Evaluation of Arterial Stiffness Using Pulse Wave Velocity and Augmentation Index in Patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency by Mustafa Dogdus, Onur Akhan, Mehmet Ozyasar, Ahmet Yilmaz, Mehmet Sait Altintas

“…Sixty-two patients with the stage of C3-C5 chronic venous disease (CVD) and 48 healthy subjects were enrolled in the study. …”
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Prognostic significance of programmed cell death 1 expression on CD8+T cells in various cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zhiyong Wan, Meng Cui, Jia Yang, Dan Liao, Junliang Chen, Fanmin Li, Yin Xiang, Zhiwei Cui, Yang Yang

“…Subgroup analyses were performed for area, specimen type, cancer type, treatment, detected method and cancer stage.ResultsA total of 20 studies (23 cohorts, 3086 cancer patients) were included in our study. …”
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Module to scaffold the process of filling grant documents in English by Cofiya Swartz, Elvira E. Valeeva

“…This barrier reduces their chance to successfully pass through several stages of the selection process to secure full financial support while competing amongst a large number of applicants. …”
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An effective video captioning based on language description using a novel Graylag Deep Kookaburra Reinforcement Learning by M. Gowri Shankar, D. Surendran

“…In response to these challenges, this research introduces the Graylag Deep Kookaburra Reinforcement Learning (GDKRL) framework, which enhances video captioning through a multi-stage process. First, object detection is performed using the single-shot multi-box detector with generalized intersection over union for accurate object tracking and similarity calculation. …”
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Survival and Prognostic Factors in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated by Percutaneous Ethanol Injection: A 10-Year Experience by Roberto Mazzanti, Umberto Arena, Pietro Pantaleo, Lorenzo Antonuzzo, Greta Cipriani, Bruno Neri, Clara Giordano, Fabio Lanini, Serena Marchetti, Paolo Gentilini

“…The treatment of early and intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still debated. …”
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Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) ownership and utilization patterns among caregivers with children under five years: A community-based cross-sectional study in Battor, North Tong... by Emmanuel Abu Bonsra, Petra Amankwah Osei, Akua Grace Sekyi, Gideon Amankwah Kyere

“…A cross-sectional design was employed, utilizing a multi-stage sampling to collect quantitative data from 211 caregivers. …”
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Impact of Patient Beliefs on Blood Pressure Control in the General Population: Findings from the Population-Based STAAB Cohort Study by Theresa Tiffe, Caroline Morbach, Viktoria Rücker, Götz Gelbrich, Martin Wagner, Hermann Faller, Stefan Störk, Peter U. Heuschmann

“…We used data from the Characteristics and Course of Heart Failure Stages A-B and Determinants of Progression (STAAB) study investigating 5000 inhabitants aged 30 to 79 years from the general population of Würzburg, Germany. …”
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Exploring the enigma of low prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in India by Ateev S. Chandna, Satish Suhas, Rahul Patley, Damodharan Dinakaran, Narayana Manjunatha, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, NMHS National Collaborators Group

“…Materials and Methods: The National Mental Health Survey 2015-2016 employed a multiple-stage, stratified, cluster-sampling methodology, covering 39,532 individuals in 12 states of India. …”
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WALLABY Pilot Survey: Star Formation Enhancement and Suppression in Gas-rich Galaxy Pairs by Qifeng Huang, Jing Wang, Xuchen Lin, Se-Heon Oh, Xinkai Chen, B. Catinella, N. Deg, H. Dénes, B. -Q. For, B. S. Koribalski, K. Lee-Waddell, J. Rhee, A. X. Shen, Li Shao, K. Spekkens, L. Staveley-Smith, T. Westmeier, O. I. Wong, A. Bosma

“…Quantifying the interaction stages and strengths with parameters motivated by first-principles analysis, we find that, at fixed stellar and H i mass, the alteration in the SFR of galaxy pairs starts when their dark matter halos are encountered. …”
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Freins et leviers pour l’installation de jardins en bord de voies by Grégoire Chelkoff, Magali Paris

“…Food for collaborative thoughts between infrastructure actors and local actors are developed and argumented with stakes and criteria, crossing atmosphere, ecological and pollution factors, explored during our researches.…”
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Comparison of Environmental Impacts of Two Alternative Stabilization Techniques on Expansive Soil Slopes by Rui Zhang, Mingxu Long, Jianlong Zheng

“…The main sources of two techniques are raw material production, soil transportation, and paving stage while the CO2 emissions of lime production are about 11.68 times of those of geogrid production. …”
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Features of dry eye syndrome treatment by E.A. Egorov

“…When selecting the most appropriate DES therapy, one is guided both by a stage of the disease and by peculiarities of symptomatic manifestations in a particular patient. …”
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Improving Child Oral Health: A Qualitative Study of Dental Service Provision and Enhancement Strategies by Hossein Jabbari Beyrami, Salar Mohammaddokht, Mahsa Zohdi, Milad Baseri

“…Data were analyzed using Diekelmann's seven-stage phenomenological analysis method, and the main and sub-themes were categorized. …”
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Subtype-specific human endogenous retrovirus K102 envelope protein is a novel serum immunosuppressive biomarker of cancer by Qinyuan Gong, Qinyuan Gong, Rongzhen Xu, Rongzhen Xu

“…These findings indicate that circulating K102-Env protein is a novel serum biomarker for evaluating immunosuppressive status and disease stage of patients with cancer.…”
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A Critical Review of Social Exclusion and Inclusion among Immigrant and Refugee Women by J. Crawford, N. Kapisavanhu, J. Moore, C. Crawford, T. Lundy

“…Immigrants and refugees make sociocultural and economic contributions to settlement states; however, this does not always mean that they feel included or welcomed. …”
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Insights into quinoa endophytes: core bacterial communities reveal high stability to water stress and genotypic variation by Isaac Maestro-Gaitán, Miguel Redondo-Nieto, Sara González-Bodí, Laura Rodríguez-Casillas, Javier Matías, Luis Bolaños, María Reguera

“…Seed endophytes, in particular, represent the most adapted and conserved segment of plant microbiota, significantly influencing the initial stages of plant growth and microbial community establishment. …”
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The Potential Impact of HNRNPA2B1 on Human Cancers Prognosis and Immune Microenvironment by Tao Huang, Gang Zhu, Fan Chen

“…HNRNPA2B1 was found to be differentially expressed across most tumor types in TCGA’s pan-cancer database and was predictive of poorer clinical staging and survival status. HNRNPA2B1 expression was also closely linked to TMB, MSI, tumor stemness, and chemotherapy response. …”
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Transformative social innovation and rural collaborative workspaces: assembling community economies in Austria and Greece [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reser... by Colm Stockdale, Vasilis Avdikos

“…Conclusions Although rural collaborative workspaces hold potential for societal transformation, they require further institutionalization and support to move beyond the interstitial and symbiotic stages of transformation.…”
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The impact of temperature patterns during storage of Scots pine and Norway spruce seeds on their germination and fungal infection rates by M. A. Nikolaeva, E. Yu. Varentsova, G. F. Safina

“…., Scopulariopsis Bainier.Conclusion. At the present stage of research, the success of seed storage at low and ultralow temperatures was demonstrated. …”
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Vermicompost and vermiwash as supplement to improve seedling, plant growth and yield in Linum usitassimum L. for organic agriculture by Cinny Makkar, Jaswinder Singh, Chander Parkash

“…Vermicompost proportion above 60% was of no use at any stage of life cycle in both the varieties of Linum. …”
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