Smoking Exposure and Survival of Patients with Esophagus Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jun-jie Kuang, Zhi-min Jiang, Yan-xian Chen, Wei-peng Ye, Qiong Yang, Hui-zhong Wang, De-rong Xie

“…Smoking is a well-known major risk factor in development of esophageal cancer, but few studies have reported the association between smoking status and prognosis of these patients. We conduct the present study to summarize current evidence. …”
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Basmacı İsyanı ve Sovyet-Afgan Sınır Anlaşmazlığı (1925-1926) by Mehmet Erkan KILLIOĞLU

“…During the 19th century, Afghanistan witnessed the struggle for influence between Tsarist Russia and England. …”
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Improvement of Hypertension after Parathyroidectomy of Patients Suffering from Primary Hyperparathyroidism by P. D. Broulik, A. Brouliková, S. Adámek, P. Libanský, J. Tvrdoň, K. Broulikova, J. Kubinyi

“…We evaluated changes in serum calcium, parathyroid hormone (PTH), uric acid, and BP before and 6 months after surgery. …”
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Preprocedural Mean Platelet Volume Level Is a Predictor of In-Stent Restenosis of the Superficial Femoral Artery Stents in Follow-Up by Kurtulus Karauzum, Ulas Bildirici, Emir Dervis, Irem Karauzum, Canan Baydemir

“…The consecutive 118 patients who successfully underwent endovascular stenting of the SFA were enrolled retrospectively in the study. …”
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Religious Digital Creatives in Türkiye: A Research on the Axis of Algorithmic Authority by Yunus Ergen

“…This study aims to reveal who createsreligious digital content in Türkiye, to classify the structure of the content created, and to evaluate the level ofauthority of these creators in the focus of algorithmic authority. …”
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Wide-Field Landers Temporary Keratoprosthesis in Severe Ocular Trauma: Functional and Anatomical Results after One Year by Katarzyna Nowomiejska, Dariusz Haszcz, Cesare Forlini, Matteo Forlini, Joanna Moneta-Wielgos, Ryszard Maciejewski, Tomasz Zarnowski, Anselm G. Juenemann, Robert Rejdak

“…Medical records of 12 patients who had undergone PPV/PKP/KP due to severe eye trauma were analyzed. …”
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The Effects of POWER Training in Young and Older Adults after Stroke by Jennifer L. Hunnicutt, Stacey E. Aaron, Aaron E. Embry, Brian Cence, Patrick Morgan, Mark G. Bowden, Chris M. Gregory

“…Data was analyzed from 16 individuals with chronic stroke who participated in 24 sessions of POWER training. …”
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Recurrent Thrombotic Events after Discontinuation of Vitamin K Antagonist Treatment for Splanchnic Vein Thrombosis: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study by Nicoletta Riva, Walter Ageno, Daniela Poli, Sophie Testa, Serena Rupoli, Rita Santoro, Teresa Lerede, Antonietta Piana, Monica Carpenedo, Alberto Nicolini, Piera Maria Ferrini, Giuliana Martini, Catello Mangione, Laura Contino, Carlo Bonfanti, Paolo Gresele, Alberto Tosetto

“…Retrospective information from a cohort of SVT patients treated with VKA and followed by 37 Italian Anticoagulation Clinics, up to June 2013, was collected. Only patients who discontinued VKA and did not receive any other anticoagulant drug were enrolled in this study. …”
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Feasibility and Safety of Bariatric Surgery in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience by Yusef Moulla, Orestis Lyros, Matthias Blüher, Philipp Simon, Arne Dietrich

“…Despite the feasibility and safety of bariatric procedures nowadays, high-risk patients with vast obesity and severe comorbidities demonstrate relatively high perioperative morbidity and mortality rates and, therefore, form a distinguished challenge for the bariatric surgeons. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed high-risk patients, who underwent bariatric surgery in University Hospital Leipzig between May 2012 and December 2016. …”
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Effect of high-quality nursing interventions on the quality of life and cardiac index in acute coronary syndrome patients treated with drug-eluting stents: a randomized trial study by Zeinab Abdollahifar, Mahdi Karimyar Jahromi, Khatereh Dehghani, Mohammad Ali Montaseri

“…Abstract Background Nursing care is important and necessary for Acute Coronary Syndrome patients who have undergone angiography and stenting, to minimize complications. …”
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CSR Investment Strategy for Live-Streaming Supply Chain Considering Consumer Preference by Guohu Qi, Suqin Sun, Xuemei Zhang, Zhi Liu, Juan Tang

“…Finally, our research highlights that both firms investing in CSR can achieve win-win outcomes for LSSC members and consumers. …”
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A Case of Aspiration Pneumonia Caused by Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks Associated with Delayed Identification of Iatrogenic Skull Base Injury during Endoscopic Sinus Surgery by Takashi Anzai, Akira Baba, Shin Ito, Yo Suzuki, Shori Tajima, Satoshi Hara, Yusuke Takata, Fumihiko Matsumoto, Katsuhisa Ikeda

“…Although meningitis is a well-known complication of CSF leaks, the case we present is a rare and cautionary case of CSF leakage associated with ESS leading to aspiration pneumonia. …”
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Demographics, Practising Arrangements, and Standards: Survey among New Zealand Dentists by Robert James Lee, Jithendra Ratnayake, Arthi Veerasamy, Carolina Loch, Peter Cathro, Paul A. Brunton

“…Results. Two hundred and four questionnaires were returned, of which 188 were usable giving a response rate of 53.5%. …”
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Strategic Partnership between Russia and India from the Perspective of National Elites by Alexey Kupriyanov

“…The objective and subjective economic and political conditions have, until recently, hindered any genuine efforts towards bringing the two countries closer, as both sides perceived the West as a more promising partner. …”
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Design, Sensing and Control of a Robotic Prosthetic Eye for Natural Eye Movement by J. J. Gu, M. Meng, A. Cook, P. X. Liu

“…Two generations of robotic prosthetic eye models have been developed. …”
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Forebrain Ischemia-Reperfusion Simulating Cardiac Arrest in Mice Induces Edema and DNA Fragmentation in the Brain by Christina H. Liu, Shuning Huang, Young R. Kim, Bruce R. Rosen, Philip K. Liu

“…Brain injury affects one-third of persons who survive after heart attack, even with restoration of spontaneous circulation by cardiopulmonary resuscitation. …”
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Giant Prolactinoma of Young Onset: A Clue to Diagnosis of MEN-1 Syndrome by Chandrika Jayakanthi Subasinghe, Noel Somasundaram, Pathmanathan Sivatharshya, Lalana Devi Ranasinghe, Márta Korbonits

“…Giant prolactinoma is defined as tumours larger than 40mm with very high prolactin secretion. We report two unrelated Sri Lankan patients (8-year-old boy and a 20-year-old female) who presented with giant prolactinomas with mass effects of the tumours. …”
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Association between incident falls and subsequent fractures in patients attending the fracture liaison service after an index fracture: a 3-year prospective observational cohort st... by Piet Geusens, Jacqueline R Center, Tuan V Nguyen, Thach Tran, Johanna Driessen, Joop P van den Bergh, John Eisman, Caroline E Wyers, Lisanne Vranken, Robert Y Van der Velde, Heinrich M J Janzing, Sjoerd Kaarsemakers, Dana Bliuc

“…Objectives To evaluate the risk of subsequent fractures in patients who attended the Fracture Liaison Service (FLS), with and without incident falls after the index fracture.Design A 3-year prospective observational cohort study.Setting An outpatient FLS in the Netherlands.Participants Patients aged 50+ years with a recent clinical fracture.Outcome measures Incident falls and subsequent fractures.Results The study included 488 patients (71.9% women, mean age: 64.6±8.6 years). …”
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Psychotherapists’ readiness to treat PTSD: the influence of refugees’ country of origin by Pia Maria Schwegler, Katharina Gossmann, Theresa Neumann, Anne Moser, Theresa Speth, Rita Rosner

“…Vignettes described patients with PTSD who differed in gender, refugee background, and country of origin (Syria vs. …”
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2D Electrical Imaging Surveys for Leachate Plume Migration at an Old Dump Site in Ibadan South Western Nigeria: A Case Study by Dare Omolayo, Fatoba Julius Tope

“…All the traverses show areas of very low resistivity values ranging between 4 ohm-m and 13.8 ohm-m; in addition to this, the water samples collected from hand dug wells that surround the dump site show high total dissolved solids (TDS) with an average value of 2033 mg/L, high conductivity with an average value of 2868 mg/L, and high nitrate value (63 mg/L); these values are above the World Health Organization (WHO) permissible values. …”
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