Radix Entomolaris in the Mandibular Molar Teeth of an Iranian Population by Maryam Kuzekanani, Laurence J. Walsh, Jahangir Haghani, Ali Zeynali Kermani

“…From a collection of 500 mandibular first and second molar teeth extracted over 2015-2016 at dental clinics in Kerman, teeth were scored for an additional distolingual root, and the average root length and root morphology of this extra root were determined using the De Moor classification scheme. Results. In this population, RE occurred in 6% of mandibular first molars (4% with a straight apex (Type I) and 2% with buccal apical curvature (Type III)). …”
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The Effect of Cell Salvage on Bleeding and Transfusion Needs in Cardiac Surgery by Frixos Tachias, Evangelia Samara, Anastasios Petrou, Agathi Karakosta, Stavros Siminelakis, Efstratios Apostolakis, Petros Tzimas

“…Bleeding and transfusion rates according to the universal definition of perioperative bleeding (UDPB) classification, postoperative hemoglobin, coagulation, and oxygenation indices were recorded and compared between the groups. …”
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Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Rectum: Report of Two Cases by Kodai Tomioka, Hitoshi Ojima, Makoto Sohda, Akiko Tanabe, Yasuyuki Fukai, Akihiko Sano, Takahiro Fukuda, Masahiko Murakami

“…The clinical diagnosis for each was rectal carcinoma at stage IIIc according to the tumor-node-metastasis classification (6th edition), and the patients underwent abdominoperineal resection with dissection of lymph nodes. …”
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Association between Platelet to Neutrophil Ratio (PNR) and Clinical Outcomes in STEMI Patients after Successful pPCI: A Secondary Analysis Based on a Cohort Study by Hao Wang, Xiaochun Qing, Hua Wang, Yunfei Gu

“…The average age of the 462 participants was 63±11.92 years, and approximately 76.6% were male. After adjusting for age, sex, anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI), history of MI, apelin-12, apelin-12 change rate, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, peak cardiac troponin I, pathological Q wave, Killip classification grade, fasting blood glucose, albumin, GENSINI score, and estimated glomerular filtration rate, a nonlinear relationship was found between the PNR and MACEs in the included cohort. …”
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Route Identification Method for On-Ramp Traffic at Adjacent Intersections of Expressway Entrance by Wenxuan Wang, Xiaodong Zhu, Yanli Wang, Bing Wu

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Critical analysis of methods for measuring and monitoring of the population life quality by A. A. Golovin

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Oncocytic papillary renal cell carcinoma (OPRCC): 2 case report and literature review by Yanchen Wang, Yanchen Wang, Lihui Guan, Lihui Guan, Yaming Liu, Yuxuan Liu, Xiaoyan Guo, Yaofei Sun, Yaofei Sun

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Modifications of the maximum expiratory flow in bronchial asthma treatment using Intal and Ketotifeno. by Belkis M. Vicente Sánchez, Nallelys Villanueva Bravo, Luis M. Padrón Velásquez, Marylin Aroche Quintana

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Convolutional neural networks for diabetic retinopathy detection by Darwin Patiño-Pérez, Luis Armijos-Valarezo, Luis Chóez-Acosta, Freddy Burgos-Robalino

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Equilibrium Studies of Fluoride Adsorption onto a Ferric Poly−mineral from Kenya by EW Wambu, CO Onindo, W Ambusso, GK Muthakia

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SiameseNet based on multiple instance learning for accurate identification of the histological grade of ICC tumors by Zhizhan Fu, Fazhi Feng, Xingguang He, Tongtong Li, Xiansong Li, Jituome Ziluo, Zixing Huang, Jinlin Ye

“…The model integrated imaging data from two modalities through cross-attention, optimizing feature representation for grade classification.ResultsIn the testing cohort, the model achieved an accuracy of 86.0%, AUC of 86.2%, sensitivity of 84.6%, and specificity of 86.7%, demonstrating robust predictive performance.ConclusionThe proposed framework effectively mitigates performance degradation caused by tumor heterogeneity. …”
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Studies of axially chiral atropisomers of an indole-substituted phthalonitrile derivative by Ayari, Sami, Elleuch, Haitham, Thebti, Amal, Ouzari, Hadda-Imene

“…A synthesis and theoretical study of 3-(2-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-6-nitrophthalonitrile (1) are presented in this study. …”
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The Direct Healthcare Expenditures of Prostate Cancer by Disease Severity: Evidence from US National Survey Data by Peter J. Mallow, Jie Chen, John A. Rizzo, John R. Penrod, Geralyn C. Trudel, Teresa M. Zyczynski

“…The largest aggregate annual costs were incurred by patients with localized PC treated with chemotherapy ($8.6 billion), compared to those not treated with chemotherapy ($4.8 billion) and metastatic patients ($1.6 billion). …”
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Evaluation of Surgical Treatment by PHILOS Plate versus Conservative Treatment for Displaced Proximal Humeral Fractures in Elderly patients by Hamdy A. Tammam, Elsayed Said, Hossam Hamed, Ahmed Khairy

“…Background: Proximal humeral fractures account for 5:6% of all adult fractures; according to Neer classification displaced fracture could be two-, three-, and four-part fractures of the proximal humerus. …”
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Integrated hip fracture care pathway (IHFCP): reducing complications and improving outcomes by Louise Heyzer, Rani Ramason, Joseph Antonio De Castro Molina, William Wai Lim Chan, Chen Yi Loong, Ernest Beng Kee Kwek

“…Results: The main improvements in process and outcome measures over five years, when compared to baseline, were: (a) increase in surgeries performed within 48 hours of admission from 32.5% to 80.1%; (b) reduced non-operated patients from 19.6% to 11.9%; (c) reduced average length of stay at acute hospital among surgically (from 14.0 ± 12.3 days to 9.9 ± 1.0 days) and conservatively managed patients (from 19.1 ± 22.9 to 11.0 ± 2.5 days); (d) reduced 30-day readmission rate from 3.2% to 1.6%; and (e) improved Modified Functional Assessment Classification of VI to VII at six months from 48.0% to 78.2%. …”
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The Expression of Bcl-2 and BID in Gastric Cancer Cells by Mariusz Gryko, Anna Pryczynicz, Konrad Zareba, Bogusław Kędra, Andrzej Kemona, Katarzyna Guzińska-Ustymowicz

“…Positive Bcl-2 expression was found in 55.7% and, BID in 53.6% of patients. The Bcl-2 expression correlated with stage pT3 and T4 gastric cancer P<0.05, with the intestinal type according to Lauren P<0.001, ulcerated type according to Bormann’s classification P<0.01, and with local lymph node metastases P<0.05. …”
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Variations of the ulnar nerve within the ulnar tunnel and palm in a select South African population by Lutho Daza, Julia Fernandes, Geney Gunston, Jeshika Luckrajh-Williams

“…Results: The branching pattern was found as Type 1 (52.9 %), Type 2 (34 %), Type 3 (2.7), Type 4 (6.5 %), Type 5 (3.9 %). Berrettini, Riche-Cannieu and Kaplan anastomoses were found in 51.6 %, 2 % and 3.3 % of specimens, respectively. …”
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Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction Followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and Multivariate Profiling of Rare Earth Elements in Coffee by Aleksandra Savić, Jelena Mutić, Milica Lučić, Jelena Vesković, Andrijana Miletić, Antonije Onjia

“…However, differences in REE profiles suggest potential classification based on variety. REEs pose a negligible health risk to coffee consumers, with HI values ranging from 4.7 × 10⁻⁸ to 6.3 × 10⁻⁶ and TCR ranging from 2.6 × 10⁻¹⁴ to 3.5 × 10⁻¹².…”
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The root canal morphology of mandibular anterior teeth and its correlation with the occurrence of three-rooted mandibular first molars by ZHU Peng, GU Yongchun, WU Yihan, XU Xiaoming

“…The concurrence rates between the double-canaled anterior teeth and three-rooted mandibular first molars at each side were very low (2.6%-7.6%), and Spearman correlation tests demonstrated that no correlation (P&gt;0.05) could be detected between them. …”
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Hodgkin Lymphoma at the Paediatric Oncology Unit of Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital, Bamako, Mali: 5-Year Experience by B. Togo, F. Traoré, A. P. Togo, C. B. Traoré, K. Dumke, M. Diawara, A. A. Diakité, M. Sylla, F. Traoré-Dicko, B. Traoré, T. Sidibé

“…The mean age was 11.7 years. The sex-ratio was 6/1. 4% (5/7) of patients were stage IIB and 28.6% (2/7) stage IIIB of Ann-Arbor classification. …”
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