Enhancing balance and auditory function in bilateral vestibulopathy through otolithic vestibular stimulation: insights from a pilot study on cochlea-vestibular implant efficacy by Ángel Ramos-de-Miguel, Ángel Ramos-de-Miguel, Morgana Sluydts, Juan Carlos Falcón, Raquel Manrique-Huarte, Isaura Rodriguez, Andrzej Zarowski, Maurizio Barbara, Manuel Manrique, Silvia Borkoski, Joan Lorente, Marc Leblanc, Antonin Rambault, Erika Van Baelen, Carl Van Himbeeck, Alicia Huarte, Ángel Ramos Macías, Ángel Ramos Macías

“…IntroductionThis study evaluates cochleovestibular implants (CVI) for improving auditory and vestibular function in patients with bilateral vestibulopathy and severe-to-profound hearing loss. CVI uniquely combines auditory and vestibular stimulation, offering a potential solution for dual impairments in hearing and balance.MethodsTen patients underwent CVI implantation. …”
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Metformin for Treating Gestational Diabetes: What Have We Learned During the Last Two Decades? A Systematic Review by Angeliki Gerede, Ekaterini Domali, Christos Chatzakis, Chrysoula Margioula-Siarkou, Stamatios Petousis, Sofoklis Stavros, Konstantinos Nikolettos, Evanthia Gouveri, Sotirios Sotiriou, Panagiotis Tsikouras, Konstantinos Dinas, Nikolaos Nikolettos, Nikolaos Papanas, Dimitrios G. Goulis, Alexandros Sotiriadis

“…The objective of this review was to comprehensively analyze all studies investigating the effectiveness of metformin compared to insulin and other drugs utilized for the treatment of GDM. After a comprehensive literature review based on PRISMA 2020, 35 studies were included after a selection process utilizing predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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An initial benchmark of the quality of the diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast cancer in South Africa by S Nietz, H Cubasch, I Buccimazza, S Čačala, B Phakathi, M Joffe, W C C Chen, S Norris, P Ruff

“…Ten quality indicators were evaluated for 3 545 breast cancer patients across four SA surgical breast units using a shared electronic patient record system. …”
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New job, new habits? A multilevel interrupted time series analysis of changes in diet, physical activity and sleep among young adults starting work for the first time by Alena F. Oxenham, Tanya Braune, Esther van Sluijs, Hannah Fairbrother, Adam Martin, Eleanor M. Winpenny

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Early-Stage Luminal B-like Breast Cancer Exhibits a More Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment than Luminal A-like Breast Cancer by Tânia Moura, Olga Caramelo, Isabel Silva, Sandra Silva, Manuela Gonçalo, Maria Antónia Portilha, João N. Moreira, Ana M. Gil, Paula Laranjeira, Artur Paiva

“…Methods: This study evaluated tumor samples from 40 female patients with luminal A and B breast cancer, utilizing flow cytometry to phenotypically characterize the immune cells and tumor cells present within the tumor tissue. …”
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Nutritional composition and antioxidant potential of monkey pineapple (Myrianthus arboreus) fruit pulp and seeds from Cameroon Eastern forests by Ulrich Landry Kamdem Bemmo, Jean Marcel Bindzi, Chancel Hector Kenfack Momo, Serge Cyrille Houketchang Ndomou, Willy Nelson Matike Ekwelle, Stephano Tene Tambo, François Ngoufack Zambou

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Modelling the potential clinical and economic impact of universal antenatal hepatitis C (HCV) screening and providing treatment for pregnant women with HCV and their infants in Egy... by Giuseppe Indolfi, Diana M Gibb, Aya Mostafa, Sarah Pett, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Sylvie Deuffic-Burban, Anthony E Ades, Karen Scott, Ali Judd, Nadia Hachicha-Maalej, Clotilde Lepers, Intira Jeannie Collins, Manal H El Sayed

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Risk of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome associated with meteorological factors in diverse epidemic regions: a nationwide longitudinal study in China by Nan Chang, Wenzhong Huang, Yanlin Niu, Zhihu Xu, Yuan Gao, Tingting Ye, Zihao Wang, Xiaohui Wei, Yuming Guo, Qiyong Liu

“…Study locations were stratified into three distinct epidemic categories (Rattus-dominant, Apodemus-dominant, and mixed) based on the seasonality of peak incidence. …”
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CDC25A Mediates Survival by Activating AKT Kinase by C. Leisser, G. Fuhrmann, G. Rosenberger, M. Grusch, T. Halama, S. Sasgary, C. Cerni, G. Krupitza

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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FLASHCARDS ON THE MOTIVATION TO INCREASE ENGLISH VOCABULARY AMONG THE FOURTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL by Helda Lisa

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Postoperative Self-Report of Pain in Children: Interscale Agreement, Response to Analgesic, and Preference for a Faces Scale and a Visual Analogue Scale by Clément de Tovar, Carl L von Baeyer, Chantal Wood, Jean-Pierre Alibeu, Malik Houfani, Charles Arvieux

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Progress and Regress of Time Dependent Data and Application in Bank Branch by F. Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, Z. Taeb, S. Abbasbandy

“…To evaluate each decision making unit having time dependent inputs and outputs data, a new method has been developed and reported here. …”
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New Indices for Refining Multiple Choice Questions by Mariano Amo-Salas, María del Mar Arroyo-Jimenez, David Bustos-Escribano, Eva Fairén-Jiménez, Jesús López-Fidalgo

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Melanonychia by Julie Jefferson, Phoebe Rich

“…The most serious disease of the nail unit, melanoma, primarily presents with melanonychia. …”
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Biomarker Research in Glucose Disorders: Current Concepts and Clinical Applications by D. R. Webb, K. Herbert, Melanie J. Davies, K. Khunti, N. Sattar, C. D. A. Stehouwer

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Complex Convexity of Musielak-Orlicz Function Spaces Equipped with the p-Amemiya Norm by Lili Chen, Yunan Cui, Yanfeng Zhao

“…It is obtained that, for any Musielak-Orlicz function space equipped with the p-Amemiya norm when 1≤p<∞, complex strongly extreme points of the unit ball coincide with complex extreme points of the unit ball. …”
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Construction of Planar Harmonic Functions by Jay M. Jahangiri, Herb Silverman, Evelyn M. Silvia

“…Complex-valued harmonic functions that are univalent and sense-preserving in the open unit disk can be written in the form f=h+g¯, where h and g are analytic in the open unit disk. …”
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