A Case of Perforated Cholecystitis into a Parastomal Hernia by Sereibanndith Seang, Amy Hort, Preet K. S. Gosal, Mark Richardson

“…Ten cases were managed operatively, and four cases were managed nonoperatively, with good outcomes. Currently, no consensus on treatment guidelines exists. …”
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Clinical calculator based on clinicopathological characteristics predicts local recurrence and overall survival following radical resection of stage II-III colorectal cancer by Fei Huang, Ran Wei, Shiwen Mei, Tixian Xiao, Wei Zhao, Zhaoxu Zheng, Qian Liu

“…Our clinical risk calculator provided good discrimination, with AUC values of local recurrence-free survival (LRFS) (0.764) and overall survival (OS) (0.815) in the training cohort and LRFS (0.740) and OS (0.730) in the test cohort. …”
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Physiological and behavioural resistance of malaria vectors in rural West-Africa: a data mining study to address their fine-scale spatiotemporal heterogeneity, drivers, and predict... by Taconet, Paul, Soma, Dieudonné Diloma, Zogo, Barnabas, Mouline, Karine, Simard, Frédéric, Koffi, Alphonsine Amanan, Dabiré, Roch Kounbobr, Pennetier, Cédric, Moiroux, Nicolas

“…To develop and deploy complementary, efficient and cost-effective control interventions, a good understanding of the drivers of these physiological and behavioural traits is needed. …”
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Childbirth experience assessment tools based on COSMIN guidelines: A systematic review by Yifan Cheng, Ruxue Bai, Siyu Shan, Xinmiao Zhao, Chunling Xia

“…Conclusion: In contrast, the Questionnaire for Assessing the Childbirth Experience (QACE) is recommended for provisional use, given its relatively good methodological and measurement attributes and appropriate content for evaluation. …”
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Simultaneous determination of 11 kinds of siloxanes in drinking water and source water using solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry by Sijie Liu, Jie Ma, Su Jiang

“…The results showed that divinylbenzene/polydimethyl-siloxane or divinylbenzene/Carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane was the best coating for the extraction of siloxane.ResultsThis method provided good linearity (r > 0.9946) and precision (RSD% <8.0%) with the minimum detection mass concentration ranging from 0.008 to 0.025 μg/L under the optimized extraction and GC-MS/MS analysis conditions. …”
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Evaluation of acoustic-thermal simulations of in vivo magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound ablative therapy by Nicholas Richards, Douglas Christensen, Joshua Hillyard, Michelle Kline, Sara Johnson, Henrik Odéen, Allison Payne

“…The location and FWHM of the peak pressure calculated from HAS and k-Wave showed good agreement. When muscle acoustic absorption value in the simulations was adjusted to approximately 54% of the measured attenuation, the average root-mean-squared error between simulated and experimental spatial-average temperature profiles was 0.046 ± 0.019 °C/W. …”
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A Comparison of the Morbidities Associated with Different Early Treatments in Tubo-Ovarian Abscess Patients by Sumanta Saha, Sujata Saha

“…CONCLUSION: The current evidence on how these outcomes vary between the juxtaposed interventions received by the tubo-ovarian abscess patients remains inconclusive due to the inadequate number of good quality randomized controlled trials …”
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The importance of parents' attention to complete aggressive behavior by Desep Pria Pandri, Netrawati Netrawati

“…In connection with the results of this study the authors can provide suggestions: 1) students can take advantage of guidance and counseling services to form positive behavior. 2) Guidance and Counseling Schools cooperate with school personnel, parents and students in preventing and reducing aggressive behavior and the principal as a leader must be able to assist guidance and counseling teachers in establishing good cooperation with parents and other school parties, so as to prevent and reduce aggressive behavior…”
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Safety of transtympanic application of probiotics in a chinchilla animal model by Carol Nhan, Aren Bezdjian, Shyamali Saha, Satya Prakash, Lily H. P. Nguyen, Sam J. Daniel

“…Lactobacillus plantarum is a probiotic that has been shown to decrease S. aureus and P. aeruginosa growth in wounds, making it a good candidate for the treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media. …”
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Advanced machine learning approach with dynamic kernel weighting for accurate electrical load forecasting by C. Jeevakarunya, V. Manikandan

“…This article presents a load forecasting model for commercial buildings with Enhanced Dynamically Weighted Multiple Kernel Support Vector Regression (EDW-MKSVR) and a mini-batch gradient descent method to achieve good regularization along with clustering techniques to segment different times of the day. …”
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User satisfaction and dissatisfaction with assistive technology devices and services in India by Suraj Singh Senjam, Souvik Manna, Jeewan Singh Titiyal, Anil Kumar, Jugal Kishore

“…Discomfort (56.6%), poor fitting (37.7%), low quality of service (20.7%), and poor aesthetic values (18.9%) were identified as reasons for dissatisfaction. Satisfaction was good for AT received from friends and family but was poor for those received from the public sector. …”
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Development and Validation of the RCOS Prognostic Index: A Bedside Multivariable Logistic Regression Model to Predict Hypoxaemia or Death in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Gerardo Alvarez-Uria, Sumanth Gandra, Venkata R. Gurram, Raghu P. Reddy, Manoranjan Midde, Praveen Kumar, Ketty E Arce

“…The decision curve analysis showed good clinical utility in hypothetical scenarios where the admission of patients was decided according to the prognostic index. …”
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Impact of Lonicera hypoglauca leaf inclusion on immune and antioxidant responses in geese by Zonghao Lv, Zhen Li, Zhizhong Zhang, Gao Li, Qinghua Chen, Qian Lin

“…Our findings suggest that the optimal percentage of LHL substitution in goose feed is 9%.…”
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Transcranial direct current stimulation for patients with walking difficulties caused by cerebral small vessel disease: a randomized controlled study by Qiaoqiao Xu, Qiaoqiao Xu, Wenwen Yin, Xia Zhou, Shuo Wang, Sishi Chen, Jiajia Yang, Chunhua Xi, Zhongwu Sun

“…Tolerance to tDCS was good, with no difference in adverse reactions between the groups, except for a scalp burning sensation reported during the 1st week (24.24% and 6.06% in the tDCS and Sham groups, respectively; P = 0.003).DiscussionLong-term tDCS is effective and safe for improving neuroplasticity and gait cognition in patients with CSVD.…”
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Interspecific hybrids of some East Asian representatives of the genus Chrysanthemum L. and analysis of their sustainability by A. I. Nedoluzhko

“…Tetraploids × hexaploids showed good compatibility. Diploids (2n = 18) are not always compatible between themselves and are partly compatible with hexaploids. …”
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Computer-Assisted Quantitative Analysis of Skeletal Muscles of Snowboarding Parallel Giant Slalom Athletes after Exercise Based on Artificial Intelligence and Complex Networks by Haiqiang Yu, Fei Yang, Jin Wang

“…Another potential advantage medal breakthrough project that is expected to be achieved in the Winter Olympics has received a lot of attention, creating favorable opportunities for the promotion and development of this project in China. The event requires good special physical support, skeletal muscle contraction is the body to produce motor function, and special physical training and recovery are key factors for athletes to obtain excellent results in the competition. …”
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Development and validation of a five-year cardiovascular risk assessment tool for Asian adults aged 75 years and older by Meng-Chen Hsu, Yu-Hua Fu, Chi-Chuan Wang, Chau-Chung Wu, Fang-Ju Lin

“…Model calibration demonstrated good performance for women but was less optimal for men. …”
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Construction of Recombinant Inbred Lines and Indentification of QTL for Grain Number Traits of Gaozhou Wild Rice by Xing HUO, Yongmei YU, Shuqing QIU, Dilin LIU, Le KONG, Wuge LIU, Feng WANG

“…Phenotypic observations revealed rich genetic diversity within the population and good potential for application in improving the grain number per panicle. …”
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Experimental study on monitoring microwave ablation efficacy by real-time shear wave elastography in ex vivo porcine brain by Rui Li, Yukang Zhang, Linggang Cheng, Shuai Zheng, Hongbing Li, Hongxia Zhang, Lijuan Du, Wen He, Wei Zhang

“…In this experiment, SWE is used to quantitatively evaluate brain tissue’s degree of thermal injury immediately after ablation.Results: This study It is found that the ablation range measured by SWE after ablation is in good consistency with the pathological range [ICCSWEL1-L1 = 0.975(95% CI:0.959 − 0.985), ICCSWEL2-L2 = 0.887(95% CI:0.779 − 0.938)]. …”
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Comprehensive design of a 100-kilowatt solar power plant with bifacial technology in PVsyst for Arak, Iran by Mohammad Parhamfar, Alireza Zabihi

“…These challenges include field segment shading, solar energy availability in different months, nearby shading, roof configuration and wiring, cable design, grounding system, protection system calculation, risk assessment, lighting, and installation of lightning rods for shadow measurement. …”
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