Anterior Controllable Antedisplacement and Fusion (ACAF) for Cervical Stenosis Patients With Hyperextension Injury: A Retrospective Study by Shuangxi Sun, Yingying Miao, Tao Xu, Kaiqiang Sun, Yijuan Lu, Jingchuan Sun, Jiuyi Sun, Jiangang Shi

“…Anterior controllable antedisplacement and fusion (ACAF) is a novel decompression technique and achieved satisfactory outcomes in treating cervical degenerated diseases. …”
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Soil carbon-food synergy: sizable contributions of small-scale farmers by Toshichika Iizumi, Nanae Hosokawa, Rota Wagai

“…This production increase equates to what would be achieved by an inorganic N input of 5.82 Mt N (3.89–7.14 Mt N). …”
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Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Under-Five Orphan Children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020: A Cross-Sectional Study by Selam Shegaw Sewnet, Hunegnaw Almaw Derseh, Hanna Demelash Desyibelew, Netsanet Fentahun

“…Undernutrition contributes to the death of around 3 million children and threatens the futures of hundreds of millions, undermining healthy development and the strength of their societies by preventing children from achieving their full potential. Orphans are at greater risk of undernutrition because they are more likely to be extremely poor and receive less medical and social care. …”
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Investigating of density effect on the growth and survival of Caspian Kutum, Rutilus frisii (Kamensky, 1901) pre-fattening in freshwater concrete ponds by Alireza Valipour, Danial Gorouhi, Mohammad Sayad Bourani, Ali Hasanpour

“…Conclusions: In general, the results of this study confirmed that the rearing of Kutum fry at a density of 25 fish/m3 in concrete ponds with freshwater is more suitable to achieve better performance. Conflicts of interest: Authors have no conflict of interest to declare for the publication of the present research. …”
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Factors associated with non-response and nutritional status of non-responders at 6-month post-discharge: a cohort study nested in a MUAC-based nutrition programme for acutely malno... by Maguy Daures, Jérémie Hien, Cécile Cazes, Rodrigue Alitanou, Laure Saillet, Benjamin Séri, Ahmad Ag Mohamed Aly, Oumarou Maidadji, Atté Sanoussi, Aboubacar Mahamadou, Mathias Altmann, Kevin Phelan, Renaud Becquet, Susan Shepherd

“…The nutritional status of non-responders had generally improved 6 months after discharge, but only 40% had achieved MUAC ≥125 mm.ConclusionNon-responders are not a homogeneous group; while most children ultimately show significant nutritional improvement, rapid hospital referral is crucial for those not gaining MUAC early in treatment. …”
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Ultraviolet-Induced Fluorescence Dermoscopy, a Novel Diagnostic Technique in Dermatological Practice: A Systematic Review by Yasmeen Jabeen Bhat, Mohd Shurjeel Ul Islam, Enzo Errichetti

“…As a result, tumor-free margins and improved surgical outcomes can be achieved. More favorable outcomes for evaluation and treatment were seen with non-neoplastic conditions. …”
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Post-operative Rehabilitation for Scapular Muscle Reattachment: A Case Report by Wendy Burke, W Ben Kibler, Tim L Uhl

“…Pain-free range of motion was achieved in both arms by one year. Functional limitations requiring strength overhead were the slowest to return and were not completely back at one year following either surgery…”
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The Usefulness of Soluble ST2 Concentration in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction to Predict Severe Impairment in Exercise Capacity Assessed in Cardiopulmonary Exercise T... by Magdalena Dudek, Marta Kałużna-Oleksy, Filip Sawczak, Agata Kukfisz, Aleksandra Soloch, Jacek Migaj, Maciej Lesiak, Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj

“…In the sST2 ≥ 52.377 ng/mL group, 55.6% of patients achieved VO₂ < 50%. Subjects with lower sST2 values obtained higher values of PETCO₂ (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and higher values of pulse O₂ (<i>p</i> = 0.01). …”
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Optimization of osmotic pressure swelling method in the process of hemoglobin extraction from red blood cells by ZHANG Honghui, ZHOU Wentao, HAO Shasha, WANG Hong, LIU Jiaxin, YANG Chengmin, LI Shen, LI Fengjuan

“…[Objective] To extract hemoglobin (Hb) from red blood cells using osmotic pressure swelling method, expected to achieve a hemoglobin dissolution rate of ≥80% and a cell membrane integrity rate of ≥70%. …”
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Estimating ocean heat content from the ocean thermal expansion parameters using satellite data by V. P. Kondeti, S. Palanisamy

“…In the current study, an attempt has been made to better implement the satellite-based ocean thermal expansion method to estimate OHC at 17 depth extents ranging from the surface to 700 m. To achieve this objective, artificial neural network (ANN) models were developed to derive thermosteric sea level (TSL) from a given dataset of sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity, geographical coordinates, and climatological TSL. …”
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A dehazing and enhancement algorithm for heterogeneous images of underground mining environments in coal mines by Xuhui ZHANG, Yanbin XIE, Wenjuan YANG, Chao ZHANG, Jicheng WAN, Zheng DONG, Yanqun WANG, Jie JIANG, Long LI

“…To preserve image details while achieving natural dehazing effects, transmission maps were processed using multiscale fusion correction technology and were then refined using joint bilateral filtering. …”
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Enhancing the Solubility of Co-Formulated Hydrophobic Drugs by Incorporating Functionalized Nano-Structured Poly Lactic-<i>co</i>-glycolic Acid (<i>nf</i>PLGA) During Co-Precipitat... by Mohammad Saiful Islam, Somenath Mitra

“…The inclusion of <i>nf</i>PLGA significantly enhanced the dissolution and initial dissolution rate of both GF and DXM in the DXM-GF-<i>nf</i>PLGA formulation, achieving a maximum dissolution of 100%, which was not attained by the pure drugs or the DXM-GF formulation. …”
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Implementasi Kurikulum 2013 Revisi 2016 Pada Pembelajaran Menulis Teks Anekdot by Rasyid Manshur, Sarwiji Suwandi, Suyitno Suyitno

“…This is also implied for the achievement of national education objectives.</p><p> </p><p>Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dan menjelaskan pembelajaran menulis teks anekdot Kurikulum 2013 revisi 2016 yang dilakukan oleh guru mata pelajaran bahasa Indonesia di kelas X SMK Negeri 1 Gondang Kabupaten Sragen, kendala-kendala, serta upaya-upaya yang dilakukan oleh guru. …”
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A differentiated approach to complex treatment of radioiodine-induced salivary gland lesions by A. V. Kopchak, V. А. Makarenko

“…Longterm treatment and strict adherence to lifestyle and oral hygiene recommendations were required to achieve the desired clinical result and stable remission of clinical symptoms in patients with chronic radiation sialoadenitis.…”
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Effects of specific inspiratory muscle training combined with whole-body endurance training program on balance in COPD patients: Randomized controlled trial. by Bilel Tounsi, Amal Acheche, Thierry Lelard, Zouhair Tabka, Yassine Trabelsi, Said Ahmaidi

“…ET program consists in performing 30 min treadmill exercise at 60% to 80% of the average speed achieved during the 6MWT three days per week.<h4>Results</h4>After the training period, the experimental group demonstrated greater improvements in BBS (IMT+ET vs. …”
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Synergistic removal of organic and nutrients from landfill leachate using photobioreactor-cultivated microalgae-bacteria consortium by N. Emalya, Y. Yunardi, E. Munawar, S. Suhendrayatna, T. Tarmizi

“…The consortium exhibited a significant capability, achieving a 75 percent reduction in chemical oxygen demand and successfully eliminating a range of contaminants. …”
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Effect of Different Surface Treatments on the Micro-Shear Bond Strength and Surface Characteristics of Zirconia: An In Vitro Study by Ann Sales, Shobha J. Rodrigues, M. Mahesh, Kishore Ginjupalli, Thilak Shetty, Umesh Y. Pai, Sharon Saldanha, Puneeth Hegde, Sandipan Mukherjee, Vignesh Kamath, Prashant Bajantri, N. Srikant, Ravindra Kotian

“…In translucent zirconia, the best results can be achieved by combining etching with air abrasion.…”
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Assessment of satisfaction of using socially marketed health consumables at government settings among beneficiaries in a rural area of Hooghly District, West Bengal by Aditi Sur, Bobby Paul, Lina Bandyopadhyay, Monalisha Sahu, Rivu Basu, Ankush Banerjee

“…Introduction: India is committed to achieving universal health care for all by 2030. The objective of social marketing is to promote public health and its goal is to improve health for all, but there are some challenges like irregular availability, quality issue, inadequacy of marketing causes under- utilization of the government supplied health consumables. …”
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The first experience of two-stage treatment of transsphincteric fistulas of rectum by means of fibrin sealant by S. A. Frolov, A. M. Kuzminov, V. Yu. Korolik, I. S. Bogormistrov, M. O. Chernozhukova, Sh. T. Minbayev

“…Surgical treatment of cryptogenic transsphincteric rectal fistulas by two­stage method including elimination of fistulous tract followed by wound channel enzyme treatment and sealing by two­component biological glue allows to achieve good clinical effect at strict indications and rectal sphincter sparing. …”
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Multimodal Pain Recognition in Postoperative Patients: Machine Learning Approach by Ajan Subramanian, Rui Cao, Emad Kasaeyan Naeini, Seyed Amir Hossein Aqajari, Thomas D Hughes, Michael-David Calderon, Kai Zheng, Nikil Dutt, Pasi Liljeberg, Sanna Salanterä, Ariana M Nelson, Amir M Rahmani

“…ResultsThe multimodal pain recognition models achieved an average balanced accuracy of over 80% across the different pain levels. …”
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