Optimizing the Management and Outcomes of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Consensus Statement on Definition and Outlines for Patient Assessment by Philippe Rigoard, Kliment Gatzinsky, Jean-Philippe Deneuville, Wim Duyvendak, Nicolas Naiditch, Jean-Pierre Van Buyten, Sam Eldabe

“…The presentation of this work has been divided in two separate parts to enhance its clarity. This first paper, in favour of selecting appropriate validated tools to improve the FBSS patient assessment, focuses on FBSS taxonomy and its clinical implications for evaluation. …”
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Effects of Lactobacillus gasseri OLL2716 on Helicobacter pylori-Associated Dyspepsia: A Multicenter Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial by Atsushi Takagi, Hidetaka Yanagi, Hideki Ozawa, Naomi Uemura, Shigemi Nakajima, Kazuhiko Inoue, Takashi Kawai, Toshihiro Ohtsu, Yasuhiro Koga

“…Volunteers were screened using the 13C-urea breath test (UBT) and H. pylori stool test, and 131 participants who met the selection criteria (mean age: 48.9 years) were randomly given L. gasseri OLL2716-containing yogurt or placebo yogurt once daily for 12 weeks. …”
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A Gestalt perspective on Manichaean worldviews and individuals’ engagement in violence: the case of the Italian far left by Giulia Grillo, Giulia Grillo

“…Using narrative analysis, this article examines personal stories of a group of Italian former far-left militants, who participated in the violent campaign of the so-called ‘Years of Lead’. …”
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Effects of epidurally administered dexmedetomidine and dexamethasone on postoperative pain, analgesic requirements, inflammation, and oxidative stress in thoracic surgery by Peršec Jasminka, Šribar Andrej, Ilić Monika, Mamić Ivan, Kifer Domagoj, Domijan Ana-Marija, Maleš Željan, Turčić Petra

“…The study enrolled 42 patients who underwent elective thoracic surgery in a one-year period at the University Hospital Dubrava (Zagreb, Croatia). …”
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A Database for the Future by Sören Edvinsson, Elisabeth Engberg

“…While there has long been a clear predominance of research within the humanities and social sciences, it has always been used for research in other fields as well, for example medicine. In this article, we first give a brief presentation of the DDB and its history, characteristics, and development from the 1970s to the present. …”
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Is Oral Omega-3 Effective in Reducing Mucocutaneous Side Effects of Isotretinoin in Patients with Acne Vulgaris? by Mina Mirnezami, Hoda Rahimi

“…Administration of oral omega-3 in acne patients who are receiving isotretinoin decreases the mucocutaneous side effects of isotretinoin. …”
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Modulation of Circulating Cytokine-Chemokine Profile in Patients Affected by Chronic Venous Insufficiency Undergoing Surgical Hemodynamic Correction by Veronica Tisato, Giorgio Zauli, Sergio Gianesini, Erica Menegatti, Laura Brunelli, Roberto Manfredini, Paolo Zamboni, Paola Secchiero

“…In a subgroup of CVI patients, in whom the baseline levels of cytokines/chemokines were analyzed in paired blood samples obtained from varicose vein and forearm vein, EGF, PDGF, and RANTES were increased at the varicose vein site as compared to the general circulation. …”
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The Effect Of Sports On The Attention Levels Of Primary School Students by Osman İmamoğlu, Yener Aksoy, Hüseyin Aslan

“…Conclusion: It was determined that the attention levels of primary school students doing sports were better than those who were not doing sports. …”
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QT and QTc in Male Patients with Psychotic Disorders Treated with Atypical Neuroleptics by Mario Miniati, Marly Simoncini, Federica Vanelli, Caterina Franceschini, Gabriele Massimetti, Claudia Carmassi, Liliana Dell’Osso

“…Objective. We explored the potential association between antipsychotics and QT/QTc duration changes in hospitalized male patients with psychotic disorders. …”
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A Qualitative Study of Nursing Students’ Experiences in Fall Prevention for Older Home Care Clients by Riitta Turjamaa, Marja Äijö, Tarja Tervo-Heikkinen, Marja Silén-Lipponen

“…This was a qualitative focus group study of nursing students (n = 9) who had completed clinical practice in older clients’ home care. …”
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Speranza i Mickiewicz by Katarzyna Gmerek

“…This article researches the translations of two Adam Mickiewicz’s ballads published in Ireland by Lady Wilde (known under the pen-name Speranza), both versions probably unknown to Polish scholars. …”
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Maps and Memory, Rights and Relationships by Sian Sullivan

“…Acknowledging disjunctions in conceptions and experiences of people-land relationships may assist with understanding who and what is amplified or diminished in contemporary globalising trajectories in neoliberal environmental governance. …”
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Development of Antimicrobial Biopolymer Film Incorporated with a Mixture of Sodium Lactate and Diacetate and Studying its Efficacy Against Listeria monocytogenes and Microbiologica... by Katherine Sierra, Luis Guzman, Vianca Tashiguano, Micah T. Black, Payten Leeds, Jakob Doster, Laura J. Garner, Sungeun Cho, Yucheng Peng, Amit Morey

“…Food packaging is a major contributor to environmental pollution and is a concern among customers who are pushing the food industry towards innovative, sustainable, and biodegradable plastic-alternative packaging materials. …”
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Decrease in Self-Reported Tanning Frequency among Utah Teens following the Passage of Utah Senate Bill 41: An Analysis of the Effects of Youth-Access Restriction Laws on Tanning Be... by Rebecca G. Simmons, Kristi Smith, Meghan Balough, Michael Friedrichs

“…We also assessed predictors of continued tanning after passage of the bill. …”
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Are we Really Improving the Quality of Life after Hemiarthroplasty of the Hip in the Elderly? An Observational Study by T. Adarsh, Mruthyunjaya, C. S. Likhit, Nawab Akthar Khan

“…Methods: Prospective observational study was conducted on 100 elderly patients who underwent hemiarthroplasty. The hip function was scored with the Harris Hip Score (HHS) and activities of daily living were rated by the Barthel Index. …”
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Correlation Between Sagittal and Transverse Plane Fetal Nuchal Translucency Measurement by Pananya Jomphansa, Suthasinee Metaneedol, Sinart Prommas, Buppa Smanchat, Kornkarn Bhamarapravatana, Komsun Suwannarurk

“…Subjects were singleton pregnant women who underwent fetal chromosome anomaly screening by NT measurement of both sagittal and transverse planes by transabdominal ultrasonography between 11 and 14 weeks of gestational age (GA). …”
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Influence of Preoperative Pain Duration on Microsurgical Varicocelectomy Outcomes by Mustafa Gökhan Köse, Kadir Önem, Mehmet Çetinkaya, Erkan Karadağ, Emre Arpali

“…Twenty-five patients who had painful grade-3 varicocele for more than 1 year (Gs, n=25) were classified in Group-2. …”
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Measuring metalinguistic awareness among heritage speakers in the US-based L3 context by Elisa Fiorenza, Will Travers

“…For multilingual language learners, especially those who grew up speaking a heritage language, the challenge that researchers face is whether to measure metalinguistic awareness in a native language, a prior-learned L2 (if one such language exists), the learner's current target language, or a language unknown to the learner entirely. …”
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“Suicide’s very abstract”: A qualitative analysis of risk assessment training recommendations from family physicians by Mark A. Dixon, Kathleen A. McNamara, David A. Moss

“…However, primary care physicians do not consistently inquire about suicide risk among their patients. …”
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Primary Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumor with Unusual Thyroid Follicular-Like Morphologic Characteristics by Mohd Elmugtaba Ibrahim, Kerolos Abadeer, Qihui (Jim) Zhai, Aziza Nassar

“…We describe a primary hepatic neuroendocrine tumor of a 57-year-old Thai woman who presented in 2004 with a suspicious mass in the left hepatic lobe. …”
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