Combined biochemical profiling and DNA sequencing in the expanded newborn screening for inherited metabolic diseases: the experience in an Italian reference center by Simona Fecarotta, Lorenzo Vaccaro, Alessandra Verde, Marianna Alagia, Alessandro Rossi, Chiara Colantuono, Maria Teresa Cacciapuoti, Patrizia Annunziata, Sara Riccardo, Antonio Grimaldi, Tonya Fusco, Rosa De Santis, Fernando Barretta, Lucia Albano, Daniela Crisci, Fabiana Vallone, Antonietta Tarallo, Marcella Cesana, Nicola Brunetti-Pierri, Giulia Frisso, Margherita Ruoppolo, Davide Cacchiarelli, Giancarlo Parenti

“…NGS analysis was based on applying Exome Sequencing libraries, limiting the analysis to 105 actionable genes involved in IMDs. This allows overtaking the actual limitations of NBS on DBS, enhancing our capacity to identify variants that can drive a genetic disease. …”
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Weld Inspection Based on Radiography Image Segmentation with Level Set Active Contour Guided Off-Center Saliency Map by Mohamed Ben Gharsallah, Ezzeddine Ben Braiek

“…In this paper we propose a new active contour based level set method for weld defect detection in radiography images. An off-center saliency map exploited as a feature to represent image pixels is embedded into a region energy minimization function to guide the level set active contour to defects boundaries. …”
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Family center maternity care education for pregnant women through the approachin efforts to prevent stunting: a quasi-experimental by Irne Wida Desiyanti, Lisa Ardiningtyas

“…Purpose: This study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of the Family Centered Maternity Care (FCMC)-based education approach in increasing knowledge and efforts to prevent stunting in pregnant women in Kolongan, North Minahasa. …”
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Outpatient visits and treatment methods of patients with hand and wrist injuries in Vreden National Medical Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics by Eugeniy V. Veber, Alexander P. Zavyalov, Alexander I. Avdeev, Margarita A. Zhogina, Sergey S. Smirnov

“…The aim — to analyse outpatient visits and treatment methods of patients with hand and wrist injuries who applied to the emergency department of the Vreden National Medical Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics. Methods. …”
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Cor ou Raça: Indígena? Contextos e Recepções da inclusão de uma categoria no Censo Demográfico 1991 by Ricardo Ventura Santos, Bruno Nogueira Guimarães, Alessandra Traldi Simoni

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COVID-19 Mortality in Children: A Referral Center Experience from Iran (Mofid Children’s Hospital, Tehran, Iran) by Shahnaz Armin, Seyed Alireza Fahimzad, Sedigheh Rafiei Tabatabaei, Roxana Mansour Ghanaiee, Noushin Marhamati, Seyyedeh Narjes Ahmadizadeh, Azita Behzad, Seyedeh Masumeh Hashemi, Saeed Sadr, Maryam Rajabnejad, Mahnaz Jamee, Abdollah Karimi

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Editor's note: Market-preserving government, global value chains, trade remedies, center-state transfers, and foreign aid. by Zhangkai Huang, David Daokui Li

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WATCHMAN versus LACbes® device for percutaneous left atrial appendage closure: a single-center, propensity-matched study by Song Zhang, Sihuai Xiong, Sha Zhang, Keyu Chen, Hua Wang, Ke Li, Xudong Xu, Xianxian Zhao, Ni Zhu, Xinmiao Huang, Yongwen Qin, Zhifu Guo, Yuan Bai

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The prognostic value of pulmonary hypertension in intensive care unit patients from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) by Huibiao Deng, Peng Wang, Minxing Liu

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Rate of malignancy for thyroid nodules with AUS/FLUS cytopathology in a tertiary care center – a retrospective cohort study by Kalpesh Hathi, Tarek Rahmeh, Vicki Munro, Victoria Northrup, Ali Sherazi, Christopher J. Chin

“…However, our malignancy rate is lower than some other Canadian centers and approximately half of our rFNAs were re-classified, highlighting the importance of establishing center-specific malignancy and rFNA re-classification rates to guide treatment decisions.…”
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Utility of Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Screening in Prospective Living Kidney Donors: A Single Center Cohort Study by Lucy S. Wang, BA, Emily Ertmann, BS, Eli Feldman, BA, Meredith Kossoff, BS, Brian Lu, BS, John C. Lin, BS, AB, Allyson Pishko, MD, MSCE, Robert Redfield, MD, Amanda Leonberg-Yoo, MD, Adam Cuker, MD, MS

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Determination of the kidney stone composition using infrared spectroscopy in Iran at a national referral center during 2019–2023 by Abbas Basiri, Azin Tahvildari, Mohammad Naji, Pardis Ziaeefar, Amir H. Kashi

“…Methods: This is a cross-sectional study assessing urinary stone composition from various cities in Iran at a referral center using infrared spectroscopy from February 2019 to March 2023. …”
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Urinary interleukin 13 level in steroid sensitive and resistant nephrotic syndrome: a cross-sectional single center study by Behnam Ermian, Noosha Samieefar, Aida Vahidi, Daryoush Fahimi, Niloufar Peirovi, Mohamed Husein Aldokhi, Behnaz Bazargani, Arash Abbasi, Fahimeh Askarian, Mastaneh Moghtaderi

“…This study was a cross-sectional study conducted at Children’s Medical Center Hospital in order to explore the relationship between urinary IL-13 levels and responsiveness to corticosteroid treatment. …”
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Following Up Patients With Chronic Pain Using a Mobile App With a Support Center: Unicenter Prospective Study by Marta Antonia Gómez-González, Nicolas Cordero Tous, Javier De la Cruz Sabido, Carlos Sánchez Corral, Beatriz Lechuga Carrasco, Marta López-Vicente, Gonzalo Olivares Granados

“…To improve adherence to remote follow-up, we developed a remote follow-up system consisting of a mobile app for patients, a website for health care professionals, and a remote support center. ObjectiveOur objective was to evaluate patient adherence to remote follow-up using a system that includes a mobile app and a remote support center. …”
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Intraoperative hypotension and postoperative delirium in elderly male patients undergoing laryngectomy: a single-center retrospective cohort study by Yiru Wang, Kaizheng Chen, Min Ye, Xia Shen

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A single-center cross-sectional study on the clinical profile of pancytopenia and a novel scoring system for megaloblastic anemia by Sanjaykumar Somsingbhai Rathwa, Darshankumar Manubhai Raval, Shashwat Mallik, Shahin Khan

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The metamorphosis of semi-classical mechanisms of confinement: from monopoles on ℝ 3 × S 1 to center-vortices on ℝ 2 × T 2 by Canberk Güvendik, Thomas Schaefer, Mithat Ünsal

“…This result shows how monopoles transmute into center-vortices, and suggests adiabatic continuity between the two confinement mechanisms. …”
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Informational Provincial Center of Medical Sciences. A quarter of a century doing right to many. Day of the 25 anniversary. by María Elinor Dulzaides Iglesias, Ana María Molina Gómez

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Clinical evaluation of 3D PEEK implants for skull bone defects repair: a single center case serious by Mohamed Ahmed Elnaggar, Hossam Abdelhakim Elnoamany, Mohamed K. Eissa

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Reduced Serum Glucagon Like Peptide-1 In Children with Osteoporosis of Chronic Liver Diseases: A Single Center Trial by Nashwa F. Mohamed Elmetwaly, Ola G. Behairy, Manal S. EL-Defrawy, Ola E. Seleim, Dina S. Abdelmotaleb

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