Shared pyroptosis pathways and crosstalk genes underpin inflammatory links between periodontitis and atherosclerosis by Pinxin Zhan, Zhiying Feng, Xinqi Huang, Haoyang Xu, Shijun Xu, Shan Wang

“…The goal was to uncover common regulatory mechanisms underlying these two inflammatory conditions. Methods: Gene expression datasets for PD (GSE10334) and AS (GSE43292) were retrieved from public databases. …”
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Clinicopathologic features of 89 patients with lacrimal gland prolapse by Yu-Yao Qu, Le Dong, Ya-Guang Hu, Ning Gao, Jing-Ming Li, Qiao-Chu Cheng, Shan Gao, Ting Wei, Jian-Min Ma, Wan-Hu Zhang

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Pattern and Prevalence of Retinal Vein Occlusion in Bhutan: A 3-Year National Survey at Vitreoretinal Clinics by Rai BB, Dorji P, Maddess T

“…Superotemporal BRVO was the most common subtype (30, 39%) followed by inferotempoal (19, 24.7%). Best correct visual acuity (BCVA) was worse than 6/60 in 38 eyes (25.5%). …”
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Short Term Outcomes Utilizing Custom Total Talus Replacement with Subtalar Arthrodesis for Revision and Complex Total Ankle Arthroplasty by Kevin Horner MD, Kyle M. Schweser MD

“…Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) included AAOS Foot and Ankle Questionnaire and visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores. Range of motion and 10-meter walking speed were evaluated. …”
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Natural history of the aortic wall changes in adults with the degenerative tricuspid aortic valve stenosis: The morphometric proofs and implications for echocardiography by Borović Saša D., Labudović-Borović Milica M., Todorović Vera N., Rakočević Jelena T., Marinković-Erić Jelena M., Kostić Jelena V., Trifunović Zoran, Milojević Predrag S.

“…The echocardiographic parameters obtained in the TAV stenosis patients were preoperatively correlated with the morphological data, age and gender, diameters of the ventriculo-aortic junction (AA), the sinus Valsalvae (SV) and sinotubular junction (STJ), the largest diameter of the visualized ascending aorta (AscA), the sinus Valsalvae index (SVI) and AscA/AA index. …”
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Risk Factors for Correction Loss of Vertebral Slippage after Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis by Yoshiaki Hiranaka, Shingo Miyazaki, Kohei Kuroshima, Masao Ryu, Shinichi Inoue, Takashi Yurube, Kenichiro Kakutani, Ko Tadokoro

“…The Oswestry Disability Index and Visual Analog Scale scores for low back pain, leg pain, and leg numbness were not significantly different between both groups; however, the bone union rate at 6 months postoperatively was significantly lower in group L (p=0.0020). …”
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Factors influencing outcome satisfaction after cataract surgery: patient-reported insights from the RayPro database by Josefina Botta, Allon Barsam, Andrzej Dmitriew, Roger Zaldivar, William F. Wiley, Stanley Windsor

“…The purpose of this study is to investigate determinants of patient satisfaction following cataract surgery by analysing PROMs. Methods A multicentre, retrospective, observational study was conducted analysing the PROMs recorded in the RayPro database (Rayner, Worthing, UK) from May 2019 to February 2024. …”
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Anatomic and Functional Outcomes of Lamellar Macular Hole and Epiretinal Membrane Foveoschisis Surgery: Predictive Factors and Associated Complications — A Retrospective Inte... by Er-reguyeg Y, Doukkali S, Hébert M, You EL, Bourgault S, Caissie M, Tourville É, Dirani A

“…Primary outcomes included final postoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and LMH or ERMF closure. Variables associated with final BCVA were assessed using a multiple linear regression model.Results: 51 subjects presented with ERMF, while 39 presented with LMH. …”
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Mangrove wetlands distribution status identification, changing trend analyzation and carbon storage assessment of China by Chang Li, Fu Wang, Peng Yang, Fei-cui Wang, Yun-zhuang Hu, Yan-lin Zhao, Li-zhu Tian, Rui-bin Zhao

“…This research investigates the ecological importance, changes, and status of mangrove wetlands along China’s coastline. Visual interpretation, geological surveys, and ISO clustering unsupervised classification methods are employed to interpret mangrove distribution from remote sensing images from 2021, utilizing ArcGIS software platform. …”
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Designing and Validating the Model of Damages and Crimes Related to Cryptocurrencies in Iranian law by Nazanin Abbaspoor ekder, Ahmad Ramezani, Mohammad amin Maleki

“…The answer to the article to these questions is the non-responsibility of the chatbot itself, and the responsibility of its supporting company regarding the assignment of responsibility, and the establishment of a graduated liability system regarding the type of responsibility and, accordingly, the method of compensation. -Chatbots and intellectual property rights: after the production and supply of written or even visual works by chatbots, the position of these works in the intellectual property system must be determined both in terms of the principle of protection or lack of it, and in terms of ownership attribution. …”
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OUR EXPERIENCE OF HYPERTHERMIC INTRAPERITONEAL CHEMOTHERAPY FOR PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED GASTRIC CANCER by A. D. Kaprin, V. M. Khomyakov, D. D. Sobolev, L. V. Bolotina, A. B. Ryabov, V. E. Khoronenko, M. M. Soboleva, L. V. Kramskaya

“…Improvement of the results of treatment of patients with locally advanced and metastatic gastric cancer. Material and methods. From the 2010–2014 we performed 30 surgeries using techniques HICT. …”
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Role of laparoscopic surgery in blunt abdominal trauma; retrospective analysis in a tertiary trauma center by Rifan Alyami, Ahad E. Alotaibi, Leen Almohayya, Ajyad Al Jawad, Raghad Almukhayzim, Abeer Alhoumedan, Rakan S. Aldusari

“…Laparoscopy is considered safe and feasible for hemodynamically stable patients, and our findings suggest it is equally effective in trauma cases for those who can tolerate the procedure. …”
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Identifying risk factors for loss to follow-up in adults living with HIV in a high-burden district in Ghana by Benedicta Ayiedu Mensah, Henrietta E. Mensah-Brown, Frederica D. Partey, Christabel Addo, Gertrude Buah, Gifty A. Afudego, Daniel Okyere, Mary Tetteh, Ernest Boateng, Michael Wilson, Elijah Paintsil

“…Patients who were in care for less than or equal to five years were more likely to be LTFU compared to those in care for more than five years. …”
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Distinct features of three clinical subtypes in 533 patients with primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy by Xilei Cai, Xiujuan Yang, Pengyue Zhang, Ziyue Dou, Zilian Chen, Chongzhi Zhu, Weiwei Xu, Xinchen Wang, Xiaodan Hong, Zhenhua Zhang

“…This study aimed to determine the distribution of the three clinical subtypes of PHO and compare their clinical characteristics using a large global sample. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted in multiple databases to categorize cases into complete form (CO), incomplete form (IN), and fruste form (FR). …”
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Prescription dose and optimisation strategies in MR-guided online adaptive radiotherapy for kidney tumours: a two-step planning analysis by Takaya Yamamoto, Noriyoshi Takahashi, Shohei Tanaka, Rei Umezawa, Yu Suzuki, Keita Kishida, So Omata, Kazuya Takeda, Hinako Harada, Kiyokazu Sato, Noriyuki Kadoya, Keiichi Jingu

“…However, the ideal strategy for prescription dose selection and reoptimisation remains unclear. Methods This single-centre planning study evaluated kidney tumours located within 1 cm of gastrointestinal OARs. …”
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Vaccine-induced T cell responses correlate with reduced risk of severe COVID-19 in a placebo-controlled efficacy trialResearch in context by Nina Hertoghs, Sanne Roels, Matthias Brückner, Jerald Sadoff, Barbara L. Banbury, Nicholas K. Akers, Bryan Howie, Harlan S. Robins, Griet A. van Roey, Jeroen T.B.M. Tolboom, Veronica V. Rezelj, Jenny Hendriks, Hanneke Schuitemaker, Daniel J. Stieh, Mathieu Le Gars

“…The purpose of this study is to investigate whether signatures of the T-cell response contribute to protection against (severe) COVID-19. Methods: T cell receptor (TCR) sequencing was conducted using pre-vaccination and 29 days post-vaccination PAXgene samples from 396 participants in the phase 3 efficacy trial, ENSEMBLE. …”
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Tacrolimus concentration/dose ratio as a therapeutic drug monitoring strategy: The influence of gender and comedication by Rančić Nemanja, Dragojević-Simić Viktorija, Vavić Neven, Kovačević Aleksandra, Šegrt Zoran, Drašković-Pavlović Biljana, Mikov Momir

“…Methods. This prospective case series study included 54 patients, in which the unit of monitoring was outpatient examination (1,872) of the renal transplant patients. …”
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Machine learning-based ultrasound radiomics for predicting risk of recurrence in breast cancer by Wei Fan, Hao Cui, Xiaoxue Liu, Xudong Zhang, Xinran Fang, Junjia Wang, Zihao Qin, Xiuhua Yang, Jiawei Tian, Lei Zhang

“…PurposeTo develop a radiomics model based on ultrasound images for predicting risk of recurrence in breast cancer patients.MethodsIn this retrospective study, 420 patients with pathologically confirmed breast cancer were included, randomly divided into training (70%) and test (30%) sets, with an independent external validation cohort of 90 patients. …”
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Evaluation of physicians’ opioid prescribing practices, attitudes, and interactions with other healthcare professionals in optimizing opioid prescribing in Pakistan by Hafsa Arshad, Hafsa Arshad, Hafsa Arshad, Ali Hassan Gillani, Ali Hassan Gillani, Ali Hassan Gillani, Muhammad Arshed, Yu Fang, Yu Fang, Yu Fang

“…More than half of the respondents were men, accounting for 58.8% of the total, and an equal proportion of respondents, 56.9%, were from government hospitals. …”
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Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses in convalescent plasma donors with varying severity of COVID-19 illness by Grujić Jasmina, Bujandrić Nevenka, Budakov-Obradović Zorana, Savić Nebojša, Dolinaj Vladimir

“…During the study, 651 apheresis plasma units were collected and divided into two equal doses. Plasma was donated by 311 COVID- 19 convalescents, including 208 (66.9%) men and 103 (33.1%) women. …”
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