Integrating intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics with clinical risk factors for prognostic prediction in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients undergoing combined chemotherap... by Xuehui Zhang, Aixin Gao, Leiyuan Ma, Ning Yu

“…Objective A radiomics nomogram will be created utilizing MRI data from intratumoral and peritumoral areas to forecast survival outcomes in patients who have had treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).Methods A total of 87 individuals diagnosed with PDAC were included in the study, with 60 patients in the training cohort and 27 patients in the validation cohort. …”
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Groundwater Quality and Suitability Assessment in Tirupur Region, Tamil Nadu, India by Kumar G., Saravanan Kothandaraman, Kathiresan Karuppanan, Sajjad Hussain

“…For this purpose, 21 groundwater samples were collected, and major physicochemical parameters such as pH, EC, TDS, temp, salinity, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, HCO3−, Cl−, and SO42− were analyzed, followed by the standard analytical procedures. …”
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A Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter is a Safe and Reliable Alternative to Short-Term Central Venous Catheter for the Treatment of Trauma Patients by Dong Yeon Ryu, Sang Bong Lee, Gil Whan Kim, Jae Hun Kim

“…Methods From January 2016 to June 2018, the medical records of patients who underwent central venous catheterization at a level I trauma center were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Assessment of Silicone Oil Emulsification: A Comparison of Currently Applied Methods by Hongmei Zhao, Qian Chen, Jian Yu, Kaicheng Wu, Yuan Zong, Chunhui Jiang, Haohao Zhu, Gezhi Xu

“…To compare ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM), Coulter counter, and B-scan ultrasonography in the evaluation of silicone oil (SO) emulsification. …”
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Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancy Among Single Mothers in Khartoum, Sudan: Sociodemographic Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences by Amal Abdelgadir Ali Mohamed, Elshafee Ahmed Apaker Babiker, Sohair Mohmoud Godat, Salma Mohammed Gomaa Doalbet, Aida AF Ahmed, Maha Hamed Mohamed Ali, Abdalkhaliq Ahmed Obadi, Amna Mohammed Ali Mustafa, Amani Awad Elkarim Taha, Amira Elnour Eltayeb Elbashir, Ragaa Gasim Ahmed, Fahad A Alghamdi, Waled AM Ahmed

“…Results: The study found that most of the single mothers in Khartoum who gave birth out of wedlock were young and had just completed their university education. …”
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Elucidating the Effects of Sleep Deprivation: Exploring fMRI Imaging Biomarkers to Analyze Brain Functions Related to Insomnia by Yazdan Choghazardi, Fateme Sabzevarian, Korosh Saber, Meysam Siyah Mansoory, Mehdi Khodamoradi, Hamid Sharini

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 50 healthy individuals were selected in two groups, including the young group: 17 people (20 to 30 years) and the elderly group: 23 people (65 to 75 years), who were involved in a 1-month period of SD, so that during the experiment they woke up 3 hours earlier than usual. …”
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Intraoperative Complications of Cataract Surgery Using Intracameral Illumination in the Elderly over 75 Years by Yu Jeong Kim, Su Jin Park, Jong Yeon Lee, Dae Yeong Lee, Dong Heun Nam

“…A retrospective, consecutive, interventional case series Participants. Two hundred eighty-six eyes of 184 patients older than 75 years who underwent cataract surgery using microscope and intracameral illuminations. …”
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The problem of rare tumors in gynecology: a clinical case of benign retroperitoneal sclerosing pelvic pecoma in 49-year-old woman by V. I. Lanchinsky, Yu. V. Chushkov, A. B. Ponomarev, Yu. I. Osmanov, A. I. Ishchenko, N. V. Vorobev

“…Our article describes a clinical case of a patient who had a preliminary diagnosis of uterine fibroids, and because of this fact the planned surgical treatment was carried out. …”
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Making stereopsis related to the ability of ocular deviation: a new paradigm for assessment of intermittent exotropia by Jian-Bing Li, Wan-Ting Kong, Tao Shen, Yong-Guang Yuan, Chong-Lin Chen, Dan-Min Peng, Min-Tong Liang, Xuan He, Dan Luo, Jia-Yi Su, Wei Wang, Rui-Xin Wang, Xin-Ping Yu

“…Furthermore, those subjects who exhibited exophoria (realignment within 2 seconds) while viewing 3D optotypes with polarized glasses were more likely to have measurable stereo vision (Kendall's τb=-0.344, P=0.018). …”
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Combined Treatment With Leuprolide Acetate and Burosumab in X-linked Hypophosphatemia and Precocious Puberty: A Therapeutic Response by Gustavo Tempone Cardoso Penna, MS, Carolina Costa Figueiredo, MD, MSc, Nara Michelle de Araújo Evangelista, MD, MSc, Vânia de Fátima Tonetto Fernandes, MD, PhD, Patricia Salmona, MD, Guido de Paula Colares Neto, MD, PhD

“…Thus, CPP can be treated in patients with XLH, who may have compromised height outcomes, using synthetic gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs. …”
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Evaluation of postoperative drainage necessity in posterior atlantoaxial fixation via intermuscular approach for odontoid fracture by Zhenji Xu, Ji Wu, Yong Li, Haibin Wang, Fei Chen, Bin Ni, Xuhua Lu, Qunfeng Guo

“…The functional outcomes of these 40 patients who underwent posterior atlantoaxial fixation via intermuscular approach without drainage tube (Group A) were compared with that of a control group, which consisted of 68 randomly enrolled cases with posterior atlantoaxial fixation via intermuscular approach with drainage tube (Group B). …”
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The Fight against the Forced Labor and the Human Trafficking in Central Asia by L. Yu. Gusev

Subjects: “…trafficking in human beings…”
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Suture passer combined with two-hole laparoscopic peritoneal dialysis catheterization in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis by Yinan Zhu, Peiqin Xin, Yulin Man, Xiaoming Zhang, Lina Sun

“…The suture passer is a novel fixation tool that aims to reduce catheter migration. We compared the clinical value of the suture passer combined with two-hole laparoscopic PDC placement to open surgical placement by evaluating preoperative and postoperative conditions, as well as the onset of complications in both groups.Methods A retrospective study was conducted including 169 patients who underwent PDC placement surgery from January 2021 to May 2023. …”
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Building Information Modeling as a Moderator Effects the Relationship Between Sustainability Metrics and Stakeholder Satisfaction by Hisham Noori Hussain Al-Hashimy

“… The oil industry is, by virtue of being a resource of value addition, the engine of industrialisation in countries. …”
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Bilateral prophylactic mastectomy: should we preserve the pectoral fascia? Protocol of a Dutch double blinded, prospective, randomised controlled pilot study with a within-subject design (PROFAS) by Cornelis Verhoef, Linetta B Koppert, Marloes E Clarijs, Laurentine S E van Egdom, Dalibor Vasilic, T. van Dalen, C. de Betue, J. Rothbarth, E.V.E. Madsen, L.M. Beelen, M.A.M. Mureau, E.M.L. Corten, A.J.M. Luijsterburg, M.J. Hop, H.M. Zuijdendorp, N.A.S. Posch, C.M.C.A. van Laarhoven, M. de Kraker

“…The inclusion criteria are women >18 years, presenting in the Academic Breast Cancer Centre Rotterdam, who are opting for BPM. Patients with a history or diagnosis of breast cancer are excluded. …”
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Bleeding control of an injury to the infrarenal inferior vena cava and right external iliac vein by ipsilateral internal iliac artery and superficial femoral vein ligation after bl... by Hoonsung Park, Maru Kim, Dae-Sang Lee, Tae Hwa Hong, Doo-Hun Kim, Hangjoo Cho

“…We ultimately controlled the bleeding, and approximately 5 L of blood products were infused intraoperatively. …”
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Modelling of User Behaviour for Static Rebalancing of Bike Sharing System: Transfer of Demand from Bike-Shortage Stations to Neighbouring Stations by Roberta Costa Affonso, Florent Couffin, Patrice Leclaire

“…It takes into account the possibility that a proportion of users who cannot find bicycles will move to a neighbouring station that is not empty. …”
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High Cesarean Section Rates during Labor Induction in Low Risk, Late-Term Cephalic Pregnancies in a Tertiary Centre by Neslihan Erkal, Metin Kaba, Yeliz Akpinar Mayir, Fatma Elif Isik Eryilmaz

“…Results: The study population comprised 254 patients, of whom 181 (71.3%) had a vaginal delivery and 73 (28.7%) had a cesarean delivery. …”
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Insulin Resistance Increases MRI-Estimated Pancreatic Fat in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Normal Controls by Niraj S. Patel, Michael R. Peterson, Grace Y. Lin, Ariel Feldstein, Bernd Schnabl, Ricki Bettencourt, Ekihiro Seki, Claude B. Sirlin, Rohit Loomba

“…This nested case-control study was derived from two prospective studies including 43 patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD and 49 healthy controls who underwent biochemical testing and MRI. …”
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Impact of textile sludge on the growth of red amaranth (Amaranthus gangeticus) by Badrun Nessa, M. Mostafizur Rahman, Mashura Shammi, Mohammad A. Rahman, Tasrina Rabia Chowdhury, Mubarak Ahmad, Md. Khabir Uddin

“…The plant analyses implied that addition of textile sludge did not increase the content of copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni) and manganese (Mn), but lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) content crossed the maximum permissible limit set by FAO/WHO. …”
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