Clinicopathological Characteristics and Prognosis of Upper Gastric Cancer Patients in China: A 32-Year Single-Center Retrospective Clinical Study by Yingbo Gong, Pengliang Wang, Zhi Zhu, Junyan Zhang, Jinyu Huang, Huimian Xu

“…Upper or proximal gastric cancer occurs in the upper third of the stomach between the cardia and a line connecting the greater and lesser curvatures. …”
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Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of Five Clinical Questionnaires for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Alirio R. Bastidas, Eduardo Tuta-Quintero, José S. Arias, Diana Cufiño, Diana Moya, Daniel Martin, Faure Rodríguez, Carolina Aponte-Murcia, Doris M. Pumarejo, Maria A. Bejarano, Geraldine Ospina, Lina M. Morales, Adriana M. Portella, Maria D. Barragán, Daniela A. Álvarez, José M. Hernández

“…A cross-sectional study was carried out on subjects who underwent spirometry in the third-level center. Data were collected between January 2015 and March 2020. …”
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Treatment Patterns for Patients on Overactive Bladder Therapy: A Retrospective Statistical Analysis Using Canadian Claims Data by Adrian Wagg, Demitri Diles, Todd Berner

“…Treatment switching may be considered in order to maximise benefits from pharmacological therapy, but there are relatively few data on OAB therapy switching to second and third-lines of medication. There are also few formal analyses on the impact of age, gender and choice of initial OAB drug on discontinuation rates. …”
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Machine learning Nomogram for Predicting endometrial lesions after tamoxifen therapy in breast Cancer patients by Cao Shaoshan, Chen Niannian, Ma Ying

“…Results Independent risk factors for endometrial lesions included ultrasound characteristics, duration of TAM therapy, presence of colporrhagia, and endometrial thickness (P < 0.05). Among the machine learning methods compared, the LASSO regression integrated with a multifactorial logistic regression model demonstrated strong performance, with a concordance index (C-index) of 0.874 and effective calibration (mean absolute error of conformity: 0.014). …”
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Long-term changes in the dependence of <i>Nm</i>F2 on solar flux at Juliusruh by M. G. Tan Jun Rios, M. G. Tan Jun Rios, C. Borries, H. Liu, J. Mielich

“…Geomagnetic perturbations are removed. Third-degree polynomial-fit models dependent on different solar EUV proxies (MgII, F30, and F10.7) are generated separately for each solar cycle, each season, and each local time (LT) hour.…”
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The care needs of persons with oropharyngeal dysphagia and their informal caregivers: A scoping review. by Aurora Ninfa, Valeria Crispiatico, Nicole Pizzorni, Marta Bassi, Giovanni Casazza, Antonio Schindler, Antonella Delle Fave

“…Two independent raters assessed studies' eligibility and extracted data; a third rater resolved disagreements. Extracted care needs were analyzed using a Best fit framework synthesis approach.…”
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Neuroimaging findings and balance problems after mild traumatic brain injury: A systematic review protocol. by Todd Boscarello, Robby Boparai, Nathan Samson, Alan Rodriguez, Thomas Knoblauch, Cheryl Vanier, Travis Snyder

“…The process of study selection, critical assessment, data extraction, and summarizing findings will be conducted by two independent reviewers, with disagreements resolved by a third. The meta-analysis will summarize the strength of association between specific findings related to brain regions using various neuroimaging modalities and the presentation or persistence of balance difficulties. …”
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A New Algorithm for Extracting Winter Wheat Planting Area Based on Ownership Parcel Vector Data and Medium-Resolution Remote Sensing Images by Huaming Xie, Qianjiao Wu, Ting Zhang, Zhende Teng, Hao Huang, Ying Shu, Shaoru Feng, Jing Lou

“…Second, the homogeneity of each ROI is detected by its statistical indices (mean value and standard deviation). Third, the parallelepiped classifier and rule-based feature extraction classification methods are utilized to conduct the homogeneous and nonhomogeneous ROIs. …”
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Cooperative Overbooking-Based Resource Allocation and Application Placement in UAV-Mounted Edge Computing for Internet of Forestry Things by Xiaoyu Li, Long Suo, Wanguo Jiao, Xiaoming Liu, Yunfei Liu

“…Simulation results verify that the proposed cooperative resource overbooking schemes can save more computing resource in cases including more tenants with higher or differentiated resource demand violation ratio (RDVR) thresholds, and the FFD-ACP scheme can reduce about one third of necessarily deployed UAVs compared with traditional overbooking. …”
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Area Studies at the Modern University: Experience in Studying International Communication Strategies by O. A. Nesterova, O. L. Solodkova

“…The study of the communication experience of Soviet Indologists shall help contemporary students to learn the methodology of area studies, develop their strategic thinking, expand their study and research interests, improve their knowledge of the region’s history and interregional relations, and learn the basics of foreign impact strategies and the practice of foreign propaganda in Asia.…”
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‘Piloting a framework for analysing the public contributions to R&D: new antibiotics in focus’ by Louise Schmidt, Ozren Sehic, Ursula Theuretzbacher, Daniel Fabian, Claudia Wild

“…The framework for classifying public contributions was then applied.Results We found that around one-third of antibiotics are developed by SMEs. We identified numerous public funding sources for SMEs that develop antibiotics. …”
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Law enforcement activity, globalization and social morality in frameworks of mass culture (On the Example of Modern European TV-Shows on Law-Enforcements. Part 2) by Vovk V.

“…Special attention is paid to analyzing the sociocultural context within which modern mass culture exists (globalization, the spread of democracy, unification and standardization of life, compression of time, significant information flow, clip type of thinking, etc.). Results: the article shows that the spread of mass culture is due to the development of technologies and a change in the type of communication: from verbal-written to audiovisual (which only confirms the fundamental importance of sight and visual metaphor within European culture). …”
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Effects of lifetime feeding of hydrolyzed yeast to broiler breeders on egg production, quality, and hatchling attributes by Anderson N. Maina, Hagen Schulze, Elijah G. Kiarie

“…From 28 woa, eggs were selected randomly for eggshell breaking strength (ESBS) and eggshell thickness (EST) and for incubation to determine fertility, hatchability, in-ovo mortality, chick sex ratio, and chick weight. …”
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Microbiological Profile of Neonatal Sepsis at a Maternity Hospital in Omdurman, Sudan by Manal Abdelaziz, Yassir Hamadalnil, Omaima Hashim, Tahane Bashir, E. S. Mahjoub

“…Gram-negative organisms were sensitive to Imepenem (97.3%) and Meropenem (80.5%) and resistant to third-generation Cephalosporins (65.3%) and Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid (91.4%). …”
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The Efficacy and Safety of Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant for Diabetic Macular Edema and Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Contro... by Li Xiaodong, Xie Xuejun

“…The study showed that DEX treatment of RVO-ME was associated with an improvement in best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) (MD = −9.08, 95% CI: −10.89–7.27, P<0.00001) and central retinal thickness (CRT) (MD = 93.47, 95% CI: 28.55–159.39, P=0.005). …”
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Comparing Physical Attribute Distinctions in Male Kho-Kho Positions by Sarita Tyagi, Anil Kumar Vanaik, Monika Wasuja, Dessalegn Wase Mola

“…The physical attributes measured included body weight, height, BMI, arm length, sitting height, chest girth, thigh girth, calf girth, and skinfold thickness at the biceps, triceps, subscapular, and suprailiac regions. …”
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The clinical implication of CD45RA+ naïve T cells and CD45RO+ memory T cells in advanced pancreatic cancer: a proxy for tumor biology and outcome prediction by Junjie Hang, Junjie Huang, Siyuan Zhou, Lixia Wu, Yingwei Zhu, Lina Zhu, Hanyu Zhou, Kequn Xu, Hua Jiang, Xuguang Yang

“…Furthermore, poorer clinical response was correlated with higher level of CD8+ naïve/memory ratio after the third cycle of chemotherapy (P = 0.01). Besides, patients with a lower level of CD8+ naïve/memory ratio had longer progression‐free survival (PFS) (P = 0.028). …”
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Breast Cancer Knowledge and Practice of Breast Self-Examination among Female University Students, Gaza by Samira S. Abo Al-Shiekh, Mohamed Awadelkarim Ibrahim, Yasser S. Alajerami

“…Eighty-six students participated in the study, 58.1% studying nursing and 41.9% studying clinical nutrition in the third (40.7%) or the fourth level (59.3%). Of them, 24.4% had previous family history of breast cancer. …”
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Influence of the biologically active dietary supplement Floravit® on the skin and hair structure in sable (Martes zibellina) by N. N. Loenko, I. E. Chernova, T. S. Kunitsina

“…An increase in dermal thickness was recorded in the chine area by 0.7 mm (p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Current status and perceived challenges of collaborative research in a leading pharmacy college in Iraq: a qualitative study by Ehab Mudher Mikhael, Ali Azeez Al-Jumaili, Mohammed Yawuz Jamal, Zahraa Duraid Abdulazeez

“…Seeking scientific and technical support were the main reported reasons behind domestic collaborations, while supervising postgraduate students was the main reason for international collaborations. The third theme was the barriers to collaborative research. …”
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