Efficacy comparison of optimal natural orifice specimen extraction for robotic middle rectal cancer resection in women: transanal or transvaginal orifice by Yao Yao, Jiarui Ding, Houqiong Ju, Lingling Yang, Yang Liu, Yahang Liang, Yuli Yuan, Taiyuan Li, Xiong Lei

“…No difference was observed in sexual function between the two groups (P = 0.351); however, pre-menopausal patients in RATA group had better sexual function than those in RATV group (P = 0.045). …”
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MARTIN HEIDEGGER’S METAPHYSICAL QUESTION 1935-1937: GENESIS AND CONSEQUENCES. PART ONE by Юрій МАРИНЧУК

“…But it turns out that there is no being at all and no time at all, for there are no two things of one thing: that which belongs to being and that which belongs to time. …”
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Assessment of Medication Use by Publics in Sulaimani Province by Kamal Aziz Enayat, Mariwan Abdulla Hama Salih, Muhammed Babakir-Mina

“…It is also found that 72 percentage of participant who use prescription only drugs such as antibiotics can be possibly stopped after situation disappeared. …”
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Post-COVID-19 conditions and health effects in Africa: a scoping review by Mustapha Amoadu, Promise Kwame Salu, David N Banaaleh, Edward W Ansah, Martin S Daanko

“…Introduction The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused global devastations in social, economic and health systems of every nation, but disproportionately of nations in Africa. …”
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Unmasking the complexities of healthcare access in low-resource settings: a health systems approach to obstetric and under-5 healthcare in rural settings of Eastern Uganda by Rornald Muhumuza Kananura

“…Objective This study examined how multiple factors concurrently affect access to obstetric and child healthcare services in resource-poor settings Methods The research used social autopsies [in-depth interview] with mothers who experienced newborn death [n = 29], focus group discussions [n = 8] with mothers [n = 32], and fathers [n = 28] of children aged 6–59 months, and the author’s field observations in Eastern Uganda’s rural settings. …”
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“It doesn’t make any sense to even try”: the disruptive impact of COVID-19’s first wave on people with chronic pain using medical cannabis in New York by Yuval Zolotov, Jacinta Lomba, Megan Ghiroli, Mariya Masyukova, Julia H. Arnsten, Joanna L. Starrels, Jonathan Ross, Chinazo O. Cunningham, Deepika E. Slawek

“…We purposively recruited participants with both frequent and infrequent patterns of cannabis use. …”
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Performance of Large Language Models on the Korean Dental Licensing Examination: A Comparative Study by Woojun Kim, Bong Chul Kim, Han-Gyeol Yeom

“…The total scores for individual subjects were obtained and compared. We also compared the performance of LLMs with those of individuals who underwent the exams. …”
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Decreased Soluble Receptor of Advanced Glycation End Product Levels Correlated with Inflammation in Silicosis by Heliang Liu, Jingjing Ma, Tian Jiang, Enhong Li, Xiaokun Zhao, Ying Wang, Jie Cui, Xiaohui Hao, Lingli Guo

“…Mean levels of serum sRAGE were lower in silicosis than those in controls (p<0.05). The subjects who had a longer term of occupational exposure had higher levels of sRAGE (p<0.05). …”
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Prognostic Value of Tumor Regression Grade Combined with Pathological Lymph Node Status in Initially Node-Positive Rectal Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy by Dakui Luo, Yajie Chen, Zhouyu Luo, Huangbo Gong, Qingguo Li, Xinxiang Li

“…Both TRG and post-therapy lymph node (ypN) status could reflect the efficacy of neoadjuvant therapy. Here, we explored whether TRG combined with ypN status could be a prognostic factor for MRI-based lymph node-positive (cN+) rectal cancer following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.Methods 671 cN + rectal cancer patients who received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by radical resection were enrolled. …”
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A Retrospective Patient Chart Review and Survey in Patients with Cryopyrin-associated Periodic Syndromes Treated with Anakinra by Helen J. Lachmann, Renée J.G. Arnold, Marco Gattorno, Isabelle Koné-Paut, Alberto Ferreira, Jasmin Kümmerle-Deschner

“…Data 12 months prior to initiation of/during anakinra treatment were entered into web-based case report forms by study groups. **Results:** Forty-two patients received/were receiving anakinra as primary treatment for at least 12 months. …”
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Endovascular single-branched stent graft to treat complicated type B aortic dissection involving aortic arch anomalies by Mengyang Kang, Hao Qin, Yan Meng, Qiang Ma, Junbo Zhang, Hongyan Tian

Subjects: “…Complicated type B aortic dissection…”
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Development of a Korean clinical decision-making ability scale for hospital nurses by Sunyoung Oh, Minkyung Gu, Sohyune Sok

“…A total of 71 Preliminary items on clinical decision-making of hospital nurses were selected using concept validity analysis of and expert opinion on 51 candidate items derived through literature review and qualitative interviews. We conducted a questionnaire survey with 371 nurses who in direct nursing and decision-making. …”
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THE ROLE OF DIGITAL MEDIA IN DEVELOPING AN ONLINE ANATOMY COURSE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PRE-SERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS' HEALTH LITERACY by Handan Ürek

“…Besides, online learning can also be an effective way to carry out education after natural disasters such as earthquakes. …”
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Medical care and initial health status of French children returnees from jihadist group operation areas: A cross-sectional study from 2017 to 2020 in one referral French hospital by J. Goutines, L.L. Pham, N. Lucidarme, C. Briand, A. Malka, C. Baker, M. Veyret-Morau, A. Mapelli, A. Klein, T. Baubet, L. De Pontual

“…Introduction: The return of foreign fighters's children whose parents joined the so called « islamic state » in the Iraq-Syrian area, had been a very controversial topic. …”
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L’urbanisme balnéaire : processus de colonisation ou aménagement durable du littoral ? by Roland Vidal

“…Despite a highly creative architecture, the seaside resorts have a tendency to look like one another, both in their shapes and in the way they respond to a unique social desire: sea bathing. …”
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YENİ SAĞ VE DEMOKRATİKLEŞME ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ: TURGUT ÖZAL DÖNEMİ TÜRKİYE’Sİ ÖRNEĞİ - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NEW RIGHT AND DEMOCRATIZATION: THE CASE OF TURGUT ÖZAL PERIOD IN... by İsmail Kurun

“…This article examines the relationshipbetween democratization in 1980s and the politico-economic policies of TurgutÖzal who has commonly been deemed the Turkish represantative of the New Right. …”
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The Association of COPD Exacerbations with New Onset Type 2 Diabetes among Medicare Patients by Joseph S. Marino, Cynthiya Ruban, Christopher M. Blanchette

“…The objective of this study was to assess the rate of exacerbations requiring emergency room visits, hospitalizations or any medical encounter (a combination of emergency room and hospitalizations) between COPD patients who did and did not develop type 2 diabetes. **Research Design and Methods:** A case-control study of COPD patients from the 2011-2012 Medicare 5% sample Limited Data Set (LDS) was conducted. …”
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Case report: Chest radiotherapy-induced vertebral fractures in lung cancer patients: a case series and literature review by Oscar Arrieta, Francisco Lozano-Ruiz, Alberto Guijosa, Pamela Soberanis-Pina, Monika Blake-Cerda, Ana Pamela Gómez-García, Federico Maldonado-Magos, Emilio Conde-Flores, Andrés F. Cardona, Sandra Ileana Pérez Álvarez, Luis Antonio Cabrera-Miranda

“…However, radiotherapy-induced vertebral fractures in lung cancer patients remain an exceedingly rare and underrecognized condition that could be mistaken for bone metastasis.Case presentationWe identified three LC patients (all long-term survivors), aged 67 to 81, who developed thoracic vertebral fractures post-chest radiotherapy, within irradiated fields; two had advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and one had extensive small cell lung cancer (SCLC). …”
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A comparative study between central quadrantectomy and nipple resection with areola preservation Versus Grisotti flap mammoplasty in central breast lesions extending to nipple: a r... by Philobater Bahgat Adly Awad, Basma Hussein Abdelaziz Hassan, Abanoub Adel Shafek Awad, Abdelrahman Ahmed Younis Mohamed Attaia, Kerolos Bahgat Adly Awad, Dina Mohamed Hanafy, Ahmed Gamal El Din Osman

“…This trial involved 40 individuals who had central breast lesions that extended to the nipple and were monitored for two years following surgery. …”
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Hypercoagulable states in young adults with ischemic stroke in a Stroke Belt state: a retrospective study by David Lee Gordon, Sarah R. Durica

“…Using Chi-squared test, we compared the stroke etiologic diagnosis of the attending neurologist at discharge—when hypercoagulable profile results were rarely available—to the diagnosis of a vascular neurologist postdischarge who had access to all available etiologic test results. …”
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