Association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and progression of abdominal aortic aneurysm: a multicenter study by Ximing Wang, Jingxiang Sun, Na Chang, Menghan Liu, Shuai Zhang

“…Results A total of 151 patients with AAA (mean age: 69.1 ± 10.5 years old, 133 men) were included, among which 66 patients (43.7%) had NAFLD. During a median of 10.7 months (6.0–76.0 months), 57 patients (37.7%) had AAA progression. …”
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Comparison of Effectiveness and Safety between Intraoperative 3D-CT-Guided and C-Arm-Guided Percutaneous Balloon Compression for Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia:  A  Multi-Center Retrospective Study by Xiong Xiao, Zhengjun Wei, Hao Ren, Hongtao Sun, Fang Luo

“…Among patients with successful attempts, 5 (2.4%) patients in the 3D-CT group and 11 (14.7%) patients in the C-arm group received more than one needle pass during the procedure (P<0.001). …”
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بررسی اثر محلول‌پاشی روی (Zn) بر عملکرد و خواص کیفی دانه دو رقم سویا در کشت تابستانه

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Epidemiology of Brucellosis in Small Ruminants of Rural and Peri-Urban Areas of Multan, Pakistan by Mian Muhammad Awais, Bakhtawar Khadim, Masood Akhtar, Muhammad Irfan Anwar, Gohar Khadim, Abdul Sammad Ali Khan Shirwany, Halil Selcuk Biricik, Abdul Razzaq, Muhammad Sibtain Bhatti

“…Results of ELISA showed an overall seroprevalence rate of 7.14% in target population with a slightly higher rate in sheep (7.65%) as compared to goat (6.63%) population (p=0.695; OR = 1.16, 95% CI = 0.53, 2.57). …”
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Self-representation: A review on Selfie Photos in Social Media According to Goffman's Dramaturgical Theory by Keyhan Valinejad

“…According to Goffman's theory, uploading a selfie photo can be interpreted as a play, in which the subject consciously manipulates his/her characteristics even in a slight manner. …”
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Statistical exploration of factors associated with birth of children having sickle cell traits among reproductive-age women in Nigeria by Gabriel Ogunde, Ayodele Shabi, Joshua O. Akinyemi

“…Results from the multilevel binary logistic regression revealed that women who were traditionalists (AOR = 1.77; 95% CI = 1.04–3.02) were more likely of having children with SCT. …”
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ASSESSING LONG-TERM (3-YEAR) MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RECYCLED AGGREGATE CONCRETE CONTAINING ZEOLITE AND SILICA FUME by M. Aghili Lotf, A. M. Ramezanianpour, M. Y. Chamani

“…On the other hand, using zeolite did not result in a significant change, and specimens exhibited similar or reduced compressive strength over the 3-year period. In general, it can be inferred that the use of supplementary cementitious materials can enhance mechanical properties in the short term. …”
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Influence of a New “Call-Out Algorithm” for Management of Postoperative Pain and Its Side Effects on Length of Stay in Hospital: A Two-Centre Prospective Randomized Trial by Lisa Dybvik, Erlend Skraastad, Aigerim Yeltayeva, Aidos Konkayev, Tatiana Musaeva, Igor Zabolotskikh, Lars Bjertnaes, Vegard Dahl, Johan Raeder, Vladimir Kuklin

“…LOS was significantly shorter with 12.7±6.3 days (mean ± SD) in the ESS group versus 14.2±6.2 days in the Control group (P<0.001). …”
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Postoperative Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Systemic Inflammatory Response in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects by Maria Francilene S. Souza, Juliano G. Penha, Nair Y. Maeda, Filomena R. B. G. Galas, Kelly C. O. Abud, Eloisa S. Carvalho, Ana Maria Thomaz, Claudia R. P. Castro, Juliana Pereira, Antonio Augusto Lopes

“…Using logistic regression analysis, a PAP/SAPIPO>0.40 and a heightened immediate postoperative serum level of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (quartile analysis) were shown to be predictive of significant postoperative cardiopulmonary events (respective hazard ratios with 95% CIs, 5.07 (1.10–23.45), and 3.29 (1.38–7.88)). Thus, the early postoperative behavior of the pulmonary circulation and systemic inflammatory response are closely related and can be used to predict outcomes in this population.…”
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State and territory immunization program activities and their association with human papillomavirus vaccine initiation in the United States of America: A multilevel approach. by Vivian Colón-López, Francisco J Muñoz-Torres, Erika Escabí Wojna, Idamaris Vega Jimenez, Olga L Díaz Miranda, Diana T Medina-Laabes, Katelyn Wells, Ana P Ortiz, Pamela C Hull, Erick Suárez

“…When stratifying, these findings were present in the younger group (13-15 years, PRw, activity D adjusted: 1.10, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.18; PRw. activity N adjusted: 1.10, 95% CI: 1.05, 1.16), but not in the older group (16-17 years, PRw, activity D adjusted: 1.05, 95% CI: 0.95, 1.15; PRw. activity N adjusted: 1.00, 95% CI: 0.94, 1.06). …”
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Smoking, DNA Adducts and Number of Risk DNA Repair Alleles in Lung Cancer Cases, in Subjects with Benign Lung Diseases and in Controls by Marco Peluso, Armelle Munnia, Sara Piro, Alessandra Armillis, Marcello Ceppi, Giuseppe Matullo, Riccardo Puntoni

“…When the study population was categorized in base to the number of risk alleles, adducts were significantly increased in individuals bearing 3-4 risk alleles (OR=4.1 95% C.I. 1.28–13.09, P=.009). A significant association with smoking was noticed in smokers for more than 40 years carrying 3-4 risk alleles (OR=36.38, 95% C.I. 1.17–1132.84, P=.040). …”
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Common Risk Factors of Myocardial Infarction and Some Socio Demographic Characteristics in Sulaimani City by Bayan Omar Sharif, Samir Y. Lafi

“…Sedentary lifestyle (81.8%) and smoking (Ex- passive and current smoking 69.7% was predominance. The prevalence of BMI > 25 was (75.15%). …”
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Formación inicial de los profesionales de la educación en pedagogía intercultural: una asignatura pendiente. El caso de Aragón by José Emilio PALOMERO PESCADOR

“…Ofrece, después, una visión panorámica de la formación inicial de maestros, educadores sociales, pedagogos y psicopedagogos, en Pedagogía Intercultural, tomando como referencia el análisis de una muestra de 155 planes de estudio (sobre un total de 207, correspondientes a las citadas titulaciones), impartidos por las diferentes Facultades de Educación y Centros Superiores de Formación del Profesorado españoles. …”
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Failure Behavior and Energy Storage and Release of Hard Coal under Different Static and Dynamic Loading States by XianJie Hao, GuangYao Pan, Chaoxing Ma, Yingnan Wei, Zeyu Chen

“…It was concluded that (1) the energy accumulation and rate of releases of this type of hard coal under static compression are 17.63–179.90 times and 18.57–13157.89 times those under static tension; the energy accumulation and rate of releases in dynamic compression are 2.11–248.53 and 0.23–48 times those under dynamic tension, respectively. (2) During dynamic loading, the ratio of compressive energy accumulation to tensile energy accumulation is reduced by 1.6 times compared with static loading, and the ratio of compressive energy release to tensile energy rate of release is decreased by 363.84 times compared with static loading. (3) The energy accumulation and rate of releases of this type of hard coal for dynamic tensile are, respectively, 2.64–17.42 and 1.07–5.26 times those under static tensile load; the energy accumulation under dynamic compression is greater than that under static compression, being 0.24–15.04 times that under static compressive, but the energy rate of release under dynamic compression is 0.0003–0.56 times that under static compression. (4) The greater the prepeak energy accumulation, the greater the degree of damage of the coal sample at each stage, and also the higher the degree of fragmentation after the failure. …”
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68Ga-NOTA-RM26 PET/CT in the evaluation of glioma: a pilot prospective study by Yilin Li, Rongxi Wang, Jingci Chen, Zhaohui Zhu, Yu Wang, Wenbin Ma

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The optimization of calcareous soil cation exchange capacity via the feather hydrolysate and N-P fertilizers integration by Doaa A. Goda, Eman H. El-Gamal, Mohamed Rashad, Yasser R. Abdel-Fattah

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Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy: Is It Worth Still Performing the Retroperitoneal Route? by Idir Ouzaid, Evanguelos Xylinas, Géraldine Pignot, Arnaud Tardieu, Andras Hoznek, Clément-Claude Abbou, Alexandre de la Taille, Laurent Salomon

“…After 3-year followup, chronic kidney failure occurred in 6 and and 4% (𝑃=0.67) in after TLPN and RLPN, respectively. After 3-year followup, recurrence free survival was 96.7% and 96.6% (𝑃=0.91) in the TLPN and RLPN groups, respectively. …”
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Occurrence and antibiotic susceptibility of vibrio spp., aeromonas spp. and listeria spp. in seafoods by Nihat Telli, Arife Ezgi Telli, Yusuf Biçer, Gamze Turkal, Hatice Ahu Kahraman, Yusuf Doğruer

“…Antibiotic resistance profile of the V. parahaemolyticus, V. cholerae, A. hydrophila and Listeria spp. isolates was streptomycin (71.4%), teicoplanin (71.4%), ampicillin (87.5%), teicoplanin (75%); streptomycin (80%), ampicillin (75%), cefixime (75%), penicillin (75%), sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (100%), tetracycline (75%); erythromycin (93.8%), vancomycin (81.2%), amoxacillin/clavulanic acid (78.6%), ampicillin (85.7%), cephalothin (92.9%), penicillin G (92.9%); and cephalothin (37.5%-42.9%), erythromycin (37.5%-42.9%), penicillin G (37.5%-42.9%), tetracycline (37.5%-42.9%), respectively.…”
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Physical properties of Alaska pollock surimi gel as affected by emulsified level and heating rates by Van-Thi Nguyen, Emiko Okazaki

“…The produced surimi pastes were placed within the casing tubes, and two methods were employed to create the heat-induced gel: OH (applied at two different heating speeds: 3°C /min [slow] and 80°C/min [fast]) and water bath heating (heating samples to 90°C for 30 min). …”
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Climate Impact on Evapotranspiration in the Yellow River Basin: Interpretable Forecasting with Advanced Time Series Models and Explainable AI by Sheheryar Khan, Huiliang Wang, Umer Nauman, Rabia Dars, Muhammad Waseem Boota, Zening Wu

“…Prophet excelled with the lowest Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) values of 0.62 for solar radiation, 0.67 for wind speed, and 0.74 for precipitation. …”
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