Gall bladder wall thickness and C-reactive protein as a predictor of difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy by Nair A, Appukuttan A, Mathew J, Oommen AN, Joseph A

“…The study spanned 18 months and included 50 patients who met specific inclusion criteria, all of whom underwent either early or interval laparoscopic cholecystectomy. …”
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A clinical analysis and literature review of eleven cases with primary pulmonary angiosarcoma by Tao Luan, Jianqing Hao, Yingying Gu, Ping He, Yijia Li, Liqiang Wang, Haiyi Deng, Wenhui Guan, Xinqing Lin, Xiaohong Xie, Yu Deng, Shuaiying Wang, Changchun Wang, Jingxu Li, Ru Li, Yang Luan, Gang Yang, Yunhui Zhang, Nanshan Zhong, Chengzhi Zhou

“…The average survival period for the solitary type (2 cases) was 15.5 months, for the multiple type (5 cases) was 6.6 months, and for the pulmonary artery type (4 cases) was 20.5 months. Among the 3 patients who underwent surgery, the median overall survival (OS) was 23.0 months, whereas for the 8 non-surgical patients, the median OS was 9.7 months. …”
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Citation Analysis of Dissertations Completed at Istanbul University Information and Records Management Department by Fatih Canata, Çağdaş Çapkın, Güleda Doğan, Burcu Sünger, Esra Oynak

“…Hasan Sacit Keseroğlu, Meral Alpay and Aysel Yontar are among the leading members of the faculty who manage the dissertations most frequently. The most frequently used source types in the dissertations are books (50%) and electronic resources (31%). 69% of these sources are in Turkish and 31% are in other languages. …”
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“And with all she lived with casual unawareness of her value to civilization”: Close-reading Eleanor Roosevelt’s Autofabrication by Sara Polak

“…Binker and Farrell, Ken Burns, Doris Kearns Goodwin), and yet she remains the most powerful American female political agent who has never run for democratic office. This paradox is often understood as part and parcel of Eleanor Roosevelt’s enigmatic quality, but doing so mystifies rather than explains the rhetorical and cultural mechanisms that produced ER’s audacious modesty as a crucial factor in her success. …”
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Priorities in the Modern Organization of University Science in the Light of the Principal-Agent Theory by D. G. Sandler, V. A. Koksharov, V. V. Kruzhaev, A. Р. Bagirova

“…The theoretical framework of the research is the theory of the principal-agent, from the position of which the research management system is considered through the relationship between actors who have different degrees of awareness and potentially actin different interests. …”
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Exploring Consumer and Clinician Attitudes towards Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in an Australian Inpatient Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Unit: A Qualitative Pilot Stu... by Rehana Di Rico, Louisa Ng, Jacquelin Capell

“…<strong>Methods</strong>: Two focus groups, were recruited via convenience sampling, comprising English speaking rehabilitation clinicians (n = 5) and consumers (n = 6) who had recent experience of inpatient musculoskeletal rehabilitation in a large, privately funded, rehabilitation hospital in Melbourne Australia, in 2020. …”
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Clinical Laboratory Validation Study of a High Sensitivity Troponin I Assay on a POCT (Point of Care Testing) Device by Fabio Grunspun Pitta, Adriana Caschera Leme, Simone Rodrigues Gomes, Tarsila Perez Mota, Fernanda Vieira Paladino, José Leão de Souza Júnior, Rosemeire de Paula Braz, Thais Cristine Rodrigues Leonel Lamounier, Jéssica Buzin Gomes Ferreira, Carlos Eduardo dos Santos Ferreira

“…The second phase of the study was performed with samples from 51 patients who reported to the emergency department with chest pain for a clinical prospective evaluation and correlation between the hs-cTnI assays of the Analyzer Atellica® vTLi, hs-cTnT Cobas® and Atellica IM 1300. …”
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Benefits and challenges of utilizing Chat-GPT and Gamma.app in teaching, learning and assessment of vocational students in 21st century colleges of education in Enugu State by Onuoha I. Okocha, Ebube I. Aneke, Olaiya Adekunle, Ogochukwu Egbuchulam, Anthony Uwanjimgba

“…The study used descriptive survey research design, was guided by three research questions and had a population of 120 respondents; comprising 60 vocational educators and 60 vocational education students who were selected from 3 Colleges of Education. …”
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Characterization of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Patients with Gastric Ulcer by Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Magalys Blanca Olivert Cruz, Juan Luís de Pasos Carrazana, Alfredo Basilio Quiñones Ceballos, Mabel Vega Galindo, Anagalys Ortega Alvelay

“…<strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> The probability of suffering from gastric cancer, chronic gastritis and worsened chronic gastritis was greater in all those patients who presented with Helicobacter pylori infection but in this study Helicobacter pylori did not constitute a risk factor for acute gastritis…”
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The Screening of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome-Like Events: A Regional Perspective by Onder Onen, Fusun Gulizar Varol

“…Results: By one documented antiphospholipid test, the mean values of anticardiolipin, and anti-β2 glycoprotein1 (aβ2GP1) of obstetric antiphospholipid antibody syndrome versus controls were significantly different (p<0.001). Of 79 women who came for repeat sampling, a total number of women with persistent antiphospholipid antibody positivity was only 43 (54.43%). …”
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Heart Failure Status among Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Hospital-Based Study by Fatemeh Ravandi, Arsh Haj Mohamad Ebrahim Ketabforoush, Fereshteh Azedi, Mohsen Hoshyarkhani, Farimah Fayyaz, Nahid Abbasi Khoshsirat

“…The diagnosis of HF was based on transthoracic echocardiography within 48 hours of symptom onset, and HF was classified into two groups: 41–49% as mildly reduced EF (HFmrEF) and ≤40% as reduced EF (HFrEF). Patients who did not complete cardiac studies were excluded. …”
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Possible association between Sever’s disease and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. a prospective observational study by Nevzat Gonder, Ibrahim Halil Demir, Volkan Özel, Kubra Ilicepinar, Musa Alperen Bilgin

“…The high number of the patients diagnosed with ADHD among the Sever’s patients who were not engaged in sports was found to be statistically significant(p < 0.01).The diagnosis of ADHD was found to be statistically more significant in boys with Sever’s disease compared to girls(p < 0.018). …”
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Machine learning-based analyses of contributing factors for the development of hypertension: a comparative study by Marenao Tanaka, Yukinori Akiyama, Kazuma Mori, Itaru Hosaka, Keisuke Endo, Toshifumi Ogawa, Tatsuya Sato, Toru Suzuki, Toshiyuki Yano, Hirofumi Ohnishi, Nagisa Hanawa, Masato Furuhashi

“…We investigated the predictive ability of several ML models for the development of hypertension.Methods A total of 15 965 Japanese participants (men/women: 9,466/6,499, mean age: 45 years) who received annual health examinations were randomly divided into a training group (70%, n = 11,175) and a test group (30%, n = 4,790). …”
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Determinants of Primary School Teachers’ Health Literacy in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania: A Reflection on Access to Health Information by David M. Mshingo, Mikidadi I. Muhanga, Raymond J. Salanga, Edwin E. Ngowi

“…Only 43.4% searched for HI, 20.1% of those who searched for HI were influenced by health-related problems encountered, 12.2% searched for HI to broaden their knowledge on health-related issues, and 7.4% were prompted by health risks around. …”
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In vivo mitochondrial ATP production is improved in older adult skeletal muscle after a single dose of elamipretide in a randomized trial. by Baback Roshanravan, Sophia Z Liu, Amir S Ali, Eric G Shankland, Chessa Goss, John K Amory, H Thomas Robertson, David J Marcinek, Kevin E Conley

“…The first dorsal interosseous (FDI) muscle was studied in 39 healthy older adult subjects (60 to 85 yrs of age; 46% female) who were enrolled based on the presence of poorly functioning mitochondria. …”
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Organization of the fight against COVID-19 in a hospital institution. Cienfuegos Province, 2020-2021 by Vivian Isabel Chávez Pérez, Helvia Manuela Reyes Cabrera, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> epidemics of unknown emerging diseases test not only the technical and human capacity of health professionals, but also of all those who make up the scientific community in society.…”
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Isokinetic Dynamometry for External and Internal Rotation Shoulder Strength in Youth Athletes: A Scoping Review by Ian Leahy, Erin Florkiewicz, Mary P. Shotwell

“… # Purpose The purpose of this review was to examine the existing literature concerning the application of isokinetic shoulder strength testing in rehabilitation and clinical decision-making processes among youth athletes who perform repetitive overhead activities. # Study Design Scoping review # Methods A comprehensive literature search was conducted using PubMed and EBSCO Host databases, covering publications from 2000-2024. …”
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Prevalence of Cholelithiasis and Associated Factors of Gallstone Formation after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Teaching Hospital-Baghdad by Abdulrahman M. Mohammed, Abdulnaser M. Mohammed, Tuka Y. Hassan

“…Methods: This was a cross-sectional study among 128 patients with morbid obesity, who were treated with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and followed up at two weeks, one month, six months, and one year after surgery between October 2018 and July 2020, at the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Teaching Hospital in Baghdad and the Dowaly Private Hospital. …”
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Comparison of the Effect of Adding Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Bupivacaine for Postoperative Pain Management in Patients Undergoing Shoulder Rotator Cuff Repair – A Randomize... by Shahryar Sane, Alireza Mahoori, Ali Tabrizi, Hamed Koohsoltani

“…Materials and Methods: This double-blind, randomized clinical trial was performed on 80 patients aged 20 to 60 with ASA I and II who were candidates for elective shoulder rotator cuff repair. …”
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The Role of Neck Ultrasonography and Nuclear Imaging in the Diagnosis of Congenital Hypothyroidism by Soundararajan Sumathy, Sengottaiyan Palanivel, Kethipalli Nagaraju, Chidambaram N. B. Harisankar, Jeyaraj Ashokraja, Jayachandran Senthilkumar, Palaniyappan Sreenivasan, Subbiah Sridhar

“…In USG neck, 44 (71%) had normal and/or enlarged thyroid glands at the eutopic location, 16 (27.4%) cases had an absent gland, and ectopic as well as hypoplastic unilateral gland was observed in one (1.6%) each. Among 35 children, who underwent scintigraphy, 12 (34.3%) had absent uptake, 4 (11.4%) had ectopic uptake, and 1 (2.8%) child had unilateral normal uptake. …”
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