Refraction changes in the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces during the early postoperative period following sinus trabeculectomy by V.V. Averich, A.V. Volzhanin, G.B. Egorova

“…One week after surgery, the spherical component increased by 0.36 diopters, and following one month — by 0.62 diopters. The corneal thickness did not change during the entire follow-u p period. …”
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Analysis of the efficacy and factors affecting the prognosis of intracranial dissecting aneurysm treated with multi-stent overlap technique by Xiaolin Li, Huojun Hu, Lei Wang, Gao Yuan, Changtao Fu, Jinyang Ma, Quan Shao, Zhao Kang

“…Results The prognosis was poor in 10 patients, 7 of whom died, while 59 had an excellent prognosis. Hunt-Hess classification (χ2 = 25.503a, P = < 0.01), hospitalization days (t=-3.873, P < 0.01), operation time (t=-1.970, P = 0.049), and aneurysm height (t=-1.969, P = 0.049) were all significant. 62 patients were discharged with 4 postoperative recurrences and 58 without recurrences in patients treated with multiple stents, with significant differences in the largest diameter (t=-2.235, P = 0.025), basal length (t=-2.149, P = 0.032), and position(located in pica base or not ) (χ2 = 10.955a, P = 0.001). …”
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Structure of mycoses of the skin and its appendices in HIV-infected patients by V.D. Moskaliuk, I.I. Kravchuk, Yu.O. Randiuk, I.V. Balaniuk

“…The majority of HIV-infected patients (62.3%) have a combination of several nosological forms of mycosis of the skin and its applications. …”
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Impacts of Recent Climate Trends and Human Activity on the Land Cover Change of the Abbay River Basin in Ethiopia by Asaminew Abiyu Cherinet, Denghua Yan, Hao Wang, Xinshan Song, Tianlin Qin, Mulualem T. Kassa, Abel Girma, Batsuren Dorjsuren, Mohammed Gedefaw, Hejia Wang, Otgonbayar Yadamjav

“…In the thirteen years’ period, forest land and water resource decreased by 3429.62 km2 and 81.45 km2, respectively. In contrast, an increment was observed in grassland (2779.33 km2), cultivated land (535.34 km2), bare land (43.08 km2), urban land (0.65 km2), and wetland (152.66 km2) in the same period. …”
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Pulmonary hypertension in Finland 2008-2020: A descriptive real-world cohort study (FINPAH) by Markku Pentikäinen, Piia Simonen, Helena Tuunanen, Pauliina Leskelä, Terttu Harju, Pertti Jääskeläinen, Christian Asseburg, Minna Oksanen, Erkki Soini, Christina Wennerström, Airi Puhakka, Terttu Harju, Elina Heliövaara, Pertti Jääskeläinen, Katriina Kahlos, Pentti Korhonen, Tiina Kyllönen, Pauliina Leskelä, Kirsi Majamaa-Voltti, Piia Simonen, Anu Turpeinen, Helena Tuunanen, Ville Vepsäläinen, Tapani Vihinen

“…At 1 year, 34%/34%/24%/8% were at the low/intermediate-low/intermediate-high/high Compera 2.0 risk classification groups. Survival was 91.3%, 74.8%, and 62.6% at 1, 3, and 5 years, respectively, with an improving trend over calendar time. …”
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Accuracy of algorithms to identify patients with a diagnosis of major cancers and cancer-related adverse events in an administrative database: a validation study in an acute care h... by Takashi Fujiwara, Yasuyuki Okumura, Hironobu Tokumasu, Takashi Kanemitsu, Kosei Tajima, Akinori Yuri, Masahiro Iwasaku

“…Overall, PPV tended to be low, with the definition based on International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision alone for AEs.Conclusion Diagnostic accuracy was not so high, and therefore needs to be further investigated.Trial registration number University Hospital Medical Information Network (UMIN) Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN000039345).…”
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Quantitative Physiologic MRI Combined with Feature Engineering for Developing Machine Learning-Based Prediction Models to Distinguish Glioblastomas from Single Brain Metastases by Seyyed Ali Hosseini, Stijn Servaes, Brandon Hall, Sourav Bhaduri, Archith Rajan, Pedro Rosa-Neto, Steven Brem, Laurie A. Loevner, Suyash Mohan, Sanjeev Chawla

“…<b>Methods</b>: Patients with histopathology-confirmed GBMs (<i>n</i> = 62) and BMs (<i>n</i> = 26) and exhibiting contrast-enhancing regions (CERs) underwent 3T anatomical imaging, DTI and DSC-PWI prior to treatment. …”
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Salvage Magnetic Resonance Imaging–guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation for Localized Radiorecurrent Prostate Cancer by Mikael Anttinen, Pietari Mäkelä, Pertti Nurminen, Heikki Pärssinen, Simona Malaspina, Teija Sainio, Mikael Högerman, Pekka Taimen, Roberto Blanco Sequeiros, Peter J. Boström

“…The primary endpoints were safety (Clavien-Dindo classification) and efficacy (prostate-specific antigen [PSA], PSMA PET-CT, and MRI-targeted biopsy at 12 mo). …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Options of Peripheral Spondyloarthritis by ZENG Lulu, JI Xiaojian, HU Lidong, HU Jiawen, ZHANG Yinan, ZHANG Jiaxin, LIU Xingkang, YANG Shiwei, HUANG Feng

“…The patients who first visited the First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital between January 2016 and December 2022 and were diagnosed with axSpA or pSpA according to the classification criteria established by the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society were selected as the study subjects. …”
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Safety and efficacy of catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by Songbing Long, Yuanjun Sun, ShiYu Dai, Xianjie Xiao, Zhongzhen Wang, Wei Sun, Lianjun Gao, Yunlong Xia, Xiaomeng Yin

“…Age (OR: 1.09, 95% CI: 1.02–1.08, P = 0.016), duration of AF history (OR: 1.01, 95% CI: 1.00-1.02, P = 0.017), left atrial diameter (OR: 1.52, 95% CI: 1.06–2.19, P = 0.024), and the type of atrial fibrillation (OR: 4.02, 95% CI: 1.28–12.62, P = 0.017) were consistent multivariable predictors for sinus rhythm maintenance in AFPHF. …”
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Kidney Function and Incident Stroke and Dementia Using an Updated Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Equation Without Race: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis by Samuel R. Moen, Jeffrey R. Misialek, Timothy M. Hughes, Craig W. Johnson, Mark J. Sarnak, Sarah N. Forrester, W.T. Longstreth, Jr., Mercedes R. Carnethon, James S. Pankow, Sanaz Sedaghat

“…The analytic sample consisted of 6,646 participants (mean [SD] age 62 [10] years; 53% female; 39% White, 27% African American, 12% Chinese American, and 22% Hispanic/Latino). …”
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Long-term outcomes after AKI in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 by Bernardo Marques da Silva, Joana Gameiro, Joana Lei Teixeira, Cláudia Costa, Carolina Branco, João Oliveira, João Bernardo, Filipe Marques, José Agapito Fonseca, José António Lopes

“…AKI was defined and classified according to the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) classification, using SCr criteria. The analyzed outcomes were development of major adverse kidney events (MAKE), major adverse renal cardiovascular events (MARCE), and mortality over a two-year follow-up period. …”
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L’usage de la télédétection pour l’évaluation économique des écosystèmes marins : application à l’aire marine protégée de Tristão en Guinée by Vincent Turmine, Thomas Binet, Pierre Failler

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Clinical implementation of next-generation sequencing testing and genomically-matched therapy: a real-world data in a tertiary hospital by Jin Won Kim, Hee Young Na, Sejoon Lee, Ji-Won Kim, Koung Jin Suh, Se Hyun Kim, Yu Jung Kim, Keun-Wook Lee, Jong Seok Lee, Jaihwan Kim, Jin-Hyeok Hwang, Kihwan Hwang, Chae-Yong Kim, Yong Beom Kim, Soomin Ahn, Kyu Sang Lee, Hyojin Kim, Hye Seung Lee, So Yeon Park, Gheeyoung Choe, Jee Hyun Kim, Jin-Haeng Chung

“…A total of 990 patients were included in the analysis (median age: 62, Stage IV: 82.5%). Using the Association for Molecular Pathology genetic variant classification system, we found that 257 (26.0%) patients harbored tier I variants, and 859 (86.8%) patients carried tier II variants. …”
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Association of the blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in critical ill acute ischemic stroke patients: a retrospective cohort study of MIMIC-IV datab... by Yongwei Huang, Zongping Li, Jianjun Wang, Jianjun Wang, Decai Wang, Decai Wang, Xiaoshuang Yin

“…The 90- and 365-day ACM rates were 26.95 and 52.57% (p &lt; 0.001), and 33.12 and 62.87%, respectively (p &lt; 0.001). After fully adjustment, MCR models indicated a heightened mortality risk for the ICU (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.55, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.08–2.22; p = 0.02), 30-day (HR = 1.87, 95% CI: 1.46–2.38; p &lt; 0.001), 90-day (HR = 1.75, 95% CI: 1.42–2.15; p &lt; 0.001), and 365-day (HR = 1.81, 95% CI: 1.50–2.19; p &lt; 0.001) in the high BAR group as opposed to the low BAR group. …”
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Profil Kasus Tuberkulosis Paru di Instalasi Rawat Inap Paru RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang Periode 1 Januari 2010 - 31 Desember 2011 by Muhammad Gamal Eddin, Oea Khairsyaf, Elly Usman

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Accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary behavior, and incidence of macrovascular and microvascular events in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes by Yannis Yan Liang, Yu He, Piao Huang, Hongliang Feng, Haiteng Li, Sizhi Ai, Jing Du, Huachen Xue, Yaping Liu, Jun Zhang, Lu Qi, Jihui Zhang

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Interdisciplinary study of alexithymia by E.A. Gorobets, R.G. Esin, Yu.A. Volskaya

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Analysis of Errors in Solving Hots Questions: A Study of Watson's Criteria Reviewed by Numerical Ability by Fauziyatun Nisa, Nining Setyaningsih

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A non-stationary panel data approach for examining convergence in South Africa by Stacey-Lee Marais

“…The findings revealed that South Africa’s economic performance is significantly lower than the OECD average gross domestic product per capita with an annual growth rate of 0.54%, which falls below the ‘iron law of convergence’ hypothesis. JEL classifications: C01, C32, C33, E13, F62, F63 …”
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