Loop underlay tympanoplasty for anterior, subtotal and total tympanic membrane perforations: a retrospective review by Rana Barake, Tamer El Natout, Marc Bassim, Mohammad Ali El Natout

“…Methods A retrospective review of charts of patients who have undergone loop underlay tympanoplasty from January 2002 to January 2012 was performed. One thousand one hundred patients were included. Hearing test results preoperatively and postoperatively were reported. …”
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ANXIETY LEVEL IN ENGLISH SPEAKING AMONG AHMAD DAHLAN STUDENTS by Megawati Basri, Fahmi Djaguna, Balqis Husain

“…This research uses a qualitative method. One hundred and twenty seven students were selected as the participants of the questionnaire; the tool used for this study was adapted from Horwitz, Horwitz & Cope (1986) Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). …”
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Root Canal Morphology of Mandibular First Permanent Molars in an Indian Population by Hemant Ramesh Chourasia, Ganesh K. Meshram, Manjusha Warhadpande, Darshan Dakshindas

“…An in vitro study was performed to determine the number of roots, root canals per tooth, root canal configurations, and frequency of isthmi and apical deltas in mandibular first permanent molars in an Indian population. Hundred and fifty mandibular first permanent molars were collected and subjected to clearing technique. …”
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High Sensitivity to Interpersonal Interaction: Development of a Measurement by Karina Salud Montoya-Pérez, Ferran Padrós-Blázquez, Rocío Montoya-Pérez

“…This research aimed to develop an instrument to assess high interpersonal sensitivity and analyze its psychometric properties. Four hundred twenty-nine university students aged 18 to 29 participated. …”
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Postmastectomy-Postirradiation Atypical Vascular Lesion of the Skin: Report of 2 Cases by P. S. Jayalakshmy, Aswathy P. Sivaram, Joy Augustine, P. Bindu

“…Postmastectomy-postirradiation atypical vascular lesions (AVLs) are rare and develop in the skin adjacent to the mastectomy scar. About hundred cases have been reported in the literature so far. …”
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The students learning habit and online learning improvement during covid-19 pandemic by Yuyun Febriani, Hartini Haritani, Tri Puspita Yuliana, Puspawan Hariadi, Erma Ewisa Oktresi

“…For observation, this research used controlling and evaluating health faculty and university instruments.  One hundred and twenty-seven responses participated in this survey. …”
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Applicability of the Filter Paper Technique for Detection of AntifilarialIgG4 Antibodies Using the Bm14 Filariasis CELISA by Hayley M. Joseph, Wayne Melrose

“…The filter paper method resulted in a sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 77% when compared to the paired plasma. One hundred and one filter paper samples were assessed for storage effects. …”
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Rumination and Age: Some Things Get Better by Stefan Sütterlin, Muirne C. S. Paap, Stana Babic, Andrea Kübler, Claus Vögele

“…As most of these results were obtained from younger people, it remains unclear how age affects ruminative thinking. Three hundred members of the general public ranging in age from 15 to 87 years were asked about their ruminative styles using the Response Styles Questionnaire (RSQ), depression and satisfaction with life. …”
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Measurements of Cosmic Rays by a Mini‐Neutron Monitor at Neumayer III From 2014 to 2017 by M. Walter, C. Gnebner, B. Heber, K. Herbst, H. Krüger, H. G. Krüger, P. Kühl, H. P. Prokoph, R. D. Strauss

“…For most of the 14 FDs with magnitudes greater than 3, taken from the list compiled by the IZMIRAN group (http://spaceweather.izmiran.ru/eng/dbs.html), the three detectors show consistent particle flux variation, although the average rate of the MNM is more than a hundred times smaller. The light and low‐cost MNM is an ideal alternative to heavy and old NMs, especially at high altitudes and remote environments.…”
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NEEDS ANALYSIS FOR ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: IMPORTANCE OF ACADEMIC LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN ETHIOPIA by Sileshi Chemir, Tamene Kitila

“…In this study, three hundred-eight first-year students and forty-one EAP and subject area instructors at Wachemo University participated. …”
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DRAFTS: A Deep-learning-based Radio Fast Transient Search Pipeline by Yong-Kun Zhang, Di Li, Yi Feng, Chao-Wei Tsai, Pei Wang, Chen-Hui Niu, Hua-Xi Chen, Yu-Hao Zhu

“…The search test on Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope real observation data demonstrates that DRAFTS performs exceptionally in terms of accuracy, completeness, and search speed. …”
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Effects of Blend Ratio and SBR Type on Properties of Carbon Black-Filled and Silica-Filled SBR/BR Tire Tread Compounds by Pongdhorn Sae-oui, Krisda Suchiva, Chakrit Sirisinha, Wenussarin Intiya, Pram Yodjun, Uthai Thepsuwan

“…Influences of these parameters on properties of the tread compounds reinforced by 80 parts per hundred rubber (phr) of carbon black (CB) and silica were also compared. …”
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Image Creation Methods in Children's Poetry of the 1990s in Iran by Alireza Emami, Narjes Moghimi

“…For this reason, three hundred pieces of poems of age groups A & B and B& C of the Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents, published in the 1990s, were selected for the following research. …”
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Retroperitoneal Solitary Fibrous Tumor: A “Patternless” Tumor by D. Myoteri, D. Dellaportas, C. Nastos, I. Gioti, G. Gkiokas, E. Carvounis, T. Theodosopoulos

“…Solitary fibrous tumor in the retroperitoneum is rarely found in the literature and to the best of our knowledge less than a hundred cases are described so far. Histopathological diagnosis is mostly based on a “patternless pattern” on microscopic examination, which is a storiform arrangement of spindle cells combined with a “hemangiopericytoma-like appearance” and increased vascularity of the lesion. …”
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Dissociation as a mediator of interpersonal trauma and depression: adulthood versus childhood interpersonal traumas3 by Seungyun Shim, Daeho Kim, Eunkyung Kim

“…Extending prior research, this study found that childhood and adulthood interpersonal traumas are related to depressive symptoms and examined the role of dissociative process as a mediator. Two hundred eighty-nine adult participants retrospectively reported on traumatic experiences and current symptoms of dissociation and depression, indicating that both childhood and adulthood interpersonal traumas are related to the severity of depression. …”
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BRAF V600E Mutation in Odontogenic Keratocyst: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jéssica da Silva Cunha, Lucas Nascimento Ribeiro, Allan Vinícius Martins-de-Barros, Raisa Jordana Geraldine Severino-Lazo, Raíssa Soares dos Anjos, Renata de Albuquerque Cavalcanti Almeida, Mohammed N. Islam, Marianne de Vasconcelos Carvalho

“…An electronic search was performed up to January 20th, 2024, in the databases of Medline, Scopus, Embase, and gray literature (Google Scholar, BDTD). One hundred and sixty-six cases in seven studies were included. …”
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Treatment of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Anti-VEGF Agents: Predictive Factors of Long-Term Visual Outcomes by Ana Catarina Pedrosa, Tiago Sousa, João Pinheiro-Costa, João Beato, Manuel S. Falcão, Fernando Falcão-Reis, Angela Carneiro

“…In an attempt to identify predictive factors of visual outcomes, multiple variables (demographic and epidemiological characteristics, angiographic and tomographic features) were analyzed, at baseline and during follow-up. Results. One hundred and seventeen patients were included. In multivariate analysis, baseline best-corrected visual acuity was associated with all visual endpoints at 12 and 60 months. …”
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Stable laser-acceleration of high-flux proton beams with plasma collimation by M. J. V. Streeter, G. D. Glenn, S. DiIorio, F. Treffert, B. Loughran, H. Ahmed, S. Astbury, M. Borghesi, N. Bourgeois, C. B. Curry, S. J. D. Dann, N. P. Dover, T. Dzelzainis, O. C. Ettlinger, M. Gauthier, L. Giuffrida, S. H. Glenzer, R. J. Gray, J. S. Green, G. S. Hicks, C. Hyland, V. Istokskaia, M. King, D. Margarone, O. McCusker, P. McKenna, Z. Najmudin, C. Parisuaña, P. Parsons, C. Spindloe, D. R. Symes, A. G. R. Thomas, N. Xu, C. A. J. Palmer

“…The proton beams, generated at a repetition rate of 5 Hz using only 190 mJ of laser energy, exhibit a hundred-fold increase in flux compared to beams from a solid target. …”
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Optimism, Positive and Negative Affect, and Goal Adjustment Strategies: Their Relationship to Activity Patterns in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain by Rosa Esteve, Alicia E. López-Martínez, Madelon L. Peters, Elena R. Serrano-Ibáñez, Gema T. Ruiz-Párraga, Carmen Ramírez-Maestre

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the association between goal management strategies and activity patterns while taking into account the role of optimism/pessimism and positive/negative affect. Methods. Two hundred and thirty-seven patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain filled out questionnaires on optimism, positive and negative affect, pain intensity, and the activity patterns they employed in dealing with their pain. …”
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An open Monte Carlo based implementation of Gauss's method for initial orbit determination by José B. Batista-Mendoza, Eduardo Chung, Adam’s Martínez-Soto, Joaquín Fábrega-Polleri, Carlos A. Fernández-Valdés

“… Hundreds or thousands of Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) are discovered every year, so being able to determine their orbits to follow them successfully in the future is essential to warn of the danger they could present. …”
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