What Governs Immediate or Delayed Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation by Direct Current Shock? by Amar T. AL-Hamdi, Azad J. Ali, Becker S. Alzand

“…Patients diagnosed with persistent atrial fibrillation and who reverted to sinus rhythm after DC-Cardioversion were included in this case series study. …”
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Ultrasonographic measurement of the peroneal and tibial nerves in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with symptoms or signs of polyneuropathy: A cross-sectional study by Serdar Kaymaz, Hakan Alkan, Uǧur Karasu, Veli Çobankara

“…We aimed to determine the cross-sectional areas (CSA) of the peroneal and tibial nerves in patients with RA who had neuropathic symptoms, and to determine a cutoff value for peroneal and tibial nerves CSA by ultrasonography (USG) to diagnose polyneuropathy (PN) in patients with RA. …”
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Plastic Bronchitis in Children: A Review of 55 Cases over a 10-Year Period by Xiaowen Chen, Shangzhi Wu, Zhanhang Huang, Yuneng Lin, Jiaxing Xu, Qingyun Xu, Dehui Chen

“…To summarize the clinical characteristics and treatment experiences of patients with plastic bronchitis (PB). Methods. All patients who were diagnosed with PB by bronchoscopic removal of tree-like casts at a single institution from January 2012 to May 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Investigating Measures to Revive Urban and Rural Tourism in The Post-Corona Era by Jamaleddin Honarvar

“…The statistical population of the study is experts and specialists in the field of tourism, who conducted 50 in-depth interviews using non-probability sampling and purposefully. …”
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Comparing apples with apples: A proposed taxonomy for "Community Health Workers" and other front-line health workers for international comparisons. by Stephen Hodgins, Uta Lehmann, Henry Perry, Nicholas Leydon, Kerry Scott, Smisha Agarwal, Hannah Marcus, Rajani Ved, Elijah Olivas, Madeleine Ballard, Dickson Mbewe, Margaret Odera, Sherlie Petit Homme, Benard Otieno, Pasipano Wutete, Angeline Chikumba, Prossy Muyingo, John Kyakuha, Emmanuel Harcourt, Morseda Chowdhury, David Musoke, Thadee Niyoyitungira, Abimbola Olaniran, John Koku-Awoonor Williams, Lívia Milena Barbosa de Deus E Méllo, Romário Correia Dos Santos, Isabela Cardoso de Matos Pinto, Ram Shrestha, Salim Sadruddin, Melanie Morrow, Eric Sarriot, Maryse Kok, Bhanu Pratap

“…It also leads to a failure to consider occupational groups not commonly thought of as CHWs-but engaged in PHC service delivery at the most peripheral level-in community-based-PHC planning and management arrangements. Building on ILO and WHO classifications and standards, a further clarification of terms and a taxonomy is proposed, with the intention of contributing to clearer communication and shared understanding and, ultimately, sounder community health policy, program planning, and implementation; and more substantial progress towards Universal Health Coverage.…”
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Measurements of Pupillary Diameter and Wavefront Aberrations in Pregnant Women by Yesim Altay, Mehmet Metin Altay, Gulizar Demirok, Ozgur Balta, Hulya Bolu

“…This was a case-control study including 34 healthy pregnant women in the third trimester and age-matched 34 nonpregnant women. Only women who had no ocular abnormalities and no refractive error were included. …”
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Hotspots evolution and frontiers of immunotherapy for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia: A bibliometric analysis by Nana Zhe, Qiang Li, Nanqu Huang, Hang Li, Hongyun Chen, Pinwei Zhu

“…The temporal and geographical distributions of these publications and the countries, institutions, journals, and authors who contributed to the field were investigated. …”
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The Concept “Student Experience” from the Point of View of Philosophical Anthropology and Developmental Psychology by V. S. Efimov, A. V. Laptevа

“…Significant components of such experience are: “discovering others” who are carriers of a new (for the student) self-determination, thinking, worldview, and way of action; “shift of the horizon” – the discovery of new meanings, objects, transformation of consciousness (changing its schematisms and categories); mastering a new life world; overcoming the existing ways and patterns of thinking and action, personal limitations and building a new self; reflection of one’s path and “assembling oneself” through personal history.This concept of student experience will allow us to build educational practices that are adequate to the needs of active students focused on complex educational experiences – the path of discovery and transformation of consciousness and thinking…”
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Generation of Whole-Genome Sequencing Data for Comparing Primary and Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer by Jong-Lyul Park, Seon-Kyu Kim, Jeong-Hwan Kim, Seok Joong Yun, Wun-Jae Kim, Won Tae Kim, Pildu Jeong, Ho Won Kang, Seon-Young Kim

“…Because castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) does not respond to androgen deprivation therapy and has a very poor prognosis, it is critical to identify a prognostic indicator for predicting high-risk patients who will develop CRPC. Here, we report a dataset of whole genomes from four pairs of primary prostate cancer (PC) and CRPC samples. …”
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Integration of soft skills into the program of maritime English by V. Kudriavtseva, S. Barsuk, O. Frolova

“…We consider the integration of soft skills into the Maritime English course to be one of the most suitable approaches since the teaching methods and the course learning materials are aimed specifically at the development of effective interpersonal communication skills.The information presented in the paper can be useful for researchers and educators, who are interested in soft skills embedding into educational programs.…”
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Maternal HIV retesting during antenatal care in selected health facilities in Mayuge district, Uganda: A cross-sectional study. by Farouq Kayiwa, Elizabeth Nabiwemba, Nelson Bunani, Rawlance Ndejjo

“…This study determined the proportion of pregnant women who were retested during ANC and the associated factors in selected health facilities in Mayuge district, Uganda. …”
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The co-occurrence of the SAVA syndemic, depression and anxiety as barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence among sub-Saharan Africa population groups: A scoping review protocol... by Anton Delport, Hanani Tabana, Lucia Knight, Edwin Wouters

“…This protocol proposes a scoping review to explore literature reporting on the antiretroviral therapy adherence levels among people who experience substance abuse and violence (SAVA) syndemics, as well as mood disorders such as anxiety and depression among people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.…”
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Revolution and counter-revolution in the Cossack’s village of Cherlakovskaya. 1918–1928 by M. S. Novikov

“…Using archival materials, memoirs of contemporaries and local history studies, the author comes to the conclusion that the front-line cossacks, who did not want to continue the war and supported the Soviet government in the fall of 1917, mostly sabotaged its agrarian transformations on the ground. …”
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Does Larger Fetal Ascending Aorta Than the Pulmonary Artery Indicate Major Cardiac Anomaly? by Safak Yilmaz Baran, Alev Arslan, Gulsen Dogan Durdag, Hakan Kalayci, Seda Yuksel Simsek, Songul Alemdaroglu

“…STUDY DESIGN: Pregnancies between 18-24 gestational weeks who underwent detailed second-trimester screening during 2015-2019 were evaluated. …”
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A Retrospective Study: Quick Scoring of Symptoms to Estimate the Risk of Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department by Yaoke Xu, Hua Zhang, Zongxuan Zhao, Kaifeng Wen, Ci Tian, Qiangrong Zhai, Yi Bai, Shu Li, Hongxia Ge, Xiaodan Li, Qidi Zhou, Qingbian Ma

“…A retrospective case-control study was carried out on cardiac arrest patients who visited the emergency department of Peking University Third Hospital from January 2018 to June 2019. …”
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Laparoscopic Resection of Advanced Colorectal Cancer in a Patient with Lumboperitoneal Shunt by Toru Imagami, Satoru Takayama, Yohei Maeda, Ryohei Matsui, Masaki Sakamoto, Hisanori Kani

“…The number of patients with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt who require abdominal surgery has been increasing. …”
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Plans, Progression and Post-Compulsory Education: Measuring the Success of a School–University Widening Participation Programme in Ireland by Eilís Ní Chorcora, Joanne Banks, Aibhín Bray

“…This paper investigates longitudinal data from 227 students in Dublin, Ireland, who were attending post-primary schools located in areas that have low progression to tertiary education. …”
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Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm with Thrombosed Infrarenal Component: A Modified Hybrid Technique without Aortic Cross Clamping by Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, Khaled J. Zaza, Muhammad Anees Sharif, Samer Koussayer

“…TAAA with a thrombosed infrarenal aorta and bilateral common iliac arteries can be repaired using a single-stage modified hybrid procedure without aortic clamping in high-risk patients who cannot tolerate thoracotomy and aortic cross clamping.…”
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Pancreaticopericardial Fistula: A Case Report and Literature Review by Muhammad S. Khan, Najmi Shahbaz, Hassaan A. Zia, Muhammad Hamza, Henna Iqbal, Ahmed Awab

“…Surgery was associated with best treatment outcomes and 50% of patients who underwent endoscopic treatment survived. Conclusion. …”
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Prophylactic Administration of Surfactant in Extremely Premature Infants by Lutz Koch, David Frommhold, Bernd Beedgen, Peter Ruef, Johannes Poeschl

“…In our retrospective analysis, we compared premature infants (23 + 0 to 26 + 6 weeks) receiving 200 mg/kg surfactant (curosurf0𝑥000𝑎𝑒) within five minutes after birth (prophylactic group, 𝑁=31) with those infants who received surfactant therapy for established RDS (selective group, 𝑁=34). …”
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