Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Gastric Tube Carcinoma after Esophagectomy Contributes to Long-Term Outcomes by Satoru Hashimoto, Hiroki Sato, Ken-ichi Mizuno, Kazuya Takahashi, Masafumi Takatsuna, Junji Yokoyama, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Manabu Takeuchi, Masaaki Kobayashi, Shuji Terai

“…This single-center retrospective study examined patients who underwent ESD for GTC after esophagectomy at our institution between 2003 and 2018. …”
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Outcomes of laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair in the elderly population: a retrospective cohort study by Dawid Golik, Krzysztof Jędras, Przemysław Sroczyński, Grzegorz Dobkowski, Michał R. Janik

“…Materials and methods: Our retrospective study reviewed data of patients who underwent elective unilateral TAPP repair for primary inguinal hernia between September 2021 and December 2023. …”
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Relationship between Antibiotic Consumption and Resistance: A Systematic Review by Asrat Agalu Abejew, Gizachew Yismaw Wubetu, Teferi Gedif Fenta

“…The pooled ABC was 948017.9 DPDs and 4108.6 DIDs where over 70% of antibiotics were from the Watch and Reserve category based on the WHO AWaRe classification. The average pooled prevalence of ABR was 38.4%. …”
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Nano-Hydroxyapatite Gel and Its Effects on Remineralization of Artificial Carious Lesions by Apa Juntavee, Niwut Juntavee, Ainaj Nuñez Sinagpulo

“…Clinical Significance: This study indicated that an application of nano-HA gel is an attractive route to deliver the material and can be more effective and less toxic than conventional formulations and provide its effectiveness directly at the site of action, especially for a noncooperative young child and medicinally intimidated patients who may face with inconvenience in using toothbrush and toothpaste for hygiene control.…”
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Humanitarian Contexts of Technical Education in Russia by A. L. Andreev

“…At the same time, the leading technical universities in Russia are gradually developing a network of enthusiasts who are studying the European practice of social assessment of technology and its adaptation to Russian conditions. …”
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Follow-Up of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients after Clinical or Surgical Emergencies: A Practical Approach by Hélio A. G. Teive, Matheus Gomes Ferreira, Carlos Henrique F. Camargo, Renato P. Munhoz

“…We included a total of 13 (5.65% of the total number) patients with advanced PD defined by Hoehn & Yahr (H&Y) stage ≥3 who presented with various clinical and surgical complications which, with the contribution of drug interventions, led to significant worsening of patients’ overall clinical condition. …”
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International Experience of Legal Regulation of Liability for Insult of Police Officers and Possibilities of Its Use in Ukraine by K. L. Buhaichuk

“…The article highlights the problem of the need to strengthen the legal protection of employees of the National Police of Ukraine, who are subjected to illegal encroachments on their honor and dignity while performing their official duties. …”
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Dust Deposition and Associated Heavy Metal Contamination in the Neighborhood of a Cement Production Plant at Konongo, Ghana by Prince Baffour Awuah, Albert Amatey Adjaottor, Emmanuel Gikunoo, Emmanuel Kwesi Arthur, Frank Ofori Agyemang, Douglas Siaw Baah

“…The concentration of chemical components investigated in the soil was below the WHO/FAO standard, except for Cd. The spatial distribution pattern of the examined heavy metals showed that Cd, Cr, and Cu represent possible sources of soil contaminants. …”
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Self-esteem and social media addiction level in adolescents: The mediating role of body image by Mehmet Colak, Ozlem Sireli Bingol, Ali Dayi

“…Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 204 adolescents, 67 (32.8%) girls and 137 (67.2%) boys, with a mean age of 15.90 ± 1.20 years, who were high school students. The self-esteem levels of the participants were evaluated with the “Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale”, their social media dependency levels were measured with the “Social Media Use Disorder Scale”, and their body images were measured using the “Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire”. …”
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A literary-historical analysis of Daniel 2: two powers in opposition by M. Nel

“…The narrator emphasises that it is God who appoints and dethrones kings. He reveals the future (Dan. 2:29, 47). …”
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Patients’ Experience of Anxiety and Pain during Retrobulbar Injections prior to Vitrectomy by Michael Mimouni, Hamza Abualhasan, Kamal Mtanes, Fares Mazzawi, Yoreh Barak

“…This prospective observational, noninterventional study included consecutive patients who received a retrobulbar block by a single surgeon prior to undergoing 25G PPV at the Department of Ophthalmology, Rambam Health Care Campus, between April 2016 and August 2017. …”
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Association between the Angle of the Left Subclavian Artery and Procedural Time for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome by Masatsugu Miyagawa, Daisuke Fukamachi, Katsunori Fukumoto, Masaki Monden, Kurara Takahashi, Shohei Migita, Saki Mizobuchi, Yudai Tanaka, Akihito Ogaku, Yutaka Koyama, Hidesato Fujito, Riku Arai, Norio Takei, Keisuke Kojima, Korehito Iida, Nobuhiro Murata, Yasuo Okumura

“…Of 245 ACS patients (from November 2019 and May 2021), 79 who underwent PCI via a left radial approach (LRA) were included. …”
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Analgesic Effect of Passive Range-of-Motion Exercise on the Healthy Side for Pain after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Randomized Trial by Shuichi Eto, Motoki Sonohata, Yasuo Takei, Masaya Ueno, Norio Fukumori, Masaaki Mawatari

“…We enrolled 40 patients aged ≥60 years who were scheduled to undergo unilateral TKA. Visual analogue scale (VAS) scores and range of motion (ROM) on the operated side were measured immediately before and after CPM on postoperative days 2, 4, 7, and 14. …”
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Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on Dental Match residency applicant statistics in the United States of America: a cross sectional analysis by Vinayak M. Joshi, Eswar Kandaswamy, Sivaraman Prakasam, Veerasathpurush Allareddy, Andrew G. Chapple

“…The ratio of graduates who were not fresh out of dental school to total graduates has seen a small steady increase since 2021 (p > 0.06). …”
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Prevalence and economic costs of diarrheal illness among adult slum dwellers in Khulna City, Bangladesh by Faijan Bin Halim, Mohammed Ziaul Haider

“…Results: The highest prevalence of diarrheal illness was at the age group 30-39 (31%), among illiterate (46%) and married (92%) slum dwellers who were living in small families with ≤ 4 household size (66%), and with a household income level ≤ 5,000 BDT per year. …”
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Large-scale prospective serum metabolomic profiling reveals candidate predictive biomarkers for suspected preeclampsia patients by Yan Cao, Lanlan Meng, Yifei Wang, Shenglong Zhao, Yuanyuan Zheng, Rui Ran, Jie Du, Hongqiang Wu, Jiaqi Han, Zhengwen Xu, Yifan Lu, Lin Liu, Lu Chen, Jing Wang, Youran Li, Yanhong Zhai, Zhi Sun, Zheng Cao

“…In order to explore the global changes of serum metabolites in PE patients and identify potential predictive biomarkers for suspected PE patients (pregnant women who had already shown PE-related symptoms in the middle to late stages of pregnancy, but were not yet confirmatively diagnosed as PE.), a large-scale serum metabolomic analysis was conducted in this study with a prospective cohort of 328 suspected PE patients in the middle or late pregnancy stages, as well as a retrospective cohort of 30 healthy pregnant women and 30 PE patients. …”
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Parental stress and dedication to the education of their children among parents from eastern Peru by Jhomira Tucto-Claudio, Uriaz Navarro, Jessica Aranda-Turpo, Julio Cjuno

“…Conclusions: In the parents who participated in the study, the greater the stressors, the lower the dedication to their children's virtual education, and an increase in parental reward increased the dedication to their children's virtual education. …”
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A Profile and Three-Year Follow-Up of Patients with Basal Cell Carcinoma in the Western Cape, South Africa by J. C. Gallo, J. W. Schneider, J. de Wet, K. Moxley, H. F. Jordaan, W. I. Visser, B. Tod

“…This retrospective descriptive study reviewed the medical records of 149 patients with BCC who attended the dermatology clinic at Tygerberg Academic Hospital from September 2015 to August 2016. …”
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Cesarean Delivery: A Survey of Anesthesiologists by Emily S. Reiff, Ashraf S. Habib, Brendan Carvalho, Karthik Raghunathan

“…For intrapartum cesarean deliveries, 141 (11.5%) administer azithromycin for unscheduled cesarean deliveries. Those who use cefazolin, 509 (42.5%) administer 3 g for morbidly obese women. …”
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The association between resilience and fatigue among mariners during ocean voyages: a chain mediating effect of coping style and psychological stress by Zhanying Sun, Nan Tang, Xueyang Gan, Jingru Chen, Qingqing Su, Jie Song, Yuan Gao

“…Methods Using Connor-Davidson resilience scale, simplified coping style questionnaire, psychological stress self-evaluation test and multidimensional fatigue inventory, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 510 mariners from a Shandong fleet who finished a 32-day ocean voyage on September 12, 2023. …”
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