Analysis of cardiovascular surgery specialization theses and their publication rates by Omer Faruk Rahman, Mustafa Baris Kemahli, Fevzi Ayyildiz

“…It was observed that 79 of the evaluated theses (38.7%) were turned into scientific publications. …”
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Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Intermountain Heart Collaborative Study by Stacey Knight, Winslow Klaskala, Scott C. Woller, Benjamin D. Horne, T. Jared Bunch, Viet T. Le, Roger M. Mills, Joseph B. Muhlestein

“…Coronary stents were the strongest predictors of DAP use in hospital compared to SAP (P<0.001). After discharge, 77% received DAP, 20% SAP, and 9% AC; 5% had DAP + AC. …”
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Epidemiology of Human Respiratory Viruses in Children with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Jinan, China by Yanqin Lu, Shifu Wang, Lehai Zhang, Chao Xu, Cuirong Bian, Zhaoxia Wang, Yanhui Ma, Ke Wang, Lixia Ma, Chen Meng, Caiyun Ni, Jiabei Tong, Gongchao Li, Jinxiang Han

“…RT-PCR/PCR was used to examine all samples for IFV, PIV, RSV, RV, hMPV, HBoV, CoV, ADV, RSV, and EV. Viral pathogens were detected in 47.10% of URTI samples and 66.57% samples, and the incidence of viral coinfection was 5.29% and 21.05%, respectively. …”
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Exploring Travel Medicine Perspectives among Primary Care Physicians in Kurnool District: A Comprehensive Study of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices by Rajesh Raja Satharla, Hindustan Abdul Ahad

“…Materials and Methods: The research utilized a descriptive cross-sectional study design. A total of 397 primary care doctors in the Kurnool area participated. …”
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Orthopaedic Aspects of Marfan Syndrome: The Experience of a Referral Center for Diagnosis of Rare Diseases by Fernando De Maio, Alessandro Fichera, Vincenzo De Luna, Federico Mancini, Roberto Caterini

“…In 88 patients (60.2%), the associated “wrist and thumb sign” was present; in 58 patients (39.7%), pectus carinatum deformity; in 44 patients (30.1%), pectus excavatum; in 49 patients (33.5%), severe flatfoot; in 31 patients (21.2%), hindfoot deformity; in 54 patients (36.9%), reduced US/LS ratio or increased arm span-height ratio; in 37 patients (25.3%), scoliosis or thoracolumbar kyphosis; in 22 patients (15%), reduced elbow extension (170° or less). …”
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Factors Predicting Self-Care Behaviors among Low Health Literacy Hypertensive Patients Based on Health Belief Model in Bushehr District, South of Iran by Azam Larki, Rahim Tahmasebi, Mahnoush Reisi

“…There was a significant association between perceived susceptibility and adherence to both low-salt diet (OR = 3.47) and nonsmoking behavior (OR = 1.10). Individuals who had more perceived severity (OR = 1.82) had significantly greater adherence to their medication regimens. …”
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COVID-19 death toll predictions show that triggering counterfactual thinking deteriorates judgmental performance by Matthias Seifert, Jeeva Somasundaram

“…Methods Based on 6731 incentivized daily forecasts collected over 377 days (from April 2020–May 2021), we investigate the role of triggering counterfactual thinking when interpreting public information regarding the daily US death toll from COVID-19. …”
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Fibrinogen-to-Albumin Ratio Predicts Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients after Emergency Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Zhebin You, Tailin Guo, Fan Lin, Chunjin Lin, Jiankang Chen, Xiaoming Li, Yan Chen, Kaiyang Lin

“…In the multivariate logistic analysis, FAR was an independent predictor of CIN (OR = 3.97; 95% CI, 1.61–9.80; P=0.003) along with perihypotension, age >75 years, and LVEF <45%, and 0.106 was the optimal cutoff value of preprocedural FAR to predict CIN. …”
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Purification and characterization of arginine deiminase from Klebsiella pneumoniae by Taif Hussien Alameedy, Mohammed Abdullah Jebor

“…When biochemical characteristics of the purified enzyme were studied, results showed that the activity was maximum at pH 6 and is most stable in pH ranging from (5–9), the optimum temperature for enzyme activity was observed at 37ºC and reach 11.5 U/mL. In contrast, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), NaNO3, and ZnSO4 slightly inhibited ADI activity, whereas MnCl2, increased the remaining activity of enzyme to 125%., as well as NaNO3, EDTA, ZnSO4, and FeCl3 were found that they inhibit enzyme activity by 90, 70, 88, and 110, respectively. …”
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Role of moderate financial literacy as the influence of lifestyle on consumption behavior in senior high school students by Try Citra Puspitasari Lubis, Sutirman Sutirman

“…The results of the partial calculation show that the T-count has a number that is greater than the T-table with a T-count of 5.935 and a T-table of 1.981 with a tig sig of 0.000 <0.05 and a regression coefficient of 0.357, which means that lifestyle has a significant influence on consumptive behavior of class XI students of SMA Yogyakarta. …”
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Classification of Melanoma and Nevus in Digital Images for Diagnosis of Skin Cancer by Muhammad Qasim Khan, Ayyaz Hussain, Saeed Ur Rehman, Umair Khan, Muazzam Maqsood, Kashif Mehmood, Muazzam A. Khan

“…The proposed methodology is tested on the DERMIS dataset having a total number of 397 skin cancer images: 146 are melanoma and 251 are nevus skin lesions. …”
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FACTORS DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF FINANCIAL LITERACY OF ACADEMIC YOUTH by Monika Szafrańska

“…The research was conducted in 2018 with the PAPI method on a group of 337 respondents. The interview was conducted with young people studying at the second largest academic centre in Poland – Kraków. …”
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Predictors of infliximab efficacy in patients with severe attack of ulcerative colitis by A. O. Golovenko, I. L. Khalif, O. V. Golovenko, V. V. Veselov

“…Colectomy due to inefficiency of infliximab was executed in 11 patients (36,7%). In groups of the patients, who undergone surgery and those, who avoided resection of the large intestine, various clinical, laboratory and endoscopic parameters were compared. …”
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The Outcome of Endoscopic Transethmosphenoid Optic Canal Decompression for Indirect Traumatic Optic Neuropathy with No-Light-Perception by Bo Yu, Yingjie Ma, Yunhai Tu, Wencan Wu

“…The improvement rates of visual acuity of patients who received treatment within 3 days of injury, 3–7 days after injury, and later than 7 days were 63.6%, 42.9%, and 35.7%, respectively. …”
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Comparing the Global Tariff and Actual Costs of Surgeries at Imam Khomeini Hospital Affiliated with Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences by Jamil Sadeghifar, Nasim Eyvani, GHasem Rajabi Vasukolai, Naser Farhamand Moghadam, Shahram Ekhtyari

“…Data were collected from the Hospital Information System (HIS) and analyzed using SPSS-22 software. Results: Among 357 cases involving 13 types of surgeries reviewed in this study, tonsillectomy, pterygium, and appendectomy surgeries resulted in losses, while other surgeries were profitable. …”
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Study Experimental on Strength Characteristics of Alkali-Activated Pofa to Soil Stabilization as Subgrade by Toyeb Muhammad, Hakam Abdul, Fauzan, Andriani

“…Furthermore, a significant increase in the CBR value from 4.4% to 54.0%. The soil-AAP stabilization can improve the mechanism characteristic of the soil becoming denser and reduce deformation. …”
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A Ku Wideband Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antenna Array with Low Profile Crossed-Dipole Element by Haipeng Liu, Yunhua Zhang, Xiaowen Zhao

“…Unlike the traditional CP-CDE fed by coaxial cable that usually works at low frequencies, the proposed CDE consists of two orthogonal heart-shaped patch dipoles that can work at frequencies as high as Ku-band, at the same time achieving a larger bandwidth. …”
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De novo transcriptome profiling revealing genes involved in piperine biosynthetic pathway in Piper longum L by Mrinalini Prasad, Shivangi Mathur, Deeksha Singh, Rajiv Ranjan

“…KEGG pathway analysis categorized 4730 transcripts into 377 pathways, focusing on piperine biosynthesis, including phenylpropanoid and L-lysine metabolism. …”
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TREATMENT OF ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS WITH THE TRIPLE PROCEDURE: INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION WITH CORTICOSTEROIDS, HYDRODILATION AND SHOULDER MANIPULATION UNDER SEDATION by Mauro Emilio Conforto Gracitelli, Jorge Henrique Assunção, Micael de Mesquita Paiva, Fernando Brandão de Andrade e Silva, Arnaldo Amado Ferreira Neto, Eduardo Angeli Malavolta

“…The mean ASES score progressed from 37.7 ± 17.9 to 94.1 ± 10.3 at 12 months after the procedure (p < 0.001). …”
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Factors to Improve the Management of Hepatitis C in Drug Users: An Observational Study in an Addiction Centre by Joseph Moussalli, Helene Delaquaize, Dominique Boubilley, Jean Pierre Lhomme, Jules Merleau Ponty, David Sabot, Anne Kerever, Marc Valleur, Thierry Poynard

“…A total of 586 patients were seen between 2002 and 2004. The majority, 417 patients, were HCV positive and of these patients 337 were tested positive for HCV RNA. …”
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