Obstetric danger signs in context: A mixed methods study exploring knowledge and sociocultural factors among pregnant women by B M Bhavana, M Yogesh, Navneet Padhiyar, Naresh Damor

“…About 56.5%, n = 277, had good knowledge of danger signs. Knowledge was significantly higher among women aged >25 years (aOR 3.11, 95% CI 2.02–4.7), literate women (aOR 2.14, 95% CI 1.12–4.08), and those counseled during ANC (aOR 2.2, 95% CI 1.2–8.1) and PNC (aOR 4.4, 95% CI 1.8–10.7). …”
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Efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by Ziting Peng, Jianhui Dong, Shuyao Tang, Jiaxu Shi, Tongdong Shi

“…All patients returned to normal after symptomatic treatment.ConclusionsIn patients with advanced ICC, the timely initiation of ICIs as adjuvant therapy following first-line antitumor treatment can result in favorable efficacy and a good safety profile.…”
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Preclinical evaluation and preliminary clinical study of 68Ga-NODAGA-NM-01 for PET imaging of PD-L1 expression by Lingzhou Zhao, Jiali Gong, Sisi Liao, Wenhua Huang, Jinhua Zhao, Yan Xing

“…Specific accumulation of 68Ga-NODAGA-NM-01 was observed in PD-L1-positive tumor-bearing mice, with a good tumor-to-background ratio 0.5h post-injection. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Sequential Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments and an Extended Range of Vision Intraocular Lens Implantation in Patients with Keratoconus and Cataract by C. Lisa, R. Zaldivar, A. Fernández-Vega Cueto, R. M. Sanchez-Avila, D. Madrid-Costa, J. F. Alfonso

“…Sequential Ferrara-type ICRS and an extended range of vision IOL implantation provided good visual and refractive outcomes, being an effective, safe, and predictable procedure for the treatment of selected cases of patients with keratoconus and cataract. …”
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Kaizen Selection for Continuous Improvement through VSM-Fuzzy-TOPSIS in Small-Scale Enterprises: An Indian Case Study by Sunil Kumar, Ashwani Kumar Dhingra, Bhim Singh

“…This study offers the researchers and practitioners a good example for understanding, selecting, and performing KE program. …”
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Decoupled level and flow rate control of a two-tank system in beverage production: A comparative analysis of Fuzzy-PID and GA-PID for minimum time operation. by Tamiru Demelash Kassie, Mebratu Sintie Geremew, Kassahun Ashagrie Chanie

“…The two independent SISO systems are further controlled by different controllers so that the system can trace the set point and yield a good time response. Two radically different control approaches are presented and compared for this system's dynamics, motivated by a desire to provide precise liquid-level control and regulate the flow rate. …”
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Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography Analysis of Clear Corneal Incision: Effect of the Lateral Stromal Hydration by Jiri Cendelin, Stepan Rusnak, Lenka Hecova

“…Corneal incision morphology before and after lateral stromal hydration was analysed. Results. Good adaptation of the corneal incision before hydration was present in 39 cases (60%), in 16 cases (24.6%), the prominence of posterior lip was present, and, in 10 cases (15.4%), the posterior lip tongue was inverted/retracted into the incision. …”
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ImmunoglobuliN in the Treatment of Encephalitis (IgNiTE): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial by R Kneen, M Lim, A Vincent, A J Pollard, W K Chong, L-M Yu, M A Iro, M Sadarangani, M Absoud, C A Clark, A Easton, V Gray, M Pike, T Solomon, L Willis

“…The primary outcome is ‘good recovery’ (score of 2 or lower on the Glasgow Outcome Score Extended—paediatric version), at 12 months after randomisation. …”
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Effect Observation of the Sling Exercise Therapy combined with Shock Wave on Lumbar Disc Herniation by Jiapeng ZHANG, LI Li, Qiangqiang XU, Fei LI, Yi DING, Ning WANG

“…The clinical effect of group C was significantly higher than that of group A and group B, with statistically significant differences (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:The sling exercise therapy combined with shock wave has a good effect on lumbar disc herniation, which can alleviate the pain of patients, and improve the condition of dysfunction.…”
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Diagnostic Value of Cytokeratin 17 during Oral Carcinogenesis: An Immunohistochemical Study by Sirima Sanguansin, Theerachai Kosanwat, Rachai Juengsomjit, Sopee Poomsawat

“…Of clinical significance, CK17 may be a good diagnostic marker for oral premalignant lesions and OSCC. …”
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Cluster Coordination between High-speed Rail Transportation Hub Construction and Regional Economy Based on Big Data by Liang Zhao, Yuanhua Jia

“…In terms of regional economy, six indicators were selected: regional GDP, per capita GDP, per capita investment in fixed assets, per capita total retail sales of consumer goods, per capita investment in imports and exports, and the proportion of the added value of the tertiary industry in GDP. …”
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T2*-weighted imaging for detection of intracranial silicone oil in MRI obtained with motion correction sequences by Ryuta Yasuda, Masayuki Maeda, Kenichi Takada, Katsuhiro Inoue, Masataka Sugao, Hidenori Suzuki

“…However, T2*WI still showed good discrimination of silicone oil even using MultiVane XD because of susceptibility artifacts. …”
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Construction of a Nomogram Model for Predicting Pleural Effusion Secondary to Severe Acute Pancreatitis by Bing-Mei Zhou, Zhao-Lei Qiu, Kai-Xuan Niu, Yin-E. Wang, Fu-Chen Jie

“…The nomogram model showed good discrimination and consistency, and it can better predict the risk of PE secondary to SAP.…”
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Solving Truthfulness-Privacy Trade-Off in Mixed Data Outsourcing by Using Data Balancing and Attribute Correlation-Aware Differential Privacy by Abdul Majeed, Seong Oun Hwang

“…Our method first identifies quality-related issues in the data and solves them in an automated manner by adding the fewest possible good-quality synthetic records. We propose a data partitioning method that exploits correlations between attributes to create blocks of data to lessen the amount of noise added by the DP model. …”
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Comparison of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and molybdenum blue colorimetry for total phosphorus determination in freshwater invertebrates. by Molly S Costanza-Robinson, Baker J Angstman, Qiting Cai, Charles Forbes, Julia S Keon, Shuyi Lin, Emma D Neill, Elizabeth G Peebles, Ella Roelofs, Eric K Moody

“…Average total P recoveries for SRMs were slightly higher for ICP-MS (99.8 ± 5.2%) than MBC (96.5 ± 5.4%), but both methods indicated good accuracy. Total P in invertebrates determined using the two methods was strongly linearly correlated (r = 0.96) with a slope of 1.01. …”
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Analysis of Adsorption, Ion Exchange, Thermodynamic Behaviour of Some Organic Cations on Dowex 50WX4-50/H+ Cation Exchanger in Aqueous Solutions by Ehteram A. Noor, Fatma M. Al-Solmi

“…The studied cations showed good adsorptive properties onto dowex 50WX4-5/H+ at different concentrations and temperatures. …”
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A transferable approach for quantifying benthic fish sizes and densities in annotated underwater images by Peter C. Esselman, Shadi Moradi, Joseph Geisz, Christopher Roussi

“…Our validation studies demonstrate that the approach estimates benthic and benthopelagic fish lengths and weights with little bias and good accuracy and precision for species with much different body shapes and sizes. …”
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Total Parathyroidectomy with Subcutaneous Parathyroid Forearm Autotransplantation in the Treatment of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism: A Single-Center Experience by Claudio Casella, Alessandro Galani, Luigi Totaro, Silvia Ministrini, Silvia Lai, Mira Dimko, Nazario Portolani

“…The efficacy and safety of parathyroid tissue autotransplantation in the subcutaneous forearm of the upper nondominant limb is confirmed with a good rate of tissue engraftment and with a comparable number of postsurgical transient and persistent hypoparathyroidism and hyperparathyroidism incidence in both techniques. …”
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NS5A replication complex inhibitor daclatasvir in the basis of chronic hepatitis C interferon-free therapy by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…A safety profile and tolerability of daclatasvir is good, comparable to placebo group. The drug is not registered in Russia yet, its approval in combination to asunaprevir is expected soon.Conclusion. …”
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Efficacy and safety of ondansetron orally soluble pellicle for preventing moderate- to high-emetic risk chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting by Lu Sun, Jia Ma, Yajuan Zhou, Xiaofang Ying, Gai Liang, Guoliang Pi, Ying Li, Yan Luo, Jianping Bi, Hanping He, Yi Peng

“…Conclusion Ondansetron orally soluble pellicle shows good antiemetic efficacy and high safety in patients with malignant tumours who receive chemotherapy drugs with a moderate-to-high emetic risk.…”
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