death and disappearance: Measuring racial disparities in mortality and life expectancy among people in state prisons, United States 2000-2014. by Bryan L Sykes, Ernest K Chavez, Justin D Strong

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Drawing on a novel dataset created and curated, we calculate standard, age- specific quantities (death rates and life-expectancy) using period lifetable methods, disaggregated by race and sex, across three different periods (2000-2004, 2005-2009, and 2010-2014) for each state. …”
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The Potential Clinical Utility of the Customized Large Language Model in Gastroenterology: A Pilot Study by Eun Jeong Gong, Chang Seok Bang, Jae Jun Lee, Jonghyung Park, Eunsil Kim, Subeen Kim, Minjae Kimm, Seoung-Ho Choi

“…<b>Results:</b> While the customized LLM correctly answered 8 out of 15 questions, the fellow answered 10 correctly. When the standardized Korean medical terms were replaced with English terminology, the LLM’s performance improved, answering two additional knowledge-based questions correctly, matching the fellow’s score. …”
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Comparative assessment of the quality of life of the patients after phacoemulsification of cataract, complicated by a violation of capsular support of the lens, with various method... by Kozhukhov A.A, Kapranov D.O.

“…<br> <b>Patients and Methods:</b> 174 FECs were analyzed according to the standard procedure. The patients were divided into three groups equivalent by the age and degree of maturity of the cataract - the main group (MG, 56 eyes), in which the IOL was sutured by an original technique, according to which the ends of the filaments were fixed in the corneal layers, and two control groups, where IOL was fixed under the scleral flap (K1, 58 eyes) and to the iris (K2, 60 eyes). …”
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Antihypertensive strategies for the prevention of secondary stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis by ChunQi Wang, Ling Feng, ShuangYan Tu, Dan Wei, Rui Wang, ZhiQiang Deng, YiPing Luo

“…The search identified randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing antihypertensive drugs with control measures (placebo or no treatment) or standard blood pressure control (SBPC) with intensive blood pressure control (IBPC) for recurrent stroke prevention. …”
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RBMDC-Net: Effective Jaw Cyst Segmentation Network Using Residual Bottleneck and Multiscale Dilated Convolution by Huixia Zheng, Xiaoliang Jiang, Xu Xu, Zhenfei Yuan

“…In our approach, the standard convolutional module in the U-Net encoding path is replaced with residual bottleneck module (RBM) that enables the network to extract features at various scales using multiple kernel sizes and residual connection. …”
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Understanding the local-level variations in seasonality of human respiratory syncytial virus infection: a systematic analysis by Sheng Ye, Shuyu Deng, Yumeng Miao, David Torres-Fernandez, Quique Bassat, Xin Wang, You Li

“…Using the three datasets from Japan, Spain and Scotland, we applied linear regression models with clustered standard errors to explore the association of geographical, meteorological, and socio-demographic factors with the season onset and offset, respectively. …”
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Investigating slope stability of multiple stopes prone to instability in the Ziluoyi iron ore mining site by Zhongao Yang, Ziling Song, Xiaohua Ding, Mvondo Nga Michele Victoire, Ali Moussa Abdoul Wahab, Barry Oumar, Fanghui Yang, Abdullahi Yusuf Ibrahim, Zhen Gao, Zhaoxi Long

“…Upon comparing these results with those of a valid homeland specification, it becomes clear that the results are able to meet safety standards and ensure efficient mine operation.…”
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Office environment and employee differences by company health management certification by Shiro Arata, Masaki Sugiuchi, Toshiharu Ikaga, Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Tatsuya Hayashi, Shintaro Ando, Shun Kawakubo

“…These findings suggest that integrating high-quality office environment standards into health management strategies can enhance overall organisational performance, providing economic benefits. …”
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Quality of routine malaria data captured at primary health facilities in the Hohoe Municipality, Ghana by Christopher Ayisah, Thywill Worlase Kpenu, Edem Kojo Dzantor, Clement Tetteh Narh

“…The study finds that while half of the facilities had reliable and complete malaria data in their source registers, there are inconsistencies with the DHIMS II database regarding the standards of data quality. Most facilities faced significant issues like unavailability of data, uncompleted data and underreporting of data, making it not-advisable to rely on DHIMS II for critical health decisions. …”
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The ideals of student youth in relation to the present, possible and anti-ideal by I. A. Nikolaeva

“…The priority of “loved ones” combines ideals-standards with the composition of the present, and orientation to “distant ones” as anti-ideals. …”
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Ultrafine industrial aerosol as an occupational risk factor for sintering industry workers by L. P. Sharavara, N. M. Dmytrukha, I. M. Andrusyshyna

“…The chemical composition of the particles of the ultrafine range included aluminum, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, silicon, and phosphorus, which is explained by the specifics of the technological process, and the exceeding of the hygienic standard was observed for calcium, silicon and phosphorus. …”
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