Prognostic Factors and Nomogram for Malignant Brainstem Ependymoma: A Population‐Based Retrospective Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database Analysis by Xiaoyu Ji, Siyuan Yang, Dejing Cheng, Wenbo Zhao, Xuebo Sun, Fang Su

“…Conclusions Individuals who are Black and anaplastic ependymomas were negative risk factors for brainstem ependymoma associated with an increased risk of mortality. …”
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Prognostic value of circulatory growth factors to predict responsiveness to chemotherapy and remission status of patients with acute myeloid leukemia by Mohammad Ahmad Bani-Ahmad, Duaa Ghanem

“…Material and methods Twenty-four AML patients who were under chemotherapeutic intervention were included. …”
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Continuous Intra-Incisional Bupivacaine for Postoperative Analgesia after Hip Nailing Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Arash Farbood, Sanaz Abbasi, Naeimehossadat Asmarian, Mahsa Banifatemi, Vida Naderi-boldaji, Zeinabsadat Fattahi Saravi

“…In this randomized clinical trial, 48 patients who were scheduled for hip nailing surgery were randomly assigned to receive (n = 24) or not receive (n = 24) bupivacaine infusion through a catheter inside the surgical wound, postoperatively. …”
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Pancreaticoduodenectomy for an Ampullary Region Carcinoma Occurred in Annular Pancreas Coexistent with Replaced Common Hepatic Artery by Ryuji Komine, Atsushi Shimizu, Kazuhiko Mori, Keisuke Minamimura, Toru Hirata, Takashi Kobayashi, Nobuo Toda, Masaya Mori

“…The “artery-first” approach may be a useful method for pancreaticoduodenectomy in patients who have an anatomical abnormality.…”
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Feeding Expressed Breast Milk Alters the Microbial Network of Breast Milk and Increases Breast Milk Microbiome Diversity over Time by Melissa A. Woortman, Emily S. Barrett, Thomas G. O’Connor, Steven R. Gill, Kristin Scheible, Jessica Brunner, Haipeng Sun, Maria G. Dominguez-Bello

“…To test this hypothesis, we analyzed the microbiota of serial breast milk and infant fecal samples obtained from 14 mother–infant dyads who were lactating, half of which were providing expressed breast milk. …”
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Effectiveness of Super Floss and Water Flosser in Plaque Removal for Patients Undergoing Orthodontic Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Nozha Sawan, Afnan Ben Gassem, Faisal Alkhayyal, Aroob Albakri, Nada Al-Muhareb, Eman Alsagob

“…A single-blind, randomized, controlled, parallel clinical trial with a split-mouth protocol was conducted on young adult orthodontic patients who were recruited from Riyadh Specialized Dental Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. …”
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The impact of using divergent thinking strategies on reading comprehension by A. Al Masri, T. Krishan, F. Al Talahin, S. Almassarweh

“…The study sample consisted of 136 students, who were selected purposefully and distributed into two groups: experimental and control groups. …”
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Exploring Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Levels in Iraqi Patients with Stable Angina: Insights from Coronary Angiography Diagnosis by Aseel Ghassan Daoud, Wassan Abdul Kareem Abbas, Ahmed Yousif Hasan, Maha N. Abu Hajleh

“…Patients and methods: The study design was a case-control study. 90 males and females (age 40-76 years) who were presented with chest pain were enrolled in the study, all were subjected to echocardiography, ECG and coronary angiography by the cardiologist. …”
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Complications and Mortality Characterization in Acute Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease by Ricardo Leyva Tornés, Lázaro Ibrahim Romero García, Esther Mayor Guerra, Yordanis Páez Candelaria, Karima Gondres Legró, Pedro Alexei Bacardí Zapata

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive study was carried out in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease who leaved from the Neurology Service of the Saturnino Lora Torres Provincial Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital in the 2017-2019 triennium. …”
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Interpretable Machine Learning Model for Predicting Postpartum Depression: Retrospective Study by Ren Zhang, Yi Liu, Zhiwei Zhang, Rui Luo, Bin Lv

“…MethodsThis study recruited pregnant women who delivered at the West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University. …”
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A Comparative Evaluation for Biologic Width following Surgical Crown Lengthening Using Gingivectomy and Ostectomy Procedure by Kiran Kumar Ganji, Veena Ashok Patil, Jiji John

“…Methods and Material. Twenty (20) patients who needed surgical crown lengthening to gain retention necessary for prosthetic treatment and/or to access caries, tooth fracture, or previous prosthetic margins entered the study. …”
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Impact of Out-of-pocket Costs on Varenicline Utilization and Persistence by Aaron Galaznik, Katherine Cappell, Leslie Montejano, Geoffrey Makinson, Kelly H. Zou, Gregory Lenhart

“…Conversely, for the smoking cessation program requirement cohort, compared to the low out-of-pocket no restriction cohort, subjects who were in the high out-of-pocket group were more likely to complete a varenicline course (OR=0.70; p=0.13) than those in the low out-of-pocket group (OR=0.38; p=0.04). …”
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Protocol for a qualitative study exploring haemodialysis dependent patients’ arteriovenous fistula experience, values and concerns in Sydney, Australia by Vasi Naganathan, Sarah Joy Aitken, Bethany Miriam Stavert, Susan Monaro, Lisa Tienstra

“…Introduction The experiences of patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, with chronic mental illness, disabilities or who identify as sexual or religious minorities are under-represented in clinical research on arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for haemodialysis access. …”
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Patients Walking Faster After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Have More Gait Asymmetry by Rachel J. Knobel, Naoaki Ito, Elanna K. Arhos, Jacob J. Capin, Thomas S. Buchanan, Lynn Snyder-Mackler

“…. # Conclusion Those who walk faster after ACLR have more asymmetries, which are associated with the development of early OA. …”
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Severe malocclusion and oral health-related quality of life in adolescents aged 12-15 years by Cibele da Cruz Prates OLIVEIRA, Marijara Vieira de Sousa OLIVEIRA, Carlos Antônio Amaro LIRA, Niely Enetice de Sousa CATÃO, Luana de Carvalho LOURENÇO, Rebecca Durand Garrido RAMALHO, Alessandro Leite CAVALCANTI, Alidianne Fábia Cabral CAVALCANTI

“…Results: The prevalence of severe malocclusion was 37.6%, being 8.4% higher in the group aged 12-13 years (95%CI=1.48-2.29; p=0.034); and 11.2% higher (95%CI %=1.43-2.06; p=0.020) among those who perceived that their teeth were poorly positioned. …”
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Factors Related to Complaints of Contact Dermatitis among Motorcycle Mechanics in The South And North Kembangan Areas, Jakarta in 2021 by Monica Sofia Maula, Mirta Dwi Rahmah Rusdy, Putri Handayani, Cut Alia Keumala Muda

“…Result: The proportion of workers who complained of work-related contact dermatitis were 13 workshop workers (37.1%). …”
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Percutaneous Vertebroplasty under Local Anesthesia for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Prospective Interventional Study by Dhruv Gupta, Varun Kumar Agarwal

“…This study included 40 patients with back pain with failure of conservative treatment for at least 3 weeks without nerve root compression sign with evidence of OVCFs on X-ray and Kummel sign positive who underwent PVP under local anesthesia. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) have been used for pre- and postoperative clinical assessment of the patients, and follow-up was done at 24 h, 1 month, and 6 months postoperatively. …”
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Features of Professional Activity Reflection of the Olympiad “I Am a Professional” Participants by A. K. Belolutskaya, I. S. Krishtofik, V. A. Mkrtchyan

“…The average statistical results of the pre-service teachers who were the participants of the Olympiad “I am a professional” are considered in the context of students’ professional pedagogical reflection development. …”
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Metformin Use and Survival in Patients with Advanced Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Single-Center Cohort Study in Fuyang, China by Jinqing Wu, Yabo Zhou, Guizhou Wang

“…Metformin can improve the survival of advanced EHCC patients who underwent drainage treatment, especially for metformin use after diagnosis of advanced EHCC and long duration of metformin.…”
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Entrepreneurial opportunity decisions under uncertainty: Recognizing the complementing role of personality traits and cognitive skills by Emmanuel Kwasi Mensah, Lawrence Adu Asamoah, Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi

“…Methodology: The method of this research has been adapted the framework used by Garrett and Holland (2015), who developed propositions from the conceptual narratives of how environmental uncertainty and complexity differentially affect the motivations and cognition of independent entrepreneurs and corporate entrepreneurs to engage in entrepreneurial action. …”
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