Preliminary Characterization of Cervical Microflora in Pregnant Women with Cervical Incompetence by Jiang JW, Rong Y, Fu JR, Meng YC, Lu D

“…Jing-Wen Jiang,* Yun Rong,* Jing-Ran Fu, Yan-Cen Meng, Dan Lu Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Shijiazhuang Fourth Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, 050000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jing-Wen Jiang, Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Shijiazhuang Fourth Hospital, No. 91 of Xueyuan Road, Yuhua District, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, 050000, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8617733998766, Email jingwenjiang0@outlook.comObjective: The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of cervical microflora on cervical function and the efficacy of cervical cerclage in restoring the normal microecology of the reproductive tract, thereby improving pregnancy outcomes.Methods: Based on defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, six pregnant women who underwent cervical cerclage for cervical incompetence at Shijiazhuang No. 4 hospital between January and May 2024 were enrolled. …”
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Rectal misoprostol after cesarean delivery: does it affect recovery of bowel functions? A prospective randomized trial by N.K. Aref

“…Aim: To assess the efficacy of rectally administered misoprostol in the improvement of bowel function recovery after cesarean delivery (CD). Methods: This prospective randomized trial was conducted among 171 pregnant women subjected to term elective CD. …”
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Rasagiline for sleep disorders in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a prospective observational study by Schettino C, Dato C, Capaldo G, Sampaolo S, Di Iorio G, Melone MA

“…Carla Schettino,1,2,* Clemente Dato,1,2,* Guglielmo Capaldo,1,2 Simone Sampaolo,1,2 Giuseppe Di Iorio,1,2 Mariarosa AB Melone1,2 1Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic Sciences, and Aging, 2Division of Neurology and InterUniversity Center for Research in Neurosciences, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy *These authors contributed equally to this work Introduction: Rasagiline is a selective, irreversible monoamine oxidase B inhibitor that ameliorates the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) by inhibiting striatal dopamine metabolism. …”
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Femoral resection accuracy and precision in manual caliper‐verified kinematic alignment total knee arthroplasty by David Forrest Scott, Emma N. Horton

“…Caliper‐verified kinematic alignment (KA) attempts to restore the joint line by precisely measuring resections to equal implant thickness. We evaluated the accuracy and precision of caliper‐verified KA‐TKA performed with manual instruments. …”
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Microbiological analysis of dental plaque in children with Down syndrome by R. S. Nazarian, O. V. Iskorostenska, T. N. Zamazіy

“…The discharge rate of Streptococcus spp with α-hemolytic activity and Candida albicans is equal in both groups. Nonpathogenic Neisseria species have been presented in 9.1 % of strains in the main group, whereas in the control group there have been 35 % of strains. …”
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Morbidity Of Primary Closure of CBD Versus T-Tube Drainage After Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration by MUHAMMAD NAJAM IQBAL IQBAL, MUHAMMAD ZAFAR MENGAL, MUHAMMAD ANWAR, ARSHAD ABBAS

“…This study aimed to compare the morbidity of primary duct closure with T-tube drainage after LCBDE for choledocholithiasis Methods: This prospective and comparative study was carried out in the surgical department of Bahawal Victoria Hospital/Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, from 01-01-23 to 31-01-25. 40 patients were equally divided into groups A and B by simple random sampling. …”
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Stroke services in MENA: What is there and what is needed. by Hany Aref, Nevine El Nahas, Suhail Abdulla Alrukn, Maria Khan, Selma Kesraoui, Firas Alnidawi, Elyar Sadeghi Hokmabadi, Mehdi Farhoudi, Muataz Fairooz, Waleed Batayha, Athari Salmeen, Husen Abdulrahman, Mohammed Faouzi Belahsen, Amal M Al Hashmi, Naveed Akhtar, Mohammed Al-Johani, Osheik Abu'Asha Seidi, Anas Jouhar, Chokri Mhiri, Ahmed Elbassiouny, Hossam Shokri, Tamer Roushdy

“…However, stroke units are not equally available and even absent in 4 countries, and despite the availability of IVT yet, the rate of administration is still low in 6 countries (<5%), and ranges from 5-20% in 7 countries. …”
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Assessing the acceptability, affordability, and availability of teleoncology services among cancer patients: A cross-sectional study by Praveen Suthar, Swati Kharbanda, Nitin Kumar Joshi, Komal Parmar, Parthasarathi Ganguly

“…Results: A total of 125 patients participated in the study, with a nearly equal gender distribution (50.79% male, 49.21% female). …”
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Effects of short-term air pollution on aerobic performance and forced vital capacity (FVC): An experimental analysis by Imam Safei, Yudhi Teguh Pambudi, Dadan Resmana

“…Respondents were selected by using proportional random sampling, which enabled equal representation of each class in the study. …”
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Reports of violence against transvestites and transsexuals: a time series study, Brazil, 2015-2022 by Everton Barroso Rios, Samuel Trezena Costa, Mara Daisy Alves Ribeiro, Luciana Colares Maia, Simone de Melo Costa

“…Abstract Objective To characterize reports of violence against transvestites and transsexuals in Brazil from 2015 to 2022. Methods This is a descriptive time-series study. …”
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Investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlantic. by María Quintela, Hans J Skaug, Nils Øien, Tore Haug, Bjørghild B Seliussen, Hiroko K Solvang, Christophe Pampoulie, Naohisa Kanda, Luis A Pastene, Kevin A Glover

“…This demonstrates that clustering methods may spuriously reveal cryptic genetic structure. …”
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A Cross-Project Defect Prediction Model Based on Deep Learning With Self-Attention by Wanzhi Wen, Ruinian Zhang, Chuyue Wang, Chenqiang Shen, Meng Yu, Suchuan Zhang, Xinxin Gao

“…Furthermore, we propose an equal meshing mechanism that ALC generates semantic information on small fragments by dividing the numerical token vector to further improve the performance of the proposed model. …”
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INVESTIGATION OF CROP PRODUCTION IN STABILIZED SAND DUNE USING AMB LAYER ASSOCIATE WITH DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM by Hassan Rouhipour

“…Furthermore sand particles ejecting from soil surface during sprinkling-drop impact damaged crop leaves and consequently decreased yield.Since infiltration rate in sand dunes is very rapid, conventional irrigation methods such as flood or furrow irrigation are highly inefficient. …”
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Productivity, quality and suitability for processing of various potato varieties when grown in the conditions of the Central region of the Russian Federation by J. G. Kashina, G. L. Belov, V. N. Zeyruk, L. V. Dmitrieva

“…All other things being equal, the color index of crispy potatoes and fries on these varieties was higher than the Nevsky variety by 1.0-1.5 points.…”
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Longitudinal Associations Between Sleep Disturbance Trajectories and Internet Gaming Disorder Mediated by Self-Control: A Six-Wave Longitudinal Investigation by Liu H, Qiao X, Shi X

“…Hongping Liu,&ast; Xiaofei Qiao,&ast; Xuliang Shi College of Education, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei Province, 071002, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xuliang Shi, Associate Professor at the College of Education, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, People’s Republic of China, Email shixl163@163.comObjective: The present study aims to analyze the heterogeneous trajectories of sleep disturbance (SD) among college students and to examine whether self-control mediates the association between sleep disturbance trajectories and Internet gaming disorder (IGD).Methods: A total of 4352 students were initially invited to participate, and 4191 (Mage = 19.12, SD = 0.98; 46.9% females) students were included as valid respondents at the first time-point. …”
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Comparison of Cold-Knife Conization versus Loop Electrosurgical Excision for Cervical Adenocarcinoma In Situ (ACIS): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Yanming Jiang, Changxian Chen, Li Li

“…LEEP appears to be as equally effective as CKC regarding the residual and recurrence rates. …”
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Fentanyl Versus Lidocaine Intravenously to Attenuate Hemodynamic Effects of En-dotracheal Intubation by Hozan Abdulwahid Ahmed, Amir Murad Khudadad Boujan, Othman Ismat Abdulmajeed

“…The patients were randomly divided into two equal groups, Group F received 1mcg/kg fentanyl IV 3 minutes before intubation, group L received 1mg/kg lidocaine IV 3 minutes before intubation. …”
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Effectiveness of carbon dioxide cryotherapy for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Feleke Tilahun Zewdu, Bisrat Misganaw Geremew, Endalamaw Gadisa Belachew, Kassahun Alemu Gelay

“…The highest cure rate was seen when there were two lesions, 94.34% (95% CI:68.21-119.48), and when the size of the lesion was less than or equal to 4, 93.83% (95% CI:68.92-118.75). There was no indication of a significant publishing bias.…”
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Monitoring intracranial pressure utilizing a novel pattern of brain multiparameters in the treatment of severe traumatic brain injury by Sun H, Zheng M, Wang Y, Diao Y, Zhao W, Wei Z

“…The result suggested that multimodality monitoring must be performed during the process of mild hypothermia combined with conventional ICP procedures in order to safely target different clinical methods to specific patients who may benefit from an individual therapy. …”
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Accelerating Energy-Efficient Federated Learning in Cell-Free Networks With Adaptive Quantization by Afsaneh Mahmoudi, Ming Xiao, Emil Bjornson

“…Furthermore, across all power allocation methods, our quantization scheme outperforms AQUILA and LAQ, increasing test accuracy by up to 36% and 35%, respectively.…”
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