Cold case report: Geoforensic brownfield site search for murder victim based on prison informant lead by Jamie K. Pringle, Andrew Binley, Kristopher D. Wisniewski, Ben Davenward, Vivienne G. Heaton, Georgina E. Handley

“…This paper reports on a cold case search for a teenage girl who was reported missing during the mid-2000s in north-west England, with this being the second area searched following the disclosure of information by a suspect prison cellmate. …”
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A Rare Case of Colonic Sarcoidosis Presenting as a Mass by Haozhe Sun, Jasbir Makker, Harish Patel, Nikhitha Mantri, Ali N. Hussain, Naeem Abbas

“…We present a case of a 24-year-old African American man who was evaluated for persistent abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, and weight loss. …”
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Clinical Observation of Posterior-Chamber Phakic Implantable Collamer Lens V4c Implantation in Myopic Patients with Shallow Anterior Chamber Depth: A Retrospective, Consecutive Obs... by Juan Yuan, Shuang Wu, Zongli Hu, Chunlin Chen, Shiyang Ye, Jian Ye

“…Our objective was to assess the clinical effect and the range of anterior chamber angle width of posterior-chamber implantable collamer lens V4c (ICL V4c) implantation in patients with anterior chamber depth (ACD) < 2.8 mm. Methods. Patients who underwent ICL V4c implantation with shallow ACD were included in this retrospective study. …”
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The effectiveness of hyaluronic acid in reducing adverse effects associated with inhaled hypertonic saline therapy in patients with cystic fibrosis: A systematic review and meta-an... by Sana Arshid, Saad Ehsan Ullah, Junaid Imran, Meeran Asher Syed, Aakash Choradia, Nicole Gousy, Sukhman Boparai, Mudassir Shoaib, Bidhan Bikram Shah, Aadarsh Netha

“… # Conclusion The addition of HA is advantageous in CF patients who require continuous HS therapy and have previously shown poor tolerance to therapy.…”
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Evaluation of Groundwater for Arsenic Contamination Using Hydrogeochemical Properties and Multivariate Statistical Methods in Saudi Arabia by Abdullah S. Al-Farraj, Mohammad I. Al-Wabel, Mohamed Hamza El-Saeid, Ahmed H. El-Naggar, Zaheer Ahmed

“…Arsenic was detected at all sites, with 92.5% of boreholes yielding concentrations above the WHO permissible limit of 10 μg/L. The maximum concentration recorded was 122 μg/L (SD = 29 μg/L skewness = 1.87). …”
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Safety and efficacy of chocolate balloon in the treatment of infrapopliteal artery disease by Ridong Wu, Qingqi Yang, Mian Wang, Zilun Li, Chen Yao, Guangqi Chang

“…Methods This single-center retrospective study included 167 patients with CLTI and infrapopliteal who underwent endovascular intervention with or without chocolate balloons from September 1, 2019 to June 30, 2023. …”
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Validation of mortality risk scores after esophagectomy by Sabine Schiefer, Nerma Crnovrsanin, Ingmar F. Rompen, Nicolas Jorek, Mohammed Al-Saeedi, Thomas Schmidt, Henrik Nienhüser, Leila Sisic

“…Methods We analyzed data from 714 patients who underwent esophagectomy between 2002 and 2021. …”
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Squamous cell carcinoma in a kidney transplant recipient after 26 years by Carolina da Silva Nunes, Andreia Bufalino, Cláudia Maria Navarro, Jorge Esquiche León, Héric de Souza Camargo, Elaine Maria Sgavioli Massucato

“…This paper reports a clinical case of squamous cell carcinoma that developed in the oral cavity of a kidney transplant patient who underwent the procedure 26 years ago and did not present classic risk factors, such as smoking and alcohol consumption, for the development of the lesion. …”
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Use of behavioural activation to manage pain: a systematic scoping review by G Lorimer Moseley, Marianne Gillam, Martin Jones, Sandra Walsh, Richard John Gray, Trevor Barker, Tesfahun Eshetie, Kate M. Gunn, Kham Tran

“…In addition, we wanted to understand whether there were any reported changes in that pain, and how and who delivered BA.Eligibility criteria Primary research published in English.Sources of evidence We searched seven databases MEDLINE, Ovid Embase, Ovid Emcare, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science, for primary research. …”
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Rare Manifestation of a c.290 C>T, p.Gly97Glu VCP Mutation by Nivedita U. Jerath, Cameron D. Crockett, Steven A. Moore, Michael E. Shy, Conrad C. Weihl, Tsui-Fen Chou, Tiffany Grider, Michael A. Gonzalez, Stephan Zuchner, Andrea Swenson

“…Methods. A 60-year-old man who played ice hockey into his 50’s was evaluated by electrodiagnostics, muscle biopsy, and molecular genetics. …”
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Association of COVID-19-related perceptions and experiences with depression and anxiety in Ugandan caregivers of young children with malaria and iron deficiency: A cross-sectional... by Saeun Park, Paul Bangirana, Ezekiel Mupere, Reagan I Baluku, Erika S Helgeson, Sarah E Cusick

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study included 100 Ugandan caregivers of young children aged 6-59 months with uncomplicated malaria and iron deficiency (N = 85) and without malaria or anemia (N = 15) who were enrolled in the Optimizing Iron Status in Malaria-Endemic Areas (OptiM) study. …”
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Prognostic significance of lymph node ratio in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: insights from the South Asian population by Sajida Qureshi, Waqas Ahmad Abbasi, Hira Abdul Jalil, Saba Mughal, Muhammad Saeed Quraishy

“…This study aims to assess the prognostic significance of LNR in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients undergoing concurrent neoadjuvant therapy followed by minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE).MethodsThis retrospective study analyzed the clinical data of ESCC patients who underwent concurrent neoadjuvant therapy followed by MIE at Dr. …”
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Chronic hepatitis B and risk of kidney involvement by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. N. Tikhonov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Issue of CHB is important in patients who are undergoing substitution treatment: hemodialysis or post kidney transplantation. …”
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Papillary Carcinoma of Breast: Clinicopathological Characteristics, Management, and Survival by Bushra Rehman, Anam Mumtaz, Barka Sajjad, Namra Urooj, Sameen Mohtasham Khan, M. Toqeer Zahid, Huma Mannan, M. Zulqarnain Chaudhary, Amina Khan, M. Asad Parvaiz

“…All patients underwent upfront surgery except two patients who had synchronous IDC on the contralateral side. …”
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Bacteriological and Physicochemical Qualities of Ebutte River in Ebutte Community, Uhunmwonde Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria by Fred Osaro Ekhaise

“…The bacterial counts were higher than the acceptable limit of the WHO standards at all sampling points. The total viable counts ranged from 3.40 x 105 to 3.71 x 106cfu/ml for the months of August, 2010 to January, 2011. …”
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A Machine Learning Based Framework for a Stage-Wise Classification of Date Palm White Scale Disease by Abdelaaziz Hessane, Ahmed El Youssefi, Yousef Farhaoui, Badraddine Aghoutane, Fatima Amounas

“…This decision is crucial for farmers who wish to minimize yield losses while preserving production quality. …”
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Whole-genome association studies of distribution of developmental abnormalities and other breeding-valuable qualitative traits in offspring of the Russian large-white boars by A. A. Traspov, O. V. Kostyunina, A. A. Belous, T. V. Karpushkina, N. A. Svejenceva, N. A. Zinovieva

“…Such studies are directly related to the improvement of the economic efficiency, as they allow identification and exclusion of defect animals, who may carry target genes not appearing phenotypically, from the breeding process. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of comparative survey designs for helminth control programs: Post-hoc cost analysis and modelling of the Kenyan national school-based deworming program. by Mark Minnery, Collins Okoyo, Grace Morgan, Andrew Wang, Olatunji Johnson, Claudio Fronterre, Antonio Montresor, Suzy J Campbell, Charles Mwandawiro, Peter Diggle

“…Four traditional survey design scenarios, based around WHO guidelines, were selected to act as reference cases for calculating incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) for MBG design.…”
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Is the Rate of Early mobilization in Hip fracture patients using Alfentanil Better than standard opioid analgesia (REHAB)? A protocol for a prospective cohort study by Nikhil Agarwal, Alasdair M. J. MacLullich, Nick D. Clement

“…Patients with a hip fracture meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria will be enrolled on admission. Patients who have been administered oral oxycodone will be compared to those prescribed alfentanil for pain prior to mobilization with physiotherapists on POD 1 and POD 2. …”
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Solution for Processing Pelvic Bone Metastases with Halcyon TM 2.0 on Lateral and Longitudinal Isocenters Treatment Plans Using the VMAT Technique: A Comparative Study by Morad Erraoudi, Kaoutar El Bouchiti, Yassine Herrassi, mohamed El ghalmi, Yassir Raoui, Youssef Bouzekraoui, FARIDA BENTAYEB, Lalla Btissam Drissi

“…The purpose of this study is to use two lateral isocenters in the treatment of pelvic bone metastases with the Halcyon machine, in order to overcome its limitations in treating large volumes.Material and Methods: We report a retrospective study of 8 patients who received radiotherapy for pelvic bone metastases, all treated by two different VMAT techniques. …”
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