Causes and treatment of secondary sphenoid sinus infection post‐endoscopic transsphenoidal approach by Yi Dong, Bing Zhou, Shunjiu Cui, Qian Huang, Yan Sun, Zhenxiao Huang, Jingying Ma, Quanjie Yang, Na Liang

“…Abstract Objective This study analyzed the causes of sphenoid sinus (SS) infection (SSI) following endoscopic transsphenoidal skull base surgery and determined appropriate treatment methods. Methods This study included 31 cases of secondary SSI following the endoscopic transsphenoidal approach (ETSA; SSI group) and 246 cases without SSI (non‐SSI group). …”
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Transepithelial Phototherapeutic Keratectomy Using a 213-nm Solid-State Laser System Followed by Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking with Riboflavin and UVA Irradiation by George D. Kymionis, Michael A. Grentzelos, Alexandra E. Karavitaki, George A. Kounis, Georgios A. Kontadakis, Sonia Yoo, Ioannis G. Pallikaris

“…One month postoperatively, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) improved from 20/63 to 20/32 while best spectacle- corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) improved from 20/40 to 20/25. …”
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A Framework for Cervical Cancer Elimination in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review and Roadmap for Interventions and Research Priorities by Michelle B. Shin, Gui Liu, Nelly Mugo, Nelly Mugo, Patricia J. Garcia, Patricia J. Garcia, Darcy W. Rao, Darcy W. Rao, Cara J. Broshkevitch, Linda O. Eckert, Linda O. Eckert, Leeya F. Pinder, Leeya F. Pinder, Judith N. Wasserheit, Judith N. Wasserheit, Judith N. Wasserheit, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Ruanne V. Barnabas

“…Effective prevention methods include HPV vaccination, screening using visual inspection and HPV testing, and thermocoagulation. …”
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Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Have Lower Levels of Antibody to Heat-Stressed Fibroblast Derived Proteins, versus Normal Subjects by Azin Aghamajidi, Hesam Babaei Khameneh, Narges Amirjamshidi, Seyed Farzad Jalali, Haleh Akhavan-Niaki, Soraya Khafri, Seyedeh Narges Mousavi, Monireh Golpour, Maryam Mehri, AmrollahMostafazadeh

“…Moreover, ROC analysis showed that anti-HSP antibodies had a specificity of 74% and a sensitivity of 64%, which is almost equal to 66% sensitivity of exercise stress test (EST) as a CAD diagnostic method. …”
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Dynamic Surface Topography for Thoracic and Lumbar Pain Patients—Applicability and First Results by Johanna Kniepert, Henriette Rönsch, Ulrich Betz, Jürgen Konradi, Janine Huthwelker, Claudia Wolf, Ruben Westphal, Philipp Drees

“…Until now, it is unclear if this method is applicable to back pain patients, and data reports are missing. …”
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Efficacy, Kinetics, and Mechanism of Tetracycline Degradation in Water by O₃/PMS/FeMoBC Process by Xuemei Li, Qingpo Li, Xinglin Chen, Bojiao Yan, Shengnan Li, Huan Deng, Hai Lu

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An Efficient Transmission Power Design for SWIPT Multi-antenna Network Integrated by an Intelligent Reflecting Surface by Pham Viet Tuan, Dinh Long Hoang, Tu Ha Nguyen, Trong Duc Hoang

“…The sum transmission power minimization problem is formulated under the quality-of-service constraints of data rate and energy harvesting amount at the TS users and the equal time-switching periods. The successive convex approximation and alternating optimization methods are exploited to construct efficient algorithms for finding the suboptimal precoding beamforming vectors at the BS and the phase shifts at the IRS elements. …”
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Occlusal splints-types and effectiveness in temporomandibular disorder management by Hamad Albagieh, Ibrahim Alomran, Abdulrahman Binakresh, Nawaf Alhatarisha, Meteb Almeteb, Yousef Khalaf, Abdulrahman Alqublan, Mohammad Alqahatany

“…In the long-term follow-up, they were equally effective as other therapies.…”
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Exploring green synthesis of parietin-mediated silver nanoparticles using γ-ray induced Xanthoria parietina foliose extracts for antibacterial potential by Sikander Ali, Alisha Moazzam, Saima Shahzad Mirza, Majid Mahmood, Sibtain Ahmed, Muhammad Usman Ahmad, Gildardo Rivera, Akhtar Rasool Asif, Muhammad Arshad, Mirza Imran Shahzad, Kaynat William, Sundas Sharif

“…(gram-negative) by agar well diffusion method. The results indicated that free parietin extract and synthesized nanoparticles (Xa-AgNPs) have potential antimicrobial activity against selected gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial isolates. …”
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Knowledge Graph Representation Fusion Framework for Fine-Grained Object Recognition in Smart Cities by Yang He, Ling Tian, Lizong Zhang, Xi Zeng

“…Extensive experiments on the Caltech-UCSD Birds-200-2011 dataset verify the superiority of our proposed framework over several existing state-of-the-art methods.…”
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Sleep quality in people with chronic pain undergoing hemodialysis by Erika Veríssimo Dias Sousa, Luis Angel Cendejas Medina, Marina Guerra Martins, Carla Regina de Souza Teixeira, Samia Jardelle Costa de Freitas Maniva, Joselany Áfio Caetano

“… Objective: to evaluate sleep quality in people with chronic pain undergoing hemodialysis. Methods: observational, prospective, and cross-sectional study carried out in two hemodialysis clinics. …”
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Sleep quality in people with chronic pain undergoing hemodialysis by Erika Veríssimo Dias Sousa, Luis Angel Cendejas Medina, Marina Guerra Martins, Carla Regina de Souza Teixeira, Samia Jardelle Costa de Freitas Maniva, Joselany Áfio Caetano

“… Objective: to evaluate sleep quality in people with chronic pain undergoing hemodialysis. Methods: observational, prospective, and cross-sectional study carried out in two hemodialysis clinics. …”
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Efficacy of a Novel Melatonin-Loaded Gelatin Sponge in Palatal Wound Healing by Salma Nabil Hussein, Gehan Sherif Kotry, Amira Salama Eissa, Lamia Ahmed Heikal, Yasmine Youssri Gaweesh

“…Objectives: The aim of this research was to assess both clinically and histologically the effect of a topically applied melatonin-loaded gelatin sponge on palatal wound healing after graft harvesting. Methods: Twenty-six patients for whom free palatal graft procurement was indicated were divided equally into 2 groups. …”
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About the requirements of regular monitoring of doses for the eye lens of the staff working with radiopharmaceuticals by E. N. Shleenkova, S. Yu. Bazhin, G. N. Kaidanovsky, L. A. Chipiga, V. A. Ilyin

“…In 2011 the International Commission on Radiation Protection established the threshold value of the absorbed dose in the lens of the eye for the development of cataract equal to 0.5 Gy for acute and chronic exposure. A dose limit for exposure of the lens of the eye was established equal to 20 mSv per year, averaged over five consecutive years (100 mSv over 5 years), and 50 mSv for any single year. …”
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Effects of Teenage Pregnancy on Girl Child Education in Buhunga Sub-County Uganda. by Twikirize, Edwig

“…This study was based on a mixed-method design with a descriptive survey approach incorporated. …”
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The role of endocrine factors in diagnostics of thyroid cancer by sonoelastography by D. A. Vasilyev, E. V. Kostromina, Z. A. Radzhabova, L. A. Krasilnikova, D. A. Rakitina, A. V. Gurin, R. A. Nazhmudinov, I. V. Dunaevskiy, L. M. Berstein

“…However, there are practically no publications which showed the influence of endocrine status in the process for improving of diagnostic value of this method; this issue was the aim of our study. 128 patients (31 – benign adenomas and 97 – thyroid cancer: 13 – follicular and 84 – papillary) were evaluated prospectively. …”
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Can Sustainable Schools Influence Environmental Consciousness and Behavior in Early Childhood? The Perspectives of Early Childhood Educators by Dafni Petkou, Aristea Kounani, Maria Tsiouni, Eleni Afedoulidou

“…Also, it was seen that a modern school should provide Educators with new training opportunities in teaching methods that are based on sustainability principles and promote sustainability skills. …”
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QUANTIFICATION OF HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SWELLING MATERIAL by Boris Kavur, Jasmin Jug, Biljana Kovačević Zelić, Ivan Vrkljan

“…The aim of this research was to establish reliable methods for the definition of the hydraulic properties of the swelling material and to verify a proposed swelling model. …”
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Interference Coordination for E-MBMS Transmissions in LTE-Advanced by Alberto A. Lopes, José Seguro, Paulo Gomes, Nuno Souto, Américo Correia

“…Interference coordination methods for Evolved-Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (E-MBMS) in Long-Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) are presented. …”
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Spherical implantable collamer lens with postoperative adjunctive LASIK in the treatment of high compound hyperopic astigmatism by Daniel Q. Li, Mathieu Gauvin, Guillermo Rocha, Pierre Trottier, Louis Racine, Avi Wallerstein

“…Methods In this prospective, multi-center, multi-surgeon, single-arm trial, eyes with ≥ 3.50 D hyperopia and ≥ 2.00 D of astigmatism underwent surgery receiving a spherical Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) followed by a planned adjunctive LASIK postoperatively. …”
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